9 'Hercules: The Animated Series' Jokes You Missed As a Kid

[@NerdWire]

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[@yginop1]

In greek mythology, Hephaestus ejaculated on Athena and she wiped the semen off. When it fell on the earth Gaia got pregnant with Erichthonius. When Athena found out about Erichthonius she felt some responsibility and raised it as her own.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@yginop1 lol wow

[@CJ2uff]

Can you do dirty jokes from aladdin animated tv series

[@mesektet5776]

I liked the completely out of context line of Hercules saying "I have the two best dads ever".

[@akaaka5798]

Human father that raised him, and Zeus the biológic father.

[@grace5033]

Another favorite: Cassandra: Wait, is that the underground boat ride in the dark? Icarus: REALLY dark. Give you any ideas? Rawr! Cassandra: Yeah. Nobody will see me push you overboard. Let's go.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

lol

[@paytonrylee8078]

Aphrodite was voiced by Pheobe from Friends? I thought that was interesting!

[@neptuneflower9156]

Lol thats what I said lol

[@izzi1947]

I was just thinking that 🤣

[@damotoneko1500]

When i heard Aphrodite say "Are they both human" i was thinking she ment other demigods or even monsters. Dang that's a good reference. Inappropriate but still good.

[@marvelfan2.059]

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[@damotoneko1500]

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[@marvelfan2.059]

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[@damotoneko1500]

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[@marvelfan2.059]

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[@albertschoise8091]

Hmm.. that part of Hephaestus chasing Athena was probably a reference to how he almost/did rape her. Plus Athena took a vow of chastity so...

[@l.warner3951]

I think you got the wrong characters from the myth.

[@mirror-images]

@@l.warner3951 no, they have it right. there is such a myth involving Hephaestus and Athena

[@angelolorilla2050]

@@l.warner3951 Their "son" is the first king of Athens.

[@elessal]

there was a reason why Athena and Ares had that exchange of words. it appears that Sparta's most revered god was Ares, or at least it is an extended modern myth. and Sparta had a lot of rivalry or just many wars with Athens, which was named after Athena obviously. so this rivalry translates into their apparent gods, who both happen to be gods of war, making this being a discussion of ''mine is better than yours''. anyways, I am no expert, so feel free to correct me or add more info.

[@utubrGaming]

Actually, Athena was the patron goddess of Athens AND Sparta, being known as Athena Parthenos in Athens and Athena Poliachos in Sparta. While Sparta did focus more on Ares than other city-states, Ares was treated in contempt by the Greeks in general, representing bloodlust, carnage, cruelty and the base instincts of battle, compared to Athena, goddess of wartime strategy and wisdom who was said to have helped Zeus face down the Typhon and was the only god to both use Zeus' shield AND thunderbolts. Athena and Ares both faced each other on the battlefield in Troy once with Athena winning the duel. She also blessed the hero Diomedes, who also took on Ares and won.

[@nefelibata1016]

In the original Greek myth, Hephaestus found out/had enough of his wife cheating on him, especially with Ares so he forged a golden net and a sort of complex trap to catch them both in bed together. After capturing them, the Gods roared with laughter and Hephaestus was even more enraged, demanding Zeus punish Aphrodite or at least both of them for the adultery, but he was just like “lmao nah but thanks for the laugh- ok you two crazies, get outta here” and set them free. On top of that, Hephaestus actually tried to rape Athena one, but she managed to push him off and she used a cloth to wipe off his semen from her thigh, casting it to earth to dispose of it and unaware it created a demigod.

[@alexbyrd2231]

i'm curious...which demigod did it make? :)

[@ashleywu894]

I think Hephaestus was put under a love spell by cupid or smth

[@e.l.1895]

Erichthonius

[@utubrGaming]

The First king of Athens.

[@masatotanaka999]

The crossover with Aladdin,Jafar teamed up with hades.

[@fantasticnerd7978]

Aw man I gotta see that episode

[@masatotanaka999]

Princess Sara Hercules and the Arabian knight

[@daxxmiki9176]

It’s the OG Kingdom Hearts.

[@samm7371]

A) Left out the bit where Herc's making a girlfriend out of clay, and Aphrodiety helps him out with the design. Though when he asks her to make the modle "Exrta Curvey" she immediately tells him that it's curvey enough. B) God's getting it on with Animals? How about Gods getting it on 'AS' animals? Zeus was a freak in the sheets.

[@grace5033]

Another one: in the first episode, Icarus gets a job at Aphrodite's Secret, which in and of itself is a nod to a certain lingerie store. Not only that, but he's actually excited about working there (at a lingerie store!!!) which is some **SERIOUSLY** dirty stuff for a kids show

[@seajay632]

So underwear (even sexy underwear) is 'seriously dirty' now? Lol what?

[@grace5033]

@@seajay632 but it's the fact that he was excited about working there- not the underwear itself

[@toplessBlond]

I don't know, Whitney. In my experience Comicon is already Greasy enough.

[@zachgamr99]

I actually just found out Hercules had a tv show. That's pretty awesome.

[@jrsdef]

While Bachanals were technically ritual orgies, they also regularly involved drinking in excess and partaking in drugs of the time, normally to the point of brawls..... that could then turn into weapons being drawn and countless revelers being killed or gravely injured, so honestly focusing on the sex part of the joke is probably the most light-hearted interpretation, long story short, you probably don't want Bacchus at your parties unless you've locked up all the weaponry and stabled all your animals.

[@g.b569]

I had no idea Lisa Kudrow voiced Aphrodite

[@darkraven5106]

12:47 says the God that started a war by giving the king of Sparta's wife to a trojan! And all for some golden apple.

[@DeanIrvine]

Damn I’m 12 years older than the age demographic, Christ I’m old where’s the whiskey lol

[@LifeIncorporated]

*Raises glass* Cheers.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

I was born in 93 and know who Regis is. Dude was on his talk show and Millionaire for quite a few years, more than enough for alot of people 16-24 to remember him.

[@adilchar8608]

You should do dirty jokes from tarzan the animated series that would be amazing oh and thanks for this video i enjoyed it

[@jordanwright2072]

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[@chastityknite7029]

I remember Herc from when I was in high school. And while I know they watered down somethings like the Bacchanalia had to be portrait as a wild house party. Rather then what it really was.

[@williamwhite2568]

You should do dirty jokes on My Life as A Teenage Robot. It's a damn good cartoon.

[@ch2010ize]

No it wasn’t. No it was ‘t.

[@williamwhite2568]

@@ch2010ize You're just a hater.

[@aienma6660]

I miss that cartoon

[@ch2010ize]

@@williamwhite2568 No I'm just over the age of 15

[@uli_Gio]

Rock Monsters............

[@EmrysBlackheartMc]

Wait- If helen of troy was in the Hercules series, should Eris goddess of chaos, strife, and discord be there too? .-.

[@aienma6660]

She should have been, but if memory serves... she never made an appearance. But i think her apples did... as payment to Gaia.

[@EmrysBlackheartMc]

@@aienma6660 oh I see. You know, its sad that Hecate made an appearance but not Eris, shes so over looked,shes an awesome goddess with great lore.

[@Taverens_Pull]

I feel the need to mention that Merv Griffin and Yakko Warner didn't get along very well with one another.

[@silentangel2259]

I love how it seems like they took a bunch of gods who they think sound bad and mad them evil when Hecate was straight up such an amazing god she was given partial dominion over the sky, ocean, and underworld and Hades was one of the only god who just did his best to mind his own fucking business, not attacking people unless provoked.

[@thebinlgbtisbabadook7832]

Half way through the video I'm starting to think that this is "Top Celebrity Cameos in Hercules Series"

[@ITZCOATL10]

I loved Greek mythology when I was young. I didn't get all the joke especially when Roman names were used, but I got most of them.

[@damilolaowolabi6716]

Hephaestus is the first ever simp

[@runnercomet9191]

Callin Iason Jason is like calling Dionysus Dennis. But that's somehow the way it is done in english language only and it is too funny.

[@sinceyouasked394]

I loved how Idina Menzel played Circe and Reba McEntire played Artemins.

[@johartman9309]

So you mentioned Circe but not during the Celebrity cameo bit. Circe was played by Idina Menzel; Maureen in Rent, Elphaba in the original cast for Wicked, and Elsa from Frozen (probably why they gave Circe a big song number)

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

I remember the old Disney series back in the 90's when I was a kid, yes I do enjoyed these series like The Gummie Bears, Tales Spin, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, The Wuzzles,Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin , Hercules, Timon and Pumba, Gargoyles, House of Mouse, American Dragon Jake Long, Kim Possible and especially Mighty Duck. It's a shame 😔they're not on TV anymore but at least they're on Complete DVD collections to keep the memories alive. But I still wished that The Wuzzles , The Little Mermaid, Aladdin , Hercules, Timon and Pumba, Gargoyles, Might Ducks, House of Mouse, American Dragon Jake Long and Kim Possible were finally on complete DVD collection at last as they're the only ones that weren't on Complete DVD released🤞. I know some people say you can watch the old series on Disney+, but I don't have one and to be honest I prefer on complete DVD like Gummie Bears, Duck Tales, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers and Dark Wing Duck.

[@whycantijusthaveausernameo3993]

Forgot the mention the god of trivia, Trivia, voiced by Ben Stein.

[@e.l.1895]

Btw Jason was like the same age as Hercules

[@lel0uchvibritannia981]

Hera mentions Zeus’ underwear drawer to her son, Hercules, when she needed a bolt to throw at Typhon

[@shaden6157]

I shock they didn't bring up the " that's curvy enough for you " Moment

[@luxluther436]

Meg the entirety of this series: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@yourmom-rw1zu]

wait i'm still confused to this day about the riddle the sphinx gave herc , cassandra and icarus... like it was "what does a lady do sitting down, a man standing and a dog on 3 legs" or something like that. i was c o n v i n c e d it was peeing. like deadass. h o w on earth was the answer shaking hands?

[@aditisk99]

Yeah , do women only shake hands sitting?

[@mad_as_Hat.terish]

Some of the replies down right show some people aren't all there in the head. XD. And yeesh. Nasty too. XD

[@yami6259]

What about Betty White being Hestia

[@joneardley73085]

What about when Hercules asked Aphrodite to make his girlfriend curvier and she said that’s curvy enough for you . And the crossover with Aladdin where Phil tries to pick up Jasmine

[@JonasRoxoxox]

The guy who voice homer (dan) also voice genie on Aladdin series and 2nd movie

[@athenearosa]

Mythologically Athena has a kid with Hephestus because he um put his fluids on a handkerchief.

[@athenearosa]

I had it wrong according to the Bibliotheca he (Hephaestus) tried to have his way with her (Athena) against her will I might add and some of those fluids touched her thigh, she was disgusted, wiped it off with a scrap of cloth, and threw it to the earth. Erichthonius was born from that.

[@Compucles]

"Wanna know about another cameo from a celebrity game show host you've probably never heard of?" You mean Ben Stein?

[@americaroleplayer]

There's a Greek myth where Hephaestus was trying to get with Athena and ended up clinging to her leg and sobbing and getting snot on her leg. Athena wiped it off with a tissue and throws it off the mountain, the tissue then turns into a baby boy who's name is Erikthonius (sp.) who she then raises. So I think that's where the joke of Hephaestus trying to get with Athena comes from.

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

And that ain't even the weirdest way to have a baby in Greek Mythology... 😅

[@cthonisprincess4011]

Erm, it wasn't snot. That comes from Rick Riordan changing the myths for the reading of children. In the myth, Hephaestus tried to r@pe Athena but was unsuccessful, but some of his semen fell on her leg, which Athena cleaned off using some wool; in others, his semen falls onto the earth, both versions resulting in Erikhthonios' birth.

[@americaroleplayer]

@@cthonisprincess4011 Thank you for educating me! Neat!

[@tyrant-den884]

Actually the Hephestus Athena myth ends with him ejaculating on her leg, she wipes it off, and when it lands on Earth it becomes Adonis.

[@sarahmorley7751]

Ew

[@sarahmorley7751]

@Instrumentality1000 I know i love greek mythology but some of it still sound gross. I knew Hephestus liked Athena from a book i read but it left that detail out so i was just unaware and suprised by the detail, i dont know why though i mean Aphrodite came from Ouranous' castrated penis that was cut off and thrown into the ocean by Kronos yeesh no wonder she is so associated with sexual love, romance and please se literally comes from one of the genitals necessary (dependind on the relationship/ sexuality of the individual obviously) for sexual reproduction/ pleasure.

[@PhazonOmega]

I thought Adonis was the result of the Myrrha/King Cinyras story?

[@Pigeonswain]

My my, seems like you'd enjoy the story of how the Minotaur was made.... WINK.

[@BlueAngel7]

Kinda weird they used the Dionysus's Roman form, Bacchus in a cartoon about Greek mythology. Also he wasn't just a drunken party animal, he was the god of insanity and dolphins.

[@DrunkenCoward1]

Before becoming a full fledged God Dionysus was often named Bacchus even in Greek mythology. The name is not incorrect.

[@wackpool1491]

@@DrunkenCoward1 if we go with that than he is not a full god here, he gaind that when he helped hercules kill the giant twins

[@mirror-images]

I think it's more likely that the Hephaestus-Athena bit comes from a particular myth where he tried to rape her

[@lindseyjeby]

Circe is voiced by Idina Menzel

[@ScintillatingSusie]

Whitney: *explains the Voice acting cameos* Me: Please stop!

[@michaelbrent1536]

There are some dirty jokes in gargoyles, Batman the animated series,Batman beyond,Superman the animated,Animaniacs,Tiny Toons adventure and Freakazoid(Dexter Douglas)! Just wish that Disney created a Disney villain TV series back in the 90s or a Hunchback of Notre Dame TV series!

[@jsanto210]

In the Hephaestus myth, he actually caught aphrodite and ares and with a magic net, he dragged them mid sex through olympus while the gods laughed and pointed at them

[@DanteD84]

I don’t think this girl has ever read a book about mythology before.... Or any book for that matter.... ...like ever....

[@chris92S]

Why isnt this show on DVD already? XD

[@blakelylarsen5893]

My favorites episode is hero of Athens And that was before Hercules met meg was teenage and their memories are gone because water And they meet again in centuar forest

[@gurentgc3546]

A lot of kiddos aren’t gonna get the awesomeness of this.

[@radioactivebirdj.1845]

I'm not sure if kids should be watching this video anyway

[@megamovieman101]

Aphrodite had the best quotes lol

[@crashkojote5627]

I like the minotaur best. Bull + Human = Human below and bull above! Huzza!

[@FoxTheSwift]

To be fair i'm 24 and I know who Regis is. And I was born LATE into 1994.

[@weirdproq]

7:08 George Takei's last name is not pronounced like that. He has gone on record that although that is an actual pronunciation in Japan, his last name actual is not pronunced like that. Instead, it rhymes with "okay".

[@AdaHazard]

Garrison Keillor as Odin was my favorite cameo, but I'm Minnesotan, so I'm a little biased.

[@cupcakefairy87]

Disney's Hercules TV show is good but Canadian series Class of the Titans is even better because Cronus is the villain, whereas Hades is on the same team as the Olympians and is depicted as a good, if camp character. Also, unlike Hades' Roman equivalent Pluto, Cronus' Roman equivalent Saturn, is still a planet and always will be.

[@pyroicarus1203]

Does anyone know where I can watch Hercules the animated TV series? Please, I'd really appreciated.

[@aditisk99]

Disney plus

[@pyroicarus1203]

@@aditisk99 My god, that wasn't a thing when this video was made

[@aditisk99]

@@pyroicarus1203 Fine watch it now.

[@sparxstreak02]

During the Dream Date ep, Hercules kept asking Aphrodite 2 make Galatea more ‘curvy’ 🤨 Her response - ‘Okay, that’s curvy enough for you young man!’ 🤣

[@blakelylarsen5893]

Second favorites is big show I hope Hercules will meet his friends from high school again

[@rune1986]

On the ep Hercules and the dream date when Aphrodite was creating Galatea he ask for a bit to much in the curves department. To which Aphrodite tells him that's enough curves for you

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

Hecate looks like yzmas twin

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

Can we just stop assuming Hades is the God of death. Thanatos is the God of death but Hades is Lord of the underworld. He’s basically death’s boss. Also he’s not evil in Mythology. He’s not a saint but he’s definitely better than Hera or even Zeus at times.

[@mad_as_Hat.terish]

Exactly-! 👈

[@The_Great_Eye]

It's not Dirty, but the episode with Medusa the Gorgon her "Cast-member" orientation and work ID/assignments are a carbon copy of the traditions and training of the first week of cast members who work for Disney and hasn't changed much since 1999 as a former C.M. It hit home.

[@chrisp.9385]

Aphrodite Aphrodite Aphrodite *The goddess of love*

[@punkrockjoanofarc]

*appears in a huge seashell*

[@Zacarriss]

Send me back to the early 90s any day!

[@briarrose7584]

I thought Lisa Kudrow's as Aphrodite's voice sounded familiar along with Jodi Benson (my favorite disney film and princess Ariel) voicing Helen of Troy!! You've also forgot that Indina Minzel voiced Circe as well

[@Azboy3000]

I love the Nerdwire Ruined. It's always a rollercoaster of me felling old along with seeing things I missed as a kid haha. Guys don't forget to throw a thunderbolt at the like button, Herc smash the subscribe button, and take a chariot over to their patreon.

[@Babbleplay]

Merv Griffin was referenced several times on Animaniacs, so, was familiar with name, if not the actual person himself.

[@sabimosapagong5667]

Miss so much I even missed the whole show because I didn't see it

[@JMarcosArt]

So MANY actor cameos (that I completely missed because I only watched the Latin American dub XD)

[@kaylacramer714]

I watch these videos for the entertainment I'm not a creepy-ass 35 I'm a fifteen-year-old girls scrolling to I know how the internet works

[@officialgoogleyoutube]

I would classify that song as a combo of The Man with the Golden Gun and Goldfinger. The lyrics are very Goldfinger, but the tune is more Golden Gun.

[@elcompagenito3250]

Imagine if there was a greek god named penistrus

[@helgavanovich7611]

Hahahah!!!! Athens the side chick!.... That would go down well 🤣🤣🤣

[@ramblingentertained]

You cannot ruin my childhood. I never had one.

[@wizarddudereborn457]

Later on, Midas would appear in "The Prince of Thrace" as the Muses sing about the myth where he got donkey ears from Apollo.

[@tyrant-den884]

I guess if you can call him Heracles Hercules in ancient Greece, you can call Dionysus Bacchus.

[@ham3890]

Ikr

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

A delivery guy actually said "I have a package here for Heracles", to which Herc said "Well, I'm Hercules", and the delivery guy shrugged & said "Eh, close enough" ;-)

[@Sekien07]

Mythology Con would be epic! :D

[@oceandiamond7934]

Whitney, you always make me laugh 😂

[@TheDeathmail]

So many famous people I've never heard of...

[@serenityq26]

praise the gods i was born in 83 if 93 babies are that clueless. how could you NOT know these tv legends

[@PlacidSine]

i like the fact that aphrodite is voiced by liza kudrow (phoebe)

[@IAMTHESTARMAN]

She spoke Spanish and then I fell in love.

[@alexbenjaminlubbers]

I was born December 7th of 1993 and both grew up watching the show AND know who Regis is. Who wants to be a MILLIONAIRE?

[@keshang_laow8325]

Hephaestus was not really ugly just disfigured

[@Gemini_Woman]

All these references are going straight over my head because I'm 25 and British

[@P1_D]

Her hair gives me will to live

[@ryanduron7679]

Are y’all going to talk about the lilo and stitch series? The show where they tied Kim possible, the proud family, recess, American dragon jake long and more in the same universe together

[@ashleywu894]

Tor tact number 8, wasn't there a myth where Hephaestus was put under a love spell and so he did pursue Athena. It might have not been him cheating on Aphrodite on purpose.

[@bolivarbenjaminguillenmedi23]

"aprothaita apuro dita Aphrodite* .... To GiveUS SOme Love". :DXD

[@Thekrazeyworld]

Hey Whitney, you forgot a few other cameos and recurring characters: Carl Reiner as Prometheus, Jerry Stiller as the Eagle, Bobcat Goldthwait as Pain, and Eric Idle as Mr. Parentheses.

[@forrenz]

Why would Bobcat be mentioned if he's the same VA from the movie, like James Woods?

[@Thekrazeyworld]

Kara Forrenz because Bobcat Goldthwait is a famous comedian from our parents generation

[@stethespaniard2]

Hippolyta was the queen of the amazons

[@sparxstreak02]

Dirty Jokes from ‘Road to El Dorado’!

[@samm7371]

"Lucky god?"

[@PetePlayGames1992]

I remember Regis when he hosted Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

[@Compucles]

What about unnecessary Greek mythology errors in Disney's Hercules franchise? I'm not talking about necessary Disneyfications (like Herc being the son of Hera or Hades being an evil villain) or acceptable marketing decisions (such as using Herc's more popular Roman name, having Icarus survive, or having Herc be contemporary to, among others, Alexander the Great, Remus and Romulus, and Disney's Aladdin). I'm talking about completely avoidable and rather embarrassing mistakes like only having 5 Muses instead of 9, giving Herc a satyr trainer named Phil instead of the centaur Chiron, combining the Fates with the old women who share an eyeball, referring to Hermes as Herc's uncle instead of his cousin, using the Roman name of Bacchus instead of the Greek Dionysus, or using the Roman name of Trivia to represent a male god completely separate from her Greek counterpart Hecate (although, that was a rather amusing role for Ben Stein). That's just off the top of my head. Any others?