Hercules

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Hercules is hiding behind a curtain from all the ladies Meg pulls down the curtain and Hercules only has one gold band.In the next shot Hercules has two gold bands.

Continuity mistake: When Amphitryon finds the baby and looks at his medal, the word "Hercules" is written on one side. Later, older Hercules is talking to his parents, and his mother takes out the same medal to show to him. Look closely, and you will see that the word "Hercules" is gone.

Continuity mistake: After failing to kill Hercules, Panic says "Hades is gonna kill us when he finds out what happened". In this shot, Pain's tail is wrapped around his side twice. In the next shot, when Pain replies "You mean IF he finds out", his tail is wrapped around thrice.

Continuity mistake: In the shots of the pot-maker closing the curtain of his shop and of the kid asking Hercules for his Frisbee back, the pots in the background change between shots.

Continuity mistake: When Hephaestus is hammering the lightning bolt on the table, the position of the bolt changes between shots.

Continuity mistake: When Hercules is talking to Meg about "that Oedipus thing," between shots he and Meg move closer to the end of the stairs.

Continuity mistake: Between shots of Zeus saying "I swear Hades, when I get out of here," the mountain of molten lave he is trapped in rises further up his body.

Continuity mistake: After Meg's death the nearby rocks and objects change between shots.

Continuity mistake: In the beginning, only four titans are imprisoned underground. Later, as Hades sets them free, the arms of five different titans burst out of the ground.

Continuity mistake: When the gods are celebrating the birth of Hercules, the thunderbolts in Zeus' pocket disappear and reappear.

Continuity mistake: Hercules is on the highbar in the stadium. In one shot, the "rings" appear near him. Not only are the rings just hanging from nowhere, they disappear in the following shot.

Continuity mistake: Panic flies up in the air & lands with his horns stuck in Pain's butt. When he lands, he has a horn in each cheek. Then Pain stands up & turns sideways, showing Panic with both horns in only one of Pain's cheeks.

Continuity mistake: One of Herc's shoulder clasps come undone during the Cyclop's fight. After the Cyclops drops him into the cart, the clasp is done up again.

Continuity mistake: In the scene where young Hercules is pulling the cart of hay, his's adopted father and the donkey are riding on the seat and both are holding onto the sides of the seat since they're going so fast. Once they stop, Hercules's adapted father mentions the donkey's hurt foot, and she's now got a sling on the left front leg which wasn't there during the wild ride.

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Continuity mistake: When Hercules rips off the door, Phil is holding onto the right side of the handle. In the next shot, he is holding onto the left side of the handle.

Continuity mistake: At the start of Phil's song, he is standing on a pillar. The angle of this pillar varies between shots.

Continuity mistake: When Pain and Panic are shown for the first time, the cracks on the ground change between shots.

Continuity mistake: When Hercules comes to the underworld, he sees Meg floating in the river next to a lot of other souls. Then as Hercules reaches down to get her, hardly any souls are floating next to her. (01:11:25)

Continuity mistake: Hercules has his ribbon around his neck in the temple. As he's praying, a wind suddenly blows up. The ribbon around his neck is gone when this happens.

Continuity mistake: When he sees Meg in the river of death, he reaches down and touches it. Then, when he jumps in, he makes a dive of at least 50 feet. (01:11:25)

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Hades: We dance...we kiss...we schmooze...we carry on...we go home happy. What do you say?

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Trivia: As already noted, Hercules wears a lionskin which is made out of Scar. In the myths of Hercules one of his great tasks was to kill a vicious lions and he kept the skin ever since. But it's more than just a joke or a cameo that he wears Scar, for both Scar and Hercules were animated by the same man (Andreas Deja).

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Question: Why is it too nutty that Orpheus arranged the flowers?

Answer: Orpheus was the greatest poet and musician of Greek mythology, his music could charm wild beasts and even persuade rocks and trees into movement; the idea of him arranging flowers is probably just a pun on his normal pasttime of 'arranging' music, or alternatively a reference to how he could have used his magical music to make the flowers spontaneously arrange themselves.

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