He kicks Hades out of Olympus, then goes to the River Styx to save Meg’s soul. And all without having to resort to actually killing anyone.Ĭlimax: After Meg mortally wounds herself to save Hercules, his strength is restored. But here, everything that’s important to Hercules (his strength, Meg, his family on Olympus) is swept away by a single devil’s deal. Usually, when we think of “the worst thing that could happen to a character,” we think of the death of a loved one. He is zapped of his strength, turned completely mortal-and then learns the woman for whom he just sacrificed everything was indeed working for Hades, at least previously. Hercules agrees, unaware of Hades’ true plans. Third Plot Point: Hades threatens to kill Meg unless Hercules makes a deal to give up his strength for twenty-four hours, dependent on Meg’s safety. Hercules refuses to believe it and offends Phil into leaving. Meg is now in love with Hercules and refuses to help, but Phil overhears what he believes is Meg’s complicity with Hades and warns Hercules of her treachery. Second Pinch Point: Hades realizes Meg is Hercules’ weakness. He moves from clumsy reaction to assured action in chasing his goal of becoming a true hero and returning to his parents on Mt. Midpoint: Hercules defeats the Hydra and-in another song-and-dance montage-is proclaimed a hero. He forces Meg to lure Hercules into a battle with the Hydra monster. After a lengthy training montage, Hercules then enters the “adventure world” of the Second Act and engages with the main conflict when he goes to Thebes to prove himself a hero-saving Hades’ unwilling minion, the beautiful Meg along the way.įirst Pinch Point: Hades learns from Meg that Hercules is still alive-and therefore a threat to his plans for dominion. However, the Inciting Event in the main conflict comes a bit later when a teenaged Hercules learns that he has been adopted by his mortal parents and goes searching for his true parentage.įirst Plot Point: After Zeus tells Hercules he can only return to Olympus after proving himself a true hero, Hercules leaves his Normal World with his adopted parents and goes to be trained by Philoctetes. This is the turning point in the First Act-as it usually is after a “prologue” opening. However, they fail to force feed him the last drop, leaving him supernaturally strong. Inciting Event: After hearing the Fates prophesy that his plans to take over Olympus will fail if Zeus’ newborn son Hercules fights in the battle, Hades commands his minions to feed Hercules a potion that will make him mortal.
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