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(THUNDER RUMBLING)

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IOLAUS: You think you know the
truth about him? You know nothing.

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(LIGHTNING CRASHING)

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His father was Zeus. The Zeus.

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King of the gods.

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His mother, Alcmene, a mortal woman.

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Together, they had a boy.

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Half human, half god.

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But Zeus' queen, Hera, saw this
bastard child as an insult,

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a living reminder of her
husband's infidelity.

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Alcmene named the boy Hercules,
which means "glory of Hera,"

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but this failed to
appease the goddess.

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She wanted him dead.

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(HISSING)

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(CRUSHING)

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Luckily, he took after his father.

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Once he reached manhood, the gods
commanded him to perform Twelve Labors,

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twelve dangerous missions. If he
completed them all and survived,

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Hera agreed to finally
let him live in peace.

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(ROARING)

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He fought the Lernean Hydra!

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(ROARING)

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(PANTING)

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He battled the Erymanthean Boar!

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But his greatest Labor
was the Nemean Lion.

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(LION GROWLING)

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This was no ordinary beast.

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(ROARS)

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It had a hide so tough,
no weapon could penetrate it.

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(ROARING LOUDLY)

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But even this monster was no
match for the son of Zeus.

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- What a load of crap!
- Every word is true.

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(MEN LAUGHING)

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- (IOLAUS WHIMPERS)
- GRYZA: You know what I think?

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- This friend of yours doesn't even exist.
- (MEN CONTINUE LAUGHING)

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IOLAUS: Laugh all you want. He's coming.
And be warned, Gryza, he despises pirates.

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Macedonia has been good to us.

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Plenty of villages
ripe for pillaging.

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We are here to stay. Finish him.

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(GASPING)

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The more you struggle,
the faster you drop.

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- (GRYZA CHUCKLES)
- Indeed, your fleet is strong. I...

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Yet, as I was about to explain
before I was so rudely interrupted,

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the Nemean Lion was strong, too.
Yet, he still destroyed it.

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And not with a sword or
a spear or arrows. No!

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I did it with my bare hands!

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Or so they say.

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- Hercules.
- Is this all the men you have?

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There's 40 of us. One of you.

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The king of this land has offered
me gold to dispose of you.

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So leave, or die.
I get paid either way.

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Make him bleed.

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(MEN YELLING)

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Five men with a single blow.

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Still think you can
destroy the son of Zeus?

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Bring me his head!

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(MEN YELLING)

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Seems they need more
convincing, Autolycus.

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That's why we're here.

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(MEN SCREAM)

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- Atalanta.
- (GROANS)

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Amphiaraus.

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May Zeus forgive you.

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- Tydeus?
- (YELLING)

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(ALL GRUNTING)

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(MEN SCREAMING)

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- Die, Hercules!
- (SCREAMING STOPS)

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Ah, good man. (CHUCKLES)

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(PANTING)

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(ROPE SNAPPING)

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Hurry! Hurry! Uncle!

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(YELPING) Uncle, hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

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(SCREAMS)

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Any longer, Uncle...

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And the girls would finally
be safe from your attentions.

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The rest of you may go.

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But not you.

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Thirteen,

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14, 15, 16,

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- 17, 18, 19, 20.
- That was fun.

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Twenty pirates at two
gold pieces a head,

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minus the headless ones. Let's see.

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Not a bad night.

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You see how the pirates ran?
My story softened their resolve.

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Their resolve must be broken, Iolaus.

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When you spread the legend of
Hercules, make it bigger, scarier.

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The more they believe Hercules
is truly the son of Zeus,

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the less likely they are to fight.

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Oh!

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Aye.

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- Amphiaraus?
- Mmm?

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Care to join us here on Earth?

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A lion and a crow in strange alliance,
fighting across a sea of corpses.

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If you're going to use those herbs,
Amphiaraus, at least share.

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Huh?

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(ALL CHUCKLING)

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- (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
- (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

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THUG:
Hold it! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!

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Fight it!

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Keep practicing, boys!

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- So who's next? You? You?
- (SNIFFING)

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Ah!

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That's a pretty sight.

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One more payday, Autolycus,
that's all we need.

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Then we get to live like
the kings we've served.

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Or live simply.

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You still dreaming
of barbarian lands?

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Beyond the Aegean.
At the shores of the Black Sea.

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That is where I will live out the
rest of my days in solitude.

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- Boring, if you ask me.
- Maybe so, Autolycus.

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But I'll never find peace unless
I move as far away as possible.

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What of Tydeus? Without you to temper
his rage, I fear what he may become.

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Tydeus will go with me. Civilization
has become too civilized for us.

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Uncle!

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Join us. The girls are
eager to welcome you.

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See? I told you I knew Hercules.

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- Are you his servant?
- I'm his nephew.

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- Are you, really?
- I tell of Hercules' Twelve Labors,

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like the Nemean Lion,
the Apples of the Hesperides,

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the Belt of Hippolyta with its buxom
naked Amazons and exciting bondage.

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- I immortalize him...
- He talks, while the rest of us fight.

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It is a wonder you share the
same blood as Hercules.

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(WOMEN LAUGHING)

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Have fun.

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- Ladies.
- BOTH: Oh...

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- What do you want with Hercules?
- My words are for him, not you.

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Atalanta, it's all right.

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- You certainly are a hard man to find.
- Maybe I don't want anyone to find me.

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I'm not just anyone. My name is
Ergenia, daughter to Lord Cotys.

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Your father is most fortunate
to have such a beautiful heir.

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My father is most unfortunate.
He battles a warlord, Rhesus.

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Our land is torn by civil war. Every day,
villages are destroyed, crops ruined,

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- innocents slaughtered.
- We all have problems.

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Well, perhaps I can convince you
to make our problems your own.

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Unfortunately, My Lady, Hercules is fully
committed till the Feast of Dionysus.

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We could, however, advance you to
the front of the line, for the right price.

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Hmm. I thought heroes
fight for glory.

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But mercenaries fight for gold.

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