Hercules and the Argonauts is a Hercules: The Animated Series episode which first aired on October 8, 1998.
Summary[]
Hercules is tired of training and getting nowhere, seeming to Phil to want to become a hero overnight. Phil hence introduces him to Jason (William Shatner) the Argonaut, a great seafaring hero and one of the most patient men of all time, having searched thirty years for the Golden Fleece, to still not have found it. Jason invites Hercules to join him aboard the Argo in search of the Fleece, even letting him steer the ship through treacherous island shoals- when he gets himself, Phil and Jason stranded on a deserted island, inhabited only by the Sirens and the four-armed sailor-eating monster Gegeneis (Brad Garrett).
Cast[]
- Tate Donovan as Hercules
- Robert Costanzo as Philoctetes
- William Shatner as Jason
- Larry Miller as Lynceus
- Steven Wright as Bootes
- Brad Garrett as Gegeneis
- Rebecca Gayheart as Medea
- Heather Locklear as Nymphs
Songs[]
- Welcome to Paradise
Trivia[]
- The final scene in the episode is based on the final scene in the 1991 film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, where Captain James T. Kirk gives the crew of the USS Enterprise one final order before taking off into lightspeed: "Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning."
- The scene of Herc and Jason in the Gegeneis' lair uses a few sound effects from the original Star Trek TV series, with Jason's amulet making the same sound as the transporters onboard the USS Enterprise.
