"Hercules and the Girdle of Hippolyte" is an episode of the Hercules: The Animated Series. It first aired on September 18, 1998.
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While training with Phil, Hercules learns that during a Damsel-in-Distress training he was rescuing a guy doll. Phil tells him that heroes shouldn't save men they only save damsels. Meanwhile after Queen Hippolyte believes that her daughter, Tempest is going soft and weak, she kidnaps her, and makes her undergo a savage initiation ceremony to regain her status as an Amazonian warrior and to earn the right to wear the Golden Girdle. Hercules follows in a misguided rescue attempt only to learn she's just fine.
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