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Icarus is a major character from the Disney animated series Hercules. He was Hercules' best friend during their time in Prometheus Academy. He also has a romantic obsession with his friend Cassandra.

Personality

Having tried flying too close to the sun fried Icarus' brain, leaving him batty but lovable. Despite being an easy-going and good-natured man, Icarus is quick to anger and driven to great acts of spite at the slightest provocation, particularly when consumed by jealousy. While deeply respectful of his self-declared best friend Hercules, Icarus is not above using the Demigod's super strength to his own advantage, and will at times stop at nothing to make himself appear more capable than he genuinely is.

Icarus' encounter with the Sun has resulted in a number of behavioral oddities, such as sudden bouts of screaming and hyperactive fits when trying to prove a point or terrified. He also has little to no sense of social etiquette, though believes himself to be a ladies man.

Role in the series

In the clip-show episode "Hercules and the Yearbook", Phil tells that after graduation, Icarus went into manufacturing with his father, Daedelus, and became very wealthy, earning the name "Icarus: The Wax-Wing King". In "Hercules and the Arabian Night", he gets kidnapped by Jafar and teams up with Abu to stop him and Hades. Icarus then wants a monkey after he waves goodbye to Abu.

Trivia

  • Icarus was created specifically for the Hercules animated TV show.
  • In the animated series, Icarus' accident with the Sun is implied (and portrayed in the opening) as catching aflame as a result of flying too close to the sun, burning him and causing brain damage resulting in his hyperactive behavior and fried appearance. In actual Greek Mythology, after escaping his confines using the wax wings developed by his father Daedalus, Icarus ignored his father's warnings and flew too close to the sun, the heat of which caused his wax wings to melt and break apart, causing him to plummet into the sea and resulting in his death. This is contradicted in "Hercules and the Romans", where Icarus accidentally flies too close to the sun causing his wax wings to melt, during which he screams "OH MAN, NOT AGAIN" before plummeting, suggesting his initial accident was similar to Mythology.

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Media
Films: Hercules • Hercules: Zero to Hero • Video

Television: TV series (Episode list) (Aladdin crossover) • House of Mouse
Video games: Video game • Kingdom Hearts • Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories • Kingdom Hearts II • Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days • Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep • Kingdom Hearts coded • Kingdom Hearts χ • Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ/Union χ • Kingdom Hearts III • Disney Emoji Blitz • Disney Heroes: Battle Mode• Disney Sorcerer's Arena
Music: Soundtrack
Books: Classic Storybook • Disney's Wonderful World of Reading • Little Golden Book

Disney Parks
Disney Animation Building • It's a Small World • Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom • Stitch and Friends Summer Surprise

Entertainment: Animazment: The Musical • Disney's Dreams: An Enchanted Classic • Disney's Wishes • Hercules: The Muse-ical • Once Upon a Mouse • Villains Tonight!
Parade: Disney Stars and Motorcars Parade • Hercules Victory Parade • The Hercules Electrical Parade • The Wonderful World of Disney Parade
Firework: HarmoniUS • Happily Ever After • Wishes • Wonderful World of Animation
Halloween: Disney's Not So Spooky Spectacular • Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular • Maze of Madness: The Nightmare Experiment Continues • Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade • Re-Villains! Halloween Parade • Rock on With The Disney Villains • Scream and Shout Halloween Parade • The Villains World • Villains Night Out! • World of Color: Villainous!

Characters
Original: Hercules • Hades • Pegasus • Philoctetes • Megara • Pain and Panic • Fates • Muses • Zeus • Hera • Hermes • Hestia • Hephaestus • Athena • Ares • Poseidon • Aphrodite • Olympian Gods • Artemis • Apollo • Thebans • Dionysus • Titans • Cerberus • Hydra • Minotaur • Stheno • Nemean Lion • Nessus • Furies • Nymphs • Amphitryon and Alcmene

TV Series: Icarus • Cassandra • Adonis • Helen of Troy • Tempest • Circe • Triton • Galatea • Pandora • Medusa • Echidna • Typhon • Echidna's Children • Hecate • Nemesis • Mr. Parentheses • Homer • Fear and Terror • Ibid • Antaeus • Prometheus • Daedelus • Morpheus • Kronos • Gaia • Amphitrite • Achilles • Theseus • Orion • Nestor & Meleager • King Midas • Melampus • Lavina • Ajax • Andromeda • Syrinx • Electra • Mr. Griff • King Minos • Tivius • Orthos • Queen Hippolyte

Songs
Original: The Gospel Truth • Go the Distance • One Last Hope • Zero to Hero • I Won't Say (I'm in Love) • A Star is Born • Shooting Star • I Can't Believe My Heart

TV series songs: Send My Boy to School • My Town • Promethean Ditty • The Agora • The Bacchanal • The Man That I Love • Pucker Up or Let Him Snooze • That's How the Story Goes • Aphrodesia Dance • Love Is In The Air • Since the Light Went Away • Ain't Life a Beach • Can-Do King • Kronos Stone • What's a Mother to Do? • Sreamin' Grecian Teenage Blues • Lethe Water on the Brain! • One Good Man • You're My Hero

Locations
Ancient Greece • Mount Olympus • Underworld • Phil's Island • Thebes • Prometheus Academy • Atlantis City
Objects
Skull Pacifier • Armageddon Bow • Lightning Bolts • Mortal Potion • Trident
Miscellaneous
Disney Sing Along Songs: From Hercules
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