1 00:00:13,705 --> 00:00:20,044 - Get him! - Don't let him get away! 2 00:00:20,586 --> 00:00:25,174 - Give us that box! - Oh, not the face! 3 00:00:25,174 --> 00:00:28,760 - Will ya hand it over? - His arms! 4 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,846 - I got 'em! - Watch his feet! 5 00:00:31,846 --> 00:00:34,015 Watch out! 6 00:00:39,729 --> 00:00:41,188 Hold still! 7 00:00:41,730 --> 00:00:45,734 You know? You really don't wanna do this. 8 00:00:46,235 --> 00:00:47,653 So, why don't you just let him go, huh? 9 00:00:48,153 --> 00:00:50,655 - Because he's still breathing. - Yeah? 10 00:00:51,031 --> 00:00:53,324 Well, I think he'd like to keep it that way. Don't you? 11 00:00:53,324 --> 00:00:55,451 - Wise guy! - Over here! 12 00:01:33,278 --> 00:01:34,070 Grab me a whip! 13 00:01:34,487 --> 00:01:35,697 - Quickly! - Let's go! 14 00:01:35,697 --> 00:01:36,906 We'll get 'em later! 15 00:01:36,906 --> 00:01:38,699 We need more men! 16 00:01:41,535 --> 00:01:43,120 Ha-ha-ha. 17 00:01:43,579 --> 00:01:47,666 Not that I couldn't have handled them myself, but thank you. 18 00:01:48,125 --> 00:01:50,585 Well, it's a little early in the day for highway robbery, isn't it? 19 00:01:50,585 --> 00:01:52,087 Oh, not at all. 20 00:01:52,087 --> 00:01:55,089 I try to start every day with a healthy dose of excitement. 21 00:01:55,089 --> 00:01:59,468 Bandits, lions, lynch mobs, anything to get the old heart started. 22 00:01:59,885 --> 00:02:01,554 Autolycus is my name. 23 00:02:02,012 --> 00:02:05,265 Iolaus. Is that the kingdom of Cyros? 24 00:02:05,766 --> 00:02:08,477 It is, indeed. You have business there? 25 00:02:08,477 --> 00:02:10,604 - Nah, I'm just meeting an old friend. - Ah. 26 00:02:11,021 --> 00:02:13,731 - This way! - Over here! 27 00:02:14,232 --> 00:02:14,732 Yeah, I see 'em! 28 00:02:15,191 --> 00:02:17,151 Oh, sounds like those bandits have returned. 29 00:02:17,151 --> 00:02:18,861 Yeah. Well, if it is them, they've brought friends. 30 00:02:19,237 --> 00:02:22,907 - Looks like we're surrounded. - What do you mean, 'We'? 31 00:02:24,408 --> 00:02:29,037 You got me out of trouble, I'm sure you can do the same for yourself. 32 00:02:30,664 --> 00:02:33,124 Yodle... ee... hoo! 33 00:02:36,878 --> 00:02:40,214 - Where's your partner-in-crime? - My p-- 34 00:02:40,214 --> 00:02:44,802 - ah, no, no, no. I was just-- - Tell it to the judge. 35 00:02:45,302 --> 00:02:47,179 - You're under arrest. - What for? 36 00:02:47,596 --> 00:02:49,890 You're standing on it. 37 00:03:13,411 --> 00:03:16,414 Excuse me, I'm looking for a friend of mine. 38 00:03:16,414 --> 00:03:19,417 He's... oh... about this tall, blond hair. His name's Iolaus. 39 00:03:19,959 --> 00:03:22,378 I'm sorry. I don't know him. 40 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:27,257 I just met your little friend. He gave me this. 41 00:03:27,257 --> 00:03:31,344 Well, if you called him 'Little', you're lucky that's all he gave you. 42 00:03:31,845 --> 00:03:32,846 Do you know where I can find him? 43 00:03:32,846 --> 00:03:36,224 In prison for stealing the king's prize ruby. 44 00:03:36,224 --> 00:03:38,184 Punishment is... 45 00:03:39,810 --> 00:03:40,561 Ha! 46 00:03:45,357 --> 00:03:48,652 This is the story of a time long ago. 47 00:03:48,652 --> 00:03:50,946 A time of myth and legend, 48 00:03:50,946 --> 00:03:53,114 when the ancient gods were petty and cruel, 49 00:03:53,490 --> 00:03:56,784 and they plagued mankind with suffering. 50 00:03:56,784 --> 00:04:02,289 Only one man dared to challenge their power-Hercules. 51 00:04:02,790 --> 00:04:05,709 Hercules possessed a strength the world had never seen, 52 00:04:05,709 --> 00:04:09,004 a strength surpassed only by the power of his heart. 53 00:04:09,379 --> 00:04:12,924 He journeyed the earth, battling the minions of wicked stepmother, Hera, 54 00:04:13,299 --> 00:04:16,386 the all-powerful queen of the gods. 55 00:04:16,386 --> 00:04:20,264 But wherever there was evil, wherever an innocent would suffer, 56 00:04:20,264 --> 00:04:22,349 there would be Hercules. 57 00:04:52,752 --> 00:04:54,754 Too many moving parts. 58 00:04:55,213 --> 00:04:58,966 I keep telling you think simple. 59 00:05:01,844 --> 00:05:03,679 There's someone here to see you, my Lord. 60 00:05:03,679 --> 00:05:06,098 Says his name is Hercules. 61 00:05:07,015 --> 00:05:12,228 - King Menelaus. - Hercules? 62 00:05:12,228 --> 00:05:14,439 Hercules, I know that name. 63 00:05:14,439 --> 00:05:16,941 Ah, y-you're father's someone important, isn't he? 64 00:05:16,941 --> 00:05:20,069 Zeus, king of the gods, if that sort of thing impresses you. 65 00:05:20,069 --> 00:05:22,488 Your Majesty, there's a man in your jail names Iolaus. 66 00:05:22,488 --> 00:05:25,074 - He's my friend, and-- - Oh, yes, the thief. 67 00:05:25,074 --> 00:05:29,453 We're trying him tomorrow. He-he'll be executed shortly afterwards. 68 00:05:29,953 --> 00:05:33,289 No, now, look at this. It's a new geared winch. 69 00:05:33,665 --> 00:05:38,586 With it, one man raising a stone can do the work of four. 70 00:05:38,586 --> 00:05:41,213 - That's very nice, but, uh-- - The problem is, I... 71 00:05:41,213 --> 00:05:43,465 I don't want three out of four men unemployed, 72 00:05:43,882 --> 00:05:45,092 just for the sake of progress. 73 00:05:45,467 --> 00:05:47,469 I can see where that would be a problem. Now, about my friend. 74 00:05:47,469 --> 00:05:49,179 - Your friend? - Yes. 75 00:05:49,179 --> 00:05:53,892 Oh-oh, yes, yes. Well, he plundered my treasury. 76 00:05:54,392 --> 00:05:57,353 I mean, we still haven't recovered the stone from my set. 77 00:05:57,353 --> 00:06:01,232 It's a dragon's-eye ruby given to my great-great-grandmother 78 00:06:01,232 --> 00:06:03,651 by Maleus the Mighty. Ha-ha. 79 00:06:04,068 --> 00:06:07,904 Maleus had no easy job persuading the dragon to give it up. 80 00:06:07,904 --> 00:06:09,739 Iolaus would never do anything like that. 81 00:06:10,282 --> 00:06:14,202 He's the most honest person I know. 82 00:06:14,202 --> 00:06:16,412 Then why doesn't he tell us where the ruby is? 83 00:06:16,412 --> 00:06:17,747 - Because he didn't take it. - Oh-ho! 84 00:06:17,747 --> 00:06:21,167 I'll be the judge of that literally. 85 00:06:21,167 --> 00:06:21,917 Oh! 86 00:06:26,380 --> 00:06:31,384 Dirce... ha. She's famous for her entrances. 87 00:06:31,384 --> 00:06:33,845 - That's wonderful. - Yes, you better say that. 88 00:06:33,845 --> 00:06:35,847 She's your friend's lawyer. 89 00:06:40,810 --> 00:06:41,560 Hi. 90 00:06:46,356 --> 00:06:49,151 Maybe there's something both of you should know about Cyros. 91 00:06:49,526 --> 00:06:51,945 No crime goes unpunished here. It's the law. 92 00:06:51,945 --> 00:06:54,572 Unfortunately, when the real culprit can't be found 93 00:06:54,572 --> 00:06:58,075 - innocent people have been executed. - Oh-ho! Good! 94 00:06:58,075 --> 00:07:00,077 I'm sorry, but the law is part of our tradition. 95 00:07:00,578 --> 00:07:02,580 And as much as the king loves things that are 96 00:07:02,580 --> 00:07:05,874 new tradition gets the best of him every time. 97 00:07:05,874 --> 00:07:09,169 And you're willing to let your tradition kill an innocent man. 98 00:07:09,169 --> 00:07:12,839 I only care about protecting my clients. 99 00:07:12,839 --> 00:07:15,341 Justice for the people. 100 00:07:15,341 --> 00:07:17,760 Humanity before tradition. 101 00:07:18,261 --> 00:07:22,431 But frankly, if we don't catch the real thief his goose is cooked. 102 00:07:24,475 --> 00:07:26,226 Well? 103 00:07:28,395 --> 00:07:31,815 - His name was Autolycus. - Autolycus? 104 00:07:32,357 --> 00:07:35,818 - You know who that is? - Everybody around here knows Autolycus. 105 00:07:35,818 --> 00:07:38,362 The peasants call him, 'The King of Thieves'. 106 00:07:38,362 --> 00:07:43,033 I have his description here. There. 107 00:07:43,033 --> 00:07:45,828 The king's constables swear he's uncatchable. 108 00:07:45,828 --> 00:07:48,830 And Autolycus has said that he'd rather die than be brought to justice. 109 00:07:49,247 --> 00:07:51,416 Well, you're about to find out if he's true to his word 110 00:07:51,916 --> 00:07:54,419 - because I'm going to catch him. - Well, you'd better hurry. 111 00:07:54,419 --> 00:07:57,088 The king has decreed that the trial starts tomorrow. 112 00:07:57,088 --> 00:08:01,383 They don't waste any time here, do they? 113 00:08:01,842 --> 00:08:05,846 - How are you at stalling? - I may be able to get you three days. 114 00:08:05,846 --> 00:08:08,348 Yeah? What if it takes more than three days to catch him? 115 00:08:08,348 --> 00:08:09,349 Well, then I'll make sure that 116 00:08:09,349 --> 00:08:13,269 the king feels guily about beheading the wrong man. 117 00:08:49,761 --> 00:08:52,764 - Autolycus, right? - Ah, you've heard of me. 118 00:08:52,764 --> 00:08:57,643 Not until yesterday. I believe you took something that doesn't belong to you. 119 00:08:57,643 --> 00:08:59,270 Rumor and innuendo. 120 00:09:06,860 --> 00:09:08,070 Oop! 121 00:09:08,070 --> 00:09:08,779 Uh! 122 00:09:12,991 --> 00:09:14,993 You're too easy. You know that? 123 00:09:14,993 --> 00:09:16,994 I thought the King of Thieves would be harder to catch. 124 00:09:16,994 --> 00:09:21,499 - Who are you? - Hercules... heard of me? 125 00:09:21,999 --> 00:09:24,001 Oh! We-ell, that makes perfect sense! 126 00:09:24,001 --> 00:09:26,503 Only the son of Zeus could've found me! 127 00:09:27,004 --> 00:09:28,964 Well, you left quite a trail. 128 00:09:28,964 --> 00:09:29,923 See, next time you're running from the law, 129 00:09:30,465 --> 00:09:32,467 don't stop to shake hands with every villager you meet. 130 00:09:32,467 --> 00:09:35,762 Oh, but Hercules, how can I deny them? The people love me. 131 00:09:36,179 --> 00:09:37,930 - Force yourself. - I'd rather do this. 132 00:09:46,355 --> 00:09:48,607 You're only making more trouble for yourself. 133 00:09:49,107 --> 00:09:54,279 If I didn't like trouble, I would've gone into a different line of work. 134 00:09:55,071 --> 00:09:57,907 Yodle-ee-hoo! 135 00:09:58,407 --> 00:10:01,118 Maybe this isn't going to be so easy. 136 00:10:02,119 --> 00:10:04,121 The thief is to be escorted to the court. 137 00:10:04,580 --> 00:10:06,123 - The alleged thief. - Whatever. 138 00:10:06,123 --> 00:10:07,582 No convictions without a trial! 139 00:10:07,582 --> 00:10:10,126 Here is is, provision 99 the review of evidence by outside audit. 140 00:10:14,130 --> 00:10:17,049 That'll easily take up two-and-a-half days. 141 00:10:17,049 --> 00:10:21,053 Of course, that still doesn't give your friend much time to catch Autolycus. 142 00:10:21,053 --> 00:10:24,890 - Well, if anyone can, Hercules can. - It'll still vex him, though. 143 00:10:24,890 --> 00:10:28,393 - Who? - The king, he's very impatient. 144 00:10:28,393 --> 00:10:30,812 He'll probably regret accepting my proposal. 145 00:10:30,812 --> 00:10:33,314 - What proposal? - Counsel for the defense. 146 00:10:33,314 --> 00:10:36,609 - I'm the one who came up with the idea. - I'm surprised he agreed to it. 147 00:10:36,609 --> 00:10:38,778 Ha-ha. He likes to think he's progressive. 148 00:10:39,195 --> 00:10:41,906 Ha! What a joke! Oh. 149 00:10:41,906 --> 00:10:45,075 Would ya mind getting that for me? 150 00:10:46,743 --> 00:10:47,953 Yah! 151 00:10:51,956 --> 00:10:53,166 Excuse me. 152 00:11:01,340 --> 00:11:02,341 Excuse me. 153 00:11:02,341 --> 00:11:05,344 Ha-have you seen a tall man with dark hair and a green tunic? 154 00:11:05,344 --> 00:11:07,346 He might have tried to shake your hand. 155 00:11:07,804 --> 00:11:09,806 Do you mean Autolycus. 156 00:11:10,348 --> 00:11:13,351 - None other. - Sorry, not today. 157 00:11:13,351 --> 00:11:15,353 Is there anywhere else to cross the river? 158 00:11:15,353 --> 00:11:20,983 Oh, footbridge twenty miles downstream. But it washed away. 159 00:11:30,283 --> 00:11:32,285 Thanks for your help. 160 00:11:33,620 --> 00:11:35,622 You'll never catch him, you know. 161 00:11:47,716 --> 00:11:49,634 Oh! Excuse me! 162 00:11:52,053 --> 00:11:56,641 - Autolycus! - Ooh. Oop! Pardon me! 163 00:11:56,641 --> 00:11:58,684 Go, Autolycus! Go! 164 00:11:58,684 --> 00:12:01,604 You'll never catch The King of Thieves! 165 00:12:27,502 --> 00:12:29,004 Yodle-ee-hoo! 166 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,602 Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. 167 00:12:45,602 --> 00:12:49,064 Ah, even the great Hercules is no match for The King of Thieves. 168 00:12:49,981 --> 00:12:53,943 Can't you do any better? I learned that trick when I was a boy. 169 00:12:53,943 --> 00:12:57,780 Sorry, Hercules. But I've got a reputation to maintain. 170 00:12:58,281 --> 00:13:00,157 I'm afraid I've got to ruin it. 171 00:13:05,079 --> 00:13:06,038 Yah! 172 00:13:09,958 --> 00:13:13,294 Oh, oh, oh, gods above, put me down! 173 00:13:17,715 --> 00:13:20,551 So much for the direct approach. 174 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:32,270 It's been a pleasure, Hercules! 175 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:36,649 Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! 176 00:13:37,108 --> 00:13:37,608 Oh! 177 00:13:37,608 --> 00:13:38,609 Ooh! 178 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:40,820 Ah! 179 00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:47,117 Uh-oh. 180 00:13:56,417 --> 00:14:03,924 The evidence is in. Counsel has two minutes for closing arguments. 181 00:14:05,134 --> 00:14:09,638 Your lordship, I propose that all evidence here today be subject 182 00:14:09,638 --> 00:14:14,267 to Provision 99 the review of evidence by outside audit. 183 00:14:14,267 --> 00:14:18,062 Ah, that won't be possible, Counselor. I retired Abagustus yesterday. 184 00:14:18,062 --> 00:14:21,023 - What? - Who's Abagustus? 185 00:14:21,023 --> 00:14:24,193 The only outside auditor in Cyros. How could you let him retire? 186 00:14:24,610 --> 00:14:27,821 Dirce, the man is 97 years old. 187 00:14:28,321 --> 00:14:31,574 The only thing he's got energy for is to sleep. 188 00:14:32,075 --> 00:14:33,576 So if you can't think of anything better than that-- 189 00:14:33,576 --> 00:14:38,623 J-just wait a minute. OK, I-I'm sure there's something. 190 00:14:42,084 --> 00:14:43,085 Ah. 191 00:14:43,877 --> 00:14:48,757 - Provision 46. - That's strictly for maritime insurrections. 192 00:14:48,757 --> 00:14:50,717 Oh, right. 193 00:14:51,593 --> 00:14:59,475 Um... well... amendment 12 K to Provision 7. 194 00:14:59,976 --> 00:15:04,396 Applies only to politicians with records of heredit'ry insanity. 195 00:15:04,897 --> 00:15:08,817 Oh, yes. Um... 196 00:15:10,485 --> 00:15:12,904 Time is running out, Counselor. 197 00:15:12,904 --> 00:15:16,157 The court is ready to pass judgment. 198 00:15:19,660 --> 00:15:22,621 I propose that the court enact the Erebus test 199 00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:27,751 - the ancient test of innocence. - But that could take days. 200 00:15:27,751 --> 00:15:31,463 - And besides, it's barbaric. - But, it's part of the traditional law. 201 00:15:31,838 --> 00:15:36,718 And that's the most important thing, isn't it? Tradition. 202 00:15:42,431 --> 00:15:43,641 Very well, Dirce. 203 00:15:43,641 --> 00:15:46,435 The court will indulge you though I personally think it 204 00:15:46,435 --> 00:15:50,897 would be more humane to let us execute the defendant. 205 00:15:51,314 --> 00:15:56,277 The court is recessed for two hours. We will reconvene at the pond. 206 00:15:57,612 --> 00:15:59,405 Got him! Ha-ha. 207 00:16:03,659 --> 00:16:07,454 - Barbaric? - Hmm. 208 00:16:33,770 --> 00:16:36,773 I don't suppose you'd care ta-- give me a hand? 209 00:16:36,773 --> 00:16:39,525 Hey, you're the escape artist. 210 00:16:42,945 --> 00:16:47,407 But, maybe you're losing your touch. 211 00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:56,374 Ooh! Oh! Ha-ha-ha-ha. Thank you. 212 00:16:56,916 --> 00:16:59,293 - You're welcome. - Yo! 213 00:16:59,293 --> 00:17:00,169 Ah! Ah! 214 00:17:03,797 --> 00:17:05,716 I have to tell you, Hercules-- mm-mm... 215 00:17:06,175 --> 00:17:07,718 this is going to put a strain on our friendship. 216 00:17:07,718 --> 00:17:12,180 - Oh! - What friendship? 217 00:17:16,601 --> 00:17:18,102 - Ah! - You stole this, 218 00:17:18,102 --> 00:17:19,603 and left my best friend to be executed for it. 219 00:17:19,603 --> 00:17:22,606 I didn't plan it that way. I thought he could take care of himself! 220 00:17:22,606 --> 00:17:23,607 - If you'd seen how he'd wiped out-- - Save your breath! 221 00:17:26,443 --> 00:17:29,154 All I care about is getting you where you belong in court. 222 00:17:29,696 --> 00:17:32,157 That should hold ya. Have a nice swim! 223 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,705 Explain to me again how this is gonna prove my innocence? 224 00:17:39,705 --> 00:17:43,876 It’s called 'dunking'. You and the rock are thrown into the water. 225 00:17:43,876 --> 00:17:47,963 - If you drown, you're guilty. - Oh, well, that makes sense. 226 00:17:47,963 --> 00:17:49,256 Look, I know it sounds ridiculous 227 00:17:49,256 --> 00:17:51,800 but it was the only delaying tactic left me. 228 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,343 - Oh, one other thing. - What? 229 00:17:53,343 --> 00:17:56,137 Don't swallow the water. It's filthy. 230 00:17:56,137 --> 00:17:58,973 Let's get this over with. The agriculture commission has a 231 00:17:59,348 --> 00:18:02,977 a pig-breeding crisis I need to deal with. 232 00:18:04,561 --> 00:18:06,563 - Here! - Ah, any more advice? 233 00:18:06,563 --> 00:18:08,148 - One, two. - Keep your head above water. 234 00:18:08,148 --> 00:18:09,357 Thank you. 235 00:18:12,152 --> 00:18:15,822 You're only prolonging your client's agony. 236 00:18:15,822 --> 00:18:18,699 I am looking after his rights. 237 00:18:21,077 --> 00:18:23,621 Strange way of doing it. 238 00:18:30,627 --> 00:18:32,962 You're wasting your time. 239 00:18:40,177 --> 00:18:44,181 Trust me, I know something about prison doors. 240 00:18:44,181 --> 00:18:46,183 I didn't think ya ever wound up behind them. 241 00:18:46,183 --> 00:18:49,186 You know, since you're uncatchable. 242 00:18:49,686 --> 00:18:53,690 The only times the jackals of authority catch me is when I let them. 243 00:18:53,690 --> 00:18:58,694 Then of course, I escape immediately, so they know I can't be stopped. 244 00:19:02,198 --> 00:19:03,699 Oh-ho-ho! 245 00:19:04,199 --> 00:19:05,701 Very impressive. 246 00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:08,620 Ha! 247 00:19:08,620 --> 00:19:11,039 Guess I'll be running along. 248 00:19:11,539 --> 00:19:15,001 You are really starting to annoy me. 249 00:19:19,005 --> 00:19:24,176 Time's up. We're draggin' the carcass out of the water. 250 00:19:28,597 --> 00:19:33,810 You made it! You survived! 251 00:19:34,602 --> 00:19:36,187 Yeah! I, uh... 252 00:19:36,187 --> 00:19:39,815 managed to slow down my heartbeat so I could 253 00:19:39,815 --> 00:19:43,027 hold my breath until I got up to the surface. 254 00:19:43,027 --> 00:19:46,613 - It's a trick I learned in the East. - Well, it worked. 255 00:19:46,613 --> 00:19:48,698 You've passed the first test. 256 00:19:48,698 --> 00:19:52,952 - First test? - Just two more. 257 00:19:52,952 --> 00:19:56,664 I hope they're a lot easier than this one was. 258 00:19:57,081 --> 00:19:58,249 Ahh... 259 00:19:58,249 --> 00:19:59,875 On your feet! 260 00:20:01,460 --> 00:20:05,089 - What's next? - It’s called 'Pressing'. 261 00:20:05,464 --> 00:20:07,883 Pressing. Pressing? 262 00:20:23,272 --> 00:20:25,274 Now all ya hafta do is stand there for an hour, 263 00:20:25,816 --> 00:20:30,820 - and not let any stones fall. - Ah, great. No problem. 264 00:20:31,279 --> 00:20:34,282 You know? We can beat the system yet! 265 00:20:34,282 --> 00:20:37,243 That'll show my father I know what I'm doing. 266 00:20:37,743 --> 00:20:39,704 Who's your father? 267 00:20:39,704 --> 00:20:42,289 - The king, of course. - The king? Wow! 268 00:20:42,289 --> 00:20:43,791 Look out! 269 00:20:49,629 --> 00:20:53,591 That was close. Now, don't worry. 270 00:20:53,591 --> 00:20:56,052 Winning this case has become a personal matter to me. 271 00:20:56,052 --> 00:21:00,014 Yeah, it's, uh... kind of personal for me, too. 272 00:21:05,144 --> 00:21:06,353 Ooh! 273 00:21:06,353 --> 00:21:07,562 Whoo. 274 00:21:07,562 --> 00:21:10,357 Well, this place certainly has a lot of, uh, character. 275 00:21:10,357 --> 00:21:12,359 Interesting design, don't you think? 276 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,029 Early Assyrian, but with definite neo-Babylonian influences. 277 00:21:20,032 --> 00:21:29,875 Oh, the Fates have been kind. I've died and gone to Olympus. 278 00:21:29,875 --> 00:21:34,546 Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho! Will ya look at all this? 279 00:21:34,546 --> 00:21:36,589 - Keep your voice down. - Why, you and 280 00:21:36,589 --> 00:21:39,008 I could clean out this whole place in a couple of days, Hercules. 281 00:21:39,467 --> 00:21:41,552 I don't have a couple of days. 282 00:21:41,552 --> 00:21:44,013 All right, well, we'll just take what we need. 283 00:21:44,013 --> 00:21:47,099 Uh, half for me and some for you. Come on! 284 00:21:47,474 --> 00:21:49,101 Untie my hands. 285 00:21:49,101 --> 00:21:52,562 Would you desert a castle and leave all this behind? 286 00:21:52,562 --> 00:21:53,563 What are you getting at? 287 00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:57,984 Whatever drove these people away did it in a hurry. 288 00:21:59,610 --> 00:22:03,030 - And it's still here. - Don't be ridiculous. 289 00:22:03,530 --> 00:22:07,576 Nothing's lived in here for centuries! Ha-ha. 290 00:22:07,576 --> 00:22:11,413 Whoa. Whoa. 291 00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:17,335 Maybe, 'Ridiculous' wasn't the right word. 292 00:22:28,095 --> 00:22:31,097 You don't suppose it's avegetarian, do ya? 293 00:22:31,097 --> 00:22:36,477 Sh! Back up slowly. No sudden movements. 294 00:22:49,448 --> 00:22:51,950 I'd call that a sudden movement! 295 00:22:58,748 --> 00:23:00,750 Oh. 296 00:23:02,251 --> 00:23:06,213 If it doesn't eat us, it'll kill us with its breath! 297 00:23:07,214 --> 00:23:13,511 Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Oooooh! 298 00:23:13,511 --> 00:23:15,054 Oh! 299 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,461 Well, that's better! 300 00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:53,923 - What, now? - I'm thinking! I'm thinking! 301 00:23:53,923 --> 00:23:57,885 Well, while you think I'll get the door. 302 00:24:06,268 --> 00:24:07,686 Ohh. 303 00:24:07,686 --> 00:24:09,229 Ah. 304 00:24:38,005 --> 00:24:46,680 Ohhh. I like it. 305 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,976 Ooh! Boy, you are good! 306 00:24:51,476 --> 00:24:52,936 Ooh! 307 00:25:00,151 --> 00:25:01,777 I think we scared it. 308 00:25:06,907 --> 00:25:08,909 Father, what are you doing? 309 00:25:12,620 --> 00:25:14,163 - I can't quite get this to work. - Ha. 310 00:25:14,622 --> 00:25:17,166 - We're all waiting outside! - Oh, Dirce. 311 00:25:17,166 --> 00:25:19,543 Just how long does this game have to go on? 312 00:25:20,044 --> 00:25:23,047 Justice is not a game. Justice is life. 313 00:25:23,047 --> 00:25:24,923 Yes, yes, I've heard all that before. 314 00:25:25,382 --> 00:25:27,634 Oh! Will you stop that? 315 00:25:28,051 --> 00:25:30,637 Now why can't you start behaving like a normal king? 316 00:25:31,179 --> 00:25:32,806 Why can't you behave like a normal princess, 317 00:25:33,223 --> 00:25:35,683 instead of some budding old maid, who doesn't have anything 318 00:25:35,683 --> 00:25:39,103 in her life except screwball causes? Feed the stag beetle! 319 00:25:39,103 --> 00:25:43,565 - Save the Harpies! - Well, at least I believe in something. 320 00:25:43,565 --> 00:25:45,567 You think I don't. 321 00:25:45,567 --> 00:25:48,862 I cling to tradition because I am trying 322 00:25:48,862 --> 00:25:52,657 to preserve our way of life here in Cyros. 323 00:25:53,116 --> 00:25:56,119 What more do you want from me? 324 00:25:57,328 --> 00:26:03,292 I want you to care about people as much as you care about your inventions. 325 00:26:03,292 --> 00:26:07,629 None of 'em work, anyway! 326 00:26:08,588 --> 00:26:13,551 Come on. Let's get this Erebus test over with. 327 00:26:21,433 --> 00:26:22,768 Would a look at that? 328 00:26:33,778 --> 00:26:34,779 Move along! 329 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:36,614 You made it! 330 00:26:36,614 --> 00:26:40,785 Yeah. There was nothing to it. 331 00:26:40,785 --> 00:26:44,455 I just had to separate my mind from my body, 332 00:26:44,830 --> 00:26:47,249 and kind of become one with the rocks. 333 00:26:47,624 --> 00:26:50,043 Listen to the poor devil. He's ranting! 334 00:26:50,043 --> 00:26:52,837 We should put him out of his misery right now. 335 00:26:53,254 --> 00:26:56,841 You'll do no such thing. He can take anything you throw at him. 336 00:26:56,841 --> 00:27:00,261 Yeah. What are you gonna throw at me? 337 00:27:00,261 --> 00:27:02,221 A wild boar? 338 00:27:02,221 --> 00:27:04,223 You'll be in this pit with it for three hours. 339 00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:07,225 All you have to do is stay alive and not lose any blood. 340 00:27:07,684 --> 00:27:10,228 Three hours? 341 00:27:11,688 --> 00:27:13,648 I can do that. 342 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,361 In with him, then. 343 00:27:31,498 --> 00:27:34,500 - That boar is bigger than a horse. - It doesn't matter, Iolaus. 344 00:27:34,500 --> 00:27:38,337 You're gonna get through this. I know you are. 345 00:27:38,337 --> 00:27:41,298 We're waiting. 346 00:27:45,177 --> 00:27:48,180 I'll see ya in three hours. 347 00:27:52,684 --> 00:27:54,686 This pig is huge! 348 00:27:59,357 --> 00:28:03,527 - Well? - It's a door. 349 00:28:04,528 --> 00:28:07,072 They don't make them like that, anymore. 350 00:28:07,072 --> 00:28:10,533 There must be a winch around here, somewhere. 351 00:28:15,538 --> 00:28:17,498 Oh, that'll take forever. 352 00:28:19,417 --> 00:28:21,919 All right. Here, let me help. 353 00:28:23,420 --> 00:28:24,421 Oh! 354 00:28:24,922 --> 00:28:28,425 Nothing larger than the Parthenon, please. 355 00:28:30,927 --> 00:28:32,929 That's more like it. 356 00:28:33,429 --> 00:28:35,431 Can't risk damaging these magic hands, you know? 357 00:28:35,932 --> 00:28:38,935 Right. Think of all the innocent people that would keep you from robbing. 358 00:28:38,935 --> 00:28:44,440 Now, if I had my druthers which I admit isn't always the case 359 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,943 I would focus on the corrupt and decadent. 360 00:28:47,943 --> 00:28:51,946 That's how I got into this business, as a matter of fact. 361 00:28:51,946 --> 00:28:53,948 A bloated merchant from Cyros tricked my brother, 362 00:28:54,449 --> 00:28:55,950 Melaegus, out of his land. 363 00:28:56,451 --> 00:28:59,954 And when Melaegus protested, the merchant had him killed. 364 00:29:00,454 --> 00:29:02,456 And the powers that be did nothing about it. 365 00:29:02,456 --> 00:29:04,458 So I delivered my own justice. 366 00:29:04,958 --> 00:29:06,877 I robbed that merchant, and I gave every dinar 367 00:29:06,877 --> 00:29:11,298 he had to the sick, the hungry, the poor. 368 00:29:11,298 --> 00:29:13,258 The merchant became a pauper. 369 00:29:13,716 --> 00:29:17,220 And well I became an outlaw. 370 00:29:21,223 --> 00:29:25,060 But not just any outlaw, either. 371 00:29:29,898 --> 00:29:32,400 - If you don't mind. - That's all right. 372 00:29:32,901 --> 00:29:36,404 I'll get it back. After all, I am The King of Thieves. 373 00:29:36,404 --> 00:29:37,905 Save it for court. 374 00:29:39,407 --> 00:29:42,660 You really are serious about taking me back, aren't you? 375 00:29:42,660 --> 00:29:45,162 - You bet I am. - Well, that's very Herculean, 376 00:29:45,621 --> 00:29:47,581 but you see, there's just one small catch. 377 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,960 If your friend lives, that means I die. 378 00:29:58,758 --> 00:30:00,760 Time's up. Lift the lid. 379 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,761 Lift the lid! 380 00:30:27,034 --> 00:30:31,538 You're alive! You're wonderful! 381 00:30:31,538 --> 00:30:34,540 I'm better than that, Dirce. I'm free! 382 00:30:34,540 --> 00:30:37,043 What did you do? 383 00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:40,546 I let him chase me around for a while till he got exhausted. 384 00:30:41,046 --> 00:30:43,048 And then I summoned up all my energy I looked him 385 00:30:43,507 --> 00:30:47,219 straight in the eyes and I put him into a trance. 386 00:30:47,219 --> 00:30:49,179 It's an old hunters' trick. 387 00:30:49,179 --> 00:30:53,349 - Ow! - Well, Father... 388 00:30:53,349 --> 00:30:56,227 he has passed all of the steps of the Erebus test. 389 00:30:56,227 --> 00:31:02,107 Ooh, you... you make a good point, Dirce. There is no-- oh. 390 00:31:02,107 --> 00:31:05,694 Oh, wait a minute. 391 00:31:08,697 --> 00:31:10,156 He bleeds. 392 00:31:11,491 --> 00:31:14,285 You have got to be kidding! 393 00:31:14,285 --> 00:31:18,664 You know, I've played your games! I passed your stupid tests! 394 00:31:19,081 --> 00:31:20,958 And now, you're gonna condemn me for cutting my finger 395 00:31:20,958 --> 00:31:25,087 after I escaped from your pet boar? You people are crazy! 396 00:31:25,087 --> 00:31:27,381 Hey. Don't talk to the king like that. 397 00:31:27,381 --> 00:31:29,382 - Or you'll get in real trouble. - Ha! 398 00:31:29,883 --> 00:31:33,386 - How much more trouble can I get in? - Da-enough of this jibber-jabber! 399 00:31:33,386 --> 00:31:36,848 Dirce, you asked for the Erebus test and you got it. 400 00:31:37,348 --> 00:31:41,227 Your client has proven himself guilty beyond a doubt. 401 00:31:41,227 --> 00:31:45,147 He will be executed at dusk. 402 00:31:58,075 --> 00:32:03,956 - Well, I hope it still works. - There's one way to find out. 403 00:32:10,921 --> 00:32:15,758 Ohh, it looks like a beautiful day in the neighborhood. 404 00:32:15,758 --> 00:32:17,218 But how are we gonna keep that thing up 405 00:32:17,218 --> 00:32:19,178 long enough to get out there and enjoy it? 406 00:32:19,178 --> 00:32:21,180 Find something to brace the wheel. 407 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:27,561 Hurry up! 408 00:32:38,321 --> 00:32:40,322 Ha. 409 00:32:44,368 --> 00:32:48,955 Wrong place... wrong time. 410 00:32:48,955 --> 00:32:50,457 Find something? 411 00:32:51,333 --> 00:32:53,835 Ah, a little more than I wanted to. 412 00:32:56,379 --> 00:32:59,799 Oh, quick! Brace the wheel! 413 00:32:59,799 --> 00:33:00,800 Oh, oh, the wheel. 414 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:01,258 Um... 415 00:33:01,258 --> 00:33:02,593 Go on! Get out of here! 416 00:33:02,593 --> 00:33:02,968 You're sure? 417 00:33:03,385 --> 00:33:04,803 Go! 418 00:33:28,033 --> 00:33:30,243 Come on, Hercules! Uh! 419 00:33:47,175 --> 00:33:48,635 What do you think you're doing? 420 00:33:48,635 --> 00:33:49,845 I need this. 421 00:33:55,099 --> 00:33:57,059 I told you to get out of here! 422 00:33:57,059 --> 00:33:59,520 Don't you worry about me, Hercules. 423 00:34:26,086 --> 00:34:27,629 Autolycus! 424 00:34:36,721 --> 00:34:38,097 Let's get you outta here. 425 00:35:49,037 --> 00:35:52,040 Autolycus, you all right? 426 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,042 I was gonna run away while your back was turned, 427 00:35:54,042 --> 00:35:58,504 but I can't seem to stand. 428 00:35:58,504 --> 00:36:04,176 - Then don't try. - I don't think I can move my legs. 429 00:36:04,176 --> 00:36:08,180 You could have escaped? Why'd you come back to help me? 430 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,183 Oh. A... a lapse in judgment. 431 00:36:12,725 --> 00:36:15,019 I don't think so. 432 00:36:16,020 --> 00:36:18,564 Look, Hercules... 433 00:36:20,024 --> 00:36:24,486 I don't want your friend to die because of something I've done. 434 00:36:24,987 --> 00:36:28,740 It would... ha... spoil my image. Mmm. 435 00:36:28,740 --> 00:36:32,118 - Can't have that, can we? - Mmm... 436 00:36:32,619 --> 00:36:37,373 but I'm afraid you're gonna have to carry me back to Cyros. 437 00:36:37,915 --> 00:36:38,749 Mmm. 438 00:36:39,583 --> 00:36:42,002 And I think you'd better hurry. 439 00:36:44,546 --> 00:36:47,758 Father, I can't let you do this not when you know he's innocent. 440 00:36:48,133 --> 00:36:52,137 But tradition must be honored. It's what keeps us civilized. 441 00:36:52,137 --> 00:36:56,182 Well if this is civilized, then I wish you'd execute me instead of Iolaus. 442 00:36:56,182 --> 00:36:58,643 Come on! I'll even put my head on the block for you! 443 00:36:58,643 --> 00:37:00,644 - Guards! - Dirce, no! 444 00:37:00,644 --> 00:37:01,395 - Get her away from there! - Nooo! 445 00:37:01,395 --> 00:37:02,646 Dirce! 446 00:37:02,646 --> 00:37:04,231 Dirce! 447 00:37:09,861 --> 00:37:11,863 I can't let you die. 448 00:37:13,031 --> 00:37:17,410 Just keep fighting for justice and reason. 449 00:37:17,410 --> 00:37:21,038 If you do that it won't have been for nothing. 450 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,043 Father... please. 451 00:37:26,585 --> 00:37:29,713 I'm sorry, Dirce. 452 00:37:30,088 --> 00:37:31,965 Proceed. 453 00:37:49,231 --> 00:37:51,650 I-it's not as bad as it seems, my boy. 454 00:37:52,067 --> 00:37:54,861 With this chopping device my inventors have perfected... uh, 455 00:37:55,236 --> 00:37:58,489 there'll be no more sloppy work with an ax. 456 00:37:58,489 --> 00:38:00,282 Uh, what a relief. 457 00:38:01,117 --> 00:38:07,247 I-i-if there's anything you wish to say... say it now. 458 00:38:07,247 --> 00:38:14,587 Two things actually I'm innocent and you should be nicer to your daughter. 459 00:38:15,797 --> 00:38:18,674 Should I enter that in the record, your Highness? 460 00:38:18,674 --> 00:38:22,886 Yes. Well, tradition gives us no other choice. 461 00:38:23,262 --> 00:38:25,055 Commence the execution! 462 00:38:33,354 --> 00:38:36,566 Father, if you do this I will never forgive you. 463 00:38:36,983 --> 00:38:39,443 I have told you, I am sorry. 464 00:38:39,443 --> 00:38:42,112 What has begun here is bigger than both of us. 465 00:38:47,117 --> 00:38:48,994 Stop! 466 00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:51,162 What is this? 467 00:38:52,956 --> 00:38:57,293 Hercules! Where have you been? 468 00:38:57,293 --> 00:39:00,296 You were supposed to give me three days. 469 00:39:02,590 --> 00:39:06,510 - How you doing? - Oh, you know, I've had better days. 470 00:39:06,510 --> 00:39:10,639 How-how dare you put this stranger on the royal throne? 471 00:39:10,639 --> 00:39:14,809 Your Highness, say hello to Autolycus. 472 00:39:15,310 --> 00:39:19,355 - The King of Thieves? - Ah, you've heard of me. 473 00:39:19,355 --> 00:39:21,357 He's here as a witness for the defense. 474 00:39:21,357 --> 00:39:22,983 Well, you... you better be quick about it. 475 00:39:22,983 --> 00:39:24,568 We're in the middle of an execution! 476 00:39:24,568 --> 00:39:28,155 You shouldn't be. You're executing the wrong man. 477 00:39:28,530 --> 00:39:34,744 - Yeah, that's my point, exactly! - He didn't rob the royal vault. 478 00:39:34,744 --> 00:39:38,164 Ha-ha-ha. I did. 479 00:39:41,125 --> 00:39:44,920 - It's the dragon's eye ruby! - You, sir... 480 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:51,801 have had the honor of being robbed by the greatest thief of all time. 481 00:39:53,261 --> 00:39:55,179 Autolycus! 482 00:39:56,347 --> 00:39:59,558 Thank you, Hercules. Ha. 483 00:39:59,558 --> 00:40:04,438 My mission is complete. 484 00:40:12,404 --> 00:40:15,365 The rope! Father, do something! 485 00:40:17,366 --> 00:40:20,244 But nothing like this has ever happened in Cyros! 486 00:40:20,244 --> 00:40:22,246 - Ah, terrific. - Iolaus is not thief. 487 00:40:22,246 --> 00:40:23,789 You know that for a fact. Now, let him go! 488 00:40:24,206 --> 00:40:26,541 - But tradition! - Humanity is more important. 489 00:40:26,541 --> 00:40:29,878 - Start a new tradition. - We could make a campaign of it. 490 00:40:29,878 --> 00:40:34,257 'Menelaus a new king for a new day.' You could rewrite the old laws. 491 00:40:34,257 --> 00:40:38,261 Rewrite the laws! Rewrite the laws? I can do that? 492 00:40:38,261 --> 00:40:41,722 - You're the king. - Would you help me? 493 00:40:41,722 --> 00:40:43,724 You know I would. 494 00:40:44,141 --> 00:40:46,518 Let him go! 495 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,459 - Are you all right? - Yeah. 496 00:41:12,959 --> 00:41:16,879 - How did you get him to confess? - He did it on his own. 497 00:41:16,879 --> 00:41:20,007 Autolycus, wasn't as bad as he wanted you to believe. 498 00:41:20,007 --> 00:41:24,470 Proof of that is right here. Take this to the royal vault. 499 00:41:24,470 --> 00:41:27,472 And prepare Autolycus' body for a state funeral. 500 00:41:29,432 --> 00:41:34,312 - He's gone. - I wish I could say I was surprised. 501 00:41:36,272 --> 00:41:38,858 Where's my money pouch? 502 00:41:39,275 --> 00:41:42,278 I can't say I'm surprised about that, either. 503 00:41:46,156 --> 00:41:47,658 Iolaus! 504 00:41:50,660 --> 00:41:54,664 Maybe if we'd been better hosts, you'd, stay longer? 505 00:41:54,664 --> 00:41:57,166 You and your father have a lot of work to do. 506 00:41:57,667 --> 00:41:59,168 I'll come back when things settle down. 507 00:41:59,168 --> 00:42:04,173 I hope so. You haven't seen the best part of our country, yet. 508 00:42:04,173 --> 00:42:08,176 Oh, I think I have. 509 00:42:10,178 --> 00:42:11,179 Huh. 510 00:42:30,989 --> 00:42:35,368 Ah, Dirce. You know, I left my heart in Cyros. 511 00:42:35,910 --> 00:42:37,912 - Yeah, but ya kept your head. - Good afternoon. 512 00:42:37,912 --> 00:42:40,331 - Good afternoon. - Afternoon. 513 00:42:42,833 --> 00:42:45,210 Someone you know? 514 00:42:45,210 --> 00:42:46,962 It could be. 515 00:42:49,297 --> 00:42:53,718 Want to go after him and make sure? 516 00:42:54,260 --> 00:42:56,721 Nope. 517 00:43:00,057 --> 00:43:01,267 OK.