StoryboardThat keywords: Hercules, Nemean Lion, forest, bare hands, lion-skin cloak

Intro : Hercules strangles the unkillable lion with his bare hands and later dons its pelt as armor.

Characters: Hercules, Nemean Lion

Backgrounds: Nemean forest, rocky clearing

Labour 2 – Lernaean Hydra

Keywords: Hercules, Hydra, swamp, torch, poison arrow

Intro: Each head Hercules chops regrows; he sears stumps and dips arrows in venom.

Characters: Hercules, Hydra, Iolaus (helper)

Backgrounds: Lerna swamp, fiery reeds

Keywords: Hercules, golden deer, snow, year-long chase

Intro: After a year, Hercules nets the sacred hind without harming its bronze hooves.

Characters: Hercules, Ceryneian Hind

Backgrounds: Snowy Arcadian forest, mountain ridge

Labour 4 – Erymanthian Boar

Keywords: Hercules, giant boar, snow trap, net

Intro: He drives the boar into deep snow and hauls the squealing beast alive.

Characters: Hercules, Boar, surprised villagers

Backgrounds: Erymanthus mountain, snowy slope

Keywords: Hercules, river, stables, manure, shovel

Intro: In one day he reroutes two rivers to flush thirty years of filth.

Characters: Hercules, King Augeas, workers

Backgrounds: Vast barnyard, flowing river

Labour 6 – Stymphalian Birds

Keywords: Hercules, bronze rattle, swamp, iron beaks, arrows

Intro: Rattling Athena’s cymbals, he scatters the man-eating birds and shoots them mid-air.

Characters: Hercules, Stymphalian Birds, Athena (off-panel)

Backgrounds: Dark marsh lake, sky full of birds

Keywords: Hercules, Cretan Bull, sea, rope, waves

Intro: He wrestles the fiery bull, leaps on its back, and swims to the mainland.

Characters: Hercules, Cretan Bull

Backgrounds: Cretan beach, open sea

Labour 8 – Mares of Diomedes

Keywords: Hercules, man-eating horses, Diomedes, feed trough

Intro: He overpowers Diomedes and feeds him to his own carnivorous mares.

Characters: Hercules, Diomedes, wild mares

Backgrounds: Thracian stable, bloody ground

Keywords: Hercules, Amazon queen, belt, diplomacy, battlements

Intro: A brief parley turns tense, but Hercules leaves with the queen’s magic girdle.

Characters: Hercules, Hippolyta, Amazons

Backgrounds: Amazon city gate, market square

Labour 10 – Cattle of Geryon

Keywords: Hercules, three-bodied giant, red cattle, sunrise

Intro: He slays three-bodied Geryon and herds the crimson cattle across deserts.

Characters: Hercules, Geryon, cattle, Helios (sun backdrop)

Backgrounds: Island meadow, desert trail

Keywords: Hercules, Atlas, golden apples, garden, globe

Intro: Hercules shoulders the sky while Atlas plucks the guarded golden fruit.

Characters: Hercules, Atlas, Ladon (serpent)

Backgrounds: Enchanted orchard, starry sky

Labour 12 – Cerberus

Keywords: Hercules, Cerberus, Hades gate, chain, three heads

Intro: Bare-handed, he drags the snarling three-headed hound up from the Underworld.

Characters: Hercules, Cerberus, Hades (watching)

Backgrounds: River Styx, dark palace gate