Editing Ash's Adventures of Hercules/Transcript (section)

== Ash and friends meet teenage Hercules/Trouble with Strength/Go to Distance song ==
{Resolve to country with a herd of sheep are baaing and grazing. Not that far, Ash and his friends are walking down the path sightseeing the countryside.)

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(But suddenly, a carriage with a lot of hay moves along the road unnaturally fast, then we see Amphitryon and his donkey sitting before it.)

Ash and his friends: Whoa!!!

(The carriage zips past them.)

Misty: What in blue-blazes was that?!

Amphitryon: Hercules, slow down!

[We now see it's young Hercules who is moving the carriage. They enter a country fair, hitting a pair of workers on the top of the gate]

Amphitryon: Look out! [workers fall]

Young Hercules: Oops! S-s-sorry guys!

Worker 1: (falling down) Hey, watch where you're goin'!

Worker 2: Sunday driver!

[Hercules enters the middle of the square and stops, burying himself into the ground shoulders-deep.]

Amphitryon: Thanks, son. When old Penelope twisted her ankle back there, I thought we were done for.

Hercules: No problem, Pop.

Amphitryon: Uh, don't-don't-don't unload just yet. First I have to finagle with Phideas.

Hercules: Okay. [he drops the hay on the cart which makes their horse, Penelope, fly up into the sky] Oops, sorry, Penelope.

Amphitryon: Now, Hercules, this time, please just—

Hercules: I know, I know. [he catches falling Penelope] Stay by the cart.

Amphitryon: That's my boy.  [Hercules stays until he sees a man losing balance with a big clay pot]

Man: Oh, my goodness. Whoa! [Hercules catches him just in time]

Hercules: Careful!

Man: Why, thank you.

Hercules: No problem

Man (sees Hercules and looks frightened): Why, Hercules! It's you!

Hercules: Let me, let me help you with that.

Man: No, no, no, no, no, I got it. [He almost falls under the giant pot.] I'm fine, you just run along.

Hercules: Are you sure?

Man: Oh, yes. Absolutely.

[He leaves Hercules outside in the street. A freesbee falls to his feet. He picks it up and sees three boys about his age]

Boy 1: Yo! Give it here!

Hercules: Hey, you need an extra guy?

Boy 1: Uh.. sorry, Herc. We already got.. five. And we want to keep it an even number.

Hercules: Hey, wait a second. Five isn't an even—

Boy 1: (snatching the freesbee): See ya, Herc.

Boy 2: What a geek!

Boy 3: Destructo boy.

Boy 1: Maybe we should call him "Jerkules".

Misty: Hey, now that is not very nice!

[Hercules sits alone in the center of a square untill the freesbee appears above his head]

Boy 1: Heads up!

Hercules: I-I got it!

Boy 1: No! Stop! [Hercules hits a pillar, which starts falling]

Hercules: Uh-oh.. Oh no!.. It's okay...

[He holds the pillar he has hit, but others start falling one by one, like domino. He sees that and throws the pillar he was holding away, but it hits another standing pillar and another domino wave starts going around the square.]

Hercules: Hey! Whoa!

Amphitryon: Son!

Hercules: Hang on, Pop! Be right back! [The two domino waves seem to be aiming at the shop with clay pots]

Man: Oh my! Oh no! Don't! Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

[The last two pillars stop above the man's head. He sighs, relaxed, but Hercules, who was running to save him, slips and slides to him fast]

Hercules: Watch out!

[The town square is now destroyed. Hercules stands in the rubble, feeling ashamed of himself, as the citizens leave the area.]

Boy 1: Nice catch, Jerkules.

Amphitryon: Son-

Man: This is the last straw, Amphitryon!

Voice: That boy is a menace!

Voice 2: He's too dangerous to be around normal people!

Amphitryon: He didn't mean any harm, he's just a kid. He-he just can't control his strength.

Man: I am warning you. You keep that-that-that.. freak away from here!

Boy: Freak! Yeah, go away!

Ash: Hey! That is no way to talk about Hercules! You shouldn't judge people who are different from you!

Pikachu: Pika Pika!

{On a grassy hillside, Hercules and Amphitryon sit alone.}

Amphitryon: Son, you shouldn't let those things they said back there get to you.

Hercules: But Pop, they're right. I-I am a freak. I try to fit in, I really do. I just can't. Sometimes.. I feel like, like I really don't belong here. Like I'm supposed to be.. someplace else.

Amphitryon: Hercules, son—

Hercules: I know it doesn't make any sense.

[Ash, Misty and Brock join Hercules]

Ash: Hi. Hey, we are really sorry for how those people treated you back at that town.

Misty: They just don't know what to say. 

[Hercules walk away and sings]

I have often dreamed of a far off place,

Where a great, warm welcome will be waiting for me.

Where the crowds will cheer when they see my face,

And a voice keeps sayin' this is where I'm meant to be.

I will find my way I can go the distance.

I'll be there someday.

If I can be strong,

I know every mile,

Will be worth my while,

I would go most anywhere to feel like I belong.

[He returns home]

Amphitryon: Hercules, there's something your mother and I have been meaning to tell ya.

{inside the house}

Hercules: But if you found me, then where did I come from? Why was I left here?

Alcmene: This was around your neck when we found you. It's the symbol of the gods.

Hercules: This is it! Don't you see? Maybe they have the answers! I'll go to the temple of Zeus and-- Ma, Pop, you're the greatest parents anyone could have, but.. I-I gotta know.

{Next morning, Hercules walks to the Temple and sings}

Hercules: (singing) I am on my way,

I can go the distance.

I don't care how far,

Somehow I'll be strong,

I know every mile,

Will be worth my while,

I would go most everywhere to find where I belong.

[Hercules enters the Temple of Zeus]

Hercules: Oh mighty Zeus, please, hear me and answer my prayer.  I need to know: Who am I?  Wh-where do I belong? [wind blows, lightning hits the statue of Zeus, flame ignites in braziers..] Huh? [..and the statue of Zeus comes to life]

Zeus: My boy. My little Hercules. [He reaches for Hercules, who runs away, screaming]  Hey, hey, hey, hold on kiddo! What's the hurry? After all these years is this a kind of hello to give your father?

Hercules: Father?

Ash/Misty/Brock: Huh?

Pikachu: Pika?

Zeus: Didn't know you had a famous father, did you? Surprise!! Look how you've grown. Why you've got your mother's beautiful eyes... and my strong chin. Hah!

Hercules: I-I don't understand. If you are my father, that would make me a—

Zeus: A god.

Hercules: A god. A god!

Zeus: Hey, you wanted answers, and by thunder, you're old enough to know the truth

Hercules: But why did you leave me on earth? Didn't you want me?

Zeus: Of course we did. Your mother and I loved you with all our hearts but someone stole you from us and turned you mortal, and only gods can live on Mount Olympus.

Ash: So that means he was kidnapped from his family on Mt. Olympus!

Misty: And turned into a mortal!

Brock: That has gotta be Panic and Pain, the allies of Hades!

Zeus: You could say that again.

Hercules: And you can't do a thing?

Zeus: I can't, Hercules, but you can.

Hercules: R-really? W-what? I-I'll do anything.

Zeus: Hercules, if you can prove yourself a true hero on Earth, your godhood will be restored!

Hercules: A true hero. Great! Uh, exactly how do you become a true hero?

Zeus: First, you must seek out Philoctetes, the trainer of heroes.

Hercules: Seek out Philoctetes. Right. I'll--[he falls off Zeus' palm] Whoa!

Zeus: Whoa! Hold your horses! Which reminds me.. [Zeus whistles and the Pegasus flies through an opening in the roof] Ha-ha! You probably don't remember Pegasus but you two go way back, son [Pegasus sniffs Hercules, then bonks foreheads with him and licks him]

Hercules: Oh, Pegasus!

Zeus: He is a magnificent horse. With the brain of a bird.

Hercules: I'll find Philoctetes and become a true hero!

Zeus: That's the spirit!

Hercules: I won't let you down, father! Yee-haw!

Zeus: Good luck, son.

[Hercules flies away, singing]:

Hercules: (singing) I will beat the odds, I can go the distance!

I will face the world, fearless, proud and strong!

I will please the gods, I can go the distance,

Till I find my hero's welcome right where I belong!