The Twelve Labors of Hercules - The Quest for Phat Loot! - Greek - Extra Mythology

The Twelve Labors of Hercules - The Quest for Phat Loot! - Greek - Extra Mythology - Part 1

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Hercules (or Herakles in the Greek) needed to atone for killing his entire family so the gods did what the gods do best and gave him a quest: serve his cousin for 12 years. Shouldn't be too difficult. But his cousin was a terrible DM and created 10 impossible tasks for Hercules to complete. This first part covers the first five of the Herculian tasks (and some of the sick treasures Hercules uncovers along the way)
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@KaiserAfini 4 жыл бұрын

Heracles: I was tricked by Hera into serving the gods. Kratos: I was tricked by Ares into serving the gods. Heracles: Want to fight me for my lion head boxing gloves ? Kratos: Works for me.

@jackielinde7568 4 жыл бұрын

Heracles: I was tricked by Hera into doing things that should have gotten me killed.

@KaiserAfini 4 жыл бұрын

@@jackielinde7568 Yep, that is the point. Heracles' strength rarely solves his problems alone. He needs to think things through or receive inspiration from Hermes or Athena. Its because these tales had an educational purpose built into them, in accordance to the greek Paideia.

@DANCNQN6072 4 жыл бұрын

Kratos:punching heracles to death

@hehehehe1889 4 жыл бұрын

@@DANCNQN6072 punching father to death

@dreademperor2094 4 жыл бұрын

Kratos: *kills the entire Greek Pantheon*

@giantmastersword 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, you forgot the best part of the tasks. The tasks weren't all given at once. They were made up on the spot. Not only were they made up, but they were told from a bronze pithos in the floor that the king hid in because he was terrified of every single monster and artifact heracles brought into the poor guy's castle. Oh, and the tasks weren't based on time. They were based on number. There were supposed to be 7. This poor king, shivering in his bunker at this almighty demigod had to tell heracles that his tasks didn't count because he got help not once, not twice, but three times.

@peterchung2262 4 жыл бұрын

shut up boomer

@Rustikreign 4 жыл бұрын

@@peterchung2262 sir this is not a boomer moment i say you are the true boomer.

@peterchung2262 4 жыл бұрын

@@Rustikreign U both are history nerds. If you want accurate history find a real history channel or watch bestgore (bestgore gives history in a racist insulting way though)

@JWeston723 4 жыл бұрын

The way I heard it was the same with the improv quests but 10 was to be the plan but the hydra and the cattle were not counted (He had help with the Hydra and he got paid for the cattle) so two more were given, one was for the hell hound but I can't remember the other one.

@giantmastersword 4 жыл бұрын

@@peterchung2262 I'm 24. Renew your Alzheimer's meds, boomer.

@extrahistory 4 жыл бұрын

We went for the greek pronunciation of Herakles because we're using the greek version of the myths and not the slightly tweaked Roman version. But since spell check is insisting that Herakles is not a real word, we decided to still title the episode Hercules, the Roman (and much more popular) spelling. THANKS ANCIENT ROME (And Disney but I still love some of those musical numbers so I'm just gonna give them a pass) - A

@hadtrio6629 4 жыл бұрын

you should start doing new myths not known ones like some vikings saga

@victor-oh 4 жыл бұрын

The Japanese call him BAASAAKAA

@samprastherabbit 4 жыл бұрын

I applaud you for using his original Greek name!

@seancampbell6292 4 жыл бұрын

Pure Herasy I say

@basstedson 4 жыл бұрын

@@hadtrio6629 Did they not start with the Aesir war?

@gholtorf 4 жыл бұрын

Heracles: *Flies into a rage and kills everyone he loves.* Heracles Nephew: You know, suddenly I'm glad you don't like me that much. Heracles: Shut up and drive my chariot.

@enlightmentxv1548 2 жыл бұрын

Well, he liked him enough to do the horizontal dance with him in various situations

@marcelloammirati2184 2 жыл бұрын

@@enlightmentxv1548 the fecking *W H A T ?*

@enlightmentxv1548 2 жыл бұрын

@@marcelloammirati2184 they where well known lovers. There was an army that used them as example of why they should use lovers in the battlefield, as they would protect each other, Extra History has a video on that army, but I don't remember the name.

@andrewsuryali8540 2 жыл бұрын

@@enlightmentxv1548 Sacred Band of Thebes.

@karina_S13 2 жыл бұрын

@@marcelloammirati2184 >X,D WHEEEEEEEZ!!!!!

@paschal4437 4 жыл бұрын

So Heracles kicked a crab so hard he gave the sky Cancer!

@quintenwhyte6660 4 жыл бұрын

Goooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

@memestealer426 4 жыл бұрын

wait what

@yjh7371 3 жыл бұрын

BECAUSE CANCER IS THE SIGN OF THE CRAB!!

@crazygiraffe723 3 жыл бұрын

Hercules is pronouned her qu lees

@alexanderkarvos6728 3 жыл бұрын

@@crazygiraffe723 that's his roman name. His Greek name is ironic. Glory of Hera. Despite her being the one that Shag him in the ass

@adamlatosinski5475 4 жыл бұрын

The crab that became the consteallation must have been a cousin of Tamatoa. He'd also rather be shiny.

@liptonicetea1813 4 жыл бұрын

He’s always happy as a clam.

@RabidlyTaboo 3 жыл бұрын

well he was just a drab little crab once

@jackybg95 4 жыл бұрын

Hercules: “I have an Intelligence of 3. I know what I’m doing”

@azelfdaboi5265 4 жыл бұрын

@MusaMansu 3 жыл бұрын

He was actually really smart.

@RabidlyTaboo 3 жыл бұрын

3 isnt too bad honestly. int is a dump stat for most toons in d&d anyway

@dreademperor2094 Жыл бұрын

@@MusaMansu that's what I been saying

@sharonsartisticcorner1195 4 жыл бұрын

Let's just say the original myths don't put the glad in gladiator.

@gamewatch6861 4 жыл бұрын

Sharon's Artistic Corner But did they make for great theater?

@NotABot55 4 жыл бұрын

@@gamewatch6861 Yeah... one might say the masses were in fact, entertained.

@sharonsartisticcorner1195 4 жыл бұрын

game watch In my opinion YES

@ccggenius 4 жыл бұрын

@@NotABot55 Was he bold?

@athensk.4720 4 жыл бұрын

No one braver, as much as it hurts the guy on my thumbnail

@philipcollier4883 4 жыл бұрын

Spoiler Alert: The DM is gonna call shenanigans on two of the labors

@Qardo 4 жыл бұрын

But but! I rolled a 20!

@Loremastrful 4 жыл бұрын

Chiron: I was once a great hero like you Then I took an arrow to the knee.

@charliefaust6165 4 жыл бұрын

Rahsaan Footman I kinda of hate you for saying that but at the same time this is hilarious

@Shockwave-ob2tx 4 жыл бұрын

Skyrimcles...

@gabeitch4548 4 жыл бұрын

Now I live in pain because some DND character coated his arrow with purple stuff

@jackielinde7568 4 жыл бұрын

Hereclease, the ULTIMATE Murder-Hobo.

@KumquatsAreVegis 4 жыл бұрын

Your not wrong, and I hate it

@aelfrey3918 4 жыл бұрын

Herakles

@Carewolf 4 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandarvil5718 Yeah but I think it is pronounced herac-les not hera-clease.

@graytheslay4218 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@priestoffern1608 4 жыл бұрын

S no it’s *Herk the Jerk*

@kennymartin5976 4 жыл бұрын

Man, Mythological heros are always much bigger jerks than their Disney counterparts.

@InariShibalta 4 жыл бұрын

Always. They are always much more jerky than lovely Disney wants us to believe.

@tyronechillifoot5573 4 жыл бұрын

Hero back then wasn't a character trait it just ment anyone with extraordinary powers

@adolfodef 4 жыл бұрын

@Detahramet 4 жыл бұрын

Heroism to the ancient Greeks didn't mean "Extreme Do-Gooder" as much as it meant "Ultimate badass" If you could uproot and throw trees without effort, you'd probably get called a hero, even if you were throwing them at small children.

@rolebo1 4 жыл бұрын

@@adolfodef (\

@wat1614 4 жыл бұрын

I just realize that logically Heracles did not cared about his nephew since he was not included in the “killed everyone he loved”

@jamescampbell6724 2 жыл бұрын

Then why would they bang?

@davyt0247 2 жыл бұрын

It could be his nephew wasn’t there at the time, so he missed the rampage

@brycevo 4 жыл бұрын

Heracles and the quest for loot sounds like a typical MMO day or DnD sesh

@fbiuzz 4 жыл бұрын

The guy was the original Skyrim character. Seriously the amount of sidequest he done is rediculous.

@kurskfirebrand4494 4 жыл бұрын

they even have a character sheet for him!

@Xenobears 4 жыл бұрын

Come on, we all know Heracles’ INT stat would be well above a 3. He kept coming up with clever solutions to his problems. His WIS stat would be a 3, reflecting his inability to make a will save.

@bananudoscomnutela8905 4 жыл бұрын

No, he truly has an INT score of 3 It's just he always rolls a nat 20 whenever he makes an Intelligence check

@tobybartels8426 4 жыл бұрын

It's the player who comes up with the clever ideas, not the character.

@DaMu24 4 жыл бұрын

@@bananudoscomnutela8905 So Heracles cheats?

@DFloyd84 4 жыл бұрын

Heracles blasted through the quests so quickly that he left the DM scrambling for content. DM decided that two of his labours didn't count because he had help and came up with two more.

@Shemps1007 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that they’re calling him Heracles since were talking about the Greek hero, not his Roman counterpart

@SeporiBowi 4 жыл бұрын

Dark Souls' hydra in Ash Lake surrounded by crabs. From always showing prowess in all aspects of their games.

@jonasdrejerjensen 4 жыл бұрын

I belive you would put cattle under "treasure" assumeing they are useing 5e and the standard sheet.

@mosesbrown4126 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking follower actually, haha. I add a subset of follower called "chattel", where I have my players put their horses, mules, cart-oxen, etc. Where that gets really tricky is if they get slaves. I guess you could just go Oregon Trail where everything is just a masterlist.

@maximsavage 4 жыл бұрын

They aren't using 5e. You can't have any base stat above 20 in 5e.

@awesomeness1122 4 жыл бұрын

@@maximsavage If you are playing a barbarian (fitting for Herakles). you can get your strength and constitution to 24 there is a skill that increases the cap.

@biohazard724 4 жыл бұрын

Does Herc multiclass into Ranger? Might be some kind of homebrewed companion swarm.

@graytheslay4218 4 жыл бұрын

im going to gusse your joking but if not thats a serioesy nit pick

@ASLTheatre 4 жыл бұрын

So that explains Scar’s Easter Egg in Hercules.

@tomm9162 4 жыл бұрын

Bro... you didn't know?

@ASLTheatre 4 жыл бұрын

Galgioffo SooS I recognized Scar but I didn’t know the mythology behind it. I knew Hercules was a great hunter. So I thought it was a way of showing his skill at hunting.

@damabaith 4 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how different everyone’s versions of these myths are.

@comradecatu6603 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah there's different greek writers and different translations, and some omit parts, so there's so many different varieties of even the birth of Athena, to the trojan war, it's all really confusing but interesting at the same time

@2Links 4 жыл бұрын

"Herk the Jerk" lmao

@gargoyles9999 4 жыл бұрын

BenTheMaster Gaming and More! Jerkules

@-No_3- Жыл бұрын

3:11 thank you for reminding me to make my character sheet

@christianaquilina5434 4 жыл бұрын

Love the D&D refernces hahaha

@anemoi6803 4 жыл бұрын

"Nephew and chariotier" And lover, don't forget that part

@jnzupka 4 жыл бұрын

Thankfully not in the same versions

@taylor8548 4 жыл бұрын

BASAKA WA DARE NI MO MAKENAI. SEKAI DE ICHIBAN TSUYOI DAKARA!

@LionHeartSamy 4 жыл бұрын

▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!

@allenlin1590 4 жыл бұрын

"I destroy the lion with the lion."

@LordBloodySoul 4 жыл бұрын

No! Keep the D&D style Character Sheet! I love it!! XD

@user-hg5os6cc4y 4 жыл бұрын

Heracles: Let me uproot a tree and use it to uproot other trees! Three-Headed Idefix disapproves...

@thomasspolidoro5301 4 жыл бұрын

hercules when he sees a tree "i'm gonna smack people with this"

@warbacca1017 4 жыл бұрын

"Ma Boy!" Okay that's a f*cking reference.

@abcdef27669 4 жыл бұрын

Great episode! The only thing missing was Hercules/Heracles with the Nemean Lion skin over his head.

@jamcdonald120 4 жыл бұрын

4:13 crab YEET!

@awesomeblb3407 4 жыл бұрын

I love listening to different people describing myths because some are majorly different but sometimes it is similar

@autobotzapof0002 4 жыл бұрын

I burst out laughing at the story of cancer. XD And just saying, poor Chiron.

@BeratLjumani 4 жыл бұрын

Why let a little thing like Impossibly mythical odds get in the way of a good crusade? For redemption

@Prich319 4 жыл бұрын

He slay an invulnerable lion He kills hydra Steals a hind gets drunk with a man-horse I think the PC went a little off the rails there.

@joshuadyson8193 3 жыл бұрын

'Tree club of smacking' is by far the best name for a weapon ever made. Gods and men alike would tremble in fear at the one who wields such an item.

@ImNotThatGuyFr 2 жыл бұрын

2:30 that lions’ faces describes me after seeing a new corona variant

@tylerhartlep2131 4 жыл бұрын

Love how you said Heracles as opposed to Hercules. Very much Greek time.

@MrDalek2150 4 жыл бұрын

2:35 "Mah boi!"

@history-jovian Жыл бұрын

Heracles my boah

@royalbandit8106 4 жыл бұрын

Hercules: when you role a natural 1, ONCE!!!

@codebracker 4 жыл бұрын

He rolled a 1 on his wisdom save

@RubyMurray-io5gh Ай бұрын

Loved the photos and music! Didn’t know all that about Hercules, looking forward to the next instalment!

@ichigoapanchal9935 4 жыл бұрын

when you kick a crab so hard that he became a constellation

@atlastitan9859 4 жыл бұрын

Any chance of getting any Egyptian myths in the future?

@Blast335pokemineblox 4 жыл бұрын

Dude I would love that!

@pumpkinpixie9677 4 жыл бұрын

Atlas Titan YAAASSSSS

@theacefox9999 4 жыл бұрын

Hercules when he hits the lion: Lion: ooooof

@madskristiansen 4 жыл бұрын

So in your RGP version of Herakles, you made Chiron take an arrow... in the knee? ;)

@mrgreatbigmoose 4 жыл бұрын

Was waiting for someone to reference this!

@frankyquilavafireblast895 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad I like playing a lot of dungeons and dragons, so many good references

@ricardodemarco3486 4 жыл бұрын

I demand Hercules/Heracles character sheet to be properly updated when the next part is out, and in full display. On top of that. I also demand... A SHRUBERRY!

@MovieFan1912 Жыл бұрын

Nice one!

@TheLionEric 4 жыл бұрын

Totally relate to that, fit of rage murdered the whole... wait what?!

@thebigdrew12 4 жыл бұрын

The story of Heracles and Hippolyta always makes me sad.

@DaRealRessonance 4 жыл бұрын

Chiron: I used to be a centaur like you, until I took an arrow to the knee

@JWeston723 4 жыл бұрын

"I used to be a powerful demi titan until I took an arrow to the knee"

@dannik82 3 жыл бұрын

I came over from Legal Eagle and i have to say i'm loving these so far ! :)

@millis6054 4 жыл бұрын

I loved all the D&D references, thank you

@tenlosol 4 жыл бұрын

Truly a video so mythical it can only be seen by those who undergo their own trial (I.e. watch the playlist since its not on the video list yet).

@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 3 жыл бұрын

A common trend in Greek myth is that the guilty party (often a god [often Zeus or Hera]) rarely gets comeuppance

@barbiquearea 4 жыл бұрын

Hercules was originally supposed to only complete 10 labors but Eurystheus added two more to the tally as he deemed the killing the hydra and cleaning out the Augeas Stables invalid, due to the fact that Hercules had help with the former and did the latter for pay which was inappropriate as he wasn't supposed to get paid for doing penance.

@jamiojadeux6512 4 жыл бұрын

Kinda expected a World Anvil sponsor for this one with the character sheet joke there at the end.

@rowananthonygaming6063 4 жыл бұрын

good job. was never this excited for greek mythology after playing ac odyssey

@6r6b6 4 жыл бұрын

excellent video. The giant crab part killed me

@fistfightersclub 4 жыл бұрын

It was 12 quests and 10 years sorry to correct but I'm a huge Greek fan of all things

@JWeston723 4 жыл бұрын

He is probably going to go with the story where two quests were not counted due to having help and getting paid so two more were given

@KenWojcik 4 жыл бұрын

Peasant: “Oh god there is a huge monster, what ever shall we do?!” Hercules: “HERCULES SMASH”

@mjbull5156 4 жыл бұрын

"Oh demigod" actually.

@maximsavage 4 жыл бұрын

Hercules is the plagiarised Roman version, this here is the Greek hero Heracles.

@chillinflute 4 жыл бұрын

So Heracles is the original human barbarian murder hobo? Neat.

@brandonmac5858 4 жыл бұрын

I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MYTH FOREVER!!!

@leonardostevensen77 4 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this since day one I watch your mythology videos for the first time

@hailectric77310 Жыл бұрын

That hydra is the best part of this video

@raystargazer7468 4 жыл бұрын

You should read the wiki page on Hercules, its basically: then he killed him, he met the ... and killed him, he also killed the..., after that he killed the ... too, he felt cheated, so he killed him, after that he also killed... and .... At the end he killed ... and died of...

@joluoto 4 жыл бұрын

and he also laid with a bunch of women, and men too. It's basically just kill, se, kill, sex, kill, sex all the time.

@samedwards3285 3 жыл бұрын

3:42 one of extra credits' many miracles of art.

@RayVitoles 4 жыл бұрын

The 12 epic labors of hercules were my favorite fairy tale in my childhood.

@bobalinx8762 4 жыл бұрын

2:35 “After you scrub all the floors in Hyrule, then we can talk about mercy!”

@MeltedCheesefondueGruyere 4 жыл бұрын

Cool! But that INT is definitely higher than 3 - he's cunning, that demi-god...

@annasfischer 4 жыл бұрын

Just so you guys know, this video is in the extra mythology playlist three times in a row.

@R0d35 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, a God of War like game with this theme, I would buy it

@Vespuchian 4 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to think playing D&D with the Extra Credit team would be highly enjoyable.

@josephmaslov3649 4 жыл бұрын

Graham Baxter I exlusively play Kenkus.

@Vespuchian 4 жыл бұрын

@@josephmaslov3649 Love those little living mixer boards.

@aneutralopinion1712 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

@seraph4622 4 жыл бұрын

Lol that dungeons and dragons reference 5:21

@joshuahicks7798 4 жыл бұрын

Hercules really was one of the original DnD characters. 😆

@bluejaygaming2220 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this video especially the dnd references

@vazak11 4 жыл бұрын

Love the character sheet framing XD

@AnimeAngel88 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see more Greek mythology.

@SoGoodContent 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!

@Kenjitsuka 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent Trogdor reference!

@ella._.guo31 3 жыл бұрын

Whoah, I always wanted to learn history and you brought me it.

@jamescampbell6724 2 жыл бұрын

Heracles is mythology.

@alanbrown901 4 жыл бұрын

Im glad that a youtube channel actually refers to hercules' name as heracles (greek form) not Hercules (roman) espically when reviewing GREEK mythology

@tyrant-den884 2 жыл бұрын

Heracles: *"My intelligence is 3?! OUTRAGEOUS!!!* Hand me that pen."

@TheCreepypro 4 жыл бұрын

I like this take on the legend as the ultimate rpg quest of all time

@maciejo0o0o89 4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh Herakles one of my three favourite ancient heroes

@Thund3rStorm3r 4 жыл бұрын

I really like how the Herakles Sprite looks

@olgasoasis8208 4 жыл бұрын

About time!!

@mpitt0730 4 жыл бұрын

Yay, Greek mythology!

@darienb1127 3 жыл бұрын

i don't why Herc punting the crab so hard that it becomes Cancer is funny to me, but it is. it's probably because it became something so recognizable after it was just a minor inconvenience. "This crab's giant! ... YEET!"