Hera (Jetlag Productions)



Hera is the main antagonist of the 1995 animated film Hercules by Jetlag Productions, which is based on the legendary Greek hero of the same name. She is the queen of the gods and Hercules' jealous stepmother.

She was voiced by, who also played Megara in the same film.

Biography
Hercules is once destined to be the King of Mycenae, but Hera has another plan to do. She decides to let Eurystheus deprive Hercules of his right. Hera tries to kill Hercules with the two snakes, but the snakes are strangled by Hercules.

As the years go by, Hercules makes a prominent exhibition of incredible strength for a boy his age. Hercules and Eurystheus participate in a race in opposition to each other, but Eurystheus is the one who wins and is declared to be King. Hercules cannot accept his defeat, so Eurystheus is challenged by him again. However, Hercules unintentionally takes the life of his mother. He feels guilty in spite of being consoled by Megara, Hercules goes to the oracle and Apollo tells him to perform the "Twelve Labors" for Eurystheus. He is unwilling to do so, but the guilt turns out to be so strong that he ultimately gives in to the challenge.

Hera gives Hercules a series of challenges, every one of them designed to be tougher than the last. She sent him to kill the monster known as the Nemean lion, which Hercules does it successfully and turns the monster's fleece into a fur coat. He also drives away the Stymphalian birds with the helping hand of Athena's cymbals. Some of the labors are; slaying the Lernaean Hydra, catching Artemis' stag, defeating the Erymanthian boar, fighting the Cretan bull, cleaning the Augean stables, getting the girdle of Hippolyta, the Mares of Diomedes, and making Zeus use the rocky rainstorm to defeat the Cattle of Geryon.

The final challenge mostly causes unhappiness, so Hercules is forced down to the Underworld to take Cerberus, who is retrieved by him and taken back to Eurytheus. The labors end before the two men reconcile and Hera is eventually pacified by Hercules, who now marries Megara.