Hogcules

Infobox Television episode
Title = Hogcules
Series = Garfield and Friends


Caption =
Season = 2
Episode = 68
Airdate = October 14, 1989
Production = US023-B
Writer = Mark Evanier
Sharman DiVono
Director = Tom Ray
Mitch Schauer
Marija Daïl
Jeff Hall
Karen Peterson
Guests =
Episode list = List of Garfield and Friends episodes
Prev = Polecat Flats
Next = Brain Boy

"Hogcules" is an episode of U.S. Acres from the series "Garfield and Friends". It originally aired on October 14, 1989 [ [http://www.povonline.com/Garf%20Episodes.htm Garfield & Friends Episode Guide.] ] .

Episode recap

While Wade is rebuilding a shed that had been nearly destroyed (following a windstorm the previous night), Orson walks off to read the myth "Hercules" to Booker and Sheldon. Roy then informs Orson that he saw his brothers coming up the hill, to which Orson becomes frightened. Everyone then suggests that he wouldn’t be so frightened if he were strong like Hercules.
Orson has a fantasy where he is a Hercules-like warrior named Hogcules who is battling his warrior brothers. After the fantasy concludes, Orson decides that he is going to stand up to his brothers; Wade warns him to stay away from the shed because he is not finished fixing it. Orson goes into the shed anyway when his brothers approach him, and they laugh at the idea that Orson could overpower them.
Orson causes the shed to topple onto his brothers; then they run away. The gang walks up, and Orson concludes that muscles aren’t necessary if you have a big brain. Wade then gives him his hammer and board so that he can rebuild the shed himself, and Orson comments that muscles "can" sometimes come in handy.

Notes

*Orson’s brothers’ names are Gort, Wart and Mort.
*Bo and Lanolin do not appear in this episode.

Goofs

*During the fantasy, when Sheldon proclaims, “Hogcules is our hero! Yay!” closed-captioning miscredits the line to Wade.
*Orson’s bag of nails appears out of nowhere.

Quotes

Orson: ["Reading"] So, Hercules, the strongest man in the world, set off in the swamp to battle the dreaded hydra.
Sheldon: What’s a hydra?
Booker: I think firemen hook their hoses to it to pump water.

References

External links

* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/31424-Hogcules.html Hogcules] at the Big Cartoon DataBase
* [http://www.tv.com/episode/94889/summary.html Hogcules] at TV.com