Hydra: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:31, 13 April 2016

Template:Enemy The Hydra is a multi-headed monster that appears in Kingdom Hearts II. It is fought at Olympus Coliseum and originally appeared in Disney's 1997 animated feature, Hercules.

Story

Hades sends the Hydra to destroy Olympus Coliseum and kill Hercules. The hero battles and seems to defeat it, but the Hydra merely fakes its death and proceeds to destroy the Coliseum while Hercules is away. The Hydra meets its match when Sora, Donald, Goofy, Phil, Pegasus, and Megara team up to eliminate it once and for all.

Design

The Hydra is a massive, reptilian creature with dark purple skin. It has a bulky body, and it crawls using a pair of four-fingered hands with white claws. The Hydra's tail is long and thin, and each time one of its heads is cut off, two more grow back as a replacement. All of the Hydra's heads are identical; they sport long, serpentine necks, large mouths filled with white fangs, and orange eyes with slitted pupils. Spikes line each of the Hydra's heads and necks. In the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts II, the Hydra spews green blood when one of its heads is cut off. In other versions of the game, the blood is changed to purple smoke despite appearing in a cutscene.

The Hydra is named after the Lernaean Hydra, a serpent-like water monster in Greek mythology. Killing the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra was one of the Labours of Hercules.

Battle

Strategy

"Defeat the Hydra! Fight alongside various friends!"

—Battle hint

When fighting the Hydra, in addition to having Donald and Goofy in the party, Sora will have Phil, Megara, and Pegasus for support. Phil tosses urns that can stun the Hydra, Meg gives Sora much-needed HP, MP, and Drive orbs when he gets close to her, and Pegasus allows Sora to use the Pegasus Run reaction command.

Sora must first attack the Hydra's main head. When the head's HP is fully depleted, he must use the Vanquish reaction command to remove it. After this is done, the Hydra buries its head in the sand, causing three more heads to sprout out from underground in various locations. By teaming up with Phil, Sora can use the Phil One-Two and Urninator reaction commands to immobilize them. Sora must defeat each of these heads and use Vanquish on them before they awaken.

In the final phase of this battle, the Hydra pulls its neck out of the ground and reveals a set of seven heads. Sora can team up with Pegasus and use the Pegasus Run reaction command to strike each head. Once the Hydra's HP has been fully depleted, Sora need only use the Vanquish reaction command a final time to finish the monster off.

If the Hydra manages to defeat Sora, the option to revive him using King Mickey may become available. Victory grants Sora access to the Thunder spell, as well as the Hero's Crest Keyblade.

Reaction Commands

Phil One-Two: When the Hydra buries its head underground, Sora must climb onto the creature's back and use this reaction command. This causes Phil to throw an urn into the air as Sora leaps towards it.
Urninator: After Phil One-Two, using this reaction command causes Sora to strike the urn Phil tosses with his Keyblade. The urn collides with the Hydra, stunning it for a short time.
Pegasus Run: Using this reaction command causes Sora to mount Pegasus and fly towards the Hydra's heads.
Attack: This reaction command is available after Sora uses Pegasus Run. It causes him to strike the Hydra's heads with his Keyblade.
Vanquish: This reaction command becomes available after Sora fully depletes the HP of one of the Hydra's heads. Using it causes him to slice through the Hydra's neck and defeat the targeted head.

Origin

The Hydra first appeared in Disney's 1997 animated feature, Hercules. In the film, Hades ordered his minions, Pain and Panic, to disguise themselves as little boys and pretend to get trapped under a large boulder. He then used Megara to lure Hercules to their location. Hercules removed the boulder to save the "boys," but in doing so, he accidentally unleashed the Hydra. After a brief struggle, the monster managed to swallow Hercules whole. The hero escaped death, however, by cutting off the Hydra's head from the inside. This seemed to kill the beast.

Before Hercules could celebrate his victory over the Hydra, the creature's corpse came back to life and sprouted three more heads. Hercules resumed his battle with the Hydra, and as the fight continued, he came to realize the more heads he cut off, the more grew back to take their place. Eventually, the Hydra managed to pin Hercules against the side of a cliff. Faced again with elimination, the hero used his godlike strength to cause a rockslide and slay the Hydra once and for all.

Videos

Hydra—Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix

<youtube width="320" height="240">-7u2Inglr-I</youtube>

Notes and references

Template:BoxTop

@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
   |KH2battlefile=Desire for All That Is Lost KHII.ogg
 }}
-The '''Hydra''' is a multi-headed monster that is found in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. It is one of the bosses at [[Olympus Coliseum]]. It originally appeared in the Disney movie ''{{w|Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules}}''.
+The '''Hydra''' is a multi-headed monster that appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. It is fought at [[Olympus Coliseum]] and originally appeared in Disney's 1997 animated feature, ''{{w|Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules}}''.
 ==Story==
-===''Kingdom Hearts II''===
+[[Hades]] sends the Hydra to destroy Olympus Coliseum and kill [[Hercules]]. The hero battles and seems to defeat it, but the Hydra merely fakes its death and proceeds to destroy the Coliseum while Hercules is away. The Hydra meets its match when [[Sora]], [[Donald Duck|Donald]], [[Goofy]], [[Phil]], [[Pegasus]], and [[Megara]] team up to eliminate it once and for all.
-[[Hades]] sent the Hydra to destroy the [[Olympus Coliseum]] and kill [[Hercules]]. Hercules had to fight it in the Coliseum and believed he had defeated it, but it was in fact was merely playing dead and started to destroy the Coliseum. The Hydra met its match when [[Sora]], [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]] as well as [[Phil]], [[Pegasus]], and [[Megara]] came in to help out. However, the aftermath of the battle was rather unfavorable—the Coliseum was destroyed and Hercules lost his hero's glow, making him later fall prey to the plans of Hades.
 ==Design==
-The Hydra is a massive, reptilian creature with dark purple skin. Its body is rather bulky and it crawls using two four-fingered hands with white claws. It has a long, thin tail and each time one of its heads are cut off, two more grow to replace it. Its number of heads can apparently grow exponentially in ''Hercules'', though in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' its maximum is seven. All of the Hydra’s head are identical to each other, each sporting the same long, serpentine neck, large mouth filled with white fangs, orange eyes with slit pupils, and spikes lining the top of their heads down the length of their necks.
+The Hydra is a massive, reptilian creature with dark purple skin. It has a bulky body, and it crawls using a pair of four-fingered hands with white claws. The Hydra's tail is long and thin, and each time one of its heads is cut off, two more grow back as a replacement. All of the Hydra's heads are identical; they sport long, serpentine necks, large mouths filled with white fangs, and orange eyes with slitted pupils. Spikes line each of the Hydra's heads and necks. In the Japanese version of ''Kingdom Hearts II'', the Hydra spews green blood when one of its heads is cut off. In other versions of the game, the blood is changed to purple smoke despite appearing in a cutscene.
-When one of the Hydra's heads is cut off, it spews green blood. In the International releases, however, this is desensitized to be purple smoke instead, though it remains green blood for the initial cutscene.
+The Hydra is named after the {{w|Lernaean Hydra}}, a serpent-like water monster in Greek mythology. Killing the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra was one of the {{w|Labours of Hercules}}.
+==Battle==
-The Hydra's name references the {{w|Lernaean Hydra}}, a serpent-like water monster of Greek mythology. It originally had nine heads that would replace each other in the same manner as the Hydra in ''Hercules'', and was killed by Hercules as part of his {{w|Labours of Hercules|Twelve Labours}}.
+===Strategy===
-==Strategy==
 {{Q|Defeat the Hydra! Fight alongside various friends!|Battle hint}}
-In this battle, Sora has the most character support of any battle: Donald and Goofy in the party, Phil tossing urns to stun the Hydra, Meg giving Sora HP, MP and Drive orbs and Pegasus allowing Sora to use the Pegasus Run reaction command.
+When fighting the Hydra, in addition to having Donald and Goofy in the party, Sora will have Phil, Megara, and Pegasus for support. Phil tosses urns that can stun the Hydra, Meg gives Sora much-needed HP, MP, and Drive orbs when he gets close to her, and Pegasus allows Sora to use the Pegasus Run reaction command.
-The battle begins as Sora attacks the main head. Then a [[Reaction Command]] called "Vanquish" appears—doing so allows Sora to remove its head. It puts its head in the sand and three heads sprout from the surrounding area. With Phil's help, Sora can immobilize the heads with a Reaction Command called "Phil One-Two" and then follow it up with "Urninator". Sora must then defeat and "Vanquish" the heads before they awake.
-The Hydra then pulls its neck out of the ground and shows that it has seven heads. While fighting the seven heads, Sora can use Pegasus to fly up to the heads to strike them with a Reaction Command "Pegasus Run". Once it is out of HP, Sora can use the "Vanquish" command again. If Sora's runs low [[Hit Points|HP]], MP, or Drive, Megara is found at the outside the arena itself, hiding on the very left or right side of the arena. Sora simply needs to get close to her and she will throw the orbs. Hydra is capable of summoning dark orbs, using lightning, and using blue fire similar to Hades. If Sora is defeated, the option to play as King Mickey may appear. Sora receives the ability Thunder and the [[Hero's Crest]].
-==Reaction Commands==
+Sora must first attack the Hydra's main head. When the head's HP is fully depleted, he must use the Vanquish reaction command to remove it. After this is done, the Hydra buries its head in the sand, causing three more heads to sprout out from underground in various locations. By teaming up with Phil, Sora can use the Phil One-Two and Urninator reaction commands to immobilize them. Sora must defeat each of these heads and use Vanquish on them before they awaken.
-'''Phil One-Two: '''When the Hydra has its head in the ground, follow Phil's advice and "Get up on the Hydra's back!". When you do this, this reaction command is available. Phil will throw an urn into the air, and Sora will leap into the air.
-'''Urninator: '''After '''Phil One-Two''', use this Reaction Command. Sora will hit the urn downwards with his Keyblade, and it will smash after it lands on the Hydra's back, stunning it for a short time.
+In the final phase of this battle, the Hydra pulls its neck out of the ground and reveals a set of seven heads. Sora can team up with Pegasus and use the Pegasus Run reaction command to strike each head. Once the Hydra's HP has been fully depleted, Sora need only use the Vanquish reaction command a final time to finish the monster off.
-'''Pegasus Run: '''When this Reaction Command is activated, Sora will mount Pegasus, and they will fly at the Hydra's heads.
-'''Attack: '''During '''Pegasus Run''', use this Reaction Command to attack the Hydra's heads with the Keyblade.
-'''Vanquish: '''When you have depleted the Hydra's health bar to zero, it will slump over. Use this Reaction Command, and Sora will slice quickly through the Hydra's necks, defeating it.
+If the Hydra manages to defeat Sora, the option to revive him using King Mickey may become available. Victory grants Sora access to the Thunder spell, as well as the [[Hero's Crest]] Keyblade.
+===Reaction Commands===
+*'''Phil One-Two''': When the Hydra buries its head underground, Sora must climb onto the creature's back and use this reaction command. This causes Phil to throw an urn into the air as Sora leaps towards it.
+*'''Urninator''': After Phil One-Two, using this reaction command causes Sora to strike the urn Phil tosses with his Keyblade. The urn collides with the Hydra, stunning it for a short time.
+*'''Pegasus Run''': Using this reaction command causes Sora to mount Pegasus and fly towards the Hydra's heads.
+*'''Attack''': This reaction command is available after Sora uses Pegasus Run. It causes him to strike the Hydra's heads with his Keyblade.
+*'''Vanquish''': This reaction command becomes available after Sora fully depletes the HP of one of the Hydra's heads. Using it causes him to slice through the Hydra's neck and defeat the targeted head.
 ==Origin==
-The Hydra originally appeared in the 1997 film ''Hercules''. Hades had sent his two minions, [[Pain and Panic]], to disguise themselves as little boys and pretend that they were trapped under a boulder, so Hercules would help them by removing the boulder, but in truth the Hydra was also hiding behind that boulder. So, after some struggle, Hercules was swallowed by the one-headed Hydra, but he managed to escape by cutting its head off from the inside. However, the Hydra grew back three heads and continued to attack Hercules. Hercules kept on trying to cut off the Hydra's heads, but soon realized that the more heads he cut off, the more grew right back, until the Hydra had dozens of heads. This forced Hercules to cause an avalanche of rocks to crush him and the beast, slaying the Hydra and nearly Hercules as well.
+The Hydra first appeared in Disney's 1997 animated feature, ''Hercules''. In the film, Hades ordered his minions, [[Pain and Panic]], to disguise themselves as little boys and pretend to get trapped under a large boulder. He then used Megara to lure Hercules to their location. Hercules removed the boulder to save the "boys," but in doing so, he accidentally unleashed the Hydra. After a brief struggle, the monster managed to swallow Hercules whole. The hero escaped death, however, by cutting off the Hydra's head from the inside. This seemed to kill the beast.
-<!--why is this needed?
-In the Greek myths, Hercules was sent to kill the Lernaean Hydra as one of his Twelve Labours. This Hydra started out with nine heads instead of one and could breath poisonous gas. Hercules, like in the movie, tried to slay it by cutting off its heads, but, also like in the movie, this proved ineffective as it kept on growing back heads. Eventually, Hercules figured out that he couldn't just keep on chopping off the Hydra's heads. He got a fire brand from his charioteer and seared every one of the Hydra's necks after cutting off one head so they could not grow back. Eventually, Hercules had cut off each head and seared their necks and had defeated the Hydra.-->
+Before Hercules could celebrate his victory over the Hydra, the creature's corpse came back to life and sprouted three more heads. Hercules resumed his battle with the Hydra, and as the fight continued, he came to realize the more heads he cut off, the more grew back to take their place. Eventually, the Hydra managed to pin Hercules against the side of a cliff. Faced again with elimination, the hero used his godlike strength to cause a rockslide and slay the Hydra once and for all.
 ==Videos==
 <center>
@@ Line 75: / Line 65: @@
 |}
 </center>
 ==Notes and references==
 {{reflist|1}}

Hydra: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:31, 13 April 2016

Contents

Story

Design

Battle

Strategy

Reaction Commands

Origin

Videos

Notes and references

Navigation menu

Page actions

Page actions

Personal tools

Navigation

Search

Community

Tools