Mythological creatures of Class of the Titans
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This article lists and describes the various mythological creatures that have appeared on the Canadian cartoon series Class of the Titans, often playing a major role in the key episode they have appeared in. Though the majority of the creatures are based on mythology, the show does take certain liberties in how they are interpreted and portrayed in the show's modern-day era.
[edit] Season 1
[edit] Amazons
Amazons are not creatures per se, but used by the possessed Medelia to replace the usual players of her field hockey team. Legendary warrior-women who are depicted as being very masculine in physical build.
Amazons appear in Episode 1.11: Field of Nightmares.
[edit] Boars
Cronus sent a boar (which may or may not be a reference to the Calydonian Boar) to attack Odie before he could be recruited by the Olympians, but it was placated by Hermes wielding his caduceus.
The boar appears in Episode 1.2: Chaos 102.
[edit] Bottle-Imps
True to its name, bottle imps live in bottles. Persephone manages to force one named Gary (Brian Drummond) out of its bottle to help train Theresa's telepathic powers (Theresa managed to make him clonk himself with his own club). Bottle imps are noted for being very stubborn (especially considering Persephone nearly lost her serene personality forcing Gary out of his bottle) and extremely obnoxious, but weak-minded and not terribly smart.
A bottle-imp appeared in Episode 1.23: Cronus' Flying Circus.
[edit] Cerberus
Cerberus is the guardian dog of the Underworld. He has three heads that are skull-like in appearance and a snake for a tail that can re-grow if severed. The only thing that could subdue him was Orpheus's lyre, although he is also fond of cake. He also has the power to make normal dogs more aggressive and grotesque in appearance than usual. He's friendly to those entering the Underworld and seems to be especially fond of Herry, but also very fierce against those who try to leave.
Cerberus appears in Episodes 1.4: Man's Worst Enemy and 1.19: Road to Hades.
[edit] The Chimera
The Chimera is a creature with a lion's head and body, a goat in the middle of the torso and a snake for a tail. It can breathe fire. The chimera the heroes encountered at New Olympia was only virtual and part of the building's high-tech security system. However, the more it is fought against, the more 'real' it becomes. As for the real Chimera, Cronus hatched one from a blue egg. Putting the two halves of the shell together will make the creature disappear. The bite from its snake-tail is highly lethal, though its effects can be reversed when treated with aconite from the Underworld's Plains of Asphodel quickly enough.
The Chimera appears in Episodes 1.9: Sibling Rivalry and 1.19: Road to Hades.
[edit] Cyclopes
The Cyclopes are giants with only one eye in the middle of their foreheads. The original three were sons of Gaia and Uranus, and therefore brothers of Cronus. They were imprisoned in Tartarus during the Titanomachy until freed by the heroes and Olympians. As smiths, they forged Zeus' thunderbolts, Poseidon's trident, and Hades' helmet of invisibility. Polyphemus, a son of Poseidon, was also a cyclops and was blinded by Odysseus.
Cyclopes appear in Episodes 1.17: Eye for an Eye and 1.26: Time After Time.
[edit] Dragons
Dragons are giant winged monsters. Cronus sent one to intercept Teresa and prevent Hermes from bringing her to New Olympia but it is defeated by a Griffin. One attacks the male heroes when they are stranded on the island with the ruins of the Argo Medelia transported them to, and another pulls her chariot. In a world where Cronus rules all, dragons will apparently be one of the creatures used to terrorize the masses. Odie created a simulation of a three headed purple dragon as practice with Atlanta as the damsel in distress.
Dragons appear in Episodes 1.2: Chaos 102, 1.11: Field of Nightmares, 1.19: Road to Hades, and 1.25: The Last Word.
[edit] The Eagle
A giant eagle with a rat-like tail. When Zeus had Prometheus chained to Mount Caucasus as a punishment for stealing fire from the gods to give to mortals, the eagle ate his liver everyday, which always grew back. It is summoned by lighting the fire at Prometheus' temple, and its bloodlust can be subdued by extinguishing the flames. Herry's Granny tames it (after a few thwaps with her cane and some cookies) and rides it into battle to help rescue her grandson.
The eagle appears in Episode 1.12: Prisoner Campe.
[edit] Giants
Giants are the large henchmen of Cronus that are blue, red, green or yellow. Some have the heads of beasts. Cronus can change them to have the characteristics of different animals, or duplicate them. They are very strong, but seem to be of very low intelligence. The main brown-skinned one is named Agnon (Brian Drummond).
The giants first appear in Episode 1.1: Chaos 101.
[edit] Giant Ants
While not mythological, the team fought an army of giant ants. They were really an entire military unit that Cronus transformed into ants. Their stingers can inject a vemon which just causes headaches and makes the victim act stupidly for a while. The venom can also be shot as an acid. They were controlled by the left greave and radio collars.
The giant ants appear in Episode 1.22: The Might Be G.I. Ants.
[edit] Gorgons
The Gorgons are three famously hideous sisters, Medusa (Pauline Newstone), Stheno (Maxine Miller) and Euryale (Blinda Metz), who turn people to stone by eye-contact, the first of whom was originally defeated by Perseus. Their hair, which is composed of snakes, allows them to communicate telepathically with each other. They are also snake-like in appearance, cold-blooded, and seem to have some degree of super-strength.
Medusa was released when her underground lair was cleared by construction workers at the zoo, but she was captured by Neil. Then her sisters, who had been in hiding for thousands of years, kidnapped Neil and demanded for Medusa to be returned to them, though they had no intention of letting Neil go whether the Heroes give them Medusa back or not. The Gorgons began fighting amongst themselves, and Archie and Herry sealed their cave permanently.
The Gorgons appear in Episode 1.9: Sibling Rivalry.
[edit] Griffins
Eagle and lion hybrids, the griffins can be controlled by Hermes (or anyone) by using his caduceus. Serve mainly as a mean of transportation in the first episodes, these creatures can be vicious if not controlled or if ordered to attack. Hera also commanded an army of the creatures during the Titanomachy.
Griffins appear in Episodes 1.1: Chaos 101, 1.2: Chaos 102, 1.6: Trojan Horse, and 1.26: Time After Time.
[edit] Harpies
Harpies are flying hag-like creatures with bat-like wings and the appearance of feminine gargoyles. Ares used one to demonstrate Olympian Rope (episode 1.11 Field of Nightmares). Part of the kids' exams (episode 1.13: Make-Up Exam) was to defeat one. They are known to steal food. Flocks of harpies are shown terrorizing people in Atropos' vision of a future where Cronus rules the world (episode 1.19: Road to Hades). The Titans used an army of harpies against the Olympians during the Titanomachy.
Harpies appear in Episodes 1.11: Field of Nightmares, 1.13: Make-Up Exam, 1.19: Road to Hades, and 1.26: Time After Time.
[edit] The Lernean Hydra
The Hydra was a black serpent-like creature inhabiting the swamps of Lerna. When a head is severed, two grow back in its place. Herry defeated the creature in the same way Hercules did, namely by burning the stumps immediately after severing the head.
The Hydra appears in Episode 1.21: Labour Day.
[edit] The Kraken
The Kraken is a giant green-skinned merman with a red squid for a head. Awakened by Cronus with a special ring to get revenge on Poseidon. Was resealed when the heroes used a bomb to cause tectonic plates beneath the sea to shift, creating a whirlpool that sucked the Kraken back into the earth before being sealed with rocks.
The Kraken appears in Episode 1.16: Get Kraken.
[edit] Ladon
Ladon is a lizard-like creature guarding the Garden of the Hesperides, where golden apples of immortality grow. Hercules had to retrieve a few apples, but he needed Atlas' help in order to do so. Herry climbed over the walls and defeated Ladon by collapsing the stone walls on him. Unlike its mythological counterpart, which is a hundred-headed dragon, the Ladon of the show is a large newt-like beast with sharp teeth and blank eyes.
Ladon appears in Episode 1.21: Labour Day.
[edit] The Manticore
The Manticore is a giant creature with the body of a lion, bat wings, and a scorpion-like tail that could shoot spikes. The heroes fought one on the roof of their dorms six months before New Year's Eve, and it indirectly killed Odie in the altered timeline by forcing him off the roof. In the original timeline, it is finally defeated by Herry.
The Manticore appears in Episode 1.26: Time After Time.
[edit] The Minotaurs
The Minotaur is a half-man, half-bull creature who was imprisoned in the labyrinth and had a taste for young Greeks. It was defeated by Theseus, who navigated the maze with string. But in New Olympia, a Minotaur took two tourists from underground subway tunnel tours. It was later revealed that Cronus recovered the bones of the creature and hired a scientist to clone it. Now there was an entire herd of Minotaurs that had green-skin and were more bull-like in appearance than the original. The Chosen Ones (except Atlanta, who was lost at the time, and Odie, who couldn't enter the maze due to his claustrophobia) defeated the Minotaurs by collapsing the tunnels' supports.
The Minotaur and its clones apppear in Episode 1.10: Mazed and Confused.
[edit] The Moray Eel
The Moray Eel is a giant eel that Cronus created with his own blood to attack the heroes submarine. It tried to eat its own creator when Atlanta, Neil, and Herry lured it into some of temple in Atlantis, and Jay pushed Cronus into the water. It has not been seen since.
The Moray Eel appears in Episode 1.7: The Antikythera Device.
[edit] The Nemean Lion
The vicious Nemean Lion is invulnerable to traditional weapons and terrorized the inhabitants of Nemea in the days of Hercules. Killing the monster was the first of Hercules' Twelve Labours, but after Cronus sent Herry back in time, Herry managed to kill the lion by hurling it over a cliff. Hercules still got the credit for the task.
The Nemean Lion appears in Episode 1.21: Labour Day.
[edit] The Plant Monster
The Plant Monster is a giant three-headed plant Pan summoned from the ground. Each head has sharp teeth and can spit green acid. The heroes defeated it by severing the heads, though it eventually retreated back to the ground when Pan was no longer under Cronus' control.
The Plant Monster appears in Episode 1.5: The Nature of Things.
[edit] Robots
Two female robots, one gold (Alexandra Carter) and one silver (Leslie Hope), were forged by Hephaestus to help him with his lameness. They were thought to be lost until a group of archeologists uncovered them in a Cretan cave and brought them to New Olympia's museum. In addition to being good caretakers and very fond of their creator, they also possess a number of special abilities such as super-speed and extraordinary climbing skills. They were destroyed by falling into the volcano's lava pit while 'rescuing' Neil, who was posing as a sacrificial decoy victim.
The robots appear in Episode 1.20: Many Happy Returns.
[edit] Scylla
Scylla is a yellow and green sea monster with six heads and sharp teeth. Each head also has six eyes and several small horns, and its forearms are not unlike those of a praying mantis. Cronus brought the creature to life by breaking off a small statue of her from Aeolus' temple and throwing it into the sea, and Odie defeated it by sending Eurus (the East Wind) at it from the top of Aeolus' tower.
Scylla appears in Episode 1.15: The Odie-sey.
[edit] The Seeper
The Seeper is a dangerous plague that was one of the evils left in Pandora's box when she shut it. It took the appearance of a creature with a mouth and multi-tentacles. If any living being come in contact with its pus or saliva, the victim contracts an illness that proceeds in six stages. The creature's ultimate goal was to infect the city's water supply. When it was eaten by nanobots, it reconstructed its DNA to form a sickly-yellow, four-armed beast. Atlanta, Odie, and Herry are infected by the Seeper. It was defeated by Archie, who was immune to its plague, wielded Achilles' spear, and was driven away by Hope.
- Stages:
- 1: Victim starts singing "Pop goes the Weasel" and behaves and speaks childishly.
- 2: Says the name of the first person they see repeatedly and starts dancing with him/her.
- 3: Starts screaming and begin smashing everything in sight.
- 4: Unconscious
- Stages 5 & 6: Unknown, but one of the victims, Atlanta, injured Chiron and Dionysus in one of them before a cure was found. Though he leaves out the specifics, Chiron mentions "[stage five in particular] was a doozy".
The Seeper appears in Episode 1.13: Little Box of Horrors.
[edit] Sirens
The Sirens sometimes take the form of three very beautiful maidens with hypnotically angelic voices. They lure Herry to Cronus with their songs, which seem to affect only males. Their true forms are large hideous black-feathered bird-like creatures and are used by Cronus to attack the others while he has Herry performing the Labours of Hercules. They are destroyed by Cronus after they accidentally lead Jay and the others to where Cronus is keeping Herry.
The Sirens appear in Episode 1.21: Labour Day.
[edit] Spartoi Warriors
Spartoi Warriors are violent, undead warriors born from dragon's teeth sown in the ground ('Spartoi' means 'sown men'). Tend to fight against each other when their enemies have been defeated. Jason himself had faced Spartoi warriors during his quest for the Golden Fleece.
The Spartoi Warriors appear in Episode 1.11: Field of Nightmares.
[edit] Stymphalian birds
Stymphalian birds are enormous hawk-like birds with brass claws and sharp metallic feathers, originally defeated by Hercules for one of his Labours. They reside in a dark cave with luminous trees, where they have nests. While fierce and dangerous and highly resistant to most weaponry, they are not very intelligent and are easily attracted to shiny reflective objects, like Neil's three panel mirror. The parents flew into Cronus's escape tunnel and their only offspring was under Chiron's care. Another type of Stymphalian bird with feathery wings also attacked Theresa before she was rescued by Hermes.
The Stymphalian birds appear in Episodes 1.2: Chaos 102 and 1.23: Cronus' Flying Circus.
[edit] Talos
Talos is a 40-feet-tall bronze robot designed by Hephaestus to protect the island location of his workshop by throwing rocks at approaching ships. Its weak spot is its left heel, which is sealed shut with one giant bolt. If the bolt is removed, the robot will bleed to death. It was originally defeated by Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts, but Cronus brought it back to life and cast a spell on the bolt so that it could not be removed. The modern-day inhabitants of the island worshipped Talos as a volcano god. It was eventually destroyed by the heroes when it fell into the island's volcano.
Talos appears in Episode 1.20: Many Happy Returns.
[edit] The Typhoeus
The Typhoeus is a giant flying creature released by Cronus from its prison under Mount Etna. Head and upper body resembling that of the lion and has two giant snakes in lieu of legs, all of whom breathe fire. It is also the father of many of mythology's monsters. Zeus defeated him by throwing lightning bolts and dropping a mountain on him. Archie and Atlanta defeated him by shocking him with the power cord charging Cronus's laser beam and plunged into the water.
The Typhoeus appears in Episodes 1.1: Chaos 101 and 1.2: Chaos 102.
[edit] Vampires
Vampires are creatures with bat faces and wings on the back, the children of Sybaris. They were imprisoned by Hera when Sybaris was turned to stone and their spirits are freed by their mother when Cronus revives her. They possess a physical and ghostly form, but can only attack and be attacked when they materialize. The seven heroes are able to destroy many of them with their usual weapons and holy water filled water guns, but most are dispelled when Sybaris is turned back to stone.
Vampires appear in Episode 1.25: Sybaris Fountain.
[edit] Winged horses
Winged Horses, probably early predecessors of Pegasus used by the Olympians during the Titanomachy to pull the chariot rescuing the Cyclopes from Tartarus.
Winged horses appear in Episode 1.26: Time After Time.
