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Hercules does not arrive at Olympus Coliseum until he saves Sora, [[Donald Duck|Donald]], [[Goofy]], and [[Cloud]] from [[Cerberus]]. Sora, Donald and Goofy run back to battle Cerberus so Hercules can escape with an unconscious Cloud. Upon the defeat of Cerberus, Hercules is impressed with the trio but encourages them to continue training when [[Phil]] grants them "Junior Heroes". When they leave, Hercules reveals to Phil that he had already worn out Cerberus by the time Sora and company came to fight him. Hercules later battles Sora in a one-on-one battle in the [[Hercules Cup]]. When Sora wins and gains the Hercules Cup, as well as the ability to access the Keyhole of Olympus, he comments that his heart's strength comes from his friends, and Hercules supports him in it. He also exclaims that he "wasn't even holding back."

In a world constructed by Sora's memories, Hercules is met by Sora when Phil is about to cancel the games because no one else got past his preliminary course. Sora convinces them to keep the games because he wants to fight Hercules. Hercules agrees and Cloud shows up to add another contender to the games. During the games, Cloud wants to eliminate Hercules so he can have his lost memories restored. At the end of the course, Cloud and Hercules are fighting to the death and Hades intervenes, determined to kill Hercules himself, as Cloud could not finish him off. Sora then defends Hercules from Hades. After Hades is beaten, Hercules would like to fight Sora, but is not in his top fighting form and promises Sora a fight when he is.

Hercules spends most of his days in the coliseum battling Hades's monsters, including the [[Rock Titan]] and the [[Hydra]]. He gets rather tired, but hides his exhaustion from [[Megara]] and his friends. When Megara is captured by Hades, Sora and the others offer to find her so that he can deal with the Hydra. After he kills the monster, he runs into the Underworld to join the others in saving Megara. He later feels depressed for the destruction of the coliseum at the hands of the Hydra.

Upon Sora's second visit to the destroyed Coliseum, Hercules is still depressed. Hades forces Hercules to join in the tournaments in the Underdrome and uses Megara as threat. Before the finals, Sora and the others encounter their friend [[Auron]], who was being brainwashed at the time. In order to buy them time, Hercules offers to fight Auron one-on-one in a death match. Sora, Donald, and Goofy stop the fight just as Hercules is about to run out of endurance and help Auron regain his will. Angered by the outcome, Hades throws Megara into the Styx and Hercules jumps in after her and so regains his strength by reminding himself that a true hero's strength comes from his heart. With the revived Hercules on their side, the group defeats Hades, and witnesses the creation of a new constellation shaped like Sora, Donald, and Goofy, making the trio true heroes at long last.

A data version of Hercules teams up with [[Data-Sora]] to help him find Data- Hades, as well as destroy the data-Heartless and [[Bug Blox]] in the way. He has been seen battling Data-Cloud, who ironically also joins Data-Sora to help fight.Data-Hercules fights Data-Cerberus alongside Data-Sora and Data-Cloud. After defeating Data-Cerberus, he fights Hades again.  <!-- Move this to another section: After the fight,Data- Hercules will help synthesize items by taking 39, 49, or 60 scraps. -->

In order for Sora to regain the powers he lost when Xehanort kidnapped his body, [[Yen Sid]] directs the boy and his friends to go seek training from Hercules at the Olympus Coliseum.

Hercules encounters Sora, Donald, and Goofy when they come launching into Thebes at him, but he catches them, save for Donald who gets stuck in one of the lion statues. As he explains the situation in Thebes, Sora reveals that his strength has vanished and asked how he regained his power during their last visit. Hercules mentions strength of heart is important, and when he had saved Meg from the Styx before he knew that he had wanted to save her with all his heart. Unfortunately, he is unable to provide him the sufficient answer he needed. After telling Megara and Phil to leave on Pegasus, Hercules launches Sora, Donald, and Goofy on his statue to rescue a little girl who was trapped in the fire.

Hercules joins the heroes in climbing Mount Olympus but goes off on his own after sensing his father in danger. Later, Hercules arrives at the Realm of the Gods, cutting down the Heartless that stood in his way and freeing the captured Gods. He rejoins Sora and friends and does battle with the Titans. After all four Titans return, Hercules decides to even the odds by freeing Zeus from his prison, which causes the Titans to flee. Hercules then grabs the Tornado Titan's tail and scoops up the other three Titans, releasing them into space where they are destroyed in an explosion. After chasing Hades away, Hercules decides to stay in the human realm because of his love for Megara, claiming a life without her would be empty. Hercules encourages Sora to continue chasing after his strength with all his heart.

When fought in the various Coliseum tournaments in the first ''Kingdom Hearts'', Hercules is invincible and protected by a golden aura - Sora must pick up and throw barrels at him to make him vulnerable for a short time. The best time to throw a barrel at Hercules is when he's taunting by saying "Hey! You give up yet?" and flexes his muscles. You can tell he is going to taunt when he slowly side steps across the field first. Hercules attacks with various punches and also slams the ground, unleashing a shockwave. He also has other attacks that include delivering a bullet punch, spinning around the field with his sword out, a charging headbutt and even unleashing an energy explosion around him.

When fought in the Titan and Paradox Titan cups in the Underdrome during ''Kingdom Hearts II'', Hercules uses powerful punches and headbutts, and can jump and unleash a shockwave when he lands. He can also summon a gold aura, turning himself invincible, inspired by the end of his Disney movie.

Hercules reappears as a party member, in ''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded'', in [[Olympus Coliseum]]. His special attack is [[Zero to Hero]].

Hercules reappears as a party member in ''Kingdom Hearts III''. His "weapon" is the [[Heart of a Hero]], which is simply his godly strength. In battle he attacks using his fists and strength, and he can use the abilities [[Boulder Toss]] and [[Burst of Energy]]. Hercules can also team up with Sora to perform the [[Heroic Swing]] [[Team Attack]].