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==Origin==
==Origin==
Phil first appeared in the classic Disney animated comedy ''Hercules''. He is a composite of several characters from Greek mythology; while he shares his name with {{w|Philoctetes}}, a human who lit the funeral pyre of {{w|Heracles}} upon his death, his personality is similar to the god {{w|Pan}}, and his role as a trainer of heroes is shared with the centaur {{w|Chiron}}.
Phil first appeared in the classic Disney animated comedy ''Hercules''. He is a composite of several characters from Greek mythology; while he shares his name with {{w|Philoctetes}}, a human who lit the funeral pyre of {{w|Heracles}} upon his death, his personality and satyr design are similar to those of the god {{w|Pan (god)|Pan}}, and his role as a trainer of heroes is shared with the centaur {{w|Chiron}}.


In the film, the young Hercules was instructed to find Philoctetes, trainer of heroes, in order to become a true hero and rejoin his family on Olympus. He found Phil on a distant island spying on some nymphs, startled at first to see a satyr rather than what he mistook for a goat (Phil was spying on the imps through some bushes, his goat backside visible to Hercules). Herc displayed his strength to Phil, the satyr impressed, yet not willing to have his dreams crushed again. He told Hercules his dream of training the ultimate hero, and how every one he trained never went the distance. When Hercules said he could, and with a little persuasion from Zeus via striking him with a lightning bolt and frying him, Phil was finally persuaded. He then proceeded to put Hercules through tests and other training, later taking him on his first real missions as a hero.
In the film, the young Hercules was instructed to find Philoctetes, trainer of heroes, in order to become a true hero and rejoin his family on Olympus. He found Phil on a distant island spying on some nymphs, startled at first to see a satyr rather than what he mistook for a goat (Phil was spying on the imps through some bushes, his goat backside visible to Hercules). Herc displayed his strength to Phil, the satyr impressed, yet not willing to have his dreams crushed again. He told Hercules his dream of training the ultimate hero, and how every one he trained never went the distance. When Hercules said he could, and with a little persuasion from Zeus via striking him with a lightning bolt and frying him, Phil was finally persuaded. He then proceeded to put Hercules through tests and other training, later taking him on his first real missions as a hero.
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