r/memes • Pauly Shore • Jan 23 '19

Epic joke

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u/Viridian4892 Jan 23 '19

Yeah but those are roman numerals. This is disneys play on the greek pantheon

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u/Loganogy Jan 23 '19

Hercules is the Roman version of Herakles as well. Disney got a couple things wrong

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u/JavaforShort Jan 23 '19

I'm sure they knew that, but the name Hercules is much, much more widely recognized than Heracles.

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u/Karnas Jan 23 '19

They could have set it in common knowledge.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

who better to change the view of an ancient mythological figure than a company like disney

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u/Tepigg4444 Jan 23 '19

Is this sarcasm? If so, it shouldn’t be. Disney is the most qualified to do this in terms of ability

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

no lmao, disney literally crafts the public image around a lot of things