409/68. If I Had a Hammer

Promo:

SHE CREATED A HERCULES FROM FIRE AND STEEL--
(Atalanta looks at a statue of Hercules that she made.)
TO FLESH AND BLOOD.
Atalanta: Sure looks like the real one.
(Hercules 2 breaks a rake.)
Hercules 2 (to Atalanta): Are you saying I'm not real?!
BUT WITHOUT A HERO'S HEART--
(Hercules 2 breaks a statue.)
Hercules 2: You're supposed to be happy!
HE'S OUT OF CONTROL.
(Hercules 2 throws an ax.)
IT'S TWICE THE HERCULES--
(Hercules and Hercules 2 walk around and look at each other.)
Salmoneus: Yes!
BUT DOUBLE THE TROUBLE.
(Atalanta elbows Discord.)
Discord (to Hercules 2): Destroy them!
(Hercules 2 punches a statue.)
(Hercules and Hercules 2 fight.)
Hercules: I have a bad feeling about this.
(Discord throws a fireball.)
ON THE NEXT HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS!

Credits:

Writer... Paul Robert Coyle
Director... Steve Polivka
Original Air Date... Jan. 12, 1998

Cast:

Hercules/Hercules 2... Kevin Sorbo
Salmoneus... Robert Trebor
Atalanta... Corey Everson
Discord... Meighan Desmond
Filius... Susan Haldane
Swillus... Stephen Walker
Billius... Brett Turner
Curteus... Ross Brannigan
Picassus... ?
El Grecus... ?
Warholocles... ?
Kirteas... ?
Xerox... ?

Description:

The metalsmith Atalanta, who has long pined for Herc, fashions a statue of "the perfect man", and it's magically transformed into a not-quite-mirror image of Her Hero.
As Hercules: The Legendary Journeys returns with first-run episodes, Our Hero grins and bears it, posing for artists named Picassus, El Grecus and Warholocles.
The blacksmith Atalanta forges a perfect likeness of Hercules, which raises havoc when it comes to life.
When the blacksmith Atalanta forges a perfect likeness of Hercules which springs to life, the real Hercules must battle his dangerous double.

Disclaimer:

Hercules proved once again that the true measure of a man is not the size of his grapes, but the size of his heart.

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