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The 1997 Disney Renaissance classic Hercules pits its titular hero against all sorts of monsters and gods from Greek mythology, but the film’s central conflict arguably manifests itself as an inner battle within Hercules, himself.

He asks—through song—whether he can “go the distance” and “find where [he] belongs.”

As a character, Hercules is established as a well-meaning but clumsy reject in his community with a tendency to misjudge his own strength and make costly, destructive mistakes.

He eventually finds where he belongs after going on a quest to prove himself worthy to his father, Zeus.