PAIN AND PANIC

'Pain' and 'Panic' are a pair of demons in the Disney animated feature ''Hercules''. Pain is a fat, pink (magenta, to be exact) demon (also called imp), and Panic is skinny and teal. They are the minions of the film's villain, Hades, and serve primarily as comic relief. Pain is voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait and Panic by Matt Frewer.
Their names are probably inspired by the mythological sons of Ares: Deimos (dread) and Phobos (fear).

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Personality and Abilities

Other appearances

Personality and Abilities

Panic is paranoid, twitchy, and panicky, as his name suggests, but also friendly at times. Pain, on the other hand, is bossy, hot-tempered, and sly, but also clumsy and liable to get into painful situations. Also, Panic seems more honest then Pain, saying, "What will Hades do if he finds out about this?" Pain replies "You mean ''if'' he finds out." Both possess the ability to shapeshift, though this is restricted in that their coloring often remains the same. Pain's temporary imitation is usually fat, while Panic's is thin. Hades is not very nice to them, usually punishing them for little mistakes and frightening them.
In the movie, Hades sends them to kidnap baby Hercules, make him mortal, and kill him. The imps obey and somehow capture him, but fail to kill him, and only half-succeed in making him mortal: he keeps his godlike strength, allowing him to dispose of the pair before they have a chance to kill him. Not wanting Hades to know about their failure, they tell him that Hercules is dead. Many years later Hades discovers that Hercules is actually alive and punishes the two. Throughout the rest of the movie, they're seen either cheering Hades' monsters on, doing something rather ridiculous, or using their shapeshifting powers to contact Hades' spy, Meg. In the end of the movie, Hades is punched into the river Styx, and they are left behind thinking (and possibly hoping) that he won't return.

Other appearances

Pain and Panic also appear in the , and still serve as Hades's lackeys. They made many brief appearances in the ''House of Mouse'' television series, usually along with Hades (though there was one episode in which they broke up Pinocchio and Jimminy Cricket without Hades's aid) and had a very small role in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', where they are working for Hades and work at the Underdrome, but have no other purpose.