Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
My Fair Cupcake
TV Flash files “My Fair Cupcake” as hour 77 of 111 in the TV Flash guide — Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) on Syndication, season 4, episode 18, aired 1998-04-25, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E18: listed hour 77 of 111 in the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys guide, hour 18 of 22 in season 4. It aired 1998-04-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “One Fowl Day” (S04E17). Next is “War Wounds” (S04E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Autolycus uses the voluptuous and naive Cupcake to distract Prince Alexandros so he can steal the ruler's famous sapphire as Antioch and Carpathia ready for war.
Viewer FAQ
Where does My Fair Cupcake sit in the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys guide?
S04E18 is listed hour 77 of 111 — hour 18 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 18.
When did Hercules: The Legendary Journeys S04E18 air?
My Fair Cupcake aired 1998-04-25 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Xena required first?
No — Hercules is the parent universe. Xena spun off and became the bigger international fan engine; this is the weekend road trip that launched it.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Kevin Sorbo’s demigod on a syndicated road trip with Iolaus, monsters, and buddy-comedy heart. First-run fantasy muscle that made weekend TV feel like a comic you could afford: camp, sincerity, and gods with soap-opera tempers. The show that spawned Xena and a whole sword-and-sandals boom — watch for the grin, not the mythology textbook.
The work, first: Kevin Sorbo's grin, Iolaus at his side, a remix of Greek myth punching monsters and moral lessons — demigod road trip with buddy-comedy heart. The syndicated series proper ran 1995–1999 after TV films, produced by Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert's Renaissance Pictures. Christian Williams in the creator file. Michael Hurst's Iolaus, Kevin Smith's Ares, Bruce Campbell's Autolycus as a fan-favorite recurring rogue. Lightweight adventure that dominated weekend first-run: camp, sincerity, gods with…
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Filed against
- Kevin Sorbo as Hercules
Kevin Sorbo's Hercules made syndicated fantasy a weekend nation — demigod road trip with Iolaus, monsters, buddy-comedy heart, gods with soap-opera tempers. First-run muscle that spawned a sword-and-sandals neighborhood. TV Flash files…
- Michael Hurst as Iolaus
Michael Hurst’s Iolaus walked Hercules: The Legendary Journeys like a syndicated road trip needed a friend who could take a monster joke — 1990s first-run fantasy muscle, Kevin Sorbo’s demigod, camp, sincerity, gods with soap-opera…
- Kevin Smith as Ares
Kevin Smith's Ares prowled Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as syndicated god-temper — Kevin Sorbo's demigod road trip, monsters and buddy-comedy heart, first-run fantasy muscle you could afford on a weekend. Soap-opera Olympus. TV Flash…
- Bruce Campbell as Autolycus
Bruce Campbell’s Autolycus stole Hercules: The Legendary Journeys like a syndicated comic — 1990s catalog King of Thieves, camp with a chin, then Burn Notice recasting the grin as Sam Axe’s Miami how-to. TV Flash files him as the thief…