Characters appearing in the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts.
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The Argonauts
The Argonauts
For his expedition to find the legendary Golden Fleece, Jason assembles a crew of champions coming from all of Greece.
- Badass Crew: Jason chooses them after testing their physical prowess in the athletic games he organized.
- Cool Boat: Their name comes from the ship they embark on for Jason's quest, the Argo.
- The Quest: Finding the Golden Fleece and bringing it to Thessaly.
- Red Shirt Army: Only Hercules, Hylas, Argus and Acastus receive any development whatsoever. The others are lucky if they're mentioned by name. Jason apparently picked the best athletes in Greece, yet hardly a lot of them actually do anything interesting apart from those who capture the Harpies, the two of them who fight the skeletons at the end alongside Jason and end up dead, and Euphaemus, who jumps in after Acastus and gets killed underwater.
- World's Strongest Man: Jason selects the best champions of Greece in their respective athletic field to be part of his crew. Hercules is accepted right away, seemingly just because he's freaking Hercules, despite losing against Hylas at discus throw.
Jason
Played by: Todd Armstrong
The eponymous hero of the story, son of King Aristo and rightful heir to the throne of Thessaly (which was usurped by Pelias), Jason intends to find the legendary Golden Fleece to inspire his people, which will help him reconquer the throne.
- Badass Normal: He's just a human, and minus the little help he gets from the gods of Olympus, manages to triumph against all odds. He makes a point of not asking for the gods' help.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: At some point during the Final Battle, Jason impales one of the skeletons with his sword and its gets stuck in its ribs while another attacks him. So what does he do? He simply starts punching the skeleton away.
- The Hero: The leading heroic figure in the film.
- Humble Hero: He is the gods' favorite and could ask whatever he wants from them (although it's not clear if Zeus would grant him this or not, it could well be a Secret Test of Character), but doesn't make a big deal of this and keeps asking Hera only when he has no other choice.
- I Work Alone: For the most part, he refuses assistance from the gods, unless it's unavoidable.
- The Leader: He gathers the Argonauts and leads them.
- Nay-Theist: Jason doesn't believe in the gods initially, so Hermes brings him to Olympus. Jason still refuses help from Zeus there (but accepts Hera's, since she's already started), though the king of the gods is pleased by this. Zeus is not so pleased later on when Jason goes on a blasphemous rant as he's in a seemingly hopeless situation at the Clashing Rocks.
- Rightful King Returns: His goal, although he feels he must inspire his people with a heroic deed to bring them a gift from the gods first, hence his quest to find the Golden Fleece.
- Save the Villain: He saves Pelias from drowning at the beginning of the film, although he doesn't know it's him.
- Secret Test of Character: Zeus seems pleased that Jason doesn't ask for spectacular or unlimited help from the gods.
- Shield Bash: As he's being cornered on the edge of a cliff by the skeletons, Jason gets disarmed of his sword, then starts bashing them with his shield.
- Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter: Sort of. Jason calls for the end of the gods when it looks like the Argo will be destroyed in the Clashing Rocks. This impresses Hera, and she sends Triton to help the Argo.
- Take a Third Option: Jason's solution to the fight with the skeletons. He can't kill them, and certainly doesn't want them to kill him, so he jumps off a cliff into the sea. They mindlessly follow and most likely sink straight to the bottom.
Argus
Played by: Laurence Naismith
The secondary leader of the Argonauts and builder of their ship, the Argo.
- Father Neptune: An old and experimented sailor in addition to a shipbuilder.
- Hearing Voices: Hera talked to him in a dream, which motivated him to sculpt a wooden figurehead representing her and put it in on the Argo's stern so Jason can talk to the goddess.
- Number Two: He's the second-in-command onboard the Argo.
- Older and Wiser: He's the oldest among the Argonauts, and he's still a capable secondary leader. He also advices Jason to pray the gods as the Argonauts find themselves hopelessly trapped by the Clashing Rocks.
- Theme Naming: Jason decides to christen the ship "Argo" in homage to its builder.
Acastus
Played by: Gary Raymond
The son of Pelias, who joins the Argonauts to find the Golden Fleece for his father and kill Jason at the most opportune moment.
- The Evil Prince: The son of King Pelias, who's just as determined to get rid of Jason as his father.
- Karmic Death: He's the mole of Pelias, kills Euphaemus and sells the Argonauts out to King Aeëtes. He had it coming when the Hydra chokes him to death as he was trying to get the Golden Fleece.
- The Mole: He infiltrates the Argonauts on behalf of Pelias.
- Suffer the Slings: At the games Jason organized to select the men who will be part of his crew, Acastus wins the sling contest.
- Super Swimming Skills: He kills Euphaemus underwater and manages to swim all the way to Colchis.
Hercules
Played by: Nigel Green
The legendary Greek hero. He shows up late at the games Jason organized to select his Argonauts and joins them despite Hylas beating him in a discus throw contest.
- All Men Are Perverts: When Jason gives the advice to not take anything bar food and water on the Isle of Bronze, Hercules jokingly asks him if it includes women.
- Big Guy, Little Guy: He is taller and more muscular than Hylas, who he befriends and teams up with on the Isle of Bronze to seek food.
- Boisterous Bruiser: He is the strongest of the Argonauts and quite a braggart.
- Carry a Big Stick: The weapon he chases goats with on the Isle of Bronze before dropping it for a giant brooch pin inside Talos' Treasure Room.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: He is strong enough to open the closed door of Talos' treasure chamber while Hylas clearly can't even budge it.
- Defeat Means Friendship: During the contest to select the Argonauts, Hylas is able to cast a discus farther by skipping it over the water, to Hercules' great amusement, and they become best buds. Hercules even leaves the quest when Hylas dies.
- Hero of Another Story: Hera says the gods have plans for Hercules when he leaves the Argonauts to look for Hylas on the Isle of Bronze. It's most certainly a reference to his battle at Troy and the battle with the giants.
- Must Make Amends: He quits the Argonauts out of guilt for his goof up that led to the awakening of Talos and the death of Hylas.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He ignores Jason's advice (from Hera) to not take anything except food and water on the Isle of Bronze, enters Talos' treasure chamber and picks a golden brooch pin the size of a javeline inside Talos' treasure chamber. Then Talos awakens...
- Put on a Bus: Hercules leaves the crew out of guilt for the death of Hylas, seeking the latter on the Isle of Bronze in vain. Hera tells the Argonauts that the gods have other plans for him (referring to his coming battle at Troy and the battle with Giants, obviously).
- Shirtless Scene: He's always bare-chested.
Hylas
Played by: John Cairney
A young man who, like Hercules, arrived too late to participate in the games Jason organized to recruit his Argonauts. He still earns a place in the crew, by challenging and then beating Hercules at discus-throwing.
- Big Guy, Little Guy: He is shorter and less muscular than Hercules, who he befriends and teams up with on the Isle of Bronze to seek food.
- Brains and Brawn: He invokes this very trope when challenging Hercules' at Jason's games, saying Jason needs "brains as well as brawn" for his expedition. He doesn't really live up to the "brains" part after joining the crew, that being said.
- Death by Adaptation: In the original myth, Hylas was kidnapped by a nymph who fell in love with him. Here, he's crushed by Talos' body as the bronze giant collapses.
- Death by Materialism: He dies crushed under Talos' body as the bronze giant falls apart once emptied of its ichor... because he wanted to retrieve the golden brooch pin Hercules stole and then dropped to run away faster.
- Glory Seeker: Glory seems to be his motivation to join the Argonauts. But, as Zeus points out, "his moment of triumph won't last".
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Like Hercules, he ignores Jason's advice to not take anything on the Isle of Bronze except food and water, and enters Talos' treasure chamber. Unlike Hercules, he realizes something is wrong once they're inside the chamber and wants to leave everything alone, but it's too late.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: He passes off as a naive man when he challenges Hercules. Then proves himself smarter than he looked by beating Hercules at discus throw.
- Too Dumb to Live: Caring more about a golden brooch pin than about his own safety leads to his death.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: The first named Argonaut to die in the film. He doesn't survive the Isle of Bronze, the first trouble the crew encounters.
The Gods
Olympus
Zeus
Played by: Niall MacGinnis
The king of the gods of Olympus.
- Big Good: To a lesser extent than Hera, and he torments Phineus, but he still gives his blessing to Jason's journey, initially offering him help.
- Bolt of Divine Retribution: Close enough. When Phineus provokes him, he answers by a thunderclap (without striking anyone with it, however).
- Cool Old Guy: He gives off this vibe to Jason, with all the help he offers to his favorite mortal hero, who refuses it.
- Cosmic Chess Game: Zeus and Hera use a map and clay figures to influence the mortals' destinies. In that case, they first play with Pelias' conquest of the throne of Thessaly, then with Jason's journey twenty years later.
- Divine Assistance: He offers Jason all the help he can imagine from Olympus, but Jason wants none of it. Jason still accepts Hera's limited help as he doesn't really have the choice otherwise.
- Divine Intervention: He and Hera plays with the mortals' destinies through a Cosmic Chess Game.
- Gods Need Prayer Badly: At some point, Hera tells him he will return to Nothingness if mortals stop believing in him.
- Jerkass Gods: The way he sends the Harpies to torment Phineus is particularly petty and cruel.
- The High King: He is the king of the gods of Olympus. Nuff said.
- Stay in the Kitchen: When Hera tells him she wants to help Jason, Zeus tells her she should help Philomena (Jason's sister), because it's "man's work". Zeus then agrees, but only allows Hera to help Jason five times, as Briseis invoked the goddess five times.
- Time Dilation: Twenty years of time for the mortals is "an instant" for the gods.
Hera
Played by: Honor Blackman
The wife of Zeus and queen of the gods of Olympus.
- All Love Is Unrequited: If the final scene is anything to go by, she has feelings for Jason, as she seems quite disturbed seeing him kiss Medea.
- Big Good: Even more so than Zeus. She is Jason's divine protector through and through, even when he starts despising the gods.
- Cosmic Chess Game: With Zeus, she uses clay figures to play with the mortals' destinies, Jason's journey in particular.
- Divine Assistance: She is the protector of the royal family of Thessaly and as such, protects Jason all his life. She is allowed to help him five times (see God's Hands Are Tied below) during his journey.
- Divine Intervention: Hera and Zeus play with the mortals' destinies through a Cosmic Chess Game. Hera intervenes more directly, under her human disguise. For instance, she makes Pelias fall from his horse and drags him underwater so the "Man with one sandal" (Jason) can save him and accomplish his destiny. She also sends Triton to help the Argo against the Clashing Rocks.
- God's Hands Are Tied: Zeus decrees that Hera is only allowed to help Jason five times, since that was the number of times his elder sister Briseis called upon her by name to protect her baby sister Philomena (who Zeus presumably protects upon Hera's insistance to protect Jason). This is a handy explanation for why Hera, as Queen of the Gods, can't just come in and magically solve every problem for our heroes, which works fine in a myth but would be pretty anti-climactic in a film. Of course, she still finds ways around it.
- God in Human Form: She takes a human form the first time she confronts Pelias as he's usurping the throne and massacring Jason's family. Twenty years later, she is seen with the same human disguise as she's about to drag Pelias underwater so Jason will save him and start his quest.
- The High Queen: While she's sometimes this in the myths too, this is one of the rare stories where she's portrayed as this - rather than the malevolent kind of queen.
- Living Figurehead: She talks to Jason and eventually the whole Argo's crew through the Argo's figurehead, which has been placed on the stern by Argus on her suggestion. Only the statue's eyelids are animated when she talks, however.
- Sizeshifter: The gods are giants compared to the humans, and they can shift to human size. She does when disguising as a human.
- Time Dilation: Twenty years of time for the mortals is "an instant" for the gods.
Hermes
Played by: Michael Gwynn
The messenger god of Olympus.
- All Myths Are True: He is the first god of Olympus to physically manifest to Jason, who previously didn't believe that the gods exist.
- Cool Helmet: Wears his traditional winged helmet.
- Divine Assistance: As an old priest, he prevents Pelias' soldiers from intercepting the soldier who carries baby Jason. Twenty years later, he encourages Jason to ask the gods for help, then reveals his true self to him and brings him to Olympus so he can talk to them directly.
- God in Human Form: He disguises himself as an old priest when he's among the mortals.
- Sizeshifter: The gods are giant enough to hold humans in their hands, and they can shift their size to that of a human or grow back. He demonstrates it when revealing his true nature to Jason and bringing him to Olympus.
Triton
Played by: William Gudgeon
A sea god and son of Poseidon.
- Deus ex Machina: Quite literally, as he's a god who shows up to save the Argonauts from being crushed by the Clashing Rocks. Hera sends him by moving a clay figure of him on the gods' chessboard.
- Divine Assistance: A sea god that helps the Argonauts get through a dangerous strait alive.
- Divine Intervention: Without him showing up to hold the Clashing Rocks apart, the Argonauts would have died.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: He is depicted with a mermaid-like fish tail.
Colchis
Hecate
The goddess venerated by Colchians.
- Animate Dead: She gives Aeëtes the power to raise the Children of the Hydra. Necromancy is indeed one of the goddess' traditional attributes.
- Bolt of Divine Retribution: Aeëtes invokes her name to send him power to raise the Children of the Hydra. She then causes a thunderstorm.
- Dark Is Evil: Goddess of Darkness, with a necromantic portfolio, but antagonistic only insofar as she opposes the Argonauts, who aren't really the moral victors in their conflict with Colchis.
- Divine Assistance: She empowers the Hydra's teeth for Aeëtes to use against Jason.
- Divine Intervention: After the Hydra's death, she sends fireballs to empower the Hydra's teeth.
- Magic Meteor: After the short thunderstorm, she sends fireballs that set the remains of the Hydra on fire. Aeëtes then orders his soldiers to collect the Hydra's teeth from its skeleton.
- Our Gods Are Different: Unlike the gods of Olympus, she doesn't manifest herself in human form. Only a three-headed statue of her can be seen inside the temple in Colchis. It somehow swings left and right while Medea accomplishes her dance ritual.
Other Greek Characters
Pelias
Played by: Douglas Wilmer
An ambitious military leader who conquered the throne of Thessaly at the time of Jason's birth, killing Jason's father and older sister. At that time, Hera warned him about Jason's return.
- Beard of Evil: He has a beard and certainly had no regrets putting himself on the throne of Thessaly through a bloodshed.
- From a Certain Point of View: When Jason meets Pelias (not knowing who he is), Jason says he will need the help of this fine army commander to take back his throne. The reply he gets is "When your father defended his throne from Pelias, no man fought harder than I." Which is true, from Pelias' point of view.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He is the main enemy Jason seeks to overthrow, technically, but doesn't show up again in the story past the beginning of the film.
- Never My Fault: Tries to blame Zeus for the slaying of Briseis in Hera's temple, as it was Zeus who decreed that Pelias would take Thessaly's throne but be killed by the king's children. Hera says that he did it all on his own.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: He's so determined to avoid being overthrown by the children of Aristo that he kills Briseis while she's praying to Hera inside the goddess's temple. Hera is naturally furious, and throws her support behind Jason so he can get his father's throne back.
- The Usurper: He usurped the throne of Thessaly.
Phineus
Played by: Patrick Troughton
A former king who has been blinded for his transgressions against the gods. He is constantly tormented by the Harpies.
- Blind Seer: He can't see, but he knows helpful things for Jason's quest, far beyond any other man's knowledge.
- Cosmic Plaything: The gods torment him whenever he wants to eat, by sending the Harpies everyday to chase him away from his food.
- Disproportionate Retribution: He's condemned to have harpies attack and steal his food for the rest of his life. It left him quite bitter at the gods.Phineus: (crying) Zeus, I was a sinner! But I didn't sin every day!
- Riches to Rags: He was once a king, but fell into misery after transgressing the gods.
- Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter: Upon meeting the Argonauts, he goes on a provocative rant against Zeus, who answers with a thunderclap.
Briseis
Played by: Davina Taylor
The eldest daughter of King Aristo and the sister of Jason. She brings her baby sister Philomena into Hera's temple as Pelias takes over the kingdom and pleas Hera to protect her.
- Prayer Is a Last Resort: She prays Hera to help her protecting her sister as the kingdom falls under Pelias' domination and the palace us invaded. And that prayer is heard and exhausted.
- Seeking Sanctuary: She seeks sanctuary (mainly for her baby sister) inside Hera's temple. Hera herself sees Pelias killing Briseis inside her temple as defiling it.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She's quickly killed off, but because she's killed in Hera's temple — and in the middle of praying to her! — Hera is furious at Pelias and decides to help Jason take his throne back.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: She's killed by Pelias within a minute of her introduction.
Colchians
Medea
Played by: Nancy Kovack
The high priestess of Hecate in Colchis. She falls in love with Jason and is instrumental in helping the Argonauts get the Golden Fleece in the final act of the film.
- Conflicting Loyalty: She is torn between doing nothing in order to not betray her country, or helping Jason out of love for him and flee with him. She chooses the latter.
- High-Heel–Face Turn: The only woman of note in the film bar Hera, and she turns against Aeëtes (she was never hostile to Jason to begin with).
- High Priestess: She heads the cult of the goddess Hecate.
- In the Back: A soldier of Aeëtes shoots an arrow in her back. Fortunately, Jason knows the Golden Fleece can heal and quickly covers her with it, and she gets better instantly.
- Lady of Black Magic: Portrayed as the elegant high priestess of Hecate, the goddess of magic.
- Love Interest: Falls in love with Jason and becomes his lover.
- Prayer Is a Last Resort: Once Jason is sold out, she seeks advice through a prayer to Hecate. Either she decided to help Jason all on her own, or Hecate convinced her.
Aeëtes
Played by: Jack Gwillim
The king of Colchis, who wants to keep the Golden Fleece in his country at all cost.
- Anti-Villain: Sure he stands in Jason's way to obtain the Golden Fleece and regain his rightful kingdom, but not out of any overt malice. Rather, as a king he has a responsibility to his people and their well-being and Jason's quest is obviously a threat to that.
- Beard of Evil: He is the final obstacle Jason has to face and sports a Babylonian-ish beard.
- Evil Is Hammy: Jack Gwillim probably never ate a thing again after this production, as he practically devoured the scenery."DESTROY THEM! KILL! KILL, KILL! KILLLLLLL THEM ALLLLLLL!"
- Karma Houdini: He ends the film alive and not even harmed, thanks to Jason being too busy escaping the skeletons Aeëtes sent against him. The Golden Fleece will probably never return to Colchis, however, which is a very bad omen for the kingdom.
- Necromancer: He uses teeth of the Hydra to raise animated skeletons to attack Jason and two of his Argonauts.
- No, Mister Bond, I Expect You To Dine: He treats Jason and the Argonauts to a lavish banquet despite knowing full well that they intend to steal him the Golden Fleece (thanks to Acastus). He does so to likely lull them into a false sense of security and make them easier to imprison.
- Non-Action Big Bad: Prefers sending his soldiers and animated skeletons than fighting Jason himself.
- Sorcerous Overlord: He is the ruler of Colchis, and knows necromancy, at the very least.
- Villain Has a Point: He doesn't want the Golden Fleece to leave Colchis, as this would mean disastrous consequences for the kingdom.
Creatures
Talos
A giant bronze colossus created by Hephaestus. He guards treasures the gods of Olympus left on the Isle of Bronze. If anyone touches said treasures, Talos will come to life and chase trespassers until death.
- Achilles' Heel: Quite literally for the "heel" part. Thanks to Hera, Jason finds out the only weakness of Talos is a plug on his heel. Once that plug is removed, the ichor flows away and Talos dries up and dies. The only thing to do afterwards is simply running away from the area where the bronze giant will fall apart...
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: A 230 feet tall animated bronze statue vs the puny human Argonauts. Good thing Hera told Jason about his only weakness.
- Composite Character: Ray Harryhausen made the Talos of the myth much taller, and said he combined him with a popular Colossus of Rhodes imagery
◊ by having him step across the mouth of the bay of the isle to lift the Argo. - Forbidden Fruit: Hera warns the Argonauts not to take anything beyond food and water on the Isle of Bronze. Then Hercules and Hylas enter Talos' pedestal and find a god's jewelry box, with a brooch pin made of gold that Hercules fancies as a javelin. You can guess how well this ends.
- Hell Is That Noise: The constant bronze creaking noises Talos makes while moving render him even more terrifying.
- Implacable Man: Once he awakens and starts going after the Argonauts, there's virtually nothing to stop him.
- Life Energy: He is animated by the ichor, a life fluid contained in his body.
- Living Statue: A giant bronze statue that animates itself should someone enter the treasure chamber in its pedestal.
- Noisy Robots: He's like a bronze robot animated by the gods, and makes constant bronze creaking noises as he moves.
- No-Sell: He's entirely made of bronze. As such, the Argonauts can't do anything against him with their puny spears, swords and stones, except distracting him while Jason goes for his Achilles' Heel.
- Treasure Room: His pedestal serves as one. Woe to anyone who dares entering it to steal any of the riches inside...
The Harpies
Two winged humanoids sent by the gods of Olympus to torment Phineus as a punishment for his transgressions, preventing him to eat whenever food is brought to him.
- Bat People: They look humanoid and their wings are clearly bat-like.
- Divine Intervention: They torment Phineus as a divine punishment.
- Harping on About Harpies: Harpies have been traditionally described with bird-like features, while these have bat-like wings. They taunt Phineus just like in the original myth but they're two instead of three.
- Winged Humanoid: They look like women with a blue and purple skin, and wings.
The Hydra
The keeper of the Golden Fleece, a multi-headed reptilian monster.
- Composite Character: While based on the Lernaean Hydra in name and appearance, its role is primarily based on the Colchian dragon (which guarded the Golden Fleece) and its teeth's ability to animate skeletal warriors is taken from the dragon slain by Cadmus, whose teeth grew into fierce soldiers when sown and half of which Jason was forced to plant before being granted access to the Fleece.
- Dragon Hoard: Just replace "Dragon" by "Hydra" and "Hoard" by "the Golden Fleece".
- Hydra Problem: Averted. Jason never tries to cut off any of the monster's seven heads and directly stabs it in the heart with his sword instead.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: The monster is based on the Lernean Hydra, which is associated to Hercules' myth and not Jason's.
- Sadly Mythtaken: The Hydra doesn't appear in the original myth from the Argonautica poem, and this instance is given the role originally belonging to the Colchian dragon.
- Snakes Are Sinister: Basically a giant multi-headed snake attacking whoever tries to steal the Golden Fleece. The heads have a beak, however.
- Sssssnaketalk: It doesn't talk per se, but it constantly emits rattlesnake-like sounds.
Children of the Hydra's Teeth
Skeletons of ancient warriors which are raised by King Aeëtes using the powers of the goddess Hecate and the magical properties of the dead Hydra's teeth. They are the final threat Jason faces in the film.
- Combat Pragmatists: They're not above fighting dirty, as one of them wounds Castor in his stomach by surprise as he's about to climb on a wall, which causes him to fall and die.
- Dem Bones: Perhaps the most famous example of animated skeletons in movie history.
- Hero Killers: They eventually kill Castor and Phalerus, the two Argonauts fighting alongside Jason in the Final Battle.
- Implacable Man: They seemingly can't be stopped using conventional weapons, so the only solution is to flee them. Apparently they can't swim. One skeleton gets decapitated, another falls from a cliff of unknown height, and a third writhes with pain after being stabbed in the "gut," so the exact limits of their durability are largely unknown, other than that one skeleton is missing from the final charge.
- Off with His Head!: Jason decapitates one of them. The headless skeleton is not seen afterwards, so it isn't known if cutting their head off could work to get rid of them permanently. Jason prefers opting for a dive off the cliff into the sea anyway.
- Screaming Warrior: Oddly enough, they scream while charging Jason and the two Argonauts fighting alongside him despite having no vocal cords, and being silent for the rest of the fight.
- Theatrics of Pain: Despite their obvious undead anatomy, the skeletons react as if in pain to several "wounds" with no obvious effect, and one goes out of its way to dodge a tossed shield, which would have had relatively little effect even on a living opponent.
- Warrior Undead: They're reanimated skeletons of long dead warriors, and they're fierce adversaries.
- Zerg Rush: Their sheer number ultimately pays off and they manage to kill two Argonauts. In fact this above all else is what makes them so dangerous: they aren't weak at all - Jason, Castor and Phalerus can't kill them no matter what they do and they only need one slip up in their guard to kill, which is why eventually Jason decides to just take the plunge, and the mindless skeletons just chase him over the side and sink to the bottom.
