Clio, Melpomene and Thalia, who collectively serve as a Greek chorus. She was voiced by Tony Award winner LaChanze, who reprised the role in the subsequent TV series. She had a prominent role in the episode Hercules and the Muse of Dance, where she teaches him to dance so he can pass in phys ed and be a better hero. In the 1998 anime series Cowboy Bebop, two characters take their names from the muse: Valeria Terpsichore and her unseen, but alluded to, husband Ural Terpsichore. Theater Terpsichore is a character in the 2007 musical Xanadu, which is based on the 1980 film of the same name. Her part is always played by a man in drag. She was played by Andre Ward in the original Broadway production. Thalia The comic mask of Thalia featured in each title card of every Three Stooges short produced from the 1945 Idiots Deluxe until their final one in 1959, Sappy Bull Fighters. Thalia features in the 1997 Walt Disney Pictures film Hercules, appearing alongside the muses Calliope, Clio, Melpomene and Terpsichore, who collectively serve as a Greek chorus. Portrayed as short and plump, she has the deepest voice amongst the five Muses depicted, and true to nature, makes the funniest comments. She was voiced by Roz Ryan, who reprised the role in the subsequent TV series. In a 2003 Static Shock episode "Hard as Nails", Harley Quinn uses the alias "Thalia". Thalia is a character in the 2007 musical Xanadu, which is based on the 1980 film of the same name. Her part is always played by a man in drag. She was played by Curtis Holbrook in the original Broadway production. The German bookstore chain Thalia is named after the muse. The Muse of Comedy was in the last episode of season two of The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show, only it was a grotesque man named Phillip. See also The Muses (1578 painting by Tintoretto) References Classical mythology in popular culture Greek and Roman deities in fiction Greek Muses