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Post transformation

Tethys in her altered form

Tethys is a water Titaness, she is shown having a blue body composed of water, long white hair and webbed hands: she is the most humanoid of the featured titans in her original form. She, along with Porphyrion, are the more mature of the four Titans, as they planned to steal the stone from Hera. She even showed little patience while waiting to attack Olympus. After her transformation, she seemingly had a new attitude after gaining her new powers.

Her form is later altered by Hera to appear to be made completely of water and ice (so that physical attacks do her no harm), have a mermaid like fin that sprouts into octopus tentacles instead of legs and a more purple color as opposed to her original blue. Her new body grants her the ability to form back if attacked, as Xena kicked her torso and passed right through. Tethys then reformed her body to its original form while laughing.

She is shown to be the only one of the Titans to accept her new form right away, smiling after examining her new-found powers. She appears to enjoy her new body, as she laughed after reforming herself from an attack by Xena. She is defeated when Iolaus tricks her into running into Mnemosyne, causing her to steam dramatically: a moment later, they both to fall into Tartarus.

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  • Tethys was voiced by Alison Wall.
  • Tethys is never named aloud in the film: her name is mentioned in the credits only.
  • Of the Titans featured in the movie, Tethys is the only one to be associated with the relevant element in mythology - she is a Titaness associated with the seas, the consort of Oceanus. The elemental associations of the other titans are unique to the series.
  • According to Homer, Tethys and Oceanus were on good terms with the Olympians by the time of the Trojan War. Hera referred to her as "the mother" and told Zeus that she would recuse herself from the War by visiting her.
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