Medusa (Disney's Hercules)

Medusa is a supporting character in the Disney TV Show Hercules. 
She is voiced by Jennifer Love Hewitt; who also played Liz Wilson, Julie James and Madellaine.
==Personality==
Unable to control her power to turn people to stone, Medusa is very reclusive. The only companions she has of her are her living snake hair and the many statues that decorate her grove that she usually pretends to talk to alleviate her loneliness. She is also self-conscious, shown when Aphrodite and Hades offered her to get close to Hercules, and also naïve as she accepted Hades' deception about making her human versus Aphrodite's not making her "ugly".
However, she quickly feels guilty and reveals her true appearance to Hercules. Heartbroken when she is rejected, she returns to her grove of hers and feels guilt-ridden when she accidentally turns Hercules to stone (thanks to Hades) while he had come to apologize.
And when Hades offers to make her permanently human, Medusa refuses having learned her lesson: true friends accept you for who you are, not for who you pretend to be. She with magic she restores Hercules.
==History==
Medusa appears for the first time in "Hercules and the Gorgon", after Hercules falls from a waterfall, after saving Icarus, he finds himself near Gorgon Land, where he is saved by Medusa, who, fascinated by the unconscious boy, then however feeling Pegasus and Icarus looking for Hercules arrive, she hides. After a chat with her statues, she finds Hercules' school card. This makes her want to have a "normal" life even more, so she asks the Olympians for help, to which Hades and Aphrodite respond.
Hades offers her the opportunity to become a human by day in exchange for working for him at night as a monster while Aphrodite offers Medusa special sunglasses that would block her powers, allowing her to interact with the world while still being herself . In the end, Medusa chooses Hades' proposal, believing that none of her can see her as she truly is. To fool Medusa, Hades says that he will permanently transform her into a human if someone accepts her for who she really is.
Everything goes well until sunset, where Medusa returns to her true appearance and creates a wave of panic in Athens. For this reason, Medusa feels a strong sense of guilt and tries to explain to Hercules, but he immediately accuses her of wanting to turn him into stone, thus making her cry and run away.
Hercules tells Icarus what happened, and makes the mistake of referring to Medusa as a monster. Angry Icarus asks Hercules if he intends to cut off Medusa's head and use it to defeat all the monsters, especially the "monster" who flew too close to the sun, keeping it in a bag.
With this, Hercules realizes his mistakes and goes to see Medusa with flowers to apologize to her. But then, Hades discovers that Hercules is the boy with whom Medusa was in love with her, and so he lies to her by telling her that he came to kill her, thus causing Hercules to look straight into Medusa's eyes and thus turning to stone . Medusa is heartbroken and realizes that he had come to make amends, when Aphrodite appears, reminding Hades of the best part of Medusa's deal. Hades prepares to turn Medusa permanently human, but Aphrodite uses a mirror to turn her magic on Hercules who turns human again, much to Hades' anger.
Medusa, who has now learned her lesson, agrees to date Hercules and asks Aphrodite for her glasses, and she proudly gives them to her, allowing Medusa to safely interact with Hercules.
Medusa makes a cameo in "Hercules and the Phil Factor" as a portrait in Stheno's home.
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