
The Underdog Strikes Back
Cursed by Poseidon after ten years away, Odysseus returns to Ithaca as a nameless sailor to find his queen besieged and his son in danger. Armed with a god-slaying power, he vows that no god will threaten his people again.
Fantasy · Action
40 episodes · 64 min
Greek myth, a mortal against the gods
About The Underdog Strikes Back
The Underdog Strikes Back is a complete AI short drama in 40 episodes, 1 hour 4 minutes of story in all. It was first released on October 16, 2026 and added to Beguile.tv on October 17, 2026.
Free preview: episodes 1 to 2.

Main characters in The Underdog Strikes Back
- Odysseus - The king of Ithaca
- Penelope - The queen of Ithaca, Odysseus's wife
- Telemachus - Odysseus's son, the prince of Ithaca
- Circe - The sorceress queen of the misty island
- Antonious - The black-armored warlord
Tropes and themes
Genres: Fantasy, Action
Tropes: Mortal vs. Gods, Hidden Identity, Love Triangle
Themes: Greek Mythology
Content warnings: Non-consent, Sexual violence, Gore
Episodes
- Episode 1 · 2:29
- Episode 2 · 2:16
- Episode 3 · 2:24
- Episode 4 · 1:28
- Episode 5 · 1:07
- Episode 6 · 1:12
- Episode 7 · 1:25
- Episode 8 · 1:48
- Episode 9 · 1:43
- Episode 10 · 1:27
- Episode 11 · 1:39
- Episode 12 · 1:12
- Episode 13 · 2:14
- Episode 14 · 1:55
- Episode 15 · 2:00
- Episode 16 · 1:43
- Episode 17 · 1:33
- Episode 18 · 1:30
- Episode 19 · 1:31
- Episode 20 · 2:11
- Episode 21 · 1:19
- Episode 22 · 1:20
- Episode 23 · 1:20
- Episode 24 · 1:07
- Episode 25 · 1:47
- Episode 26 · 1:45
- Episode 27 · 1:19
- Episode 28 · 1:09
- Episode 29 · 1:12
- Episode 30 · 2:25
- Episode 31 · 1:27
- Episode 32 · 1:40
- Episode 33 · 1:43
- Episode 34 · 1:36
- Episode 35 · 1:30
- Episode 36 · 1:37
- Episode 37 · 1:07
- Episode 38 · 1:00
- Episode 39 · 1:12
- Episode 40 · 1:06
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