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The various warriors featured in the show:
The various warriors featured in the show:





== Tropes about Season 1 warriors ==
== Tropes about Season 1 warriors ==
=== Apache ===
=== Apache ===
Appeared in the first episode fighting against the Gladiator.
Appeared in the first episode fighting against the Gladiator.
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* [[Badass Boast]]: Japan's lightning-fast dealer of death.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Japan's lightning-fast dealer of death.
* [[The Archer]]
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Their experts certainly thought so. The katana was said to be a "two body blade", as it [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|cut through two whole pig carcasses.]]
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Their experts certainly thought so. The katana was said to be a "two body blade", as it [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|cut through two whole pig carcasses.]]
* [[Blade On a Stick]]: The Naginata.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: The Naginata.
* [[Carry a Big Stick]]: The Kanabo.
* [[Carry a Big Stick]]: The Kanabo.
* [[Jidai Geki|Sengoku Period]]: The test was based on the samurai of this time frame, fighting more on foot than on horseback and wearing more practical gusoku type armor rather than a heavy and complex o-yoroi.
* [[Jidai Geki|Sengoku Period]]: The test was based on the samurai of this time frame, fighting more on foot than on horseback and wearing more practical gusoku type armor rather than a heavy and complex o-yoroi.
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* [[Badass Boast]]: The battlefield butcher from ancient Greece.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The battlefield butcher from ancient Greece.
* [[Elite Army]]: As one of the smallest armies in Greece, their military power was second only to the Athenian Navy.
* [[Elite Army]]: As one of the smallest armies in Greece, their military power was second only to the Athenian Navy.
* [[Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me]]: One of the most noted things about the Spartans are how well their shields stand up against attacks.
* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: One of the most noted things about the Spartans are how well their shields stand up against attacks.
* [[The Spartan Way]]: [[Captain Obvious|Trope Namers.]]
* [[The Spartan Way]]: [[Captain Obvious|Trope Namers.]]
* [[Greco Persian Wars]]
* [[Greco-Persian Wars]]
* [[Peloponnesian War]]: Although most people know them from the Persian Wars, this was where they were most militarily successful and historically important.
* [[Peloponnesian War]]: Although most people know them from the Persian Wars, this was where they were most militarily successful and historically important.


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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Mentioned by the experts.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Mentioned by the experts.
* [[Eye Scream]]: The main purpose of the glass eggs.
* [[Eye Scream]]: The main purpose of the glass eggs.
* [[Highly Visible Ninja]]: Sadly...
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: Sadly...
* [[Poisoned Weapons]]: The blowgun anyways.
* [[Poisoned Weapons]]: The blowgun anyways.


=== Pirate ===
=== Pirate ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: Murderous killer of the high seas.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Murderous killer of the high seas.
* [[Boom Headshot]]: The pirate does this at the end of the re-enactment, removing the Knight's visor and blasting him right between the eyes with his pistol.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: The pirate does this at the end of the re-enactment, removing the Knight's visor and blasting him right between the eyes with his pistol.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: The first warrior (on the series, that is) to use an explosive weapon - in this case, a primitive grenade.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: The first warrior (on the series, that is) to use an explosive weapon - in this case, a primitive grenade.
* [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: Many pirates of the type and period described on the show were veterans of this war, either as naval officers/sailors or privateers.
* [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: Many pirates of the type and period described on the show were veterans of this war, either as naval officers/sailors or privateers.
=== Knight ===
=== Knight ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: Sword-wielding slayer of the medieval age.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Sword-wielding slayer of the medieval age.
* [[Hundred Years War]]: Based on the info given at the beginning of the episode, the Knight would have fought here.
* [[Hundred Years' War]]: Based on the info given at the beginning of the episode, the Knight would have fought here.
* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: {{spoiler|Averted. The pirate's more advanced technology (read: gunpowder) is cited as the reason the knight lost the matchup.}}
* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: {{spoiler|Averted. The pirate's more advanced technology (read: gunpowder) is cited as the reason the knight lost the matchup.}}


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The Sicilian crime family who flourished in the 1920s New York. Appeared first in Episode 5 fighting against the Yakuza.
The Sicilian crime family who flourished in the 1920s New York. Appeared first in Episode 5 fighting against the Yakuza.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The Molotov Cocktail turned out to be one in the fight.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The Molotov Cocktail turned out to be one in the fight.
* [[Boring but Practical]]: The baseball bat may not have been the flashiest weapon (especially compared to the Yakuza's [[Fighting With Chucks|nunchaku]]), but it was perfectly legal to carry, and pretty effective, too. {{spoiler|A smart swing from one of the experts visibly snapped several of a test pig's vertebrae.}}
* [[Boring but Practical]]: The baseball bat may not have been the flashiest weapon (especially compared to the Yakuza's [[Fighting with Chucks|nunchaku]]), but it was perfectly legal to carry, and pretty effective, too. {{spoiler|A smart swing from one of the experts visibly snapped several of a test pig's vertebrae.}}
* [[Badass Boast]]: Deadly enforcers on the mean streets of New York.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Deadly enforcers on the mean streets of New York.
* [[Improvised Weapon User]]: Two of their weapons are [[Batter Up|baseball bat]] and icepick.
* [[Improvised Weapon User]]: Two of their weapons are [[Batter Up|baseball bat]] and icepick.
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* [[Cold War]]
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Gulf War]]: The technology and tactics displayed on the show were those of [[G Bs]] from around roughly this time.
* [[Gulf War]]: The technology and tactics displayed on the show were those of [[G Bs]] from around roughly this time.
* [[The War On Terror]]
* [[The War on Terror]]


=== Spetsnaz ===
=== Spetsnaz ===
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=== Shaolin Monk ===
=== Shaolin Monk ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: The ultimate kung-fu killing machine from China.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The ultimate kung-fu killing machine from China.
* [[Bare Fisted Monk]]: Averted, but they still used their martial arts skill in the fight.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Averted, but they still used their martial arts skill in the fight.
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The Twin Hooks, described as four killing tools in one.
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The Twin Hooks, described as four killing tools in one.
* [[Thou Shall Not Kill]]: Unless in self-defense.
* [[Thou Shall Not Kill]]: Unless in self-defense.
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** [[BFS]] called the Claymore.
** [[BFS]] called the Claymore.
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His war against the English was essentially this, according to the experts.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His war against the English was essentially this, according to the experts.
{{quote| [[Ascended Extra|Kieran Elliot]]: "[William Wallace] married a lovely girl, and the English murdered her, and that's when he just went ''off the rails''..." (Cue [[Skyward Scream]], cut to Wallace kicking ass)}}
{{quote|[[Ascended Extra|Kieran Elliot]]: "[William Wallace] married a lovely girl, and the English murdered her, and that's when he just went ''off the rails''..." (Cue [[Skyward Scream]], cut to Wallace kicking ass)}}
* [[Violent Glaswegian]]
* [[Violent Glaswegian]]


=== Shaka Zulu ===
=== Shaka Zulu ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: The fierce African warlord who built a Zulu army that killed two million enemies and transformed a continent.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The fierce African warlord who built a Zulu army that killed two million enemies and transformed a continent.
* [[Blade On a Stick]]: The Ikwla spear, so named for the sound it made while stabbing someone and being removed.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: The Ikwla spear, so named for the sound it made while stabbing someone and being removed.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]


=== Irish Republican Army ===
=== Irish Republican Army ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: Unstoppable urban guerrilas, who waged a bloody, savage war for Irish independence.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Unstoppable urban guerrilas, who waged a bloody, savage war for Irish independence.
* [[Fire Breathing Weapon]]: The LPO-50 flamethrower.
* [[Fire-Breathing Weapon]]: The LPO-50 flamethrower.
* [[Mad Bomber]]: Their nail bombs are one of their key advantages, and they really seem to like using them.
* [[Mad Bomber]]: Their nail bombs are one of their key advantages, and they really seem to like using them.
* [[Well Intentioned Extremist]]: The army fights for Northern Ireland's freedom from Britain.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: The army fights for Northern Ireland's freedom from Britain.
* [[The Troubles]]
* [[The Troubles]]


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* [[Badass Boast]]: Hardline religious extremists who back their beliefs with bullets.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Hardline religious extremists who back their beliefs with bullets.
* [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan]]: Many of them "made their bones" resisting this.
* [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan]]: Many of them "made their bones" resisting this.
* [[The War On Terror]]
* [[The War on Terror]]


== Tropes about Season 2 warriors ==
== Tropes about Season 2 warriors ==
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* [[Badass Boast]]: The top-secret paramilitary arm of the German police known as the most lethal counter-terrorism squad in the world.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The top-secret paramilitary arm of the German police known as the most lethal counter-terrorism squad in the world.
* [[Badass Crew]]: What the GSG-9 are trained to be; they completed their first ever deployment in under 7 minutes with no civilian casualties.
* [[Badass Crew]]: What the GSG-9 are trained to be; they completed their first ever deployment in under 7 minutes with no civilian casualties.
* [[The War On Terror]]: It could be argued that they were the first elite force specifically designed for it.
* [[The War on Terror]]: It could be argued that they were the first elite force specifically designed for it.


=== Attila the Hun ===
=== Attila the Hun ===
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* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[The Magnificent]]
* [[The Magnificent]]
* [[Greco Persian Wars]]: His wars of conquest were sold to the Greek populace as a continuation/revenge of this.
* [[Greco-Persian Wars]]: His wars of conquest were sold to the Greek populace as a continuation/revenge of this.
* [[Macedonian Succession Wars]]: His death set these off, and his tactics were emulated by everyone involved.
* [[Macedonian Succession Wars]]: His death set these off, and his tactics were emulated by everyone involved.


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* [[The American Civil War]]: Took part as a guerrilla in Missouri. Half of his weapons on the show were designed for this war as well.
* [[The American Civil War]]: Took part as a guerrilla in Missouri. Half of his weapons on the show were designed for this war as well.
* [[True Companions]]: James' gang is portrayed as this; J.W. Wiseman, one of his experts, had this to offer about them.
* [[True Companions]]: James' gang is portrayed as this; J.W. Wiseman, one of his experts, had this to offer about them.
{{quote| "The James Gang worked as a democracy. They looked out for each other. They took care of you and you took care of them.}}
{{quote|"The James Gang worked as a democracy. They looked out for each other. They took care of you and you took care of them.}}


=== Al Capone ===
=== Al Capone ===
* [[A Team Firing]]
* [[A-Team Firing]]
* [[Badass Boast]]: The ruthless gangster whose criminal empire bloodied the streets of Depression-era Chicago.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The ruthless gangster whose criminal empire bloodied the streets of Depression-era Chicago.
* [[Bad Boss]]
* [[Bad Boss]]
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* [[More Dakka]]
* [[More Dakka]]
* [[The Mafia]]: Arguably the best known and most famous leader of the Chicago Outfit.
* [[The Mafia]]: Arguably the best known and most famous leader of the Chicago Outfit.
* [[World War One]]: Erroneously claimed to be a veteran of this war. Also, half of his weapons on the show were specifically designed with this war in mind.
* [[World War I]]: Erroneously claimed to be a veteran of this war. Also, half of his weapons on the show were specifically designed with this war in mind.


=== Aztec Jaguar ===
=== Aztec Jaguar ===
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=== Zande ===
=== Zande ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: Ferocious barbarian of Central Africa.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Ferocious barbarian of Central Africa.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything]]: Just take a look at the design of their weapons. "It's a symbol of masculinity!"
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Just take a look at the design of their weapons. "It's a symbol of masculinity!"
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Invoked and subverted. They pretended to be cannibals to terrorize their enemies, but were just faking it.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Invoked and subverted. They pretended to be cannibals to terrorize their enemies, but were just faking it.


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=== Nazi Waffen-SS ===
=== Nazi Waffen-SS ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: The fanatical shock troops who led Adolf Hitler's evil charge for world domination.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The fanatical shock troops who led Adolf Hitler's evil charge for world domination.
* [[Fire Breathing Weapon]]: The Flammenwerfer 41.
* [[Fire-Breathing Weapon]]: The Flammenwerfer 41.
* [[State Sec]]: There's a reason they're the trope image.
* [[State Sec]]: There's a reason they're the trope image.
* [[World War II]]
* [[World War II]]
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=== Medellin Cartel: ===
=== Medellin Cartel: ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: Colombia's killer drug lords who built the world's largest cocaine empire.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Colombia's killer drug lords who built the world's largest cocaine empire.
* [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]]: At the height of their power, the Cartel made up to $65 million a day; they put it to good use by paying off government officials.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: At the height of their power, the Cartel made up to $65 million a day; they put it to good use by paying off government officials.
* [[The Cartel]]: Of course.
* [[The Cartel]]: Of course.
* [[More Dakka]]
* [[More Dakka]]
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* [[The Empire]]: Because history is written by the winners, and they were imperial troops.
* [[The Empire]]: Because history is written by the winners, and they were imperial troops.
* [[Spiked Wheels]]: What the Immortals' chariots become with the scythes attached.
* [[Spiked Wheels]]: What the Immortals' chariots become with the scythes attached.
* [[Greco Persian Wars]]
* [[Greco-Persian Wars]]


=== Celt ===
=== Celt ===
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* [[Hand Cannon]]: Vlad's special weapon is literally called this.
* [[Hand Cannon]]: Vlad's special weapon is literally called this.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]: His favorite form of execution.
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: His favorite form of execution.
* [[Irony]]: The same Turks who beat and tortured Vlad when he was a child fell by his hand when he was an adult.
* [[Irony]]: The same Turks who beat and tortured Vlad when he was a child fell by his hand when he was an adult.
* [[The Magnificent]]: in format, though it also doubles as a [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|name to run away from really fast]]
* [[The Magnificent]]: in format, though it also doubles as a [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|name to run away from really fast]]
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=== Musketeer ===
=== Musketeer ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: The king's ruthless personal guard and fierce defenders of France's borders.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The king's ruthless personal guard and fierce defenders of France's borders.
* [[Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys]]: The representatives like to avert this trope and portray the Musketeers as super badasses. {{spoiler|[[Curb Stomp Battle|They're right]].}}
* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]: The representatives like to avert this trope and portray the Musketeers as super badasses. {{spoiler|[[Curb Stomp Battle|They're right]].}}
* [[State Sec]]: Yes, they did exist. The French Musketeers (the kind examined on the show) was divided into two branches: one worked to guard the king, the other for the cardinal.
* [[State Sec]]: Yes, they did exist. The French Musketeers (the kind examined on the show) was divided into two branches: one worked to guard the king, the other for the cardinal.
** Making them also an example of a [[Praetorian Guard]].
** Making them also an example of a [[Praetorian Guard]].
* [[Thirty Years War]]
* [[Thirty Years' War]]


=== Comanche: ===
=== Comanche: ===
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=== Mongol ===
=== Mongol ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: The vicious Asian horse warriors who used pure savagery to conquer more territory in the 13th century than any empire in history.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The vicious Asian horse warriors who used pure savagery to conquer more territory in the 13th century than any empire in history.
* [[Blade On a Stick]]: The Glaive.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: The Glaive.
* [[Horse Archer]]
* [[Horse Archer]]


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* [[Cold War]]
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[The War On Terror]]
* [[The War on Terror]]


=== Israeli Commando ===
=== Israeli Commando ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: Israel's top secret assassins, who fend off terrorists dedicated to destroying the Jewish nation.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Israel's top secret assassins, who fend off terrorists dedicated to destroying the Jewish nation.
* [[Badass Israeli]]: [[Captain Obvious|Do we really need to say it]]?
* [[Badass Israeli]]: [[Captain Obvious|Do we really need to say it]]?
* [[Arab Israeli Conflict]]
* [[Arab-Israeli Conflict]]




== Tropes about Season 3 warriors ==
== Tropes about Season 3 warriors ==
=== George Washington ===
=== George Washington ===
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Became the first American President
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Became the first American President
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* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: scattershot
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: scattershot
* [[The Stoic]]: {{spoiler|After winning, George calmly cleans his sword and stares off into the horizon.}}
* [[The Stoic]]: {{spoiler|After winning, George calmly cleans his sword and stares off into the horizon.}}
* [[Seven Years War]]: Washington made his warmaking bones in this war.
* [[Seven Years' War]]: Washington made his warmaking bones in this war.
* [[The American Revolution]]
* [[The American Revolution]]


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* [[Napoleonic Wars]]
* [[Napoleonic Wars]]


=== Joan of Arc ===
=== [[Joan of Arc]] ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: The teenage French fighter whose battlefield heroics defeated England's superior army and ended the Hundred Years War.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The teenage French fighter whose battlefield heroics defeated England's superior army and ended the Hundred Years War.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: At the age of 17, Joan led the entire French army to win the Hundred Years War; without her, a British victory would've been inevitable.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: At the age of 17, Joan led the entire French army to win the Hundred Years War; without her, a British victory would've been inevitable.
* [[Pint Sized Powerhouse]]: Greatly outsized by William the Conqueror.
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Greatly outsized by William the Conqueror.
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: In [[Real Life]], she actually did not personally fight, but rather held on to the flag to keep herself from killing.
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: In [[Real Life]], she actually did not personally fight, but rather held on to the flag to keep herself from killing.
* [[Wounded Gazelle Warcry]]: How she managed to be [[Little Miss Badass]] while adhering to [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]].
* [[Wounded Gazelle Warcry]]: How she managed to be [[Little Miss Badass]] while adhering to [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]].
* [[Fan Service Pack]]: In the game, she suddenly upgrades a couple cup sizes, gets a [[Form Fitting Wardrobe|form-fitting breastplate]], and [[Combat Stilettos|marches around in heels]].
* [[Fan Service Pack]]: In the game, she suddenly upgrades a couple cup sizes, gets a [[Form-Fitting Wardrobe|form-fitting breastplate]], and [[Combat Stilettos|marches around in heels]].
* [[Hundred Years War]]
* [[Hundred Years' War]]


=== William the Conqueror ===
=== William the Conqueror ===
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* [[Cold War]]
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[The War On Terror]]
* [[The War on Terror]]
* [[The Korean War]]: The situation described on the show would technically be a continuation of this.
* [[The Korean War]]: The situation described on the show would technically be a continuation of this.
=== North Korean Special Operations Force ===
=== North Korean Special Operations Force ===
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=== Saddam Hussein ===
=== Saddam Hussein ===
* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: Acid Baths
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Acid Baths
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Sanity Has Advantages]]: Or at least relative sanity anyways. His higher psychological health compared to [[Axe Crazy|Pol Pot]] was considered an X-factor advantage.
* [[Sanity Has Advantages]]: Or at least relative sanity anyways. His higher psychological health compared to [[Axe Crazy|Pol Pot]] was considered an X-factor advantage.
* Iran-[[Iraq War]]
* Iran-[[Iraq War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[The War On Terror]]
* [[The War on Terror]]


=== Pol Pot ===
=== Pol Pot ===
* [[Axe Crazy]]
* [[Axe Crazy]]
* [[Child Soldier]]: Pol Pot himself led the Khmer Rouge as an adult, but it was mentioned that the average age of his soldiers was 16.
* [[Child Soldier]]: Pol Pot himself led the Khmer Rouge as an adult, but it was mentioned that the average age of his soldiers was 16.
* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: [[Electric Torture]]
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: [[Electric Torture]]
* [[You're Insane]]: The show made it abundantly clear just how gonzo this guys plan was.
* [[You're Insane!]]: The show made it abundantly clear just how gonzo this guys plan was.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]


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* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* {{spoiler|[[Underdogs Never Lose]]: Most of the x-factors were against him and even most of his weapons and tactics were rated lower than his opponent, yet he still came out on top.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Underdogs Never Lose]]: Most of the x-factors were against him and even most of his weapons and tactics were rated lower than his opponent, yet he still came out on top.}}
* [[World War One]]: Tried to enlist in this, but was turned down by President Woddrow Wilson; partly due to his advanced age, and partly for political reasons. At least two of his sons fought in it though, with one getting killed.
* [[World War I]]: Tried to enlist in this, but was turned down by President Woddrow Wilson; partly due to his advanced age, and partly for political reasons. At least two of his sons fought in it though, with one getting killed.


=== Lawrence of Arabia ===
=== Lawrence of Arabia ===
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Gatling Good]]: Actually a Vicker's. {{spoiler|Just, you know, not as good as a proper Gatling Gun.}}
* [[Gatling Good]]: Actually a Vicker's. {{spoiler|Just, you know, not as good as a proper Gatling Gun.}}
* [[World War One]]
* [[World War I]]


=== Ivan the Terrible ===
=== Ivan the Terrible ===
* [[A God Am I]]: Believes he is the [[Arch Angel Michael]].
* [[A God Am I]]: Believes he is the [[Archangel Michael]].
* [[An Axe to Grind]]
* [[An Axe to Grind]]
* [[Axe Crazy]]
* [[Axe Crazy]]
* [[Badass Boast]]: Russia's sadistic sixteenth century Tsar, who's murderous death squads built Europe's largest empire of its time.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Russia's sadistic sixteenth century Tsar, who's murderous death squads built Europe's largest empire of its time.
* [[Bad Boss]]: {{spoiler|Used one of his own soldiers as a [[Bulletproof Human Shield|meat shield]]}} during the sim.
* [[Bad Boss]]: {{spoiler|Used one of his own soldiers as a [[Bulletproof Human Shield|meat shield]]}} during the sim.
* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: With such variety and such a hands on approach as to be his own [[Torture Technician]]
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: With such variety and such a hands on approach as to be his own [[Torture Technician]]
* [[The Conqueror]]
* [[The Conqueror]]
* [[For the Evulz]]: During the sim he doesn't let Cortez's attack stop him from torturing and killing a peasant.
* [[For the Evulz]]: During the sim he doesn't let Cortez's attack stop him from torturing and killing a peasant.
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* [[Badass Boast]]: The brutal Spanish explorer, who's conquistadors conquered the largest empire in North America of the sixteenth century.
* [[Badass Boast]]: The brutal Spanish explorer, who's conquistadors conquered the largest empire in North America of the sixteenth century.
* [[Badass Spaniard]]
* [[Badass Spaniard]]
* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: His methods are simple compaired to the others, but effective
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: His methods are simple compaired to the others, but effective
* [[The Conqueror|The Conquistador]]
* [[The Conqueror|The Conquistador]]
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He looked positively disgusted when he saw Ivan torturing and killing a random peasant.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He looked positively disgusted when he saw Ivan torturing and killing a random peasant.
* [[Gold Fever]]: At the end of his match against Ivan, {{spoiler|Cortes helps himself to the Tsar's purse after killing him.}}
* [[Gold Fever]]: At the end of his match against Ivan, {{spoiler|Cortes helps himself to the Tsar's purse after killing him.}}
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Only in It For The Money]]: His stated motive.
* [[Only in It For the Money]]: His stated motive.
* [[Sanity Has Advantages]]: This is {{spoiler|played straight}} in Hernan Cortes VS Ivan the Terrible, and is one of the biggest reasons why Cortes {{spoiler|won the fight}}.
* [[Sanity Has Advantages]]: This is {{spoiler|played straight}} in Hernan Cortes VS Ivan the Terrible, and is one of the biggest reasons why Cortes {{spoiler|won the fight}}.
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The Alabarda has a pike on top for thrusting, a hook on the back for dismounting mounted opponents/pulling invaders off ladders, and an axe head for cutting.
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The Alabarda has a pike on top for thrusting, a hook on the back for dismounting mounted opponents/pulling invaders off ladders, and an axe head for cutting.
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* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: {{spoiler|Technically lost the fight, but then the vampire gets infected...}}
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: {{spoiler|Technically lost the fight, but then the vampire gets infected...}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: Cited as an actual X-Factor. They are physically incapable of feeling any human emotions, such as fear.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Cited as an actual X-Factor. They are physically incapable of feeling any human emotions, such as fear.
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: [[Dawn of the Dead (Film)|Romero version, more or less.]]
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: [[Dawn of the Dead (film)|Romero version, more or less.]]
* [[The Virus]]: Stated as the reason the zombies need to feed on living flesh is to pass this on.
* [[The Virus]]: Stated as the reason the zombies need to feed on living flesh is to pass this on.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: Their primary tactic is to swarm and overwelm the opponent by sheer numbers. This is why they decided to pit an entire horde of almost-200 zombies vs 3 vampires.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: Their primary tactic is to swarm and overwelm the opponent by sheer numbers. This is why they decided to pit an entire horde of almost-200 zombies vs 3 vampires.
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* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Nobody was expecting a fantasy creature to appear in Deadliest Warrior.
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Nobody was expecting a fantasy creature to appear in Deadliest Warrior.
* [[Last Stand]]: Sort of. {{spoiler|The final vampire can't escape because the sun is rising, and thus has to fight back against the remaining horde of Zombies.}} Does it end well? {{spoiler|Yes.}}
* [[Last Stand]]: Sort of. {{spoiler|The final vampire can't escape because the sun is rising, and thus has to fight back against the remaining horde of Zombies.}} Does it end well? {{spoiler|Yes.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Fixing It Villain]]}}: {{spoiler|If those 189 zombies were the extent of the zombie outbreak then the three vampires may have saved the world a [[Zombie Apocalypse]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]}}: {{spoiler|If those 189 zombies were the extent of the zombie outbreak then the three vampires may have saved the world a [[Zombie Apocalypse]].}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: Cited as an actual X-Factor. As powerful as they are, they are still capable of feeling human emotions, like fear. Sure enough, the vampires {{spoiler|freeze up, stare, and then retreat upon seeing a comrade get torn to pieces and then eaten.}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: Cited as an actual X-Factor. As powerful as they are, they are still capable of feeling human emotions, like fear. Sure enough, the vampires {{spoiler|freeze up, stare, and then retreat upon seeing a comrade get torn to pieces and then eaten.}}
* [[One Man Army]]: A fair fight was considered near 200 zombies vs. 3 vampires because one on one the vampires would win every time thanks to being able to [[One Hit Kill]] zombies thanks to their superior strength. {{spoiler|The vampires ''win''.}}
* [[One-Man Army]]: A fair fight was considered near 200 zombies vs. 3 vampires because one on one the vampires would win every time thanks to being able to [[One-Hit Kill]] zombies thanks to their superior strength. {{spoiler|The vampires ''win''.}}
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: [[Thirty Days of Night]] version.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: [[30 Days of Night]] version.
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: {{spoiler|Technically won the fight, but then infection starts to set. Though the experts couldn't decide on rather becoming a Zombie Vampire was this trope or [[Cursed With Awesome]].}}
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: {{spoiler|Technically won the fight, but then infection starts to set. Though the experts couldn't decide on rather becoming a Zombie Vampire was this trope or [[Cursed with Awesome]].}}
* [[Rise From Your Grave]]: Three vampires rise up from their coffins as soon as the fight begins.
* [[Rise from Your Grave]]: Three vampires rise up from their coffins as soon as the fight begins.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Followed it in regards to the female vampire.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Followed it in regards to the female vampire.


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Latest revision as of 21:56, 8 November 2023


The various warriors featured in the show:


Tropes about Season 1 warriors

Apache

Appeared in the first episode fighting against the Gladiator.

Gladiator

Samurai

Viking

Spartan

Ninja

Pirate

  • Badass Boast: Murderous killer of the high seas.
  • Boom! Headshot!: The pirate does this at the end of the re-enactment, removing the Knight's visor and blasting him right between the eyes with his pistol.
  • Stuff Blowing Up: The first warrior (on the series, that is) to use an explosive weapon - in this case, a primitive grenade.
  • War of the Spanish Succession: Many pirates of the type and period described on the show were veterans of this war, either as naval officers/sailors or privateers.

Knight

  • Badass Boast: Sword-wielding slayer of the medieval age.
  • Hundred Years' War: Based on the info given at the beginning of the episode, the Knight would have fought here.
  • Rock Beats Laser: Averted. The pirate's more advanced technology (read: gunpowder) is cited as the reason the knight lost the matchup.

Mafia

The Sicilian crime family who flourished in the 1920s New York. Appeared first in Episode 5 fighting against the Yakuza.

Yakuza

Green Beret

Spetsnaz

Shaolin Monk

Maori Warrior

William Wallace

Kieran Elliot: "[William Wallace] married a lovely girl, and the English murdered her, and that's when he just went off the rails..." (Cue Skyward Scream, cut to Wallace kicking ass)

Shaka Zulu

Irish Republican Army

Taliban

Tropes about Season 2 warriors

SWAT

  • Badass Boast: The elite special forces of US law enforcement who take on the country's most dangerous police missions.

GSG-9

  • Badass Boast: The top-secret paramilitary arm of the German police known as the most lethal counter-terrorism squad in the world.
  • Badass Crew: What the GSG-9 are trained to be; they completed their first ever deployment in under 7 minutes with no civilian casualties.
  • The War on Terror: It could be argued that they were the first elite force specifically designed for it.

Attila the Hun

Alexander the Great

Jesse James

  • Badass Boast: The vicious outlaw whose bloody crime sprees made him the most famous bank robber in America.
  • Guns Akimbo: The Colt Revolvers are always wielded one in each hand.
  • Historical Domain Character
  • The American Civil War: Took part as a guerrilla in Missouri. Half of his weapons on the show were designed for this war as well.
  • True Companions: James' gang is portrayed as this; J.W. Wiseman, one of his experts, had this to offer about them.

"The James Gang worked as a democracy. They looked out for each other. They took care of you and you took care of them.

Al Capone

Aztec Jaguar

  • Badass Boast: Swift moving slayer of the ancient Mexican empire.
  • Badass Native
  • Human Sacrifice: The Jaguars were the cornerstone of the Aztec's sacrifice business, being responsible for the capture and execution of victims.

Zande

Viet Cong

Nazi Waffen-SS

Roman Centurion

  • Badass Boast: The killer commander whose brutal assaults led Rome to conquer the world.
  • Punic Wars: The Roman Centurion highlighted on the show came much later than this, though.
  • Jewish Revolts

Rajput

  • Awesome but Impractical: The aara; which was deemed capable of mainly lacerations, but ended up getting zero kills in the sim.
  • Badass Boast: India's menacing martial arts master who defeated enemies with a diabolical arsenal designed to kill.
  • BFS: The Khanda.
  • Rings of Death: The Chakrams.
  • Whip Sword: The Aara.

Somali Pirate

  • Badass Boast: Africa's deadly new breed of high seas hijackers who make millions holdings merchant ships hostage.
  • Enemy Mine: The ships fishing in the waters of Somalia were a common enemy for people who once fought each other in the Somali Civil War, from fishermen who spent their lives in the water to militiamen who knew guns.
  • More Dakka
  • Ruthless Modern Pirates

Medellin Cartel:

Persian Immortal:

  • Awesome but Impractical: Played with via the chariot scythes. They look nice, and tore through two pig carcasses, but was deemed to lack true killing power and lost the edge to the Celt's burda club. However, it still got over 100 kills.
  • Badass Boast: The precision killer in a massive war machine who forged the largest empire the Middle East has ever seen.
  • Elite Mooks
  • The Empire: Because history is written by the winners, and they were imperial troops.
  • Spiked Wheels: What the Immortals' chariots become with the scythes attached.
  • Greco-Persian Wars

Celt

  • Badass Boast: The savage, war-loving barbarian from 400 BC who dominated Europe through brute force and raw fighting skills.
  • BFS: The Celtic Longsword.
  • Punic Wars: Loads of these guys fought in these wars.

KGB

CIA

  • Badass Boast: America's elite corps of espionage artists, fighting an undercover war around the globe.
  • Cold War

Vlad the Impaler

Sun Tzu

Ming Warrior

Musketeer

Comanche:

  • Badass Boast: The born-in-the-saddle killers who terrorized the 18th century American plains.
  • Horse Archer
  • Injun Country: Protecting their lands is often described as one of the reasons why they fight.

Mongol

Navy SEAL

Israeli Commando


Tropes about Season 3 warriors

George Washington

Napoleon Bonaparte

Joan of Arc

William the Conqueror

U.S. Army Rangers

North Korean Special Operations Force

  • Dirty Communists
  • Yellow Peril
  • Seppuku: Ok, they're Korean, not Japanese, and it is with guns by someone else, but the crucial elements of being Asian and making a big deal about submitting to their own deaths for honour are there.
  • The Korean War: Technically, the situation described on the show would go here.
  • Cold War

Hannibal

Genghis Khan

Saddam Hussein

Pol Pot

Theodore Roosevelt

Lawrence of Arabia

Ivan the Terrible

Hernan Cortes

Crazy Horse

Pancho Villa

French Foreign Legion

Gurkhas

Zombies

Vampires

  • Genre Blindness: What's the first thing to do in a zombie attack? Split up! There is no way this can possibly go wrong.
  • Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Nobody was expecting a fantasy creature to appear in Deadliest Warrior.
  • Last Stand: Sort of. The final vampire can't escape because the sun is rising, and thus has to fight back against the remaining horde of Zombies. Does it end well? Yes.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: If those 189 zombies were the extent of the zombie outbreak then the three vampires may have saved the world a Zombie Apocalypse.
  • Oh Crap: Cited as an actual X-Factor. As powerful as they are, they are still capable of feeling human emotions, like fear. Sure enough, the vampires freeze up, stare, and then retreat upon seeing a comrade get torn to pieces and then eaten.
  • One-Man Army: A fair fight was considered near 200 zombies vs. 3 vampires because one on one the vampires would win every time thanks to being able to One-Hit Kill zombies thanks to their superior strength. The vampires win.
  • Our Vampires Are Different: 30 Days of Night version.
  • Pyrrhic Victory: Technically won the fight, but then infection starts to set. Though the experts couldn't decide on rather becoming a Zombie Vampire was this trope or Cursed with Awesome.
  • Rise from Your Grave: Three vampires rise up from their coffins as soon as the fight begins.
  • The Smurfette Principle: Followed it in regards to the female vampire.


The hosts

Geoff Desmoulin

Max Geiger

  • Cool Shades: A pretty enviable pair of aviators, often seen whenever the group ventures outside.
  • Teen Genius: Implied to have been this, given his young age (23 at Season One's start) and obvious aptitude and experience with computers.

Doctor Armand Dorian

Richard "Mack" Machowicz

Robert Daly

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