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The various warriors featured in the show:
 
 
 
== Tropes about Season 1 warriors ==
=== Apache ===
Appeared in the first episode fighting against the Gladiator.
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* [[Badass Boast]]: Japan's lightning-fast dealer of death.
* [[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 Onon the Tin|cut through two whole pig carcasses.]]
* [[Blade Onon a Stick]]: The Naginata.
* [[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.
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* [[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.]]
* [[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.
 
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=== 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]]: {{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.
* [[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 Withwith 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.
* [[Improvised Weapon User]]: Two of their weapons are [[Batter Up|baseball bat]] and icepick.
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* [[Cold War]]
* [[Gulf War]]: The technology and tactics displayed on the show were those of [[G Bs]] from around roughly this time.
* [[The War Onon Terror]]
 
=== Spetsnaz ===
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** [[BFS]] called the Claymore.
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[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)}}
* [[Violent Glaswegian]]
 
=== Shaka Zulu ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: The fierce African warlord who built a Zulu army that killed two million enemies and transformed a continent.
* [[Blade Onon a Stick]]: The Ikwla spear, so named for the sound it made while stabbing someone and being removed.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
 
=== Irish Republican Army ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: Unstoppable urban guerrilas, who waged a bloody, savage war for Irish independence.
* [[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.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: The army fights for Northern Ireland's freedom from Britain.
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* [[Badass Boast]]: Hardline religious extremists who back their beliefs with bullets.
* [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan]]: Many of them "made their bones" resisting this.
* [[The War Onon Terror]]
 
== 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 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 Onon Terror]]: It could be argued that they were the first elite force specifically designed for it.
 
=== Attila the Hun ===
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* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[The Magnificent]]
* [[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.
 
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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.
* [[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.}}
 
=== Al Capone ===
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* [[More Dakka]]
* [[The Mafia]]: Arguably the best known and most famous leader of the Chicago Outfit.
* [[World War OneI]]: 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 ===
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=== Nazi Waffen-SS ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: The fanatical shock troops who led Adolf Hitler's evil charge for world domination.
* [[Fire -Breathing Weapon]]: The Flammenwerfer 41.
* [[State Sec]]: There's a reason they're the trope image.
* [[World War II]]
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* [[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 ===
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* [[Hand Cannon]]: Vlad's special weapon is literally called this.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Impaled Withwith 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.
* [[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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* [[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]].
* [[Thirty Years' War]]
 
=== Comanche: ===
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=== 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.
* [[Blade Onon a Stick]]: The Glaive.
* [[Horse Archer]]
 
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* [[Cold War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[The War Onon Terror]]
 
=== Israeli Commando ===
* [[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]]?
* [[Arab -Israeli Conflict]]
 
 
== Tropes about Season 3 warriors ==
=== George Washington ===
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Became the first American President
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* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: scattershot
* [[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.
* [[The American Revolution]]
 
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* [[Napoleonic Wars]]
 
=== [[Joan of Arc]] ===
* [[Badass Boast]]: The teenage French fighter whose battlefield heroics defeated England's superior army and ended the Hundred Years War.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
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* [[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]].
* [[Hundred Years' War]]
 
=== William the Conqueror ===
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* [[Cold War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[The War Onon Terror]]
* [[The Korean War]]: The situation described on the show would technically be a continuation of this.
=== North Korean Special Operations Force ===
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* Iran-[[Iraq War]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[The War Onon Terror]]
 
=== Pol Pot ===
* [[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.
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: [[Electric Torture]]
* [[You're Insane!]]: The show made it abundantly clear just how gonzo this guys plan was.
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* [[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.}}
* [[World War OneI]]: 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 ===
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Gatling Good]]: Actually a Vicker's. {{spoiler|Just, you know, not as good as a proper Gatling Gun.}}
* [[World War OneI]]
 
=== Ivan the Terrible ===
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* [[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]]
* [[Only in It For Thethe 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}}.
* [[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...}}
* [[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 (Filmfilm)|Romero version, more or less.]]
* [[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.
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* [[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''.}}
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: [[Thirty30 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 Withwith Awesome]].}}
* [[Rise Fromfrom 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.
 
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