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''They lived in Europe somewhere..."''|'''Tom Servo''', "Air on a Delta Knight"}}

 

 

The plot concerns a young boy named Travis (nicknamed "Tee"), who is sold into slavery after he is orphaned in an attack on a caravan. Tee is bought by Baydool (a slumming David Warner), a beggar man who is secretly a spy for the Order of the Delta Knights, a society dedicated to knowledge, justice, eradicating evil; the usual heroic stuff. The knight makes Tee his apprentice as he covertly opposes the dastardly Lord Vultare (also a slumming David Warner), who is looking for the fabled Lost Storehouse of Archimedes, rumored to contain all manner of ancient-high-tech doodads that would allow their wielder to [[Take Over the World]].

The duo infiltrate Vultare's castle to gain access to a map leading to the storehouse, but afterward Baydool is captured, and Tee's attempt to rescue his mentor [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|ends badly]]. So, Tee sets off to find the Storehouse before Vultare can, joining forces with an [[Historical Domain Character|Italian cad named Leonardo]] who is also a member of the Order, and a serving wench named Thena. Along the way they have a few scrapes with Vultare's forces, Leo hits on and gets hit by the girl, the party gets captured by a disturbingly merry band of masked bandits, and it turns out Thena is a princess or something. In the end they find the Storehouse, but wouldn't you know it but Vultare's been following them the whole time! Fortunately the villain gets [[Distracted By the Shiny]] artifacts and zaps himself to death, and Tee blows up the Storehouse, reasoning that [[The World Is Not Ready|mankind is not yet ready for its secrets]]. Leonardo rips off most of the gadgets inside of it, so it wasn't a total loss. The end.

 

 

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* [[Acting for Two]]: David Warner, for no apparent reason. The characters he's playing are never indicated as twins, duplicates or anything else warranting it. Probably the producers were just too cheap to hire another actor... That, or since Baydool dies not halfway through the movie, they wanted to get their money's worth.

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: And how! The extras were workers and patrons of a local Renaissance Faire who provided their own costumes. So some Mooks wear horned Viking helmets, others wear armor, while still others dress like pirates and sultans. Archimedes' notebook, which becomes the foundation of the Order, is bound with ancient staples. And as mentioned earlier, Tee uses bombs to bring down the Storehouse, and also has a crude pistol. Tee's gender neutral parent thing tries to assault Vultaire with a ''sai''.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Attempted with Leonardo and Thena. Failed mostly because Leonardo turns into an unlikable jackass from the moment they rescue Thena from slavers.

* [[Big No]]: There's a silent one from Travis in the beginning.

* [[Breast Expansion]]: Apparently, finding out you're a princess causes your breasts to enlarge.

** And she wasn't exactly a [[Pettanko]] to begin with. This is quite [[Insane Troll Logic|logical]], however. If [[Everything's Better with Princesses]] and [[Buxom Is Better]], then promotion to princess = [[Breast Expansion]].

* [[The Chick]]: Thena

* [[The Chosen One]]: Tee.

* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]/[[Pretty Boy]]: Travis.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]:

'''Pearl:''' Yeah, that'd be an atlas. }}

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Leonardo flirting with Thena is either this or [[They Just Didn't Care]], since historians speculate Da Vinci was gay or possibly even asexual (in any case, he wasn't into chicks). And that's without going into what he's doing in Greec... no, in Engl... uh, ''somewhere in Europe'' stealing Archimedes' ideas.

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Travis, after he has long, fake hair.

* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Thena's a princess of the bandits, which is probably better than nothing.

** And the girl Thena is Wes's girlfriend Virginia from ''[[Angel]]'' season 2. She's now one of the leads on Lifetime's ''[[Army Wives]]''.

** Next time you pop in ''[[Speed]]'', keep an eye out for Leonard of Vinci on the bus.

** Tee himself would be seen again years later as the [[Home Alone]] parody in [[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]].

* [[Historical Domain Character|Historical Domain Characters]]: Archimedes and that git from Vinci, Leonardo.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Tee's blowgun.

* [[In the Past Everyone Will Be Famous]]: Leonardo ''of'' Vinci.

* [[Kid Hero]]: Tee.

* [[Made for TV Movie]]: Originally a Sci Fi Channel made-for-cable movie.

* [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]]: "Athena was ''always'' a princess!"

* [[Obfuscating Disability]]: Tee pretends to be a mute while a slave.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Baydool's disguise as a simple beggar allows him to move around freely, like a good pair of underwear.

* [[Older Sidekick]]: Leo again.

* [[Plagiarism]]: "So Leonardo was a moron who stole all his ideas?" From Archimedes, who also stole them.

* [[Prophecies Rhyme All the Time]]: "The arrow will show / Where the Father did glow / From the house of the One / Treasures are given..."

** "...from Father to Son."

* [[Psychic Powers]]: As part of his Chosen One kit, Tee has a danger-sense of sorts, warning him of imminent disaster.

* [[Spider Sense]]: Tee.

* [[Spy Speak]]: The shibboleth of the Delta Knights.

'''Mike''':(As Tee) ''[[Don't Explain the Joke|So you're a Delta Knight too, huh]]?'' }}

* [[Talking to Himself]]: David Warner, besides serving as the narrator, plays both Baydool the spy and the [[Big Bad]] Lord Vultare, leading to some amusing moments.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: The opening theme is a re-use of the theme from the 1980 sci-fi movie ''Battle Beyond The Stars''.

* [[Training Montage]]: Guaranteed to be the goofiest and least believable one you will ever see in your entire life.

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