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** ''Vengeance's'' {{spoiler|Seppius may have been a jerk who had [[Brother-Sister Incest|questionable feelings for his sister,]] but he did not deserve [[Disproportionate Retribution|what Glaber did to him.]]}}

* [[Bury Your Gays]]: Despite the fact that [[Anyone Can Die|Anyone Can (and will) Die,]] the show still gets accused of this. Some fans went so far as to write obituaries for Agron and Nasir the moment the two hooked up, and were surprised to find out that they ''did'' make it out of the Season 2 finale alive.

* [[Complete Monster]]: Tullius in ''Gods of the Arena''. While Batiatus is mostly [[Affably Evil]] and still shows some redeeming qualities (not to mention that in the prequel he is slower to [[Kick the Dog]] than in Blood and Sand), Tullius is no more than a greedy, sadistic, [[Faux Affably Evil|smug]], power-drunken [[Aristocrats Are Evil|aristocrat]]. He first {{spoiler|orders Batiatus to get a [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]] for refusing to sell Gannicus to him, after Batiatus had been nothing but respectful to him. He manipulates Titus into crashing his own son's plans. At the orgy he challenges Gannicus into a swordfight that Gannicus, as a slave, cannot win, and has the balls to mock him for it}}. However he takes a running leap over the [[Moral Event Horizon]] and confirms his status as a [[Kick the Dog|dog-kicking juggernaut]] in Episode 4 when {{spoiler|Gaia, willing to help Lucretia, offers herself to him. At first he accepts and has sex with her... then he cheerfully kills her, just to make clear that, as an aristocrat, [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them|he can do whatever he wants]].}}

* [[Complete Monster]]: Tullius in ''Gods of the Arena''. While Batiatus is mostly [[Affably Evil]] and still shows some redeeming qualities (not to mention that in the prequel he is slower to [[Kick the Dog]] than in Blood and Sand), Tullius is no more than a greedy, sadistic, [[Faux Affably Evil|smug]], power-drunken [[Aristocrats Are Evil|aristocrat]]. He first {{spoiler|orders Batiatus to get a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] for refusing to sell Gannicus to him, after Batiatus had been nothing but respectful to him. He manipulates Titus into crashing his own son's plans. At the orgy he challenges Gannicus into a swordfight that Gannicus, as a slave, cannot win, and has the balls to mock him for it}}. However he takes a running leap over the [[Moral Event Horizon]] and confirms his status as a [[Kick the Dog|dog-kicking juggernaut]] in Episode 4 when {{spoiler|Gaia, willing to help Lucretia, offers herself to him. At first he accepts and has sex with her... then he cheerfully kills her, just to make clear that, as an aristocrat, [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them|he can do whatever he wants]].}}

** Glaber has REALLY crossed into this...crucifying an innocent slave girl for no real reason just to demonstrate his power over Ilithyia.

** Roman Nobility in general is portrayed this way. [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] is a ''pass time'' for them, shown in Season 2, and their cold hearted execution of prisoners. As well as their manipulations of the idiotic populus.

* [[Fan Yay]]: With the occasional gay storyline, [[Lucy Lawless]], and tons of [[Fan Service|sweaty, half-naked men]], it's unsurprising to find this show popular with gay male viewers.

* [[Girl On Girl Is Hot]]: Pretty much the only reason to include a sex scene between [[Dexter|Lilah]] and [[Xena]] in ''Gods of the Arena''.

* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]: Pretty much the only reason to include a sex scene between [[Dexter|Lilah]] and [[Xena]] in ''Gods of the Arena''.

* [[Growing the Beard]]: The first couple episodes of ''Blood and Sand'' are generally agreed to not be very good. The show starts hitting its stride around episodes three and four, for various reasons; the actors are obviously getting used to the sentence structure of their lines, the show isn't trying so hard to be ''300''(the influence is still obviously there, it just isn't as blatant), Hannah started really hamming it up as Batiatus, and characters in general became more fleshed out.

* [[Guilty Pleasure]]