Xena: Warrior Princess: Difference between revisions

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]

* [[Bill, Bill, Junk, Bill]]: A variation occurs in the [[Groundhog Day Loop]] episode "Been There Done That", as Xena is explaining her predicament to Gabrielle and Joxer, answering the questions she know that they'll ask in advance:

'''Xena:''' No, No, Yes, No, I tried that, yes both ways, no, I don't know, no again, are there any more questions? Good. }}

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]

* [[Buffy-Speak]]: A few examples:

** Gabrielle describing how to survive a battle when you have no fight experience:

** And in "Warrior... Princess":

'''Diana:''' [[Gesundheit|Bless you]]. }}

** Then there's the "loud-speaking-thing" (it's a primitive type of megaphone) in "Altared States".

** Season 6: ''You Are There''. A reporter and his crew from the 20th century are in ancient Greece, interviewing everyone they come across about Xena. Viewers were also treated this season to "Send in the Clones," which saw Xena and Gabrielle resurrected as clones in the present-day. Also, "Soul Possession," which brought back the geek trio from Season 4 and saw them faced with a deal made with Ares long ago.

* [[Cluster Bleep Bomb]]: Eve, surprisingly, during "You Are There". Also counts as a [[Berserk Button]], as her swearing was caused by his badmouthing Xena.

'''Eve:''' F*** off! }}

* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: Lampshaded at the end of "One against an army" when after beating the Persian cavalry almost single-handed Xena says they must have had an off-day.

* [[Crapsack World]]: There is war ''everywhere''. Bandits prowl the roads and warlords battle for territory. Kind rulers are scarce and the gods don't care about the plight of mortals. When the gods do show up, they tend to make things worse.

* [[Credits Gag]]: The "[[No Animals Were Harmed]]..." disclaimer in the ending credits.

* [[Crossover]]

** Though it shared recurring characters with its parent series, there were only two guest appearances by Hercules and Iolaus. Both appear in Season 1's "Prometheus". Iolaus appears in Season 2's "The Quest" and Hercules in Season 5's "God Fearing Child".

* [[Curse Cut Short]]

** In Season 3 episode "Fins, Femmes and Gems", Xena does this to Gabrielle when Gabrielle's singing a song about herself ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]).

'''Xena:''' Are you out of your ''mind''?<br />

'''Gabrielle:''' Too loud? }}

** Amarice after Joxer and Arman laughs at her after slipping in "Animal Attraction".

* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Callisto, Xena herself prior to the show's beginning.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Started out slightly darker and edgier than ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' and got progressively more so as the series continued.

* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: Alluded to in "Warrior... Priestess... Tramp":

'''Gabrielle:''' Believe me, if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship, knowing myself won't be a problem. }}

* [[Daydream Surprise]]: In "Paradise Found", Xena imagines breaking Gabrielle's arm.

* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]: Lyceus

* [[Death by Childbirth]]: Meg's father.

'''Meg:''' Yeah. He got drunk and fell off the roof while I was being born. }}

* [[Death Is Cheap]]

* [[Description Cut]]

** In "The Titans":

''(cut to Gabrielle fruitlessly trying to break a nut with her fist)'' }}

** Done twice in "Animal Attraction" first when Gabrielle said Xena hates flowers (Xena is sniffing flowers and looking at a teddy bear at the market) then when Arman and Amarice say Xena always has things together (Xena is vomiting).

* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: Salmoneus

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: In "Tsunami", Xena goes out of her way to rescue Macon, an unapologetic and convicted murderer.

'''Xena:''' From you? Nothing. From me? Nothing less. }}

* [[Hot Amazon]]: Any Amazon episode had several, and then there's Xena herself...

* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|If You Kill Her You Will Be Just Like Her]]: Gabrielle goes a little [[Ax Crazy]] after Perdicas is murdered by Callisto and literally ends up one incredibly easy sword thrust away from killing the sleeping Callisto; at the last moment, she drops her sword and states that she can't do it.

* [[The Immodest Orgasm]]: Gabrielle loudly fakes sex noises to distract some guards in "The Prodigal".

* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: Combined with [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]], Xena's chakram, a handheld stand in for [[Captain America|Captain America's Shield]].

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Lampshaded in "A Day in the Life" when Xena says she likes getting creative during battle.

* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: At the beginning of "Altared States", we see Xena and Gabrielle's clothes are strewn on the bushes and we can hear comments such as, "How was that?" "Very nice!". {{spoiler|It turns out that Xena is showing Gabrielle how to catch fish by hand while wading.}}

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Xena's plan in "A Tale of Two Muses".

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: [[McNinja|In Ancient Greece]].

* [[Instant Drama Just Add Tracheotomy]]

* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]: In "The King of Assassins" and "Key to the Kingdom", ''[[Evil Dead]]'' veterans and frequent collaborators Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi are reunited on-screen.

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Autolycus, who Xena calls on it in "The Quest":

* [[Jerkass Gods]]: Very much in keeping with Greek Mythology.

* [[Jumping Out of a Cake]]: Joxer organized a bachelor party for Ares. The girl who jumped out was Meg, the [[Identical Stranger]] of the woman he's going to marry.

* [[Meaningful Name]]

** Khrafstar, who is revealed to be a servant of Dahak. This is rather subtle example of the trope if you're not familiar with Zoroastrianism, from which Dahak was derived. See this definition from the ''Oxford Dictionary Of World Religions'':

** Also Eve, who was destined to bring about the "Twilight of the Gods"; Evening and Twilight both being times of day. This was another incredibly subtle example, even more so in universe, as the person who named her was utterly clueless about her destiny.

* [[Mediation Backfire]]: In "Been There, Done That", Joxer attempts to intervene in order to stop the feuding families. He gets a couple dozen arrows to his face for his trouble (but again, this being a Groundhog Day Loop, he gets better).

* [[Nobody Poops]]

** Averted in "A Day in the Life".

'''Xena:''' Now, take it easy. There were no good leaves in the bush. I used a piece that didn't have much writing on it! }}

** In "A Tale of Two Muses", Xena uses a ''flushable'' toilet.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Happens ''very'' often, particularly among the minor characters and extras, usually played by New Zealand and Australian actors called on to sport American accents with varying degrees of success. Lucy Lawless was known to do this a few times herself.

* [[Opening Narration]]:

* [[Opening Shout-Out]]: The show made fun of the "the power, the passion" part of the opening narration.

* [[The Other Darrin]]

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: [[Not Using the Zed Word|"Bacchae"]] appeared on both ''Young Hercules'' and ''Xena'', ultimately destroyed in the latter.

* [[Out-of-Genre Experience]]:

* [[Pinball Projectile]]: The chakram, which bounces off pillars, rocks, and Mooks' heads, is the Trope Inspirer.

* [[Pirate Girl]]: Nebula

** Ares got a few. [[Fan Service|Not that anyone complained...]]

** So did Marcus, and this was after he was dead.

'''Marcus:''' It's hot down here. }}

* [[Shout-Out]]

* [[Simple Staff]]: Gabrielle's [[Weapon of Choice]].

* [[Skyward Scream]]: Xena in "The Ring".

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Amarice and Arman.

* [[Snow Means Death]]