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'''''Jason and the Argonauts''''' is a well known [[Sword and Sandal]] film produced by [[Ray Harryhausen]] and loosely based off a Greek myth. It is famous for its skeleton fight scene, one of the best stop motion sequences in history. It is looked on fondly by many nostalgics who remember loving it as a child, and has actually held up reasonably well over time.
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* [[Redshirt Army]]: Jason apparently picked the best athletes etc in Greece yet hardly any of them actually do anything interesting apart from the two who get killed by the skeletons at the end. Oh and the guy who jumped in after Acastus.
** [[It Gets Worse]] when you remember that all the Argonauts were powerful heroes and demigods in their own right, and several have their own myths independant of the Argonauts!
* [[What Happened to
** Or they knew according to Greek Mythology that Jason and Medea don't end up having a [[Happily Ever After]]. They have the most [[Downer Ending]] possible.
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* [[Loveable Rogue]]: In the Hallmark film a thief joins the crew and ends up taking the Fleece off its tree and finding Jason's lost amulet.
* [[Maybe Ever After]]: The thief and Atalanta get a lot of [[Ship Tease]] moments and some scenes hint that Atalanta might reciprocate his feelings notably when he catches feathers for her arrows. The two of them are seen standing together at the end of the film.
* [[New Powers
* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]: Played with as Jason considers Atalanta to be a sister (he actually says brother) and rejects her romantic advances but Atalanta does catch the eye of the thief who stows on board.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Olivia Williams steals the show in the Hallmark film, coincidentally also playing Hera.
* [[Psychic Link]]: Between Jason and Medea in the Hallmark film. A convenient plot device to introduce Medea earlier in the film.
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: Unlike in the myth where the Argonauts are famous heroes or princes prior to the quest, Jason mostly recruits peasants not as much for skills but for pluck. Castor and Pollux are stoneworkers. [[
* [[Redshirt Army]]: Several Argonauts die in the course of the film, even {{spoiler|Hercules and old Argus himself}}. The body count snowballs as the film progress.
* [[Shout-Out]]: May be coincidental, but Orpheus is black and there happens to be a 1959 multi-awarded Brazilian film called ''Black Orpheus''.
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** And really inverted with regards to Jason and Medea. Jason goes off to technically steal the fleece just so he can become King in the original myth but in the Hallmark film he must do it to save his mother's life. He didn't really love Medea either and only agreed to marry her to get the fleece, while the film shows him to genuinely love her. Medea as well was a [[Manipulative Bitch]] in the original myth and killed Pelias herself as part of a trick to become queen.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]
* [[Blessed
* [[Climbing the Cliffs of Insanity]]: Climbing down cliffs.
* [[Costume Porn]]: For the royal characters, anyway.
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