History DerivativeWorks / Zorro

** One of Creator/DICEntertainment's final projects before it was acquired by other companies was ''The Amazing Zorro'' in 2002, one of several made-for-Tv movies.

* CoolMask: And how. Most often it's a wraparound bandanna with eye-holes so he can still look cool without his hat, or rarely just a domino mask but [[ClarkKenting this doesn't compromise his identity]] even if he's hatless.

* ''Zorro and Son'' (1983 series, 5 episodes) -- Starring Henry Darrow (as Don Diego) and Paul Regina (as his son Don Carlos).[[index]]

* ''El Zorro, la espada y la rosa'' (2007) -- {{Telenovela}}-[=style=] series starring Christian Meier.[[/index]]
* ''Series/Zorro2009'' -- A Philippine soap opera starring Richard Gutierrez as the original Zorro's Filipino Mestizo nephew, with Jomari Yllana cameoing as Don Diego himself

* KnightOfCerebus: While for the most part Zorro is able to claim victory and carve a "Z" in most of his opponents, there are a few villains who have been able to give Zorro some serious trouble and take things up to a darker and more serious tone in the Kaiketsu Zorro anime.
** The episode "Killer Guitar" introduced Sabat, an assassin and a sniper who [[InstrumentOfMurder hid his rifle inside his guitar]]. His episode marked the first time a villain actually killed another character on-screen(a newspaper guy who had been writing against the army). Sabat also came close to killing Zorro but fortunately, Zorro was prepared and blocked the bullet with armor. Sabat was also the only one-shot villain whose legacy lasted beyond a single episode as his brother would come back for revenge against Zorro in a later episode.
*** Zig-zagged with the guitar killer's brother, Sodom. In terms of pure villainy, he took it a step further than most other villains, being smart enough to figure out Zorro's identity after hypnotizing the entire town until he found out Diego was the man behind the mask from Bernardo and attempting to murder Diego's family. However, when it came to actual fighting prowess, Sabat's brother ended up faring no better than most of the other One-Shot villains and was defeated by Zorro in short order.
** "Tears of Clown" introduced a magician named Black with a magical pendant that gave him both telekinetic and hypnotic powers. Black's magical powers proved potent enough that with the help of his pendant, he was able to inflict a serious psychic beatdown on Zorro, throwing him all over the place. After that [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]], Black nearly unmasked Zorro but thanks to a distraction by his allies, Zorro regained his HeroicSecondWind and turned the tables on Black.
** "The Order To Kill Zorro" introduced Teo Angelo, a former schoolmate of Diego's and the man who taught Zorro everything he knew about fencing. After falling from grace and deciding that one needed to have money in order to be powerful, Teo took on an assignment to kill Zorro, his former friend and pupil and was able to defeat Zorro in the two fights they had, making him the only opponent in the series who was able to out-fence Zorro completely.
** "A Prelude To the Collapse" introduced an enforcer for the South India Trading Company named Death who was quite possibly Zorro's most powerful opponent in any incarnation. Originally sent in to bring Kapital back to Spain, he found himself fighting Zorro in a dispute over Kapital's notebook. After leaving Zorro in critical condition, the South India Trading Company inspector pretty much got to [[TheBadGuyWins sail off into the sunset with Kapital]], though he did show himself to be somewhat of a [[NobleDemon Noble Demon]], promising Zorro that the South India Trading Company would never harass California again(while in the Japanese version with English subtitles, he promises Zorro that Kapital would be put on trial and made to pay for his crimes, in addition to encouraging Zorro to continue to fight for peace and justice).
** Epically {{Subverted}} in "The Sword from Japan": the episode revolves around a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]], [[AbsurdlySharpBlade believed to be able to cut through another sword and kill the man wielding it]], and the three-way fight between the soldiers supposed to deliver it to the governor (Raymund had bought it as a gift for the governor), a group of bandits that want its incredible cutting power, and Zorro, who aims to keep it out of from anyone who could use it for evil, but when the bandit leader gets his hands on it and attacks Zorro is discovered it was a ''[[HilarityEnsues bamboo fake.]]''
*** Beyond epically subverted with [[spoiler: AntiClimaxBoss and the BigBad of the series, Commander Raymond himself. Even though he was THE main villain of the series and the final opponent Zorro faced, he doesn't really last much longer than most of the other One-Shot villains who fought against Zorro and got cut down. In the final battle of the series, he attacks Zorro but only fares for a few seconds before Zorro kills him for good.]]

* ''Zorro'' (2024) -- Upcoming French-made series from France Télévisions and Creator/ParamountPlus starring Creator/JeanDujardin.
* ''Zorro'' (2024) -- Upcoming Creator/DisneyPlus series starring Creator/WilmerValderrama.

* CoolHorse: Tornado, Zorro's black horse. First named by the 1950s TV series. The 1980s Filmation cartoon called him "Tempest" instead. The 1990s TV series rendered his name in Spanish, "Toronado".

** The most famous example being Alejandro Murrieta in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', trained by Don Diego himself. In its sequel ''Film/TheLegendofZorro'', Alejandro is now known as Don Alejandro de la Vega for unexplained reasons. In an alternate ending and deleted scene for the latter, after a TimeSkip Alejandro watches his son ride off as the new Zorro in turn.

** The miniseries ''Zorro: Man of the Dead'' is described as "''Literature/DonQuixote'' meets ''Series/{{Narcos}}''", set in the present day. Zorro is a folkloric character who supposedly lived 200 years ago, and young Diego witnesses his father. dressed as Zorro for a town festival. get murdered by gangsters in front of everyone. Diego grows up to assume the identity of Zorro himself with all the anachronism it entails and goes up against them regardless.

* BilingualBonus: The DIC series was set in and around the town of El Pueblo. Yes, the town of "The Town".

* CattlePunk: The 2005 movie.

* CoolHorse: Tornado

* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the 1940 movie, Diego Vega comments on a sergeant's big bullwhip, saying that he commiserates his poor horse. The sergeant is shocked and reassures him: He would ''never'' whip his dear horse, the whip is just for peones who don't cough up their taxes quickly enough.

* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Used in [[Film/ZorroTheGayBlade The Gay Blade]].

* ProtoSuperhero

** The miniseries ''Zorro: Man of the Dead'' is described as "''Literature/DonQuixote'' meets ''Series/Narcos''", set in the present day. Zorro is a folkloric character who supposedly lived 200 years ago, and young Diego witnesses his father. dressed as Zorro for a town festival. get murdered by gangsters in front of everyone. Diego grows up to assume the identity of Zorro himself and goes up against them.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: White Owl, Zorro's maternal grandmother in the Isabel Allende novel, is a shaman who trains him. It's why he adopts the fox as his symbol, as it's his spirit animal. A version of White Owl also appears in ''The New Adventures'' (as Grey Owl, and not stated to be his grandmother), ''Generation Z'' (as an unnamed SpiritAdvisor who appears as a young girl) and ''The Chronicles'' (as Zorro and his sister Ines's grandmother Tainah, who is training her granddaughter).

** In the French graphic novel ''Don Vega'', Zorro is a folk legend that a whole bunch of villagers try to imitate while resisting the local warlord and his thugs. [[spoiler:Then Don Diego, the son of the original Zorro, shows up.]]

** Originally the titular character's name was Don Diego Vega, only to morph in later stories into the more aristocratic sounding Don Diego ''de la'' Vega, which would become the default for the character.

* The serialized '''''Literature/{{Zorro}}''''' stories by Creator/{{Johnston McCulley}} that were published between 1919 and 1959, starting with ''[[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61620 The Curse of Capistrano]]'' and followed by ''[[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72159 The Further Adventures of Zorro]]'', both of which are now in the public domain. All in all, there were five serial novels and 57 short stories.

* ''Zorro's Black Whip'' (1944) -- Zorro gets {{gender flip}}ped as "The Black Whip" (played by Linda Stirling).

** Nah-Lin in Prime Video's ''Zorro'' (2024).

** Cuervo Nocturno in Prime Video's ''Zorro'' (2024).

%%* ZorroMark. [[TropeNamer Well, duh]].

Feature films:

[[FilmSerial Serial films]], all from Creator/RepublicPictures:

* {{Expy}}: In terms of the broader franchise, the supporting characters regardless of continuity easily fall into certain types mostly derived from McCulley's characters:

** ''Film/TheLegendOfZorro'' (2005) -- Sequel to the above, starring Banderas again.

* ''Literature/{{Zorro|2005}}'' (2005), a novel written by Creator/IsabelAllende.

* ''Series/QueenOfSwords'', basically a SerialNumbersFiledOff GenderFlip version that was made by producers of the ''Highlander'' TV series in the wake of ''The Mask of Zorro''.

* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Even the parody [[Film/ZorroTheGayBlade Zorro: The Gay Blade]] just changed the color of the costume.

* CoatHatMask: A classic example.

* CoolMask: And how. Most often it's a cowl so he can still look cool without his hat, or rarely just a domino mask but [[ClarkKenting this doesn't compromise his identity]] even if he's hatless.
** A minor point in the comic ''Don Vega'' is that Zorro wears improvised outfits with full-faced masks or rather hoods [[spoiler:until the end where Diego receives the proper mask of his father.]]

* {{Expy}}: In terms of the broader franchise, the supporting characters regardless of continuity easily fall into certain types:

** TheDragon[=/=]NumberTwo of the official, a military man capable of matching Zorro in combat (often a Lieutenant or Captain)

* HorsebackHeroism

** ''Series/QueenOfSwords'', basically a SerialNumbersFiledOff GenderFlip TV version that was made by producers of the ''Highlander'' TV series in the wake of ''Mask of Zorro'', got hit by a lawsuit by Zorro Productions over copyright, and Zorro being public domain was the show's defense. It didn't quite work out for both sides, since the courts ruled Zorro was public domain but the show got ScrewedByTheLawyers and had its TV airing CutShort over other issues anyway.

** Nah-Lin in Zorro (2024).

** In the 2024 live-action series, Zorro is an identity originated by the local Native American tribe, several have worn the mask over the years, and Diego is mystically chosen to be the next one despite being an outsider. But he gains a female native rival who also claims the Zorro identity for herself.

** Cuervo Nocturno in Zorro (2024).

* ''Zorro'' (2024) -- Mediawan Rights and Creator/PrimeVideo original Spanish-language series starring Miguel Bernardeau.

* The serialized '''''Literature/{{Zorro}}''''' novels by Creator/{{Johnston McCulley}} that were published between 1919 and 1959, starting with ''[[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61620 The Curse of Capistrano]]'' and followed by ''[[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72159 The Further Adventures of Zorro]]'', both of which are now in the public domain.

* ''The Adventures of Zorro'' (2018) -- Full cast dramatized audio miniseries from American Radio Theater.

Perhaps the most iconic ProtoSuperhero of all, Zorro has inspired ''many'' other heroes, such as Franchise/{{Batman}}, Roronoa Zoro of ''Manga/OnePiece'', and Puss in Boots from the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' franchise.

** ''Series/QueenOfSwords'', basically a SerialNumbersFiledOff GenderFlip TV version that was made by producers of the ''Highlander'' TV series in the wake of ''Mask of Zorro'', got hit by a lawsuit by Zorro Productions, Sony and TriStar over copyright, and Zorro being public domain was the show's defense. It didn't quite work out for both sides, since the courts ruled Zorro was public domain but the show got ScrewedByTheLawyers and had its TV airing CutShort over other issues anyway.