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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: This is why most of the new ideas fall flat. Ideas involving the [[EvilTwin Sovereign]] and an animated adaptation fall flat because they'd still need Kevin to act as the characters while doing a "young adventures" episode would require an unreasonable amount of last-minute recasting.
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* TheWorldIsNotReady: Herc's reasoning as to why he hasn't gone open with the fact that the Greek Gods are real and works under the guise of a mortal.
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* TheWorldIsNotReady: Herc's reasoning as to why he hasn't gone open with the fact that the Greek Gods are real and works under the guise of a mortal.mortal.
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* AsHimself: An unusual double case. Kevin Sobro in the show is still played by the real actor Kevin Sorbo, but the show Sorbo is the real Hercules having ascended to godhood and living among mortals. Which means Hercules is playing himself for his own TV show.
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* AsHimself: An unusual double case. Kevin Sobro Sorbo in the show is still played by the real actor Kevin Sorbo, but the show Sorbo is the real Hercules having ascended to godhood and living among mortals. Which means Hercules is playing himself for his own TV show.
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A Date With Rosie Palms is no longer a trope
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied. At one point, Rob thinks he's gone blind and vows to only sing when in the shower.
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** Apparently, Ares likes ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' and Strife likes ''Series/CopRock''.
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** Apparently, Ares likes ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' ''Series/Millennium1996'' and Strife likes ''Series/CopRock''.
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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: While in the bathroom, Rob, Jerry, Alex, and Paul start whistling and humming the show's theme song before really going all out with it.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: While in the bathroom, Rob, Jerry, Alex, and Paul start whistling and humming the show's theme song before really going all out with it.
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* AsHimself: An unusual double case. Kevin Sobro in the show is still played by the real actor Kevin Sorbo, [[spoiler:but the show Sorbo is the real Hercules having ascended to godhood and living among mortals. Which means Hercules is playing himself for his own TV show.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Ares set up all the natural disasters knowing Hercules would go and help the people rather than star in his TV show.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Ares set up all the natural disasters knowing Hercules would go and help the people rather than star in his TV show.]]
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* AsHimself: An unusual double case. Kevin Sobro in the show is still played by the real actor Kevin Sorbo, [[spoiler:but but the show Sorbo is the real Hercules having ascended to godhood and living among mortals. Which means Hercules is playing himself for his own TV show.]]
show.
* BatmanGambit:[[spoiler:Ares Ares set up all the natural disasters knowing Hercules would go and help the people rather than star in his TV show.]]
* BatmanGambit:
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Averted. [[spoiler:Ares was right that Hercules wouldn't put a TV show ahead of the lives of innocents; he just underestimated how quickly he'd get the job done]].
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Ares and Strife rigged the events of this episode just to get the Hercules TV show cancelled.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: With the cancellation deadline in its last minutes, the tensions among the staff erupt into a full-fledged fight.
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Ares and Strife rigged the events of this episode just to get the Hercules TV show cancelled.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: With the cancellation deadline in its last minutes, the tensions among the staff erupt into a full-fledged fight.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: We get a montage of each of the producers in the middle of doing something that sets them up when they get the bad news, such as gun fan Jerry doing some paintball and Paul being drunk in Vegas.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Averted.[[spoiler:Ares Ares was right that Hercules wouldn't put a TV show ahead of the lives of innocents; he just underestimated how quickly he'd get the job done]].
done.
* EvilIsPetty:[[spoiler:Ares Ares and Strife rigged the events of this episode just to get the Hercules TV show cancelled.]]
cancelled.
* RageBreakingPoint: With the cancellation deadline in its last minutes, Alex and Roberto's idea to retool the show around a monkey hero named Chimpules pushes the tensions among the stafferupt into a full-fledged fight.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Averted.
* EvilIsPetty:
* RageBreakingPoint: With the cancellation deadline in its last minutes, Alex and Roberto's idea to retool the show around a monkey hero named Chimpules pushes the tensions among the staff
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* RealityEnsues: This is why most of the new ideas fall flat. Ideas involving the [[EvilTwin Sovereign]] and an animated adaptation fall flat because they'd still need Kevin to act as the characters while doing a "young adventures" episode would require an unreasonable amount of last-minute recasting.
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** Apparently, [[spoiler:Ares]] likes ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' and [[spoiler:Strife]] likes ''Series/CopRock''.
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** Apparently, [[spoiler:Ares]] Ares likes ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' and [[spoiler:Strife]] Strife likes ''Series/CopRock''.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: This is why most of the new ideas fall flat. Ideas involving the [[EvilTwin Sovereign]] and an animated adaptation fall flat because they'd still need Kevin to act as the characters while doing a "young adventures" episode would require an unreasonable amount of last-minute recasting.
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* TimeStandsStill: [[spoiler:The final fight is frozen mid-battle while Ares and Strife take the time to gloat.]]
** TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: [[spoiler:Strife takes the time to line up one of the other staff members in the way of a fired bullet.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Hercules mocks Ares for once again underestimating his capabilities]].
* TheWorldIsNotReady: [[spoiler:Herc's reasoning as to why he hasn't gone open with the fact that the Greek Gods are real and works under the guise of a mortal.]]
** TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: [[spoiler:Strife takes the time to line up one of the other staff members in the way of a fired bullet.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Hercules mocks Ares for once again underestimating his capabilities]].
* TheWorldIsNotReady: [[spoiler:Herc's reasoning as to why he hasn't gone open with the fact that the Greek Gods are real and works under the guise of a mortal.]]
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* TimeStandsStill: [[spoiler:The The final fight is frozen mid-battle while Ares and Strife take the time to gloat.]]
gloat.
** TimeFreezeTrollingSpree:[[spoiler:Strife Strife takes the time to line up one of the other staff members in the way of a fired bullet.]]
bullet.
* UnderestimatingBadassery:[[spoiler:Hercules Hercules mocks Ares for once again underestimating his capabilities]].
capabilities.
* TheWorldIsNotReady:[[spoiler:Herc's Herc's reasoning as to why he hasn't gone open with the fact that the Greek Gods are real and works under the guise of a mortal.]]
** TimeFreezeTrollingSpree:
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
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** When it looks like the staff has been fired, Melissa wonders if ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSinbad'' is hiring.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Hercules mocks Ares for once again underestimating his capabilities]].
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Hercules mocks Ares for once again underestimating his capabilities]].capabilities]].
* TheWorldIsNotReady: [[spoiler:Herc's reasoning as to why he hasn't gone open with the fact that the Greek Gods are real and works under the guise of a mortal.]]
* TheWorldIsNotReady: [[spoiler:Herc's reasoning as to why he hasn't gone open with the fact that the Greek Gods are real and works under the guise of a mortal.]]
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* ClipShow: The bantering of new ideas for the show is presented by using previous episode clips to illustrate the ideas.
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* BreatherEpisode: Coming off the very dramatic "Armageddon Now" two-parter.
* ClipShow: The bantering of new ideas for the show is presented by using previous episode clips to illustrate the ideas. Notably, they even squeeze in footage from ''WesternAnimation/HerculesAndXenaTheAnimatedMovieTheBattleForMountOlympus'' and the ''Series/YoungHercules'' PilotMovie.
* ClipShow: The bantering of new ideas for the show is presented by using previous episode clips to illustrate the ideas. Notably, they even squeeze in footage from ''WesternAnimation/HerculesAndXenaTheAnimatedMovieTheBattleForMountOlympus'' and the ''Series/YoungHercules'' PilotMovie.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Paul proposes bluffing the audience by doing a story where Hercules is trapped in-between worlds, leaving the other characters forced to face the Sovereign without him. Liz points out that Kevin also played the Sovereign.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Averted. [[spoiler:Ares was right that Hercules wouldn't put a TV show ahead of the lives of innocents; he just underestimated how quickly he'd get the job done]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Averted. [[spoiler:Ares was right that Hercules wouldn't put a TV show ahead of the lives of innocents; he just underestimated how quickly he'd get the job done]].
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The whole episode is the writers' own commentary on how they had to work around Kevin Sorbo's real life health problems during this season.
* RockPaperScissors: Jerry proposes retooling the show to star Ares, while Liz advocates Callisto. After some clips, Alex questions what the villains would even do without Hercules around. We cut to a scene of Ares and Callisto playing this intensely, until the latter wins.
-->'''Ares:''' ''[storming off]'' Dumb blonde!\\
'''Callisto:''' Hey!
-->'''Ares:''' ''[storming off]'' Dumb blonde!\\
'''Callisto:''' Hey!
* SpinOffBabies: Discussed. Melissa suggests retooling the show to focus on Herc's younger days and floats some ideas. Beth balks at doing this since they haven't even been able to recast just ''one'' character, but Rob still likes the idea and keeps it in mind for [[Series/YoungHercules a spin-off]].
* ThemeTuneCameo: While in the bathroom, Rob, Jerry, Alex, and Paul start whistling and humming the show's theme song before really going all out with it.
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** TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: [[spoiler:Strife takes the time to line up one of the other staff members in the way of a fired bullet.]]
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** TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: [[spoiler:Strife takes the time to line up one of the other staff members in the way of a fired bullet.]]]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Hercules mocks Ares for once again underestimating his capabilities]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Hercules mocks Ares for once again underestimating his capabilities]].
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied. At one point, Rob thinks he's gone blind and vows to only sing when in the shower.
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* RealityEnsues: This is why most of the new ideas fall flat. Ideas involving the [[EvilTwin Sovereign]] and an animated adaptation fall flat because they'd still need Kevin to act as the characters while doing a "young adventures" episode would require an unreasonable amount of last-minute recasting.
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* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: What we see of an attempt to get a new Hercules actor does not go well.
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* ShoutOut:
** The title is a reference to the film ''Yes, Virginia, There is a SantaClaus''.
** Apparently, [[spoiler:Ares]] likes ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' and [[spoiler:Strife]] likes ''Series/CopRock''.
** The title is a reference to the film ''Yes, Virginia, There is a SantaClaus''.
** Apparently, [[spoiler:Ares]] likes ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' and [[spoiler:Strife]] likes ''Series/CopRock''.
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In the far-off decade of the 1990s, trouble brews on the set of ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' when star Kevin Sorbo goes missing after an earthquake hits. Under the threat of the show's cancellation, the remaining staff members struggle to find their star and pitch new ideas to buy some time.
!!Tropes for this episode include...
* AsHimself: An unusual double case. Kevin Sobro in the show is still played by the real actor Kevin Sorbo, [[spoiler:but the show Sorbo is the real Hercules having ascended to godhood and living among mortals. Which means Hercules is playing himself for his own TV show.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Ares set up all the natural disasters knowing Hercules would go and help the people rather than star in his TV show.]]
* ClipShow: The bantering of new ideas for the show is presented by using previous episode clips to illustrate the ideas.
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Ares and Strife rigged the events of this episode just to get the Hercules TV show cancelled.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: With the cancellation deadline in its last minutes, the tensions among the staff erupt into a full-fledged fight.
* SelfDeprecation: This episode is basically the show's staff poking a whole lot of fun at themselves, being portrayed as neurotic, inept and downright crazy.
* TimeStandsStill: [[spoiler:The final fight is frozen mid-battle while Ares and Strife take the time to gloat.]]
** TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: [[spoiler:Strife takes the time to line up one of the other staff members in the way of a fired bullet.]]
!!Tropes for this episode include...
* AsHimself: An unusual double case. Kevin Sobro in the show is still played by the real actor Kevin Sorbo, [[spoiler:but the show Sorbo is the real Hercules having ascended to godhood and living among mortals. Which means Hercules is playing himself for his own TV show.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Ares set up all the natural disasters knowing Hercules would go and help the people rather than star in his TV show.]]
* ClipShow: The bantering of new ideas for the show is presented by using previous episode clips to illustrate the ideas.
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Ares and Strife rigged the events of this episode just to get the Hercules TV show cancelled.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: With the cancellation deadline in its last minutes, the tensions among the staff erupt into a full-fledged fight.
* SelfDeprecation: This episode is basically the show's staff poking a whole lot of fun at themselves, being portrayed as neurotic, inept and downright crazy.
* TimeStandsStill: [[spoiler:The final fight is frozen mid-battle while Ares and Strife take the time to gloat.]]
** TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: [[spoiler:Strife takes the time to line up one of the other staff members in the way of a fired bullet.]]
