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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Xena and Gabrielle's souls join hands right before vanishing in a burst of white light. Reportedly, this was a last-minute inclusion to keep the ending from being too bleak.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Callisto makes a deal with the devil to mess ensure that Xena goes to Hell.
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* DealWithTheDevil: DealWithTheDevil:
** Callisto makes a deal with the devil to mess ensure that Xena goes toHell.Hell.
** Callisto herself keeps trying to get Xena to agree to abandon the Way of the Warrior. Doing so would prevent all the future good Xena would later accomplish and ruin her chance at redemption, but Callisto insists taking the deal means she'll simply be guaranteed complete serenity and the safety of Gabrielle. Xena hears her out, but she can tell there would be a catch to what she's offering.
** Callisto makes a deal with the devil to mess ensure that Xena goes to
** Callisto herself keeps trying to get Xena to agree to abandon the Way of the Warrior. Doing so would prevent all the future good Xena would later accomplish and ruin her chance at redemption, but Callisto insists taking the deal means she'll simply be guaranteed complete serenity and the safety of Gabrielle. Xena hears her out, but she can tell there would be a catch to what she's offering.
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* DramaticIrony: Callisto thinks she succeeded in her main objective, completely unaware that Xena warned Brutus of Caesar's intentions and ensured he'll be in a position to prevent him from becoming emperor.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Discussed. Amarice is distressed by the thought of being crucified, saying she always thought she'd go down fighting instead.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Discussed. Amarice is distressed by the thought of being crucified, saying she always thought she'd go down fighting instead.
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* EurekaMoment: After learning that Gabrielle is being held at Mt. Amaro, Xena starts to walk away. Then she stops and thinks to ask if it was snowing there, [[YouCantFightFate which it is]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: Brutus is unfailingly loyal to Caesar in all respects, but it's acknowledged how even he wouldn't tolerate Caesar declaring himself emperor. It's part of the reason that Caesar is planning to have Brutus assassinated.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Callisto notices Xena looks quite confident for someone about to be crucified. It's because Xena knows that Callisto failed her mission to corrupt her and that Brutus will be taking care of Caesar very shortly.
* TheFinalTemptation:
** Before Xena is in position to attack, Callisto appears to offer her an easy way out of all this. She promises she can get all the prisoners out safely and that Xena can be cleansed of her guilt if she abandons the Way of the Warrior in favor of the Way of Love. Xena admittedly finds it appealing, but she knows her real chance at redemption is continuing on her current path and that Callisto is trying to wreck that for her.
** Right before the attack begins, Callisto offers to prevent the vision from coming to pass. Xena won't even acknowledge her this time, forcing Callisto to start playing rough.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Brutus is unfailingly loyal to Caesar in all respects, but it's acknowledged how even he wouldn't tolerate Caesar declaring himself emperor. It's part of the reason that Caesar is planning to have Brutus assassinated.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Callisto notices Xena looks quite confident for someone about to be crucified. It's because Xena knows that Callisto failed her mission to corrupt her and that Brutus will be taking care of Caesar very shortly.
* TheFinalTemptation:
** Before Xena is in position to attack, Callisto appears to offer her an easy way out of all this. She promises she can get all the prisoners out safely and that Xena can be cleansed of her guilt if she abandons the Way of the Warrior in favor of the Way of Love. Xena admittedly finds it appealing, but she knows her real chance at redemption is continuing on her current path and that Callisto is trying to wreck that for her.
** Right before the attack begins, Callisto offers to prevent the vision from coming to pass. Xena won't even acknowledge her this time, forcing Callisto to start playing rough.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: The Devil directs Callisto to corrupt Xena spiritually and ensure that Caesar becomes emperor of Rome.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: As Caesar leads into his announcement about declaring himself emperor, several Senators start stepping behind him. They'll begin stabbing him very shortly afterwards.
* MouthOfSauron: The Devil never appears onscreen in this episode, nor is he even referred to by name. It's the condemned man infatuated with Callisto that acts as the go-between and explains what her objectives are.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: As Caesar leads into his announcement about declaring himself emperor, several Senators start stepping behind him. They'll begin stabbing him very shortly afterwards.
* MouthOfSauron: The Devil never appears onscreen in this episode, nor is he even referred to by name. It's the condemned man infatuated with Callisto that acts as the go-between and explains what her objectives are.
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* VisionaryVillain: Corrupting Xena is actually a secondary concern in all this. The real goal is ensuring Caesar becomes emperor of Rome, as it's believed it will be quite easy to make him an agent of Hell down the line.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: With Pompey gone and his leadership assured, Caesar makes plans to send his loyal NumberTwo Brutus to a posting in Gaul, where hired assassins will eliminate him. This is attributed to both Brutus having a great deal of personal support in Rome and how he's principled enough to oppose this emperor business.
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-> Written by Creator/RJStewart
-> Directed by Creator/KeenGirotti
-> Directed by Creator/KeenGirotti
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'''Gabrielle:''' And I remember a time when mercy was shown to you!
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'''Gabrielle:''' And I remember a time when mercy was shown to you!you!
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[KilledOffForReal Xena and Gabrielle were killed during the production of this motion picture.]]''
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[KilledOffForReal Xena and Gabrielle were killed during the production of this motion picture.]]''
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* HopeSpot: Despite the odds stacked heavily against her, it looked like Xena was going to free the followers of Eli and escape herself. Callisto shut that down using Xena's own chakram.
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* NearVillainVictory: Caesar has the demon Callisto in his back pocket, Xena and Gabrielle down for the count and he's about to declare himself emperor of Rome. It seems like nothing could stop him... at least until the audience is reminded that this episode is called 'The Ides Of March' for a reason.
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* NearVillainVictory: Caesar has the demon Callisto in his back pocket, Xena and Gabrielle down for the count and he's is about to declare himself emperor of Rome. It seems like nothing could stop him... at least until the audience is reminded that this episode is called 'The Ides Of March' for a reason.
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* BuriedInAPileOfCorpses: Xena hides herself in a cart full of bodies in order to infiltrate the fort holding Gabrielle.
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* BuriedInAPileOfCorpses: Xena hides herself in a cart full of bodies in order to infiltrate the fort holding Gabrielle. Incidentally, Callisto is lying next to her within the corpses.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Once Gabrielle catches sight of blood on the dagger she repeatedly stabbed a Toman guard with, she quickly relents in her fighting.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Once Gabrielle catches sight of blood on the dagger she repeatedly stabbed a Toman Roman guard with, she quickly relents in her fighting.
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* ParallelConflictSequence: While Cena and Gabrielle are nailed to a cross, Caesar is stabbed by multiple senators.
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* ParallelConflictSequence: While Cena Xena and Gabrielle are nailed to a cross, Caesar is stabbed by multiple senators.
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: Both Xena ans Gabrielle are crucified by the end of the episode.
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: Both Xena ans and Gabrielle are crucified by the end of the episode.
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* AllForNothing: Though Callisto gets the satisfaction of Xena dying, she actually failed in her mission to corrupt her soul and to ensure Caesar becomes emperor.
* TheCorrupter: Besides helping Caesar, Callisto is tasked with getting Xena off the Way of the Warrior. Callisto offers Xena all number of things, including purging her of her guilt and giving her inner peace. It doesn't work because Xena is well-aware of what she's really trying to do.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Xena's assassination attempt is foiled by literally the last person she ever expected to see again.
* DownerEnding: Both Xena and Gabrielle are dead by the end of the episode. It doesn't get any downer than this in any episode.
* DownerEnding: Both Xena and Gabrielle are dead by the end of the episode. It doesn't get any downer than this in any episode.
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* DownerEnding: Both Xena and Gabrielle are dead by the end of the episode. It doesn't get any downer than this in any episode.
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* IronicHell:
** Callisto is constantly tormented by mocking hallucinations of Xena and Gabrielle, the two people she hates more than anyone else. Any attempt to attack them also fails miserably.
** The condemned man that Callisto talks to laments being doomed to spend eternity obsessed with a woman who loathes him.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After escaping Tartarus, Callisto wanted a CessationOfExistence rather than be sent back there. She was instead sent to a place that "makes Tartarus look like a day at the beach."
* LifeIsntFair: Callisto is outraged that she's literally stuck in Hell, while the woman who killed her family and ruined her life will likely be reincarnated.
-->'''Hallucination!Xena:''' Gotta love the irony.
** Callisto is constantly tormented by mocking hallucinations of Xena and Gabrielle, the two people she hates more than anyone else. Any attempt to attack them also fails miserably.
** The condemned man that Callisto talks to laments being doomed to spend eternity obsessed with a woman who loathes him.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After escaping Tartarus, Callisto wanted a CessationOfExistence rather than be sent back there. She was instead sent to a place that "makes Tartarus look like a day at the beach."
* LifeIsntFair: Callisto is outraged that she's literally stuck in Hell, while the woman who killed her family and ruined her life will likely be reincarnated.
-->'''Hallucination!Xena:''' Gotta love the irony.
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* WreckedWeapon: Xena's chakram is split in half for the first time seen after Callisto threw it at her.
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* WreckedWeapon: Xena's chakram is split in half two for the first time seen after Callisto threw it at her.
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* ParallelConflictSequence: While Cena and Gabrielle are nailed to a cross, Caesar is stabbed by multiple senators.
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* MyGodEhatHaveIDone: Once Gabrielle catches sight of blood on the dagger she repeatedly stabbed a Toman guard with, she quickly relents in her fighting.
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* MyGodEhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Once Gabrielle catches sight of blood on the dagger she repeatedly stabbed a Toman guard with, she quickly relents in her fighting.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Gabrielle was supposed to continue her War of Peace to the end of the season, but when Creator/LucyLawless found out she was pregnant, it was decided that Gabrielle will fight again starting in this episode.
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* BigNo: First by Callisto when it seems like Xena and her friends will get away. Later by Xena when Gabrielle breaks from her Way of Peace by defending a disabled Xena.
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* MyGodEhatHaveIDone: Once Gabrielle catches sight of blood on the dagger she repeatedly stabbed a Toman guard with, she quickly relents in her fighting.
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* ICantFeelMyLegs: Xena loses control of her legs after being hit by her chakram.
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* WreckedWeapon: Xena's chakram is split in half for the first time seen.
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* WreckedWeapon: Xena's chakram is split in half for the first time seen.seen after Callisto threw it at her.
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* AssassinationAttempt: Xena tries to assassinate Caesar using her chakram... only for Callisto to snatch it short of Caesar's neck.
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'''Brutus:''' Yes, it was snowing when I left.
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'''Brutus:''' Yes, [[BadFuture it was snowing when I left.]]
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* HELL: Where Callisto is seen at the beginning of the episode.
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* HELL: {{Hell}}: Where Callisto is seen at the beginning of the episode.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Callisto makes a deal with the devil to mess ensure that Xena goes to Hell.
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* HELL: Where Callisto is seen at the beginning of the episode.
* IntangibleMan: Callisto. Xena can't harm her no matter how hard she tries.
* IntangibleMan: Callisto. Xena can't harm her no matter how hard she tries.
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* NatureTinkling: Brutus takes his time taking a leak in the bushes. Unfortunately for him, Xena was waiting for him there.
* NearVillainVictory: Caesar has the demon Callisto in his back pocket, Xena and Gabrielle down for the count and he's about to declare himself emperor of Rome. It seems like nothing could stop him... at least until the audience is reminded that this episode is called 'The Ides Of March' for a reason.
* NearVillainVictory: Caesar has the demon Callisto in his back pocket, Xena and Gabrielle down for the count and he's about to declare himself emperor of Rome. It seems like nothing could stop him... at least until the audience is reminded that this episode is called 'The Ides Of March' for a reason.
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* WhamEpisode
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* OhCrap: Xena doesn't think much of the fact that the Romans have Gabrielle hostage... until Brutus gives her one particular detail.
-->'''Xena:''' Brutus... was it snowing on Mt. Amaro?\\
'''Brutus:''' Yes, it was snowing when I left.
-->'''Xena:''' Brutus... was it snowing on Mt. Amaro?\\
'''Brutus:''' Yes, it was snowing when I left.
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* BuriedInAPileOfCorpses: Xena hides herself in a cart full of bodies in order to infiltrate the fort holding Gabrielle.
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-->'''Brutus:''' She attacked one of my men.//
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-->'''Brutus:''' She attacked one of my men.//\\
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-->'''Brutus:''' She attacked one of my men.//
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When Caesar places a bounty on Xena's head, the warrior princess decides to end their feud once and for all. All this while trying to prevent the vision from happening.
!Tropes
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gabrielle showed the Romans just how much combat she still remembers after breaking from her Way of Peace.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Both Xena ans Gabrielle are crucified by the end of the episode.
* EtTuBrute: Caesar himself utters this to Brutus, albeit in English.
* DownerEnding: Both Xena and Gabrielle are dead by the end of the episode. It doesn't get any downer than this in any episode.
* LotusPosition: Eli and Gabrielle are in this pose while in prison.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Both Eli and Amarice play off each other in this way. While imprisoned, Eli is confidence that help will arrive while Amarice prefers to break out on their own.
* UnstoppableRage: Gabrielle is overwhelmed with rage as she slaughters several Roman guards.
* WreckedWeapon: Xena's chakram is split in half for the first time seen.
** SymbolicallyBrokenObject: Xena's back is broken at the same time.
* YouCantFightFate: The vision is fulfilled as seen.
* YouOweMe: Gabrielle brings up the time she spared Brutus his life when asking he do the same to Amarice.
-->'''Brutus:''' She attacked one of my men.
'''Gabrielle:''' And I remember a time when mercy was shown to you!
!Tropes
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gabrielle showed the Romans just how much combat she still remembers after breaking from her Way of Peace.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Both Xena ans Gabrielle are crucified by the end of the episode.
* EtTuBrute: Caesar himself utters this to Brutus, albeit in English.
* DownerEnding: Both Xena and Gabrielle are dead by the end of the episode. It doesn't get any downer than this in any episode.
* LotusPosition: Eli and Gabrielle are in this pose while in prison.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Both Eli and Amarice play off each other in this way. While imprisoned, Eli is confidence that help will arrive while Amarice prefers to break out on their own.
* UnstoppableRage: Gabrielle is overwhelmed with rage as she slaughters several Roman guards.
* WreckedWeapon: Xena's chakram is split in half for the first time seen.
** SymbolicallyBrokenObject: Xena's back is broken at the same time.
* YouCantFightFate: The vision is fulfilled as seen.
* YouOweMe: Gabrielle brings up the time she spared Brutus his life when asking he do the same to Amarice.
-->'''Brutus:''' She attacked one of my men.
'''Gabrielle:''' And I remember a time when mercy was shown to you!
