History Series / IntoTheBadlands

** Sunny thinks that M.K. will be safer as the baron's slave rather then trying to survive on his own in the Badlands. After witnessing what M.K. is capable of Sunny quickly revises his opinion of the boy.

** Sunny is one for Sun Wu Kong, the Monkey King

* {[Expy}} : Since this series is based on JourneyToTheWest, several of the characters from both works parallel each other:

* RecycledInSpace: The entire premise of this series is essentially JourneyToTheWest with elements of Westerns, the American Antebellum South and dystopia.

* XMeetsY: {{Wuxia}} + Post-apocalyptic {{Dystopia}} with a sprinkling of TheWestern and the Antebellum South for color.

''Into the Badlands'' is an American television series that premiered on Creator/AMC November 15, 2015.

* AfterTheEnd: The time and place the story is set in are left intentionally ambiguous, but its stated to be many years after a great war. Also, many remnants of our current culture can be seen everywhere.

** Everything associated with Quinn tends to be red, from the poppies in his plantations, to his banners to the uniforms of his clippers.

* CurbstompBattle: In the first fight in the pilot, Sunny takes on a gang of nomads singlehandly and utterly destroys them without taking a single hit himself. He left his sword by his motorcycle and kills the nomads by breaking bones, snapping necks and using their own weapons against them.

* ExoticExtendedMarriage: Barons are allowed to take multiple wives, but it's implied they're the only one allowed to do so.

* FeudalOverlord: The series features seven of them, the baron who rule the Badlands with an iron fist.

* KlingonPromotion: Ambiguously applied. On the one hand, Baron Quinn claims that power should be taken, not just inherited, but on the other he is quite dismissive of The Widow for doing just that by murdering her husband.
* MookChivalry: In the pilot the nomads surround Sunny and attack him one at a time since they are not trained to coordinate their attacks. This is contrasted with the fight against the Widow's highly trained men who strike from four sides at the same time and give Sunny a real challenge.

* SheIsTheKing: Even though she is a woman, The Widow is only ever referred as a baron, not a baroness.

** A bully thinks that M.K. will be an easy target and ambushes him at night. Then M.K. gets cut, his eyes turn black and the bully is sent flying across the room with supernatural strength.

* XMeetsY: {{Wuxia}} + Post-apocalyptic {{Dystopia}} with a sprinkling of TheWestern for color.

The series features a story about a warrior and a young boy who journey through a dangerous feudal land together seeking enlightenment.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Ryder desperately craves his father's affection and approval.

''Into the Badlands'' is an American television series that premiered on Creator/AMC November 15, 2015. The series features a story about a warrior and a young boy who journey through a dangerous feudal land together seeking enlightenment.

Into the Badlands is an American television series that premiered on AMC November 15, 2015. The series features a story about a warrior and a young boy who journey through a dangerous feudal land together seeking enlightenment.

** A bully thinks that M.K. will be an easy target and ambushes him at night. Then M.K. gets cut, his eyes turn black and the bully is sent flying across the room with supernatural strength.

* FeudalFuture: How far into the future the story takes place is never mentioned, but at least in the Badlands things are set up in an explicitly feudal manner: seven barons rule the land through their elite armies of enforcers.

* AfterTheEnd

* GenreShift: The first half of the pilot makes the story seem fairly mundane, aside from the stylish martial arts fights. Then, M.K. is cut, and his eyes turn black...

* BlackAndGreyMorality: As Sunny puts it in his opening narration, nobody is innocent in the Badlands.