History Series / MythQuest

[=MythQuest=] was a Canadian series that first aired on PBS and CBC in 2001, with the goal of teaching children about the mythology of cultures throughout the world. It lasted for thirteen episodes before being prematurely cancelled.

[=MythQuest=] was a Canadian series that aired on PBS in 2001, with the goal of teaching children about the mythology of cultures throughout the world. It lasted for thirteen episodes before being prematurely cancelled.

* DontYouDarePityMe: Cleo sometimes, but most notably when she wins a ski trip in a raffle.

* ItsForABook: Whenever Alex or Cleo need information about a myth from someone, they tell them that it's for school.

* MrExposition: Max Asher is a professor of either Egyptology or Archeaology, but he can read Japanese and has information on almost anything the teens need.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Alex has plenty of trouble with the Welsh names in episode 13. Interestingly, he pronounces "Blodeuwedd" correctly on the first try. (blo-D'OW-weth)

* ProphecyTwist: The Oracle tells a king that if he marches on Persia, "By your hands, a great army will fall." She doesn't specify whose...

* RevealingHug: When Yuki hugs Alex, she has SupernaturalGoldEyes.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Averted and played straight. If they change the outcome of a myth, the memories of people in the real world reflect that. However, the changes don't seem to affect the person doing the changing, so it's possible for them to change it back.

* BadassBookworm: Scrawny Matt Bellows manages to take out two armed Egyptian guards in "Isis and Osiris".

* DisguisedInDrag: Thor tells Alex about the first time his hammer was stolen. At Loki's suggestion, he pretended to be his wife to get close to the thief and retrieve his hammer.

* MultitaskedConversation: In "Hammer of the Gods", Alex asks Cleo questions that Thor thinks are for him.

* RashomonStyle: In "Blodeuwedd", three different versions of the king's death are presented.
* RecursiveReality: In "Doppelganger", Alex touches a mirror, which reflects him through the plasma screen, to get into a myth. He has some trouble with that.

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Every episode; usually by choice.
** However, Alex and Cleo are constantly afraid that someone will come and turn off the computer when one of them is in the myth world, causing them to be trapped in the story permanently. This is partially why they usually have the other sibling keeping watch on the screen and preventing people from coming in the study.

* WorldAsMyth: The later episodes hint that they aren't just going into the Cyber Museum, but into another world where the myth actually happened. Furthermore, changing the myth has disasterous consequences in other myths and the real world.

Soon after his disappearance, his children, Cleo and Alex Bellows open up the Cyber Museum to find that it has undergone an unexpected upgrade. When one of them touches an artifact on the screen, they are instantly transported into a myth, taking the place of one of the heroes as the other sibling watches from the real world. They must now travel through the myths to find their father, all while avoiding the trickery of Gorgos.

* AchillesHeel: After they meet two supposedly invincible characters, Alex concludes that any invincible character must have a weakness.
* AllStoriesAreRealSomewhere: The later episodes hint that they aren't just going into the Cyber Museum, but into another world where the myth actually happened. Furthermore, changing the myth has disasterous consequences in other myths and the real world.

* AncientOrderOfProtectors: There's a Chinese one that protects the Gorgos stone.

* BadassBookworm: Matt Bellows manages to take out two armed Egyptian guards in "Isis and Osiris".
* BadLiar: Cleo tries to get informatin about a myth from Max Asher, without revealing that Alex is caught inside. She fails.
* BadSamaritan: Gorgos frequently pretends to help the teens, trying to get them to unwittingly destroy the myth.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: In "Hammer of the Gods", Cleo tells Alex that this is a central aspect of Norse mythology, known as wyrd.

* BigBad: Gorgos.

* BrotherSisterTeam: Alex and Cleo are siblings, searching for their father.

* CainAndAbel: Seth and Osiris, in the two-parter.
* ChivalricRomance: They visit Camelot.

* CrashIntoHello: How David and Cleo meet

* DisguisedInDrag: Thor tells Alex about the first time his hammer was stolen. At Loki's suggestion, he pretended to be his wife to get close to the theif and retrieve his hammer.

* FakeStatic: In the first episode, Matt is on a video call with his university collegue, who is angry at him for borrowing an archaeological artifact without permission. He claims he can't see or hear her, then hangs up.

* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: The string that Theseus!Alex is given in the first episode.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: In episode six, Lancelot and Maleagant fight over Guinevere. After both of them acquire an extra weapon (Maleagant an axe and Lancelot a sword), Lancelot points out that they're both honorable, and they return to fighting with matched swords.

* LosingYourHead: The mysterious knight gets beheaded, then picks up his head and requests his sword.

* MrExposition: Max Asher is a well-done version of this.

The show was [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes never released on DVD]], but it is available on Netflix in some regions.

* AllStoriesAreRealSomewhere: The later episodes hint that they aren't just going into the Cyber Museum, but into another world where the myth actually happened.

* OwlBeDamned: Gwydion and Math turn Blodeuwedd into an owl as punishment for killing her husband.

* Front13Back9: Only 13 episodes were produced.

* TheBechdelTest: Episode 12 passes, with a few conversations about how Cleo feels like a freak when people pity her for being in a wheelchair.

* AllMythsAreTrue: Inside the Cyber Musuem, this is played straight. Outside, the characters acknowledge that most of the stories aren't true, but are just as important to the fabric of a culture as its history.

* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Mirrors (or anything else reflective) show Alex or Cleo what they look like when they're inside the myth.

* AchillesHeel: After they meet two supposedly invincible characters, Alex concludes that this is a requirement of being invulnerable.

* BadSamaritan: Gorgos does this frequently, most notably in "Sir Caradoc and the Round Table"

* BrotherSisterTeam: Alex and Cleo are this, searching for their father.

* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Some of the myth characters are very attractive. Naturally, this happens Alex or Cleo take the place of those characters.

* FrothyMugsOfWater: Averted in "Hammer of the Gods". Cleo and Alex are both underage, yet Alex takes advantage of and encourages Thor's drinking and Cleo jokes about it. Alex himself doesn't seem to take part, though.

* BadLiar: Cleo tries to get informatin about a myth from Max Asher, without revealing that Alex is caught inside. She fails.

* StatusQuoIsGod: The kids have to be ''extremely'' careful to not change the myths that they go into, as changing the story in the myth world changes it in the real world as well, and after a short amount of time, within memory as well. This tends to have ripple effects, one of which is to make escaping the myth world easier for Gorgos.

* YouCantFightFate: Merlin in episode six: "Never had much luck changing fate. You throw a rock in the river, and the water just sort of... moves around it."