History Series / XenaWarriorPrincess

* AdaptationalBadass: In the original myths, Sisyphos attempted to cheat death twice and was condemned to move a rock up a mountain for all eternity because of it. This interpretation of Sisyphos manages to cheat death every other episode, and not even the rock punishment is enough to keep him dead. Xena even calls him "quite the little escape artist" at one point.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the original myths, Sisyphos attempted to cheat death twice and was condemned to move a rock up a mountain for all eternity because of it. This Sisyphos manages to cheat death every other episode, and not even the rock punishment is enough to keep him dead. Xena even calls him "quite the little escape artist" at one point.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the original myths, Sisyphos attempted to cheat death twice and was condemned to move a rock up a mountain for all eternity. This Sisyphos manages to cheat death every other episode, and not even the rock punishment is enough to keep him dead. Xena even calls him "quite the little escape artist" at one point.

->''"[[InAWorld In a time]] of ancient Gods, Warlords, and Kings,\\

* TheProblemWithFightingDeath

** how Callisto's soul managed to [[spoiler:impregnate Xena]].

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* ThemeTuneCameo: Twice. Xena whistles it in "Fins, Femmes, and Gems" and [[ThePowerOfRock plays it on a lute]] in "Lyre Lyre Hearts on Fire".

There were also a pair of video game adaptations: ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' and ''Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate''.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: In the last two seasons, virtually anything Xena does to protect Eve is considered just and anyone that anyway puts Eve in jeopardy is deserves death people demanding justice for Eve's crimes against them Xena only gets called out on it when she nearly unleashes hell on Earth, corrupts and archangel and tries to murder the Archangel Michael. Even then any criticisms are casually brushed aside.
** The irony is the Olympians are portrayed as villains for wanting to murder Eve based on a prophecy and who her father is, an outsider god who wants to do away with them and take over the civilization they built. Yet Xena tried to murder Gabriel's daughter Hope on nothing more than a prophecy and who her father was.

Now has a [[Recap/XenaWarriorPrincess recap page]] that's complete, but [[NeedsWikiMagicLove could use some love]].

%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar

* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Like ''Hercules'', there was an episode that suggests the series is based on the real life of Xena as found by the "Xena Scrolls" written by Gabrielle.

The series ran from 1995-2001, and at one point was the most popular show in the world, surpassing ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' for the title. Now has an [[Recap/XenaWarriorPrincess Episode Guide]] currently under construction.

!!Additional Pages:
* [[Recap/XenaWarriorPrincess Episode Guide]]

* TraumaticCSeaction: Downplayed, but when you have a baby centaur in the oven (obviously a bit larger than a human), you'd wish you'd have a modern hospital for deliverance, not Xena with a rusty sword. Female badassery prevails, Ephiny and her baby survive.

* BiTheWay: Xena and Gabrielle start out having a few male romantic/sexual interests, but end up getting more and more subtext-y until it is openly WordOfGod that they are Common Law married. Not that Word Of God didn't [[FlipFlopOfGod flip-flop]] on it.
** This was really in season 6...although it helped that one of the writers was a PromotedFanboy slash-ficcer of Xena and Gabrielle.

%%* WomanInWhite: Celesta

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[[caption-width-right:317:Xena and her [[HomoeroticSubtext li'l buddy]] Gabrielle]]
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%% EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
%% See the show title.
%% Gabrielle is an Amazon princess.

* AncientRome

* ArchangelMichael: Recurring character in Season 5 and Season 6.

* DatingCatwoman: Xena and Ares.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
** See the show title.
** Gabrielle is an Amazon princess.

* EvilSorcerer: Alti and Pao Ssu.
* EvilTwin: Hope for Gabrielle and Jett for Joxer.

* {{Gotterdammerung}}: The Twilight of the Gods.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII and UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}}.
* HistoricalInJoke: Oh so many.

* HolierThanThou: Hestian Priestess Leah
* HonestJohnsDealership: Salmoneus

* {{Hot God}}s: "Indeed"

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: "Dangerous Prey"

-->The musical genre was not harmed during the production of this motion picture. In fact, the Producers sincerely hope you were [[IncrediblyLamePun A-MUSE-D]] by this episode.

** Season 5, Xena pretended to be the assassinated Cleopatra and manipulated Brutus and Marc Antony against each other.

Creator/NBC has put up [[https://www.nbc.com/xena-warrior-princess the entire series for free viewing]] on NBC.com.