History Toys / LegoAdventurers

* ShownTheirWork: Each instruction booklet in the ''Dino Island'' line included a brief science section dedicated to the four StockDinosaurs.

* StockDinosaurs: ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Pteranodon'', although the latter was actually based on the ''Pteranodon'' species that nowadays goes under the name ''Geosternbergia''.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The third theme was centered on an island of dinosaurs.

* ''Egypt'': Revolving around AncientEgypt, where the main setpiece was a pyramid and the primary {{MacGuffin}} was Re-Gou, the largest ruby in the world. Sam Sinister and Baron von Barron were the villains.
* ''Amazon'': Set in South America, the Adventurers search for {{Mayincatec}} treasures this time, especially the "Sun Disk", opposed by the villainous Señor Palomar. Sam Sinister is oddly absent.
* ''Dino Island'': Johnny and co. investigate a LostWorld. Sam Sinister (formerly Baron von Barron), [[DistaffCounterpart his sister]], Alexia Sinister, and Mr. Cunningham are the antagonists this time.
* ''Orient Expedition'': As the name implies, all three are set in the East. The main goal is to find a golden dragon given to Creator/MarcoPolo by Kublai Khan, which in turn needs three PlotCoupons to find. Sam Sinister figures in all three subthemes.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Frequently only used the ThemeParkVersion of most cultures, although averted with the mention of Marco Polo's trip to China.

* MultinationalTeam: Johnny Thunder is Australian, Dr. Kilroy is British, and Pippin Reed is American. Though you would only ever know this if you played the old ''Johnny Thunder and the Adventurers'' online games, which featured voice acting.

%%* MultinationalTeam: Johnny Thunder is Australian, Dr. Kilroy is British, and Pippin Reed is American. (source for Kilroy and Reed?)

* DarkerAndEdgier: By LEGO standards, anyway. In addition to the below-mentioned presence of guns, the storylines are much more serious than what LEGO was typically doing at the time. Special mention goes to ''Orient Expedition'' supporting character Ching Lee, whose motivation for joining the heroes [[AllThereInTheManual in the comics]] was that Emperor Chang Wu had her parents shot!

* StockDinosaurs: ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Pteranodon'', although the latter was actually based on the ''Pteranodon'' species that nowadays goes under the name ''Geosternbergia''.

* {{Crossover}}: With ''LEGO Studios''. Johnny Thunder also appears in ''VideoGame/LEGORacers'', ''VideoGame/LEGOUniverse'', and much more recently ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', while the four main characters appear on "Adventurers Island" in ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland2''.

''LEGO Adventurers'' (later called Orient Expedition) is one of the many themes of Franchise/{{LEGO}} toys out there, revolving around adventurers [[AdventurerArchaeologist Johnny Thunder]], [[IntrepidReporter Pippin Reed]] (formerly Gail Storm), and [[AbsentMindedProfessor Dr. Charles Kilroy]] (formerly Charles Lightning) as they travel the world in search of ancient artefacts (with one exception). They had one recurring villain, Sam Sinister (who forms a micro-ContinuitySnarl) and many single-subtheme villains.

And yes, this entire theme is one big {{Expy}} of Franchise/IndianaJones (with a helping of ''Literature/{{The Lost World|1912}}'' and ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' to boot), right down to the characters.

* AcePilot: Harry Cane. Mike is getting there.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Pretty much all the characters.
* AdventurerOutfit: But of course.

* AwesomeAussie: Johnny Thunder is officially an Aussie.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The PowerTrio used to have a pilot, Harry Cane. He disappears after the jungle theme.

* CoolAirship: The Adventurers had [[http://guide.lugnet.com/set/5956 a zeppelin]] in the Amazon line, piloted by Harry.

* CoolPlane: Both the heroes and the villains get them. In fact, this was Harry Cane's entire schtick, since he was the gang's pilot.

* CurseOfThePharaoh: Parodied. In the ''LEGO Mania'' comics, Baron von Barron is subjected to Pharaoh Hotep III's curse after trying to steal the ruby from his tomb. The "curse" is being trapped in a room and being forced to listen to Hotep's groan-worthy "mummy" jokes.
* DastardlyWhiplash: Slyboots (the original Sam Sinister) has this appearance.
* DieselPunk / TwoFistedTales : It's basically a Franchise/{{LEGO}} ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' series (years before there were official licensed Indy sets and minifigs), so this is to be expected.

** Perhaps the most infamous and confusing instance of this in LEGO history comes from the Egypt line:
*** In America, the PowerTrio consisted of Johnny Thunder, Gail Storm, and Charles Kilroy. The top hat-wearing villain was named Sam Sinister, and his hook-handed accomplice was named Baron von Barron.
*** In Europe, the PowerTrio consisted of Sam Grant (although he was sometimes referred to as Johnny Thunder), Pippin Reed, and Dr. Kilroy. The top hat-wearing villain was named Slyboots, and his hook-handed accomplice was named Mr. Hates.
** In the later Amazon line, the villains were named Señor Palomar and Rudo Villano in America, while they were known as Señor Gomez and Max Villano in Europe.
** Additionally, much like Toys/LEGOPirates, the names of some of the early sets differed greatly between America and Europe. For example, Pharaoh Hotep III's temple was known as the Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins in America and the Temple of Anubis in Europe.

* {{Expy}}:
** As mentioned above, of ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', with elements of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' and A. C. Doyle's ''Literature/{{The Lost World|1912}}''.
** Mike from ''Dino Island'' was essentially a younger replacement for Harry Cane from the previous ''Egypt'' and ''Amazon'' lines. Both are skilled, fearless pilots and mechanics of the Adventurers team.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Notable for being one of the first LEGO themes to actually avert this trope: many of the vehicles and aircraft have guns mounted on them.

* ImprovisedWeapon: In a comic based on Orient Expedition on the LEGO Website. After helping Pippin escape from of their prison cell, she asks how she's meant to get the others out. Johnny just hands her a part of the bed through the bars and tells her "You're a smart girl, see what you can do with this."

%%* LostWorld: ''Dino Island''.

* MultinationalTeam: Johnny Thunder is Australian, Dr. Kilroy is British, and Pippin Reed is American.
* PaletteSwap: In the Orient Expedition line, Johnny Thunder's personal bi-plane during the China StoryArc, the Thunder Blazer, is a Palette Swap of the bi-plane flown by Lord Sinister during the Mount Everest StoryArc.
* PredatorsAreMean: While this may be, the heroes put a lot of effort into saving even tyrannosaurs from the villains.
* TheShangriLa: The second StoryArc of Orient Expedition takes place in the Himalayas as the Adventurers search for the Temple of Mount Everest.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** In the Egypt line, the name "Baron von Barron" was sometimes written as "Baron von Baron".
** In the Dino Island line, the surname "Sinister" was sometimes written as "Sanister", and "Reed" was sometimes written as "Read".
** Pharaoh Hotep III's magic ruby is called the "[=ReGou=]" in the [[https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/File:1998_Medium_UK_Cat_Adventurers.jpg 1998 UK catalog]], but this is written without CamelCase as "Re-Gou" in the [[https://www.brickfactory.info/scans/catalog/2000/004/062.jpg 2000 Denmark catalog]] and ''[[http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/nori-gallery/series-adventurers/adventurers/the-lego-book/02-02.jpg Standing Small]]''.
** ''Standing Small'' also refers to Gabarro as "Gabarros" in a literal example of this trope.

* ThemeNaming: "Thunder", "Storm", "Lightning" and "Harry Cane", before most of them got changed.

** Pharaoh Hotep III's magic ruby is called the "[=ReGou=]" in the [[https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/File:1998_Medium_UK_Cat_Adventurers.jpg 1998 UK catalog]], but this is written without CamelCase as "Re-Gou" in ''[[http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/nori-gallery/series-adventurers/adventurers/the-lego-book/02-02.jpg Standing Small]]''. ''Standing Small'' also refers to Gabarro as "Gabarros" in a literal example of this trope.

* AdventurerArchaeologist : Pretty much all the characters.

* ContinuitySnarl: At first, there were two main villains, called Sam Sinister (or [[DubNameChange Slyboots]]) and Baron von Barron (or [[DubNameChange Mr. Hates]]). When Dino Island rolled around, Baron von Barron/Mr. Hates was renamed Sam Sinister, while the original Sam Sinister became more commonly known by his European name Slyboots. It gets particularly confusing [[http://www.miniland.nl/LEGOclub/lego%20mania%20magazine%20sep%20oct%202000/2.jpg here]], where the hook-handed villain is introduced as "Sam Sinister (aka Baron von Barron)", which surely must have confused anyone who knew beforehand that Sam Sinister and Baron von Barron were originally separate characters. This got so notorious that even LEGO [[AscendedMeme got into the act]], putting a joke about it in their Minifig line.
* CoolAirship: The Adventurers [[http://guide.lugnet.com/set/5956 had one]] in the Amazon line, piloted by Harry.

* LimitedWardrobe / UnlimitedWardrobe: The Adventurers get about three different outfits each, and Sam Sinister has two, each with minor variations.
* LostWorld: ''Dino Island''.
* {{Mayincatec}}: The ''entire Amazon'' line.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the Egypt line, the name "Baron von Barron" was sometimes written as "Baron von Baron".

''LEGO Adventurers'' (later called Orient Expedition) is one of the many themes of {{LEGO}} toys out there, revolving around adventurers [[AdventurerArchaeologist Johnny Thunder]], [[IntrepidReporter Pippin Reed]] (formerly Gail Storm), and [[AbsentMindedProfessor Dr. Charles Kilroy]] (formerly Charles Lightning) as they travel the world in search of ancient artefacts (with one exception). They had one recurring villain, Sam Sinister (who forms a micro-ContinuitySnarl) and many single-subtheme villains.

* ''Dino Island'': Johnny and co. investigate a LostWorld. Sam Sinister (formerly Baron von Barron), [[DistaffCounterpart his sister]], Alexis Sanister, and Mr. Cunningham are the antagonists this time.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The ''Dino Island'' sub-theme.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Notable for being one of the first LEGO themes ''not'' to follow this trope: many of the vehicles and aircraft have guns mounted on them.

And yes, this entire theme is one big {{Expy}} of Franchise/IndianaJones (with a helping of ''Literature/TheLostWorld'' and ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' to boot), right down to the characters.

** As mentioned above, of ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', with elements of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' and A. C. Doyle's ''Literature/TheLostWorld''.

[[caption-width-right:252:If imagination has a name, it must be... Johnny Thunder!]]'''''LEGO Adventurers''''' (later called Orient Expedition) is one of the many themes of {{LEGO}} toys out there, revolving around adventurers [[AdventurerArchaeologist Johnny Thunder]], [[IntrepidReporter Pippin Reed]] (formerly Gail Storm), and [[AbsentMindedProfessor Dr. Charles Kilroy]] (formerly Charles Lightning) as they travel the world in search of ancient artefacts (with one exception). They had one recurring villain, Sam Sinister (who forms a micro-ContinuitySnarl) and many single-subtheme villains.

* '''Egypt''': Revolving around AncientEgypt, where the main setpiece was a pyramid and the primary {{MacGuffin}} was Re-Gou, the largest ruby in the world. Sam Sinister and Baron von Barron were the villains.
* '''Amazon''': Set in South America, the Adventurers search for {{Mayincatec}} treasures this time, especially the "Sun Disk", opposed by the villainous Señor Palomar. Sam Sinister is oddly absent.
* '''Dino Island''': Johnny and co. investigate a LostWorld. Sam Sinister (formerly Baron von Barron), [[DistaffCounterpart his sister]], Alexis Sanister, and Mr. Cunningham are the antagonists this time.
* '''Orient Expedition''': As the name implies, all three are set in the East. The main goal is to find a golden dragon given to Creator/MarcoPolo by Kublai Khan, which in turn needs three PlotCoupons to find. Sam Sinister figures in all three subthemes.
** '''India''': The Golden Shield as well as the Sunstone is found here, the latter being needed to overthrow a tyrannical maharajah.
** '''Mt. Everest''': The Golden Sword is to be found near its peak. Yetis, sherpas and poachers are abound here.
** '''China''': The Golden Helmet and the Golden Dragon are to be found here. Opposing the crew is the evil Emperor Chang Wu.

* '''Egypt''': Based around AncientEgypt, where the main setpiece was a pyramid and the primary {{MacGuffin}} was Re-Gou, the largest ruby in the world. Sam Sinister and Baron von Barron were the villains.

[[caption-width-right:252:If imagination has a name, it must be... Johnny Thunder!]]'''''LEGO Adventurers''''' (later called Orient Expedition) is one of the many themes of {{LEGO}} toys out there, focusing around adventurers [[AdventurerArchaeologist Johnny Thunder]], [[IntrepidReporter Pippin Reed]] (formerly Gail Storm), and [[AbsentMindedProfessor Dr. Charles Kilroy]] (formerly Charles Lightning) as they travel the world in search of ancient artefacts (with one exception). They had one recurring villain, Sam Sinister (who forms a micro-ContinuitySnarl) and many single-subtheme villains.

** AdventurerOutfit: But of course.

* ContinuitySnarl: At first, there were two main villains, called Sam Sinister (or [[DubNameChange Slyboots]]) and Baron von Barron (or [[DubNameChange Mr. Hates]]). When Dino Island rolled around, Baron von Barron/Mr. Hates was renamed Sam Sinister, while the original Sam Sinister became more commonly known by his European name Slyboots. It gets particularly confusing [[http://www.miniland.nl/LEGOclub/lego%20mania%20magazine%20sep%20oct%202000/2.jpg here]], where the hook-handed villain is introduced as "Sam Sinister (aka Baron von Barron)", which surely must have confused anyone who knew beforehand that Sam Sinister and Baron von Barron were originally separate characters.
** This got so notorious that even LEGO [[AscendedMeme got into the act]], putting a joke about it in their Minifig line.
* CoolBoat: The Adventurers get a pair of Cool Boats between the River Expedition and the T-Rex Transport sets.

* DieselPunk / TwoFistedTales : It's basically a Franchise/{{LEGO}} Franchise/IndianaJones series (years before there were official licensed Indy sets and minifigs), so this is to be expected.

* {{Expy}}: As mentioned above, of ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', with elements of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' and A. C. Doyle's ''Literature/TheLostWorld''.

* LostWorld: Dino Island.
* {{Mayincatec}}: The entire Amazon theme.

* GdayMate: Johnny Thunder is officially an Aussie.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The last of these appears - where else? - in [[ShamgriLa the Himalayas]], where it chases Pippin Reed and later pursues the Adventurers to the Temple of Mount Everest.

* ShamgriLa: The second StoryArc of Orient Expedition takes place in the Himalayas as the Adventurers search for the Temple of Mount Everest.

* {{Crossover}}: With ''LEGO Studios''. Johnny Thunder also appears in ''VideoGame/LEGORacers'' and ''VideoGame/LEGOUniverse''.

'''''LEGO Adventurers''''' (later called Orient Expedition) is one of the many themes of {{LEGO}} toys out there, focusing around adventurers [[AdventurerArchaeologist Johnny Thunder]], [[IntrepidReporter Pippin Reed]] (formerly Gail Storm), and [[AbsentMindedProfessor Dr. Charles Kilroy]] (formerly Charles Lightning) as they travel the world in search of ancient artefacts (with one exception). They had one recurring villain, Sam Sinister (who forms a micro-ContinuitySnarl) and many single-subtheme villains.