History WesternAnimation / SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas

* ActionGirl: Marina.

* BigBad: Eris, obviously.

* BilingualBonus: Whatever Rat says in Italian.
* BoisterousBruiser: Kale.

* DrivingQuestion: "Are you a thief or a hero?"

* GratuitousItalian: Rat.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Sinbad.

* TheLegendOfX

* SceneryPorn: The backgrounds are truly breathtaking.

* UseYourHead: Part of Sinbad's crew's fighting style.

* BaldOfAwesome: Kale.

* FriendsTurnedRomanticRivals: Proteus and Sinbad were boyhood buddies growing up in Syracuse, Greece. But Proteus is a prince, the heir apparent to the throne of Syracuse, and betrothed to the lovely Marina. Since Sinbad cannot hang out at court nor woo fair Marina, he goes to sea, to become a renowned adventurer and buccaneer. However, Sinbad is willing to risk life and limb to recover the MacGuffin from the wicked goddess Eris, and Marina accompanies Sinbad (initially as a stowaway). Proteus gets the [=MacGuffin=] back, and Marina sails off with Sinbad and his slobbery dog.

* FriendsTurnedRomanticRivals: Proteus and Sinbad were boyhood buddies growing up in Syracuse, Greece. But Proteus is a prince, the heir apparent to the throne of Syracuse, and betrothed to the lovely Miranda. Since Sinbad cannot hang out at court nor woo fair Miranda, he goes to sea, to become a renowned adventurer and buccaneer. However, Sinbad is willing to risk life and limb to recover the MacGuffin from the wicked goddess Eris, and Miranda accompanies Sinbad (initially as a stowaway). Proteus gets the [=MacGuffin=] back, and Miranda sails off with Sinbad and his slobbery dog.

* BadAssBeard: It's easier to count the exceptions to the rule, there are so many beards in this movie.

%%* ChildhoodFriends: Sinbad and Proteus.

* {{Humanoid Abomination}}s: The Sirens.

* InNameOnly: As they appeared in ''The Arabian Nights'', Sinbad's stories were set around Arabian/Chinese cities populated with Muslims and told of the sailor's seven (mis)adventures that made him a rich man. This movie throws it all out in favor of a Mediterranean setting populated with Arabs and Byzantines and tells of the pirate's (mis)adventures as he learns the true meaning of friendship and love. So... Yeah. There's a guy named Sinbad, there's a boat, and there's a giant bird. There ''are'' Chinese and Arab among the crew though.
** To be fair the roc and the island that turns out to be a gigantic fish is taken from the original Sinbad stories.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Eris gets away with all the trouble she's caused to Syracuse, Proteus, and Sinbad. {{Justified}} since she's a goddess and humans can't punish her. Also {{Downplayed}}, Eris may not get punished for her crimes but she is still humiliated by Sinbad in front the an entire city.]]

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: This gets averted in that even though you know main characters (usually) don't die in a children's animated feature, it's ''really'' hard not to hold your breath when [[spoiler:that sword is ''one freakin' inch from decapitating Sinbad.'']]

* MomentKiller: Spike in the last shot of the film [[PlayedForLaughs interrupts]] [[spoiler:TheBigDamnKiss]] no less.

* NoSell: [[spoiler:The sirens' song doesn't affect Marina as she is a woman. Meaning, if she hadn't decide to stowaway, Sinbad and his crew would have been killed [[{{Irony}} by the first challenge they met]] after leaving Syracuse.]]

** [[spoiler:Later, he shares this title with Marina. Before and after she becomes an official part of the crew.]]

* ThePowerOfFriendship and ThePowerOfLove: The only things Eris can't control, or predict, since while she knew [[FireForgedFriends Proteus would]] [[HonorBeforeReason give his life for Sinbad]] and that Sinbad was [[LoveTriangle romantically interested in Marina]], she refused to believe Sinbad could ever return the favor for Proteus or that his feelings for Marina would [[LoveRedeems inspire him to do the right thing]].

* PrehensileHair: Eris' hair ''never'' stops moving. ''Ever.'' This is actually a great indicator of who she is: Adjustable, incomprehensible and impalpable as smoke. In one word, chaotic.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: Proteus' execution draws near...

** Tartarus wasn't ruled by Eris. Technically, [[GeniusLoci Tartarus governed himself, as he was a deity in his own right]], but he was also, essentially, a subdivision of the Underworld, one where those who were wicked in life were subjected to ironic punishments--effectively, Tartarus was the Greek equivalent to {{Hell}}. Additionally, Tartarus was said to be the primordial personification of the abyss/underground, making the depiction of it as an area that may contain the planet Earth itself a bit...off (granted, he was also an EldritchAbomination so ordinary physics might not apply).

* ShieldSurf: During Marina's rescue.
* ShiningCity: The Royal City of Syracuse; filled with gleaming white, red domed buildings and spires, built upon and among impossibly high GhibliHills, which are all connected by elegant walkways. There is even an elevated canal for ships, linking the seas with the Royal Palace. [[TheGoodKing King Dymas]] is surely one of the most under-appreciated city building kings in the history of fiction. It's a shame that we only see it for a few minutes of the movie though.
* SideBet: ThoseTwoGuys in Sinbad's crew have this down to a RunningGag. They bet on ''everything''. Special mention goes to when the ship reaches the edge of the World: "Pay up! It's flat!"

* SinisterScimitar: The executioner uses a scimitar with a yelman to decapitate Sinbad but in the end he does not succeed due to the intervention of Eris.

* SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying: For some reason the giant ice roc has five toes, and clawed fingers on its wings. But it may be justified because the roc isn't a normal bird.

* SurvivalThroughSelfSacrifice: As he faces the prospect of failing his mission, the goddess Eris asks Sinbad whether he'll return to Syracuse to be executed for failure or abandon his friend, who'd stayed behind as collateral, to be executed in his place. When he says he'll go back, she calls him a liar and casts him out without the MacGuffin he'd come for. He returns to Syracuse anyway, so Eris, [[IGaveMyWord bound by her word]], shatters the executioner's sword at the last moment and awards him the MacGuffin for telling the truth.

* EnthrallingSiren: Sirens are water elementals.

* StatuesqueStunner: Taken UpToEleven, Even at her shortest, Eris is still looking down at Sinbad. When introduced, she's looking down at ''the Earth''.

* ThreesomeSubtext: There is some rather heavy subtext between Sinbad + Marina + Proteus. While Proteus + Marina and Sinbad + Marina are both canonical, the two men bear no jealousy towards each other. Proteus blindly trusts Sinbad to save his life, and they spend a lot of time embracing and staring into each other's eyes. Really, the only reason Proteus couldn't follow them to sea was because of his duties.

* WhatTheHellHero: Eris gives one to Sinbad about his DesignatedHero status.

** Poor Sinbad just couldn't catch a break when when stating he had nothing to do with the Book's theft. Sadly, only Proteus believes him (and even he wasn't convinced at first until Sinbad gave a genuine response).

-->'''Sinbad''': ''(to Proteus)'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Give that guy a raise.]]

* CassandraTruth: Sinbad plainly stating that he met Eris, Goddess of Chaos, and wants him to meet her in Tartarus.

* SinisterScimitar: The executioner uses a scimitar with a yelman to decapitate Sinbad but in the end he does not succeed due to the intervention of Eris.

-->'''Sinbad, while climbing the ice cliff''': Oh, she couldn't see the bird? Everyone ''else'' saw it. It's as big as a freakin' ship! ''Marina''? Marina's looking the other way!

** Tartarus wasn't ruled by Eris. Technically, [[GeniusLoci Tartarus governed himself, as he was a deity in his own right]], but he was also, essentially, a subdivision of the Underworld, one where those who were wicked in life were subjected to ironic punishments--effectively, Tartarus was the Greek equivalent to {{Hell}}. Additionally, Tartarus was said to be the primordial personification of the abyss/underground, making the depiction of it as an area that may contain the planet Earth itself a bit...off.

* Sinister Scimitar: The executioner uses a scimitar with a yelman to decapitate Sinbad but in the end he does not succeed due to the intervention of Eris.

* CosmopolitanCouncil: Of the non-evil, non-plot important variety - The Delegation of the Twelve Cities are in Syracuse to await the arrival of the Book of Peace. King Dymas rules Syracuse (see ShiningCity), which is [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Greek]]. Marina is from [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Thrace]]. Of the other 11 delegates, one looks [[HornyVikings Nordic]], two look distinctly [[FarEast Asian]], two look distinctly [[AncientAfrica African]], one looks vaguely [[UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire Byzantine]], one looks [[AncientEgypt Egyptian]], and one looks vaguely [[ArabianNightsDays Arabic]].

* ShiningCity: The Royal City of Syracuse; filled with gleaming white, gold domed buildings and spires, built upon and among impossibly high GhibliHills, which are all connected by elegant walkways. There is even an elevated canal for ships, linking the seas with the Royal Palace. [[TheGoodKing King Dymas]] is surely one of the most under-appreciated city building kings in the history of fiction. It's a shame that we only see it for a few minutes of the movie though.

* ChildhoodFriends: Sinbad and Proteus.

* BrickJoke: Sinbad shows Marina her new room, the food locker which is stocked with nothing but "pickles, eggs and PICKLES!" See GettingCrapPastTheRadar below.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Oh, so many times.
-->'''Marina:''' [perusing Sinbad's stuff] Stolen from Venezia... From Pompeii... [holds up a bejeweled bra] And from a brothel in Syracuse.\\
--\\
'''Sinbad:''' A sword at my throat, at my chest, at my--\\
'''Random Sailor In Background:''' PICKLES AND EGGS!\\
'''Sinbad:''' [{{beat}}] You get the idea.\\
--\\
'''Sinbad:''' Think of the beaches.\\
'''Kale:''' Beautiful, if you like mosquitoes.\\
'''Sinbad:''' Think of the sun.\\
'''Kale:''' It's monsoon season.\\
'''Sinbad:''' Oh, then the women.\\
'''Kale:''' They're cannibals, Sinbad.\\
'''Sinbad:''' ''Exactly''.
** Not to mention that the 'flyer' of Fiji has ''a topless woman''.
** And later, a conversation between Sinbad and Marina:
--->'''Marina:''' Look, clearly, I can't appeal to your honour. But I have ''other ways'' of convincing you.\\
'''Sinbad:''' ''glances down'' [hopeful] Really?
** In the Norwegian dub, when Kale is enthralled by the sirens and says "We will speak of love," the word he uses in Norwegian is an old-fashioned word for "lovemaking".
** Downplayed with the sirens. According to the makers, they are naked, but the water animation of them makes it difficult to tell. It's more obvious if you go through it frame-by-frame.
** After the kerfuffle with the Sirens, Sinbad has a hole in his pants showing half his butt.

* InNameOnly: As they appeared in ''The Arabian Nights'', Sinbad's stories were set around Arabian/Chinese cities populated with Muslims and told of the sailor's seven (mis)adventures that made him a rich man. This movie throws it all out in favor of a Mediterranean setting populated with Arabs/Byzantines and tells of the pirate's (mis)adventures as he learns the true meaning of friendship and love. So... Yeah. There's a guy named Sinbad, there's a boat, and there's a giant bird. There ''are'' Chinese and Arab among the crew though.

* InNameOnly: As they appeared in ''The Arabian Nights'', Sinbad's stories were set around Arabian/Chinese cities populated with Muslims and told of the sailor's seven (mis)adventures that made him a rich man. This movie throws it all out in favor of a Mediterranean setting populated with Greeks/Italians and tells of the pirate's (mis)adventures as he learns the true meaning of friendship and love. So... Yeah. There's a guy named Sinbad, there's a boat, and there's a giant bird. There ''are'' Chinese among the crew though.

* RaceAgainstTime: Proteus' execution draws near...

* BlackBestFriend: Kale.