History WesternAnimation / TheNewAdventuresOfZorro1997

** The series must take place later than 1812, as Tipton and Weasler mention the War of 1812 as something from the past, but not sooner than 1821, as Los Ángeles is still Spanish. Oddly, the 1812-1821 period would place the series in midst of UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars or in their equally troubled postwar period, UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWarsOfIndependence included, but not mention of this is made in the series, where it instead seems like the Spanish Empire is in perfect state.

* AmbiguousSituation: The exact year the series is set. It must take place later than 1812, as Tipton and Weasler mention the War of 1812 as something from the past, but not sooner than 1821, as Los Ángeles is still Spanish.
* AnachronismStew:
** Countless, considering we are talking about a CattlePunk series.
** The series mentions continuously that Diego studied in the University of Madrid. In real life, there wasn't a college named literally "University of Madrid" until 1943. It can be charitably assumed the characters actually mean the Royal University of Alcalá.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The great Mayan civilization wasn't destroyed by the Spaniards as the series shows. It collapsed by itself (more than once, even), and what the Spaniards found was a shade of its former self, shattered into many little states without much relation between them. The notion that the Mayans tried to hide their great treasure is even funnier, as Mayans weren't known to have the level of richness of the Aztecs or the Incas.

** Oddly, while fighting a Mayan warrior, Montecero manages to block and break his opponent's macuauhuitl with a mere main-gauche parrying dagger. This might have been possible against a blade (if it would require one of an absolutely awful quality, enough to be broken with the strength of a wrist), but it happens that a macuauhuitl is not a blade, but a bladed club. Only its wooden body would have been too wide to fit in the main-gauche's arms.

** The previous point also makes Diego's parries a stylistic impossibility. Trying to block a downard katana slash with a sideways-placed rapier would cause the rapier's blade to curve under the strike, likely hitting its user in the face in the process.

* DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: One episode has the villain Miguel Vianueva, who escapes to California after thirty years in a Spanish dungeon. After noting he's mildly blinded by a lantern during his first attack at night, Zorro comes to the next confrontation with a ''flare'' tucked in his pockets.

* DubNameChange: Captain Montecero is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute of Captain Enrique Sánchez de Monasterio from previous ''Zorro'' continuities, so the Latin American dub outright changed his name to Captain Monasterios (albeit in plural, as you can see). The European Spanish dub also changed his name to Captain Monte''s''ero.

''The New Adventures of Zorro'' is a Creator/WarnerBros SaturdayMorningCartoon from the ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' franchise. It premiered on Creator/KidsWB on September 20, 1997 and it lasted two seasons with 26 total episodes before it ended on December 12, 1998. Reruns continued on Creator/CartoonNetwork. The show is rather similar to ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', which were made around the same time.

* AnimatedAdaptation: This is an animated cartoon based off of the ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' franchise. This time, the animation has round shapes and big eyes that give it a certain unique look.

* CattlePunk: Diego fights SteamPunk cyborgs and magical foes. To even the odds, [[MagicalNativeAmerican Grey Owl]] provides Zorro with his own magical assistance, and Barnardo is reinvented as a GadgeteerGenius.

* AffirmativeActionGirl: In this continuity, Don Ignacio has an adventurous daughter, Isabella, who is a childhood friend and extra sidekick to Zorro.

* AmbiguousSituation: The series must take place later than 1812, as Tipton and Weasler mention the War of 1812 as something from the past, but not sooner than 1821, as Los Ángeles is still Spanish.

** The series mentions continuously that Diego studied in the University of Madrid. In real life, there wasn't a college named literally "University of Madrid" until 1943. It can be charitably assumed the characters actually mean the Royal University of Alcalá, though.

** Backed by popular belief, Toshiro's katana breaks the blade of Diego's Toledan espada ropera after a few parried hits. In real life, achieving a sword break in battle is actually night-impossible without a huge disparity of quality between the blades, and in this particular field, a direct clash between the steel of Toledo and the traditional Japanese steel-melting techniques would favor heavily the former, not the latter. The swords' very designs would make it further an unlikely scenario, as the highly flexible blade of the espada would always tend to bounce and absorb any really hard slash rather than break. Ironically, Diegos does lampshade the whole point by quipping "I have to talk to my sword-maker."

** The hunter from episode 4 is an obvious expy of [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]], even wearing a vest with the color of Kraven's attire. There is another hunter in the second season who looks like a mix of Kraven and DC's Catman.

** Reinaldo Hernández's tale about the raven is evidently inspired by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe and ''Literature/TheRaven''. Becomes in-universe hen it turns out his pet raven is named Edgar.

* {{Spexico}}: A flashback to Reinaldo's earlier life in Madrid shows architecture and clothing identical to that used in California.

* AmbiguousSituation: The series must take place between 1781 and 1821, the era of the Spanish Los Ángeles, but it's the year is never revealed.

** The hunter from episode 4 is an obvious expy of Kraven, having even a vest with the color of Kraven's attire.
** Margarita Álvarez wears a suit directly inspired (or rather identical to) by Catwoman.

%%* AnachronismStew: Despite taking place in [[TheWestern Spanish California]], it features steampunk technology and supernatural elements that aren't usually present in that setting.

!!"Out in Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, Zorro's story is troped..."

NeedsWikiMagicLove?

* TheWestern: Takes place in old Spanish California and features elements from this setting.

%%* NameAndName: Used for the episode "The Samurai and the Sorcerer".
* TheNewAdventures: The title tells you that these are Zorro's latest adventures.

* TheSongRemainsTheSame: The Russian dub retains the English opening theme.

* TheNewAdventures: The title tells you that these are Zorro's lastest adventures.