Like Indiana Jones, but not.
Expedition Unknown is an American reality television series that airs on the Travel Channel. It stars Josh Gates of Destination Truth as he investigates mysteries and legends.
In February 2020, a spinoff titled Expedition X premiered.
Expedition Unknown provides examples of:
- Adventure Archaeologist: Josh Gates definitely qualifies, going to different parts of the world and even getting into some perillous situations in order to look for hidden treasure or evidence that a legend may be true.
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: A 4-part special where Josh heads to the Himalayas to search for proof of the yeti, even returning to the same location where he found a yeti footprint years ago back when he was doing Destination Truth.
- Chupacabra: One episode is about investigating chupacabra attacks.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: While Josh is far from a moron, he does act like a wise-cracking goof most of the time, but he's a member of The Explorers Club, has a degree in archaeology, and is a qualified SCUBA diver.
- Deadpan Snarker: Josh is this in pretty much every episode, usually in response to either the situations he finds himself in or the items he finds.
- In Medias Res: Most episodes begin with an exciting or dangerous scene of Josh participating in a certain part of the adventure before quickly switching to "One Week Ago" with Josh sitting at his desk, introducing the concept of the episode.
- Pungeon Master: Josh Gates, who seems to never miss an opportunity to crack a bad pun or two
- This Is Gonna Suck: Josh's usual reaction when he realises he has to do something very risky or insane in order to (hopefully) find whatever he's looking for.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: One scene in the episode "Hunt for the Chupacabra" suggests Gates has a fear of roaches. Josh himself even lampshades this.
