Her trademark weapons are the amazon fighting staff and the sais. Working with iolaus they struggle to prove hercules innocence and soon realise that its a plan cooked up by ares to get his half brother executed. The king orders his men to go after the deadly intruder. Nov 18, 2011 xena cant look at gabrielle as just some kid anymore, but as a strong and capable woman in her own right. In addition, ares is being tortured by the furies, who want him to kill xena to avenge the death of the olympian gods. Gabrielle has appeared in a total of 8 seasons of both hercules. It shows the intellect and the frivolity of xena and ispecially gabrielle. Soon its up to xena and gabrielle to trick ares into revealing his involvement and thus hercules innocence.
In the series premiere, warrior princess xena begins to atone for her evil past by saving a peasant village, where she meets the spirited gabrielle, before. In what is probably the strangest episode of xena, send in the clones features a group of diehard xena fans who use 2,000yearold hair samples and xena episode clips to create clones of xena and gabrielle and restore their memories. After being attacked by four swordwielding bounty hunters, xena saves the life of demophon, one of the attackers who. Fans have long seen the bond between xena and gabrielle as a. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless warlords and gods. The xwp staff took every opportunity to cultivate the relationship between xena and. Lucy lawless as xena, ted raimi as joxer, and rene oconnor as gabrielle in xena, warrior princess syfy xena the warrior princess anime characters epic fails and comic marvel univerce characters image ideas tips. Hercules and xena join forces to free prometheus xena.
At sixteen, oconnor began her career with a string of commercials and minor television roles. Autolycus finds himself at an inn where xena and gabrielle have gathered for gabrielle s suprise birthday party and he becomes a suspect in a murder investigation. The htlj episodes the warrior princess, the gauntlet and unchained heart were xena s premiere episodes, airing before her spinoff officially began. Xena is a fictional character from robert taperts xena.
Warrior princess that allude to a possible romantic or sexual relationship between xena and gabrielle. Ares is a significant recurring antagonist during the first three seasons, making a guest appearance in the coda episode of season four and was xena s main love interest during. She was also an amazon princess and later an amazon queen. Heres why xena and gabrielle never became a couple on xena. Her trademark weapons are the amazon fighting staff and later, the sais.
While xena tries to win the war, gabrielle meets perdicas, her exfiance, whos working now as a mercenary for troy. After being attacked by four swordwielding bounty hunters, xena saves the life of demophon, one of the attackers who has been badly wounded in the fight, and waits out a terrible storm with her captive and gabrielle in. Renee oconnor was chosen to play the role after she impressed producers with her role in the hercules television movie the lost kingdom. With lucy lawless, renee oconnor, ted raimi, kevin smith. Ares merges xena and gabrielle into the same body to fight against mavican to see if this. It makes sense now why this scene existed in the send in the clones episode when. Archdemon a race of elite demons that live in hell. One fan, however, isnt actually a fan at all, rather the. Gabrielle starts the series as a young girl who more or less stands behind xena, and relies on xena to protect her. That xena and gabrielle had an extraordinarily close, loving relationship is undenia. May 09, 2016 the beating heart of cult series xena. For the best experience please update your browser.
Hercules the legendary journeys the xena trilogy 1995. Cocreated by tapert and john schulian, she first appeared in the 19951999 television series hercules. He can fight well, but easily captured, fighting with his hands. The dahak and hope story kicks off with the mystical assault of gabrielle. Sep 20, 2017 xena and gabrielle can you hold me dogned. It was preceded by several tv movies with the same major characters in 1994 as part. If you dont watch those three episodes when you come to watch xena s athens city academy of the performing bards you wont recognise some of the flashbacks as. When xena responds to a summons for help from king lias, she is attacked moments after entering his castle by the vicious timus, whom she overpowers. Gabrielle manages to save her daughter by putting her in a basket and sending her downriver this precipitates a major rift between xena and gabrielle, a story arc that spans several episodes and includes gabrielle betraying xena by foiling her attempt to assassinate the tyrant ming tien.
In the course of 10 episodes, she acquires a fighting staff from the greek amazons and is a decent fighter with it shortly after. Gabrielle is a fictional character played by renee oconnor in xena. Over the course of six seasons 19952001, the two became best friends, but despite the love they obviously felt for each other, they never officially became a couple. Crossover legendary journeys fandom hercules and xena wiki. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the xena. The term subtext, as far as the xenaverse is concerned, refers to the many subtextual elements present in episodes of xena. Sunny doench was originally cast as gabrielle, but she did not want to leave her boyfriend in the united states, so the role was given to oconnor. She first came to the attention of xena executive producers rob tapert and sam raimi when she landed the role of deianeira in their television movie hercules and the lost kingdom. Ares is a character who is one of the main antagonists on the television shows xena. The battle for mount olympus, a directtovideo animated movie, was released in january 1998. Warrior princess is far from everyones favorite episode, but it is a mustwatch nonetheless. Warrior princess was the relationship between xena lucy lawless and her faithful sidekick gabrielle renee oconnor. Xena, a mighty warrior princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. The htlj episode stranger in a strange world featured parallel universe versions of xena and.
Xena the warrior princess ok, who is gonna be xena i want to be gabrielle. Gabrielle is first portrayed as a farm girl stereotype a version of the maiden archetype young, naive, with an. Three pilot episodes for the series, collectively called the xena trilogy, initially aired as part of the first seasons of hercules. Just passing throughwhile traveling with iolaus 2, hercules recalls a typical day with iolaus. Xena and gabrielle team up with hercules and iolaus to free the kidnapped prometheus, the god responsible for making fire and the ability to heal ourselves available to earth.
Warrior princess, and are thus not true crossover episodes. To this day, there has never been any confirmation if the subtext. In case you missed it, hercules was a somewhat goofy, lighthearted attempt to recount and bastardize greek mythology in an hourlong action show format. Htlj judgment day twilight top god xwp prometheus the quest god fearing child. The legendary journeys, before going on to appear in xena. This episode is not part of xena and gabrielles story but if you ever want to follow ephinys story then this hercules episode may interest you. Warrior princess, which began airing on september 4, 1995. Warrior princess was the relationship between xena and her faithful sidekick gabrielle.
When they get there, they discover that he appears to be the prime suspect in her murder. The two became best friends but despite the love they felt for each other and the heavy subtext. Overhearing a conversation in a bar, xena and gabrielle decide to go and visit hercules and his new bride. Using a strict definition of appearances by the seven regular characters hercules, iolaus, xena, gabrielle, young hercules, young iolaus, young jason in series other than their own, the following episodes are crossovers. Xena, gabrielle and eve arrive to the amazon lands, where they meet the new queen, marga, and discover the tribe is fighting ares, because he wants the ambrosia he thinks they keep hidden, and that would turn him into a god again. Xena must determine which one of the guests is a murderer. These are not strictly hercules and xena crossover episodes as xena. I just found out there was a point in the hercules show where if he hadnt existed, apparently xena would have become this cruel conqueror that was willing to nail gabrielle into a cross. Warrior princess is an american television series filmed in new zealand. Xena cant look at gabrielle as just some kid anymore, but as a strong and capable woman in her own right. The legendary journeys, during her two first episodes, xena was a villain, but in the third episode she appears in, she joins hercules. Dahak first appears in the xena and hercules universe as a mysterious god worshipped by celtic britons, whose worship is interrupted by the invading romans. The legendary journeys and was one of those rare spinoffs that surpass the quality of the original show. The most controversial is whether xena and gabrielle share a romanticphysical relationship.
Michael then returned hercules and iolaus to the living. That xena and gabrielle had an extraordinarily close, loving relationship is undeniable. It is very loosely based on the tales of the classical greek culture hero heracles. But when she comes face to face with his daughter, she realises that she has a great advantage over the assassins. Hercules and xena crossover episodes all geek things. Hercules and iolaus pair up with xena and gabrielle, reinforcing the coupleness of each tv pairing as they return to their respective shows. Evelyn renee oconnor born february 15, 1971 is an american actress, producer, and director, known for the role of gabrielle on the television series xena. The ides of march, in this episode discover do julius caesar, big dictator and opponent xena. The series aired in syndication from september 4, 1995, until june 18, 2001. Hercules and iolaus join xena and gabrielle to get prometheus, who had been released by the olympians. He was portrayed by new zealand actor kevin tod smith. Along the way, they meet hercules and iolaus, and we discover that whoever breaks prometheus chains has to pay the ultimate price. Xena and gabrielle arrive to troy during the trojan war when the warrior princess is required by an old friend, helen. The series has established that they are soul mates, love is best expressed in comic sans.
Promo for hercules the legendary journeys the xena trilogy 1995 captured from the kull the conqueror 1997 vhs tape. Warrior princess 817467 there are certain aspects of the xenaverse left open to interpretation. Michael later encountered xena and gabrielle when they were crucified by julius caesar and sent to heaven. In this episode, xena and gabrielle have to free prometheus before his gifts to man are lost. Starring lucy lawless as xena renee oconnor as gabrielle. Prometheus is chained by hera and humanity loses all the gifts that received from the titan, including the fire and the ability to heal. Warrior princess she is joined by gabrielle, a small town bard. To this day, there has never been any confirmation if the subtext grew organically. The warrior princess for fans of memorable tv 34252783 xena and hercules my childhood and the beginning of my life as a nerd.
The following is a complete episode list for the historical fantasy series xena. Xena goes through a number of trials in order to gain a sword that will break prometheus bonds. The series ran for six seasons and 4 episodes until its final episode aired on may 21, 2001. Aug 30, 2019 hercules and iolaus join xena and gabrielle to get prometheus, who had been released by the olympians. Heres why xena and gabrielle never became a couple on. Warrior princess got a spin off show based on these three episodes. She is referred to by fans as the battling bard of potidaea. Gabrielle is not happy with tara sleeping next to xena xena. When caesar, advised by callisto, fixes a price for xenas head, the warrior princess believes its finally the time to kill him even if that may lead her and gabrielle. He helped xena rescue gabrielle from hell and reunited a reformed callisto with her family. Xena and gabrielle join forces with hercules and iolaus to free prometheus, but xena and hercules know it is a suicide mission. The legendary journeys, a television series, filmed in new zealand and the united states, starring kevin sorbo as hercules. And fancy free herc goes strictly ballroom with the.
The legendary journeys conjure fantastical ancient lands of adventure, myth and monsters. Ares is a significant recurring antagonist during the first three seasons, making a guest appearance in the coda episode of season four and was xenas. Men in pink auto and sal in drag come along girls who do you think you are, xena and gabrielle. She is referred to as the battling bard of potidaea. There have been numerous xena spinoffs into various media including films, books, comics and video games. The legendary journeys crossover fanfiction archive with over 16 stories. Even if you are not a herc fan you should check out the three season one xena episodes. The warrior princess has also appeared in the spin. A king calls for xena s help to protect his daughter, the princess diana. Autolycus finds himself at an inn where xena and gabrielle have gathered for gabrielles suprise birthday party and he becomes a suspect in a murder investigation. Warrior princess tv show and subsequent comic book of the same name.