Though the two shows ran simultaneously through most of their run, hercules was actually the one to come first. Xena, a mighty warlord, decides that hercules represents a serious threat to her plans of conquest and decides to kill him. The battle for mount olympus was a feature length story with equal weight on both hercules and xena characters. There is a version of greek mythology in the enchanted forest dimension, which makes me ponder that the hercules xena shows may actually not be our past, but have been part of this other dimension, which makes sense since this other dimension seems to take events from all over history and smoosh them together into one short period of time, as. Hercules portrayed by kevin sorbo as an adult, ian bohen as young hercules in flashbacks, ryan gosling as young hercules in young hercules the demigod son of zeus and alcmene and strongest man in the world, and archrival to his older half brother the god war ares. The legendary journeys crossover fanfiction archive with over 51 stories. The season was released on dvd as a ten disc boxed set under the title of xena. Xena and hercules team up to free prometheus and give hope back to mankind. Xena and hercules join forces to free prometheus, however his reprieve comes with a price. Due to the shared nature of the xenaverse, crossovers between principle characters of the three series frequently occurred and are sometimes hard to define.
The champion of man who defeated and reformed the once powerhungry warlord. She was xena, a mighty princess forged in the heat of battle. Sometime later, she acts as the captain of a pirate ship, doing everything from raiding other ships to ransoming hostages. I remember not caring too much for the later episodes of xena. But then they establish their own different universes.
The video on the hercules episodes is quite good, especially for an old, low. Xena is a historical fantasy set primarily in ancient greece, although it has a flexible time setting and occasionally features oriental, egyptian and medieval elements. Warrior princess episodes, derived from the onscreen credits, and as accurate as i can make it. Warrior princess got a spin off show based on these three episodes. Warrior princess, created by robert tapert and john schulian. This episode solidifies xena s place in the mythological world of hercules for anyone who might not have seen her appearances on the other show, while at the same time showing how different the two heroes really are. Jun 6, 2016 as the xena series developed many of the characters crossed over from or too the hercules series. This is a list of hercules and xena crossover episodes. Oct 17, 2014 i would also like to know what episodes to skip. Word of alcmenes poor health brings hercules and iolaus to her farm. There are some crossovers in early xena seasons for example. That isnt quite true, as the first three episodes for some reason, these are on disc 2 were the three hercules episodes in which the xena character was born. It never took itself too seriously, it started out cheesy and got campier and campier as it went on, but it retained a good sense of humor throughout its run and it had a. Even if you are not a herc fan you should check out the three season one xena episodes.
The 15 most kickass female tv characters of all time. With lucy lawless, renee oconnor, michael hurst, kevin sorbo. Though lucy lawless has appeared in 2 other roles on hercules. Growing up, my brother and i watched both xena and hercules religiously. If you dont watch those three episodes when you come to watch xenas athens city academy of the performing bards you wont recognise some of the flashbacks as, they come from hercules episodes. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the hercules. Cocreated by tapert and john schulian, she first appeared in the 19951999 television series hercules. For convenience, heres the list of hercules and xena episodes. Xenas army runs riot while shes away and slaughters all the inhabitants of a small village on the. Early into the fourth season, kevin sorbo suffered some health issues. The legendary journeys crossover archive fanfiction. We first see callisto fully in the simply named episode callisto.
Jun 10, 2018 i liked it whenever morrigan showed up. No kidding seriously, if a trope mentions amazons in its title, it probably showed up in this series. Three episodes featuring xena, collectively called the xena trilogy, initially aired as part of the first season of hercules. A guy herc fought in his show, appears later on xena the dead king guy. Xena and gabrielle had to do the crossover thing and help rescue herc.
The legendary journeys, before going on to appear in xena. This is one of the most entertaining and fun shows in tv history, congrats to rob tapert for creating such a phenomenal show xena is indeed a unique show, since some episodes are simple, funny comedies, others complex, serious and dark chapters which are the best the series has to offer in my opinion and the rest are in between xena herself is a truly fascinating and engaging character. Hercules and xena crossover episodes warrior princess, warrior. Maybe she should pay a visit to baywatch nights, scream a few yiyiyiyiyi s, and shake hasselhoff out of his ego stupor. The legendary journeys crossover fanfiction archive with over 16 stories. Plot synopsis this two disc set is a bit of a strange collection. Crossover legendary journeys fandom hercules and xena wiki. In episode 9 of the new renaissance series hercules. Callisto episodes in hercules and xena warrior princess. Xena viewers may find themselves a little confused by a xenahercules crossover. At the end of intimate stranger, callisto is in tartarus. Xena actors xena characters combined hercules xena lists by actor by character writers, directors. Realising the danger hes in, hercules tries to rescue him, thus falling straight into xena s trap. Armageddon now part i hercules season four evil hope frees callisto and sends her back in time to keep hercules from.
Xena has done a few crossover episodes with hercules. I think i was just too used to the dark xena episodes by then, and hercules seemed too well. Next we see her in xena, shes immortal, trapped in a cave. The legendary journeys followed the life of the legendary hero throughout ancient greece as he fought tyrants, monsters, and the machinations of the olympian gods with the help of his trusty sidekick iolaus. Three pilot episodes for the series, collectively called the xena trilogy, initially aired as part of the first seasons of hercules. What follows is a miniepisode guide for the hercules episodes. Xena and gabrielle were also introduced to the idea of reincarnation after visiting india. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the xena. Xena and hercules had multiple crossover episodes and shared a handful of characters and locations. Hercules the legendary journeys the xena trilogy 1995 promo vhs capture by retro vhs trailers. The following is a complete episode list for the historical fantasy series xena. Xena and hercules are never going to win any dramatic awards, and this collection of episodes is even less likely to do so, as they are quite disjointed.
I cant say i ever really regarded the legendary journeys with any fondness after i thought certain character died for good and kidme got in my feelings about it. A crossover episode might not be the most original, but this one does a good job of bringing the two series together and taking. Then you get the conclusion of xena s dahak arc finished in the fifth season of hercules. Dont remember too much about it, but something about going to ireland and gabrielle actually starts fighting and shit. Hercules and iolaus crossover to xena when prometheus is captured and chained by hera. Iolauss alternateuniverse twin gets developed into a main character in his own right for about a season. Im wondering if hercules is the best tv fantasy series of all time. Um, i think xena had the better acting in it and lucy flawless, as said up thread, so ill go with that one. Follow the adventures of callisto by watching the following episodes listed in order of appearance. In a devious plan, she ensnares his best friend iolaus in a web of sex and lies, and then turns him against. The legendary journeys, during her two first episodes, xena was a villain, but in the third. The champion of man who defeated and reformed the once powerhungry warlord xena making her see the errors of her ways that. Ive never actually watched any of the other hercxena crossover episodes besides god fearing child which is a favorite of mine, if only for the hera moments and xena finally meeting her daughter. In a devious plan, she ensnares his best friend iolaus in a web of sex and lies, and then turns him against his friend.
The htlj episodes the warrior princess, the gauntlet and unchained heart were xena s premiere episodes, airing before her spinoff officially began. These pages are a list of the complete credited cast of all the hercules. The series ran for six seasons and 4 episodes until its final episode aired on may 21, 2001. And when the shows would have crossover episodes in which xena and hercules would make out. Also, a full list of xena crossovers in hercules episodes. These are not strictly hercules and xena crossover episodes as xena. Xena, gabrielle, ephiny, joxer and callisto have all made appearances on hercules.
The bitter suite xena season three xena and gabrielles bitter conflict reaches its climax when both are transported to the dream world of illusia to settle their mutual differences. Warrior princess, which began airing on september 4, 1995. Hercules judgment day trailer xena crossover by xenafansite. The legendary journeys, appeared a character that had an immediate impact. Do you have to watch both shows to enjoy a crossover episode. Yes, xena it was and this appearance was followed by another two episodes, numbers 12 and, the last two of hercules first series. She must surely be the only woman to snog kevin sorbo twice in the first series as two different characters. Plus you also get the rare crossovers from xena for example my favorite episode of hercules is armageddon now and its one of my favorite callisto episodes especially part 2 of that episode. Of course, xena was around for longer, but people are often quick to associate the two shows with each other. Mar 20, 2009 please watch its a herc and xena tribute video it is hard to make one when you only can use clips from the xena series i dont own the hercules one yet but i hope you enjoy btw i do not own this. Jan 27, 2012 xena was a spinoff, so yeah she showed up in quite a few hercules episodes. The xena trilogy of hercules is probably the only arc of that series i can call a favorite.
Warrior princess tv show and subsequent comic book of the same name. Using a strict definition of appearances by the seven regular characters hercules, iolaus, xena. On the other hand, gabrielle is my waifu and xena has joxer. Do you have to watch both shows to enjoy a crossover. The fifth season aired in the united states on the usa network. As someone who did watch all of xena and didnt watch hercules, theres only one single crossover point that matters in that direction. The birth of xena the warrior princess first season 10 the warrior princess 0395. Even though i havent seen it yet, im suspecting that i may end up liking xena more than hercules because xena is prettier. Their actionpacked adventures have never before been offered. The animated movie, hercules and xena the animated movie. Officially it is five crossover episodes between hercules. To accommodate him, the writers put more focus on iolaus, produced men in pink an autolycussalmoneus episode, utilized autolycus more and produced three additional young hercules episodes. Hercules strives to save her, but it quickly becomes apparent how much of a losing. Hercules and xena join forces to free prometheus xena.
Hercules the legendary journeys the xena trilogy 1995 promo vhs capture. Hercules and xena crossover episodes all geek things. The flexible fantasy framework of the show accommodates a considerable range of theatrical. Anyone else love hercules the legendary journeys as much as xena. Between xena 2x07 intimate stranger and xena 2x14 a necessary evil is hercules 3x12. See more ideas about hercules, xena warrior princess and warrior princess. Lucy lawless had appeared in episode 6, as darkness falls as lyla. For the chain of events set in motion by the birth of eve, see twilight of the gods. Hercules and xena crossover episodes xena warrior princess. Three episodes featuring xena, collectively called the xena trilogy, initially aired as part of. Slowly, all the gifts he gave to mankind are being taken away. As mankind starts to loose all the gifts he has given.
Fansite for lovers of scifi, fantasy, games, anime, comic books and all things geek. I watched hercules a little bit back in the day and saw most of it. The warrior princess has also appeared in the spinoff animated movie the. The legendary journeys which also celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. The season 1 finale of hercules had everything i could want xena, herc, salmonius, iolaus except for anthony quinn. Xena and hercules 5 crossover episodes 1995 michael dvd. This is an episode list of the american cult television series xena. Or how bout picking up on references later in the series about xenas past relationship with iolaus and wondering when did that happen. The legendary journeys season 5, episode 9 for those of you just joining us.
Season 5 on october 19, 2004 by anchor bay entertainment the episode antony and cleopatra has been discussed as a reworking of shakespeares play of the same name. The legendary journeys 37 kevin smith appeared in 24 episodes of hercules. The legendary journeys, and did ares voice in the animated direct to video motion picture, hercules and xena. It was rumoured that there was going to be a 3d hercules episode featuring xena and gabrielle, but in the end rennaisance pictures and usa studios decided that it wasnt really viable for a syndicated series many different stations to organise the distribution of 3d glasses, and that the cost of getting all the 3d filming equipment out to new. Xena and hercules 5 crossover episodes 1995 released 27jun2003 best version. I only watch the reruns if its a xena crossover ep or if it has ares in it, because, kevinfuckingsmith. Ive never seen xena but im curious to, but dont want to invest the time to watch the entire series.
Xena is a fictional character from robert taperts xena. The later seasons establish that, along with the greek underworld, the judeochristian heaven and hell also exists. The gauntlet xena s army runs riot while shes away and slaughters all the inhabitants of a small village on the instructions of darphus, her lieutenant. It never took itself too seriously, it started out cheesy and got campier and. There is a version of greek mythology in the enchanted forest dimension, which makes me ponder that the herculesxena shows may actually not be our past, but have been part of this other dimension, which makes sense since this other dimension seems to take events from all over history and smoosh them together into one short period of time, as.
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