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I don't think it was ever explained why Princess Rana'Ori is a carbon copy of Zia. The show is no stranger to reusing character models, but...for such an important character??? I wonder if they were going to explain Zia's a descendant of the princess, and maybe that's where she got her newfound abilities from, but they never even hint at it. So either that's subtle stuff, either that's completely unintentional.
Speaking of powers, they make a big deal of Esteban's gift of calling forth the sun in Season 1, but they never explain it. In fact there's a big mystery as to whether he ''actually'' does it, or if it's all just a big coincidence. I guess that Season 2+ confirms that yes, it's a power he has, but he uses it exactly four (4) times in three seasons, so was it worth the trade-off?
* Tao does mention offhand in S3 that "Atlanteans could do some awesome things", which seems to hint it's an Atlantean thing? And it's never elaborated upon any further?? Can all Atlanteans call the sun? Can Esteban's father do that too??
* The only explanation they ever give Zia's powers is everyone calling her a witch and her saying "i guess i am". But even if the crown somehow gave her powers, why wouldn't it give Ambrosius or [[spoiler:N'deye]] any, after they also use it?
** Why is Zia the only one who can [[spoiler:wear the Bako without hurting]]? They never explain either. They don't even wave it off with "it's Chosen One stuff", and it's unknown if Esteban also can do it. It really does seem they gave her all these cool powers without any semblance of explanation.
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Is it ever explained in-universe why Sancho and Pedro are still tagging along with the group past season 1? I get they were part of the original expedition to the New World but after they returned to Europe, one would think their obvious incompetence at almost everything (and Mendoza seems well aware of this) would prompt someone to suggest they remain behind in Spain while the rest of the group heads for the far east? Or does Mendoza having a couple lackeys outweigh the fact they have a really bad tendency to wander off or fall asleep the moment they're asked to do anything useful?
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Is it ever explained in-universe why Sancho and Pedro are still tagging along with the group past season 1? I get they were part of the original expedition to the New World but after they returned to Europe, one would think their obvious incompetence at almost everything (and Mendoza seems well aware of this) would prompt someone to suggest they remain behind in Spain while the rest of the group heads for the far east? Or does Mendoza having a couple lackeys outweigh the fact they have a really bad tendency to wander off or fall asleep the moment they're asked to do anything
* They're useful if only by virtue of being adults, stronger and taller than the children, whom they can help get past obstacles too high for them while Mendoza typically covers their escape. The problem here is the sequel series, which really cranked their stupidity and obnoxiousness up to eleven and forgot that they made good helpers.
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* Is it ever explained in-universe why Sancho and Pedro are still tagging along with the group past season 1? I get they were part of the original expedition to the New World but after they returned to Europe, one would think their obvious incompetence at almost everything (and Mendoza seems well aware of this) would prompt someone to suggest they remain behind in Spain while the rest of the group heads for the far east?
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* Is it ever explained in-universe why Sancho and Pedro are still tagging along with the group past season 1? I get they were part of the original expedition to the New World after they returned to Europe, one would think their obvious incompetence at almost everything (and Mendoza seems well aware of this) would prompt someone to suggest they remain behind in Spain while the rest of the group heads for the far east?
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* Is it ever explained in-universe why Sancho and Pedro are still tagging along with the group past season 1? I get they were part of the original expedition to the New World but after they returned to Europe, one would think their obvious incompetence at almost everything (and Mendoza seems well aware of this) would prompt someone to suggest they remain behind in Spain while the rest of the group heads for the far east?
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** Granted, Tao is really super proud of his heritage so he might be a bit biased in this regard.
*Is it ever explained in-universe why Sancho and Pedro are still tagging along with the group past season 1? I get they were part of the original expedition to the New World after they returned to Europe, one would think their obvious incompetence at almost everything (and Mendoza seems well aware of this) would prompt someone to suggest they remain behind in Spain while the rest of the group heads for the far east?
*Is it ever explained in-universe why Sancho and Pedro are still tagging along with the group past season 1? I get they were part of the original expedition to the New World after they returned to Europe, one would think their obvious incompetence at almost everything (and Mendoza seems well aware of this) would prompt someone to suggest they remain behind in Spain while the rest of the group heads for the far east?
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** In season two, Esteban speculates that they may the descendants of Mu. Tao thinks otherwise.
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** Incorrect. In the french version (And the authors of the series are french) they are not aliens. Ditto in the Japanese version. There is no "change from the dub" of their origins.
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Not the show, this bit of the description... am I reading it wrong?
-->"It was aired in several countries, and was shown in the United States on Nickelodeon during the late 1980s.note Despite its similarities to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' — including being shown on the same network — ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold'' was notable in its disregard of Never Say "Die""\\
Because the way it reads makes it look like ''Avatar'' does use NeverSayDie when in fact it, too, averts that trope a lot.
** That aside, does it really make ANY sense to compare an French/Japanese import from 1982 to an American series from 2005? Especially since the sentence is phrased to imply Avatar came fir-- ah screw it, I'm deleting that.
-->"It was aired in several countries, and was shown in the United States on Nickelodeon during the late 1980s.note Despite its similarities to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' — including being shown on the same network — ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold'' was notable in its disregard of Never Say "Die""\\
Because the way it reads makes it look like ''Avatar'' does use NeverSayDie when in fact it, too, averts that trope a lot.
** That aside, does it really make ANY sense to compare an French/Japanese import from 1982 to an American series from 2005? Especially since the sentence is phrased to imply Avatar came fir-- ah screw it, I'm deleting that.
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** That aside, does it really make ANY sense to compare an French/Japanese import from 1982 to an American series from 2005? Especially since the sentence is phrased to imply Avatar came fir-- ah screw it, I'm deleting that.
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-->"It was aired in several countries, and was shown in the United States on Nickelodeon during the late 1980s.note Despite its similarities to ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' — including being shown on the same network — The Mysterious Cities of Gold was notable in its disregard of Never Say "Die""\\
Because the way it reads makes it look like ''Avatar'' does use NeverSayDie when in fact it, too, averts that trope a lot.
Because the way it reads makes it look like ''Avatar'' does use NeverSayDie when in fact it, too, averts that trope a lot.
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-->"It was aired in several countries, and was shown in the United States on Nickelodeon during the late 1980s.note Despite its similarities to ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' — including being shown on the same network — The ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold Gold'' was notable in its disregard of Never Say "Die""\\
Because the way it reads makes it look like ''Avatar'' does use NeverSayDie when in fact it, too, averts that trope alot.lot.
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* In the original French, they never were aliens either. Just a civilization living in periphery to Mu and Atlantis who hid and took refuge during the Great War, hoping they could stay in hibernation and outlive the disaster.
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* In the original French, they never were aliens either. Just a civilization living in periphery to Mu and Atlantis who hid and took refuge during the Great War, hoping they could stay in hibernation and outlive the disaster.disaster.
Not the show, this bit of the description... am I reading it wrong?
-->"It was aired in several countries, and was shown in the United States on Nickelodeon during the late 1980s.note Despite its similarities to ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' — including being shown on the same network — The Mysterious Cities of Gold was notable in its disregard of Never Say "Die""\\
Because the way it reads makes it look like ''Avatar'' does use NeverSayDie when in fact it, too, averts that trope a lot.
Not the show, this bit of the description... am I reading it wrong?
-->"It was aired in several countries, and was shown in the United States on Nickelodeon during the late 1980s.note Despite its similarities to ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' — including being shown on the same network — The Mysterious Cities of Gold was notable in its disregard of Never Say "Die""\\
Because the way it reads makes it look like ''Avatar'' does use NeverSayDie when in fact it, too, averts that trope a lot.
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* They were supposed to be aliens, but they were changed to the above in the dubs.
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* They were supposed to be aliens, but they were changed to the above in the dubs.dubs.
* In the original French, they never were aliens either. Just a civilization living in periphery to Mu and Atlantis who hid and took refuge during the Great War, hoping they could stay in hibernation and outlive the disaster.
* In the original French, they never were aliens either. Just a civilization living in periphery to Mu and Atlantis who hid and took refuge during the Great War, hoping they could stay in hibernation and outlive the disaster.
