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* ArmorPiercingResponse: As Siri insists her parents abandoned her, Ruun says she's in denial and that an Amazon killed them. What he says rattles her enough to go confront Mayem.
-->'''Siri:''' No more lies! ''[slaps him]''\\
'''Ruun:''' Go on, kill me. You will eventually, but you can't kill the truth. You know what you saw.
-->'''Siri:''' No more lies! ''[slaps him]''\\
'''Ruun:''' Go on, kill me. You will eventually, but you can't kill the truth. You know what you saw.
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* DisappointedInYou: Ruun says their parents wouldn't want to see how cold-blooded Siri has become.
* DistantPrologue: The episode opens 13 years in the past when Ruun and Siri were just kids. After Ruun is blinded, it cuts to Herc's present.
* DistantPrologue: The episode opens 13 years in the past when Ruun and Siri were just kids. After Ruun is blinded, it cuts to Herc's present.
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* DramaticIrony: Viewers know the full extent of Mayem's actions because she was unmasked while fighting Ruun and Siri's father.
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* FreudianExcuse: Watching Mayem murder his parents and then being blinded by her left Ruun with a bitter hatred of Amazons. He's also driven to find his sister because he promised their father shortly before the old man's death.
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* HopeCrusher: Upon realizing Hercules has intervened, Mayem wants him dead. She's certain his death will break everyone else's resolve to oppose the tribe.
* InTheBack: Lucenne suffers this when hesitating from striking down a father and son.
* LastRequest: In the event of things going wrong, the kids' father made Ruun promise to take care of Siri.
* MeaningfulEcho: "Die like the dog you are!" Mayem shouted this before killing the kids' parents, and her reusing the phrase while fighting Hercules is how Ruun is able to identify her.
* InTheBack: Lucenne suffers this when hesitating from striking down a father and son.
* LastRequest: In the event of things going wrong, the kids' father made Ruun promise to take care of Siri.
* MeaningfulEcho: "Die like the dog you are!" Mayem shouted this before killing the kids' parents, and her reusing the phrase while fighting Hercules is how Ruun is able to identify her.
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* DoesNotLikeMen: Mayam and her band of evil Amazons to the point that no other Amazon tribe would team with them.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ruun witnessed his parents' deaths at Mayem's hands and was blinded soon afterwards. At some point over the years, he ended up a slave that was regularly beaten for defying authority.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Siri cradles Lucenne before the latter dies.
* DistinguishingMark: Ahead of an Amazon attack, the kids' parents gave them each a tattoo on a hand so that they could be identified in the event of being separated. Hercules is later able to identify Siri as Ruun's sister, after seeing the bird tattoo on her hand.
* DoesNotLikeMen:Mayam Mayem and her band of evil Amazons to the point that no other Amazon tribe would team with them.them.
* {{Foil}}: Ephiny's appearance serves to contrast Mayem, demonstrating how most Amazons simply want to live their lives in peace and can be trustworthy allies to the heroes instead of a belligerent force attacking harmless villagers.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Siri openly dismisses Lucenne as completely ineffective and someone who has no place on the battlefield. When Mayem asks if she's worried about Lucenne's well-being, Siri insists she's worried about the tribe as a whole and not anyone in particular. In private, though, Siri gives Lucenne a pep talk about being an Amazon and later comforts her in her last moments.
* NoodleIncident: Mayem at the very least has seen Hercules before, as she can immediately identify him from a distance.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Lucenne to Siri right before dying.
* RedHerring: Lucenne is made to look like she'll be Ruun's sister, due to having the same hair color as the kid in the flashback, being hopelessly outclassed as an Amazon, and wondering about her birth family. She's not Ruun's sister, though; Siri is.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Though slavery is illegal in the featured region, the slave ring technically had permission to travel through to a place where it was legal. Given his distaste for slavery and the brutality he saw the ringleader about to inflict on a blind guy, Hercules has no problem dismantling this operation.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Ruun ended up a slave and was regularly beaten, with no sympathy shown to him for being blind. Hercules busts up this slave ring, saying he doesn't care if they're simply going to region where it is legal.
-->'''Hercules:''' It's still a problem. You see, I don't believe in slavery ''anywhere''.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Siri cradles Lucenne before the latter dies.
* DistinguishingMark: Ahead of an Amazon attack, the kids' parents gave them each a tattoo on a hand so that they could be identified in the event of being separated. Hercules is later able to identify Siri as Ruun's sister, after seeing the bird tattoo on her hand.
* DoesNotLikeMen:
* {{Foil}}: Ephiny's appearance serves to contrast Mayem, demonstrating how most Amazons simply want to live their lives in peace and can be trustworthy allies to the heroes instead of a belligerent force attacking harmless villagers.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Siri openly dismisses Lucenne as completely ineffective and someone who has no place on the battlefield. When Mayem asks if she's worried about Lucenne's well-being, Siri insists she's worried about the tribe as a whole and not anyone in particular. In private, though, Siri gives Lucenne a pep talk about being an Amazon and later comforts her in her last moments.
* NoodleIncident: Mayem at the very least has seen Hercules before, as she can immediately identify him from a distance.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Lucenne to Siri right before dying.
* RedHerring: Lucenne is made to look like she'll be Ruun's sister, due to having the same hair color as the kid in the flashback, being hopelessly outclassed as an Amazon, and wondering about her birth family. She's not Ruun's sister, though; Siri is.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Though slavery is illegal in the featured region, the slave ring technically had permission to travel through to a place where it was legal. Given his distaste for slavery and the brutality he saw the ringleader about to inflict on a blind guy, Hercules has no problem dismantling this operation.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Ruun ended up a slave and was regularly beaten, with no sympathy shown to him for being blind. Hercules busts up this slave ring, saying he doesn't care if they're simply going to region where it is legal.
-->'''Hercules:''' It's still a problem. You see, I don't believe in slavery ''anywhere''.
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* StrawFeminist: MayamMayem
* WhamShot: Siri having the bird tattoo on her hand.
* WouldHurtAChild: Mayem blinded Ruun as a child.
* WhamShot: Siri having the bird tattoo on her hand.
* WouldHurtAChild: Mayem blinded Ruun as a child.
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-> Written by Creator/RobertBielak
-> Directed by Creator/GaryJones
Hercules strives to reunite a boy with his sister residing with some renegade Amazons.
!Tropes
* DoesNotLikeMen: Mayam and her band of evil Amazons to the point that no other Amazon tribe would team with them.
* SpecialGuest: [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Ephiny]] makes her first appearance in the show
* StrawFeminist: Mayam
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed The Amazon Hokey-Pokey was not harmed during the production of this motion picture. In fact, this catchy number is now being performed in dance clubs around the country."]]''
-> Directed by Creator/GaryJones
Hercules strives to reunite a boy with his sister residing with some renegade Amazons.
!Tropes
* DoesNotLikeMen: Mayam and her band of evil Amazons to the point that no other Amazon tribe would team with them.
* SpecialGuest: [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Ephiny]] makes her first appearance in the show
* StrawFeminist: Mayam
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed The Amazon Hokey-Pokey was not harmed during the production of this motion picture. In fact, this catchy number is now being performed in dance clubs around the country."]]''
