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* TomatoSurprise: Xena's friends who want her to recover the chest are [[spoiler:the Jews]].
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->''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No Ancient and Inflexible Rules governing moral behavior were harmed during the production of this motion picture.]]''

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->''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed ->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No Ancient and Inflexible Rules governing moral behavior were harmed during the production of this motion picture.]]''
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* TheReveal: The chest is [[spoiler:the Ark of the Covenant]].

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* TheReveal: The chest is [[spoiler:the Ark of the Covenant]].Covenant]].
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* CommonalityConnection: Both Xena and Autolycus know what it's like to lose a brother.



* NotSoDifferent: Both Xena and Autolycus know what it's like to lose a brother.
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Directed by Creator/JohnCameron

Written by Creator/StevenLSears

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per Trope Repair Shop, Jerkass Facade is being cut in favor of Hidden Heart Of Gold / Jerk With A Heart Of Gold.


* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Autolycus in spades. He's boastful and obnoxious, but also far sweeter than Xena or Gabrielle expected.
* JerkassFacade: Autolycus takes a hefty reward from Xena's friends in exchange for his services. In the end, when they're not looking, he puts the pouch back in their wagon.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Autolycus in spades. He's boastful and obnoxious, but also far sweeter than Xena or Gabrielle expected.
* JerkassFacade: Autolycus
expected. For example, he takes a hefty reward from Xena's friends in exchange for his services. In the end, when they're not looking, he puts the pouch back in their wagon.
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* ImpersonationGambit: The plan to get into the castle is for Autolycus to pose as Sinteres, a noted assassin, with Xena coming along as his assistant. Things get messy when Prognese (one of the other attendees) has a score to settle with Sinteres and especially when the real Sinteres shows up.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Sinteres is known for using unlikely items to kill people, including toothpicks, an apricot, and a rose petal. Reconstructed in that he's an infamous assassin, so he apparently knows how to use these "weapons" effectively.


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* PressurePoint: Like Xena, Sinteres knows all about pressure points and how to use them to effortlessly kill someone if he so chooses.
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* BetterAsFriends: Autolycus is surprised that Hercules would just let a knockout like Xena walk away. Though not going into all the details, Xena says it wasn't that simple, but that she and Hercules simply recognize a relationship just wouldn't work. However, Autolycus wonders if they're simply deluding themselves.



* TheReveal: The chest is [[spoiler:the Ark of the Covenant]].

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* TheReveal: The chest is [[spoiler:the Ark of the Covenant]].
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Xena enlists the aid of Autolycus, the cunning "king of thieves," to recover a priceless chest containing a weapon of awesome power from the evil warlord Malthus.

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Xena enlists the aid of Autolycus, the cunning "king of thieves," to recover a priceless chest containing a weapon of awesome power from the evil warlord Malthus.Malthus.

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* IOweYouMyLife: Xena feels obligated to her friends for selflessly taking care of her after a nasty battle and defending her from an enemy.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Autolycus in spades. He's boastful and obnoxious, but also far sweeter than Xena or Gabrielle expected.
* JerkassFacade: Autolycus takes a hefty reward from Xena's friends in exchange for his services. In the end, when they're not looking, he puts the pouch back in their wagon.
* NotSoDifferent: Both Xena and Autolycus know what it's like to lose a brother.
* ParentalAbandonment: Autolycus says his father was killed before he was born and that his mother died when he was eight.
* TheReveal: The chest is [[spoiler:the Ark of the Covenant]].
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Xena enlists the aid of Autolycus, the cunning "king of thieves," to recover a priceless chest containing a weapon of awesome power from the evil warlord Malthus.

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