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-> Written by Creator/AdamArmus and Creator/NoraKayFoster
-> Directed by Creator/GarthMaxwell and Creator/JoshBecker



* TemporaryBlindness: Xena a third of the way into the episode. She is on the clock to prevent it from going permanent.

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* TemporaryBlindness: Xena a third of the way into the episode. She is on the clock to prevent it from going permanent.permanent.
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[CartwrightCurse Once again, Gabrielle's luck with men was harmed during the production of this motion picture.]]''
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* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: While acting as princess, Apex and Largos tries to teach her how to curtsy. She fails at every attempt she makes. When she later tells Xena to try and curtsy herself, Xena nails it.

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* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: While acting as princess, Apex and Largos tries to teach her Gabrielle how to curtsy. She fails at every attempt she makes. When she later tells Xena to try and curtsy herself, Xena nails it.
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* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: While acting as princess, Apex and Largos tries to teach her how to curtsy. She fails at every attempt she makes When she later tells Xena to try and curtsy herself, Xena nails it.

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* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: While acting as princess, Apex and Largos tries to teach her how to curtsy. She fails at every attempt she makes makes. When she later tells Xena to try and curtsy herself, Xena nails it.
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* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: While acting as princess, Apex and Largos tries to teach her how to curtsy. She fails at every attempt she makes When she later tells Xena to try and curtsy herself, Xena nails it.
-->'''Gabrielle:''' [[GreenEyedMonster I hate you... in a good way.]]
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* GoodFeelsGood: Palaemon throughout the course of the story. He ultimately decides to give being a hero a shot.


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* HeroKiller: Palaemon wants to be this. He reasons that killing Xena will give him a major reputation among those who look up to her and those who still fear her.


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* {{Irony}}: In the end, Palaemon says he was technically right all along. He did learn something from Xena out of all this, just about what kind of person he should be.
* LampshadeHanging: Apex says the kingdom traditionally has Queens that are blue-eyed blondes. Gabrielle points out she's more of a redhead.


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* ThePowerOfFriendship: Xena risks permanent blindness in order to save Gabrielle now rather than later.
* PragmaticVillainy: Palaemon immediately refuses to kill a blinded Xena because he wouldn't get any glory that way and says it needs to be a fair fight.


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* ProperlyParanoid: Gabrielle finds it suspicious that a king would want to marry a commoner off the street.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Xena has to put up with Palaemon in order to save Gabrielle.
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* ChainedHeat: Xena handcuffs Palaemon to keep him from escaping. The trope becomes more apparent when she goes after Gabrielle's captors and especially when she goes blind.

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* ChainedHeat: Xena handcuffs ties up Palaemon to Gabrielle's staff to keep him from escaping. The trope becomes more apparent when she goes after Gabrielle's captors and especially when she goes blind.
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Xena is tested by a man named Palaemon. Capturing and selling off Gabrielle, he aims to be Xena's greatest nemesis.

* ChainedHeat: Xena handcuffs Palaemon to keep him from escaping. The trope becomes more apparent when she goes after Gabrielle's captors and especially when she goes blind.
* HandicappedBadass: The blindness hardly slowed her down.
* ImYourBiggestFan: Not exactly flattering to Xena as Palaemon is also a fan of her more nefarious works.
* MurderByCremation: Attempted on Gabrielle.
* OfCorpseHesAlive: Apex has been keeping the king's death a secret for some time. Even Gabrielle didn't know when she initially talked to the body.
* PrincessForADay: Her captors plan to have her marry the king.
* TemporaryBlindness: Xena a third of the way into the episode. She is on the clock to prevent it from going permanent.

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