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%%* * PerpetuallyShinyBodies: Conan.Conan, who was not only perpetually shirtless, but lathered up with posing oil.

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* BastardUnderstudy: At least one of Hissah Zul's sorcerer allies/former apprentices touched on this trope.

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* BastardUnderstudy: At least one of Hissah Zul's sorcerer allies/former apprentices touched on this trope.almost openly plotted against him.



* TheChosenOne: Conan.

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* TheChosenOne: Conan.Conan is the devoted Chosen One of Crom, much to the contrary of both Howard's stories (where Conan was indifferent to the gods) and the first Arnold movie (where Conan prayed to Crom exactly once, and his prayer was basically [[BlasphemousBoast "Grant me vengeance against my enemies, or to hell with you!"]]).



* CurbStompBattle: Conan's fights usually end this way, as he rarely encounters foes who are anything more than speedbumps to him. In fairness, this was also true of Howard's original Conan.



%%* OpeningNarration: Explains Conan's backstory.

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%%* * OpeningNarration: Explains Every episode opens with a brief one explaining (this version of) Conan's backstory.origin.



* SorcerousOverlord: Hissah Zul is a particularly brutal and tyrannical example of this trope.

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* SorcerousOverlord: Hissah Zul is a particularly brutal and tyrannical example of this trope.trope, but evil ruling wizards of one stripe or another were common villains.
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* AlienBlood: Yag-Kosha has green blood.


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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Otli joins Conan after years of being mistreated by the evil wizard Yara.
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* OpeningNarration: Explains Conan's backstory.
* PerpetuallyShinyBodies: Conan.

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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Conan spends the vast majority of his screentime without a shirt of any kind.

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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Conan spends the vast majority of his screentime without a shirt (or even pants) of any kind.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: One of the episodes is an adaptation of the 2nd issue of the Marvel Comics Conan comic series (written by Roy Thomas, who served as producer on the TV show). In the comic, the man who leads the slave uprising against the ape-men is ultimately slain (and Conan posthumously crowns him the first king of the liberated people), but in the show he survives.
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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: During a BarFight in one episode, someone hits Conan in the back with a chair. Unlike most examples of this trope, however, it only succeeds in pissing Conan off.

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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: During a BarFight BarBrawl in one episode, someone hits Conan in the back with a chair. Unlike most examples of this trope, however, it only succeeds in pissing Conan off.
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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: During a BarFight in one episode, someone hits Conan in the back with a chair. Unlike most examples of this trope, however, it only succeeds in pissing Conan off.


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* ServileSnarker: Hissah Zul's familiar, the Skull-That-Talks, was often a less than enthusiastic servant for his master.
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* SorcerousOverlord: Hissah Zul is a particularly brutal and tyrannical example of this trope.


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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Conan spends the vast majority of his screentime without a shirt of any kind.
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* FollowTheLeader: Attempts to imitate the style of ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.



* PoorMansSubstitute: Thickly accented German bodybuilder Ralf Möller for thickly accented Austrian bodybuilder Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
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* VirginPower: One of Conan's many doomed love interests starts out a virgin warrior who can magically adorn herself with impenetrable armor and gain incredible strength and speed. She and Conan eventually fall in love and have sex. She later dies after being captured, because she couldn't do the armor thing anymore. At least he got laid that time?

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* VirginPower: One of Conan's many doomed love interests starts out a virgin warrior who can magically adorn herself with impenetrable armor and gain incredible strength and speed. She and Conan eventually fall in love and have sex. She later dies after being captured, because she couldn't do the armor thing anymore. At least he she got laid that time?
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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. It was but one of many late 90s fantasy shows that [[FollowTheLeader followed in the wake]] of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', and a total of 22 episodes were produced.

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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was is a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. It was but one of many late 90s fantasy shows that [[FollowTheLeader followed in the wake]] of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', and a total of 22 episodes were produced.

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The show was loosely based on the first ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' movie (which in turn was loosely based on Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' stories), and followed the adventures of the titular Conan and his friends as they attempted to free the land of the evil wizard [[EvilOverlord Hissah Zul]].

[-''For the animated series that aired in the early 1990s, see [[WesternAnimation/ConanTheAdventurer here]].''-]

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The show was loosely based on the first ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' movie (which in turn was loosely based on Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' stories), and followed the adventures of the titular Conan Cimmerian warrior (played by Creator/RalfMoeller) and his friends as they attempted to free the land of the evil wizard [[EvilOverlord Hissah Zul]].

[-''For For the animated series that aired in of the early 1990s, same name, see [[WesternAnimation/ConanTheAdventurer here]].''-]
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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. It was but one of many late 90's fantasy shows that [[FollowTheLeader followed in the wake]] of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', and a total of 22 episodes were produced.

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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. It was but one of many late 90's 90s fantasy shows that [[FollowTheLeader followed in the wake]] of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', and a total of 22 episodes were produced.
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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. It was but one of many late 90's fantasy shows that [[FollowTheLeader followed in the wake]] of ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', and a total of 22 episodes were produced.

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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. It was but one of many late 90's fantasy shows that [[FollowTheLeader followed in the wake]] of ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', and a total of 22 episodes were produced.
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The show was loosely based on the first ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' movie (which in turn was loosely based on Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' stories), and followed the adventures of the titular Conan and his friends as they attempted to free the land of the evil wizard [[EvilOverlord Hissah Zul]].

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The show was loosely based on the first ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' movie (which in turn was loosely based on Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' stories), and followed the adventures of the titular Conan and his friends as they attempted to free the land of the evil wizard [[EvilOverlord Hissah Zul]].
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The show was loosely based on the first ''ConanTheBarbarian'' movie (which in turn was loosely based on Creator/RobertEHoward's ''ConanTheBarbarian'' stories), and followed the adventures of the titular Conan and his friends as they attempted to free the land of the evil wizard [[EvilOverlord Hissah Zul]].

[-''For the animated series that aired in the early 1990s, see [[WesternAnimation.ConanTheAdventurer here]].''-]

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The show was loosely based on the first ''ConanTheBarbarian'' ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' movie (which in turn was loosely based on Creator/RobertEHoward's ''ConanTheBarbarian'' ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' stories), and followed the adventures of the titular Conan and his friends as they attempted to free the land of the evil wizard [[EvilOverlord Hissah Zul]].

[-''For the animated series that aired in the early 1990s, see [[WesternAnimation.ConanTheAdventurer [[WesternAnimation/ConanTheAdventurer here]].''-]



* FollowTheLeader: Attempts to imitate the style of ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.
* LighterAndSofter: Than the original ''ConanTheBarbarian''.

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* FollowTheLeader: Attempts to imitate the style of ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.
''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.
* LighterAndSofter: Than the original ''ConanTheBarbarian''.''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}''.

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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. A total of 22 episodes. The characters are loosely based on Creator/RobertEHoward's ''ConanTheBarbarian'' stories, with elements taken from the movie and other adaptations.

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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. A It was but one of many late 90's fantasy shows that [[FollowTheLeader followed in the wake]] of ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', and a total of 22 episodes. episodes were produced.

The characters are show was loosely based on the first ''ConanTheBarbarian'' movie (which in turn was loosely based on Creator/RobertEHoward's ''ConanTheBarbarian'' stories, with elements taken from stories), and followed the movie adventures of the titular Conan and other adaptations.
his friends as they attempted to free the land of the evil wizard [[EvilOverlord Hissah Zul]].



* CompositeCharacter: Karella is based on Bêlit of the short stories and Valeria of the films.

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* BastardUnderstudy: At least one of Hissah Zul's sorcerer allies/former apprentices touched on this trope.
* BloodlessCarnage: Conan and his friends regularly mow down large groups of faceless mooks, but blood was a rare sight.
* TheChosenOne: Conan.
* CompositeCharacter: Karella is based on was inspired by Bêlit of the short stories and Valeria of the films.first movie.
* EvilTwin: One villain's plot to destroy Conan involved evil clones.
* EvilOverlord: Practically every sorcerer Conan's band encounters falls into this category, but above all Hissah Zul.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Conan gets more than one shot at Hissah Zul over the series, but always fails for one reason or another. [[spoiler: Until the last episode.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Scantily-clad models and hot actresses were common guest stars throughout the series. For the ladies, Conan himself went ''everywhere'' clad in little more than a furry loincloth.



* LostInImitation: Conan in ''Series/ConanTheAdventurer'' is based heavily on the character from the movies -- which had already altered the characterization from the original stories -- and adds further elements that separate it from the original stories, with Conan becoming Crom's Chosen One fighting the Evil Empire.

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* LostInImitation: The series got hit twice by this trope. First, Conan in ''Series/ConanTheAdventurer'' is based heavily on the character from the movies -- which had already altered the characterization from the original stories -- and adds further elements that separate water it down from the original stories, with Conan becoming Crom's Chosen One fighting the Evil Empire.Empire. On top of that, reviewers generally compared the series poorly to ''Hercules''.



* PerpetuallyShinyBodies: Conan.



* VirginPower: One of Conans many doomed love interests starts out a virgin warrior who can magically adorn herself with impenetrable armor and gain incredible strength and speed. She and Conan eventually fall in love and have sex. She later dies after being captured, because she couldn't do the armor thing anymore. At least he got laid that time?

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* VirginPower: One of Conans Conan's many doomed love interests starts out a virgin warrior who can magically adorn herself with impenetrable armor and gain incredible strength and speed. She and Conan eventually fall in love and have sex. She later dies after being captured, because she couldn't do the armor thing anymore. At least he got laid that time?
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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. A total of 22 episodes. The characters are loosely based on RobertEHoward's ''ConanTheBarbarian'' stories, with elements taken from the movie and other adaptations.

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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. A total of 22 episodes. The characters are loosely based on RobertEHoward's Creator/RobertEHoward's ''ConanTheBarbarian'' stories, with elements taken from the movie and other adaptations.
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* PoorMansSubstitute: Thickly accented German bodybuilder Ralf Möller for thickly accented Austrian bodybuilder ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

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* PoorMansSubstitute: Thickly accented German bodybuilder Ralf Möller for thickly accented Austrian bodybuilder ArnoldSchwarzenegger.Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
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The complete series is currently available on [[http://www.hulu.com/conan Hulu]].
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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. The characters are loosely based on RobertEHoward's ''ConanTheBarbarian'' stories, with elements taken from the movie and other adaptations.

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''Conan the Adventurer'', originally titled ''Conan'', was a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1997 to 1998. A total of 22 episodes. The characters are loosely based on RobertEHoward's ''ConanTheBarbarian'' stories, with elements taken from the movie and other adaptations.
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[-''For the animated series that aired in the early 1990s, see [[WesternAnimation.ConanTheAdventurer here]].''-]

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