History Series / FlashGordon2007

* SchizoTech: Mongo has managed to develop interdimensional travel without also developing ground transportation. Almost all travel on Mongo seems to be done on foot in this version. [[RememberedICouldFly Good thing Flash is an Olympic-level distance runner.]]
** Justified in that Ming does not want the people to have access to transportation that can be used against him. The few people who have automobiles are wealthy trade merchants.
** Also: Mongo has all kinds of advanced technology, including the above-mentioned interdimensional travel... but the ability to build water-treatment and purification plants has somehow eluded them?
** Justified in that his portal technology was created by an earth physicist who first created it himself and sent himself to Mongo accidentally. Using this physicist Ming was able to recreate the portal technology, and possibly also make the sci-fi weapon technology he uses, but it's unsurprising that the scientist didn't invent cars or water treatment plants for him. [[spoiler:Subverted in that the scientist did in fact invent a water treatment plant while there.]]

* {{Fanservice}}: Baylin oiling her naked body in Flash's backyard. [[MaleGaze The camera lingers on her]] [[ShesGotLegs shapely legs]] and gives a few SideBoob shoots.

* BathKick: An unusual example at the end of "Pride". When Baylin is taking an "oil bath" she's nude reclining on a chair and lifts her leg so she can clean it as if she were on a bathtub.

** Barin, the leader of the Verden, is also a pretty good fighter. Better than Flash, at any rate. He is played by Creaator/SteveBacic, after all.

* BathKick: An unusual example at the end of "Pride". When Bailyn is taking an "oil bath" she's nude reclining on a chair and lifts her leg so she can clean it as if she were on a bathtub.

* EatingTheEyecandy: Flash does this to Bailyn when he catches her taking an "oil bath". He stares until [[ClingyJealousGirl Dale]] pulls him away.

* Steven "Flash" Gordon (Eric Johnson), whose scientist father supposedly died in a mysterious accident.

* Dr. Hans Zarkov (Jody Racicot), Flash's father's eccentric research assistant.
* Ming (John Ralston), ruler of Mongo (not officially called "The Merciless").

* Princess Aura (Anna van Hooft), Ming's daughter.

* AdaptationNameChange: Of a sort. By all appearances, "Flash" was his real name in the comic strip. Here it is a nickname with his given name being Steven."

* Dale Arden (Gina Holden), a reporter and Flash's ex-girlfriend.

** Barin, the leader of the Verden, is also a pretty good fighter. Better than Flash, at any rate. He is played by Steve Bacic, after all.

* BlackBestFriend: Nick. See also SocialCircleFiller.

* NoMacGuffinNoWinnerL Flash invokes this scenario to make Aura think the Imex is destroyed.

* MsFanservice: Princess Aura--''bathing in olive oil?''

** Both of the [[http://flashgordon.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_110:_Conspiracy_Theory TV stations]] shown are obsessed with ratings and Dale's attempts to promote the value of integrity are ignored. Dale's [[http://flashgordon.wikia.com/wiki/Susan_Glass competitor]] is the eye candy news piece.

* Baylin (Karen Cliche), a bounty hunter from Mongo (a new character introduced for the series).

* KlingonPromotion: Ming is dissapointed with Aura when she ''doesn't'' do it when he's incapacitated. In his mind, this indicates she's not fit to rule.

* PoorMansSubstitute: Jonathan Lloyd Walker for Gary Oldman.

* RedRightHand

** Both of the [[http://flashgordon.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_110:_Conspiracy_Theory TV stations]] shown are obsessed with ratings and Dale's attempts to promote the value of integrity are ignored. Dale's [[http://flashgordon.wikia.com/wiki/Susan_Glass competitor]] is the HotScoop.

* TooDumbToLive: Joe Wylee, the police detective, attempts to expose Mongo's existence without reliable evidence and is surprised when he is suspended. Later he steals a rift key to gather evidence and nearly dies on Mongo. He never considers that his evidence will be viewed as a [[WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture forgery]]. However, after traveling to Mongo he does say that he would not have believed the truth about the rift portals if he had not experienced it.

* Steven "Flash" Gordon (Eric Johnson), whose scientist father supposed died in a mysterious accident.

* MadScientist: Zarkov, as usual, but this time he's also the ConspiracyTheorist (which is how he got fired from government research). Rankol also plays with this trope [[spoiler:which seems to be yet another layer in his {{Chessmaster}} strategy.]]

* Steven "Flash" Gordon (Eric Johnson), whose scientist father died in a mysterious accident.

In the beginning, the show had a MonsterOfTheWeek format. After negative critical reactions, a mid-season {{retool}} shifted the focus to a Mongo-based story arc. Despite this effort, ''Flash Gordon'' was canceled after one season, ending on a cliffhanger.

* MadScientist: Zarkov, as usual, but this time he's also the StalkerWithACrush (which is how he got fired from government research). The resulting character is creepier than the sum of its parts. Rankol also plays with this trope [[spoiler:which seems to be yet another layer in his {{Chessmaster}} strategy.]]

*** Consider real-life communist nations. Only the wealthy and politically powerful had access to cars. While this policy certainly varied by nation, transportation was limited to the politically reliable (ministers) and when it was needed (police).
*** Even communist nations had buses and trains for the common masses, however. Ming's regime is deliberately inefficient.

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