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'''''Highlander: The Series''''' was the 1992-1997 series that was inspired by the popular ''{{Highlander}}'' film franchise. It starred Adrian Paul as Duncan Macleod, the younger kinsman of film central character Connor Macleod. Intially, there was uncertainty as to whether the film character would be recast or a new character created;even Adrian Paul wasn't certain who he would be playing for a time. But the decision was made to develop a whole new character for the series.
The central premise was a bit predictable at times; Duncan would encounter an old immortal enemy, or an immortal friend with someone after him, and the episode would end with Duncan battling his opponent and beheading them. Modern day scenes were intersparsed with flashbacks from earlier periods in Duncan's life, usually his first encounter with the enemy of the week. The constant violence did draw criticism at times, and eventually, the newtworks required that a couple of episodes each season end without a beheading. Even these episodes, however, still usually featured a situation that Duncan could only escape because he was immortal, Unfortunately, these episodes tend to be the least popular of the whole series.
There were some unavoidable {{Continuity Snarl}}s between the films and the series, though many things were retconned to fit in witih the series canon. Still, the series managed to be appealing to fans of the film franchise, and it gained a cult following that still exists today.
The central premise was a bit predictable at times; Duncan would encounter an old immortal enemy, or an immortal friend with someone after him, and the episode would end with Duncan battling his opponent and beheading them. Modern day scenes were intersparsed with flashbacks from earlier periods in Duncan's life, usually his first encounter with the enemy of the week. The constant violence did draw criticism at times, and eventually, the newtworks required that a couple of episodes each season end without a beheading. Even these episodes, however, still usually featured a situation that Duncan could only escape because he was immortal, Unfortunately, these episodes tend to be the least popular of the whole series.
There were some unavoidable {{Continuity Snarl}}s between the films and the series, though many things were retconned to fit in witih the series canon. Still, the series managed to be appealing to fans of the film franchise, and it gained a cult following that still exists today.
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'''''Highlander: The Series''''' was the 1992-1997 series that was inspired by the popular ''{{Highlander}}'' film franchise. It starred Adrian Paul as Duncan Macleod, the younger kinsman of film the film's central character character, Connor Macleod. Intially, Initially, there was uncertainty as to whether the film character would be recast or a new character created;even created; even Adrian Paul wasn't certain who he would be playing for a time. But the decision was made to develop a whole new character for the series.
The central premise was a bit predictable at times; Duncan would encounter an old immortal enemy, or an immortal friend with someone after him, and the episode would end with Duncan battling his opponent and beheading them. Modern day scenes wereintersparsed interspersed with flashbacks from earlier periods in Duncan's life, usually his first encounter with the enemy of the week. The constant violence did draw criticism at times, and eventually, the newtworks networks required that a couple of episodes each season end without a beheading. Even these episodes, however, still usually featured a situation that Duncan could only escape because he was immortal, Unfortunately, these episodes tend to be the least popular of the whole series.
There were some unavoidable {{Continuity Snarl}}s between the films and the series, though many things were retconned to fit inwitih with the series canon. Still, the series managed to be appealing to fans of the film franchise, and it gained a cult following that still exists today.
The central premise was a bit predictable at times; Duncan would encounter an old immortal enemy, or an immortal friend with someone after him, and the episode would end with Duncan battling his opponent and beheading them. Modern day scenes were
There were some unavoidable {{Continuity Snarl}}s between the films and the series, though many things were retconned to fit in
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Intially, the core cast was Duncan, played by Adrian Paul, Duncan's longtime lover Tessa Noel, played by Alexandra Vandernoot, and Richie Ryan, a streetwise teen befriended by Duncan after he attempted to break into Mac's antique shop. But Vandernoot didn't like the long commutes for the Canada half of the season, and chose to leave the series after season 1, when her father became ill. However, she did return for a two part plot as a Tessa lookalike MagicPlasticSurgery gambit intended to take Duncan out.
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There was a large InternetBackdraft and fan backlash following the death of one of the characters at the end of season 5, and many fans choose to deny the sixth season even exists. It is agreed that the show suffered a big drop in episode quality in season 6, whose episodes were primarly an attempt to find a female character other than Amanda to use in a spinoff. Intially, the character of Alex Raven was to be used, leading to the spinoff being named ''HighlanderTheRaven'', but it was ultimately decided to use Amanda anyway.
The series also featured in the fourth and fifth films, ''HighlanderEndgame'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'', neither of which was well recieved by fans.
The series also featured in the fourth and fifth films, ''HighlanderEndgame'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'', neither of which was well recieved by fans.
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There was a large InternetBackdraft and fan backlash following the death of one of the characters at the end of season 5, and many fans choose to deny the sixth season even exists. It is agreed that the show suffered a big drop in episode quality in season 6, whose episodes were primarly primarily an attempt to find a female character other than Amanda to use in a spinoff. Intially, Initially, the character of Alex Raven was to be used, leading to the spinoff being named ''HighlanderTheRaven'', but it was ultimately decided to use Amanda anyway.
The series also featured in the fourth and fifth films, ''HighlanderEndgame'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'', neither of which was wellrecieved received by fans.
The series also featured in the fourth and fifth films, ''HighlanderEndgame'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'', neither of which was well
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* TheGump: Immortality and a penchant for [[ChronicHeroSyndrome heroics]] put Duncan in the middle of ''a lot'' of historic confrontations.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Duncan. Sometimes to a fault. He couldn't kill an Immortal woman even though she killed many other people and tried to kill him.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Methos. I guess living for millenia has a tendency to make one a trifle cynical. He mellows a bit the more time he spends with [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Duncan]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: Methos.Methos has probably [[TheFogOfAges forgotten]] more about this trope than most people have learned. I guess living for millenia has a tendency to make one a trifle cynical. He mellows a bit the more time he spends with [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Duncan]].
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* Samurai: One of Duncan's teachers was a samurai, Hedeo Koto, from whom Duncan received his katana.
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* TheDrifter: After a while people start to notice that you never get a new wrinkle or grey hair, and it's time to pick up stakes and find a new place in which to settle for a decade or so.
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* TheGump: Immortality and a penchant for [[ChronicHeroSyndrome heroics]] put Duncan in the middle of ''a lot'' ofwars.historic confrontations.
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* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any normally fatal injury will cause an immortal to die and momentarily resurrect completely healed. Drowning, gunshot, hanging, burning, explosion, jump out a window: all minor inconveniences.
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* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any normally fatal injury will cause an immortal to die and momentarily resurrect completely healed. Drowning, gunshot, hanging, burning, explosion, jump out a window: all minor inconveniences.
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* LifeDrinker: Variant. Immortals don't need to suck the life out of people to stay alive, but if they behead another immortal they will absorb their knowledge and skill.
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* Crazy-Prepared: Surviving for centuries in a world where nearly everyone like you wants to kill you tends to make one more than a little wary.
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* Crazy-Prepared: Surviving for centuries in a world where nearly everyone like you wants to kill you tends to make one more than a little wary.
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* CulturedBadass: Duncan. In spades! A lover of opera, a reader of poetry, a bit of a gourmand, a lover of fine art, a skilled dancer, a collector of fine antiques, and is qualified to teach history at the college level. He's also fought in Waterloo, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, is trained in who-knows-how-many martial arts, and has survived for 400 years by chopping the heads off of his enemies with a katana.
** Justified - he's had plenty of time to develop all of these skills.
** Justified - he's had plenty of time to develop all of these skills.
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* TheGump: Immortality and a penchant for [[ChronicHeroSyndrome heroics]] put Duncan in the middle of ''a lot'' of wars.
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* TheAgeless: A potential immortal has to die first in order to resurrect, and whatever age they were is the age they remain once they are immortal.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Need a problem solver? Being harassed by lowlifes? Got an immortal psycho on your case? Want your fence painted? Just call Duncan Macleod!
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* CantLivewithThemCantLivewithoutThem: [[HeroProtagonist Duncan]] and [[FemmeFatale Amanda]] have a centuries-long off/on relationship, with her usually showing up when she needs his help to steal something, and him eventually helping her while trying to reform her. They genuinely care for each other, but neither is willing to change.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Methos. I guess living for millenia has a tendency to make one a trifle cynical. He mellows a bit the more time he spends with [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Duncan]].
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There were some unavoidable ContinuitySnarls {{Continuity Snarl}}s between the films and the series, though many things were retconned to fit in witih the series canon. Still, the series managed to be appealing to fans of the film franchise, and it gained a cult following that still exists today.
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Highlander:The Series was the 1992-1997 series that was inspired by the popular ''{{Highlander}}'' film franchise. It starred Adrian Paul as Duncan Macleod, the younger kinsman of film central character Connor Macleod. Intially, there was uncertainty as to whether the film character would be recast or a new character created;even Adrian Paul wasn't certain who he would be playing for a time. But the decision was made to develop a whole new character for the series.
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* EternalLove: The DeLioncourts, for the most part.
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* EternalLove: The DeLioncourts, [=DeLioncourts=], for the most part.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Obviously
* AnAxeToGrind: Caleb
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* TheCaper: Amanda, frequently
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* CoolCar: Duncan's TBird
* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Werner Stocker as Darius
* CoolCar: Duncan's TBird
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* Changeling: It was believed by his clan that Duncan was this
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* CoolCar: Duncan's
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* HotChickWithASword: Amanda
* IAmXSonOfY: Duncan's "I am Duncan Macleod of the Clan Macleod" is a variant of this
* ImmortalityHurts: Quite a few times. There was an immortal who got stranded on a desert island, one who got buried underwater...
* ImmortalityImmorality: Amanda at times, and quite a few others
* IHaveNoSon: Duncan's father
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Duncan's weapon of choice
* IAmXSonOfY: Duncan's "I am Duncan Macleod of the Clan Macleod" is a variant of this
* ImmortalityHurts: Quite a few times. There was an immortal who got stranded on a desert island, one who got buried underwater...
* ImmortalityImmorality: Amanda at times, and quite a few others
* IHaveNoSon: Duncan's father
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Duncan's weapon of choice
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* HotChickWithASword: Amanda
Amanda.
* IAmXSonOfY: Duncan's "I am Duncan Macleod of the Clan Macleod" is a variant ofthis
this.
* ImmortalityHurts: Quite a few times. There was an immortal who got stranded on a desert island, one who got buriedunderwater...
underwater....
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* IHaveNoSon: Duncan'sfather
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Duncan's weapon ofchoicechoice.
* IAmXSonOfY: Duncan's "I am Duncan Macleod of the Clan Macleod" is a variant of
* ImmortalityHurts: Quite a few times. There was an immortal who got stranded on a desert island, one who got buried
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* KleptomaniacHero: Arguably Amanda some of the time
* KnifeThrowingAct: Duncan and Amanda do this in the circus in one episode
* LesCopsSportif: During the French half
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* KleptomaniacHero: Arguably Amanda some of the time
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* KnifeThrowingAct: Duncan and Amanda do this in the circus in oneepisode
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* LesCopsSportif: During the Frenchhalfhalf.
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* MasterSwordsman: Many characters
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* MyGrandsonMyself:DuncanDuncan.
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* RiseFromYourGrave: Kanis
* TheScrappy: Arguably Richie
* {{Seppuku}}: Hideo Koto in 'The Samurai'
* StickyFingers: Amanda
* TheScrappy: Arguably Richie
* {{Seppuku}}: Hideo Koto in 'The Samurai'
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* RiseFromYourGrave: Kanis
* TheScrappy: Arguably Richie
Kanis.
* {{Seppuku}}: Hideo Koto in 'TheSamurai'
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: For some of the characters, anyway. Not to be confused with one of the Queen songs from the film
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The character page can be found [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/HighlanderTheSeries Here]]
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* LivingADoubleLife: Methos, for a while.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Like the film, the series got the location of the Macleod clan lands wrong, and also the chief living in the village with the clan. (unless Ian was an underchief, which is possible). Also the snowy Waterloo, an unavoidable weather issue during filming.
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Highlander:The Series was the 1992-1997 series that was inspired by the popular ''{{Highlander}}'' film franchise. It starred Adrian Paul as Duncan Macleod, the younger kinsman of film central character Connor Macleod. Intially, there was uncertainty as to whether the film character would be recast or a new character created;even Adrian Paul wasn't certain who he would be playing for a time. But the decision was made to develop a whole new character for the series.
The central premise was a bit predictable at times; Duncan would encounter an old immortal enemy, or an immortal friend with someone after him, and the episode would end with Duncan battling his opponent and beheading them. Modern day scenes were intersparsed with flashbacks from earlier periods in Duncan's life, usually his first encounter with the enemy of the week. The constant violence did draw criticism at times, and eventually, the newtworks required that a couple of episodes each season end without a beheading. Even these episodes, however, still usually featured a situation that Duncan could only escape because he was immortal, Unfortunately, these episodes tend to be the least popular of the whole series.
There were some unavoidable ContinuitySnarls between the films and the series, though many things were retconned to fit in witih the series canon. Still, the series managed to be appealing to fans of the film franchise, and it gained a cult following that still exists today.
The series was a French-Canadian co-production, which resulted in Duncan beginning each season in the fictional city of Seacouver, in the Pacific Northwest of North America, either the US or Canada. The name was actually AscendedFanon, the city originally had no name and the FanNickname combining Seattle and Vancouver was eventually adopted. Midway through the season, something would prompt Duncan to travel to Paris, where he would spend the rest of the season. The exception to this was Season 6, which took place entirely in Paris.
Intially, the core cast was Duncan, played by Adrian Paul, Duncan's longtime lover Tessa Noel, played by Alexandra Vandernoot, and Richie Ryan, a streetwise teen befriended by Duncan after he attempted to break into Mac's antique shop. But Vandernoot didn't like the long commutes for the Canada half of the season, and chose to leave the series after season 1, when her father became ill. However, she did return for a two part plot as a Tessa lookalike MagicPlasticSurgery gambit intended to take Duncan out.
The series' other two characters were introduced after Vandernoot's departure. Jim Byrnes played Joe Dawson, Duncan's friend and a member of the Watchers, a secret society dedicated to recording the lives of the immortals they studied. They were forbidden from contacting their subjects, but Joe and Duncan broke the rules and ultimately changed the group forever. Peter Wingfield played Methos, the 5,000 year old legendary immortal who was once "Death" of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and terrorized Bronze Age Europe. Another recurring character was Duncan's on and off lover Amanda Darieux, the 1,000yr old immortal ClassyCatBurglar whom Duncan once described as a 'bad habit'.
There was a large InternetBackdraft and fan backlash following the death of one of the characters at the end of season 5, and many fans choose to deny the sixth season even exists. It is agreed that the show suffered a big drop in episode quality in season 6, whose episodes were primarly an attempt to find a female character other than Amanda to use in a spinoff. Intially, the character of Alex Raven was to be used, leading to the spinoff being named ''HighlanderTheRaven'', but it was ultimately decided to use Amanda anyway.
The series also featured in the fourth and fifth films, ''HighlanderEndgame'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'', neither of which was well recieved by fans.
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This series provides examples of
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Obviously
* AnAxeToGrind: Caleb
* TheCaper: Amanda, frequently
* ClassyCatBurglar: Amanda.
* Changeling: It was believed by his clan that Duncan was this
* CoolCar: Duncan's TBird
* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Werner Stocker as Darius
* DisabledActorDisabledCharacter: Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson
* EternalLove: The DeLioncourts, for the most part.
* FakeNationality: A half British-half Italian playing a Scot. (Although Britain and Scotland are in the same nation, most would say it's different.)
* FakingTheDead
* Fanservice: Duncan frequently went shirtless, and was naked in a bathtub at least once.
* FaceHeelTurn: Methos, during the 'reunion of the Horsemen' arc.
* TheFogOfAges: Methos
* HeelFaceTurn: Methos, over the years.
* HeroesPreferSwords
* HotChickWithASword: Amanda
* IAmXSonOfY: Duncan's "I am Duncan Macleod of the Clan Macleod" is a variant of this
* ImmortalityHurts: Quite a few times. There was an immortal who got stranded on a desert island, one who got buried underwater...
* ImmortalityImmorality: Amanda at times, and quite a few others
* IHaveNoSon: Duncan's father
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Duncan's weapon of choice
* KilledOffForReal: Charlie and Tessa and Richie.
* KletomaniacHero: Arguably Amanda some of the time
* KnifeThrowingAct: Duncan and Amanda do this in the circus in one episode
* LesCopsSportif: During the French half
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: For some.
* MasterSwordsman: Many characters
* MyGrandsonMyself: Duncan
* NotHimself: Duncan, after the Dark Quickening.
* OffWithHisHead
* PoliceAreUseless
* PutOnABus: Charlie. Turned into TheBusCameBack and then BusCrash.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Pretty much every immortal. Especially Kenny, though.
* RiseFromYourGrave: Kanis
* TheScrappy: Arguably Richie
* Seppuku: Hideo Koto in 'The Samurai'
* StickyFingers: Amanda
* SoundOnlyDeath: To minimize the gore, we never saw anyone lose their head,only Duncan (or sometimes Methos or Amanda)swinging.
* SwordFight: OnceAnEpisode, practically
* SwordPointing
* SwordSparks
* VorpalWeakness
* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: Richie once, and several other minor characters
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: For some of the characters, anyway. Not to be confused with one of the Queen songs from the film
The central premise was a bit predictable at times; Duncan would encounter an old immortal enemy, or an immortal friend with someone after him, and the episode would end with Duncan battling his opponent and beheading them. Modern day scenes were intersparsed with flashbacks from earlier periods in Duncan's life, usually his first encounter with the enemy of the week. The constant violence did draw criticism at times, and eventually, the newtworks required that a couple of episodes each season end without a beheading. Even these episodes, however, still usually featured a situation that Duncan could only escape because he was immortal, Unfortunately, these episodes tend to be the least popular of the whole series.
There were some unavoidable ContinuitySnarls between the films and the series, though many things were retconned to fit in witih the series canon. Still, the series managed to be appealing to fans of the film franchise, and it gained a cult following that still exists today.
The series was a French-Canadian co-production, which resulted in Duncan beginning each season in the fictional city of Seacouver, in the Pacific Northwest of North America, either the US or Canada. The name was actually AscendedFanon, the city originally had no name and the FanNickname combining Seattle and Vancouver was eventually adopted. Midway through the season, something would prompt Duncan to travel to Paris, where he would spend the rest of the season. The exception to this was Season 6, which took place entirely in Paris.
Intially, the core cast was Duncan, played by Adrian Paul, Duncan's longtime lover Tessa Noel, played by Alexandra Vandernoot, and Richie Ryan, a streetwise teen befriended by Duncan after he attempted to break into Mac's antique shop. But Vandernoot didn't like the long commutes for the Canada half of the season, and chose to leave the series after season 1, when her father became ill. However, she did return for a two part plot as a Tessa lookalike MagicPlasticSurgery gambit intended to take Duncan out.
The series' other two characters were introduced after Vandernoot's departure. Jim Byrnes played Joe Dawson, Duncan's friend and a member of the Watchers, a secret society dedicated to recording the lives of the immortals they studied. They were forbidden from contacting their subjects, but Joe and Duncan broke the rules and ultimately changed the group forever. Peter Wingfield played Methos, the 5,000 year old legendary immortal who was once "Death" of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and terrorized Bronze Age Europe. Another recurring character was Duncan's on and off lover Amanda Darieux, the 1,000yr old immortal ClassyCatBurglar whom Duncan once described as a 'bad habit'.
There was a large InternetBackdraft and fan backlash following the death of one of the characters at the end of season 5, and many fans choose to deny the sixth season even exists. It is agreed that the show suffered a big drop in episode quality in season 6, whose episodes were primarly an attempt to find a female character other than Amanda to use in a spinoff. Intially, the character of Alex Raven was to be used, leading to the spinoff being named ''HighlanderTheRaven'', but it was ultimately decided to use Amanda anyway.
The series also featured in the fourth and fifth films, ''HighlanderEndgame'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'', neither of which was well recieved by fans.
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This series provides examples of
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Obviously
* AnAxeToGrind: Caleb
* TheCaper: Amanda, frequently
* ClassyCatBurglar: Amanda.
* Changeling: It was believed by his clan that Duncan was this
* CoolCar: Duncan's TBird
* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Werner Stocker as Darius
* DisabledActorDisabledCharacter: Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson
* EternalLove: The DeLioncourts, for the most part.
* FakeNationality: A half British-half Italian playing a Scot. (Although Britain and Scotland are in the same nation, most would say it's different.)
* FakingTheDead
* Fanservice: Duncan frequently went shirtless, and was naked in a bathtub at least once.
* FaceHeelTurn: Methos, during the 'reunion of the Horsemen' arc.
* TheFogOfAges: Methos
* HeelFaceTurn: Methos, over the years.
* HeroesPreferSwords
* HotChickWithASword: Amanda
* IAmXSonOfY: Duncan's "I am Duncan Macleod of the Clan Macleod" is a variant of this
* ImmortalityHurts: Quite a few times. There was an immortal who got stranded on a desert island, one who got buried underwater...
* ImmortalityImmorality: Amanda at times, and quite a few others
* IHaveNoSon: Duncan's father
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Duncan's weapon of choice
* KilledOffForReal: Charlie and Tessa and Richie.
* KletomaniacHero: Arguably Amanda some of the time
* KnifeThrowingAct: Duncan and Amanda do this in the circus in one episode
* LesCopsSportif: During the French half
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: For some.
* MasterSwordsman: Many characters
* MyGrandsonMyself: Duncan
* NotHimself: Duncan, after the Dark Quickening.
* OffWithHisHead
* PoliceAreUseless
* PutOnABus: Charlie. Turned into TheBusCameBack and then BusCrash.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Pretty much every immortal. Especially Kenny, though.
* RiseFromYourGrave: Kanis
* TheScrappy: Arguably Richie
* Seppuku: Hideo Koto in 'The Samurai'
* StickyFingers: Amanda
* SoundOnlyDeath: To minimize the gore, we never saw anyone lose their head,only Duncan (or sometimes Methos or Amanda)swinging.
* SwordFight: OnceAnEpisode, practically
* SwordPointing
* SwordSparks
* VorpalWeakness
* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: Richie once, and several other minor characters
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: For some of the characters, anyway. Not to be confused with one of the Queen songs from the film
