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''The Adventures of Sinbad'' is roughly a retelling of the adventures of Sinbad from "The Arabian Nights." It started in 1996, hoping to follow in on the popularity of ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''. It did not, lasting only two seasons and a total of 44 episodes.

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''The Adventures of Sinbad'' is roughly a retelling of the adventures of Sinbad from "The Arabian Nights.Literature/ArabianNights." It started in 1996, hoping to follow in on the popularity of ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''. It did not, lasting only two seasons and a total of 44 episodes.
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* SmurfettePrinciple: Maeve is the only girl in the group first season. Bryn is the only girl in the group in the second season.
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''The Adventures of Sinbad'' is roughly a retelling of the adventures of Sinbad from "The Arabian Nights." It started in 1996, hoping to follow in on the popularity of ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''. It did not, lasting only two seasons and a total of 44 episodes.

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''The Adventures of Sinbad'' is roughly a retelling of the adventures of Sinbad from "The Arabian Nights." It started in 1996, hoping to follow in on the popularity of ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''. It did not, lasting only two seasons and a total of 44 episodes.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatVoice: Doubar is portrayed by George Buza who voiced Beast in the X-Men Animated series.
** One Shot villain Malek is portrayed by Anthony De Longis who would later voice [[VideoGame/FearEffect Deke]] and (much later) [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption Marshall Johnson]] and [[VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} General Sarrano]].
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* BoundAndGagged: Maeve in one episode when she was captured by vikings ([[HeyItsThatGuy one of whom was]] Wrestling/BretHart. No seriously) as a sacrifice to free their ship from a [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad special effect]].

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* BoundAndGagged: Maeve in one episode when she was captured by vikings ([[HeyItsThatGuy one (one of whom was]] was Wrestling/BretHart. No seriously) as a sacrifice to free their ship from a [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad special effect]].
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** One Shot villain Malek is portrayed by Anthony De Longis who would later voice [[VideoGame/FearEffect Deke]] and (much later) [[RedDeadRedemption Marshall Johnson]] and [[VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} General Sarrano]].

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** One Shot villain Malek is portrayed by Anthony De Longis who would later voice [[VideoGame/FearEffect Deke]] and (much later) [[RedDeadRedemption [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption Marshall Johnson]] and [[VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} General Sarrano]].
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* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Sinbad, as the leader of the group
** TheLancer: Doubar, as Sinbad's older and somewhat wiser and more level-headed brother.
** TheSmartGuy: Firouz, alchemist and tinkerer who couldn't fight worth a damn
** TheBigGuy: Rongar - though he wasn't as physically strong as Doubar he was the most skillful fighter in the group
** TheChick: Maeve, later Bryn. Both were sorceresses, and Maeve was also a harmonizing aspect in the group.
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* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Sinbad
** TheLancer: Doubar (although he overlaps with TheBigGuy)
** TheSmartGuy: Firouz
** TheBigGuy: Rongar
** TheChick: Maeve, later Bryn

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Just added the change in look of S Inbad for Hotter and Sexier


* HotterAndSexier: The show tried to advertise Season 2 as this, mostly by lots of fanservice shots of Bryn in the commercials.

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* HotterAndSexier: The show tried to advertise Season 2 as this, mostly by lots of fanservice shots of Bryn in the commercials.
**Sinbad himself also got a change in look to make him sexier. In season 1, he was a clean-shaven, short-haired pretty boy. In season 2, he looks more like a bad boy: his hair is shoulder-length, he has a five o'clock shadow and his sleeves are a lot shorter, exposing his biceps.
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* UnscrupulousHero: Sinbad was very deliberately changed (arguably derailed) into one of these for the second season to fit in with the darker and edgier aesthetic the producers were aiming at.
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* RedShirt: It's pretty usual to see a poor unnamed crewman falling off the ship during a storm scene. The only notable rescue attempt was for Maeve.
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* BoundAndGagged: Maeve in one episode when she was captured by vikings ([[HeyItsThatGuy one of whom was]] BretHart. No seriously) as a sacrifice to free their ship from a [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad special effect]].

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* BoundAndGagged: Maeve in one episode when she was captured by vikings ([[HeyItsThatGuy one of whom was]] BretHart.Wrestling/BretHart. No seriously) as a sacrifice to free their ship from a [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad special effect]].
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** One Shot villain Malek is portrayed by Anthony De Longis who would later voice [[FearEffect Deke]] and (much later) [[RedDeadRedemption Marshall Johnson]] and [[VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} General Sarrano]].

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** One Shot villain Malek is portrayed by Anthony De Longis who would later voice [[FearEffect [[VideoGame/FearEffect Deke]] and (much later) [[RedDeadRedemption Marshall Johnson]] and [[VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} General Sarrano]].
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Doubar, when he meets Sinbad in prison,is so excited that he rips a hole in the wall he was bound to. He and Sinbad have an entire conversation without noticing all of the other prisoners trying to escape out the hole, then a bunch of guards swarming to stop them.
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''The Adventures of Sinbad'' is roughly a retelling of the adventures of Sinbad from "The Arabian Nights." It started in 1996, hoping to follow in on the popularity of ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''. It did not, lasting only two seasons. Ending in 1998. A total of 44 episodes.

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''The Adventures of Sinbad'' is roughly a retelling of the adventures of Sinbad from "The Arabian Nights." It started in 1996, hoping to follow in on the popularity of ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''. It did not, lasting only two seasons. Ending in 1998. A seasons and a total of 44 episodes.
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* TheStrengthOfTenMen: Doubar.
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* StoutStrength: Doubar.
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OOC Is Serious Business might not be the right trope for this.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Rongar isn't literally mute. He can't talk [[spoiler:because he doesn't have a tongue]], but he can scream. If he does, the business at hand is most certainly serious - he screamed when Mustapha was killed, and when he ran into some of the men who'd run him out of his kingdom.

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* ArcVillain: Turok in the opening two-parter. He also made a dismembered guest appearance in the Season 1 Finale.



* BigBad: Turok, only for the first two episodes, and he made a dismembered guest appearance in the Season 1 Finale.

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* BigBad: Turok, only for the first two episodes, and he made a dismembered guest appearance in the Season 1 Finale.Rumina


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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: A few extras are occasionally seen aboard the ship, but even then, it's always the FiveManBand going ashore and getting into adventures.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: At least everyone on the team got one.



* ArbitraryScepticism: Firouz. He's not fazed by sorcerers, magic, the devil, demons, or Olympian-style ''gods'', but ghosts? They don't exist even when they're standing right in front of him.
* ADayInTheLimelight: At least everyone on the team got one.

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* ArbitraryScepticism: ArbitrarySkepticism: Firouz. He's not fazed by sorcerers, magic, the devil, demons, or Olympian-style ''gods'', but ghosts? They don't exist even when they're standing right in front of him.
* ADayInTheLimelight: At least everyone on the team got one.
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* CharacterAsHimself: Dermott



* MrFanservice: Rongar. The actor who portrayed him, Oris Erhuro, is pretty much a real life example of it.
* MsFanservice: Bryn.



* FoeYay: Rumina hates Sinbad for killing her daddy, but we all know she wants to get into his pants.



* GadgeteerGenius: Firouz. When Sinbad visits him in the premiere, Firouz is already working on a flying machine and giving thought to a doorbell.



* LesYay: Rumina, while she was disguised as Sinbad to seduce Maeve in Basra.

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* LesYay: Rumina, while she was disguised as ImprobableAimingSkills: Rongar. Sinbad initially opposes him joining the crew because knife throwing would be dangerous in close combat, but Rongar impresses him with his extremely precise aim.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Price Cassim in the opening two-parter. He's a royal pain at first, but he is willing
to seduce Maeve in Basra.risk his life for his fiancée and becomes genuinely apologetic about past misdeeds.


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* ManHug: In the pilot, Doubar greets Sinbad by walking across the room (despite being chained to the wall) and giving him a massive hug.
* MrFanservice: Rongar. The actor who portrayed him, Oris Erhuro, is pretty much a real life example of it.
* MsFanservice: Bryn.


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* NotQuiteDead: Sinbad himself was thought dead by everyone when his ship went down. He doesn't remember much of what happened, but he woke up on an island with a strange bracelet on his wrist. By the time he was rescued, two years had passed.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Caliph in the first episode has nothing but respect for Sinbad and is quite displeased to learn what his obnoxious son has been up to.


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* ScaryBlackMan: Rongar is tall, strong and an expert knife thrower.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Maeve and Dermott


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* WalkingTheEarth: Sailing, of course. Sinbad is always eager to have an adventure or to explore.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: The series begins with Sinbad returning home after being lost at sea for two years. His home and possessions have been confiscated, while a series of new rules and laws have made life frustrating for many.
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* MsFanservice: Bryn.


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* FlatCharacter: Bryn, despite her gratuitous cleavage. Mostly because she didn't have much characterization beyond aforementioned cleavage.
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* RaceLift: Sinbad and his brother Doubar, and really most people residing in Bagdhad are very, very caucasian people.
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** One Shot villain Malek is portrayed by Anthony De Longis who would later voice [[FearEffect Deke]] and (much later) [[RedDeadRedemption Marshall Johnson]] and [[{{Bulletstorm}} General Sarrano]].

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** One Shot villain Malek is portrayed by Anthony De Longis who would later voice [[FearEffect Deke]] and (much later) [[RedDeadRedemption Marshall Johnson]] and [[{{Bulletstorm}} [[VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} General Sarrano]].
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Rongar. The actor who portrayed him, Oris Erhuro, is pretty much a real life example of it.

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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: MrFanservice: Rongar. The actor who portrayed him, Oris Erhuro, is pretty much a real life example of it.
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* BoundAndGagged: Maeve in one episode when she was captured by vikings ([[HeyItsThatGuy one of whom was BretHart]]. No seriously) as a sacrifice to free their ship from a [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad special effect]].

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* BoundAndGagged: Maeve in one episode when she was captured by vikings ([[HeyItsThatGuy one of whom was BretHart]].was]] BretHart. No seriously) as a sacrifice to free their ship from a [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad special effect]].
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Doubar is portrayed by George Buza who voiced Beast in the X-Men Animated series.
** One Shot villain Malek is portrayed by Anthony De Longis who would later voice [[FearEffect Deke]] and (much later) [[RedDeadRedemption Marshall Johnson]] and [[{{Bulletstorm}} General Sarrano]].
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* BoundAndGagged: Maeve in one episode when she was captured by vikings ([[HeyItsThatGuy one of whom was BretHart]]. No seriously) as a sacrifice to free their ship from a [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad special effect]].
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* ArbitraryScepticism: Firouz. He's not fazed by sorcerers, magic, the devil, demons, or Olympian-style ''gods'', but ghosts? They don't exist even when they're standing right in front of him.
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''The Adventures of Sinbad'' is roughly a retelling of the adventures of Sinbad from "The Arabian Nights." It started in 1996, hoping to follow in on the popularity of ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''. It did not, lasting only two seasons.

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''The Adventures of Sinbad'' is roughly a retelling of the adventures of Sinbad from "The Arabian Nights." It started in 1996, hoping to follow in on the popularity of ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''. It did not, lasting only two seasons.
seasons. Ending in 1998. A total of 44 episodes.

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