History Series / TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog

* SceneryPorn: Some of it ''was'' filmed in Ireland after all.
* {{Shapeshifting}}: Midar and Maeve are quite gifted in this, but no matter how many times they've been tricked before, the other characters [[GenreBlindness always fall for it]].

** Near the end of the series, in the episode "The Queen Mother," Nemain wants to show Lugad that Maeve has been lying to him. Nemain has him hide in the room seconds before Maeve fights Rohan and almost immediate tells him she's been lying to Lugad.

* TheAce: Garrett; unfortunately, he knew this ("You confuse honesty with being boastful."). This attitude disappeared, of course, [[GoodIsDumb when he joined the team]].

* BatmanGambit: In the episode "Tyrune," Maeve tricks Rohan into releasing an evil dragon ie Tyrune in a ritual he thinks will reveal the secret about his past and destiny. Near the end of the series, in the episode "The Queen Mother," Nemain wants to show Lugad Maeve has been lying to him about giving him half of Kells when it defeats it. Nemain has him hide in the room seconds before Maeve confronts Rohan, promising him half of Kells, and furthermore revealing that she was lying to Lugad.

* BatmanGambit: Maeve tricks Rohan into releasing Tyrune in a ritual he thinks will reveal the secret about his past and destiny.

* BloodlessCarnage: Taken to even more ridiculou levels than PowerRangers. There were several battle sequences throughout the show between Kells and Temra, and not one person seems to use their sword or axe as anything but a club.

* {{Stripperific}}: Deirdre had what might have been the most sorry excuse for armor this side of Xena. Wrist guards, shin guards, and most of her torso, all right. But that leaves huge swatches of forearm, thigh and everything under her armored skirt exposed (the skirt never stayed in place.) Probably worse was [[http://www.rangercentral.com/database/1998_mystic_knights/hr-deidre.htm her helmet.]] While the guys had full face coverings, she had a sorry looking thing that left her throat and the lower half of her face exposed.

* {{Cancellation}}: In order to give ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' a bigger budget. Production of the second series had already started when the order came down. The other reason was that [[MerchandiseDriven the toys weren't selling.]]

* {{Cancellation}}: In order to give ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' a bigger budget. Production of the second series had already started when the order came down.

The best way to describe this {{sentai}}-esque series that aired in the '90s on FoxKids is either ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' [[XMeetsY meets Irish mythology]] or ''Franchise/StarWars'' in a MedievalEuropeanFantasy where Darth Vader is a woman.

* EnemyMine: One episode had Kells and Temra joining forces to repel an invasion of HornyVikings [[spoier: which turned out to a ruse created by Maeve.]] A straight example appeared in a later episode where Midar deposed Maeve and took control of Temra, forcing her to join with Kells for real.

* FakeIrish: Averted. Much of the show was filmed in Ireland, and Irish actors comprised all of the main characters.

* BlackVikings: Ivar is a black guy in Pre-Christian/Mythical Ireland. Granted, he's explicitly said to be from a far away kingdom, but its still jarring.

2* {{Brainwashed}}: Happens several times, even to Pyre

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The show never pretends to be historically accurate, sure, but you still got characters living in late middle ages castle despite the show not being set any earlier than 400 AD. And actually averted with regards to the armor worm by the Kells and Termra soldiers, which rather than the expected plate armor (not invented until the late midle ages/early renaissance) wear the more historically accurate scale mail/leather armor. The plate armor of the mystic knights can he {{handwaved}} since they ''are'' supposed to be magical.

* TheMiddleAges

* {{Red Shirt}}s: No kidding -- Kells' army, who are absolutely no help at all in fighting Maeve's army, wear red uniforms. Give us the FauxActionGirl any day.

** Could also work if you see Maeve as the BigBad and Midar as the BiggerBad [[spoiler: especially in the SequalHook at the end of the series]]

** Her regular wasn't all that better either. Her "skirt" was really just several strips of cloth, and given the constant action scenes and apparently windy outdoor sets, led to many a PantyShot.

* {{Brainwashed}}: Happens several times, even to Pyre

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Neither the Irish names, accents, or landscape is integral to the plot, raising the question, how is this a world "where Irish myth lives"?
** Tir Na Og itself is a fairyland from Irish folklore. [[SadlyMythtaken The elements thing is technically Greek (earth, air, water, fire), with the concept of a fifth one starting with the Japanese (void)]] [[{{Oireland}} , although "Forest" was probably chosen to sound "Irish."]]
*** It's a complete [[HilariousInHindsight coincidence]], but ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' has the same five elements, fire (red), water (blue), forest (green), earth (yellow) and air (pink). Forest and Air were Wood and Heaven in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'', so it certainly wasn't intended to match Mystic Knights, it just did.
*** Forest and Wood are the same, it's just that Wood has DoubleEntendre jokes in the West. Heaven was meant as Air. The two are the same because Wood isn't exactly an uncommon ElementNumberFive.

* NoodleIncident: Precisely how the war between Kells and Temra started, or why Maeve is under the impression that she has a rightful claim to Kells is never really elaborated on. This probably wasn't done for the usual reasons, but just because such political complexities would be well beyond the interests of the target audience.

* TheAce: Garrett; unfortunately, he knew this ("You confuse honesty with being boastful.") This attitude disappeared, of course, [[GoodIsDumb when he joined the team]].

* AllYourColorsCombined: The Knights finishing move.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Apparently the key to defeating a giant eyeball (that has no eyelids) is [[spoiler: to attack it while "The eye is open!"]]
** And yes, that ''is'' a direct quote.