History Series / TheQuest

!!Tropes exclusive to the ABC version:

!!Tropes exclusive to the Disney+ version:

* DistressedDude: Cederic has to be rescued by Mila and the paladins in episode7.

* DistressedDude: Cederic has to be rescued by the paladins in episode 7.

* FilkSong: Bonnie makes and sings a couple.

* TheHeart: Bonnie became this in the third episode after writing and singing a [[FilkSong song]] about Everealm and the Quest. Lampshaded by several players in the fifth episode when they're discussing who to banish. [[spoiler:When she does get banished, it's with the most touching send-off thus far, including many flashbacks of her earlier exploits.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: King Magnus appears to be killed by Tavora at the beginning of the series, but [[spoiler: Dravus later seems to encounter him during a brief venture into the Deep. At the end of the show, Dravus is disintegrated in the same way King Magnus was, but is shown to be alive and trapped in the Deep alongside a Feral whose design raises the possibility that it is King Magnus, having actually been trapped in the Depp too and corrupted.]]

* SequelHook: Once the Paladins have gone home, [[spoiler:Mila receives another message from the Fates, telling her that she and the royal family need to return to Sanctum right away. We're also shown that Dravus survived his apparent HeroicSacrifice earlier, but is now trapped in the Deep alongside a Feral that may or may not be a corrupted King Silas.]]

* SequelHook: Once the Paladins have gone home, [[spoiler:Mila receives another message from the Fates, telling her that she and the royal family need to return to Sanctum right away. We're also shown that Dravus survived his apparent HeroicSacrifice earlier, but is now trapped in the Deep.]]

The world of Everealm is under threat from the evil warlord Verlox. Their own armies quickly prove unequal to the task of defeating him, forcing them to turn to help from a whole other world. That would be ours, where twelve people discover messages declaring that they have been named Paladins, and they must journey to Everealm as one of them is destined to save it. Upon their arrival, they are set to a series of tasks to determine who will be the land's savior, while those who lose will be sent back to their own world.

A revival for Creator/DisneyPlus, with 8 teenage contestants instead of 12 adults, was released on May 11th, 2022.

* AllThereInTheManual: The Fates are never named on screen but according to the credits, they're Karu, Talmuh, and Solas.

* SummonEverymanHero: The Paladins are, for the most part, normal people from our world rather than ones already equipped to handle a war. The Disney+ series gives justification for this; corruption on the part of previous rulers of Everealm had broken the bond between its people and the Fates, so when they need to choose champions the Fates are going to turn to outsiders.

* StormingTheCastle: The Paladins do this in the finale to finally defeat the BigBad.

* AncientArtifact: Where the ABC version had the Sun Spear, the Disney+ show has the Divine Crown and its jewels, the Kingstone and the Gems of Virtue.

* ColorblindCasting: The royal family; the heirs of Sanctum are two White princes and a Black princess. Justified when the heirs explain that when they were babies, the Fates [[DoorstopBaby gave them]] to the King of Sanctum to raise.

** Likewise, there are significant points of contrast between the Grand Vizier of the original series and TheMole of this one. [[spoiler:While both were formerly trusted advisors who sided with the BigBad for their own gain, the Vizier was ObviouslyEvil from the start. Court mage Dravus also ended up selling out to Tavora, but ends up being presented as a TragicVillain who was unappreciated by the heirs of Sanctum, making it easier for Tavora to tempt him with promises of power and respect. Even then, he still tries to [[PetTheDog negotiate for the safety of the heirs]]. And while the Vizier ended his run as a KarmaHoudini being freed from prison by an unknown benefactor, Dravus ends up pulling an HeroicSacrifice, getting the Divine Crown to the one true hero at the expense of getting himself trapped in The Deep.]]
* CompanyCrossReferences: When the Paladins attend a royal dinner in the second episode, they're advised to "Try the grey stuff. It's delicious." -- a line from "Be Our Guest" in Disney's own ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
* ContinuityNod: During the fourth episode, it is mentioned that the Celestial Dome that protects Castle Oraa was built during Everealm's great war with Verlox the Darkness. Verlox was the BigBad of the original show.

* SuccessionCrisis: A major part of the story is that while the Paladins are working to put together the Divine Crown, there's an argument between the three heirs of Sanctum over which of them will wear it as the next king or queen. Since all three of them were delivered to the former king by the Fates, there's no clear order of succession, and while each of them possesses traits that would make them a good monarch, they also have glaring weaknesses. [[spoiler: In the end, as each of the heirs have had a chance to recognize this fact, the Fates split the Divine Crown into three parts and decree that they will [[SiblingsShareTheThrone jointly rule Sanctum together]].]]

* FindTheCure: The plot of episode 3, as the Queen had been poisoned, forcing the paladins to find a cure to help her recover.

* GoodIsNotNice: Sir Ansgar specifically calls out the Paladins in the fourth episode for being too nice to each other, as it's blinding them to each others' weaknesses and not being able to assess each others' capabilities accurately can get them killed. Unintentionally, it serves as {{Foreshadowing}} about [[spoiler:Christian's 3-time save from elimination and confidence that he could do it a fourth. As it turns out, everyone else learned the lesson well and stopped putting up with Christian, making this trope cause his banishment from the game.]]

* HornedHumanoid: Verlox, when he finally appears. A shock to the Paladins, who were expecting someone human, and came face to face with... ''That''.

* {{Seers}}: Crio is one.

* BigBad: Verlox.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Downplayed and Played for Laughs. There's nothing conventionally feminine about Christian save for his long hair, yet the Grand Vizier still mistakes him for a woman at one point.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Grand Vizier. Really, what more do you need?

* EvilSoundsDeep: Verlox.

* FindTheCure: The plot of episode 3, as the Queen had been poisoned.

* GoodIsNotNice: Sir Ansgar specifically calls out the Paladins in the fourth episode for being too nice to each other, as it's blinding them to each others' weaknesses and not being able to assess each others' capabilities accurately can get them killed. Unintentionally, it serves as Foreshadowing about [[spoiler: Christian's 3-time save from elimination and confidence that he could do it a fourth. As it turns out, everyone else learned the lesson well and stopped putting up with Christian, making this trope cause his banishment from the game.]]

--> '''Sir Ansgar:''' I had a wife once. She was about to give birth. Things...did not go as they should have. [[IronWoobie But I have my sword, and my queen.]] [[BrokenBird It's good.]]
* TheHighQueen: Queen Ralia

* StormingTheCastle: The Paladins do this in the finale.

* WorldOfHam: All the scripted actors have a grand old time.

* BigBad: Tavora, the Sorceress.

* ContinuityNod: During the fourth episode, it is mentioned that the Celestial Dome that protects Castle Oraa was built during Everrealm's great war with Verlox the Darkness. Verlox was the BigBad of the original show.

* ColorblindCasting: The royal family; the heirs of Sanctum are two White princes and a Black princess. Justified when the heirs explain that when they were babies, the fates [[DoorstopBaby gave them]] to the King of Sanctum to raise.

* ColorblindCasting: The royal family; the heirs of Sanctum are two White princes and a Black princess.

* PracticalEffects: Costumes, animatronics, and projectors made up most of the special effects. The flying dragon in the ABC version was CGI, but [[GarnishingTheStory everyone knows the reason for that]]. Though the Disney+ version is a little freer with the CGI flourishes, at least in scripted scenes that don't involve the Paladins.
* SummonEverymanHero: The Paladins are, for the most part, normal people from our world rather than ones already equipped to handle a war.

* DoingItForTheArt: Unlike most reality shows, there is no prize for the winner, meaning all the contestants are truly there just for the experience. Although it's implied that the winner of the show got to take the Sun Spear home because they were carrying it outside the castle when leaving Everealm.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Averted. Probably one of the primary reasons there's no prize. Having supposed saviors and heroes plot against each other and backstab each other in the name of money and prizes would sort of hamper the intended feeling of them being heroes. Some of it happens anyway, of course - some of the women have shown an interest in supporting other women over the men, for example - but it's discouraged.

* ConfessionCam: Surprisingly averted. This version of the show has no moments where the paladins speak to the camera about their inner thoughts, not even as a voiceover.

* ContinuityReboot: While basic concepts survive from the ABC version (Everealm and Sanctum, the three Fates, Paladins competing to become the One True Hero), none of the cast return (except for the Fates, but even they were recast with new actresses). It could in theory be a SoftReboot that just focuses on different characters in the same setting, but one of the Princes' skepticism that Paladins would come is hard to explain if a different group fought against Verlox only eight years prior.

* ContinuityNod: During the fourth episode, it is mentioned that the Celestial Dome that protects Castle Oraa was built during Everrealm's great war with Verlox the Darkness. Verlox was the BigBad of the original show.

* BigBad: The Sorceress.

It might not seem like it from that description, but ''The Quest'' is a reality show from the creators of ''Series/TheAmazingRace'', as well as producer Mark Ordesky of the ''Lord of the Rings'' films. Twelve contestants are sent into a scripted fantasy story with the help of a troupe of actors and quite impressive special effects, where they are set several tasks that will whittle them down in typical reality competition fashion until one winner is left.

A revival for Creator/DisneyPlus, with 8 teenage contestants instead of 12 adults, is set to start streaming on May 11th, 2022.

* ActionGirl: Leticia [[spoiler: who, in the "Battle Dome" episode manages to take down both Shondo ''and'' Andrew]]. Jasmine's performance in the mounted combat test also qualifies her.
** And then there's [[spoiler:Lina, who ends up being the One True Hero, taking down Verlox]].

* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fanboy/Fangirl]]: The Paladins.

* DoingItForTheArt: Unlike most reality shows, there is no prize for the winner, meaning all the contestants are truly there just for the experience. Although it's implied that Lina, the winner of the show got to take the Sun Spear home because she was carrying it outside the castle when leaving Everealm.
* DrillSergeantNasty[=/=]SergeantRock: Sir Ansgar, who introduces himself to the Paladins by saying he fully expects them to fail, but since they're all Everealm has, he's going to do his best to whip them into shape and starts as DrillSergeantNasty. Over subsequent episodes, though, he shows genuine concern for his charges and becomes a SergeantRock.

* FailedASpotCheck: Happens in Episode 6 when one Paladin, seeking a hidden item outside the castle walls, wanders around a pile of sacks and barrels in an otherwise overgrown hedge without ever looking in the pile.
** [[spoiler:Andrew suffers from it twice in the final challenge, sealing his fate]].

* TheLancer: [[spoiler: Andrew]] ultimately serves this role - they are the runner up, but they also demonstrate a lot of the inverse qualities that the One True Hero had.

* PowersThatBe: The Fates.
* PracticalEffects: Costumes, animatronics, and projectors made up most of the special effects. The flying dragon was CGI, but [[GarnishingTheStory everyone knows the reason for that]].

* {{Railroading}}: The Paladins might participate in the story, but they have essentially no control over its course. They only rarely got to do anything during the scripted scenes, and the plot-integrated tasks lacked a meaningful time limit. Even a well-founded attempt to convince Ansgar that [[spoiler:the Grand Vizier was a traitor]] could not derail the plot. However, the paladins did cause some minor changes in the story's script as evidenced by the reactions of Queen Ralia, Sir Ansgar, and Crio when the find out that the Grand Vizer did really betray them.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Queen Ralia turns out to be one, being quite upset at how the Paladins have been treated since they arrived.

* SmugSnake: Christian who assumed that even when he lost his friends would keep him in the game. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him he crossed the MoralEventHorizon in game when when he deliberately picked a team he thought would lose for the siege test. Even Andrew, his best friend, decides that enough is enough.]]

* SummonEverymanHero: The Paladins are, for the most part, normal people from our world rather than ones already equipped to handle a war.

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Implied; the Paladins are, after all, normal fantasy fans in a fantasy realm. Subverted in that none of them express any desire to go home.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Christian insists on playing the game like he's on ''Series/{{Survivor}}''.
** To a lesser extent, in the final episode [[spoiler:Andrew realizes he was concerned too much with his own pride to be the One True Hero.]]

* DamselInDistress: Queen Ralia fits this as she was poisoned in the end of the second episode and needed to be cured of it by the paladins in the third episodes, which Andrew manages to do. She is subjected to this trope multiple times including being captured by the Rana, and being kidnapped by The Grand Vizer and Verlox. The latter is subverted because the person who rescues her is also a girl.

A revival for Creator/DisneyPlus, with teenage contestants instead of adults, is currently in the works.

* BaldWoman: One of the Fates.

* PracticalEffects: Costumes, animatronics, and projectors made up most of the special effects. The flying dragon was CGI, but [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons everyone knows the reason for that]].

* AllThereInTheManual: The Fates are never named on screen but according to the credits, they're Karu, Taimuh, and Solas.

* BackForTheFinale: The completed Sunspear summons the banished Paladins back to help fight the final battle. Sir Ansgar also appears out of nowhere in this scene, after he was last seen at the mercy of the enemy.

* ClingyMacGuffin: Inverted; there's basically nothing preventing a piece of the Sunspear from falling out of the pocket of the paladins. The fact that it can combined with the fact that it's such a crucial part of the quest means that Ansgar individually calls out a paladin who loses theirs during a challenge and eventually all the paladins start calling out for a 'piece check' whenever they're going somewhere.

* DamselInDistress: Queen Dalia fits this as she was poisoned in the end of the second episode and needed to be cured of it by the paladins in the third episodes, which Andrew manages to do. She is subjected to this tripe multiple times including being captured by the Rana, and being kidnapped by The Grand Vizer and Verlox. The latter is subverted because the person who rescues her is also a girl.

* DoingItForTheArt: Unlike most reality shows, there is no prize for the winner, meaning all the contestants are truly there just for the experience. Although its implied that Lina, the winner of the show got to take the sunspear home because she was carrying it outside the castle when leaving Everrealm.

* {{Railroading}}: The Paladins might participate in the story, but they have essentially no control over its course. They only rarely got to do anything during the scripted scenes, and the plot-integrated tasks lacked a meaningful time limit. Even a well-founded attempt to convince Ansgar that [[spoiler:the Grand Vizier was a traitor]] could not derail the plot. However, the paladins did cause some minor changes in the story's script as evidenced by the reactions of Queen Dalia, Sir Ansgar, and Crio when the find out that the Grand Vizer did really betray them,

* {{Tsundere}}: Sir Ansgar is this because he acted all mean and cynical towards the paladins but he has a huge soft spot to the paladins became nicer to them, opened up to them on his personal life to them,and even supported them in their quest.
* TurnInYourBadge: Eliminated Paladins have to return their piece of the Sunspear.