* ActorAllusion: "The Play's The Thing" features a Centaur actor played by Peter Muller, who played Deric the Centaur on ''[[HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Hercules]]''.
** And his name is [[DustinHoffman Dustinus]] [[PunnyName Hoofmanus]].
** "Here She Comes, Miss Amphipolis" sees Xena go undercover at a beauty pageant. Lucy Lawless is no stranger to beauty pagents.
** Autolycus being made to punch himself in the face by Xena while she's inhabiting his body brings to mind a certain [[EvilDead other role]] that Bruce Campbell has had.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Pandora is played by MaryElizabethMcGlynn, known for her many voiceover roles in video game and anime dubbing, and for providing vocals for many ''SilentHill'' songs.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Julius Caesar became [[Film/StarTrek the new Dr. McCoy]]!
** While Brutus later loyally served as [[Series/{{Farscape}} Scorpius']] favorite MauveShirt, Braca.
** The chick from ColdCase is Najara.
*  ShoutOut: The episode ''The Play's The Thing'' is based off the plot from the Producers, with Gabrielle getting caught in the scam. At one point, when Joxer and her actors are trying to offer constructive criticism, someone suggests the name be changed. Gabrielle sarcastically asks "To what? Springtime for Warlords?"
**  At the end of that episode, Joxer is left alone hanging over the stage with a rope around his feet, whining that he is going to tell his brother. Joxer is played by Ted Raimi, whose brother is director Sam Raimi, one of the producers of the show.
**  Not to mention the occasional reference to a certain [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffus the Bacchae Slayer]]
*** The reworked title for the play "Message of Peace" is [[FasterPussycatKillKill Faster Chakram, Kill, Kill, Kill!]]
** At the end of "The Xena Scrolls," Ted Kleinman is attempting a pitch to Rob Tapert. What he describes is essentially the climatic scene from ''[[EvilDead Evil Dead II]]''. Tapert even responds with, "Done it."
** "Tsunami" is a shout out to ThePoseidonAdventure. Made clear with one character who keeps praying to Poseidon.
** "Takes One to Know One" is this to TabletopGame/{{Clue}} and other murder mysteries.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A version of the script for ''The Furies'' would have revealed that Ares was indeed Xena's father (this was changed due to 1) not wanting Xena to be a half-god like Hercules, and 2) the {{Squick}} factor that would result from Ares' constant interest in Xena).
** The final version is ambiguous enough that some people assume this to be the case anyway. 
*  WrittenInInfirmity: When Lucy Lawless was thrown from a horse during a stunt on the ''Tonight Show'', it triggered a story arc where Xena was in a death-like trance and her soul had to be carried in the bodies of other characters on the show. Thus, "Xena" could still appear on the show while Lucy Lawless was recuperating. Two of the soul-carriers were Xena's enemy Callisto and Autolycus, the King of Thieves.
** Gabrielle spraining her ankle in "One Against an Army" was written because Renee O'Connor really did sprain her ankle during production. It's even acknowledged in the credits.

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* DyeHard: Lawless and O'Connor are both natural blondes; Lawless dyed her hair black (on ''Hercules'') then brown, while O'Connor dyed hers red for most of the show's first two seasons.
* FlipFlopOfGod: Ongoing after the show ended. Mostly regarding the nature of Xena and Gabrielle's relationship. Of note, around the time of the finale, Lucy Lawless felt it was "more than friends" due to a particular scene. By the time of recording DVD commentaries, this opinion was reversed.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Pandora is played by MaryElizabethMcGlynn, known for her many voiceover roles in video game and anime dubbing, and for providing vocals for many ''Franchise/SilentHill'' songs.
* RetroactiveRecognition
** Julius Caesar became [[Film/StarTrek the new Dr. McCoy]]!
** While Brutus later loyally served as [[{{Series/Farscape}} Scorpius']] favorite MauveShirt, Braca.
** The chick from ''Series/ColdCase'' is Najara.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A version of the script for "The Furies" would have revealed that Ares was indeed Xena's father (this was changed due to 1) not wanting Xena to be a half-god like Hercules, and 2) the {{Squick}} factor that would result from Ares' constant interest in Xena). The final version is ambiguous enough that some people assume this to be the case anyway.

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