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* HeelFaceTurn: Maya seems to be good at inspiring this among the gods.
** Cipactli and Cabrakan defect to Maya's side after Maya shows kindness to Cipactli and indirectly saves their marriage.
** Zatz initially intended to sacrifice Maya to gain power for him and his father. After seeing her fight against Acat, he starts falling for her and decides to join her fight against Lord Mictlan.
** [[spoiler:Lady Micte initially conceived Maya intending to sacrifice her and gain enough power to protect herself from her husband. Upon Maya's birth, she found herself unable to do so and did everything in her power to protect and care for Maya from a distance.]]
** Cipactli and Cabrakan defect to Maya's side after Maya shows kindness to Cipactli and indirectly saves their marriage.
** Zatz initially intended to sacrifice Maya to gain power for him and his father. After seeing her fight against Acat, he starts falling for her and decides to join her fight against Lord Mictlan.
** [[spoiler:Lady Micte initially conceived Maya intending to sacrifice her and gain enough power to protect herself from her husband. Upon Maya's birth, she found herself unable to do so and did everything in her power to protect and care for Maya from a distance.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: During an argument with her mother in the first episode, Maya tells her that she wishes she wasn’t her mother, but regrets it almost immediately after she says it. [[spoiler:Maya then learns when Zatz crashes her coronation that Queen Teca ''isn’t'' her mother at all. Lady Micte is.]]
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** During an argument with her mother in the first episode, Maya tells her that she wishes she wasn’t her mother, but regrets it almost immediately after she says it. [[spoiler:Maya then learns when Zatz crashes her coronation that Queen Teca ''isn’t'' her mother at all. Lady Micte is.]]
** She also bemoans the fact that she isn't a prophesied warrior like her brother and thus doesn't get to go on exciting adventures. It quickly turns out that their interpretation of the prophecy was wrong, she ''is'' a central figure, and saving the entire world falls on her shoulders. Her adventure is hard and dangerous [[spoiler:and ends up killing almost everyone she knows, herself included.]]
** During an argument with her mother in the first episode, Maya tells her that she wishes she wasn’t her mother, but regrets it almost immediately after she says it. [[spoiler:Maya then learns when Zatz crashes her coronation that Queen Teca ''isn’t'' her mother at all. Lady Micte is.]]
** She also bemoans the fact that she isn't a prophesied warrior like her brother and thus doesn't get to go on exciting adventures. It quickly turns out that their interpretation of the prophecy was wrong, she ''is'' a central figure, and saving the entire world falls on her shoulders. Her adventure is hard and dangerous [[spoiler:and ends up killing almost everyone she knows, herself included.]]
* BlatantLies: After abandoning Maya during battle yet again, Chiapa claims to have been on lookout. Maya doesn't buy it.
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* CoolPet: As seen in the trailer, Maya has a jaguar with black fur and gold spots as her mount.
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* IHaveToGoIronMyDog: When Lady Micte (Maya's biological mother) joins the family for dinner, King Teca claims that Chiapa needs to go pee and needs assistance from both himself and Maya in order to get out of the awkward situation.
* PowerIncontinence: As a child, Rico lost control of his peasant magic and accidentally killed the Grand Brujo. He's been afraid to use peasant magic ever since.
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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Zatz's]] mother was killed when he was an infant and became a star watching over him. When his father is killed, a new star joins it in the sky, convincing him that his parents have been reunited. [[spoiler:confirmed in the finale, when they come back as ghosts.]]
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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Zatz's]] mother was killed when he was an infant and became a star watching over him. When his father is killed, a new star joins it in the sky, convincing him that his parents have been reunited. [[spoiler:confirmed [[spoiler:Confirmed in the finale, when they come back as ghosts.]]
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* ApologeticAttacker: Maya during her introductory fight with Bear Killah. She's a huge fan of his and feels bad about knocking out his tooth. Comes back when [[spoiler: Lord Mictlan brainwashes Rico, Chimi, and Picchu. Maya doesn't hesitate to fight her friends, but she does keep letting them know she's sorry.]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: When Lord Mictlan brainwashes [[spoiler: Rico, Chimi, and Picchu.]] Ultimately, Maya focuses on [[spoiler:Rico]] and successfully breaks their trance [[spoiler:and he then uses magic to free the others.]]
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* LiarRevealed: During her recruitment of The Three, Maya lies about the nature of their mission statement that their goal was to destroy the gate connecting the Mortal World to Lord Mictlan's realm while in actuality they were meant to fight him. Zats obliviously reveals the truth to the others not knowing that Maya had been lying to them. This ends up being a DownplayedTrope because while the Three obviously feel betrayed by Maya's lie, they were still going to follow through on their promise given the life or death stakes. They later forgive Maya when they learn about the death of her brothers at Mictlan's hands.
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* LiarRevealed: During her recruitment of The Three, Maya lies about the nature of their mission statement that their goal was to destroy the gate connecting the Mortal World to Lord Mictlan's realm while in actuality they were meant to fight him. Zats Zatz obliviously reveals the truth to the others not knowing that Maya had been lying to them. This ends up being a DownplayedTrope because while the Three obviously feel betrayed by Maya's lie, they were still going to follow through on their promise given the life or death stakes. They later forgive Maya when they learn about the death of her brothers at Mictlan's hands.
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* OneWingedAngel: [[Spoiler:Lord Mictlan]] in the final battle. When the tide starts turning against him, [[spoiler:he kills his allies and consumes their hearts to increase his power. He first melts into a pool of molten gold, then emerges as a gigantic double-headed snake that breathes green fire.]]
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* ObliviousAdoption: Well, half. Maya was raised by her biological father and his wife, despite being the product of her father's affair with the Goddess of Death.
* OneWingedAngel:[[Spoiler:Lord [[spoiler:Lord Mictlan]] in the final battle. When the tide starts turning against him, [[spoiler:he kills his allies and consumes their hearts to increase his power. He first melts into a pool of molten gold, then emerges as a gigantic double-headed snake that breathes green fire.]]
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* ProphecyTwist: The story centers around a prophecy about defeating a great darkness. The initial reading of the prophecy (An Eagle and three Jaguars) is outright wrong. The ''true'' prophecy is revealed to be a Little Eagle, a Magic Rooster, a Skull Archer, and a Puma Warrior. Maya believes herself to be the Eagle and assumes the other figures will be a representative of Luna Island, the Jungle Kingdom, and the Barbarian tribe. [[spoiler:It turns out that the prophecy refers to the kingdoms ''themselves'' uniting to face Lord Mictlan. While Maya, Rico, Chimi, and Picchu were important, it was ultimately in how they brought their kingdoms together, not their actual battle.]]
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* ScrewDestiny: Zigzagged all over the place. The best explaination to be is the film tagline "If it's to be, It's up to me".
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: The first episode takes place on Maya's birthday. It's also the day Zatz announces she is the daughter of the Goddess of Death and that the God of War intends to sacrifice her, prompting her country to go to war [[spoiler:and her brothers to be killed]].
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* ChekhovsGun: In the first episode, Maya's brothers give her a golden pearl, the Pirate Queen's earring, and an exotic bird as birthday gifts. When Maya returns to Teca and has to battle the Gods of Thieves, [[spoiler:the bird aids her as a distraction, and she uses Chimi's bowstring to turn the pearl and earing into a bolo.]]
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* DeathSeeker: Picchu's desire for a warrior's death makes Maya believe he's one of these, but he assures her he's just as willing to ''live'' for the right cause as he is to die for it. He actually falls into NotAfraidToDie.
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* EvilAlbino: The Jungle Kingdom believes albinos are a curse, not helped by Chimi's mother's DeathByChildbirth, and abandon her to the jungle. Chimi averts this as, while she considers the Jungle Kingdom her enemies, it's only because they've been the ones antagonizing her and she's willing to give humanity at large a chance.
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* VillainRevealsTheSecret:
** Zatz is the one to tell Maya that the woman who raised her is not her biological mother; she is the product of her father's affair with the Goddess of Death.
** He also lets slip to the three warriors that Maya intends to lead them into the realm of the gods and challenge Lord Mictlan, rather than destroying the Divine Gate to prevent his invasion as she had told them.
** Zatz is the one to tell Maya that the woman who raised her is not her biological mother; she is the product of her father's affair with the Goddess of Death.
** He also lets slip to the three warriors that Maya intends to lead them into the realm of the gods and challenge Lord Mictlan, rather than destroying the Divine Gate to prevent his invasion as she had told them.
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* MyGreatestFailure: Rico, Chimi, and Picchu's backstories all heavily focus on their regret over the death of a parent/parental figure whose death they feel guilty for.
** Rico lost control of his power as a child and accidently killed the Grand Brujo.
** Chimi's mother succumbed to DeathByChildbirth and she later angered the Jungle King, who killed her surrogate animal family in an attempt to kill her.
** Picchu showed mercy and spared an invader who later came back and killed his parents and the rest of his village.
* OneWingedAngel: [[Spoiler:Lord Mictlan]] in the final battle. When the tide starts turning against him, [[spoiler:he kills his allies and consumes their hearts to increase his power. He first melts into a pool of molten gold, then emerges as a gigantic double-headed snake that breathes green fire.]]
** Rico lost control of his power as a child and accidently killed the Grand Brujo.
** Chimi's mother succumbed to DeathByChildbirth and she later angered the Jungle King, who killed her surrogate animal family in an attempt to kill her.
** Picchu showed mercy and spared an invader who later came back and killed his parents and the rest of his village.
* OneWingedAngel: [[Spoiler:Lord Mictlan]] in the final battle. When the tide starts turning against him, [[spoiler:he kills his allies and consumes their hearts to increase his power. He first melts into a pool of molten gold, then emerges as a gigantic double-headed snake that breathes green fire.]]
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* PowerGlows: Each of the warriors in Maya's group have a signature golden weapon that glows when used in battle. Maya's Eagle Claw club, Rico's staff Estefan, Chimi's bow, and Picchu's battle axes. [[spoiler:It turns out that these are legendary Golden Talismans that were made with the blood of a god.]]
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* TemptingFate: Rico has a habit of this, which is called out by the other characters. He does twice in a row in the final battle.
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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Zatz's]] mother was killed when he was an infant and became a star watching over him. When his father is killed, a new star joins it in the sky, convincing him that his parents have been reunited. [[spoiler:confirmed in the finale, when they come back as ghosts.]]
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: After Picchu agrees to join the quest, he takes a long bath to prepare. Maya and Chimi enthusiastically and shamelessly watch.
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* ProudWarriorRace: The Barbarians. They love fighting and consider a death in combat to be the most honorable way to go. But they're not bloodthirsty and recognize the importance of fighting honorably, showing mercy, and not starting fights they can't win.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Widow Queen is young and childish, but she's also the only ruler to civilly hear Maya out when she arrives on her quest, even after Rico condescends to her because of her age. She recognizes the importance of the quest and agrees to help Teca even if it doesn't benefit her directly. She's also aware of and consciously trying to atone for her father's mistakes, particularly in regards to his treatment of Chimi.
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** [[SubvertedTrope In the final battle, all Teca's troops are women,]] ''but'' [[DoubleSubversion this is only because they weren't included in the earlier attack, where all the men were killed.]] The women are only fighting because they're the only ones ''left'' who can fight. When given the option of male, female, or mixed troops, Teca only chooses men.
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* RunningGag: Maya is bad with directions. Her family sends her with a map, but it's quickly lost, and she has to rely on other people to guide her. Every time she tries to lead herself, she ends up going the wrong way.
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* KarmaHoudini: The Scorpion Warrior who killed Picchu's parents and tribe never faces any comeuppance, as she never appears again.
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* AdultFear: The full circumstances of ''why'' [[spoiler: Maya]] was conceived in the first place and the resulting fallout absolutely reeks of this trope, and that's just the tip of the iceburg...
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* AdultFear: The full circumstances of ''why'' [[spoiler: Maya]] was conceived in the first place and the resulting fallout absolutely reeks of this trope, and that's just the tip of the iceburg...
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* GodInHumanForm: [[spoiler:Lady Micte reveals she visited Maya each year on her birthday in disguise, most recently as the servant who helped her wash up in the first episode. Au Puch also is this, with her god form only revealed in the last episode.]]
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* TheHecateSisters: [[spoiler:Au Puch is this. The last episode reveals there are 3 physically identical versions of her, though one speaks in rhyme. Her god form shows a young girl, a woman, and an elderly woman as well.]]
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Maya performs a HeroicSacrifice to defeat Lord Mictlan. As one of the "3", Picchu also performs a HeroicSacrifice and dies while buying time for his friends to escape the underworld.]]
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Maya performs a HeroicSacrifice to defeat Lord Mictlan. As one of the "3", Picchu also performs a HeroicSacrifice and dies while buying time for his friends to escape the underworld.]]
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* LoveTriangle: A small one develops between Rico, Chimi and Picchu. Rico near instantly falls for Chimi, while Chimi seemingly finds Picchu more interesting, with Picchu reciprocating. [[spoiler:Chimi and Rico get together in the end.]]
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: A fairly common pairing in the series involve a hulking man and a slender woman. Besides King Teca and Queen Teca there's also Lord Mictlan and Lady Micthe, Cabrakan and Cipactli, Picchu and Chimi and [[spoiler:Chamazots and his unnamed wife]].
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture:
** The city of Teca is strongly based on the Aztec, with some elements of Zapotec culture like warrior women.
** The "barbarians" are clearly just a less intelligent take on the Inca.
** The forest people are based on the relictual Maya cities.
** The people of Isla Luna draw mostly from West African cultures, but are supposed to be analogous to the Taino.
** The city of Teca is strongly based on the Aztec, with some elements of Zapotec culture like warrior women.
** The "barbarians" are clearly just a less intelligent take on the Inca.
** The forest people are based on the relictual Maya cities.
** The people of Isla Luna draw mostly from West African cultures, but are supposed to be analogous to the Taino.
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** While not exact, Maya's eagle mask invokes the image of El Tigre's mask, notable the side feathers and the golden eagle on the forehead.
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** While not exact, Maya's eagle mask invokes the image of El Tigre's mask, notable notably the side feathers and the golden eagle on the forehead.
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* ActionGirl: Let's see... There's Maya, Chimi, Queen Teca, Lady Micte, Skull and Bones, Cipactli, Xtabay, the Barbarian Princess...honestly it be easier to list who ISN'T part of this trope.
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* ActionGirl: Let's see... There's Maya, Chimi, Queen Teca, Lady Micte, Skull and Bones, Cipactli, Xtabay, the Barbarian Princess...honestly it would be easier to list who ISN'T part of this trope.
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* BloodlessCarnage: ''A lot'' of death occurs during the series, but due to the TV-Y7 rating no blood is ever shown on the dead bodies shown and the gorier action takes place offscreen. In the case of gods, SymbolicBlood is in play as their bodies melt into a metal-like liquid.
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* BloodlessCarnage: ''A lot'' of death occurs during the series, but due to the TV-Y7 rating no blood is ever shown on the dead bodies shown and the gorier action takes place offscreen. In the case of gods, SymbolicBlood is in play as their bodies melt into a metal-like liquid.
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** The Bog Warrior that slaughtered Picchu village flat out tells the story of "The Scorpion and The Frog". On why she went against her word.
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** The Bog Warrior that slaughtered Picchu village village, better known as Xtabay, flat out tells the story of "The Scorpion and The Frog". On Frog" on why she went against her word.
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** While not exact, Maya's eagle mask invokes the image of El Tigre's mask, notable the side feathers and the golden eagle on the forehead.
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** Bear Killah is clearly inspired by El Oso from Jorge Gutierrez earlier work.
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** Bear Killah is clearly inspired by El Oso from Jorge Gutierrez earlier work.work, possibly even an ancestor.
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** Bone calling Maya's stuff "LAME!" is a nice call-back to Frida, especially with them sharing a voice actress.
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* ThreeMonthOldNewborn: All newborn children shown in the series have this quality.
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* SenselessSacrifice: Lord Mictlan accuses [[spoiler: Picchu]] of this, saying it will only take until the new moon to [[spoiler: rebuild the Divine Gate]]. Subverted, however, as [[spoiler: Picchu immediately points out that he still gave them time, which is what allows the heroes to regroup, bring all the tribes together, fullfill the actual prophecy and, in the end, causes the death of Lord Mictlan himself.]]
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**While fighting, Hura shouts, "God [[WonderTwinPowers twin powers, activate!]]"
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* JerkassGod: A whole pantheon of them leaded by Lord Mictlan, and jerkass would be putting it lightly...
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* ActionGirl: Let's see... There's Maya, Chimi, Queen Teca, Lady Micte, Skull and Bones, Cipactli, honestly it be easier to list who ISN'T part of this trope.
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** When Maya sneaked off to to the fighting match Queen Teca called her "your daughter" to her husband. [[spoiler:A short time later it'd be revealed Queen Teca is not Maya's blood mother.]]
** Maya's match with the Bear Killah ended in a draw with them both KO'ing each other. [[spoiler:The fight with Lord Mictlan would end the same way, except with death.]]
** Maya's match with the Bear Killah ended in a draw with them both KO'ing each other. [[spoiler:The fight with Lord Mictlan would end the same way, except with death.]]
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* RuleOfThree: In "The Skull", Maya asks the Widow Queen for the help of her greatest warrior. She tells her that the greatest warrior is El Muestro Blanco, who lives as a recluse in the jungle thanks to the previous king, and that she had tried to invite her back after the old king died. She sent warriors to look for her, but "she made it very clear that they were not welcome." The camera then zooms in on three consecutive guards. The first has a golden eyepatch, the second has a golden hook for a hand, the third has a golden hook ... for a head.
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* RuleOfThree: In "The Skull", Maya asks the Widow Queen for the help of her greatest warrior. She tells her that the greatest warrior is El Muestro Monstruo Blanco, who lives as a recluse in the jungle thanks to the previous king, and that she had tried to invite her back after the old king died. She sent warriors to look for her, but "she made it very clear that they were not welcome." The camera then zooms in on three consecutive guards. The first has a golden eyepatch, the second has a golden hook for a hand, the third has a golden hook ... for a head.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: [[spoiler:The king gets really uncomfortable when his wife and Lady Micte end up getting along and quickly leaves the dinner with a flimsy excuse.]]
* PosthumousSibling: [[spoiler:The King and the Queen have twins after the death of their three eldest sons.]]
* PosthumousSibling: [[spoiler:The King and the Queen have twins after the death of their three eldest sons.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rico tells Maya that there is a word for people who do heroic things: "Dead". [[spoiler:In the final battle, Maya ends up pulling a HeroicSacrifice]].
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