History WesternAnimation / TheGreatestAdventureStoriesFromTheBible

* TitleSequenceReplacement: There are two subtly different versions of the intro. In the first, the writing on the Doorway of Time is in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Perhaps associating a magic time door with the Ancient Egyptians was too pagany, because subsequent episodes (and re-releases or earlier episodes) replace it with a generic Middle-Eastern-looking script. It was sort of a moot exercise anyway, as the chamber itself is still clearly Egyptian-themed.

Developed by HannaBarbera during the middle to late 1980s and early 1990s, ''The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible'' was a 13-episode direct-to-video series that featured three young explorers, Derek, Margo, and Moki, traveling through time via unexplained Doorways of Time, which allow them to witness some of the major events recorded in Literature/TheBible. Often even within the same episode, they would stumble across one of the Doorways, allowing them to witness events from the same story that took place years later.

* AdventuresInTheBible

* DevelopmentHell: It took Joseph Barbera over 17 years before he could finally get the support he needed to create the show.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater

* HeyItsThatVoice: Famous guest stars included [[Film/{{Supergirl}} Helen Slater]] as Esther, Creator/JamesEarlJones as the Pharaoh in the Moses story, Creator/TimCurry as the serpent in the Garden of Eden, [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Robbie Benson]] as David, [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 Alan Oppenheimer]] as Jonah, Creator/TonyJay as the High Priest who tried Jesus, and Creator/VincentPrice as Herod.

* TheOtherDarrin: Jesus has a different voice actor in "The Miracles of Jesus" than in "The Easter Story". Also, Derek's voice actor was changed in 1989.

* ScienceMarchesOn / ArtisticLicenseEngineering / AnachronismStew: While the exact shape that was given to the Ark, assuming a real historical Ark, varies constantly amongst scholars, modern naval engineers now argue that it would most likely have resembled an oversized Babylonian/Sumerian cargo vessel. Such a model would have been most adept to the Ark's purpose: to float around aimlessly on an ocean for 40 days and 40 nights amidst massive geological activity under the ocean causing violent waves. The popular "box model" by Henry Morris would have also worked, but made for a much-less-comfortable ride. However, everything from the shape to the lumbering and planking of ''Greatest Adventure'' and its version of the Ark does not appear like it would have been very seaworthy at all. Even at several points in the episode itself, the writers reveal the Ark to have design weaknesses that would have been more consistent with 18th-century English naval engineering.
** The BBC eventually proved that English naval engineering's planking system would not have produced an Ark strong enough to support its own weight. By contrast, the Answers in Genesis video ''Noah's Ark: Thinking Outside the Box'' demonstrated that Sumerian planking was more labor-intensive; and involved more complex steps that yielded much-tighter vessels. English engineering for wooden ships was done cheaply, so that merchants could get good bargains on vessels and trade them in for improved models in a few years' time. Since Noah didn't have to worry about the value of a ship being downgraded by the risks of piracy, he would have had no reason to build the Ark according to cheaper, more English methods that would not have existed in his day anyway.

* OutOfOrder: Kind of. The episodes are generally ordered chronologically, starting with "The Creation" and ending with "The Easter Story", but that's not the order they were released in. In fact, the episodes were produced in no particular order, ending with "Queen Esther" in 1992. Some continuity problems stem from this. For example, in "Moses" (released in 1986) the gang is amazed at having arrived in Egypt. However, they were already in Egypt in the chronologically previous episode "Joseph and His Brothers" (released in 1990).

* ScienceMarchesOn / ArtisticLicenseEngineering / AnachronismStew: While the exact shape given to the Ark varies constantly amongst scholars, modern naval engineers now argue that it would most likely have resembled an oversized Babylonian/Sumerian cargo vessel. Such a model would have been most adept to the Ark's purpose: to float around aimlessly on an ocean for 40 days and 40 nights amidst massive geological activity under the ocean causing violent waves. The popular "box model" by Henry Morris would have also worked, but made for a much-less-comfortable ride. However, everything from the shape to the lumbering and planking of ''Greatest Adventure'' and its version of the Ark does not appear like it would have been very seaworthy at all. Even at several points in the episode itself, the writers reveal the Ark to have design weaknesses that would have been more consistent with 18th-century English naval engineering.

* TheOtherDarrin: Jesus has a different voice actor in "The Miracles of Jesus" than in "The Easter Story". Also, Darek's voice actor was changed in 1989.

Developed by HannaBarbera during the middle to late 1980s and early 1990s, ''The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible'' was a 13-episode direct-to-video series that featured three young explorers, Derek, Margo and Moki, traveling through time via unexplained Doorways of Time, which allow them to witness some of the major events recorded in Literature/TheBible. Often even within the same episode, they would stumble across one of the Doorways, allowing them to witness events from the same story that took place years later.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Famous guest stars included [[Film/{{Supergirl}} Helen Slater]] as Esther, Creator/JamesEarlJones as the Pharaoh in the Moses story, Creator/TimCurry as the serpent in the Garden of Eden, [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Robbie Benson]] as David, [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Alan Oppenheimer]] as Jonah, Creator/TonyJay as the High Priest who tried Jesus, and Creator/VincentPrice as Herod.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Famous guest stars included [[Film/{{Supergirl}} Helen Slater]] as Esther, Creator/JamesEarlJones as the Pharaoh in the Moses story, Creator/TimCurry as the serpent in the Garden of Eden, [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Robbie Benson]] as David, [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Alan Oppenheimer]] as Jonah, TonyJay as the High Priest who tried Jesus, and Creator/VincentPrice as Herod.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Since these videos [[AnimationAgeGhetto were made for children]], it was assumed [[ViewersAreMorons they wouldn't question]] the animals that were placed in the Garden. However, baraminologists and taxonomists would agree that placing ''modern'' species and sub-species in the garden when Genesis ''clearly'' states "created kinds" is a bit of a problem. Especially since it increases several-thousand-fold how many animals Adam would have had to name. It also complicates things for the Noah episode, an issue ignored by that episode as well.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Famous guest stars included [[Film/{{Supergirl}} Helen Slater]] as Esther, Creator/JamesEarlJones as the Pharaoh in the Moses story, TimCurry as the serpent in the Garden of Eden, [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Robbie Benson]] as David, [[HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Alan Oppenheimer]] as Jonah, TonyJay as the High Priest who tried Jesus, and VincentPrice as Herod.

* ScienceMarchesOn / ArtisticLicenseEngineering / AnachronismStew: While the exact shape given to the Ark varies constantly amongst scholars, modern naval engineers now argue that it would most likely have resembled an oversized Babylonian/Sumerian cargo vessel. Such a model would have been most adept to the Ark's purpose: to float around aimlessly on an ocean for forty days and forty nights amidst massive geological activity under the ocean causing violent waves. The popular "box model" by Henry Morris would have also worked, but made for a much-less-comfortable ride. However, everything from the shape to the lumbering and planking of ''Greatest Adventure'' and its version of the Ark does not appear like it would have been very seaworthy at all. Even at several points in the episode itself, the writers reveal the Ark to have design weaknesses that would have been more consistent with 18th-century English naval engineering.
** The BBC eventually proved that English naval engineering's planking system would not have produced an Ark strong enough to support its own weight. By contrast, the Answers in Genesis video ''Noah's Ark: Thinking Outside the Box'' demonstrated that Sumerian planking was more labor-intensive; and involved more complex steps that yielded much-tighter vessels. English engineering for wooden ships was done cheaply, so that merchants could get good bargains on vessels and trade them in for improved models in a few years' time. Since Noah didn't have to worry about the value of a ship being downgraded by the risks of piracy, he would have had no reason to build the Ark according to cheaper, more-English methods that would not have existed in his day anyway.

** The Creation of earth bares some resemblance to {{Fantasia}}, with all the volcanoes & such.
* TimCurry: Played the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Very well at that.

* ShoutOut: Moses wears the same outfit worn by Charlton Heston in ''TheTenCommandments''. Also, the scene where Egypt's water is turned to blood is a nearly shot-for-shot copy of the same scene from ''The Ten Commandments''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Famous guest stars included [[Film/{{Supergirl}} Helen Slater]] as Esther, JamesEarlJones as the Pharaoh in the Moses story, TimCurry as the serpent in the Garden of Eden, [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Robbie Benson]] as David, [[HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Alan Oppenheimer]] as Jonah, TonyJay as the High Priest who tried Jesus, and VincentPrice as Herod.
* LargeHam: Most of the actors playing major religious figures were very big and bombastic. In the retelling of Exodus, Moses and [[JamesEarlJones the Pharaoh]] particularly engage in some delicious HamToHamCombat.

* ScienceMarchesOn / ArtisticLicenseEngineering / AnachronismStew: While the exact shape given to the Ark varies constantly amongst scholars, modern naval engineers now argue that it would most likely have resembled an oversized Babylonian/Sumerian cargo vessel. Such a model would have been most adept to the Ark's purpose: to float around aimlessly on an ocean for a year and a half amidst massive geological activity under the ocean causing violent waves. The popular "box model" by Henry Morris would have also worked, but made for a much-less-comfortable ride. However, everything from the shape to the lumbering and planking of ''Greatest Adventure'' and its version of the Ark does not appear like it would have been very seaworthy at all. Even at several points in the episode itself, the writers reveal the Ark to have design weaknesses that would have been more consistent with 18th-century English naval engineering.

* NoEnding: There's no GrandFinale in which the time-travelers return to the present. In fact, they seem curiously unconcerned about being stuck in the past.

* NoEnding: The time-travelers never return to the present. In fact, they seem curiously unconcerned about being stuck in the past.

* TheOtherDarrin: Jesus has a different voice actor in "The Miracles of Jesus" than in "The Easter Story". Also, Darek's voice actor was changed.

* TheOtherDarrin: Jesus has a different voice actor in "The Miracles of Jesus" than in "The Easter Story".

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Since these videos were made for children, it was assumed [[ViewersAreMorons they wouldn't question]] the animals that were placed in the Garden. However, baraminologists and taxonomists would agree that placing ''modern'' species and sub-species in the garden when Genesis ''clearly'' states "created kinds" is a bit of a problem. Especially since it increases several-thousand-fold how many animals Adam would have had to name. It also complicates things for the Noah episode, an issue ignored by that episode as well.

* BibleTimes - Well, [[CaptainObvious duh!]]
* BigEater - A RunningGag seems to be Moki complaining all the time that he's hungry
* ButtMonkey - Moki
* DevelopmentHell - It took Joseph Barbera over 17 years before he could finally get the support he needed to create the show.
* {{Fanservice}} - Delilah from "Samson and Delilah" and the belly dancers from the infamous party in "Daniel and the Lion's Den".

* GodivaHair - In the creation story. Also has some [[SceneryCensor clever scenery placement]].
* HeyItsThatVoice - Famous guest stars included [[Film/{{Supergirl}} Helen Slater]] as Esther, JamesEarlJones as the Pharaoh in the Moses story, TimCurry as the serpent in the Garden of Eden, [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Robbie Benson]] as David, [[HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Alan Oppenheimer]] as Jonah, TonyJay as the High Priest who tried Jesus, and VincentPrice as Herod.
* LargeHam - most of the actors playing major religious figures were very big and bombastic. In the retelling of Exodus, Moses and [[JamesEarlJones the Pharaoh]] particularly engage in some delicious HamToHamCombat.
* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent - Our 20th-century heroes travel through time not so much by any device, as because they keep finding holes in the Space-Time Continuum.

* TimCurry - Played the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Very well at that.

Developed by HannaBarbera during the middle to late 1980s and early 1990s, ''The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible'' was a 13-episode direct-to-video series that featured three young explorers, Derek, Margo and Moki, traveling through time via unexplained Doorways of Time, which allow them to witness some of the major events recorded in TheBible. Often even within the same episode, they would stumble across one of the Doorways, allowing them to witness events from the same story that took place years later.

Similar to ''{{SuperBook}}'' and ''The Flying House'', the series tried to focus on making the characters from the biblical stories relatable and believable. Surprisingly, it also adhered as closely to the original stories as possible, keeping many of the elements that most MoralGuardians quietly edit out to make the stories "appropriate" for children, editing only the relative closeness of events in order to keep within the 30-minute time frame.

* LargeHam - most of the actors playing major religious figures were very big and bombastic. In the retelling of Exodus, Moses and [[JamesEarlJones the Pharaoh]] particularly engage in some delicious HamToHamCombat.