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[[caption-width-right:350:From left: Monasterio, Garcia, Ines, Bernard, Tornado, and [[Franchise/{{Zorro}} the man himself]].]]
''Zorro: The Chronicles'' is a 2015 CGI-animated series based on the popular ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' franchise, created by French company Creator/CyberGroupStudios and produced in partnership with John Gertz’s Zorro Production International and Blue Spirit Studios for France Télévisions and Italy’s RAI.
''Zorro: The Chronicles'' is a 2015 CGI-animated series based on the popular ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' franchise, created by French company Creator/CyberGroupStudios and produced in partnership with John Gertz’s Zorro Production International and Blue Spirit Studios for France Télévisions and Italy’s RAI.
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[[caption-width-right:350:From left: Monasterio, Garcia, Ines, Bernard, Tornado, and [[Franchise/{{Zorro}} [[Literature/{{Zorro}} the man himself]].]]
''Zorro: The Chronicles'' is a 2015 CGI-animated series based on the popular''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' ''DerivativeWorks/{{Zorro}}'' franchise, created by French company Creator/CyberGroupStudios and produced in partnership with John Gertz’s Zorro Production International and Blue Spirit Studios for France Télévisions and Italy’s RAI.
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''Zorro: The Chronicles'' is a 2015 CGI-animated series based on the popular ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' franchise, created by French company Cyber Group Studios Creator/CyberGroupStudios and produced in partnership with John Gertz’s Zorro Production International and Blue Spirit Studios for France Télévisions and Italy’s RAI.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Corporal Gonzales desperately wants to become sergeant in Garcias' place, and is willing to follow any order Monasterio gives while seizing any opportunity to show up Garcia in order to achieve this goal. Granted, when you're the personal ButtMonkey to a sergeant who's an outright incompetent idiot, you do tend to want to achieve better for yourself...unfortunately, Gonzales isn't much better than Garcia in the intelligence department.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: AmbitionIsEvil:
** Corporal Gonzales desperately wants to become sergeant inGarcias' place, Garcia's place and is willing to follow any order Monasterio gives while seizing any opportunity to show up Garcia in order to achieve this goal. Granted, when you're the personal ButtMonkey to a sergeant who's an outright incompetent idiot, you do tend to want to achieve better for yourself...unfortunately, Gonzales isn't much better than Garcia in the intelligence department.department.
** Dona Verdugo wants to rule all of California with her husband as a figurehead and engages in everything from {{Blackmail}} to kidnapping and framing people for treason to make it happen.
** Corporal Gonzales desperately wants to become sergeant in
** Dona Verdugo wants to rule all of California with her husband as a figurehead and engages in everything from {{Blackmail}} to kidnapping and framing people for treason to make it happen.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Malapensa gets a moment of this when he realizes that Diego is probably Zorro; first, he points out that Zorro is probably a caballero since he's trained with a sword and has the free time to run around foiling Monasterio. Then he notes that Diego and Zorro have never been seen together and highlights how both are good with words -- Zorro with taunts and banter, and Diego with books and poetry.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Dona Isabella Verdugo appears to be quite a noblewoman, and behaves that way in public...but in reality she's a manipulative SocialClimber who's determined to make her husband the ''alcalde'' (municipal magistrate) of Los Angeles, and is willing to do ''anything'' to get it done. Only Don Malapensa and Zorro know her true nature--the former because he's being blackmailed to do her dirty work, the latter because he accidentally stumbles across the truth behind one of her schemes.
** Rosa, the IdenticalStranger Dona Verdugo hires to impersonate Ines in "The Impostor," is this as well. At first, she appears to be a genuinely sweet girl who only participates in the plot because she's been told it's a harmless prank. Then she figures out it's not harmless at all...and she's more than willing to go along with it, so long as she's well paid.
** Rosa, the IdenticalStranger Dona Verdugo hires to impersonate Ines in "The Impostor," is this as well. At first, she appears to be a genuinely sweet girl who only participates in the plot because she's been told it's a harmless prank. Then she figures out it's not harmless at all...and she's more than willing to go along with it, so long as she's well paid.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: BitchInSheepsClothing:
** Dona Isabella Verdugo appears to be quite a noblewoman, and behaves that way in public...but in reality she's a manipulative SocialClimber who's determined to make her husband the ''alcalde'' (municipal magistrate) of Los Angeles, and is willing to do ''anything'' to get it done. Only Don Malapensa and Zorro know her true nature--the former because he's being blackmailed to do her dirty work, the latter because he accidentally stumbles across the truth behind one of her schemes.
** Rosa, the IdenticalStranger Dona Verdugo hires to impersonate Ines in "The Impostor," is this as well. At first, she appears to be a genuinely sweet girl who only participates in the plot because she's been told it's a harmless prank. Then she figures out it's not harmless at all...and she's still more than willing to go along with it, so long as she's wellpaid. paid.
* {{Blackmail}}:
** In the second episode, after blocking off Monasterio's secrt silver mine, Zorro ensures the captain won't try to reopen it by threatening to tell Governor Parasol, who won't be happy about being left out of such a profitabe venture. When Monasterio reopens the mine in a later episode, he makes sure Parasol is involved from the beginning so Zorro can't make good on this threat.
** After finding evidence to connect him to a recent robbery, Dona Verdugo threatens to turn Don Malapensa in unless he does her dirty work for her.
** Dona Isabella Verdugo appears to be quite a noblewoman, and behaves that way in public...but in reality she's a manipulative SocialClimber who's determined to make her husband the ''alcalde'' (municipal magistrate) of Los Angeles, and is willing to do ''anything'' to get it done. Only Don Malapensa and Zorro know her true nature--the former because he's being blackmailed to do her dirty work, the latter because he accidentally stumbles across the truth behind one of her schemes.
** Rosa, the IdenticalStranger Dona Verdugo hires to impersonate Ines in "The Impostor," is this as well. At first, she appears to be a genuinely sweet girl who only participates in the plot because she's been told it's a harmless prank. Then she figures out it's not harmless at all...and she's still more than willing to go along with it, so long as she's well
* {{Blackmail}}:
** In the second episode, after blocking off Monasterio's secrt silver mine, Zorro ensures the captain won't try to reopen it by threatening to tell Governor Parasol, who won't be happy about being left out of such a profitabe venture. When Monasterio reopens the mine in a later episode, he makes sure Parasol is involved from the beginning so Zorro can't make good on this threat.
** After finding evidence to connect him to a recent robbery, Dona Verdugo threatens to turn Don Malapensa in unless he does her dirty work for her.
* BruceWayneHeldHostage: Exaggerated when Monasterio arrests ''every'' young man in Los Angeles on suspicion of being Zorro. He gleefully concludes that he must have Zorro somewhere in his jail when the prisoners aren't freed in the middle of the night, but the [[DidntThinkThisThrough hole in his plan becomes apparent]] when he realizes he has no way to tell which one is Zorro. He tries to weed out the real Zorro by releasing the prisoners one at a time, but Diego foils that plan via RefugeInAudacity.
* BumblingHenchmenDuo:
** Garcia and Gonzales share the dubious honor of being Monasterio's best soldiers, which is a kind way of describing them as the biggest pair of {{Butt Monkey}}s in the series.
** Dentist and La Rana serve as this to Don Malapensa. No matter how carefully he gives directions, they still won't get things right. Even when they manage to get a job done, it won't happen without a lot of bickering over the exact details of the plan. Adding Zorro to the mix only makes their bumbling worse.
* BumblingHenchmenDuo:
** Garcia and Gonzales share the dubious honor of being Monasterio's best soldiers, which is a kind way of describing them as the biggest pair of {{Butt Monkey}}s in the series.
** Dentist and La Rana serve as this to Don Malapensa. No matter how carefully he gives directions, they still won't get things right. Even when they manage to get a job done, it won't happen without a lot of bickering over the exact details of the plan. Adding Zorro to the mix only makes their bumbling worse.
* CallBack:
** The ninth episode kicks off with Monasterio reopening a silver mine Zorro shut down back in the second episode.
** In "The Plot", Don Verdugo makes one to both "A Bell For Los Angeles" and "The Tornado" when he points out that this isn't the first time someone has tried to frame Zorro for a crime.
** In "The Foolproof Plan," Ines responds to Antonio's overtures by informing him that she's still angry over their falling-out in the previous episode.
** In "Carte Blanche", Ignacio Toledano bases one of his plans to capture Zorro on Zorro's well-known habit of defending the Chumash against military exploitation. Later in the same episode, Tainah quips that she's starting to get used to the soldiers barging into her village and Zorro driving them out.
** The ninth episode kicks off with Monasterio reopening a silver mine Zorro shut down back in the second episode.
** In "The Plot", Don Verdugo makes one to both "A Bell For Los Angeles" and "The Tornado" when he points out that this isn't the first time someone has tried to frame Zorro for a crime.
** In "The Foolproof Plan," Ines responds to Antonio's overtures by informing him that she's still angry over their falling-out in the previous episode.
** In "Carte Blanche", Ignacio Toledano bases one of his plans to capture Zorro on Zorro's well-known habit of defending the Chumash against military exploitation. Later in the same episode, Tainah quips that she's starting to get used to the soldiers barging into her village and Zorro driving them out.
* CensorSuds: Diego is covered with these in a scene where Monasterio interrupts him in the bath. This being a PG show, the suds are really hiding the fact that he's [[NonNudeBathing still wearing the pants and boots from his Zorro costume under the water.]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Garcia makes a habit of doing this, almost to the point of RunningGag.
** After orchestrating Diego's fall down a canyon, Malapensa orders his henchmen to rip up his clothes to sell his story that they were caught in a rockslide. Dentist and La Rana both refuse, protesting that their boss's clothing is too nice for them to tear apart. Eventually, a frustrated Malapensa just does it himself.
** Garcia makes a habit of doing this, almost to the point of RunningGag.
** After orchestrating Diego's fall down a canyon, Malapensa orders his henchmen to rip up his clothes to sell his story that they were caught in a rockslide. Dentist and La Rana both refuse, protesting that their boss's clothing is too nice for them to tear apart. Eventually, a frustrated Malapensa just does it himself.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment:
** Monasterio threatens to put Garcia on boot-cleaning duty forever if the sergeant gives away his latest plan to catch Zorro. When the plan fails (albeit not due to Garcia blabbing), Monasterio makes good on the threat.
** After he and every other young man in Los Angeles is thrown in jail on suspicion of being Zorro, Diego turns it into a punishment for Monasterio and the soldiers by making up bad poetry and loudly reciting it in the middle of the garrison. It's so bad that when Monasterio starts releasing people for the second phase of his plan, everyone begs him to let Diego out first.
** Monasterio threatens to put Garcia on boot-cleaning duty forever if the sergeant gives away his latest plan to catch Zorro. When the plan fails (albeit not due to Garcia blabbing), Monasterio makes good on the threat.
** After he and every other young man in Los Angeles is thrown in jail on suspicion of being Zorro, Diego turns it into a punishment for Monasterio and the soldiers by making up bad poetry and loudly reciting it in the middle of the garrison. It's so bad that when Monasterio starts releasing people for the second phase of his plan, everyone begs him to let Diego out first.
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Malapensa tries to invoke this in one episode by provoking Antonio to challenge Diego to a duel, reasoning that Diego will have to show how good he really is at fighting if he wants to save himself. Unfortunately for him, Diego is good enough to win while still making it look like he's a clumsy swordsman who just got lucky.
* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** After her first ride as Zorro goes badly awry and she only escapes capture due to some timely assistance from Diego, Ines admits that stealing Zorro's costume and attacking a group of soldiers wasn't a very smart idea.
** Monasterio is very excited about the idea of arresting every young man in Los Angeles to make sure he's got Zorro. He just didn't think about how he was going to feed all of his prisoners. Or how he was going to figure out which one is Zorro.
** After her first ride as Zorro goes badly awry and she only escapes capture due to some timely assistance from Diego, Ines admits that stealing Zorro's costume and attacking a group of soldiers wasn't a very smart idea.
** Monasterio is very excited about the idea of arresting every young man in Los Angeles to make sure he's got Zorro. He just didn't think about how he was going to feed all of his prisoners. Or how he was going to figure out which one is Zorro.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Monasterio initially tries to woo Carmen by acting charming, but when she turns him down, he starts to act threatening and backs her into a corner, then raises one fist as if to hit her. Thankfully, Zorro interrupts before the situation can escalate further.
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** In "A Bell for Los Angeles," the gambit is two-pronged; the titular bell is used as a distraction to draw the people out of their homes and leave them open to be robbed, in the hope that the people will tun their ire on Don Verdugo for installing it in the first place. The criminals also leave Zorro's mark on the houses they rob to deflect suspicion onto the outlaw who has been a persistent thorn in their side.
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** In "A Bell for Los Angeles," the gambit is two-pronged; the titular bell is used as a distraction to draw the people out of their homes and leave them open to be robbed, in the hope that the people will tun turn their ire on Don Verdugo for installing it in the first place. The criminals also leave Zorro's mark on the houses they rob to deflect suspicion onto the outlaw who has been a persistent thorn in their side.
* FatalFlaw:
** Greed and ambition, for all three major antagonists. Monasterio is finally deposed because he wanted sole credit for capturing Zorro and went after the wrong person to get it. Malapensa's constant robberies and schemes to acquire land give Dona Verdugo the {{Blackmail}} material that eventually destroys him. And Dona Verdugo herself brings about her downfall with a power grab that goes badly awry [[spoiler:and drives the people to open revolt]].
** Don Verdugo would have been a great alcalde and might have finally brought peace and justice to Los Angeles if he wasn't blind to his wife's hunger for power. By the time he realizes the truth, the people have lost all faith in him and he can only lament his failure to act sooner.
** Greed and ambition, for all three major antagonists. Monasterio is finally deposed because he wanted sole credit for capturing Zorro and went after the wrong person to get it. Malapensa's constant robberies and schemes to acquire land give Dona Verdugo the {{Blackmail}} material that eventually destroys him. And Dona Verdugo herself brings about her downfall with a power grab that goes badly awry [[spoiler:and drives the people to open revolt]].
** Don Verdugo would have been a great alcalde and might have finally brought peace and justice to Los Angeles if he wasn't blind to his wife's hunger for power. By the time he realizes the truth, the people have lost all faith in him and he can only lament his failure to act sooner.
* FreudianTrio:
** The three main characters form one of these, with Diego as the rational Superego, Ines as the more emotional Id, and Bernardo the buffering Ego.
** The three main villains also form one, with Monasterio as the Id, Dona Verdugo as the Superego, and Malapensa as the Ego. This one is downplayed, as the villains usually interact in pairs rather than all together. However, the essential dynamics still hold, with Dona Verdugo and Monasterio consistently opposed but both willing to work with Malapensa.
* FriendOfMaskedSelf: Inverted. Diego pretends to strongly dislike Zorro on moral grounds and because Zorro's exploits personally inconvenience him to distance himself from the outlaw.
** The three main characters form one of these, with Diego as the rational Superego, Ines as the more emotional Id, and Bernardo the buffering Ego.
** The three main villains also form one, with Monasterio as the Id, Dona Verdugo as the Superego, and Malapensa as the Ego. This one is downplayed, as the villains usually interact in pairs rather than all together. However, the essential dynamics still hold, with Dona Verdugo and Monasterio consistently opposed but both willing to work with Malapensa.
* FriendOfMaskedSelf: Inverted. Diego pretends to strongly dislike Zorro on moral grounds and because Zorro's exploits personally inconvenience him to distance himself from the outlaw.
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* HateSink: Captain Monasterio is extremely hated by the viewers and fans of Zorro for his tyrannical treatment to his soldiers, townsfolk of Los Angeles, attempts to ruin Zorro's reputation and for being unlikeable overall that him eventually ending up stripped of his rank and sent to prison was an absolutely satisfying punishment for all of his crimes he brought upon townsfolk of Los Angeles.
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* HateSink: Captain Monasterio is extremely hated by the viewers and fans of Zorro for his tyrannical treatment to his soldiers, townsfolk of everyone in Los Angeles, attempts including his own soldiers; his frequent abuses of the law to ruin Zorro's reputation capture Zorro, punish minor slights, or simply get his way; and for having an unlikable personality with his obvious greed and massive ego. Most can agree that being unlikeable overall that him eventually ending up stripped of his rank and sent to prison was is an absolutely satisfying punishment fitting fate for all of his crimes he brought upon townsfolk of Los Angeles.him.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dona Verdugo carefully maintains the image of a respected noblewoman throughout the series, using quick wits and PlausibleDeniability to steer any blame for her actions onto others. Her downfall eventually comes, however, when she tries to tell one lie too many by having Don Parasol arrested for fraud and her husband made governor in his place. Once Zorro and company prove that the charges are false, her carefully-maintained web of lies comes crashing down around her. Even her husband can no longer deny what a dangerous and [[AmbitionIsEvil power-hungry]] person she is.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: HiddenInPlainSight: How Diego hides the shirt and hat from his costume when he invokes InterruptedBath to avoid being captured by Monasterio. He hangs the articles on the back of the door so they're sandwiched between the door and the wall when the soldiers barge in and start searching; even though they're not well hidden, the soldiers focus on the better hiding places in the room and don't even think to check behind the door.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** Dona Verdugo carefully maintains the image of a respected noblewoman throughout the series, using quick wits and PlausibleDeniability to steer any blame for her actions onto others. Her downfall eventually comes, however, when she tries to tell one lie too many by having Don Parasol arrested for fraud and her husband made governor in his place. Once Zorro and company prove that the charges are false, her carefully-maintained web of lies comes crashing down around her. Even her husband can no longer deny what a dangerous and [[AmbitionIsEvil power-hungry]] person she is.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** Dona Verdugo carefully maintains the image of a respected noblewoman throughout the series, using quick wits and PlausibleDeniability to steer any blame for her actions onto others. Her downfall eventually comes, however, when she tries to tell one lie too many by having Don Parasol arrested for fraud and her husband made governor in his place. Once Zorro and company prove that the charges are false, her carefully-maintained web of lies comes crashing down around her. Even her husband can no longer deny what a dangerous and [[AmbitionIsEvil power-hungry]] person she is.
* IdentityImpersonator:
** When Diego is arrested on suspicion of being Zorro, Bernardo shows up in Zorro's costume to convince Monasterio that he's got the wrong man. This begins the shift toward Zorro becoming a CollectiveIdentity.
** Later, Ines makes her debut as Zorro by stealing Diego's costume and going after a group of soldiers when she thinks Diego isn't doing anything useful. After she almost gets caught, she admits that [[DidntThinkThisThrough it wasn't a very good idea]]. Her later forays as Zorro go much better.
* IdiotBall: Carmen picks this up in "The Cannons of Monterey" when she decides to ride out after her father and stop him from participating in a raid against the sodiers transporting the cannons. She doesn't consider that she would be no use in a skirmish or think to disguise herself in case she's seen, which would immediately throw suspicion on her father. While neither of these things comes to pass, she ultimately accomplishes nothing at all, instead spending most of her search wandering around off-screen before Zorro finally shows up to tell her everyone is safe.
** When Diego is arrested on suspicion of being Zorro, Bernardo shows up in Zorro's costume to convince Monasterio that he's got the wrong man. This begins the shift toward Zorro becoming a CollectiveIdentity.
** Later, Ines makes her debut as Zorro by stealing Diego's costume and going after a group of soldiers when she thinks Diego isn't doing anything useful. After she almost gets caught, she admits that [[DidntThinkThisThrough it wasn't a very good idea]]. Her later forays as Zorro go much better.
* IdiotBall: Carmen picks this up in "The Cannons of Monterey" when she decides to ride out after her father and stop him from participating in a raid against the sodiers transporting the cannons. She doesn't consider that she would be no use in a skirmish or think to disguise herself in case she's seen, which would immediately throw suspicion on her father. While neither of these things comes to pass, she ultimately accomplishes nothing at all, instead spending most of her search wandering around off-screen before Zorro finally shows up to tell her everyone is safe.
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* InformedAbility: Despite being a self-proclaimed master swordsman, the Maestro tends to fade only slightly better against Zorro than the common soldiers.
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* InformedAbility: InformedAbility:
** Despite being a self-proclaimed master swordsman, the Maestro tends to fade only slightly better against Zorro than the common soldiers.
** Despite being a self-proclaimed master swordsman, the Maestro tends to fade only slightly better against Zorro than the common soldiers.
* InterruptedBath: At one point when Zorro is cornered, he sneaks into the inn and hastily gets into a convenient bathtub, invoking this trope when Monasterio charges in while checking the rooms to avert suspicion. It's implied that someone else also suffers from this trope, as a woman is heard screaming when the soldiers barge into the other rooms.
* {{Irony}}: After Ines takes his costume and Tornado out for a well-intentioned raid against the soldiers, Diego has to bail her out when she's cornered. He then [[LampshadeHanging comments]] that he never thought ''he'' would have to rescue Zorro (Zorro's status as a CollectiveIdentity won't be firmly established for several more episodes).
* {{Irony}}: After Ines takes his costume and Tornado out for a well-intentioned raid against the soldiers, Diego has to bail her out when she's cornered. He then [[LampshadeHanging comments]] that he never thought ''he'' would have to rescue Zorro (Zorro's status as a CollectiveIdentity won't be firmly established for several more episodes).
* NeverFoundTheBody: Defied. In one episode, Zorro fakes his death by jumping over a cliff. Monasterio's first order to the soldiers who report this to him is to go retrieve the body so he can make sure Zorro is really dead.
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** Zigzagged by Yuma and his band: while he's one of the villains of the series and is perfectly willing to attack or rob innocents, he and his people were forced off of their land because of those settlers, giving him a good reason to dislike them. Notably, Zorro sometimes considers his actions justified, such as when he lets Yuma get away with a sacred mask that was originally stolen from his people rather than returning it to Monasterio after Yuma steals it back.
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** Zigzagged by Yuma and his band: while he's one of the villains of the series and is perfectly willing to attack or rob innocents, he and his people were forced off of their land because of those the settlers, giving him a good reason to dislike them. Notably, Zorro sometimes considers his actions justified, such as when he lets Yuma get away with a sacred mask that was originally stolen from his people rather than returning it to Monasterio after Yuma steals it back.
* PretenderDiss: Diego directs one of these toward the noticeably less detailed copy of his Zorro costume Monasterio makes him wear, declaring his own costume "much more trendy." When he has to put the knock-off back on later, he throws another jab even as he's scrambling to get changed before Monasterio arrives.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Specifically, it kills Ines's engagement to Antonio. After Malapensa arranges an "accident" for Diego in "The Desirable Heiress," Zorro takes it upon himself to give the [[AbhorrentAdmirer abhorrent admirers]] who have descended on the de la Vega estate a solid whooping, including revealing that ''someone'' was taking an inventory of the family's belongings. Ines is furious, and all of her interactions with Antonio from that point forward generally consist of Antonio attempting to patch things up and Ines refusing to speak with him beyond basic pleasantries.
** It should be noted, however, that Ines may be invoking this trope specifically to prevent another attempt on Diego's life, since it wasn't too difficult for the main characters to deduce who was responsible for the first one and why it was made.
** It should be noted, however, that Ines may be invoking this trope specifically to prevent another attempt on Diego's life, since it wasn't too difficult for the main characters to deduce who was responsible for the first one and why it was made.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Specifically, it kills Ines's engagement to Antonio. After Malapensa arranges an "accident" for Diego in "The Desirable Heiress," Zorro takes it upon himself to give the [[AbhorrentAdmirer abhorrent admirers]] who have descended on the de la Vega estate a solid whooping, including revealing that ''someone'' was taking an inventory of the family's belongings. Ines is furious, and all of her interactions with Antonio from that point forward generally consist of Antonio attempting to patch things up and Ines refusing to speak with him beyond basic pleasantries.
**pleasantries. It should be noted, however, that Ines may be invoking this trope specifically to prevent another attempt on Diego's life, since it wasn't too difficult for the main characters to deduce who was responsible for the first one and why it was made.made.
* RefugeInAudacity:
** When he's cornered in the inn, Diego escapes capture by [[HiddenInPlainSight hanging his costume on the door of his room]], getting into the bath, and loudly playing the guitar. The plan almost fails when his guitar playing at an odd hour arouses suspicion, but he manages to play it off by claiming the racket of the soldiers chasing Zorro was keeping him awake.
** While being held under guard on suspicion of being Zorro, Diego slips out through a secret passage, changes into his costume, leads Monasterio on a chase, then races back to the hacienda just in time to be seen exactly where Monasterio left him, cementing his alibi.
** Knowing that Monasterio has fed several people different information in the hope of tricking Zorro into revealing himself, Zorro responds by following up on ''all'' of the false leads, deliberately implicating himself in the process. It works, and Monasterio gives up when he realizes Zorro saw through his plan.
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* RefugeInAudacity:
** When he's cornered in the inn, Diego escapes capture by [[HiddenInPlainSight hanging his costume on the door of his room]], getting into the bath, and loudly playing the guitar. The plan almost fails when his guitar playing at an odd hour arouses suspicion, but he manages to play it off by claiming the racket of the soldiers chasing Zorro was keeping him awake.
** While being held under guard on suspicion of being Zorro, Diego slips out through a secret passage, changes into his costume, leads Monasterio on a chase, then races back to the hacienda just in time to be seen exactly where Monasterio left him, cementing his alibi.
** Knowing that Monasterio has fed several people different information in the hope of tricking Zorro into revealing himself, Zorro responds by following up on ''all'' of the false leads, deliberately implicating himself in the process. It works, and Monasterio gives up when he realizes Zorro saw through his plan.
* ScarecrowSolution: After Monasterio reopens his silver mine, this time with the governor's permission so Zorro can't blackmail him into shutting it down, Zorro turns to this to scare Monasterio and the governor away from the Chumash mountains for good. First, Zorro shows up and warns them that a "malediction" will befall them if they continue to anger the spirits of the mountains by mining there; then, with the help of Bernardo, Ines, and Tainah, he sets up a show that makes it look like wrathful spirits are attacking the mining site. Monasterio sees through it, but by then everyone else is too terrified to listen to him, and a few more tricks have him fleeing along with everyone else.
* SecretIdentityChangeTrick: At one point, Diego has to get into his Zorro outfit on the docks at Monterey. Rather than his usual TransformationSequence, he's shown wedged in between a few crates to keep out of sight while he tugs his costume on.
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* SecretSecretKeeper: While none are explicitly identified, some of Tainah's dialogue in later episodes heavily implies that she is this. Arguments can be made for other characters as well, notably Carmen, Carlos the innkeeper, and Don Alejandro (for whom there is a franchise-spanning precedent).
* ShaggyDogStory: The search for Drake's treasure. Once Diego confirms that Ching's map points to Zorro's cave, he points out that if there was any treasure there, they would have found it. Ching himself acknowledges at the end of the episode that most buried treasures are long gone by the time their resting places are officially discovered.
* ShaggyDogStory: The search for Drake's treasure. Once Diego confirms that Ching's map points to Zorro's cave, he points out that if there was any treasure there, they would have found it. Ching himself acknowledges at the end of the episode that most buried treasures are long gone by the time their resting places are officially discovered.
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* SecretSecretKeeper: While none are explicitly identified, some of Tainah's dialogue in later episodes heavily implies that she is this. Arguments can be made for other characters as well, notably Carmen, Carlos the innkeeper, and Don Alejandro (for whom there is a franchise-spanning precedent).
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*ShaggyDogStory: ShaggyDogStory:
** The search for Drake's treasure. Once Diego confirms that Ching's map points to Zorro's cave, he points out that if there was any treasure there, they would have found it. Ching himself acknowledges at the end of the episode that most buried treasures are long gone by the time their resting places are officially discovered.
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** The search for Drake's treasure. Once Diego confirms that Ching's map points to Zorro's cave, he points out that if there was any treasure there, they would have found it. Ching himself acknowledges at the end of the episode that most buried treasures are long gone by the time their resting places are officially discovered.
* ShellGame: While imprisoned on suspicion of being Zorro, Bernardo amuses himself by putting one of these on for the soldiers and makes a pile of money off of Gonzalez, who just can't keep track of which tin cup a pebble is hidden under. The game also inspires the second stage of Monasterio's plan.
* ShipperOnDeck: Both Don Alejandro and Don Villalonga are this for Carmen and Diego. Unfortunately, both are doomed to disappointment as long as Zorro is needed, since Carmen will inevitably find out about Diego's secret identity if he marries her and he doesn't want that knowledge to put her in danger.
* SingingInTheShower: Diego doesn't sing, but he does play the guitar in the bath.
* ShipperOnDeck: Both Don Alejandro and Don Villalonga are this for Carmen and Diego. Unfortunately, both are doomed to disappointment as long as Zorro is needed, since Carmen will inevitably find out about Diego's secret identity if he marries her and he doesn't want that knowledge to put her in danger.
* SingingInTheShower: Diego doesn't sing, but he does play the guitar in the bath.
* SoftWater: Zig-zagged. Usually, characters treat long drops into bodies of water as appropriately dangerous. However, at one point Bernardo escapes capture by diving over a cliff into a river and comes out none the worse for wear.
* SpannerInTheWorks:
** Garcia frequently acts as this by letting Monasterio's plans slip to Diego or Bernardo.
** In one episode, Monasterio arrests all the men in Los Angeles on grounds of being Zorro, then releases them one at a time to see when Zorro will come back to free the others. To be extra sure, he feeds each prisoner a different story about the wherabouts of Ines and Carmen, whom he's also had falsely arrested. The plan is excellent...except Garcia spills the truth to Diego, who deliberately muddies the waters by visiting ''all'' the locations Monasterio mentioned.
** Garcia acts as a spanner in a different way by keeping his mouth shut about Monasterio's plot to trap Zorro by taking most of the garrison out of town and then doubling back. When Diego's probing doesn't convince Garcia to spill the beans, he walks right into the trap and is taken by surprise.
** When a shipment of grain is stolen, Zorro correctly traces the theft to Malapensa and confronts his goons. He just doesn't consider that someone else might have figured out who the thief is and gotten to him first. [[spoiler:Dona Verdugo then holds the evidence of this theft over Malapensa's head for the rest of his time in Los Angeles.]]
* TheSpeechless: Bernardo is mute, and is implied to have been so his entire life. He communicates through charades/sign language. At the beginning of the series, he begins ObfuscatingDisability by also pretending to be deaf.
* SpannerInTheWorks:
** Garcia frequently acts as this by letting Monasterio's plans slip to Diego or Bernardo.
** In one episode, Monasterio arrests all the men in Los Angeles on grounds of being Zorro, then releases them one at a time to see when Zorro will come back to free the others. To be extra sure, he feeds each prisoner a different story about the wherabouts of Ines and Carmen, whom he's also had falsely arrested. The plan is excellent...except Garcia spills the truth to Diego, who deliberately muddies the waters by visiting ''all'' the locations Monasterio mentioned.
** Garcia acts as a spanner in a different way by keeping his mouth shut about Monasterio's plot to trap Zorro by taking most of the garrison out of town and then doubling back. When Diego's probing doesn't convince Garcia to spill the beans, he walks right into the trap and is taken by surprise.
** When a shipment of grain is stolen, Zorro correctly traces the theft to Malapensa and confronts his goons. He just doesn't consider that someone else might have figured out who the thief is and gotten to him first. [[spoiler:Dona Verdugo then holds the evidence of this theft over Malapensa's head for the rest of his time in Los Angeles.]]
* TheSpeechless: Bernardo is mute, and is implied to have been so his entire life. He communicates through charades/sign language. At the beginning of the series, he begins ObfuscatingDisability by also pretending to be deaf.
* StopDrowningAndStandUp: After Garcia trips while wading through a shallow stream, he panics and starts wailing about how he can't swim, much to Monastario's annoyance. After a few seconds, it seems to occur to Garcia that he's sitting firmly on the bottom with his head well above the water and he sheepishly quiets down.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Diego complains that he never gets to see Zorro in action, Tainah responds that it's clearly because Zorro is considerate enough to respect Diego's dilike of fighting and only shows himself when Diego isn't around. Lacking a good reply, Diego agrees and drops the subject.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** This series likes to play TapOnTheHead straight, so it's very jarring when two farmers get knocked over the head during a robbery and spend quite a while in bed recovering from their injuries.
** When Monasterio orders a test firing of his cannons, both Gonzales and Garcia visibly suffer from the loud BOOM of the cannons firing. They also learn the hard way that the barrel of a just-fired cannon is very hot.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Diego complains that he never gets to see Zorro in action, Tainah responds that it's clearly because Zorro is considerate enough to respect Diego's dilike of fighting and only shows himself when Diego isn't around. Lacking a good reply, Diego agrees and drops the subject.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** This series likes to play TapOnTheHead straight, so it's very jarring when two farmers get knocked over the head during a robbery and spend quite a while in bed recovering from their injuries.
** When Monasterio orders a test firing of his cannons, both Gonzales and Garcia visibly suffer from the loud BOOM of the cannons firing. They also learn the hard way that the barrel of a just-fired cannon is very hot.
* SuspectIsHatless:
** When Bernardo is nearly caught sabotaging Monasterio's cannons, the soldiers who see him have to admit to Monasterio that they didn't get a very good look at him and couldn't tell who he was. The best they can offer is that they don't think he was Zorro.
** When Monasterio complains about how Zorro must have some kind of unique feature that can identify him, Gonzales points out that he seems relatively young. Monasterio immediately latches onto this, even after it's pointed out that half of the men in Los Angeles fit that description.
** When Bernardo is nearly caught sabotaging Monasterio's cannons, the soldiers who see him have to admit to Monasterio that they didn't get a very good look at him and couldn't tell who he was. The best they can offer is that they don't think he was Zorro.
** When Monasterio complains about how Zorro must have some kind of unique feature that can identify him, Gonzales points out that he seems relatively young. Monasterio immediately latches onto this, even after it's pointed out that half of the men in Los Angeles fit that description.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: In "The Treasure Map," a bandit tries to steal the titular map from Ching, who is unarmed. Ching proceeds to display a mastery of martial arts that allows him to send the bandit running with his bare hands. He even gets a few solid hits in on [[TheWorfEffect Zorro]] when the outlaw shows up and tries to lend a hand.
** The ease with which Zorro can disarm even the garrison's most skilled fencers when he puts his mind to it and his ability to keep spouting witty quips even while in the thick of a fight imply that he deliberately invokes this trope. It's likely that he goes easy on the soldiers to keep them from accepting his victories as a ForegoneConclusion--in one episode, he even complains about how much he was looking forward to a long fight after he easily disarms Monasterio.
** The ease with which Zorro can disarm even the garrison's most skilled fencers when he puts his mind to it and his ability to keep spouting witty quips even while in the thick of a fight imply that he deliberately invokes this trope. It's likely that he goes easy on the soldiers to keep them from accepting his victories as a ForegoneConclusion--in one episode, he even complains about how much he was looking forward to a long fight after he easily disarms Monasterio.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: UnderestimatingBadassery:
** In "The Treasure Map," a bandit tries to steal the titular map from Ching, who is unarmed. Ching proceeds to display a mastery of martial arts that allows him to send the bandit running with his bare hands. He even gets a few solid hits in on [[TheWorfEffect Zorro]] when the outlaw shows up and tries to lend a hand.
** The ease with which Zorro can disarm even the garrison's most skilled fencers when he puts his mind to it and his ability to keep spouting witty quips even while in the thick of a fight imply that he deliberately invokes thistrope. It's likely that he goes easy on the soldiers trope to keep them his opponents from accepting his victories as a ForegoneConclusion--in one episode, he even complains about how much he was looking forward to a long fight after he easily disarms Monasterio.Monasterio.
* {{Unishment}}: In one episode, the soldiers have to keep rebuilding the same aqueduct over and over for various reasons. By the end, Garcia is so sick of it that he's overjoyed at being ordered to clean the wreckage of the destroyed aqueduct up all by himself, because he's at least not rebuilding the aqueduct ''again''.
** In "The Treasure Map," a bandit tries to steal the titular map from Ching, who is unarmed. Ching proceeds to display a mastery of martial arts that allows him to send the bandit running with his bare hands. He even gets a few solid hits in on [[TheWorfEffect Zorro]] when the outlaw shows up and tries to lend a hand.
** The ease with which Zorro can disarm even the garrison's most skilled fencers when he puts his mind to it and his ability to keep spouting witty quips even while in the thick of a fight imply that he deliberately invokes this
* {{Unishment}}: In one episode, the soldiers have to keep rebuilding the same aqueduct over and over for various reasons. By the end, Garcia is so sick of it that he's overjoyed at being ordered to clean the wreckage of the destroyed aqueduct up all by himself, because he's at least not rebuilding the aqueduct ''again''.
* WeaponBasedCharacterization: As usual for the character, Zorro wields a bullwhip and sword. The whip doubles as his secondary weapon rather than being simply for utility, with Zorro finding all sorts of creative uses for it. Once Zorro becomes more of a CollectiveIdentity, Ines and Bernardo each favor one of Zorro's signature weapons, showing that while all three are capable, Diego is the true Zorro. Ines prefers the sword, in keeping with her direct personality, while Bernardo favors the whip to attack from a distance and avoid suspicion over [[TheSpeechless the lack of witty banter.]]
* WeaponSpecialization: Zorro wields his classic combination of sword and bullwhip, with the whip pulling double duty as a weapon and [[BuildingSwing a means to swing from one rooftop to another]]. The length of the whip seems to vary from scene to scene (in some cases, it's unrealistically long to allow Zorro to pull off his acrobatic stunts; other times, it's clearly much shorter). Ines is also skilled enough with a whip to pass for Zorro when she's the one wearing the mask.
* WeaponSpecialization: Zorro wields his classic combination of sword and bullwhip, with the whip pulling double duty as a weapon and [[BuildingSwing a means to swing from one rooftop to another]]. The length of the whip seems to vary from scene to scene (in some cases, it's unrealistically long to allow Zorro to pull off his acrobatic stunts; other times, it's clearly much shorter). Ines is also skilled enough with a whip to pass for Zorro when she's the one wearing the mask.
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* WhipItGood: As always, Zorro is skilled with a bullwhip to use it as both a weapon and a means to [[BuildingSwing swing from one rooftop to another]]. The length of the whip seems to vary from scene to scene (in some cases, it's unrealistically long to allow Zorro to pull off his acrobatic stunts; other times, it's clearly much shorter). Ines is also skilled enough with a whip to pass for Zorro when she's the one wearing the mask.
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* ZorroMark: Do you even need to ask? Sergeant Garcia even refers to it as getting "zeed."
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* ZorroMark: Do you even need to ask? Sergeant Garcia even refers to it as getting "zeed."" Played for laughs on one occasion when a falling piece of rope briefly forms the iconic Z and Garcia [[ComicallyMissingThePoint immediately wonders how Zorro did that.]]
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** In "The Treasure Map" Ching the cartographer is the only one to anticipate the WorthlessTreasureTwist the main characters set up, noting that the chest the party digs up is too new to really have been buried by Drake and that most buried treasures are found by thieves and carried off long before they're officially discovered.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sisquoc does this when he kidnaps Monasterio after the captain tries yet again to unfairly take the Chumash's land. However, in the long run, this causes more problems than it solves -- Monasterio's plan is thwarted for [[ShaggyDogStory completely unrelated reasons]] and Sisquoc is forced to spend months in hiding while Monasterio tries to hunt him down. Eventually, he's captured and nearly banished, only being saved by Zorro's intervention.
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* NobleSavage:
** Downplayed with the Chumash. Most of the villainous characters see them as primitive and inferior, but their way of life is never depicted as savage or uncivilized, just different from that of the European settlers. In their frequent conflicts with Monasterio, they typically have the moral high ground as victims of greed and prejudice, especially since they don't fight back in the hope of avoiding all-out war. However, not all of them are willing to take the abuse quietly, as shown in "The Spirit of the Sea" when one of them gets fed up and kidnaps Monasterio during his umpteenth attempt to seize their land.
** Zigzagged by Yuma and his band: while he's one of the villains of the series and is perfectly willing to attack or rob innocents, he and his people were forced off of their land because of those settlers, giving him a good reason to dislike them. Notably, Zorro sometimes considers his actions justified, such as when he lets Yuma get away with a sacred mask that was originally stolen from his people rather than returning it to Monasterio after Yuma steals it back.
** Downplayed with the Chumash. Most of the villainous characters see them as primitive and inferior, but their way of life is never depicted as savage or uncivilized, just different from that of the European settlers. In their frequent conflicts with Monasterio, they typically have the moral high ground as victims of greed and prejudice, especially since they don't fight back in the hope of avoiding all-out war. However, not all of them are willing to take the abuse quietly, as shown in "The Spirit of the Sea" when one of them gets fed up and kidnaps Monasterio during his umpteenth attempt to seize their land.
** Zigzagged by Yuma and his band: while he's one of the villains of the series and is perfectly willing to attack or rob innocents, he and his people were forced off of their land because of those settlers, giving him a good reason to dislike them. Notably, Zorro sometimes considers his actions justified, such as when he lets Yuma get away with a sacred mask that was originally stolen from his people rather than returning it to Monasterio after Yuma steals it back.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: This is Zorro's attitude; he often breaks the law and undermines the authority of the local garrison, but only when they start abusing their power or [[PoliceAreUseless completely fail to deal with various crimes themselves]]. He's also willing to let criminals get away with breaking the law if they had good reasons for doing so, such as when Yuma steals a collection of objects Monasterio was planning to give to the governor. Zorro recovers the stolen items, but lets Yuma keep a mask that's sacred to his people and was obviously stolen from them at some point in the past.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that Governor Parasol (and by extension, the King of Spain) is responsible for the unfair taxes and that he's merely enforcing the law... though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio responds by correctly points pointing out that Governor Parasol (and by extension, the King of Spain) is the one actually responsible for the unfair taxes and that he's merely enforcing the law... though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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It is successful enough to warrant a video game spin-off with the same name in 2022.
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** By the series' twenty-first episode, Malapensa's henchmen Dentist and La Rana have been around the block enough times to know what happens [[ForegoneConclusion every time Zorro shows up]]. So when he walks in on them committing a burglary, they don't even bother trying to fight. They even take turns cutting the trademark "Z" into the seats of their own trousers before running for the hills.
** After Dona Verdugo fakes her own kidnapping at the hands of Zorro, Don Verdugo points out that kidnapping isn't the real Zorro's style and that the "kidnapper" was likely an impostor. While he doesn't actually point out that this isn't the first (or even the second) time someone has tried to frame Zorro for a crime, the implication is definitely there.
*** A few rounds of Zorro impersonators seem to have clued the majority of Los Angeles's population in to the fact that if Zorro does something wildly out of character, odds are it's not really him.
** After Dona Verdugo fakes her own kidnapping at the hands of Zorro, Don Verdugo points out that kidnapping isn't the real Zorro's style and that the "kidnapper" was likely an impostor. While he doesn't actually point out that this isn't the first (or even the second) time someone has tried to frame Zorro for a crime, the implication is definitely there.
*** A few rounds of Zorro impersonators seem to have clued the majority of Los Angeles's population in to the fact that if Zorro does something wildly out of character, odds are it's not really him.
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** By the series' twenty-first episode, Malapensa's henchmen Dentist and La Rana have been around the block enough times to know what happens [[ForegoneConclusion every time Zorro shows up]]. So when he walks in on them committing a burglary, they don't even bother trying to fight. They even take turns cutting the trademark "Z" into the seats of their own each other's trousers before running for the hills.
** AfterDona Verdugo fakes her own kidnapping at the hands of Zorro, Don Verdugo points out that kidnapping isn't the real Zorro's style and that the "kidnapper" was likely an impostor. While he doesn't actually point out that this isn't the first (or even the second) time someone has tried to frame Zorro for a crime, the implication is definitely there.
*** Afew rounds of Zorro impersonators seem to have clued the majority impersonators, most of Los Angeles's population in Angeles seems to catch on to the fact that if Zorro does something wildly out of character, odds are it's probably not really him.him. This is discussed in "The Plot" when Don Verdugo points out that kidnapping isn't Zorro's style and the "Zorro" who took his wife was likely an impostor.
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* BadBoss: Monasterio constantly berates his soldiers and issues harsh punishments on them for their failure to capture Zorro. Granted, they're idiots, but his bullying doesn't improve their performance in the slightest.
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* BadBoss: Monasterio constantly berates his soldiers and issues harsh punishments on harshly punishes them for their failure to capture Zorro. Granted, they're idiots, but his bullying doesn't improve their performance in the slightest.
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* HateSink: Captain Monasterio is extremely hated by the viewers and fans of Zorro for his tyrannical treatment to his soldiers, townsfolk of Los Angeles, attempts to ruin Zorro's reputation and for being unlikeable overall that him eventually ending up stripped of his rank and sent to prison was an absolutely satisfying punishment for all of his crimes he brought upon townsfolk of Los Angeles.
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* BookcasePassage: The secret passage to Zorro's cave is in the hacienda library, and is activated like this.
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* TransformationSequence: Every episode features a stock sequence that starts on a wide shot of the hacienda, then zooms in on Diego activating the secret panel, running down the corridor to the cavern, donning his sword, whip, boots and hat, then whistling for Tornado who circles him before they ride off.
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* CanonForeigner: Ines and the twins' maternal grandmother Tainah (although the latter is based on Gray Owl in the Isabel Allende novel), along with several other characters.
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* CanonForeigner: Ines and the twins' maternal grandmother Tainah, along with several other characters.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Multiple villains have tried to cover their misdeeds by dressing up as Zorro and letting him take the fall for their crimes.
** Diego often proclaims his hatred for Zorro and acts friendly with Monasterio, Don Parasol, and Malapensa in order to reinforce his secret identity--and make the aforementioned parties more likely to let information slip.
** In "A Bell for Los Angeles," the gambit is two-pronged; the titular bell is used as a distraction to draw the people out of their homes and leave them open to be robbed, in the hope that the people will tun their ire on Don Verdugo for installing it in the first place. The criminals also leave Zorro's mark on the houses they rob to deflect suspicion onto the outlaw who has been a persistent thorn in their side.
** "The Tornado" sees Yuma pull one of these in order to take back a sacred mask that was stolen from his people. His disguise ensures that the garrison will go after Zorro, leaving Yuma free to make his escape uncontested.
** In "The Plot," Dona Verdugo tries to weaken Monasterio's favor with the governor by faking her own kidnapping by and escape from Zorro, so that Monasterio comes off as incompetent when he's unable to rescue her.
** In "The Treasure Map," Diego, Bernardo, and Ines join the treasure-hunting expedition in order to sabotage it, since the titular map points straight to Zorro's lair.
** Diego often proclaims his hatred for Zorro and acts friendly with Monasterio, Don Parasol, and Malapensa in order to reinforce his secret identity--and make the aforementioned parties more likely to let information slip.
** In "A Bell for Los Angeles," the gambit is two-pronged; the titular bell is used as a distraction to draw the people out of their homes and leave them open to be robbed, in the hope that the people will tun their ire on Don Verdugo for installing it in the first place. The criminals also leave Zorro's mark on the houses they rob to deflect suspicion onto the outlaw who has been a persistent thorn in their side.
** "The Tornado" sees Yuma pull one of these in order to take back a sacred mask that was stolen from his people. His disguise ensures that the garrison will go after Zorro, leaving Yuma free to make his escape uncontested.
** In "The Plot," Dona Verdugo tries to weaken Monasterio's favor with the governor by faking her own kidnapping by and escape from Zorro, so that Monasterio comes off as incompetent when he's unable to rescue her.
** In "The Treasure Map," Diego, Bernardo, and Ines join the treasure-hunting expedition in order to sabotage it, since the titular map points straight to Zorro's lair.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: The waiter, in this case, being the Chumash Indians. The evil characters, particularly Monasterio, have no problem with displacing, exploiting, or outright ''enslaving'' the Chumash. The good characters, on the other hand, are shown protesting in favor of the Chumash or fighting in their defense.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that Governor Parasol (and by extension, the King of Spain) is responsible the unfair taxes and that he's merely enforcing the law... though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that Governor Parasol (and by extension, the King of Spain) is responsible for the unfair taxes and that he's merely enforcing the law... though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that Governor Parasol (and by extension, the King of Spain) is responsible the unfair taxes and that he's simply merely enforcing the law...law... though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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* MildlyMilitary: The garrison’s soldiers. For one thing, the soldiers don’t seem to even have proper training. Gonzales flat out admits that he learned swordfighting from his grandmother. Also the soldiers frequently complain about the tasks that they’re ordered to do. In any real-life military, this type of behavior is considered insubordination. This is even lampshades by Verdugo’s nephew when he is given control of the garrison.
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* MildlyMilitary: The garrison’s soldiers. For one thing, the soldiers don’t seem to even have proper training. Gonzales flat out admits that he learned swordfighting from his grandmother. Also the soldiers frequently complain about the tasks that they’re ordered to do. In any real-life military, this type of behavior is considered insubordination. This is even lampshades lampshaded by Verdugo’s nephew when he is given control of the garrison.
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* BigBadWannabe: Monasterio. Despite commanding the garrison and being the closest thing Zorro has to an ArchEnemy, he’s ultimately nothing more than a DirtyCop in the long run. Once an actual government official takes power, he’s quickly put in his place. In the series penultimate episode, he’s made into an UnwittingPawn by Dona Verdugo and ends up stripped of his rank and sent to prison.
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* BigBadWannabe: Monasterio. Despite commanding the garrison and being the closest thing Zorro has to an ArchEnemy, he’s he's ultimately nothing more than a DirtyCop in the long run. Once an actual government official takes power, he’s he's quickly put in his place. In the series penultimate episode, he’s he's made into an UnwittingPawn by Dona Verdugo and ends up stripped of his rank and sent to prison.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain!: Zorro's enemies find themselves accidentally making his job easier surprisingly often.
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** Dona Verdugo winds up contributing more to her downfall than Zorro ever did. After successfully framing Governor Parasol for embezzlement, she has decides to have Carmen kidnapped, kidnapped alongside Parasol, despite the latter having only overheard the details of the arrest and nothing more. This leads to Zorro tracking quickly draws Zorro's attention, who tracks down Carmen, rescuing rescues the Governor and exposing Verdugo’s exposes Verdugo's plot to the public.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that he isn't responsible for the unfair taxes (which were the work of Don Parasol, and the King of Spain by extension) and that he's simply enforcing the law. ...though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that he isn't Governor Parasol (and by extension, the King of Spain) is responsible for the unfair taxes (which were the work of Don Parasol, and the King of Spain by extension) and that he's simply enforcing the law. ...law...though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that Governor Parasol is responsible for the unfair taxes and that he's simply enforcing the law...though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that Governor Parasol is he isn't responsible for the unfair taxes (which were the work of Don Parasol, and the King of Spain by extension) and that he's simply enforcing the law...law. ...though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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The series' synopsis follows the familiar plot of Don Diego de la Vega (here a teenager instead of an adult like in most other adaptations, and voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch) returning home to 19th-century Los Angeles, California after having spent several years at school in Spain. Thanks to letters from home, he is forewarned that the army captain Monasterio has established a tyrannical rule over Los Angeles. In order to combat the corruption that awaits him and to defend the people, Diego decides to take on the masked identity of Zorro, foiling Monasterio and other villains as he embarks on his adventures in and around the town.
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The series' synopsis follows the familiar plot of Don Diego de la Vega (here a teenager instead of an adult like in most other adaptations, and voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch) Creator/JohnnyYongBosch) returning home to 19th-century Los Angeles, California after having spent several years at school in Spain. Thanks to letters from home, he is forewarned that the army captain Monasterio has established a tyrannical rule over Los Angeles. In order to combat the corruption that awaits him and to defend the people, Diego decides to take on the masked identity of Zorro, foiling Monasterio and other villains as he embarks on his adventures in and around the town.
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* RoguesGallery: While he's not generally known for having a huge variety of villains like [[Franchise/{{Batman}} that one superhero he would later inspire]], Zorro's got a fairly decent line-up in this series. The list includes [[GeneralRipper Captain Monasterio]], [[PunchClockVillain Sergeant Garcia]], [[AmbitionIsEvil Corporal Gonzales]], [[SleazyPolitician Governor Esteban Parasol]], [[BitchInSheepsClothing Dona Isabella Verdugo]], [[BadassNative Chief Yuma]], [[MasterSwordsman Antonio Ramirez]], and [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Don Rodrigo Malapensa]] and his hired henchmen [[ThoseTwoBadGuys La Rana and Dentist]].
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* RoguesGallery: While he's not generally known for having a huge variety of villains like [[Franchise/{{Batman}} that one superhero he would later inspire]], Zorro's got a fairly decent line-up in this series. The list includes [[GeneralRipper Captain Monasterio]], [[PunchClockVillain Sergeant Garcia]], [[AmbitionIsEvil Corporal Gonzales]], [[SleazyPolitician Governor Esteban Parasol]], [[BitchInSheepsClothing Dona Isabella Verdugo]], [[BadassNative Chief Yuma]], [[MasterSwordsman Antonio Ramirez]], and [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Don Rodrigo Malapensa]] and his hired henchmen [[ThoseTwoBadGuys La Rana and Dentist]].Dentist.
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: There really ''was'' a pirate named Francis Drake who buried a portion of his ill-gotten gains in California after robbing a mule train carrying gold and silver. However, he only did so because the loot was too heavy to carry off in one trip. Furthermore, by the time he came back for the rest, the Spanish had found his hiding place and recovered it. Needless to say, the episode's titular map is completely fictional.
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* AllForNothing: Mid-season, Dona Verdugo finds a cufflink that proves Malapensa is responsible for hiring the bandits and uses it to {{Blackmail}} the latter. Eventually, Malapensa steals back and destroys the evidence and [[TemptingFate happily proclaims how he is now free]]. In the episode following this, Dona Vergudo discovers an old wanted poster which reveals that Malapensa was a former pirate, making Malapensa's previous quest pointless.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Corporal Gonzales desperately desires to become sergeant in Garcias' place, and is willing to follow any order Monasterio gives while showing up Garcia at any opportunity, in order to achieve this goal. Granted, when you're the personal ButtMonkey to a sergeant who's an outright incompetent idiot, you do tend to want to achieve better for yourself...unfortunately, Gonzales isn't much better than Garcia in the intelligence department.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Corporal Gonzales desperately desires to become sergeant in Garcias' place, and is willing to follow any order Monasterio gives while showing up Garcia at any opportunity, in order to achieve this goal. Granted, when you're the personal ButtMonkey to a sergeant who's an outright incompetent idiot, you do tend to want to achieve better for yourself...unfortunately, Gonzales isn't much better than Garcia in the intelligence department.
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* AllForNothing: AllForNothing:
** Mid-season, Dona Verdugo finds a cufflink that proves Malapensa is responsible for hiring the bandits and uses it to {{Blackmail}} the latter. Eventually, Malapensa steals back and destroys the evidence and [[TemptingFate happily proclaims how he is now free]]. In the episode following this, Dona Vergudo discovers an old wanted poster which reveals that Malapensa was a former pirate, making Malapensa's previous quest pointless.
** In "The Grains of Wrath," Zorro correctly surmises that Malapensa's goons are behind the theft of a shipment of grain. However, by the time he gets around to confronting them, the grain is long gone ([[spoiler:Dona Verdugo had also deduced who was responsible for the thefts and blackmailed Malapensa to turn the grain over to her]]). While the ensuing fight is no less spectacular and humorous than any other in the series, it's ultimately a pointless diversion; Zorro never does figure out what happened to the grain.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Corporal Gonzales desperatelydesires wants to become sergeant in Garcias' place, and is willing to follow any order Monasterio gives while showing seizing any opportunity to show up Garcia at any opportunity, in order to achieve this goal. Granted, when you're the personal ButtMonkey to a sergeant who's an outright incompetent idiot, you do tend to want to achieve better for yourself...unfortunately, Gonzales isn't much better than Garcia in the intelligence department.
** Mid-season, Dona Verdugo finds a cufflink that proves Malapensa is responsible for hiring the bandits and uses it to {{Blackmail}} the latter. Eventually, Malapensa steals back and destroys the evidence and [[TemptingFate happily proclaims how he is now free]]. In the episode following this, Dona Vergudo discovers an old wanted poster which reveals that Malapensa was a former pirate, making Malapensa's previous quest pointless.
** In "The Grains of Wrath," Zorro correctly surmises that Malapensa's goons are behind the theft of a shipment of grain. However, by the time he gets around to confronting them, the grain is long gone ([[spoiler:Dona Verdugo had also deduced who was responsible for the thefts and blackmailed Malapensa to turn the grain over to her]]). While the ensuing fight is no less spectacular and humorous than any other in the series, it's ultimately a pointless diversion; Zorro never does figure out what happened to the grain.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Corporal Gonzales desperately
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* GenreSavvy: By the series' twenty-first episode, Malapensa's henchmen Dentist and La Rana have been around the block enough times to know what happens [[ForegoneConclusion every time Zorro shows up]]. So when he walks in on them committing a burglary, they don't even bother trying to fight. They even take turns cutting the trademark "Z" into the seats of their own trousers before running for the hills.
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** By the series' twenty-first episode, Malapensa's henchmen Dentist and La Rana have been around the block enough times to know what happens [[ForegoneConclusion every time Zorro shows up]]. So when he walks in on them committing a burglary, they don't even bother trying to fight. They even take turns cutting the trademark "Z" into the seats of their own trousers before running for the hills.
** By the series' twenty-first episode, Malapensa's henchmen Dentist and La Rana have been around the block enough times to know what happens [[ForegoneConclusion every time Zorro shows up]]. So when he walks in on them committing a burglary, they don't even bother trying to fight. They even take turns cutting the trademark "Z" into the seats of their own trousers before running for the hills.
*** A few rounds of Zorro impersonators seem to have clued the majority of Los Angeles's population in to the fact that if Zorro does something wildly out of character, odds are it's not really him.
* GoThroughMe: Ines pulls this in "The Desirable Heiress" when Zorro is about to cut his trademark Z into Antonio's clothes. Zorro is visibly dumbfounded, but agrees to give Antonio a pass.
-->'''Ines:''' (steps between Zorro and Antonio) No, spare him!
-->'''Zorro:''' Not even a little Z on his butt?
* GoThroughMe: Ines pulls this in "The Desirable Heiress" when Zorro is about to cut his trademark Z into Antonio's clothes. Zorro is visibly dumbfounded, but agrees to give Antonio a pass.
-->'''Ines:''' (steps between Zorro and Antonio) No, spare him!
-->'''Zorro:''' Not even a little Z on his butt?
* NotWithThemForTheMoney: Antonio plays this straight, going out of his way to emphasize to Ines that wealth isn't everything during one of his first conversations with her. After he proposes, he seriously considers breaking off the engagement when he overhears his father planning to kill Diego to make Ines (and by extension, him) the sole heir to the massive de la Vega fortune.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Specifically, it kills Ines's engagement to Antonio. After Malapensa arranges an "accident" for Diego in "The Desirable Heiress," Zorro takes it upon himself to give the [[AbhorrentAdmirer abhorrent admirers]] who have descended on the de la Vega estate a solid whooping, including revealing that ''someone'' was taking an inventory of the family's belongings. Ines is furious, and all of her interactions with Antonio from that point forward generally consist of Antonio attempting to patch things up and Ines refusing to speak with him beyond basic pleasantries.
** It should be noted, however, that Ines may be invoking this trope specifically to prevent another attempt on Diego's life, since it wasn't too difficult for the main characters to deduce who was responsible for the first one and why it was made.
** It should be noted, however, that Ines may be invoking this trope specifically to prevent another attempt on Diego's life, since it wasn't too difficult for the main characters to deduce who was responsible for the first one and why it was made.
* ThickerThanWater:
** Antonio is well aware that his father is not a good or honest person, but when push comes to shove, he always sides with Don Rodriguo.
** It's implied that one of the reasons Ines decided not to marry Antonio, despite caring for him enough to pull a GoThroughMe on ''Zorro'' for him, is because doing so would result in his father making more attempts on Diego's life.
** Antonio is well aware that his father is not a good or honest person, but when push comes to shove, he always sides with Don Rodriguo.
** It's implied that one of the reasons Ines decided not to marry Antonio, despite caring for him enough to pull a GoThroughMe on ''Zorro'' for him, is because doing so would result in his father making more attempts on Diego's life.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that Governor Parasol is responsible for the unfair taxes and that he's simply enforcing the law.law...though it quickly becomes clear that Monasterio himself is still willing to ignore or abuse the law when it suits him.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Downplayed. Antonio Malapensa unerringly loyal to his father, even when remaining so contradicts his morals (see ThickerThanWater above) or the evidence to back up Malapensa's claims is flimsy at best. Malapensa, on the other hand, considers Antonio's strong sense of right and wrong a weakness and bemoans the fact that his son values love and family more than wealth.
-->'''Malapensa:''' How did my son ever turn out so mushy? Honesty will be his downfall.
-->'''Malapensa:''' How did my son ever turn out so mushy? Honesty will be his downfall.
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* WorthlessTreasureTwist: Invoked by Diego, Ines, and Bernardo, who bury an some rusty swords and an old shoe in a chest to make the people of Los Angeles give up on following a treasure map that originally pointed straight to Zorro's cave. Of the group that assembles to see the treasure unearthed, only visiting cartographer Ching is GenreSavvy enough to be neither surprised nor particularly disappointed.
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* AllForNothing: Mid-season, Dona Verdugo finds a cufflink that proves Malapensa is responsible for hiring the bandits and uses it to {{Blackmail}} the latter. Eventually, Malapensa steals back and destroys the evidence and [[TemptingFate happily proclaims how he is now free]]. In the episode following this, Dona Vergudo discovers an old wanted poster which reveals that Malapensa was a former pirate, making Malapensa's previous quest pointless.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Diego's father calls out Captain Monasterio for overtaxing and imprisoning the townspeople. Monasterio correctly points out that Governor Parasol is responsible for the unfair taxes and that he's simply enforcing the law.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The creators originally planned for the show to span three seasons instead of the one it aired for. WordOfGod confirms that the [[AbortedArc loose ends]] not neatly tied off at the end of season one would have been expanded upon in the planned second and third seasons.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Monasterio, due to leading incompetent soldiers.
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** Rosa, the IdenticalStranger Dona Verdugo hires to impersonate Ines in "The Impostor," is this as well. At first, she appears to be a genuinely sweet girl who only participates in the plot because she's been told it's a harmless prank. Then she figures out it's not harmless at all...and she's more than willing to go along with it, so long as she's well paid.
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Rosa, who looks [[IdenticalStranger exactly like Ines]], has no problem with helping Dona Verdugo frame the de la Vega family for treason, including taking a shot at the governor, as long as she gets paid for it.
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* GenreSavvy: By the series' twenty-first episode, Malapensa's henchmen Dentist and La Rana have been around the block enough times to know what happens [[ForegoneConclusion every time Zorro shows up]]. So when he walks in on them committing a burglary, they don't even bother trying to fight. They even take turns cutting the trademark "Z" into the seats of their own trousers before running for the hills.
** After Dona Verdugo fakes her own kidnapping at the hands of Zorro, Don Verdugo points out that kidnapping isn't the real Zorro's style and that the "kidnapper" was likely an impostor. While he doesn't actually point out that this isn't the first (or even the second) time someone has tried to frame Zorro for a crime, the implication is definitely there.
** After Dona Verdugo fakes her own kidnapping at the hands of Zorro, Don Verdugo points out that kidnapping isn't the real Zorro's style and that the "kidnapper" was likely an impostor. While he doesn't actually point out that this isn't the first (or even the second) time someone has tried to frame Zorro for a crime, the implication is definitely there.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The search for Drake's treasure. Once Diego confirms that Ching's map points to Zorro's cave, he points out that if there was any treasure there, they would have found it. Ching himself acknowledges at the end of the episode that most buried treasures are long gone by the time their resting places are officially discovered.
** In "The Grains Of Wrath," Zorro never does succeed in recovering the grain that Malapensa's goons stole. He also never seems to connect the fact that it suddenly vanished with Dona Verdugo miraculously procuring a supply of grain (though in fairness to him, he wouldn't discover her [[BitchInSheepsClothing manipulative nature]] until the end of the next episode).
** In "The Grains Of Wrath," Zorro never does succeed in recovering the grain that Malapensa's goons stole. He also never seems to connect the fact that it suddenly vanished with Dona Verdugo miraculously procuring a supply of grain (though in fairness to him, he wouldn't discover her [[BitchInSheepsClothing manipulative nature]] until the end of the next episode).
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: In "The Treasure Map," a bandit tries to steal the titular map from Ching, who is unarmed. Ching proceeds to display a mastery of martial arts that allows him to send the bandit running with his bare hands. He even gets a few solid hits in on [[TheWorfEffect Zorro]] when the outlaw shows up and tries to lend a hand.
** The ease with which Zorro can disarm even the garrison's most skilled fencers when he puts his mind to it and his ability to keep spouting witty quips even while in the thick of a fight imply that he deliberately invokes this trope. It's likely that he goes easy on the soldiers to keep them from accepting his victories as a ForegoneConclusion--in one episode, he even complains about how much he was looking forward to a long fight after he easily disarms Monasterio.
** The ease with which Zorro can disarm even the garrison's most skilled fencers when he puts his mind to it and his ability to keep spouting witty quips even while in the thick of a fight imply that he deliberately invokes this trope. It's likely that he goes easy on the soldiers to keep them from accepting his victories as a ForegoneConclusion--in one episode, he even complains about how much he was looking forward to a long fight after he easily disarms Monasterio.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The creators originally planned for the show to span three seasons instead of the one it aired for. WordOfGod confirms that the [[AbortedArc loose ends]] not neatly tied off at the end of season one would have been expanded upon in the planned second and third seasons.
