History YMMV / Zorro

* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: In the original novel, Diego's SecretIdentity is patently obvious to anyone familiar with basically any superhero comic book at all, including by PopculturalOsmosis, even if they're not familiar with Zorro as a franchise. Except many of those comics, most notably Franchise/{{Batman}}, were ''inspired'' by Zorro in the first place.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: In the original novel, Diego's SecretIdentity is patently obvious to anyone familiar with basically any superhero comic book at all, including by PopculturalOsmosis, even if they're not familiar with Zorro as a franchise. Except many of those comics, most notably Franchise/{{Batman}}, were ''inspired'' by Zorro in the first place.

** In the original novel, ''The Curse of Capistrano'' (later reprinted as ''The Mark of Zorro''), Zorro forms a posse with his fellow caballeros to take on the governor and his men. They decide to call themselves "Franchise/TheAvengers".

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: In the original novel, Diego's SecretIdentity is patently obvious to anyone familiar with basically any superhero comic book at all, including by PopculturalOsmosis, even if they're not familiar with Zorro as a franchise. Except many of those comics, most notably Batman, were ''inspired'' by Zorro in the first place.

** In the second novel, ''The Further Adventures of Zorro'', Zorro is repeated referred to as being a "[[{{Series/Galavant}} land pirate]]".

** In the original novel, ''The Curse of Capistrano'' (later reprinted as ''The Mark of Zorro''), Zorro forms a posse with his fellow caballeros. They decide to call themselves "Franchise/TheAvengers".

* HilariousInHindsight: In the second novel, ''The Further Adventures of Zorro'', Zorro is repeated referred to as being a "[[{{Series/Galavant}} land pirate]]".

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Any time adaptations avert {{Flynning}} and get real sword duels.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: In the original novel, Diego's SecretIdentity is patently obvious to anyone familiar with basically any superhero comic book at all, including by PopculturalOsmosis, even if they're not familiar with Zorro as a franchise. Except many of those comics, most notably Batman, were ''inspired'' by Zorro in the first place. And even Zorro is believed by many to have been inspired by ''Literature/TheScarletPimpernel'', Myth/RobinHood, and the like.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: In the original novel, Diego's SecretIdentity is patently obvious to anyone familiar with basically any superhero comic book at all, including by PopculturalOsmosis, even if they're not familiar with Zorro as a franchise. Except many of those comics, most notably Batman, were ''inspired'' by Zorro in the first place. And even Zorro may have been inspired by ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' and the like.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: In the original novel, Diego's SecretIdentity is patently obvious to anyone familiar with basically any superhero comic book at all, including by PopculturalOsmosis, even if they're not familiar with Zorro as a franchise. Except many of those comics, most notably Batman (to the point that with [[{{Film/BatmanBegins}} one major exception to date]] every retelling of [[{{DeathByOriginStory}} the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne]] occur as they are leaving a screening of a Zorro movie, usually ''Film/TheMarkOfZorro1940''), were ''inspired'' by Zorro in the first place. And even Zorro may have been inspired by ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' and the like.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: In the original novel, Diego's SecretIdentity is patently obvious to anyone familiar with basically any superhero comic book at all, including by PopculturalOsmosis, even if they're not familiar with Zorro as a franchise. Except many of those comics, most notably Batman (to the point that with [[{{Film/BatmanBegins}} one major exception to date]] every retelling of [[{{DeathByOriginStory}} the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne]] occur as they are leaving a screening of a Zorro movie, usually ''Film/TheMarkOfZorro1940''), were ''inspired'' by Zorro in the first place. And even Zorro may have been inspired by ''The Scarlet Pimpernel''.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: In the original novel, Diego's SecretIdentity is patently obvious to anyone familiar with basically any superhero comic book at all, including by PopculturalOsmosis, even if they're not familiar with Zorro as a franchise. Except many of those comics, including Batman, were ''inspired'' by Zorro in the first place. And even Zorro may have been inspired by ''The Scarlet Pimpernel''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnle_3KuOE opening]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaGJln2Tbs themes]] for the [[Series/{{Zorro}} 1950s]] and [[Series/Zorro1990 1990s]] live-action shows come to mind.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: While it's clear Sergeant Garcia from the 1957-59 series isn't the sharpest sword in the armory, many fans believe he [[ObfuscatingStupidity deliberately exaggerates his own incompetence,]] especially when following the orders of one of Los Angeles's many corrupt leaders. This is supported by the fact that he seems to run the garrison well enough when he doesn't have a CorruptBureaucrat breathing down his neck.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Captain Monastario is seemingly regarded this way by a not insiginficant proportion of the fanbase.
* FridgeBrilliance: In the 1957-59 series, Diego is at one point unable to access his costume and has to resort to "warning" Monastario about Zorro just before Bernardo knocks him out from behind. To avert the capitan's inevitable suspicion, he then arranges for himself to be found bound and gagged in the cellar alongside Bernardo. The fridge brilliance comes into play when observant viewers note that Bernardo has been gagged as well--If Zorro knew Bernardo was mute, he wouldn't bother with the gag.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The 1957-59 series is ''massively'' popular in Argentina, to the point that Creator/GuyWilliams traveled several times to the country and ultimately ended up living there until his death in 1989, and when the network that aired reruns of the series in syndication for years in the country announced that it would stop airing it in 2019, there was actually a pretty big revolt by fans asking to not take it off the air.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** The military arranged a clever way to deliver the taxes to Monterrey without risk. The blacksmith forged a giant padlock, whose sole key was delivered first to the governor. So, even if thieves stole them, they wouldn't be able to open the case. They called all the people to watch the ceremony: the taxes will be safe at the moment when García closes the padlock, [[WhatAnIdiot doing this!]] (Yes, you understood it correctly, he closed the padlock alone, as a demonstration, without securing the case with it... and the only key is one state away.)
** Alejandro has one moment when he reassures Nacho's wife and daughter at the jail that the dons are going to storm the jail to fight for their release... not taking care to ensure none of Monasterio's spies are overhearing anything! No wonder he is wounded during the ambush.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Let's face it, most of you have seen the movies and/or the TV series, not the original stories. In a more direct example, in the first book, Zorro wore a sombrero and full-face mask. But [=McCulley=] liked the flat Andalusian hat and half-mask Creator/DouglasFairbanks wore in the movie so much that he wrote that costume into all the later stories.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The opening themes of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnle_3KuOE 1950s]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaGJln2Tbs 1990s]] live-action shows come to mind.

* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/DanielCraig as ButtMonkey Lieutenant Hidalgo in the early 1990s TV series.