History WesternAnimation / SpartakusAndTheSunBeneathTheSea

* StableTimeLoop: In one of the early episodes, the crew ends up in a spatial station whose guardian acts very distant, while also being very reluctant to give intel about what's going on. He finally reveals that the 6 travellers are in a distant uture and that he is [[LukeYouAreMyFather Arkana's and Spartakus' descendant]]. He absolutely refuses to tell the heroes if their mission will succeed or even if it has a chance to, given he's bound to keep the timeline stable. He finally manages to send back the heroes to their epoch.

* StableTimeLoop: In one of the early episodes, the crew ends up in a spatial station whose guardian acts very distant, while also being very reluctant to give intel about what's going on. He finally reveals that the 6 travellers are in a DistantFuture and that he is [[LukeYouAreMyFather Arkana's and Spartakus' descendant]]. He absolutely refuses to tell the heroes if their mission will succeed or even if it has a chance to, given he's bound to keep the timeline stable. He finally manages to send back the heroes to their epoch.

* HatOfPower: Arkana is noticeably one of the few character wearing something upon her head. Her MindOverMatter powers manifest by coloured circles coming out of the center of her headdress when she presses the button on her left shoulder.

* NaiveNewcomer: Arkana is an ArtificialHuman aged of only few days or weeks when she departs from Arkadia. [[JustifiedTrope As such]], she comes off as extremely naive, naturally trustful and easy to manipulate. But she knows the difference between Good and Evil and is able to assert herself in front of her travel companions, for [[TrueCompanions better]] or for [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter worse]]. She will also [[{{Determinator}} never]] [[PluckyGirl ever]] abandon her mission. * NeverBareHeaded: It's not clear if Arkana's headdress is part of her cranium and thus can't be taken off, or if it's just a hat that allows for her power to manifest. Anyway, it's clear this headdress is ''not'' her hair, if she as any.

* StableTimeLoop: In one of the early episodes the crew ends up in a spatial station whose guardian acts very distant and is very reluctant to give intel about what's going on. He finally reveals that the 6 travellers are in the future and that he is Arkana's and Spartakus' descendant. He absolutely refuses to tell the heroes if their mission succeeded or if it has a chance to, even, as he's bound to keep the timeline stable.
* TakeThat: The pirates' PunnyNames in the original French version, as well as a lot of the scenery in their lairs, seem to harshly criticize crass, lowbrow mass media that focuses on sex and consumerism.

* PhraseCatcher: People who recognize Spartakus through the various strates tend to utter almost immediately "''Your name is Spartakus...Like your father!''". Spartakus himself sometimes reacts with annoyance to this, given people then tend to ask him to stay or do heroic feats which would keep him away from joining the rest of the traveling group.

* NaiveNewcomer: Arkana is an ArtificialHuman aged of only few days or weeks when she departs from Arkadia. [[JustifiedTrope As such]], she comes off as extremely naive, naturally trustful and easy to manipulate. But she knows the difference between Good and Evil and is able to assert herself in front of her travel companions, for [[TrueCompanions better]] or for [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter worse]]. She will also [[{{Determinator}} never]] [[PluckyGirl ever]] abandon her mission.

* ProfessorGuineaPig: Dr. Test has made a youth serum. It's actually [[SubvertedTrope effective with seemingly no drawbacks]], as he takes some to revert to his younger self so "Philomène" (Arkana, who [[IdenticalStranger suspiciouly looks like]] said Philomène looked years ago, before Dr. Test lost contact with her) can recognize him. It only goes awry when he mistakes its bottle with another product, making him a kid this time.

* NaiveNewcomer: Arkana is an ArtificialHuman aged of only few days or weeks when she departs from Arkadia. As such, she comes off as extremely naive, naturally trustful and easy to manipulate. But she knows the difference between Good and Evil and is able to assert herself in front of her travel companions, for [[TrueCompanions better]] or for [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter worse]]. She will also [[{{Determinator}} never]] [[PluckyGirl ever]] abandon her mission.

* ProfessorGuineaPig: Dr. Test has made a youth serum. It's actually [[SubvertedTrope effective with seemingly no drawbacks]], as he takes some to revert to his younger self so "Philomène" (Arkana, who [[IdenticalStranger suspiciouly looks like]] said Philomène looked years ago, down to their NiceHat, before Dr. Test lost contact with her) can recognize him. It only goes awry when he mistakes its bottle with another product, making him a kid this time.

* NaiveNewcomer: Arkana is an ArtificialHuman aged of only few days or weeks when she departs from Arkadia. [[RealityEnsues As such]], she comes off as extremely naive, naturally trustful and easy to manipulate. But she knows the difference between Good and Evil and is able to assert herself in front of her travel companions, for [[TrueCompanions better]] or for [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter worse]]. She will also [[{{Determinator}} never]] [[PluckyGirl ever]] abandon her mission.

* NaiveNewcomer: Arkana is an ArtificialHuman aged of only few days or weeks when she departs from Arkadia. [[TruthInTelevision As such]], she comes off as extremely naive, naturally trustful and easy to manipulate. But she knows the difference between Good and Evil and is able to assert herself in front of her travel companions, for [[TrueCompanions better]] or for [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter worse]]. She will also [[{{Determinator}} never]] [[PluckyGirl ever]] abandon her mission.

*** [[WordOfGod Nina Wolmark]], the creator of the show, named most of the characters. She akwayd [[GetYourMindOutOfTheGutter denied this interpretation]] of Seskapil's name, claiming [[DidntThinkThisThrough it was]] built the [[FunetikAccent same way]] than the other two, from "[[AccidentalInnuendo 16-K piles]]" ("electric batteries 16-K"). And indeed seize (16)-ka-pil -> Sèss-ka-pil. Given it's a kind of IdiosyncraticCharacterNaming, she probably tells the truth.