History WesternAnimation / TheGreatestAdventureStoriesFromTheBible

-->'''Noah''': "Be not vindictive, my son. True, they themselves were the cause of their own destruction, but I grieved for them and pray for their souls."

* BellyDancer: In the episode "Daniel", the main trio find themselves in Babylon, where a large party is hosted by King Belshazzar, filled with tons of wine, rich friends, servants and dancing girls among the entertainers.

* {{Fanservice}}: Delilah from "Samson and Delilah" and the [[BellyDancer belly dancers]] from the infamous party in "Daniel and the Lion's Den".

* AnimationBump: Compared to the usual stuff by Hanna Barbera. In all fairness, these were made in the 1980s and the 1990s.

** Traditionally, Vashti is seen as a wicked StrawFeminist while Esther is praised for being a properly submissive wife. Since the 19th century, there has been a feminist AlternativeCharacterInterpretation that views Vashti as an independent-minded heroine and Esther as [[RealWomenDontWearDresses a worthless pushover]]. In the ''Greatest Adventure'' version, both women are portrayed sympathetically, with the apparent reasoning that Vashti only had herself to be concerned about whereas Esther did what she had to do to save her people. This third interpretation is probably more common in contemporary Judaism and Christianity than either of the first two.

** There are brief shots of dinosaurs in "Creation."

* OffModel: It's still a Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon - so this is bound to happen:
** Margo's hand visibly vanishes during the Moses episode.
** At the end of the Nativity, Derek's eyes are crossed.

** In "The Easter Story," Judas regret selling out Jesus Christ to the Sanhedrin that he throws the 30 Silver reward at their feet and ran away with his face covered in shame.

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

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

* ShownTheirWork: "Moses" correctly features Aaron doing most of Moses' dirty work, whereas [[Film/TheTenCommandments more]] [[WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt famous]] adaptations have Moses performing all the wonders himself.

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

** [[AWizardDidIt God helped Adam and Noah with that one perhaps?]]

* BibleTimes: Well, duh!

* ButtMonkey: Moki

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Moki can talk to animals, somehow

* BellyDancer: In the episode "Daniel", the main trio find themselves in Babylon, where a large party is hosted by King Nebuchadnezzar, filled with tons of wine, rich friends, servants and dancing girls among the entertainers.

* CensorShadow: In "The Easter Story," the flogging of Jesus is depicted in shadow to hide the gore.

* RegretfulTraitor: In "Samson and Delilah," Delilah is shown throwing away the money she got for betraying Samson. (The Bible doesn't actually mention whether she felt guilty for her actions.)

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

** The Creation of Earth bears some resemblance to ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', with all the volcanoes and such.

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[[caption-width-right:209:The main characters (in modern-day clothing) listening to the story of The Garden of Eden.]]

* BigEater: A RunningGag seems to be Moki complaining all the time that he's hungry

* LeastCommonSkinTone: While the magi in the nativity scene make sure to depict Balthasar as darker skinned (which he is often depicted as) and plenty of extras and characters are depicted as being a tan colour, most people in BibleTimes are white.