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  • Adorkable: Pythagoras. He's skinny, and awkward with curly hair and his nose is far too long. And he is utterly adorable when he puts away his triangles and decides he is going to go and try to rescue Jason.
  • Angst? What Angst?: The usual Trapped in Another World kind with Jason, who's remarkably quick to adjust. Then again, only one person went to see him off on a potentially deadly mission, so his connection to home doesn't seem to be that strong. This trope is also justified as Jason actually is from Atlantis, making 'our' world the one he was trapped in.
  • Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Possibly the first time that a story has actually started with one. Jason is from the future, and his adventure begins when he takes a submarine down to the bottom of the ocean — yet once he wakes up in Atlantis this is only brought up precisely once when Jason meets Pythagoras and tries to explain his situation. There's no Fish out of Temporal Water arc or storyline either, he just adapts to his new surroundings instantly and never mentions his past outside of the first ten minutes. Even the title sequence, which is mostly comprised of underwater footage, is completely at odds with the rest of the show.
  • Continuity Lockout: Series 2 may be a case of this. Its episodes are strung together in a tighter arc format than series 1 and most episodes end on cliffhangers, making it hard to understand without knowledge of the series.
  • Ho Yay: Plenty of it between Pythagoras and Hercules. They are Heterosexual Life-Partners who argue Like an Old Married Couple and when facing certain death all they can do is tell each other that It Has Been an Honor and hug.
    • Not to mention Jason and Pythagoras, which already has a good following on the internet. The Jagoras shippers will state the significant looks between Jason and Pythagoras, the luminescent blush Jason sports once while looking at Pythagoras, the fact Jason switched places with Pythagoras to stop him being sent as a tribute to the Minotaur, then Pythagoras was so quick to offer to go on a life-risking mission to rescue Jason from being killed as a tribute to the Minotaur, the rather...cuddly first meeting, the walking extremely close to each other, and Pythagoras constantly checking an oft-topless Jason out. Blatantly. Fans reckon it's only a matter of time before it becomes canon.
    • In the season 2 premiere, Pythagoras outright says "I love you." to Jason and Hercules, without really elaborating on whether he means platonic or romantic love. To add to that, he mentions he really doesn't understand his feelings, meaning it's possible even he doesn't know.
  • Retroactive Recognition: Anya Taylor-Joy as Cassandra, who would later gain larger fame and star in The VVitch and The Queen's Gambit.
  • Special Effects Failure: Quite surprising, given the previous crews' track record of convincing effects on Merlin (2008), but the green screen is brought out quite a lot, and a lot of the time, its usage is very obvious, especially the scenes set in the stadium, or, in the case of "A Boy of No Consequence", the backdrop for one for the later scenes is the desert, but it's so out of focus that it looks fake.
  • Spiritual Successor: Howard Overman was a frequent guest writer for Merlin and co-created the series with executive producers of that show Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy; the show also shares its filming base in Wales and some other creative talent such as directors and composer Rob Lane.
  • The Woobie: Medusa, after being turned into a Gorgon.
    • Ariadne, in Season 2. Her father dies, she has to become queen while her kingdom is under attack, she is betrayed by almost every major character except for the main heroes, she has to watch as many of her friends and subjects are killed, she isn't allowed to marry Jason and when she tries to do so anyway she is forced to watch as her boyfriend is sentenced to death. When she saves Jason from execution she is arrested, nearly killed, and forced to live as a fugitive while her Wicked Stepmother rules her kingdom with an iron fist. She is forced to watch as Jason nearly turns to the dark side, and even when she and Jason get married their love is shaken by the fear that Medea has a bond with Jason and may yet worm her way into his heart. It's a full on Trauma Conga Line!

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