Angst? What Angst?: Princess Theti-Cheri never catch a break with all the misfortunes she had to endure during the series: trapped alive in a sarcophagus, kidnapped too many times to count, nearly getting eaten by animals or monsters, mind-controlled, sacrificed to the Gods, sold to slavery, drowning. And yet, she never brood about it and remain cheerful.
Anti-Climax Boss: The Minotaur is several stories high, has a terrifying appearance and Papyrus only option is run away. The mighty beast goes down in less than 30 seconds when the labyrinth (which is actually a coral reef) grasp him with its millions of tentacles.
Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: In The Purple Hand, Papyrus and Theti come across two women commenting on their laundry like it came straight from a laundry soap commercial. And no, it has nothing to do with the plot.
Epileptic Trees: Some fans think that Merenptah is the same guy as Meremptah from unrelated French animated series Princess of The Nile. After becoming Pharaoh, Meremptah changed his name to Merenptah. This would make Theti-Cheri the daughter of Merenptah/Meremptah and princess Netheb. Since both of them were meant to hook up in the animated series... The only thing the two animated series share besides a setting and a character, if they even are the same, is the same distribution company.
Esoteric Happy Ending: Any story involving Ames will involve him being defeated but as history shows upon Merenptah's death, Egypt was plunged into civil war between Merenptah's son Seti II and Amenmesse (Ames), who was either his son or brother. Yes, he was defeated but eventually he will become Pharaoh.
Fan-Disliked Explanation: The final page of the Series Finale showed Papyrus being asleep on his boat, without his sword and royal jewels. His friends (who resemble his known friends Theti-Cheri, Imhoutep, Pouin, etc.) wake him up and ask him if he's been dreaming of wild adventures again, which always involved a magic sword, saving Egypt, the princess or battling fantastic monsters. The very last panel shows: "The End of Papyrus' dreams". This would heavily imply that all of Papyrus' adventures were nothing but dreams, from the first page of the first volume where he fell asleep on his boat. The fans were very upset at this revelation and claim this never happened.
Nightmare Fuel: Thanks to Lucien De Gieter drawing skills, we got many terrifying monsters:
The Minotaur is gigantic size with spikes and sharp claws and looks more demonic than a bullman.
The Labyrinth in the series is a giant coral covered with millions of tentacles trying to grasp you. If you're not concerned about being eaten, then you'll worry about not drowning and getting out alive 'cause it's impossible to find your way out as the "walls" keep moving.
Reanimated mummies with their bones sticking out of their bandages. They are immune to Papyrus' Glaive.
In The Tears of the Giants, Theti-Cheri is brainwashed into becoming the reincarnation of an ancient walord. After been drugged, she stuffed inside the entrails of a sacred cow. After a period of time, the cow gives birth to new Theti-Cheri. Fortunately, she didn't need any cleaning, but it's still disgusting.
When Papyrus has a hangover, someone offered him a remedy containing a mix of fecal remains of donkeys and flies in addition to other gruesome ingredients. Grossed out, Papyrus thankfully refused the sale. The narrator note that the recipe is authentic. Of course, if your Hideous Hangover Cure is that hideous, you might just deal with the hangover rather than drink it.
In The Children of Isis, Papyrus and Theti-Cheri are on the run from the Pharaoh. They are stranded in the desert with no one aiding them. Things look dire for our heroes. At long last, the almighty Set, god of the desert and vengeance can now enact his terrible retribution on them. What does he do? Conjure a sandstorm? Torment them with horrifying illusions? Send an army of monsters after them? No, he send a small cute little mummy with hate arrows so Papyrus and Theti-Cheri hate each other.
Given the Fan-Disliked Explanation that Papyrus' adventures were all just a dream, the grand finale being centred around the civil war between Seti II and Ames ending with Ames' defeat would have probably been better received, despite the case of Remember the New Guy? that would have been required in the case of Seti.
Aker, the High Priest of Set, is fanatically devoted to the rule of the god of evil and destruction. Ruling a cult of demons, Aker sends his minions who take possession of innocent bystanders to carry his plan in order to bring disasters to Egypt. Aker regularly plots to murder Pharaoh Merenre and his daughter Theti; imprison benevolent gods; and inspire wars between Egypt and other nations. His worst crimes include striking the land with a drought; poisoning the source of the Nile; causing a country wide conflagration; destroying Thebes with an earthquake and turning its citizens into stone; flooding the country with the Nile; and announcing the death of all childbearing women in the land. Furthermore, Aker is revealed to be behind the death of heroine Theti's mother and the burning of Papyrus's village.
Chepseska is a felonious priest who willingly serves Aker and repeatedly betrays Pharaoh Merenre. Poisoning and attempting to usurp his master in his first appearance, he later brainwashes Princess Theti into profaning a cat sanctuary to draw the wrath of Bastet on her family; attempts to murder Ratoufer and release the destructive Red Sphinx on the land. Abducting a dozen people, Chepseska has their ka stolen and sacrificed to Sekhmet in order to brainwash the Pharaoh into warring against the Libyans. In his worst scheme, Shepsheska threatens to set the Nile on fire before the flood to cause a country-wide conflagration.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: At the end of "The Ished Tree", Papyrus seemingly defeats Aker for good and Theti gets crowned as Pharaoh for the duration of her father's convalescence. This is inexplicably undone by the next episode. Because last three episodes after this one just use recycled scenes from previous episodes, some fans consider “The Ished Tree” as the series finale, despite some plot threads (like freeing Horus and defeating Set himself) still remaining unresolved.
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