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''The Mysterious Cities of Gold'' (Japanese: 太陽の子エステバン ''Taiyou no Ko Esuteban'', ''"Child of the Sun, Esteban"''; French: ''Les Mystérieuses Cités d'or''), is a Franco-Luxembourgish-Japanese co-production between Creator/{{DIC}} and Creator/StudioPierrot, originally airing on Japan's UsefulNotes/StateBroadcaster, Creator/{{NHK}}, in France on Antenne 2 and in Luxembourg (also seen in Belgium and the Lorraine region of France) on RTL Télévision from 1982 to 1983. In North America, the series aired in English on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} from 1986 to 1990 and in French on [[Creator/{{CBC}} Radio-Canada]] and Télé-Québec, where it ran in reruns for several decades and was a staple of the channel. The English version has also been broadcast in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and some southern African nations. Back in Japan, NHK reran the series in 1998 with a new Japanese dub (actually a redub from the French version, as the original Japanese dialogue track had been lost), with only Creator/MasakoNozawa (Esteban) reprising her role from 1982.

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''The Mysterious Cities of Gold'' (Japanese: 太陽の子エステバン ''Taiyou no Ko Esuteban'', ''"Child of the Sun, Esteban"''; French: ''Les Mystérieuses Cités d'or''), is a Franco-Luxembourgish-Japanese co-production between Creator/{{DIC}} and Creator/StudioPierrot, originally airing on Japan's UsefulNotes/StateBroadcaster, MediaNotes/StateBroadcaster, Creator/{{NHK}}, in France on Antenne 2 and in Luxembourg (also seen in Belgium and the Lorraine region of France) on RTL Télévision from 1982 to 1983. In North America, the series aired in English on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} from 1986 to 1990 and in French on [[Creator/{{CBC}} Radio-Canada]] and Télé-Québec, where it ran in reruns for several decades and was a staple of the channel. The English version has also been broadcast in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and some southern African nations. Back in Japan, NHK reran the series in 1998 with a new Japanese dub (actually a redub from the French version, as the original Japanese dialogue track had been lost), with only Creator/MasakoNozawa (Esteban) reprising her role from 1982.
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* TranslationConvention: A WMG entry suggests Zia taught Inca to Spanish-speaking Esteban during the trip to the New World. Fair enough. Then the gang meets LastOfHisKind Tao, who presumably would only speak Hevan/Mu. And they chat along without any issues at all. And Mendoza and the other adults can ''understand'' Tao, despite never being taught Incan, let alone whatever Tao's native language would be.

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* TranslationConvention: A WMG entry suggests Zia taught Inca Quechua to Spanish-speaking Esteban during the trip to the New World. Fair enough. Then the gang meets LastOfHisKind Tao, who presumably would only speak Hevan/Mu. And they chat along without any issues at all. And Mendoza and the other adults can ''understand'' Tao, despite never being taught Incan, Quechua, let alone whatever Tao's native language would be.

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* AccidentalTruth: [[spoiler: Olmecs lie to Ambrosius that the Stone of Ophir can grant immortality, manipulating him into finding it so they can use it to awaken their army and conquer the world. However, when Ambrosius absorbs the energy of the Stone, it seems he really did acquire immortality, as evidenced by the HealingFactor he demonstrates after revealing that he survived seemingly falling into lava.]]
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* BatmanGambit: Ambrosius blackmails Esteban into retrieving and handing the third City of Gold's artifact over to him, in exchange for his father's freedom. Esteban fulfills his part of the bargain, but Ambrosius refuses to release Esteban's father and demands more artifacts before leaving... just as Esteban expected. Since the artifact -a pearl- can actually be used as a homing beacon, the gang track an unsuspecting Ambrosius back to India.

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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Ambrosius blackmails Esteban into retrieving and handing the third City of Gold's artifact over to him, in exchange for his father's freedom. Esteban fulfills his part of the bargain, but Ambrosius refuses to release Esteban's father and demands more artifacts before leaving... just as Esteban expected. Since the artifact -a pearl- can actually be used as a homing beacon, the gang track an unsuspecting Ambrosius back to India.]]
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* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: The ultimate purpose of the Cities of Gold themselves; the Emperor of Hiva/Mu forsaw the probability that they and Atlantis might get into a no-holds bared nuclear war and had the cities built to ensure their knowedlge and technology could be recovered afterwads. Although this is only explained at the end of the first series; to everyone else they are just filled with Gold.

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* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: The ultimate purpose of the Cities of Gold themselves; the Emperor of Hiva/Mu forsaw foresaw the probability that they and Atlantis might get into a no-holds bared nuclear war and had the cities built to ensure their knowedlge knowledge and technology could be recovered afterwads.afterwards. Although this is only explained at the end of the first series; to everyone else they are just filled with Gold.

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