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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[WarIsHell Being that war is hell,]] [[SubvertedTrope lots of people turn them into scaly centaurs were harmed during the production of this motion picture]] [[DoubleSubversion (but since television is a dramatic medium of make believe,]] [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed all casualties removed their prosthetic make-up and went home unscathed).]]''
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[WarIsHell Being that war is hell,]] [[SubvertedTrope lots of people turn them into scaly centaurs were harmed during the production of this motion picture]] [[DoubleSubversion (but since television is a dramatic medium of make believe,]] [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed all casualties removed their prosthetic make-up and went home unscathed).]]''
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No Sleazy Warlords who deem it necessary to drink magic elixers [sic] that turn them into scaly centaurs were harmed during the production of this motion picture.]]''
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No Sleazy Warlords who deem it necessary to drink magic elixers [sic] ''[[WarIsHell Being that war is hell,]] [[SubvertedTrope lots of people turn them into scaly centaurs were harmed during the production of this motion picture.picture]] [[DoubleSubversion (but since television is a dramatic medium of make believe,]] [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed all casualties removed their prosthetic make-up and went home unscathed).]]''
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[WarIsHell Being that war is hell,]] [[SubvertedTrope lots of people were harmed during the production of this motion picture]] [[DoubleSubversion (but since television is a dramatic medium of make believe,]] [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed all casualties removed their prosthetic make-up and went home unscathed).]]''
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[WarIsHell Being ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No Sleazy Warlords who deem it necessary to drink magic elixers [sic] that war is hell,]] [[SubvertedTrope lots of people turn them into scaly centaurs were harmed during the production of this motion picture]] [[DoubleSubversion (but since television is a dramatic medium of make believe,]] [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed all casualties removed their prosthetic make-up and went home unscathed).picture.]]''
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-> Directed by Creator/PatriciaMannery
-> Written by Creator/TJScott
-> Written by Creator/TJScott
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-->"I've been thinking about redesigning the inside of the temple and starting to teach medical technique, ethics. But most important of all, the honor of being a healer. Maybe, maybe I'll make them take an oath."
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-->"I've been thinking about redesigning the inside of the temple and starting to teach medical technique, ethics. But most important of all, the honor of being a healer. Maybe, maybe I'll make them take an oath.""
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[WarIsHell Being that war is hell,]] [[SubvertedTrope lots of people were harmed during the production of this motion picture]] [[DoubleSubversion (but since television is a dramatic medium of make believe,]] [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed all casualties removed their prosthetic make-up and went home unscathed).]]''
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[WarIsHell Being that war is hell,]] [[SubvertedTrope lots of people were harmed during the production of this motion picture]] [[DoubleSubversion (but since television is a dramatic medium of make believe,]] [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed all casualties removed their prosthetic make-up and went home unscathed).]]''
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* MirroringFactions: Marmax learns the hard way the Thessalians and Mitoans are the same for better and for worse.
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* NotSoDifferent: Marmax learns the hard way the Thessalians and Mitoans are the same for better and for worse.
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* AnAesop: Gabrielle's story about Libarius points to the overall message: find peace in oneself and share it with the world.
* AnArmAndALeg: Xena has to amputate a wounded soldier's leg.
-->'''Xena:''' You bring me a shield, a sword, and a torch. Hold him down. He'll be more in shock than in pain.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: One of the healers at the temple is Hippocrates. He says he wrote down all the medical advice and techniques Xena talked about and intends to teach them to others.
* AnArmAndALeg: Xena has to amputate a wounded soldier's leg.
-->'''Xena:''' You bring me a shield, a sword, and a torch. Hold him down. He'll be more in shock than in pain.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: One of the healers at the temple is Hippocrates. He says he wrote down all the medical advice and techniques Xena talked about and intends to teach them to others.
* ContinuityNod: Gabrielle says she saw [[Recap/XenaS01E09DeathInChains Talus]] while on the Other Side.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Phantes's off-screen death entailed Mitoan hunting dogs ripping him apart. Marmax says the same was done to his family by Thessalian dogs.
* DeathIsCheap: While only briefly, Gabrielle was actually dead and recalls seeing loved ones in the Underworld.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Marmax (leader of the Mitoans) eventually realizes the cost of this war and demands his soldiers stop fighting.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Phantes's off-screen death entailed Mitoan hunting dogs ripping him apart. Marmax says the same was done to his family by Thessalian dogs.
* DeathIsCheap: While only briefly, Gabrielle was actually dead and recalls seeing loved ones in the Underworld.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Marmax (leader of the Mitoans) eventually realizes the cost of this war and demands his soldiers stop fighting.
* NotSoDifferent: Marmax learns the hard way the Thessalians and Mitoans are the same for better and for worse.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Dying, Gabrielle offers Ephiny her Right of Caste. Ephiny refuses.
* SadlyMythtaken: Gabrielle's story was obviously based on Actaeon, though it deliberately changes around some details, particularly the name and ending. Justified since the point is to teach Marmax a lesson about peace.
* SadlyMythtaken: Gabrielle's story was obviously based on Actaeon, though it deliberately changes around some details, particularly the name and ending. Justified since the point is to teach Marmax a lesson about peace.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Gabrielle tells Marmax a story about a hunter named Libarius, who Artemis turned into a deer for hunting in her sacred forest. Per the story, Libarius was initially terrified, but he soon enjoyed being a deer. However, he eventually lamented leaving behind his family and friends, so Artemis took pity on him and returned him to a human form.
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* ThinkOfTheChildren: Ephiny spouts this line in dead earnestness.
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* ThinkOfTheChildren: Ephiny spouts this line in dead earnestness.earnestness.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Gabrielle deliberately inflicted a non-lethal blow against the soldier who tried to kill her.
* WarIsHell: While Marmax believes his people have a just reason to go to war, the episode demonstrates that a lot of people on both sides are dying in very messy ways and others are struggling with awful injuries. Much of the story is a wake-up call for Marmax.
* YouAreWhatYouHate:
-->'''Marmax:''' You don't know what tyrants these Thessalians are. They have to be destroyed. My whole family was thrown to a pack of starving wolves for not bowing to their gods.\\
'''Ephiny:''' My husband was ripped apart by Mitoan hunting dogs, while your men watched and laughed.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Hippocrates is a young healer under Galen's authority. He says this experience taught him quite a lot.
-->"I've been thinking about redesigning the inside of the temple and starting to teach medical technique, ethics. But most important of all, the honor of being a healer. Maybe, maybe I'll make them take an oath."
* ThouShaltNotKill: Gabrielle deliberately inflicted a non-lethal blow against the soldier who tried to kill her.
* WarIsHell: While Marmax believes his people have a just reason to go to war, the episode demonstrates that a lot of people on both sides are dying in very messy ways and others are struggling with awful injuries. Much of the story is a wake-up call for Marmax.
* YouAreWhatYouHate:
-->'''Marmax:''' You don't know what tyrants these Thessalians are. They have to be destroyed. My whole family was thrown to a pack of starving wolves for not bowing to their gods.\\
'''Ephiny:''' My husband was ripped apart by Mitoan hunting dogs, while your men watched and laughed.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Hippocrates is a young healer under Galen's authority. He says this experience taught him quite a lot.
-->"I've been thinking about redesigning the inside of the temple and starting to teach medical technique, ethics. But most important of all, the honor of being a healer. Maybe, maybe I'll make them take an oath."
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* BusCrash: Ephiny's husband Phantes is killed in battle off-screen, before the beginning of the episode.
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* BusCrash: Ephiny's husband Phantes is was captured and killed in battle off-screen, before the beginning of the episode.episode.
* MyGreatestFailure: How Ephiny sees Phantes's death.
-->"He died protecting me. Some Amazon, huh?"
* PleaseWakeUp: Gabrielle is injured during the episode and desperately tries to keep her alive in addition to everything else. When it looks like Gabrielle has finally died, Xena refuses to give up, to the point of pounding Gabrielle's chest repeatedly.
-->'''Xena:''' Don't you leave me! ''Don't'' leave me, don't leave me! Wake up! [[SuddenlyShouting WAKE UP! WAKE UP!]]\\
''[Gabrielle regains consciousness]''
* ScreamingBirth: Averted with Ephiny. Xena advises her to maintain focus by thinking of Phantes.
* TearsOfJoy: When Gabrielle wakes up.
* MyGreatestFailure: How Ephiny sees Phantes's death.
-->"He died protecting me. Some Amazon, huh?"
* PleaseWakeUp: Gabrielle is injured during the episode and desperately tries to keep her alive in addition to everything else. When it looks like Gabrielle has finally died, Xena refuses to give up, to the point of pounding Gabrielle's chest repeatedly.
-->'''Xena:''' Don't you leave me! ''Don't'' leave me, don't leave me! Wake up! [[SuddenlyShouting WAKE UP! WAKE UP!]]\\
''[Gabrielle regains consciousness]''
* ScreamingBirth: Averted with Ephiny. Xena advises her to maintain focus by thinking of Phantes.
* TearsOfJoy: When Gabrielle wakes up.
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Xena forces an end to the Mitoan-Thessalian War while using her medical knowledge to save the lives of numerous casualties, including Gabrielle.
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* BusCrash: Ephiny's husband Phantes is killed in battle off-screen, before the beginning of the episode.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: Ephiny spouts this line in dead earnestness.
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* BusCrash: Ephiny's husband Phantes is killed in battle off-screen, before the beginning of the episode.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: Ephiny spouts this line in dead earnestness.
