History Series / DaVincisDemons

''Da Vinci's Demons'' is a TV series about [[LeonardoDaVinci Leonardo Da Vinci's]] fictional early life [[RenaissanceMan as an artist, inventor, idealist, and a genius intellectual]], which premiered on Fox and Starz networks. It was written by David S. Goyer (who collaborated with Christopher Nolan on ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga''), and it stars Tom Riley. The story is mostly realistic, drawing from historical events and showcasing real-life historical figures, but it also contains a LowFantasy MythArc that involves a search for a MacGuffin called 'The Book of Leaves'. This single volume contains hidden knowledge about the universe, and one's possession of it can radically alter the political power-field. Most people are unaware of this book, and those who do know of it generally have ties to the Vatican or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries The Sons of Mithras]], an ancient cult that is dedicated to the pursuit of the book.

->"''[[ArcWords Time is a river...]]''"
-->-- '''The Turk'''

* [[AbsentMindedProfessor Absent-Minded]] ''[[AbsentMindedProfessor Artista]]'': Leonardo da Vinci, of course! He can come off especially bizarre to those around him using unorthodox methods to figure out a problem or focusing on it at the exclusion of everything else.

** BiTheWay: Leonardo. It turns out he was [[spoiler: guilty of sodomy, and had in fact paid a prostitute. Da Vinci explained to Jacopo Saltarelli, the prostitute, that for him, sexuality isn't as simple as men or women.]]

* {{Badass}}:
** Leonardo
** Riario
** Vlad Tepes
** Captain Nazzareno Dragonetti, really brought forth in the Season 2 premiere, during the riots.

* [[CoolSword Cool Spear:]] TheSpearOfDestiny...also cuts through metal.

* HistoricalFantasy

* HollywoodHistory

** EvilIsHammy

** TwoHalvesMakeAPlot: The keys that unlock the Vault of Heaven are this. Leonardo has one of them [[spoiler: while Riario later reveals he has the other.]]

** [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: Season 3 reveals that Vlad is in fact alive and well without a mark on him, apart from his usual lightning scars.]]

* [[TheQueensLatin The Queen's Italian]]

** AwesomenessByAnalysis

* BlackCloak: Riario has one and is overall dressed to match his black soul ([[GoodColorsEvilColors]])

* FinGore: Nico suffers a hand-variation.

* TheObiWan: The Turk, to Leonardo

* PlotArmor: Nico is [[spoiler:NiccoloMachiavelli]]; Leonardo will of course live a long life.

** CorruptTheCutie: Riario's influence on him has made him quite ruthless as of season two. [[spoiler: In the season 2 finale, Nico's full name is revealed as ''NiccoloMachiavelli''!]]

** [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]][[spoiler: Season 3 reveals that Vlad is in fact alive and well without a mark on him, apart from his usual lightning scars.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Zoroaster is very dark, for being an Italian. He also, apparently, is a HalfBreed of some sort.

** [[spoiler: Lorenzo actually did have sons: three in fact. Piero who succeeded him; Giovanni who became Pope Leo X(and was consecrated by Pope Sixtus' grand-nephew,) and Giuliano who became Duke of Nemours in the Peerage of France. This makes Lorenzo's Anti-French, Anti-Church policies a tad surprising.]]

** Averted by [[spoiler:Clarice]] who dies in "Modus Operandi" despite having lived well past those events in reality.

* SinisterMinister: Lupo Mercuri, Pope Sixtus IV, Riario (though he only works for the church and God and technically isn't a priest)

* HistoricalPlotArmor: Nico is [[spoiler:NiccoloMachiavelli]]; Leonardo will of course live a long life.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Riario knows many of the things he's done are terrible, and that he will do terrible things in the future. But believes his actions are in service to God, and therefor necessary and just.

* SlashedThroat: Seen in episode 1; Riario slashes the young boy's who had been bathing with Pope Sixtus, throat because he heard their evil plans, 2; [[spoiler: Riario gets Captain Grunwald to chop off one of his troop member's throat (or the whole head) apparently to threaten Nico]] and 4; [[spoiler: Riario and his troops question Florentines about Bible and slash their throats if they don't know the answer]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: "As my brother fucked you in the arse, did you smile knowing you were doing the same to him?" Especially considering Lucretia rarely gets called out on her actions, seeing as she's operating in secret.]]

** At the end of the pilot, [[spoiler: Lucretia is given a box that, when she opens it, is holding a finger with a ring still on it.]]

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The ships in search of the Book of Leaves sail across the Atlantic and land at some jungle apparently right next to the Andes... which are those mountain on the ''western'' side of South America.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[spoiler: The second season shows Lorenzo's diplomatic mission as a failure. Whereas in history the mission was a success and led the the lifting of the inderect on Florence.]]

* AncientConspiracy: The Sons of Mithras are a benevolent version.

''Da Vinci's Demons'' is a TV series about [[LeonardoDaVinci Leonardo Da Vinci's]] fictional early life [[RenaissanceMan as an artist, inventor, idealist, and a genius intellectual]], which premiered on Fox and Starz networks. It was written by David S. Goyer, who collaborated with Christopher Nolan on ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'', and it stars Tom Riley. The story is, for the most part, realistic, drawing from historical events and showcasing real-life historical figures, but it also contains a LowFantasy MythArc that involves a search for a MacGuffin called "The Book of Leaves." This single volume contains hidden knowledge about the universe, and one's possession of it can radically alter the political power-field. Most people are unaware of this book, and those who do know of it generally have ties to the Vatican or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries The Sons of Mithras]], an ancient cult that is dedicated to the pursuit of the book.

!!''Da Vinci's Demons'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler: The Book of Leaves is not in the Vault of Heaven; Leonardo's mother took it from there after being betrayed.]]

* Badass Beard: Leonardo Da Vinci

** "Time is a river."

* [[CoolSword Cool Spear:]] The Spear of Destiny...also cuts through metal.

** Dracula's [[spoiler: seeming immortality and the fact that he only seems damaged by fire and being hit with a giant cross]], the Spear of Destiny, and surely more to come.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[spoiler: The second season shows Lorenzo's diplomatic mission as a failure. Whereas in history the mission was a success and led the the lifting of the inderect on Florance.]]

* MacGuffin: The Book of Leaves and the two keys, one of which Leonardo has, [[spoiler: while Riario has the other.]]

** CorruptTheCutie: Riario's influence on him has made him quite ruthless as of season two. [[spoiler: In the season 2 finale, Nico's full name is revealed as ''Niccolò Machiavelli''!]]

* HistoricalPlotArmor: Nico is Niccolò Machiavelli; Leonardo will of course live a long life.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: A lot of things related to the series MythArc, including Leonardo's trances (drugs or time travel), Dracula's [[spoiler: seeming immortality and the fact that he only seems damaged by fire and being hit with a giant cross]], the Spear of Destiny, and surely more to come.

* {{Dracula}}: Vlad the Impaler shows up in episode 6 and is legitimately scary. [[spoiler: And possibly supernatural.]]

* FontAnachronism: The show features a glaring example on a building. It is even the trope. The well-known typeface, Gotham (used in countless modern ventures) is seen on a Renaissance building. Gotham was invented in 2002. That's a difference of nearly 500 years!