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* DeadlyHug: Pelias offs his brother and [[spoiler: Acastus this way. He attempts to do it with Jason, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard but it ends up]] [[KarmicDeath backfiring on him.]]]]
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* DeadlyHug: Pelias offs his brother and [[spoiler: Acastus this way. He attempts to do it with Jason, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard but it ends up]] [[KarmicDeath up backfiring on him.]]]]
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''Jason and the Argonauts'' is a two-part television {{miniseries}} based on the story of Jason and the Argonauts in Myth/ClassicalMythology, directed by Nick Willing and featuring a cast that includes Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/NatashaHenstridge, Creator/DennisHopper, Creator/FrankLangella, Creator/DerekJacobi, Creator/OliviaWilliams, Creator/AngusMacfadyen, Creator/JoleneBlalock, Creator/JamesCallis, and Creator/BrianThompson. Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, it first aired on Creator/{{NBC}} over two consecutive nights in May 2000.
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* DeadlyHug: Pelias offs his brother and [[spoiler: Acastus this way. He attempts to do it with Jason, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard but it ends up]] [[KarmicDeath backfiring on him.]]]]
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* AllThereInTheScript: The thief's name is never said onscreen, but according to the credits, his name is "Actor."
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The women of Lemnos were cursed with an unbearable stench by Aphrodite, but appear to be otherwise very attractive here. Or perhaps the Argonauts are just desensitised to bad odours after sailing with a bunch of other men for days.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Acastus steals the fleece and brings it to Pelias. He didn't betray them in the original myth and ended up becoming King in his father's place. He did end up banishing Medea from the kingdom, but then again she did cause his father's death.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalVillainy:
** Acastus steals the fleece and brings it to Pelias. He didn't betray them in the original myth and ended up becoming King in his father's place. He did end up banishing Medea from the kingdom, but then again she did cause his father'sdeath.death.
** The women of Lemnos are made even more evil, removing their FreudianExcuse. In mythology, they were cursed by Aphrodite to have an unbearable stench that made their husbands desert them for Thracian concubines - and that's why they killed all the men. Hypsipyle also saved her father from the massacre, but he is AdaptedOut here. Indeed, the only reason the women wore armour to the beach was because they thought the Argonauts were Thracians about to attack them. And while they lie about killing their men, the women were content to keep the Argonauts as their new husbands, and weren't planning to sacrifice them to Artemis.
** Acastus steals the fleece and brings it to Pelias. He didn't betray them in the original myth and ended up becoming King in his father's place. He did end up banishing Medea from the kingdom, but then again she did cause his father's
** The women of Lemnos are made even more evil, removing their FreudianExcuse. In mythology, they were cursed by Aphrodite to have an unbearable stench that made their husbands desert them for Thracian concubines - and that's why they killed all the men. Hypsipyle also saved her father from the massacre, but he is AdaptedOut here. Indeed, the only reason the women wore armour to the beach was because they thought the Argonauts were Thracians about to attack them. And while they lie about killing their men, the women were content to keep the Argonauts as their new husbands, and weren't planning to sacrifice them to Artemis.
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* BlackVikings: Orpheus, a Thracian, is portrayed by a black actor. Thracians were white.
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* BlackVikings: BlackVikings:
** Orpheus, a Thracian, is portrayed by ablack Black actor. Thracians were white.white.
** Castor and Pollux are portrayed by actors with Middle Eastern heritage. They appear to be local to Iolcus, since they've never sailed before.
** Echion is also played by a Black actor, but very little is known about him beyond being a demigod son of Hermes, so he could be from anywhere.
** Orpheus, a Thracian, is portrayed by a
** Castor and Pollux are portrayed by actors with Middle Eastern heritage. They appear to be local to Iolcus, since they've never sailed before.
** Echion is also played by a Black actor, but very little is known about him beyond being a demigod son of Hermes, so he could be from anywhere.
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* CostumePorn: For Most of the royal characters, anyway.characters have splendid finery. Indeed, Medea has several beautiful gowns that contrast heavily with the dull armour of the Argonauts.
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Pelias's hair gets greyer the further along the story moves. Also Mopsus is shown with long shaggy hair and beard when Jason meets him. When the ship sets sail he has cut his hair short and shaved his beard.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Pelias's hair gets greyer the further along the story moves. Also Mopsus is shown with long shaggy hair and beard when Jason meets him. When the ship sets sail he has cut his hair short and shaved his beard.
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* EveryoneChasingYou
EveryoneChasingYou:
** The Argonauts have to flee Lemnos when the plans to sacrifice them to Artemis is exposed, and the women chase them to the beach.
** Multiple times they have to flee an approaching army in Colchis.
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** Pelias's hair gets greyer the further along the storymoves. Also moves.
** Mopsus is shown with long shaggy hair andbeard BeardOfSorrow when Jason meets him. When the ship sets sail he has cut his hair short and shaved his beard.
** The Argonauts have to flee Lemnos when the plans to sacrifice them to Artemis is exposed, and the women chase them to the beach.
** Multiple times they have to flee an approaching army in Colchis.
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** Pelias's hair gets greyer the further along the story
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* TheGhost: Although the Gods feature in the story, only Zeus, Hera, Poseidon and Eros are seen on screen. The women of Lemnos are planning to sacrifice the men to Artemis, and Medea is a priestess to Hecate, who of course don't appear.
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* {{Gendercide}}: The women of Lemnos have killed all their men, and intend to sacrifice the Argonauts to Artemis. There is mention of "a sacrifice of men", so it seems as though Atalanta might have been spared.
* TheGhost: Although the Gods feature in the story, only Zeus, Hera, Poseidon and Eros are seen on screen. The women of Lemnos are planning to sacrifice the men to Artemis, and Medea is a priestess to Hecate, who of course don't appear. Aphrodite's role in cursing the women of Lemnos is also removed.
* TheGhost: Although the Gods feature in the story, only Zeus, Hera, Poseidon and Eros are seen on screen. The women of Lemnos are planning to sacrifice the men to Artemis, and Medea is a priestess to Hecate, who of course don't appear. Aphrodite's role in cursing the women of Lemnos is also removed.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Orpheus is uninterested in the women of Lemnos, because he still mourns his deceased Eurydice.
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** Medea's worse deeds are eliminated; in mythology, she killed her brother and chopped his body into pieces purely to delay their father's pursuit of the Argonauts (and they're ready to throw her overboard because of this). Here, her brother is driven mad with jealousy and she kills him in self-defence (while also grieving for him afterwards).
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** Medea's worse deeds are eliminated; in mythology, she killed her brother and chopped his body into pieces purely to delay their father's pursuit of the Argonauts (and they're ready to throw her overboard because of this). Here, her brother is driven mad with jealousy and she kills him in self-defence (while also grieving for him afterwards). Even her trick on Pelias from the mythology - lying that he'll be restored to youth if he takes part in a spell that would kill him - makes her look better since [[spoiler: he had just killed his own son]].
* AlasPoorVillain:
** Aeëtes is killed by his subjects once the Argonauts escape with the Fleece. Medea must witness the event through a psychic link, and is horrified.
** [[spoiler: Acastus betrays the Argonauts to take the Fleece for himself, attempting to overthrow Pelias. He gets stabbed by his own father and left for dead on the steps of the palace]].
** Aeëtes is killed by his subjects once the Argonauts escape with the Fleece. Medea must witness the event through a psychic link, and is horrified.
** [[spoiler: Acastus betrays the Argonauts to take the Fleece for himself, attempting to overthrow Pelias. He gets stabbed by his own father and left for dead on the steps of the palace]].
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* ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity: Climbing down cliffs.
* CompositeCharacter: The women of Lemnos are sort of combined with the Sirens. The Argonauts are portrayed as being hypnotised by them, with some kind of magic involved. Likewise another element from the Siren part of the adventure -- Orpheus using his harp -- happens instead when trying to get the Fleece. Here he uses it to lull the dragon guarding it to sleep.
* CompositeCharacter: The women of Lemnos are sort of combined with the Sirens. The Argonauts are portrayed as being hypnotised by them, with some kind of magic involved. Likewise another element from the Siren part of the adventure -- Orpheus using his harp -- happens instead when trying to get the Fleece. Here he uses it to lull the dragon guarding it to sleep.
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* ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity: Climbing down cliffs.
cliffs in this case. The Fleece is on a high plateau that the Argonauts must climb down from to get to their ship and escape.
*CompositeCharacter: CompositeCharacter:
** The women of Lemnos are sort of combined with the Sirens. The Argonauts are portrayed as being hypnotised by them, with some kind of magic involved. Likewise another element from the Siren part of the adventure -- Orpheus using his harp -- happens instead when trying to get the Fleece. Here he uses it to lull the dragon guarding it tosleep.sleep.
** Acastus has his role as Jason's cousin, but they're also siblings in this version through Polymele, making him a composite of Jason's infant brother Promachus. [[spoiler: Pelias also kills him before Jason's official return, like he does the latter]].
** Aspyrtes has his role as Medea's brother, but also shares the role played by Phrontides, Melas, and Cylindrus - who the Argonauts find shipwrecked and then bring them to Medea.
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** The women of Lemnos are sort of combined with the Sirens. The Argonauts are portrayed as being hypnotised by them, with some kind of magic involved. Likewise another element from the Siren part of the adventure -- Orpheus using his harp -- happens instead when trying to get the Fleece. Here he uses it to lull the dragon guarding it to
** Acastus has his role as Jason's cousin, but they're also siblings in this version through Polymele, making him a composite of Jason's infant brother Promachus. [[spoiler: Pelias also kills him before Jason's official return, like he does the latter]].
** Aspyrtes has his role as Medea's brother, but also shares the role played by Phrontides, Melas, and Cylindrus - who the Argonauts find shipwrecked and then bring them to Medea.
** Aeson is killed by Pelias in the opening invasion. Most versions of the myths have him surviving until Jason is an adult, where he either commits suicide during the quest or lives to be the subject in a spell Medea casts in front of Pelias.
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* FanService: The Isle of Lemnos. Also where Medea rubs magic oil onto Jason to protect him from the fiery breath of a bull.
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* FanService: TheGhost: Although the Gods feature in the story, only Zeus, Hera, Poseidon and Eros are seen on screen. The Isle women of Lemnos. Also where Lemnos are planning to sacrifice the men to Artemis, and Medea rubs magic oil onto Jason is a priestess to protect him from the fiery breath Hecate, who of a bull.course don't appear.
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* ImprobableHairstyle: Pelias, Aetes, the Sage.
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* LargeHam: Zetes.
* MyGreatestFailure: For Mopsus, it was being unable to protect Aeson from being killed by Pelias.
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* OneOfTheBoys: Atalanta is the only woman on the ship, yet is treated as if she were one of the men (by everyone except the thief).
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* OneOfTheBoys: Atalanta is the only woman on the ship, yet is treated as if she were one of the men (by everyone except the thief).Actor).
* ShirtlessScene:
** Jason is shirtless as he sleeps with Hypsipyle, and he later has to strip off so that Medea can rub magic oil on him.
** Many of the Argonauts go shirtless in Lemnos, relaxing in a pool with the women.
** The men also go shirtless at various points on the voyage, usually when it's a period of boredom.
** Jason is shirtless as he sleeps with Hypsipyle, and he later has to strip off so that Medea can rub magic oil on him.
** Many of the Argonauts go shirtless in Lemnos, relaxing in a pool with the women.
** The men also go shirtless at various points on the voyage, usually when it's a period of boredom.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Castor and Pollux.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Acastus as the king's son.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Castor and Pollux.
Pollux are always together, as befitting the mythological twins.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Acastus as the king's son. Played with, as he wins the men's trust over and his royal status isn't an issue once they've reached Lemnos.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Acastus as the king's son. Played with, as he wins the men's trust over and his royal status isn't an issue once they've reached Lemnos.
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* WarriorUndead: The stop motion skeletons are possibly the most famous example due to their at-the-time breakthrough animation.
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* RapunzelHair: Medea's long black tresses.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Greek mythology describes the huntress Atalanta as a gorgeous blonde with AmazonianBeauty and endless suitors. However, the miniseries portrays her as a plain {{Tomboy}} -- so much so that Jason refers to their relationship as a ''brotherly'' one (he clearly thinks of her as a man rather than a woman). Though despite this, Atalanta does attract one man in the course of the story.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Greek mythology describes the huntress Atalanta as a gorgeous blonde with AmazonianBeauty and endless suitors. However, the miniseries portrays her as a plain {{Tomboy}} -- so much so that Jason refers to their relationship as a ''brotherly'' one (he clearly thinks of her as a man rather than a woman). Though despite this, Atalanta does attract one man in the course of the story.
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''Jason and the Argonauts'' is a two-part television {{miniseries}} based on the story of Jason and the Argonauts in Myth/ClassicalMythology, directed by Nick Willing and featuring a cast that includes Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/NatashaHenstridge, Creator/DennisHopper, Creator/FrankLangella, Creator/DerekJacobi, Creator/OliviaWilliams, Creator/AngusMacfadyen, Creator/DennisHopper, Creator/JoleneBlalock, Creator/JamesCallis, and Creator/BrianThompson. Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, it first aired on Creator/{{NBC}} over two nights in May 2000.
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''Jason and the Argonauts'' is a two-part {{miniseries}} based on the story of Jason and the Argonauts in Myth/ClassicalMythology, directed by Nick Willing and featuring a cast that includes Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/NatashaHenstridge, Creator/FrankLangella, Creator/DerekJacobi, Creator/OliviaWilliams, Creator/AngusMacfadyen, Creator/DennisHopper, Creator/JoleneBlalock, Creator/JamesCallis, and Creator/BrianThompson. It first aired on Creator/{{NBC}} over two nights in May 2000.
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''Jason and the Argonauts'' is a two-part television {{miniseries}} based on the story of Jason and the Argonauts in Myth/ClassicalMythology, directed by Nick Willing and featuring a cast that includes Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/NatashaHenstridge, Creator/FrankLangella, Creator/DerekJacobi, Creator/OliviaWilliams, Creator/AngusMacfadyen, Creator/DennisHopper, Creator/JoleneBlalock, Creator/JamesCallis, and Creator/BrianThompson. It Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, it first aired on Creator/{{NBC}} over two nights in May 2000.
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''Jason and the Argonauts'' is a TV miniseries based on the story of Jason and the Argonauts in Myth/ClassicalMythology. It first aired over two nights in May 2000.
The story revolves around the hero Jason, rightful heir to the throne of Iolcus, whose throne was usurped from his father by EvilUncle Pelias. Pelias offers to give Jason the throne if he sails to the end of the world to claim the Golden Fleece, something which many have tried but failed. Jason gathers a BadassCrew, including [[WorldsStrongestMan Hercules]] and other Greek heroes, and sets sail aboard the ship ''Argo''. Together, the Argonauts encounter all sorts of adventures along the way. Jason's love interest is Medea, a sorceress, and the gods Zeus and Hera play roles in the story as well.
The story revolves around the hero Jason, rightful heir to the throne of Iolcus, whose throne was usurped from his father by EvilUncle Pelias. Pelias offers to give Jason the throne if he sails to the end of the world to claim the Golden Fleece, something which many have tried but failed. Jason gathers a BadassCrew, including [[WorldsStrongestMan Hercules]] and other Greek heroes, and sets sail aboard the ship ''Argo''. Together, the Argonauts encounter all sorts of adventures along the way. Jason's love interest is Medea, a sorceress, and the gods Zeus and Hera play roles in the story as well.
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''Jason and the Argonauts'' is a TV miniseries two-part {{miniseries}} based on the story of Jason and the Argonauts in Myth/ClassicalMythology. Myth/ClassicalMythology, directed by Nick Willing and featuring a cast that includes Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/NatashaHenstridge, Creator/FrankLangella, Creator/DerekJacobi, Creator/OliviaWilliams, Creator/AngusMacfadyen, Creator/DennisHopper, Creator/JoleneBlalock, Creator/JamesCallis, and Creator/BrianThompson. It first aired on Creator/{{NBC}} over two nights in May 2000.
The story revolves around the heroJason, Jason (London), rightful heir to the throne of Iolcus, whose throne was usurped from his father by EvilUncle Pelias.Pelias (Hopper). Pelias offers to give Jason the throne if he sails to the end of the world to claim the Golden Fleece, something which many have tried but failed. Jason gathers a BadassCrew, including [[WorldsStrongestMan Hercules]] (Thompson) and other Greek heroes, and sets sail aboard the ship ''Argo''. Together, the Argonauts encounter all sorts of adventures along the way. Jason's love interest is Medea, Medea (Blalock), a sorceress, and the gods Zeus ([=Macfadyen=]) and Hera (Williams) play roles in the story as well.
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* AdaptationalHeroism:
** Jason's entitlement about reclaiming his father's throne is lessened, as Pelias orders him to get the Fleece or else his mother will be killed. [[spoiler: Pelias also kills his own son in cold blood, meaning Jason is overthrowing a tyrant in the final act]].
** Medea's worse deeds are eliminated; in mythology, she killed her brother and chopped his body into pieces purely to delay their father's pursuit of the Argonauts (and they're ready to throw her overboard because of this). Here, her brother is driven mad with jealousy and she kills him in self-defence (while also grieving for him afterwards).
** Jason's entitlement about reclaiming his father's throne is lessened, as Pelias orders him to get the Fleece or else his mother will be killed. [[spoiler: Pelias also kills his own son in cold blood, meaning Jason is overthrowing a tyrant in the final act]].
** Medea's worse deeds are eliminated; in mythology, she killed her brother and chopped his body into pieces purely to delay their father's pursuit of the Argonauts (and they're ready to throw her overboard because of this). Here, her brother is driven mad with jealousy and she kills him in self-defence (while also grieving for him afterwards).
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* BoyishShortHair: Atalanta the tomboy huntress has shorter hair than the other highborn ladies.
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* BadassGrandpa: Downplayed. But Argos is the veteran sailor in the crew and does help fight in the final battle.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Greek mythology describes the huntress Atalanta as a gorgeous blonde with AmazonianBeauty and endless suitors. However, the miniseries portrays her as a plain {{Tomboy}} -- so much so that Jason refers to their relationship as a ''brotherly'' one (he clearly thinks of her as a man rather than a woman). Though despite this, Atalanta does attract one man in the course of the story.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Natasha Henstridge is billed third, yet only appears for twenty minutes in the middle of part one.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Greek mythology describes the huntress Atalanta as a gorgeous blonde with AmazonianBeauty and endless suitors. However, the miniseries portrays her as a plain {{Tomboy}} -- so much so that Jason refers to their relationship as a ''brotherly'' one (he clearly thinks of her as a man rather than a woman). Though despite this, Atalanta does attract one man in the course of the story.
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* BeautifulSlaveGirl: Subverted. Hypsipyle offers the Argonauts her beautiful slaves as companions (though she gets Jason for herself). [[spoiler:However it's all part of a trick to sacrifice the men to Artemis]].
* BoringReturnJourney: The protagonists have plenty more to do when they get back to Iolcus with the Golden Fleece. However the actual return journey from Colchis is smoother than the journey there, leaving out the Sirens and Talos, whom the Argonauts encountered on the way back in the original myth.
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* DullSurprise: Jason London and Jolene Blalock.
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** JasonLondon and London. From being told that his uncle killed his father to nearly drowning, he has the same nauseated look.
** Jolene Blalock.
** Jason
** Jolene Blalock.
* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: Poseidon has a little fun with the crew by pretending to be an island and then standing up to create a tidal wave which destroys most of the ship. The only reason they survive is probably because Zeus blows them onto the Isle of Lemnos where they get repairs.
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* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: The harpies steal from Phineus's table and the Argonauts have to defeat them.
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* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: The harpies steal from Phineus's table and the Argonauts have to defeat them. They are killed when everyone makes the temple cave in on them.
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* ImprovisedZipline: The Argonauts are pursued by an army and come across a ravine. One produces a rope with which to climb down, but Jason has a better idea, tying the rope to a shield and asking Hercules if he's any good at the discus. Once the shield is thrown, the Argonauts cross on the improvised zipline, only waiting for the enemy to start crossing to cut the rope.
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* TheLadette: Atalanta. Played for a bit of drama since she is in love with Jason but he considers her like a sibling -- in fact he says like a brother.
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* LoveGoddess: This version leaves out Aphrodite but has Hera ordering Eros (portrayed as being made completely of fire) to shoot Medea with one of his arrows and make her fall in love with Jason.
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* TruerToTheText: This version follows the events of the myth more closely than the more famous [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts film version]]. It also more accurately represents Greek culture and architecture.
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''Jason and the Argonauts'' is a TV miniseries based on the story of Jason and the Argonauts in Myth/ClassicalMythology. It first aired over two nights in May 2000.
The story revolves around the hero Jason, rightful heir to the throne of Iolcus, whose throne was usurped from his father by EvilUncle Pelias. Pelias offers to give Jason the throne if he sails to the end of the world to claim the Golden Fleece, something which many have tried but failed. Jason gathers a BadassCrew, including [[WorldsStrongestMan Hercules]] and other Greek heroes, and sets sail aboard the ship ''Argo''. Together, the Argonauts encounter all sorts of adventures along the way. Jason's love interest is Medea, a sorceress, and the gods Zeus and Hera play roles in the story as well.
It has no connection with the 1963 film ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' apart from being based on the same source material.
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* ActorAllusion: Hercules is played by Creator/BrianThompson who previously appeared in an episode of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Acastus steals the fleece and brings it to Pelias. He didn't betray them in the original myth and ended up becoming King in his father's place. He did end up banishing Medea from the kingdom, but then again she did cause his father's death.
* AdvertisedExtra: Natasha Henstridge is billed third, yet only appears for twenty minutes in the middle of part one.
* AdaptationOriginConnection:
** Atalanta here is Jason's childhood friend.
** There's a psychic link established between Jason and Medea long before he reaches Colchis.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Greek mythology describes the huntress Atalanta as a gorgeous blonde with AmazonianBeauty and endless suitors. However, the miniseries portrays her as a plain {{Tomboy}} -- so much so that Jason refers to their relationship as a ''brotherly'' one (he clearly thinks of her as a man rather than a woman). Though despite this, Atalanta does attract one man in the course of the story.
* AdaptedOut: Zetes had a twin brother called Calais. Presumably he was left out since they already had Castor and Pollux.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Atalanta doesn't really show much interest in the thief that is attracted to her, having eyes for the strong Jason. The trope isn't played literally since she shows no interest in Hercules himself.
* AmazonBrigade: The women on the Isle of Lemnos. However it's ultimately subverted. While they wear armour and carry weapons, it's implied that they're not skilled warriors. Rather than just [[spoiler:capturing Jason and his crew]], they have to resort to [[spoiler:drugging and trickery]]. One woman simply falls off her horse when trying to chase after them. Aside from one or two getting hit with arrows, the women of Lemnos pose no threat once the Argonauts are aware of their plans.
* AncientGrome: Set in Greece, but uses the Roman "Hercules" instead of the Greek "Heracles". However averted when Eros appears; he's normally confused with his more famous Roman counterpart Cupid.
* BadassGrandpa: Downplayed. But Argos is the veteran sailor in the crew and does help fight in the final battle.
* BeardOfSorrow: Mopsus has grown one since Pelias took over.
* BettyAndVeronica: Atalanta is the Betty to Jason -- childhood friend and already very close to him. Medea is the Veronica -- exotic HotWitch. The set-up is played with as Jason never saw Atalanta as anything other than a friend -- and Medea never knows about Atalanta's feelings for him.
* BigDamnHeroes
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Echion lasts long enough to suggest they kill Acastus for stowing away before he is drowned by Poseidon. Averted with Orpheus who survives.
* BlackVikings: Orpheus, a Thracian, is portrayed by a black actor. Thracians were white.
* BlessedWithSuck: Phineas is given the gift of making prophecies but has lost his eyesight and has his eyes sewed shut.
* ChekhovsBoomerang: The Thief already proves useful for snatching the Fleece. He also proves useful [[spoiler:by revealing to have stolen Jason's amulet when he dropped it in Lemnos]].
* ChekhovsGun: Jason's AmuletOfDependency it is a memento from his childhood and turns out to [[spoiler:be the key that opens a secret tunnel to the palace, allowing the Argonauts to sneak in and surprise Pelias]].
* ChekhovsSkill: "The legs are springs, the arms wings."
* ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity: Climbing down cliffs.
* CompositeCharacter: The women of Lemnos are sort of combined with the Sirens. The Argonauts are portrayed as being hypnotised by them, with some kind of magic involved. Likewise another element from the Siren part of the adventure -- Orpheus using his harp -- happens instead when trying to get the Fleece. Here he uses it to lull the dragon guarding it to sleep.
* CostumePorn: For the royal characters, anyway.
* DeathByAdaptation:
** Hercules, after pulling a YouShallNotPass HeroicSacrifice. As Jason cradles his body, [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence it disappears and he becomes a constellation.]]
** [[spoiler:Acastus is killed after betraying the group]]. In the myths he ruled for many years.
* DirtyOldMan: Argos, watching the women of Lemnos bathe.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Jason's mother]] hearing false news that he died.
* DullSurprise: Jason London and Jolene Blalock.
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* EveryoneChasingYou
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Pelias's hair gets greyer the further along the story moves. Also Mopsus is shown with long shaggy hair and beard when Jason meets him. When the ship sets sail he has cut his hair short and shaved his beard.
* FaceHeelTurn:
** [[spoiler:Acastus]] betrays the Argonauts.
** [[spoiler:King Aeetes]] when he finds out Jason wants the Fleece.
* FanService: The Isle of Lemnos. Also where Medea rubs magic oil onto Jason to protect him from the fiery breath of a bull.
* GoodIsNotDumb: The majority of the situations the Argonauts get into are solved by Jason's quick thinking, like him creating a zipline for them to cross the gorge and tying a noose to the dragon guarding the Fleece.
* GreenEyedMonster: Zeus creates several obstacles for the Argonauts early on in the adventure, purely because he's jealous that Hera rather fancies Jason.
* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: The harpies steal from Phineus's table and the Argonauts have to defeat them.
* TheHighQueen:
** Hypsipyle, Queen of Lemnos. [[spoiler:At least to her own people anyway]].
** Hera is portrayed this way too. The story does play up her jealousy but it's mostly used to show that she and Zeus are both being idiots.
* HotWitch: Medea is a more obvious witch in this version and still Jason's love interest.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Pollux is bald, Castor has a beard and hair.
* ImprobableHairstyle: Pelias, Aetes, the Sage.
* IncestSubtext: Between Medea and Aspyrtes as he seems especially jealous of Jason's attraction to her, and not just because it means losing the throne.
* IronicEcho: "My destiny is to rule."
* JerkassGods: Surprisingly averted -- likely due to the original myth featuring one of Hera's positive portrayals. Zeus cheats on Hera with mortal women and then gets jealous when Hera is attracted to Jason, causing several problems for the Argonauts as a result, but he and Hera are given an AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moment.
* LadyLand: The Isle of Lemnos. [[spoiler:It turns out there used to be men but they were all killed, sacrificed to Artemis]].
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Medea's portrayal.
* LargeHam: Zetes.
* LastGirlWins: Out of all the women Jason encounters, Medea is the last and she is his love interest. Likewise Medea has grown up on Colchis -- and Jason is also her Last Guy.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Jason drops this (unknowingly making it double as [[JustFriends this]]) on Atalanta. For an added sting, he says "you're as dear to me as a ''brother''".
* TheLostLenore: Orpheus's Eurydice -- his love for her stops him from being seduced by the women of Lemnos.
* LoveableRogue: A thief joins the crew and ends up taking the Fleece off its tree and finding Jason's lost amulet.
* {{MacGuffin}}: The Golden Fleece, which doesn't actually do anything other than look pretty. It is said to grant someone their heart's desire, but it's implied that this is mostly superstition.
* MaybeEverAfter: The thief and Atalanta get a lot of ShipTease moments and some scenes hint that Atalanta might reciprocate his feelings notably when he catches feathers for her arrows. The two of them are seen standing together at the end.
* MeaningfulEcho: The Golden Fleece is referred to as "worth a kingdom". Towards the end of the movie Jason says the same thing about his amulet.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Medea reveals she can heal wounds when Acastus is shot with an arrow. She doesn't bother healing [[spoiler:her brother though]].
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Played with as Jason considers Atalanta to be a sibling (he actually says brother) and rejects her romantic advances but Atalanta does catch the eye of the thief who stows on board.
* OneOfTheBoys: Atalanta is the only woman on the ship, yet is treated as if she were one of the men (by everyone except the thief).
* PluckyComicRelief: Castor and Pollux.
* PsychicLink: Between Jason and Medea. A convenient plot device to introduce Medea earlier in the story.
* RaceLift: Orpheus is commonly imagined as white in Greek mythology. Here he is played by Anglo-African actor Adrian Lester.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Unlike in the myth where the Argonauts are famous heroes or princes prior to the quest, Jason mostly recruits peasants not as much for skills but for pluck. Castor and Pollux are stoneworkers. [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odysseus's]] future dad Laertes is a cowherd who vaults over charging bulls for fun. [[spoiler:Later he vaults straight into the dragon's mouth.]]
* RapunzelHair: Medea's long black tresses.
* RedShirtArmy: Several Argonauts die, even [[spoiler:Hercules and old Argus himself]]. The body count snowballs as the story progress.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the myths, Heracles/Hercules is Zeus's son along with a mortal woman. (He was named for Hera, but that was pretty much to curry favor. Plus it didn't work, since she made his life a misery.) In this retelling, Hercules is Hera's son.
* SandalPunk: A Greece where fantasy monsters and automatons are real.
* SceneryPorn
* ShoutOut: May be coincidental, but Orpheus is black and there happens to be a 1959 multi-awarded Brazilian film called ''Film/BlackOrpheus''.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Castor and Pollux.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Acastus as the king's son.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Atalanta is the tomboy huntress while Medea is the girly girl princess.
* TurtleIsland: How Poseidon appears in this version.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Atalanta towards Jason.
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The story revolves around the hero Jason, rightful heir to the throne of Iolcus, whose throne was usurped from his father by EvilUncle Pelias. Pelias offers to give Jason the throne if he sails to the end of the world to claim the Golden Fleece, something which many have tried but failed. Jason gathers a BadassCrew, including [[WorldsStrongestMan Hercules]] and other Greek heroes, and sets sail aboard the ship ''Argo''. Together, the Argonauts encounter all sorts of adventures along the way. Jason's love interest is Medea, a sorceress, and the gods Zeus and Hera play roles in the story as well.
It has no connection with the 1963 film ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' apart from being based on the same source material.
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!!This work contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Hercules is played by Creator/BrianThompson who previously appeared in an episode of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Acastus steals the fleece and brings it to Pelias. He didn't betray them in the original myth and ended up becoming King in his father's place. He did end up banishing Medea from the kingdom, but then again she did cause his father's death.
* AdvertisedExtra: Natasha Henstridge is billed third, yet only appears for twenty minutes in the middle of part one.
* AdaptationOriginConnection:
** Atalanta here is Jason's childhood friend.
** There's a psychic link established between Jason and Medea long before he reaches Colchis.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Greek mythology describes the huntress Atalanta as a gorgeous blonde with AmazonianBeauty and endless suitors. However, the miniseries portrays her as a plain {{Tomboy}} -- so much so that Jason refers to their relationship as a ''brotherly'' one (he clearly thinks of her as a man rather than a woman). Though despite this, Atalanta does attract one man in the course of the story.
* AdaptedOut: Zetes had a twin brother called Calais. Presumably he was left out since they already had Castor and Pollux.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Atalanta doesn't really show much interest in the thief that is attracted to her, having eyes for the strong Jason. The trope isn't played literally since she shows no interest in Hercules himself.
* AmazonBrigade: The women on the Isle of Lemnos. However it's ultimately subverted. While they wear armour and carry weapons, it's implied that they're not skilled warriors. Rather than just [[spoiler:capturing Jason and his crew]], they have to resort to [[spoiler:drugging and trickery]]. One woman simply falls off her horse when trying to chase after them. Aside from one or two getting hit with arrows, the women of Lemnos pose no threat once the Argonauts are aware of their plans.
* AncientGrome: Set in Greece, but uses the Roman "Hercules" instead of the Greek "Heracles". However averted when Eros appears; he's normally confused with his more famous Roman counterpart Cupid.
* BadassGrandpa: Downplayed. But Argos is the veteran sailor in the crew and does help fight in the final battle.
* BeardOfSorrow: Mopsus has grown one since Pelias took over.
* BettyAndVeronica: Atalanta is the Betty to Jason -- childhood friend and already very close to him. Medea is the Veronica -- exotic HotWitch. The set-up is played with as Jason never saw Atalanta as anything other than a friend -- and Medea never knows about Atalanta's feelings for him.
* BigDamnHeroes
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Echion lasts long enough to suggest they kill Acastus for stowing away before he is drowned by Poseidon. Averted with Orpheus who survives.
* BlackVikings: Orpheus, a Thracian, is portrayed by a black actor. Thracians were white.
* BlessedWithSuck: Phineas is given the gift of making prophecies but has lost his eyesight and has his eyes sewed shut.
* ChekhovsBoomerang: The Thief already proves useful for snatching the Fleece. He also proves useful [[spoiler:by revealing to have stolen Jason's amulet when he dropped it in Lemnos]].
* ChekhovsGun: Jason's AmuletOfDependency it is a memento from his childhood and turns out to [[spoiler:be the key that opens a secret tunnel to the palace, allowing the Argonauts to sneak in and surprise Pelias]].
* ChekhovsSkill: "The legs are springs, the arms wings."
* ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity: Climbing down cliffs.
* CompositeCharacter: The women of Lemnos are sort of combined with the Sirens. The Argonauts are portrayed as being hypnotised by them, with some kind of magic involved. Likewise another element from the Siren part of the adventure -- Orpheus using his harp -- happens instead when trying to get the Fleece. Here he uses it to lull the dragon guarding it to sleep.
* CostumePorn: For the royal characters, anyway.
* DeathByAdaptation:
** Hercules, after pulling a YouShallNotPass HeroicSacrifice. As Jason cradles his body, [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence it disappears and he becomes a constellation.]]
** [[spoiler:Acastus is killed after betraying the group]]. In the myths he ruled for many years.
* DirtyOldMan: Argos, watching the women of Lemnos bathe.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Jason's mother]] hearing false news that he died.
* DullSurprise: Jason London and Jolene Blalock.
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* EveryoneChasingYou
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Pelias's hair gets greyer the further along the story moves. Also Mopsus is shown with long shaggy hair and beard when Jason meets him. When the ship sets sail he has cut his hair short and shaved his beard.
* FaceHeelTurn:
** [[spoiler:Acastus]] betrays the Argonauts.
** [[spoiler:King Aeetes]] when he finds out Jason wants the Fleece.
* FanService: The Isle of Lemnos. Also where Medea rubs magic oil onto Jason to protect him from the fiery breath of a bull.
* GoodIsNotDumb: The majority of the situations the Argonauts get into are solved by Jason's quick thinking, like him creating a zipline for them to cross the gorge and tying a noose to the dragon guarding the Fleece.
* GreenEyedMonster: Zeus creates several obstacles for the Argonauts early on in the adventure, purely because he's jealous that Hera rather fancies Jason.
* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: The harpies steal from Phineus's table and the Argonauts have to defeat them.
* TheHighQueen:
** Hypsipyle, Queen of Lemnos. [[spoiler:At least to her own people anyway]].
** Hera is portrayed this way too. The story does play up her jealousy but it's mostly used to show that she and Zeus are both being idiots.
* HotWitch: Medea is a more obvious witch in this version and still Jason's love interest.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Pollux is bald, Castor has a beard and hair.
* ImprobableHairstyle: Pelias, Aetes, the Sage.
* IncestSubtext: Between Medea and Aspyrtes as he seems especially jealous of Jason's attraction to her, and not just because it means losing the throne.
* IronicEcho: "My destiny is to rule."
* JerkassGods: Surprisingly averted -- likely due to the original myth featuring one of Hera's positive portrayals. Zeus cheats on Hera with mortal women and then gets jealous when Hera is attracted to Jason, causing several problems for the Argonauts as a result, but he and Hera are given an AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moment.
* LadyLand: The Isle of Lemnos. [[spoiler:It turns out there used to be men but they were all killed, sacrificed to Artemis]].
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Medea's portrayal.
* LargeHam: Zetes.
* LastGirlWins: Out of all the women Jason encounters, Medea is the last and she is his love interest. Likewise Medea has grown up on Colchis -- and Jason is also her Last Guy.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Jason drops this (unknowingly making it double as [[JustFriends this]]) on Atalanta. For an added sting, he says "you're as dear to me as a ''brother''".
* TheLostLenore: Orpheus's Eurydice -- his love for her stops him from being seduced by the women of Lemnos.
* LoveableRogue: A thief joins the crew and ends up taking the Fleece off its tree and finding Jason's lost amulet.
* {{MacGuffin}}: The Golden Fleece, which doesn't actually do anything other than look pretty. It is said to grant someone their heart's desire, but it's implied that this is mostly superstition.
* MaybeEverAfter: The thief and Atalanta get a lot of ShipTease moments and some scenes hint that Atalanta might reciprocate his feelings notably when he catches feathers for her arrows. The two of them are seen standing together at the end.
* MeaningfulEcho: The Golden Fleece is referred to as "worth a kingdom". Towards the end of the movie Jason says the same thing about his amulet.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Medea reveals she can heal wounds when Acastus is shot with an arrow. She doesn't bother healing [[spoiler:her brother though]].
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Played with as Jason considers Atalanta to be a sibling (he actually says brother) and rejects her romantic advances but Atalanta does catch the eye of the thief who stows on board.
* OneOfTheBoys: Atalanta is the only woman on the ship, yet is treated as if she were one of the men (by everyone except the thief).
* PluckyComicRelief: Castor and Pollux.
* PsychicLink: Between Jason and Medea. A convenient plot device to introduce Medea earlier in the story.
* RaceLift: Orpheus is commonly imagined as white in Greek mythology. Here he is played by Anglo-African actor Adrian Lester.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Unlike in the myth where the Argonauts are famous heroes or princes prior to the quest, Jason mostly recruits peasants not as much for skills but for pluck. Castor and Pollux are stoneworkers. [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odysseus's]] future dad Laertes is a cowherd who vaults over charging bulls for fun. [[spoiler:Later he vaults straight into the dragon's mouth.]]
* RapunzelHair: Medea's long black tresses.
* RedShirtArmy: Several Argonauts die, even [[spoiler:Hercules and old Argus himself]]. The body count snowballs as the story progress.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the myths, Heracles/Hercules is Zeus's son along with a mortal woman. (He was named for Hera, but that was pretty much to curry favor. Plus it didn't work, since she made his life a misery.) In this retelling, Hercules is Hera's son.
* SandalPunk: A Greece where fantasy monsters and automatons are real.
* SceneryPorn
* ShoutOut: May be coincidental, but Orpheus is black and there happens to be a 1959 multi-awarded Brazilian film called ''Film/BlackOrpheus''.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Castor and Pollux.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Acastus as the king's son.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Atalanta is the tomboy huntress while Medea is the girly girl princess.
* TurtleIsland: How Poseidon appears in this version.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Atalanta towards Jason.
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