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* AmicableExes: Tasha and Oren are still close friends despite breaking up.

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* AmicableExes: Tasha and Oren are still close friends despite breaking up.up, though that might be because they've been in a RelationshipRevolvingDoor for forever. [[spoiler: Turns out the [[DivorceIsTemporary break up is temporary]].
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The series premiered on Creator/DisneyPlus on December 14, 2022.

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The series premiered on Creator/DisneyPlus on December 14, 2022.
2022. On April 21, 2023, it was announced that the show had been cancelled after one season.
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''National Treasure: Edge of History'' is an action-adventure series created by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley. It is a continuation of the ''Film/NationalTreasure'' films and stars Lisette Olivera, Lyndon Smith, Zuri Reed, Jake Austin Walker, Antonio Cipriano, Creator/JordanRodrigues, and Creator/CatherineZetaJones.

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''National Treasure: Edge of History'' is an action-adventure series created by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley. It is a continuation of the ''Film/NationalTreasure'' films and stars Lisette Olivera, Lyndon Smith, Zuri Reed, Jake Austin Walker, Creator/JakeAustinWalker, Antonio Cipriano, Creator/JordanRodrigues, and Creator/CatherineZetaJones.
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* ThrowingTheDistraction: [[spoiler:Hendricks disarms an arrow BoobyTrap by throwing a rock between where the two shooting points were.]]

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* CallBack: The season finale's title "Treasure Protectors" may be one to how Ben described himself to Abigail when meeting her for the first time in the original film.



* SinisterSurveillance: Billie watches Jess enter Sadusky's home from an unseen camera, noting that 10 minutes pass between her entrance and exit. As far as listening devices are concerned, bugging shoes seems to be a common tactic for her group.

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* SinisterSurveillance: Billie watches Jess enter Sadusky's home from an unseen camera, noting that 10 minutes pass between her entrance and exit. As far as listening devices are concerned, bugging shoes seems to be a common tactic for her group.group as [[spoiler:Orrin and Rafael]] are given shoes that turn out to have listening devices on them.

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* CompanyCrossReferences
** Jess and Tasha have a [[Series/TheMandalorian Grogu]] doll in their apartment.
** Jess and Tasha escape the fake Feds by pretending Tasha is a ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' cast member. ''Hamilton'' streams on Disney Plus.
** Oren buys a [[Characters/MCUThorOdinson Thor]] Funko pop.
** Oren and Tasha watch ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Oren compares Tasha and Jess to Steve and Bucky.
** Jess finds out Billie owns the sword of [[EvilColonialist Hernán Cortés]] and says it's like owning [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader's lightsaber]].



** Jess and Tasha have a [[Series/TheMandalorian Grogu]] doll in their apartment.
** Oren buys a [[Characters/MCUThorOdinson Thor]] Funko pop.
** Jess and Tasha escape the fake Feds by pretending Tasha is a Theatre/{{Hamilton}} cast member.



** Oren and Tasha watch ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Oren compares Tasha and Jess to Steve and Bucky.
** Jess finds out Billie owns the sword of [[EvilColonialist Hernán Cortés]] and says it's like owning [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader's lightsaber]].
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* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Rafael was mistaken for Salazar and imprisoned. He is still a free man by the end of Season 1 despite breaking out of prison and illegally entering the United States.
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* ForWantOfANail: Jess gets involved in the search for the Pan-American treasure because Peter Sadusky falls behind on bill payments for his storage unit.

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* BringHelpBack: Double-subverted. When [[spoiler:Jess, Rafael, Ethan, and Liam find the treasure in the Devil's Swamp, Ethan points out that someone will have to lead the search and rescue teams to find them, and so he goes back, but he sees Billie and goes back to stop her from killing Jess, Rafael, and Liam, apparently leaving the signal plan behind... except he didn't because he set up a smoke signal instead.]]


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* BringHelpBack: Double-subverted. When [[spoiler:Jess, Rafael, Ethan, and Liam find the treasure in the Devil's Swamp, Ethan points out that someone will have to lead the search and rescue teams to find them, and so he goes back, but he sees Billie and goes back to stop her from killing Jess, Rafael, and Liam, apparently leaving the signal plan behind... except he didn't because he set up a smoke signal instead.]]
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''National Treasure: Edge of History'' is an action-adventure series created by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley. It is a continuation of the ''Film/NationalTreasure'' films and stars Lisette Alexis, Lyndon Smith, Zuri Reed, Jake Austin Walker, Antonio Cipriano, Creator/JordanRodrigues, and Creator/CatherineZetaJones.

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''National Treasure: Edge of History'' is an action-adventure series created by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley. It is a continuation of the ''Film/NationalTreasure'' films and stars Lisette Alexis, Olivera, Lyndon Smith, Zuri Reed, Jake Austin Walker, Antonio Cipriano, Creator/JordanRodrigues, and Creator/CatherineZetaJones.

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* DeathByMaterialism: Happens to [[spoiler:a {{Mook}} named Hector who tries to extract an emerald from a statue and gets sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical.]]

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* DeathByMaterialism: Happens to [[spoiler:a {{Mook}} named Hector who tries to extract an emerald from a statue and gets sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical.chemical, causing him to fire his gun wildly and shoot a fellow henchman until Kacey brings him down.]]


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Hendricks shoots Kacey after she's wounded and needs to slow down. He also did the same to Billie's brother.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: The duplicate of Hernán Cortés' sword that Billie keeps on her plane. [[spoiler: Hendricks uses it to stab Ross after being revealed as Salazar.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
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The duplicate of Hernán Cortés' sword that Billie keeps on her plane. [[spoiler: Hendricks uses it to stab Ross after being revealed as Salazar.]]
** In the last episode, Billie warns one of the {{Mooks}} to be careful with a bag full of explosives. Later on, [[spoiler:she uses the bag to blow open the treasure room door.
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* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:While moving through the Devil's Swamp, Jess and Rafael miss the warning sign for a coyote (trap) and get caught by a cage]]

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* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:While moving through the Devil's Swamp, Jess and Rafael miss the warning sign for a coyote (trap) and get caught by a cage]]cage.]]
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* DungeonBypass: [[spoiler:Jess, Liam and Rafael have to solve a tricky floor tile puzzle to get into the treasure room. Billie just blasts through the door with some C4 explosive.]]
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* Cras Est Nostrum's meaning, "Tomorrow is ours", is recontextualized in "Treasure Protectors" in a manner that brings it in line with a similar slogan in the book ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.

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* ** Cras Est Nostrum's meaning, "Tomorrow is ours", is recontextualized in "Treasure Protectors" in a manner that brings it in line with a similar slogan in the book ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
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* Cras Est Nostrum's meaning, "Tomorrow is ours", is recontextualized in "Treasure Protectors" in a manner that brings it in line with a similar slogan in the book ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
--> "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
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* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:While moving through the Devil's Swamp, Jess and Rafael miss the warning sign for a coyote (trap) and get caught by a cage

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* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:While moving through the Devil's Swamp, Jess and Rafael miss the warning sign for a coyote (trap) and get caught by a cagecage]]
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The credits of the Season 1 finale show several social media posts by the characters.
** Rafael has started his own Instagram account with selfies of himself and the Pan American treasure.
** Liam has gained internet fame as a musician.
** Jess and Oren have met the President, who wears Oren's brand of sneakers.
** Ethan visits the US Supreme Court.
** Agent Ross has received medals from the FBI and Zeke is officially her boyfriend.
** Oren and Tasha have also received medals from the FBI.
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* WhamEpisode: Episode 9 reveals that [[spoiler:Agent Hendricks is Salazar and is the one who killed Sadusky. He also runs Agent Ross through with a sword, seemingly killing her.]]

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* WhamEpisode: Episode 9 reveals that [[spoiler:Agent Hendricks is Salazar and is the one who killed Sadusky. He also runs Agent Ross through with a sword, seemingly killing her.]]sword. She survives this though thanks to the timely arrival of Oren, Tasha, Ethan and Liam, as well as some help from Dr. Zeke over the phone]]

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* BringHelpBack: Double-subverted. When [[spoiler:Jess, Rafael, Ethan, and Liam find the treasure in the Devil's Swamp, Ethan points out that someone will have to lead the search and rescue teams to find them, and so he goes back, but he sees Billie and goes back to stop her from killing Jess, Rafael, and Liam, apparently leaving the signal plan behind... except he didn't because he set up a smoke signal instead.]]



* DeathByMaterialism: Happens to [[spoiler:a {{Mook}} named Hector who tries to extract an emerald from a statue and gets sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical.]]



** [[spoiler: Jess' father gets buried under rubble and knocked unconscious when Billie detonates the entry of the treasue chamber, but he gets better.]]

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** [[spoiler: Jess' father gets buried under rubble and knocked unconscious when Billie detonates the entry of the treasue treasure chamber, but he gets better.]]



* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:While moving through the Devil's Swamp, Jess and Rafael miss the warning sign for a coyote (trap) and get caught by a cage



* ItsPersonal: How Billie feels towards Jess after [[spoiler:Kacey is killed. Jess tricks Billie's group into a trap that gets Kacey wounded. Hendricks kills Kacey.]]
* JustPlaneWrong: Tasha identifies Billie Pearce’s plane as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Global_7500 Bombardier Global 7500]], which is has a T-tail and twin rear mounted engines. However, in all shots of the plane’s exterior, the model is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A220 Airbus A220]], previously known as the Bombardier C-Series, which has twin underwing mounted engines and a standard tailplane.

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* ItsPersonal: How Billie feels towards Jess after [[spoiler:Kacey is killed. Jess tricks Billie's group into a trap that gets Kacey wounded. wounded, which resulted in Hendricks kills shooting Kacey.]]
* JustPlaneWrong: Tasha identifies Billie Pearce’s Pearce's plane as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Global_7500 Bombardier Global 7500]], which is has a T-tail and twin rear mounted engines. However, in all shots of the plane’s plane's exterior, the model is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A220 Airbus A220]], previously known as the Bombardier C-Series, which has twin underwing mounted engines and a standard tailplane.



* SinisterSurveillance: Billie watches Jess enter Sadusky's home from an unseen camera, noting that 10 minutes pass between her entrance and exit. As far as listening devices are concerned, bugging shoes seems to be a specialty.

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* SinisterSurveillance: Billie watches Jess enter Sadusky's home from an unseen camera, noting that 10 minutes pass between her entrance and exit. As far as listening devices are concerned, bugging shoes seems to be a specialty.common tactic for her group.
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* SuppressedHistory: The goal of Cras Est Nostrum is to erase history to prevent minorities from realizing all that they've lost. In the words of [[spoiler:Hendricks]], "Tomorrow is ours because yesterday is ours too."

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* SuppressedHistory: The goal of Cras Est Nostrum is to erase history politically inconvenient history, especially in regards to prevent minorities from realizing all that they've lost.historically marginalized populations. In the words of [[spoiler:Hendricks]], "Tomorrow is ours because yesterday is ours too."
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* JustPlaneWrong: Tasha identifies Billie Pearce’s plane as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Global_7500 Bombardier Global 7500]], which is has a T-tail and twin rear mounted engines. However, in all shots of the plane’s exterior, the model is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A220 Airbus A220]], previously known as the Bombardier CSeries, which has twin underwing mounted engines and a standard tailplane.

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* JustPlaneWrong: Tasha identifies Billie Pearce’s plane as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Global_7500 Bombardier Global 7500]], which is has a T-tail and twin rear mounted engines. However, in all shots of the plane’s exterior, the model is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A220 Airbus A220]], previously known as the Bombardier CSeries, C-Series, which has twin underwing mounted engines and a standard tailplane.
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* KlingonPromotion: Billie [[spoiler:kills Hendricks and declares herself the new "Salazar".]]
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* DisneyDeath: Two occur in the season 1 finale:
** [[spoiler: After Agent Ross gets stabbed by Hendricks, she regains consciousness right in time to save Tasha and Orin and receive first aid.]]
** [[spoiler: Jess' father gets buried under rubble and knocked unconscious when Billie detonates the entry of the treasue chamber, but he gets better.]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Billie is angered when [[spoiler:Hendricks kills Kacey. This is also when she realizes Hendricks killed her brother Sebastian. She quickly avenges them both]].
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* SequelHook: In the Season 1 finale, Liam finds a tape of his grandfather talking about La Malinche's treasure and "something else."

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* ItsPersonal: How Billie feels towards Jess after [[spoiler:Kacey is killed. Jess tricks Billie's group into a trap that gets Kacey wounded. Hendricks kills Kacey.]]



* SuppressedHistory: The goal of Cras Est Nostrum is to erase history to prevent minorities from realizing all that they've lost. In the words of [[spoiler:Hendricks]], "Tomorrow is ours because yesterday is ours too."



** Kacey was RecruitedFromTheGutter by Billie, explaining why she's so loyal to her.

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** Kacey was RecruitedFromTheGutter by Billie, explaining why she's so loyal to her. The feeling is mutual [[spoiler:as Billie is outraged by Kacey's death, which she avenges by killing Hendricks]].
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* NoMoreLies:
** After Ethan discovers Oren was kidnapped for the treasure and Jess hid this, they agree to no more secrets between them.
** [[spoiler: Oren takes a polygraph test and tells the whole story of the hunt so far so the FBI can help them find Jess, clear her name, and stop Billie.]]
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* WeNeedADistraction:
** In "Graceland Gambit", Liam distracts the guards from the secret room by holding an impromptu performance.
** In "Bad Romance", Tasha distracts the attendees as the Governor's Ball by getting up on her soapbox and calling them out on being elitist.
** In "Point of No Return", Oren is sent to distract the nuns while Jess gets the third box. He struggles, since he feels uncomfortable lying to nuns.
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* GriefSong: Liam sings an original song, "I Miss That Van", at Peter's funeral, in lieu of a eulogy.

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