History Series / RelicHunter

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Monkeys show up in a number of episodes.

* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Katie from "Emperor's Bride" and Frank Kafka (played by Creator/RalfMoeller) from "The Light of Truth" were the only villains capable of tanking Sydney's SheFu.

* ShootTheMoney: Whenever Sydney and Nigel travel to foreign locales, particularly the castles.

* SpiritualAdaptation: Wears the influence of ''VideoGame/TombRaider'' on its sleeve, right down to its similar title and ActionGirl AdventurerArchaeologist protagonist.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: In Season 3's "Vampire's Kiss", Nigel and Karen discover the client of week has prescription sunscreen, SPF 50, which Nigel describes as "industrial strength". By 2012, SPF 50+ sunscreen is available, and in some cases the standard, in many countries.

* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: In "The Emperor's Bride", Sydney disarms the woman who is holding her at gunpoint. The woman (who is quite the Amazon) then casually grabs Sydney's wrist. Sydney then throws several punches with her free hand which have no effect (except for gradually irritating her captor).

%%* SpiritualAdaptation: Wears the influence of ''VideoGame/TombRaider'' on its sleeve, right down to its similar title and ActionGirl AdventurerArchaeologist protagonist.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Episode 13 features the diamond of Thutmose III, which is revealed to have a refractive index so high that it "absorbs light and doesn't allow it to escape". Apparently, this mostly means it fires a [[FrickinLaserBeams big exploding laser]] when you shine bright light on it.

The show sometimes features bursts of cheesy dialogue and various national stereotypes. There is a large amount of (innocous) {{Fanservice}} but all violence is carefully [[DiscretionShot filmed around]] with no visible blood for reasons of transmission time.

** Claudia often wears skimpy and revealing clothes, though unlike Sydney she tends to keep them on.

* {{Fanservice}}:

** One episode has Sydney fighting VillainOfTheWeek Turley in a pit of mud, much to the amusement of the male onlookers. The same episode also has Sydney taking a shower, as well as Nigel searching said female villain's bra in one scene.

* LingerieScene: Sydney gets quite a few of these. One of the most ludicrous examples (which is played mostly for laughs) is when she and her companions hide from their pursuers in a German Laundromat. The proprietor insists that they actually wash something, or leave. Sydney takes off her over-shirt and puts it in a machine, but that doesn't satisfy the proprietor. The entire party ends up standing there in their underwear surrounded by other customers.

* MudWrestling: Check it out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymxt4dmARNg&feature=player_embedded here]].

%%* AdventurerArchaeologist: Guess who?!?

%% * {{Adorkable}}: Nigel Bailey
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Guess who?!?

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: In "Diamond in the Rough", Nigel wakes up after a boozy night to find himself in a trashed living room, thinking he has demolished the room during vigorous sex with Sydney. After a {{Adorkable}} attempt to apologize for not remembering and saying how much respected her as a woman, Sydney tells him that he had passed out and the room got trashed when she fought off an intruder during the night.

* ThanksForTheMammary: In Season 3's "Mr. Right", Sydney is hanging from a ledge with CIA agent Derek Lloyd holding onto her waist. When she suggests using her as a ladder, he first tries using her shoulder, but pulls her hair. His next attempt sees him try to use Sydney's breast as a climbing hold, much to her annoyance.

* IdenticalGrandson: The Thief of Baghdad was apparently an identical distant ancestor of Sydney's. She also had an identical grandmother who was a singer at the Moulin Rouge.

** In the Season 1 Episode "Nothing But the Truth", while Stewie Harper, a man Sydney has had the displeasure to work with previously, while under the compulsion of the Chalice of Truth (the episode's [[MacGuffin]]), mentions an incident in Berlin involving a dominatrix and a barbecue chicken claiming that at the time he was either drunk or high on "wacky tobaccy" (or possibly both).

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: We get one between Sydney and Nigel in "Treasure Island", a platonic love, but a declaration nonetheless.

** The season one credits even include a shot of her taking her top off.

* NoodleIncident: In the Season 1 Episode "Nothing But the Truth", while Stewie Harper, a man Sydney has had the displeasure to work with previously, while under the compulsion of the Chalice of Truth (the episode's [[MacGuffin]]), mentions an incident in Berlin involving a dominatrix and a barbecue chicken claiming that at the time he was either drunk or high on "wacky tobaccy" (or possibly both).

* {{Expy}}: A beautiful AdventurerArchaeologist who hunts (frequently supernatural) relics across the globe and fights off goons? Sydney has a lot in common with [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]]. The fact ''Relic Hunter'' also sounds a lot like ''Tomb Raider'' is also deliberate. There are differences, though, including the fact Sydney is America and not an aristocrat.

* LingerieScene: Sydney gets quite a few of these. One of the most ludicrous examples (which is played mostly for laughs) is when she and her companions hide from their pursuers in a German Laundromat. The proprietor insists that they actually wash something, or leave. Sydney takes off her overshirt and puts it in a machine, but that doesn't satisfy the proprietor. The entire party ends up standing there in their underwear surrounded by other customers.

* SexySilhouette: Nigel (and the audience) are treated to a backlit silhouette of Sydney undressing in a tent during a rainstorm in "The Emperor's Bride".