History Series / TheLegendOfWilliamTell

* [[spoiler:AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: We miss the actual crowning, catching up in the aftermath, but Vara is crowned queen at the end of the finale.]]

* BehindTheBlack: Will makes it across a completely open plain, past several lines of warriors, and directly behind Xax without being seen, because everyone is watching Aruna, Leon and the kids out on the plain.
** There's also the time Kalem changes forms from Laliya back to herself, but only Will sees it, because the others are looking at him and showing no interest at all in what he's watching so intently.

* EvilBrit: Xax is not only saddled with a British accent, he also has to rrrrrrroll all his rrrrrrs. Notably, in a [[spoiler:dream sequence where he has switched sides, ]]his accent is gone, implying that this trope may be in effect in universe.

* FantasticRacism: Aruna, who is descended from wild cats, hates both Drogo, descended from wolves, and Alvar, an actual dog. She gets over both within a couple of episodes. Drogo is only slightly wary of her, reasonable given he's just survived a massacre, and Alvar seems to like her perfectly well.
** We're told that Heracleans, Leon's people, and Arboreans, Aruna's people, don't get on, but there's no actually evidence of that; Leon and Aruna get on perfectly well.

** Will as [[TheHero the hero]]
** Aruna as [[TheLancer the lancer]]
** Leon as [[TheBigGuy the big guy]] (overlapping with [[TheSmartGuy the smart guy]])
** Drogo as [[TheSmartGuy the smart guy]]; Leon reads and is educated, Drogo has animal instincts and senses.
** Vara as [[TheChick the chick]].
** Alvar as [[TeamPet team pet]].

* HypnotizeThePrincess: Kreel, to Vara at least three times, and to Xax a few times. At one point he hypnotizes Vara without even being anywhere near her; insteand he plants dreams in her mind.
** Kalem also does this to Will in the first episode. He's not very happy about it, because she uses it to make him run instead of fighting Xax's men, and his parents are left behind.
* IdiotBall: At least three episodes would never have happened if Will had listened to Kalem. Early on, though, he didn't trust her very much.
** Not only that, but in the first episode Will and his friends get their hands on Shaytana's Eye, the crystal that gives Kreel his power. If they hadn't basically handed it back to him, the whole series could have ended right there.

-->Will: She's cold...cold as ice.

* ManInAKilt: Will wears what's clearly a family tartan in two strips hanging from his belt. Dressing up for [[spoiler:Vara's coronation]] involves a plain black kilt with the strips over the top, and a cloak in the same tartan. His mother wears a neckerchief, his father has a sash, and there's a blanket in the same pattern visible in his home. The original William Tell wears a cloak in this pattern, implying that Will is his descendant.
** In fact, Will's entire outfit is a replica of William's. This may have been deliberate on the part of his parents; they certainly knew what he was going to have to do.

* OhMyGods!: Various characters swear by various parts of Jormanda(r).
-->Seth: By Jormanda's scared knuckle!

-->Will: Kalem is watching over us; there's a mist coming down.

* [[OnlySoManyCanadianActors Only So Many New Zealand Actors]]: Like everything filmed there. You'll recognise almost everyone.

-->Will: They will be ''AVEEEEEEEENNNNNGGGGGEEEEEEEDDDDDDD!''
* [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Something Only He Would Wear]]: Vara identifies Will in ''Doppelganger'' because he's wearing the crystal arrow pendant. Apparently the spell that created two perfect replicas of Will couldn't duplicate the pendant.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: Will has trouble every so often, not helped by Kalem giving out to him for not taking enough responsibilty. And then immediately pooh poohing his plans. Backfires on her when he refuses to listen to her, since he's the leader.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Kreel has a complicated plan involving brainwashing people and sending them into the villages with the ability to bring terrible pain to anyone who speaks ill of Kreel or Xax, without them knowing they're doing it. He hopes to have everyone brainwashed into thinking and saying only good things about Xax.
* TheKindnapper: Will and the others take Vara from the citadel against her will in the first episode. It's to protect her from Xax, who's one step away from arranging a fatal accident for her, but she considers it kidnapping for at least another episode and makes several attempts to escape them.
* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Kalem does this to Will.
-->Will: Did you know where (the McGuffin) was all along?
-->Kalem: Perhaps.
-->Will: You couldn't have given us a hint?
-->Kalem: What sort of hero would you be if you couldn't find these things for yourself?

-->Xax: You have been a very worthy adversary. There's something about you - it's strange. In another time, we could have been comrades at arms.
-->Will: ''Never''.

* BloodlessCarnage: Mostly averted by using crystal weapons that kill without injury. Will uses a crossbow, but mostly for [[TwangHello trick shots]]. The most blood we ever see is when he manages to get stabbed through his chainmail shirt, and even then he just gets it wiped and pulls the shirt back on without worrying about a bandage.

* HeyItsThatGuy: If you've ever seen anything filmed by Cloud 9, or in New Zealand in general, you'll recognise about half the actors and actresses. Kieran Hutchison, Beth Allen, Katerina Browne and Nathaniel Lees are all main characters, and every second guest star is recognisable.

-->Will: ''Never''.

* TrickArrows: Will shoots net arrows a couple of times. Note that his usual bolts are very light anyway and are mostly used for trick shots; it's rare to see him actually injure someone with them.

* KnightsandKnaves: In ''Master of Doubt'' Kalem uses this on Will to teach him to think about things and not just rush straight in.

Some of them also use 'the powers.' Will himself occasionally speaks about Kalem this way.

* TechnicalPacifist: Will. Even if he hits someone with an arrow, they just pull them back out, and he has several chances to kill Xax which he doesn't take.

* WilliamTelling: It's Aruna who makes the famous shot. Will does shoot an apple, but it's tied to a string, not on anyone's head.

* FirstNameBasis: The group go back and forth between 'Vara' and 'Princess' even after she [[DefrostingIceQueen starts to warm up to them.]] They mostly use 'Princess'; 'Vara' is reserved for moments of high emotion. In a milder example, Will is 'William' to everyone throughout the first episode, and 'Will' to Leon, Aruna, Drogo and Vara after that. He consistently introduces himself as William Tell, but most guests end up calling him Will anyway. Kalem, Xax and Kreel always call him William or William Tell.

* TheKindnapper: Will and the others takes Vara from the citadel against her will in the first episode. It's to protect her from Xax, who's one step away from arranging a fatal accident for her, but she considers it kidnapping for at least another episode and makes several attempts to escape them.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Will has to wander around a snowy mountain to find a MacGuffin. He collapses in the snow and is rescued some amount of time later by Aruna. Though he's speaking in shorter sentences than usual, he's perfectly well able to speak. Aruna drags him back into a cave - with some falling down on the way - lights a fire, half strips him and sticks him under a cloak. She's sleeping next to him, but they're not close enough to share heat. Nevertheless, Will is fine when he wakes up, give or take the occasional need to sit down.

* [[SomethingOnlyHeWouldSay Something Only He Would Wear]]: Vara identifies Will in ''Doppelganger'' because he's wearing the crystal arrow pendant. Apparently the spell that created two perfect replicas of Will couldn't duplicate the pendant.

** We're told that Heraculeans, Leon's people, and Arboreans, Aruna's people, don't get on, but there's no actually evidence of that; Leon and Aruna get on perfectly well.

* FirstNameBasis: The group go back and forth between 'Vara' and 'Princess' even after she [[DefrostingIceQueen starts to warm up to them.]] In a milder example, Will is 'William' to everyone throughout the first episode, and 'Will' to Leon, Aruna, Drogo and Vara after that. He consistently introduces himself as William Tell, but most guests end up calling him Will anyway. Kalem, Xax and Kreel always call him William or William Tell.

* CallARabbitASmeep: Aruna once refers to 'milars' as a unit of distance; this never comes up again. They also refer to 'Jormanda' or 'the powers' who seem to be deities.

* FreakyFridayFlip: Will and Drogo are briefly switched in ''The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier''. Will-in-Drogo takes it far better than Drogo-in-Will, who panics and runs off. Two guest stars are also switched, and one promptly dies, leaving the other stuck in the wrong body.