History WesternAnimation / BloodOfZeus

* DropTheHammer: Ares fights with a vicious war hammer.

** Seraphim takes no accountability for [[spoiler: killing his mother]]. Granted he didn't know at the time it happened but he takes none even after he finds out, placing all the blame on the gods which also ignores that fact that only Hera tricked and abetted Seraphim in Electra's demise.

** Seraphim takes no accountability for [[spoiler: killing his mother]]. Granted he didn't know at the time it happened but he takes none even after he finds out, placing all the blame on the gods.

Produced by Powerhouse Animation Studios, the series was released on October 27, 2020 on Creator/{{Netflix}}. [[https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1334543850929414144 In early December 2020, a second season was greenlit by Netflix.]] [[https://observer.com/2020/11/netflix-blood-of-zeus-renew-cancel-ratings-viewership-cost/ According to the creators, they have five seasons outlined.]]

* WhipItGood: Evios first shows his skill with whips when he uses ropes on a boat to fight back against his demon captors. He later uses a Hephestus-made whip in the final battle.

* SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVSFate: Both fate and free will actually co-exist. This is because while The Fates themselves can forsee the path of men, they still have control of their own actions. That said, their analogy (of a child crawling across a table, and an adult choosing whether or not to catch the baby when it crawls off the edge) doesn't work that well, as it implies "men have fates, gods have free will to alter it".

* FanDisservice: Yes, there are topless women in this series. Problem is, the only ones that aren't [[NippleAndDimed conveniently censored]] are the [[EldritchAbomination giants]]. The ugliest of them even gets a shot of her {{Gainaxing}}, with the camera giving the MaleGaze, just to rub in how unsexy it is.

* ShesGotLegs: Hera shows some leg while floating.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Both Apollo and Artemis look this way, although Apollo is indeed blond and Artemis has white hair.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Hera wears a pretty open himation.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Well yeah, they're gods. Hera has purple hair, Artemis and Poseidon have white hair, and Aphrodite has pink hair.

Produced by Powerhouse Animation Studios, the series was released on October 27, 2020 on Creator/{{Netflix}}. [[https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1334543850929414144 In early December 2020, a second season was greenlit by Netflix]]. [[https://observer.com/2020/11/netflix-blood-of-zeus-renew-cancel-ratings-viewership-cost/ According to the creators, they have five seasons outlined.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Zeus, gravely injured from Hera's previous attack]] unleashes all his godly strength left to do serious harm to the giant crushing him and [[spoiler: saves Hera]].

* AssholeVictim: Most of the villagers who persecuted Heron and Electra end up getting killed by Seraphim.

* {{Matricide}}: Although he didn't know it at the time, [[spoiler: Seraphim]] kills his mother [[spoiler: Electra]].

* SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVSFate: Both fate and free will actually co-exist. This is because while The Fates themselves can forsee the path of men, they still have control of their own actions.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Poseidon [[spoiler: rejoins Zeus against Hera he claims it's because Hera "Has gone too far" Zeus recognizes this is not a moral stance so much as Hera promised the giants rule over the seas (His Domain) and chuckles at his brother but lets him join up anyway]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Zeus. He's not nearly the [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} nicest version]] ever presented, but compared to the myth he's practically a saint, as he genuinely loved Electra otherwise he would have used the same authority her husband had to demand she sleep with him, rather than woo her.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Hades. It's unknown exactly where his allegiances lie and he has a menacing presence. He offers refuge to Hera and the other gods following her but states that it's due to him remaining neutral in the conflict and when speaking to Seraphim, he compliments him on using his bident but it its difficult to tell if he was being sarcastic or not]].
* AnArmAndALeg: In the final battle against the giants [[spoiler:Hera]] loses a hand to Seraphim.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Seraphim's death]] is played with some emotion. After it happens, Heron ends up [[spoiler: holding his body and]], when [[spoiler: we cut to Seraphim in the underworld, he's forced into either a literal Hell or an [[IronicHell ironic one.]]]] They're a ruthless murderer, but they really just cannot catch a break.
* AssholeVictim: Most of the villagers who persecuted Heron and Electra, end up getting killed by Seraphim.
* TheAtoner: Kofi and Evios confess to Alexia and Heron before the climatic final battle [[spoiler:the demons who Alexia chased at the start were meeting with them where they sold the demons the remains of a giant they found]]. Heron only notes that if they are still seeking redemption, then this is their path to it.
* TheBadGuyWins: Episode 7 ends with [[spoiler: Seraphim giving Hera the cauldron that holds the Giants' souls, unleashing them from their underwater prison to wreak havoc on the world.]]

* BatmanGambit: Hera might want her revenge but she can't so long as Zeus's law prevents them from directly interfering with the lives of mortals. The only way she can break it is if Zeus himself breaks it first. She knows if she has his lover killed and keeps putting his son's life in danger that he will eventually violate his decree to save Heron, allowing her to act with impunity in the mortal world without fear of reprisal.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Olympus and the world are saved, with Heron welcomed into Olympus by his half-siblings, but Zeus is dead, Hera has fled to Gods know where, while Seraphim will either suffer for his crimes in Tartaros for all eternity or again be the slave of a god.]]
* BodyHorror: One of Seraphim's eyes is turned at a ninety-degree angle. He Blinks horizontally in one eye.

** King Periander's throne is usurped by his brother Acrisius but in that case, both are equally unsympathetic.

* CoolOldGuy: Chiron is one wise and pleasant centaur. [[spoiler: Not even briefly betraying Alexia to the demons stop him from trying to make amends.]]

* CoversAlwaysLie: Much of the promotional material for the first season shows Heron brandishing the adamantine sword that Zeus forges as if it’s his signature weapon. In reality, the sword is in his possession for a fraction of the second episode, during which he throws it away in anger. [[spoiler: Seraphim]] eventually lays claim to it in episode 5 and it becomes his secondary weapon from then on, until he loses it when fighting Talos.

* DeliberateInjuryGambit: [[spoiler:How Heron finally defeats Seraphim. Seraphim has him in a nelson hold and summons the bident to stab him, which Heron is barely able to push away....until he decides to stop fighting and yanks on it instead, impaling himself and Seraphim. It doesn't kill either of them, but it does weaken him enough for Heron to fry him with lightning.]]
* DemotedToDragon: The first couple episodes set Seraphim up as the BigBad or at least [[BigBadDuumvirate sharing the role]] with Hera. When the two encounter, Hera subsequently dominates him and reduces him to her lackey. [[spoiler: He breaks out of this and reclaims the main villain mantle during the finale.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Hera's plan hinges on the fact that Zeus was able to convince two of the giants (with both being possibly Hekatonkheires and the Cyclops) into defecting and thought she could do the same with the rest, ignoring the fact that Zeus did this without strong-arming them and convince them of their own free will, while Hera literally forced the revived ones into working for her or die once more.]]

* DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: Zigzagged. Zeus impersonates Electra's husband in order to sleep with her and it's never treated as rape in-universe. Electra eventually figured out that there was a second person pretending to be the king but never suspected it was a god (As he was cruel, heartless and treated her as an object, while Zeus himself treated her with love and respect). Though, the seeming constant vacillation between affection and disinterest from her husband causes her no end of grief.

* EleventhHourCostumeChange: For the final battle for Olympus, not only the gods don their battle armor, Alexia dons one fancy black and gold armor, while Heron, Kofi and Evios take Olympian weapons for themselves.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Heron, Alexia, Evios and Kofi all were pretty badass, but once given Olympian weapons, not even demons stand much of a chance.
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: [[spoiler: Despite everything she had done, Zeus still loved Hera and even sacrificed himself to save her from a Giant that betrayed her.]]
* EvilUncle: Acrisius, [[spoiler: Seraphim's]] uncle, had no problem throwing his baby nephew down a cliff.

** Heron also bears some similarity to [[spoiler:Pollux, being the demigod son of Zeus with Seraphim being an {{Expy}} of Castor due to being the mortal twin.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: Hera turns against Zeus [[spoiler: and Ares, Demeter and Aphrodite and several other gods follow her in her rebellion.]]

* {{Foil}}: Naturally, as half-brothers, [[spoiler: Heron and Seraphim]].

** In his first appearance, [[spoiler: Heron comments to Zeus]], albeit in disguise, that "he will get himself killed one of these days".
** Early on, Heron is shown to be immensely strong physically. Later on it is revealed [[spoiler: that he is a demigod]].

* AmazonianBeauty: One of the warriors who accompanied Alexia and Heron is an Amazonian warrior who's taller and more muscular than Alexia.

The series is set in the world of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]]. When giants and monsters begin to appear to terrorize UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}, Heron, a demigod son of Zeus, embarks on a quest to discover what's happening. On his quest, he meets other heroes and the Gods themselves and discovers an conspiracy to destroy Olympus.

Produced by Powerhouse Animation Studios, the series was released on October 27, 2020 on Creator/{{Netflix}}. In early December 2020, a second season was greenlit by Netflix [[https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1334543850929414144]]. According to the creators, they have five seasons outlined.[[https://observer.com/2020/11/netflix-blood-of-zeus-renew-cancel-ratings-viewership-cost/]]