History WesternAnimation / ElCid

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[[caption-width-right:350:Every legend has its hero.]]

''El Cid: La Leyenda'' (El Cid: The Legend) is a 2003 Spanish animated movie written and directed by José Pozo and produced by Creator/JadeAnimation[[note]]with assistance from, among others, Creator/AFilm, Creator/WangFilmProductions, Creator/HanhoHeungUp and Creator/CanuckCreations[[/note]], and a [[{{Disneyfication}} lightened up version]] of the Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (aka El Cid)'s life, or rather, of [[Film/ElCid the 1961 movie]] with Creator/CharltonHeston, which itself is a very loose adaptation of its own right. [[TheHero Rodrigo]] is a brash and young knight from Castella with a promising future who becomes entangled in a conspiracy with his enemies that see him exiled from his home. However, a cruel conqueror who desires to subjugate both Christians and Moors, will crush anyone who stands in his path. In order to return to his home and to the arms of his beloved Jimena, Rodrigo needs to rally both factions to unite and stand together against this tyrant.

!!This movie contain examples of the following tropes:
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* ActionGirl: While Jimena isn't trained in combat, she qualifies for this trope. She breaks out of Yusuf's harem on her own, breaks free from his grasp when he tries to use her as HumanShield against Rodrigo and [[spoiler: saves her beloved at the end by throwing back his sword allowing him to finish off Yusuf.]] The ending makes it more poignant when [[spoiler: she steps down from Rodrigo's horse and rides her own, walking together with him.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Yusuf is associated with [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snakes]].
* ArrangedMarriage: Count Gormaz sets one between his daughter Jimena and Garcia Ordonez, and hates Rodrigo with passion for getting in the way by falling in love with her.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Several examples.
** In the movie, Rodrigo is exiled as an young man immediately after Afonso had swore before multiple holy relics that he wasn't involved in Sancho's death. In real life, he was exiled in his late thirties over different circumstances and had previously served Afonso faithfully.
** Rodrigo and Yusuf never personally met in real life, with the former warring mostly against the latter's nephew.
** García Ordonez was Rodrigo's bitter rival in real life, but he never sought Jimena's hand.
** Jimena was never forced to serve in any harem.
* AwardBaitSong: "''La Fuerza Del Corazon''" by Luis Fonzi, who also performs an English version "''The Power Of A Broken Heart''".
* BellyDancer: Some are seen performing for Yusuf. Even Jimena joins in as well in her ploy to distract Yusuf to allow for her escape.
* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: King Afonso besieges Yusuf's fortress and save the heroes who are surrounded at the end.]]
* CoolSword: El Cid's iconic RealLife sword, the Tizona.
* DarkIsEvil: Yusuf and his forces are dressed in all-black (though some of his allies [[LightIsNotGood wear white]]) in contrast to the heroic Muslims who wear [[RedIsHeroic red]].
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Count Gormaz cannot hide his contempt for Jimena's relationship with Rodrigo.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Jimena's father dies in her arms after being fatally wounded by Rodrigo.
* {{Disneyfication}}: This is a historical movie toned down for family-friendly audiences and it even includes animal sidekicks. With that said however, it can be brutal at times with stabbings, offscreen mutilations and sexual enslavement.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In case you weren't sure [[EvilOverlord Ben Yusuf]] was the BigBad when the opening narration shows him in a campaign to conquer the land and punishing any Muslims who refuse to fight for him, he witness an very old slave who cannot labor anymore because his hands are tired. He lets the old man go, but order his men to chop off his hands, [[ExactWords saying that he is free to go, but his hands will stay.]] [[{{Squick}} Yikes]].
* TheExile: Rodrigo is exiled when he refuses to acknowledge Afonso as king, due to Urraca conspiring to have his best friend (and rightful heir) Sancho killed.
* {{Expy}}: Ben Yusuf bears some physical semblance to [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], barring the [[RightRedHand scarred left eye]] and also just like Jafar, he pulls GoGoEnslavement on the heroine.
** The little badger Ruidoso's behavior would remind viewers of [[WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} Meeko]].
* FireForgedFriends: Rodrigo and Al-Mutamin are hostile to each other initially, but after having to work together against a common enemy, they become
* TheFundamentalist: Yusuf naturally. He wants to conquer the Iberian penisula and forcibly covert it to Islam, and he will kill even tolerant and moderate Muslims who aren't interested in fighting for him.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: El Cid is re-imagined as a romantic knight who fights to restore his honor and sets out to unite both Muslims and Christians against Yusuf, when the historical one fought for both sides for his own interests (which included sacking Christian settlements for Moors, while was still being a Christian himself). Also, while he is popularly believed to have murdered Jimena's father in a duel in revenge for insulting his own father (though this certainly never happened in real life and is considered to be a late invention to spice up his legend), this movie's Cid accidentally kills him in self-defense after he tried to kill him so he wouldn't interfere with her ArrangedMarriage with Count Ordonez.
* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Count Ordonez. While he wasn't really that bad in real life, he was El Cid's bitter enemy who frequently warred with him during his exile days. Here, he is merely turned into a RomanticFalseLead for Jimena.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Ben Yusuf is portrayed in such over-the-top villain with many gratuitous KickTheDog moments, in contrast to his alleged reputation as a noble and honorable man. He also does things that never happened in real life such as [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty abducting Jimena and making her his concubine.]]
* LightIsNotGood: Some of Yusuf's alliees are dressed in white and are also the bad guys.
* MsFanservice: [[http://images6.fanpop.com/image/polls/1379000/1379679_1401176853093_full.jpg?v=1401176924 Jimena, as an slave girl]].
* NarratorAllAlong: The movie opens and closes with a narration by [[spoiler: an much older Alfonso, who remembered the lesson of honor.]]
* NobleFugitive: Al-Mutamin, the Prince of Zaragoza, was forced to flee his home after Yusuf conquered it. Rodrigo himself counts after his exile, as he a knight and a nobleman himself.
* ObviouslyEvil: Both Urraca and Yusuf have completely sinister and unsubtle appearances, dressing in all-black with Urraca having [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette unnaturally pale skin]] and Yusuf's [[RightRedHand scarred face]].
* TheRival: Count Garcia Ordonez to Rodrigo.
* ShowSomeLeg: Jimena manages to escape Yusuf when she dances for him and offers some wine, only to whack him in the head with the jar and knocking him out.
* TrueCompanions: Though the king has only Rodrigo exiled, his friends follow him regardless declaring he might as well exiled them.
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Rodrigo initially named his horse after his girlfriend Jimena, which pisses her off when she discover this. She is renamed later Babieca (the name she actually had in RealLife).

* BadassBeard: Rodrigo grows a beard during his exile. In fact, most male characters whether they are Christians or Muslims sport beards, while young Rodrigo is initially the ''only one'' to not have one.

'''El Cid: La Leyenda''' (El Cid: The Legend) is a 2003 Spanish animated movie written and directed by José Pozo and produced by Creator/JadeAnimation[[note]]with assistance from, among others, Creator/AFilm, Creator/WangFilmProductions, Creator/HanhoHeungUp and Creator/CanuckCreations[[/note]], and a [[{{Disneyfication}} lightened up version]] of the Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (aka El Cid)'s life, or rather, of [[Film/ElCid the 1961 movie]] with Creator/CharltonHeston, which itself is a very loose adaptation of its own right. [[TheHero Rodrigo]] is a brash and young knight from Castella with a promising future who becomes entangled in a conspiracy with his enemies that see him exiled from his home. However, a cruel conqueror who desires to subjugate both Christians and Moors, will crush anyone who stands in his path. In order to return to his home and to the arms of his beloved Jimena, Rodrigo needs to rally both factions to unite and stand together against this tyrant.

'''El Cid: La Leyenda''' (El Cid: The Legend) is a 2003 Spanish animated movie written and directed by José Pozo and produced by Creator/JadeAnimation[[labelnote:*]]with assistance from, among others, Creator/AFilm, Creator/WangFilmProductions, Creator/HanhoHeungUp and Creator/CanuckCreations[[/labelnote]], and a [[{{Disneyfication}} lightened up version]] of the Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (aka El Cid)'s life, or rather, of [[Film/ElCid the 1961 movie]] with Creator/CharltonHeston, which itself is a very loose adaptation of its own right. [[TheHero Rodrigo]] is a brash and young knight from Castella with a promising future who becomes entangled in a conspiracy with his enemies that see him exiled from his home. However, a cruel conqueror who desires to subjugate both Christians and Moors, will crush anyone who stands in his path. In order to return to his home and to the arms of his beloved Jimena, Rodrigo needs to rally both factions to unite and stand together against this tyrant.

* {{Expy}}: Ben Yusuf bears some physical semblance to [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], barring the [[RightRedHand scarred left eye]] and also just like Jafar, he pulls GoGoEnslavement on the heroine.
** The little badger Ruidoso's behavior would remind viewers of [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} Meeko]].

* DarkIsEvil: Yusuf and his forces are dressed in all-black (though some of his allies wear white) in contrast to the heroic Muslims who wear [[RedIsHeroic red]].

* ObviouslyEvil: Both Urraca and Yusuf have completely sinister and unsubtle appearances, dressing in all-black with Urraca having [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette unnaturally pale skin]] and Yusuf's [[RightRedHand scarred face]].

* ShowSomeLeg: Jimena manages to escape Yusuf when she dances for him and offers some wine, only to whack him in the head with the jar and knocking him out.

'''El Cid: La Leyenda''' (El Cid: The Legend) is a 2003 Spanish animated movie written and directed by José Pozo and produced by Creator/JadeAnimation, and a [[{{Disneyfication}} lightened up version]] of the Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (aka El Cid)'s life, or rather, of [[Film/ElCid the 1961 movie]] with Creator/CharltonHeston, which itself is a very loose adaptation of its own right. [[TheHero Rodrigo]] is a brash and young knight from Castella with a promising future who becomes entangled in a conspiracy with his enemies that see him exiled from his home. However, a cruel conqueror who desires to subjugate both Christians and Moors, will crush anyone who stands in his path. In order to return to his home and to the arms of his beloved Jimena, Rodrigo needs to rally both factions to unite and stand together against this tyrant.

* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Rodrigo initially named his horse after his girlfriend Jimena, which pisses her off when she discover this. She is renamed later Babieca.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: El Cid is re-imagined as a romantic knight who fights to restore his honor and sets out to unite both Muslims and Christians against Yusuf, when the historical one fought for both sides for his own interests (which included sacking Christian settlements for Moors, while was still being a Christian himself). While the historical Cid famously murdered Jimena's father in revenge for insulting his own father, this movie's Cid accidentally kills her father in self-defense after he tried to kill him so he wouldn't interfere with her ArrangedMarriage with Count Ordonez.

* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Rodrigo initially named his horse after his girlfriend Jimena, which pisses her off when she discover this. She is renamed later Babieca.
* WomanInBlack: Urraca is dressed in a black cloak and hood. Fittingly, she is a corrupt and sinister schemer.

'''El Cid: La Leyenda''' (El Cid: The Legend) was a 2003 Spanish animated movie written and directed by José Pozo and produced by Creator/JadeAnimation, and a [[{{Disneyfication}} lightened up version]] of the Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (aka El Cid)'s life, or rather, of [[Film/ElCid the 1961 movie]] with Creator/CharltonHeston, which itself is a very loose adaptation of its own right. [[TheHero Rodrigo]] is a brash and young knight from Castella with a promising future who becomes entangled in a conspiracy with his enemies that see him exiled from his home. However, a cruel conqueror who desires to subjugate both Christians and Moors, will crush anyone who stands in his path. In order to return to his home and to the arms of his beloved Jimena, Rodrigo needs to rally both factions to unite and stand together against this tyrant.

'''El Cid: La Leyenda''' (El Cid: The Legend) was a 2003 Spanish animated movie written and directed by José Pozo and produced by Creator/JadeAnimation, and a [[{{Disneyfication}} lightened up version]] of the Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (aka El Cid)'s life, or rather, of [[Film/ElCid the 1961 movie]] with Creator/CharltonHeston, which itself was a very loose adaptation of its own right. [[TheHero Rodrigo]] is a brash and young knight from Castella with a promising future who becomes entangled in a conspiracy with his enemies that see him exiled from his home. However, a cruel conqueror who desires to subjugate both Christians and Moors, will crush anyone who stands in his path. In order to return to his home and to the arms of his beloved Jimena, Rodrigo needs to rally both factions to unite and stand together against this tyrant.

* RedheadedHero: Rodrigo has auburn hair and is movie's TheHero.

** Rodrigo is exiled as an young man immediately after Afonso had swore before multiple holy relics that he wasn't involved in Sancho's death. In real life, he was exiled at 39 over different circumstances and had previously served Afonso faithfully.

* {{Disneyfication}}: this is still a historical movie toned down for family-friendly audiences and it even includes animal sidekicks. With that said however, it can be brutal at times with stabbings, offscreen mutilations and sexual enslavement.

* TrueCompanions: Rodrigo's friends follow him into exile.

** García Ordonez was Rodrigo's bitter rival in real life, but he is upgraded in the movie to a romantic rival for Jimena's hand.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In case you weren't sure [[EvilOverlord Ben Yusuf]] was the BigBad when the opening narration shows him in a campaign to conquer the land and punish any Muslims who refuse to follow him, he witness an very old slave who cannot labor anymore because his hands are tired. He lets the old man go, but order his men to chop off his hands, [[ExactWords saying that he is free to go, but his hands will stay.]] [[((Squick}} Yikes]].

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: El Cid is re-imagined as a romantic knight who still fights for the king who exiled him and sets out to unite both Muslims and Christians against Yusuf, when the historical one fought with both sides for his own interests. While the historical Cid famously murdered Jimena's father in revenge for insulting his own father, this movie's Cid accidentally kills her father in self-defense after he tried to kill him so he wouldn't interfere with her ArrangedMarriage with Count Ordonez.

* SilkHidingSteel: Jimena. While she isn't a trained fighter to qualify as a ActionGirl, she is capable and brave enough without any fighting skills, which makes it more impressive. When captured and [[GoGoEnslavement forced into Yusuf's harem]], she escapes him by easily seducing him and knocking him out. When he tries to grab her and user as a HumanShield against her beloved, she fights him off and slips away from his grasp. And finally,[[spoiler: during the final duel, she pretty much saves Rodrigo's life by riding Babieca and throwing back his sword to him after he lost it, allowing him to beat Yusuf]].

* {{Disneyfication}}: this is still a historical movie toned down for family-friendly audiences and it even includes animal sidekicks. With that said however, it can be brutal at times with stabbings, offscreen mutilations,
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In case you weren't sure [[EvilOverlord Ben Yussuf]] was the BigBad when the opening narration shows him in a jihad to conquer the land, He sees an very old slave who cannot labor anymore because his hands are tired. He lets the old man go, but order his men to restrain him and chop off his hands, [[ExactWords saying that he is free to go, but his hands will stay.]] Yikes.

* SilkHidingSteel: Jimena. While she isn't a trained fighter to qualify as a ActionGirl, . When captured and forced into Yusuf's harem, she escapes him by easily seducing him and knocking him out. When he tries to grab her and user as a HumanShield against her beloved, she fights him off and slips away from his grasp. And finally,[[spoiler: during the final duel, she pretty much saves Rodrigo's life by riding Babieca and throwing back his sword to him after he lost it, allowing him to beat Yusuf]].

* WomanInBlack: Urraca is dressed in a black cloak and hood.

* BadassBeard: Rodrigo grows a beard during his exile. In fact, most males characters whether they are Christians or Muslims sport beards, while young Rodrigo is initially the only one to not wear one.

* {{Disneyfication}}: Though it lacks the usual elements such as magic, animal sidekicks or musical numbers, this is still a historical movie toned down for family-friendly audiences.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: How do we know [[BigBad Ben Yussuf]] is a bad guy? He sees an very old slave who cannot labor anymore because his hands are tired. He lets the old man go, but order his men to restrain him and chop off his hands, [[ExactWords saying that he is free to go, but his hands will stay.]] Yikes.

* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Count Ordonez. In real life, he was El Cid's bitter rival who frequently quarreled with him during his exile days. Here, he is merely turned into a RomanticFalseLead for Jimena.

* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Rodrigo named his horse after his girlfriend Jimena, which pisses her off when she discover this.

* DistressedDamsel: Jimena, once she is captured by Yusuf's men.

** Jimena was

* BadassBeard: Rodrigo grows a beard during his exile.
* DarkIsEvil: Yusuf and his forces are dressed in all-black (though some of his allies wear white) in contrast to the more heroic Muslims who wear brown.

** Rodrigo is exiled as an young man immediately after Afonso had swore before multiple holy relics that he did not kill Sancho. In real life, he was 39 during his exile over different circumstances and had previously served Afonso faithfully.

* DarkIsEvil: Yussuf and his forces are dressed in all-black (though some of his allies wear white) in contrast to the more heroic Muslims who dress in brown.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Count Gormaz cannot hide his contempt for Jimena being in love with Rodrigo.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: El Cid is re-imagined as a romantic knight who still fights for the king who exiled him and sets out to unite both Muslims and Christians against Yusuf, when the historical one seemed more like a sellsword who fought for both sides in the war for his own interests.

** Rodrigo is exiled as an young man for refusing to recognize Afonso as king. In real life, he was 39 during his exile over different circumstances and had previously served Afonso faithfully.

'''El Cid: La Leyenda''' (El Cid: The Legend) was a 2003 Spanish animated movie written and directed by José Pozo and produced by Creator/JadeAnimation, and a [[{{Disneyfication}} lightened up version]] of the Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (aka El Cid)'s life, or rather, of [[Film/ElCid the 1961 movie]] with Creator/CharltonHeston, which itself was a very loose adaptation if its own right. [[TheHero Rodrigo]] is a brash and young knight from Castella with a promising future who becomes entangled in a conspiracy with his enemies that see him exiled from his home. However, a cruel conqueror who desires to subjugate both Christians and Moors, will crush anyone who stands in his path. In order to return to his home and to the arms of his beloved Jimena, Rodrigo needs to rally both factions to unite and stand together against this tyrant.

** Rodrigo is exiled as an young man for refusing to recognize Afonso as king. In real life, he served Afonso regardless before his exile over different circumstances at 39.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: How do we know Ben Yussuf is a bad guy? He sees an very old slave who cannot labor anymore because his hands are tired. He lets the old man go, but order his men to restrain him and chop off his hands, [[ExactWords saying that he is free to go, but his hands will stay.]] Yikes.

* {{Expy}}: Ben Yusuf bears some physical semblance to [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], barring the [[RightRedHand scarred left eye]] and also just like Jafar, he also pulls GoGoEnslavement on the heroine.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: El Cid is re-imagined as a romantic knight who still fights for the king who exiled him, when the historical one seemed more like a sellsword who fought for whoever favored him, be them Muslims and Christians.

* {{Disneyfication}}:

'''El Cid: La Leyenda''' (El Cid: The Legend) was a 2003 Spanish animated movie written and directed by José Pozo and produced by Creator/JadeAnimation, and a [[{{Disneyfication}} lightened up version]] of the Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (aka El Cid)'s life, or rather, of [[Film/ElCid the 1961 movie]] with Creator/CharltonHeston, which itself was a very loose adaptation if its own right. [[TheHero Rodrigo]] is a brash and young knight from Castella with a promising future who becomes entangled in a conspiracy with his enemies that see him exiled from his home. However, a cruel conqueror desires to conquer the land, subjugating both Christians and Moors in his path. In order to return to his home, Rodrigo needs to rally both factions to unite and stand together against this tyrant.

* TheExile: Rodrigo is exiled when he refuses to acknowledge Afonso as king.

* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Rodrigo named his horse after his girlfriend Jimena. She is utterly baffled when she learns this.

* {{Expy}}: Ben Yussuf bears some physical semblance to [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], barring the [[RightRedHand scarred left eye]] and also just like Jafar, he also pulls GoGoEnslavement on the heroine.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Ben Yussuf is portrayed in such over-the-top villain with many gratuitous KickTheDog moments, in contrast to his alleged reputation as a noble and honorable man. He also does things that never happened in real life such as [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty abducting Jimena and making her his concubine.]]

''El Cid: La Leyenda'' (El Cid: The Legend) was a 2003 Spanish animated movie written and directed by José Pozo and produced by Creator/JadeAnimation, and a [[{{Disneyfication}} lightened up version]] of the Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (aka El Cid)'s life, or rather, of [[Film/ElCid the 1961 movie]] with Creator/CharltonHeston, which itself was a very loose adaptation if its own right. Rodrigo is a brash and young knight from Castella with a promising future who becomes entangled in a conspiracy with his enemies that see him exiled from his home. However, a cruel conqueror desires to conquer the land, subjugating both Christians and Moors in his path. In order to return to his home, Rodrigo needs to rally both factions to unite and stand together against this tyrant.

!!This movie contain examples of the following tropes