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9	Sheena was a 2000-2002 television series that ran for 2 seasons in UsefulNotes/{{Syndication}}. Created by Steven L. Sears (a producer of ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'') and Douglas Schwartz (one of the creator of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'') it revived the concept from the ''ComicBook/SheenaQueenOfTheJungle'' comic book and [[Film/{{Sheena}} 1984 film]]. The show stars Creator/GenaLeeNolin as Sheena, with Creator/JohnAllenNelson as {{Deuteragonist}} Matt Cutter, Creator/KevinQuigley as Mendlesson, Cutter's business associate and {{sidekick}} and Creator/MargoMoorer as Kali, Sheena's mother figure and resident WitchDoctor.
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11	Alone in the jungle at a young age, Sheena was taken in by the Shamaness Kali who raised her in the ancient tribal ways, and taught her the ways to morph into an animal at a moment's glance. Because the tribe and the jungle animals are always at odds with the encroaching civilization, Sheena covers herself in mud and puts on fake claws and a mask to pretend to be the Darak'na- a mythical killer residing in the La Mista jungles and mountains.
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13	Sheena finds a friend in Matt Cutter who provides safari and other business tours in Africa. Due to a troubled past, he is a cynic, but he is also a ladies man, and would do almost anything for a good amount of money.
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17	!!Includes examples of:
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19	* ActionGirl: Sheena is very skilled in hand-to-hand combat and usually doesn't even need to resort to her {{Animorphism}} powers to kick some ass.
20	* AdventurerOutfit: Matt Cutter is usually wearing the Safari Outfit, complete with a nice hat.
21	* {{Animorphism}}: Sheena was taught by Kali how to "reach the animal spirit inside her", which allows her to take the form of animals if she connects with them through their eyes.
22	* BigDamnHeroes: Sheena and Cutter first meet like this, with her arriving just as he's about to be shot by some thugs.
23	* {{Bookworm}}: Sheena loves reading, her cavern being filled with books.
24	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Both Sheena and Matt Cutter have troubled pasts, with him being a rogue Secret Service agent and Sheena losing her parents at a young age, and witnessing the deaths of several of her animal friends.
25	* DarkestAfrica: Africa seems to exist only as nature paradise filled with natives and dangerous wildlife.
26	* DistractedByTheSexy: In the pilot, while discussing his plane with Sheena while she's washing away the Darak'na mud in a WaterfallShower, he loses his train of though when he sees her naked without the mud covering her.
27	* DistressedDude: Matt Cutter, though physically fit and able, often gets into situations where he needs help from Sheena.
28	%%* EvilPoacher: Several of the VillainOfTheWeek tend to be these.
29	* {{Fanservice}}: What the show was best known for. The plot usually puts both Sheena and Matt in a lot of situations where they show skin. But this still done in a PG 13 friendly manner, with any nudity from Sheena being covered by a myriad of CensorshipTropes, such as ShouldersUpNudity or SceneryCensor. Sheena's NubileSavage outfit is also overall more modesty than the comic or film versions.
30	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Sheena is friends with all the animals of the jungle, and dedicates herself to protecting them... with the exception of rogue animals, who kill for pleasure.
31	--> '''Sheena:''' They're my friends.\
32	'''Cutter:''' Are all the animals your friends?\
33	'''Sheena:''' All except the rogues, they kill for pleasure like the silver-backed gorilla on the other side of the river. Not all gorillas are rogues.
34	* GoodFeelsGood: Kali tells Cutter this is the reason she helps people
35	-->'''Kali:''' It made me happy to help. That feeling is not for sale.
36	* GreenAesop: The show often has pro-environment messages.
37	* HeKnowsTooMuch: One of Cutter's employers tries to kill him when Cutter discovers he's using him to smuggle dynamite into the jungle.
38	* JavelinThrower: Sheena is pretty good at this, managing to down Cutter's plane by throwing a spear at the wing.
39	* MightyWhitey: Sheena is a blonde white girl who was RaisedByNatives in Africa and dedicates her life to protecting.
40	* MrFanservice: The handsome Matt Cutter, who gets a ShirtlessScene almost OncePerEpisode.
41	* MsFanservice: Sheena. Would you expect anything else from a show starring ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' alumna in Gena Lee Nolin as a NubileSavage heroine?
42	* NakedFirstImpression: The first time Cutter talks and sees the real Sheena without her Darak'na disguise, she's naked taking a WaterfallShower.
43	* NatureHero: Sheena defends the jungle from anyone that threatens or wishes to exploit it.
44	* NatureLover: Sheena, obviously but Cutter also applies. While he usually tries to play he's OnlyInItForTheMoney, he still has a soft spot for animals and nature and helps Sheena protecting it.
45	* NubileSavage: Sheena wears the iconic outfit and always looks impeccably groomed.
46	* ObfuscatingStupidity: While she's still somewhat ignorant about the outside world, Sheena is well-read and not that naive, but she sometimes pretends to be an ignorant jungle girl.
47	* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When he's not EatingTheEyeCandy this is Cutter's reaction to Sheena's nudity, usually offering his own clothes for her to cover up.
48	-->'''Cutter:''' There are a number of things I can do with a naked woman. Having a conversation is not one of them.
49	* ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks: "Revenge of the Jirds"- Matt Cutter has a fantasy of him making out with Sheena, only to realize that he is holding onto the jirds.
50	* QuicksandSucks: Cutter falls into a quicksand pit while running away from some thugs. It swallows him up in ''seconds'', but Sheena managed to pull him out.
51	* RaisedByNatives: Sheena was raised by Kali and her tribe when she was orphaned and lost in the jungle when she was six.
52	* SarcasticConfession: Kali tells Cutter about the history of Sheena
53	%%* SassyBlackWoman: Kali.
54	* SceneryPorn: The show is filled with shots of the African landscape.
55	* ScoobyDooHoax:
56	** The Darak'na was an identity created by Sheena to scare off people who wanted to exploit the jungle. Somewhat subverted in that Sheena ''does'' have supernatural powers.
57	** [[spoiler: The U.F.O. episode turns out to be this.]]
58	* SecretKeeper: Cutter becomes one for Sheena and her Darak'na scheme.
59	* SexySurfacingShot: When Cutter [[OutdoorBathPeeping watches]] Sheena SkinnyDipping and emerging from the river.
60	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She's not bothered by being seen naked by Cutter and usually reacts to his PleasePutSomeClothesOn pleas with vague annoyance. While she also gives some InnocentFanserviceGirl vibes due to being raised in the jungle, she still wears clothes most of the time and is overall aware of the nudity taboo.
61	* ShapeshifterModeLock: When she tries to turn into a panther, the panther whose form she was taking was dying, leaving her as a feral hybrid, unable to turn back without help.
62	* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: Normally, her outfit will return when she returns to human form, but it turns out this only applies with 'natural' fibers. Hence, a dress Cutter makes her wear simply falls off of her.
63	* ShirtlessScene: Matt Cutter or some other male character either has a shirtless scene to balance out Sheena's physical attractiveness.
64	* ShouldersUpNudity: In the pilot when Sheena is taking a WaterfallShower, the camera only shows her [[ToplessnessFromTheBack bare back]], until she turns to face Matt and the camera noticeable shifts to show her just from the shoulders up.
65	* SkinnyDipping: Sheena is found of swimming nude in lakes around Africa and [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl doesn't mind doing it in front of Cutter either.]]
66	* StealthHiBye: Sheena is fond of doing this to Cutter both appearing and disappearing suddenly on him. He snarks about putting a bell on her.
67	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Sheena is often shown like this whenever she's bathing or SkinnyDipping, with a few {{Sideboob}} shoots as a bonus.
68	* UnderestimatingBadassery: The bad guys usually do this to Sheena, not believing some savage woman could prove them a threat.
69	* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Sheena and Cutter, with the viewers constantly at odds whether or not they will fall in love with each other or stay friends. A more one-sided example, as Matt is much more into Sheena than she is on him and her ShamelessFanserviceGirl antics seem to leave him in a state of sexual frustration quite often.
70	* VoluntaryShapeShifting: Sheena can turn [[{{Animorphism}} into animals]] by looking into their eyes.
71	* WaterfallShower: Sheena takes on in the pilot to wash off the mud she uses in her Darak'na form.
72	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Matt Cutter usually is with a shirt either not completely on all the way, a workout shirt, and no shirt at all, as it is often rendered by circumstance.
73	* WipeTheFloorWithYou: While she rescues him from certain death, Sheena is not overly concerned with Cutter's wellbeing and unceremoniously drags his unconscious form by the ankle all the way into Kali's village.
74	%%* WitchDoctor: Kali.
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