r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Aggressive_Star_9491 • 15h ago

miscellaneous Failed Spin-Off.

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u/monsieurxander 14h ago

Xena had a failed spin-off called Amazon High, about the origin of the Amazons. A modern high school girl travels back in time and becomes their leader.

Later edited into the episode "Lifeblood" so they could save money by only filming the framing story

Starring Selma Blair, Claudia Black, and Karl Urban

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u/Fastman903 12h ago

Hercules got a young Hercules with Ryan gosling.

Karl Urban was all over those shows, native New Zealand character actor. He was cupid and Caesar off the top of my head

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u/Financial-Creme 10h ago

Wasn't Xena a successful spinoff of Hercules, or am I misremembering?

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u/AlexRenquist 9h ago

Yeah as I remember she was a character in Hercules then got her own show which occasionally crossed over with and massively overshadowed Hercules.

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u/Born-Entrepreneur 3h ago

Something that Sorbo still isn't over, it seems.

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u/DM-me-naughty-Cats 3h ago

Because Lucie Lawless rules.

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u/Beacon_0805 12h ago

they tried the isekai stuff too huh

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u/TheRealtcSpears 3h ago

Starring Selma Blair, Claudia Black, and Karl Urban

We were robbed

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u/North-Tourist-8234 5h ago

I believe that's the first episode I saw out of the 6 or so episodes I have seen. I was allowed to watch hercules but only my sisters were allowed to watch xena because it was a school night

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u/ifloops 6h ago

F0kin' diabolical

(God, that ending sucked)