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Xena has extensive knowledge of first aid and herbal remedies that rivals any professional healer. Xena's signature weapon is the chakram, a razor-edged throwing weapon which she often uses for ranged combat. [26] Xena can skillfully deflect the chakram off the surfaces it strikes, allowing her to hit multiple targets in one throw.
Xena: Warrior Princess is set primarily in a fantasy version of ancient Greece (sometimes alluding to Roman Greece) and was filmed in New Zealand.Some filming locations are confidential [clarification needed], but many scenes were recorded in places such as the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park, part of the Auckland Regional parks often credited at the end of the episodes.
It introduces Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), the series co-star, beside Xena (Lucy Lawless), previously a secondary character in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. [1] Gabrielle becomes Xena's greatest ally; her initial naiveté helps to balance Xena and assists her in recognizing and pursuing the "greater good."
Xena, mistaking Gabrielle for an Olympian assassin, seriously wounds Gabrielle in turn by throwing her chakram at her, gashing her head and rendering her unconscious. A sudden attack by the remaining gods (except Ares, who points a sword at Eve) results in the death of Hades and Deimos.
Despite Gabrielle's ascendancy as a warrior (in the episode "The Ides of March" she slew nine Roman legionaries), her role as a bard remains important. About a year into her travels with Xena, her scrolls about Xena's exploits begin to gain popularity, apparently helping, according to Ares, turn Xena into a legend.
Well, she did for a while, if you remember that metal-plated mini she sometimes wore in Xena. For the most part, though, she spent the years between 1995 and 2001 waging battle in a bronze corset ...
Xena: Warrior Princess has been referred to as a pop cultural phenomenon and feminist and lesbian icon. [1] [2] The television series, which employed pop culture references as a frequent humorous device, has itself become a frequent pop culture reference in video games, comics and television shows, and has been frequently parodied and spoofed.
Such a good movie. leobubby : So happy this movie came out when I was 13 years old, her persona and the way she handled being girlie and pinkish and intelligent at the same time was so ...