Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Amazons

 Amazons
type
TVTItem
 Amazons
label
Amazons
 Amazons
page
Amazons
 Amazons
comment
One of the many Heroic Fantasy films produced by Roger Corman and filmed in Argentina to capitalize on the popularity of fantasy films at the time. It is notable for having a better than average story, with villains who have read The Evil Overlord List. This is likely due to the script being written by noted African American Fantasy author Charles Saunders of Imaro fame, adapted from his short-story Agbewe’s Sword, which was published in a 1979 anthology titled Amazons!The titular Amazons are the elite guard in the lands ruled by The Emerald Queen. When the Evil Sorcerer Kalungo and his Evil Army begin to lay waste to the land, it is determined that one of the Amazons must retrieve The Sword of Azundati - the only weapon capable of slaying Kalungo. The Chosen One is revealed to be Dyala - the second in command of the Amazons. The Amazon General, Tashinge, orders her daughter, Tashi - the finest warrior among the Amazons - to go with Dyala to watch her back.In truth, Tashinge wants Tashi to kill Dyala once the sword is secured - nominally to settle a score with Dyala's mother but really because she is working with Kalungo to retrieve the one thing that can kill him in exchange for becoming his queen once he conquers the land. Kalungo, however, is smart enough not to trust any woman capable of betraying her own people, and sends his lioness Akam to kill both Dyala and Tashi once they have the sword.
 Amazons
fetched
2023-04-23T09:27:31Z
 Amazons
parsed
2023-04-23T09:27:31Z
 Amazons
processingComment
Dropped link to EvilOverlordList: Not a Feature - IGNORE
 Amazons
processingComment
Dropped link to TheProphecy: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Amazons
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Amazons / int_136b7ccd
type
Ms. Fanservice
 Amazons / int_136b7ccd
comment
Ms Fan Service: Given the thong-bottomed Fur Bikini armor for the amazons, pretty much every female character in the movie, save for The Emerald Queen and Azundati, fit the bill.
 Amazons / int_136b7ccd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_136b7ccd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_136b7ccd
 Amazons / int_1eb49c19
type
Stripperiffic
 Amazons / int_1eb49c19
comment
Stripperiffic: The Amazon soldiers' uniform is a fur thong bikini.
 Amazons / int_1eb49c19
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_1eb49c19
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_1eb49c19
 Amazons / int_1f137e42
type
Artificial Limbs
 Amazons / int_1f137e42
comment
Artificial Limbs: Tshingi has a prosthetic metal hand in place of the one she lost years ago.
 Amazons / int_1f137e42
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_1f137e42
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_1f137e42
 Amazons / int_1f6983f7
type
Ambiguous Situation
 Amazons / int_1f6983f7
comment
Ambiguous Situation: Kalungo has a lioness named Akam in his lair, to whom he feeds rebels. Later, Akam changes into a nearly naked woman and he sends her off to kill Dyala and Tashi. It is never explained if Akam is a Familiar, an Uplifted Animal or a Voluntary Shapeshifter in Kalungo's service who works as an assassin/Sex Slave.
 Amazons / int_1f6983f7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_1f6983f7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_1f6983f7
 Amazons / int_1fb440a6
type
Voluntary Shapeshifting
 Amazons / int_1fb440a6
comment
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Akam The Lioness, though it's unclear if she's a familiar who can shift into the form of an attractive young lady or an actual lioness transforming into a human.
 Amazons / int_1fb440a6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_1fb440a6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_1fb440a6
 Amazons / int_21579c25
type
Ancient Artifact
 Amazons / int_21579c25
comment
Ancient Artifact: The Sword of Azundati.
 Amazons / int_21579c25
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_21579c25
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_21579c25
 Amazons / int_2493b31d
type
Fire-Forged Friends
 Amazons / int_2493b31d
comment
Fire-Forged Friends: Dyala and Tashi. Despite the feud between their families, the two grow to respect then like each other after saving one another's lives.
 Amazons / int_2493b31d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_2493b31d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_2493b31d
 Amazons / int_2a73577e
type
Fur Bikini
 Amazons / int_2a73577e
comment
Fur Bikini: The default armor for all the Amazons, except for General Tashinge.
 Amazons / int_2a73577e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_2a73577e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_2a73577e
 Amazons / int_3130e2c6
type
Uplifted Animal
 Amazons / int_3130e2c6
comment
Uplifted Animal: Akam might be one. It's an Ambiguous Situation
 Amazons / int_3130e2c6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_3130e2c6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_3130e2c6
 Amazons / int_434a6d40
type
Evil Sorcerer
 Amazons / int_434a6d40
comment
Evil Sorcerer: Kalungo.
 Amazons / int_434a6d40
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_434a6d40
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_434a6d40
 Amazons / int_4856ac40
type
Stock Footage
 Amazons / int_4856ac40
comment
Stock Footage: Footage of the final battle between the Amazons and Kalungo's men found its way into other Roger Corman produced fantasy films, including Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 2 and Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans
 Amazons / int_4856ac40
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_4856ac40
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_4856ac40
 Amazons / int_5df90990
type
SnakesAreEvil
 Amazons / int_5df90990
comment
Snakes Are Evil: A constrictor tries to strangle Dyala, leading to Tashi killing the snake and saving her life.
 Amazons / int_5df90990
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_5df90990
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_5df90990
 Amazons / int_6bf93fc7
type
FanService
 Amazons / int_6bf93fc7
comment
Fanservice: Multiple examples. Akam The Lioness in her human form. She's naked except for a collar. The Skinny Dipping scene and subsequent fight with the bandits. Kalungo and Tashinge's sex scene.
 Amazons / int_6bf93fc7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_6bf93fc7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_6bf93fc7
 Amazons / int_6fd3c176
type
Shapeshifting Squick
 Amazons / int_6fd3c176
comment
Shapeshifting Squick: Is Akam The Lioness a familiar who changes into a beautiful woman wearing nothing but a leather collar? An Uplifted Animal created by Kalungo's magic? Or is she a Sex Slave/Assassin who can voluntarily change into a lioness?
 Amazons / int_6fd3c176
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_6fd3c176
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_6fd3c176
 Amazons / int_7315fd38
type
Covers Always Lie
 Amazons / int_7315fd38
comment
Covers Always Lie: There is no male lion in the movie and the Amazons' in the movie wear Fur Bikinis rather than Chainmail Bikinis.
 Amazons / int_7315fd38
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_7315fd38
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_7315fd38
 Amazons / int_7921ad77
type
Actually, I Am Him
 Amazons / int_7921ad77
comment
Actually I Am Her: The old woman who helps Dyala and Tashi on their way to the cave holding The Sword of Azundati is revealed to be Azundati herself, now "deathless or just dead".
 Amazons / int_7921ad77
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_7921ad77
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_7921ad77
 Amazons / int_8288929a
type
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves
 Amazons / int_8288929a
comment
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Tashinge is killed in the process of trying to cut down Dyala's soul tree, after said tree falls on her.
 Amazons / int_8288929a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_8288929a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_8288929a
 Amazons / int_9a6990
type
Skinny Dipping
 Amazons / int_9a6990
comment
Skinny Dipping: At one point Dyala and Tashi stop their urgent quest to go for a swim.
 Amazons / int_9a6990
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_9a6990
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_9a6990
 Amazons / int_a6275bef
type
Cool Sword
 Amazons / int_a6275bef
comment
Cool Sword: The Sword of Azundati.
 Amazons / int_a6275bef
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_a6275bef
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_a6275bef
 Amazons / int_a6c69bd
type
MacGuffin
 Amazons / int_a6c69bd
comment
MacGuffin: The Sword of Azundati.
 Amazons / int_a6c69bd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_a6c69bd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_a6c69bd
 Amazons / int_a8cff6a
type
Familiar
 Amazons / int_a8cff6a
comment
Familiar: Akam might be one to Kalungo. It's an Ambiguous Situation.
 Amazons / int_a8cff6a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_a8cff6a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_a8cff6a
 Amazons / int_adeb19b9
type
Outlaw
 Amazons / int_adeb19b9
comment
Outlaws: A band of them nearly overpower Dyala and Tashi.
 Amazons / int_adeb19b9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_adeb19b9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_adeb19b9
 Amazons / int_c4e3afda
type
Mum Looks Like a Sister
 Amazons / int_c4e3afda
comment
Mum Looks Like a Sister: Tashinge looks more like Tashi's older sister than her mother. Amusingly, if IMDB can be trusted, Penelope Reed (Tashi) is almost two months older than Danitza Kingsley (Tashinge)!
 Amazons / int_c4e3afda
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_c4e3afda
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_c4e3afda
 Amazons / int_ca3a6dbd
type
Informed Ability
 Amazons / int_ca3a6dbd
comment
Informed Ability: Dyala is supposed to be The Chosen One and Tashi is the best single warrior among the Amazons, yet they are both easily overpowered by a group of bandits and probably would have been Made a Slave if not for Akam attacking the bandits and giving Dyala a chance to fight back once Tashi was knocked unconcious.
 Amazons / int_ca3a6dbd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_ca3a6dbd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_ca3a6dbd
 Amazons / int_d4d8d831
type
Feuding Families
 Amazons / int_d4d8d831
comment
Feuding Families: Tashinge and Dyala's mom fought over a man, who became Dyala's father. Tashinge lost her hand in the process and has raised her daughter to avenge her loss.
 Amazons / int_d4d8d831
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_d4d8d831
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_d4d8d831
 Amazons / int_dae5c997
type
Action Girl
 Amazons / int_dae5c997
comment
Action Girl: Dyala and Tashi.
 Amazons / int_dae5c997
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_dae5c997
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_dae5c997
 Amazons / int_de9047ac
type
Gambit Pileup
 Amazons / int_de9047ac
comment
Gambit Pileup: You got the Amazons sending Dyala and Tashi to find the sword, Tashinge ordering Tashi to kill Dyala, Tashinge also working with Kalungo as his mistress, Kalungo not trusting Tashinge completely and sending his own minion after the sword, some political squabbling in the Emerald Queen's court, and Kalungo's recently captured slaves working on a revolt. Dyala is pretty much the only major character in the film who isn't part of at least one secret plan to double-cross someone.
 Amazons / int_de9047ac
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_de9047ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_de9047ac
 Amazons / int_e294a0be
type
Our Souls Are Different
 Amazons / int_e294a0be
comment
Our Souls Are Different: While the movie barely has a chance to touch upon the full mythology, it does make use of concepts presented in Agbewe’s Sword by Charles Saunders. The short version is that each person has three souls and two of the souls are bonded to a tree that is planted in the ancestral grove of their people whenever a child is born. Hurting the tree will harm the person physically and killing the tree completely will disconnect them from their ancestors and their gods. This leads the disgraced Tashinge to try and cut down Dyala's tree after having lost her daughter, her lover and her position.
 Amazons / int_e294a0be
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_e294a0be
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_e294a0be
 Amazons / int_name
type
ItemName
 Amazons / int_name
comment
 Amazons / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 Amazons / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amazons
hasFeature
Amazons / int_name
 Amazons / int_name
itemName
Amazons

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Amazons
hasFeature
Ancient Artifact / int_d616e235
 Amazons
hasFeature
Argentine Media / int_d616e235
 Amazons
hasFeature
Cool Sword / int_d616e235
 Amazons
hasFeature
Sorcerous Overlord / int_d616e235