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The courage of an eagle, the strength of a panther and the power of a God. The epic adventure is back like never before!

—The Beastmaster tagline

A fantasy movie from the director of Phantasm, who would later go on to direct Bubba Ho Tep.

Maax is a twisted cult leader out to steal the throne of King Zed, but when Zed banishes Maax, he sends one of his three witches to steal Zed's unborn son. Ripping him right out of his mother's womb with magic and placing it a cow's womb, she took him to die. But a brave hunter killed the witch and rescued the young boy. Naming him Dar, they find out at a young age that he possess the power to communicate with animals. But Maax sends his thugs called the horde to wipe out his peaceful village, thanks to a brave dog, Dar survived again and makes plans on using his powers to kill Maax to avenge his people and his foster father.

Followed by two sequels, including a television series that qualified as a somewhat vindicated-by-reruns show.

Tropes used in The Beastmaster include:

Animal Eye Spy
Barbarian Hero: Dar
Battle Butler: Seth
The Beast Master: Guess
Big Bad: Maax
Big Damn Heroes: The Bat People, when they show up at the end in time to save the city
B-Movie
Butter Face: The witches in the original movie have extremely sexy bodies and horrible melted faces.
Celebrity Paradox: The second movie shows just how silly it is to avert this trope. As Dar is in a car driving down the street, they pass a movie theater that is debuting Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time. Dar is as confused as the audience.
Covers Always Lie: Noriyoshi Ohrai got a bit carried away. This movie is not as awesome as it looks.^{[dead link]}
Cult
Dark Is Not Evil: The bat people (who get a Big Damn Heroes moment when they show up at the city just in time to make a difference)
Decapitated Army: Inverted. The evil barbarians Maax allied with come to attack the city after he dies
Damsel in Distress: Kiri
Elite Mooks: Death Guards
Evil Laugh
Fan Disservice: All over the place, but particularly with the grotesque witches.
Follow the Leader: The film is clearly imitating the success of Arnie's run as Conan the Barbarian, hence why it disposes of most of the more elaborate and fantastical things about Andre Norton's novel.
Friend to All Living Things: Dar
Heroes Want Redheads
Heroic Sacrifice: Kodo
The Horde: The tribe who allies with Maax
Jerkass: King Zed towards Dar, until he realized he's the son he lost.
Kissing Cousins
Mage in Manhattan: Arklon in the second movie.
No Animals Were Harmed: Sadly averted. Sultan, the tiger who played Ruh in the first movie, died two years later due to being poisoned by the dye they used to make him appear black. As a result the tiger in the second movie changes color due to being a different tiger.
Non-Indicative Name: The subtitle of the sequel is Through the Portal of Time despite the fact that Kyranna explicitly states that it's a dimensional portal and no time travel is involved.
Panthera Awesome: Ruh.
Power Perversion Potential: Dar commands his ferrets to steal the clothing (if it can be called that) of a nubile bathing beauty, luring her into the woods so he can pretend to scare off his own panther in a not-so-elaborate plan to seduce her.
The Remnant: The army that attacks at the end
Rightful King Returns: Subverted a bit, Dar hands the job to his younger half brother.
Royals Who Actually Do Something
Scary Black Man: Seth in a thong
Secret Legacy: Dar
Someone to Remember Him By: Kodo and Podo's kids
Surprise Incest
Team Pets
The Time of Myths
Villains Blend in Better: Played straight in the second movie, but justified; Arklon can Mind Rape locals on present-day Earth to gain knowledge of how society works. Dar is every bit the confused hero, prompting both the police and animal control to come after him.
Weasel Mascot: Kodo and Podo.
Wicked Witches: Their faces aren't much to look at but they certainly have nice bodies.

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-{{quote| The courage of an eagle, the strength of a panther and the power of a God. The epic adventure is back like never before!<br />
+{{quote|The courage of an eagle, the strength of a panther and the power of a God. The epic adventure is back like never before!|''The Beastmaster'' tagline}}
-'''-''The Beastmaster'' tagline''' }}
-A fantasy movie from the director of ''[[Phantasm (Film)|Phantasm]]'', who would later go on to direct ''[[Bubba Ho Tep (Film)|Bubba Ho Tep]]''.
+A fantasy movie from the director of ''[[Phantasm (Film)|Phantasm]]'', who would later go on to direct ''[[Bubba Ho-Tep|Bubba Ho Tep]]''.
 Maax is a twisted cult leader out to steal the throne of King Zed, but when Zed banishes Maax, he sends one of his three witches to steal Zed's unborn son. Ripping him right out of his mother's womb with magic and placing it a cow's womb, she took him to die. But a brave hunter killed the witch and rescued the young boy. Naming him Dar, they find out at a young age that he possess the [[Friend to All Living Things|power to communicate with animals]]. But Maax sends his thugs called the horde to wipe out his peaceful village, thanks to a [[Heroic Sacrifice|brave dog]], Dar survived again and makes plans on using his powers to kill Maax to avenge his people and his foster father.
-Followed by two sequels, including a [[Beastmaster (TV)|television series]] that qualified as a somewhat [[Vindicated By Reruns|vindicated-by-reruns]] show.
+Followed by two sequels, including a [[BeastMaster|television series]] that qualified as a somewhat [[Vindicated by Reruns|vindicated-by-reruns]] show.
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+{{tropelist}}
-=== This movie has examples of: ===
 * [[Animal Eye Spy]]
 * [[Barbarian Hero]]: Dar
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 * [[Big Bad]]: Maax
 * [[Big Damn Heroes]]: The Bat People, when they show up at the end in time to save the city
-* [[B Movie]]
+* [[B-Movie]]
 * [[Butter Face]]: The witches in the original movie have extremely sexy bodies and horrible melted faces.
 * [[Celebrity Paradox]]: The second movie shows just how ''silly'' it is to avert this trope. As Dar is in a car driving down the street, they pass a movie theater that is debuting ''Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time.'' Dar is as confused as the audience.
-* [[Covers Always Lie]]: [[Noriyoshi Ohrai]] got a bit carried away. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/9120653@N06/4276445530/ This movie is not as awesome as it looks.]
+* [[Covers Always Lie]]: [[Noriyoshi Ohrai]] got a bit carried away. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/9120653@N06/4276445530/ This movie is not as awesome as it looks.]{{Dead link}}
 * [[Cult]]
 * [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The bat people (who get a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment when they show up at the city just in time to make a difference)
 * [[Decapitated Army]]: Inverted.  {{spoiler|The evil barbarians Maax allied with come to attack the city after he dies}}
-* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Kiri
+* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Kiri
 * [[Elite Mooks]]: Death Guards
 * [[Evil Laugh]]
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 * [[Mage in Manhattan]]: Arklon in the second movie.
 * [[No Animals Were Harmed]]: Sadly averted. Sultan, the tiger who played Ruh in the first movie, died two years later due to [[Epic Fail|being poisoned by the dye]] [[You Fail Animal Care Forever|they used to make him appear black]]. As a result the tiger in the second movie changes color due to being a different tiger.
-* [[Non Indicative Name]]: The subtitle of the sequel is ''Through the Portal of Time'' despite the fact that Kyranna explicitly states that it's a dimensional portal and no time travel is involved.
+* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: The subtitle of the sequel is ''Through the Portal of Time'' despite the fact that Kyranna explicitly states that it's a dimensional portal and no time travel is involved.
 * [[Panthera Awesome]]: Ruh.
 * [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Dar commands his ferrets to steal the clothing (if it can be called that) of a nubile bathing beauty, luring her into the woods so he can pretend to scare off his own panther in a not-so-elaborate plan to seduce her.
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 * [[Villains Blend in Better]]: Played straight in the second movie, but justified; Arklon can [[Mind Rape]] locals on present-day Earth to gain knowledge of how society works. Dar is every bit the confused hero, prompting both the police and animal control to come after him.
 * [[Weasel Mascot]]: Kodo and Podo.
-* [[Wicked Witch|Wicked Witches]]: Their faces aren't much to look at but they certainly have nice bodies.
+* [[Wicked Witch]]es: Their faces aren't much to look at but they certainly have nice bodies.
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 [[Category:The Beastmaster]]
 [[Category:Film]]
+[[Category:Cult Classic]]
+[[Category:Vinegar Syndrome]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Beastmaster, The}}