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And thus the journey begins... As Conan proceeds to wander the earth and battle Wrath-amon's evil, he makes numberous other allies, including the Vanirman Snagg, the shuriken-tossing acrobat Jezmine, the warrior-wizard prince of the Wasai Zula, the wind-magician Greywolf, and the winged whip-wielding warrior Falkenar.
 
The series is currently{{when}} airing on [[The Hub]].
 
Not to be confused with the [[Conan the Adventurer (1997 TV series)|1997 live-action TV series]], the [[Conan the Adventurer (comics)|1994 comic book series]], or the [[Conan the Adventurer (short story collection)|1966 short story collection]], all of which share the same name.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Jezmine.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Snagg's weapon of choice. Made of starmetal of course.
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* [[Dem Bones]]: Skulkar, and any of his minions.
* [[The Dog Is an Alien]]: While not an alien, Needle, a baby phoenix, would occasionally pretend to be a parrot to avoid drawing attention.
* [[The Dragon]]: Windfang, a human general who opposed Wrath-amon centuries ago, but was captured by him and forcibly transformed into a dragon-headed, fourmulti-armed, fire-breathingbreathin, winged monster. GetsHe two[[A episodesDay devotedin tothe him;Limelight|becomes the focus of two episodes]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99yVVhhekw Windfang's Eyrie]'' and ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGf67pVR_T0 Earthbound]''.
* [[Elemental Embodiment]]: In one late episode, a renegade Zanthis wizard is transformed by Mesmira into an elemental humanoid, capable of switching between a hulking earth form, a winged fire form, a tornado-like air form, and water form.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: The White Wizards of Zanthus study magic that gives them control over each of the four elements. A Zanthus wizard is also allowed to only study one particular element -- trying to wield power over multiple elements results in exile.
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* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Conan gets stung by a demon in one episode and begins to transform in a Serpentman.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Getting Conan to be her submissive lover is one of Mesmira's driving ambitions.
{{quote| '''Conan''': When I get my hands on you, Mesmira, you'll wish you'd never heard of the purple lotus !<br />
'''Mesmira''': Someday you ''will'' get your hands on me, Conan, but on my terms, not yours. }}
* [[Grand Finale]]: "A Serpent Coils the Earth" three-parter.
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* [[Identical Grandfather]]: In the episode "The Amulet of Vathalos", a man tells Conan a story about Conan's grandfather. During the flashback, Conan's grandfather looks like an older, less muscular version of him.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Ram-Amon, original wielder of the Black Ring and creator of Wrath-Amon, escapes unscathed in the final episode. Ditto Mesmira. Presumably, this was a [[Sequel Hook]] for future episodes, had there been any.}}
* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: Conan's dislikedislikes using a shield, but he reluctantly carries it because it serves as Needle's resting place.
* [[The Man Behind The Man]]: While [[Dragon-in-Chief|Wrath-amon]] is the most visible antagonist, he is actually a servant of [[Bigger Bad|Set]], who is trapped in another dimension; Wrathamon's goal is to free him.
* [[Master Swordsman]]: Conan.
* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: Windfang has six arms.
* [[Name's the Same]]: "Conan the Adventurer" was originally the name of a series of short stories published in the 1960s. It was later used as the name of a separate live-action TV series adaptation of Conan.
** [[Marvel Comics]] also put out an ongoing{{when}} comic with the same name.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: In one episode, Conan travels back in time to steal the black ring and therefore, saving his family. Unfortunately, he fails and the black ring changed hands: [[Stable Time Loop|from Ram-Amon to Wrath-Amon]].
* [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie]]: Conan is a [[Barbarian Hero]] who ends up learning some of Zula's animal-magic (he's never very good at it, though), becomes adopted into Zula's tribe as his blood-brother, discovers he's of [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] blood and becomes a trained [[Ninja]].
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