| | A
Family Affair Release
date: 2001 A lesbian love story.
Rachel and Christine plan their wedding, and Rachel jokes that they should register
at xena.com. |
| | Frasier
505 The 1000th Show Air
date: Nov-11-1997 Niles briefly
mentions Daphne's Greek friend Xena. |
|
| Futurama
112 When Aliens Attack Air
date: Nov-7-1999 Fry pilots
a ship to save them from alien annihilation. "I'm gonna be a hero like Luke
Skywalker or Captain Janeway or Xena!" |
|
| Garden
State Release
date: July-30-2004 Sam tells
Largeman that her cousin is an actor. "He was on Xena once as a gnome or
something." |
| | Gladiator
Eroticus Release
date: 2001 In this lesbian
erotic spoof of Gladiator, General Eroticus discusses what she misses from
her homeland of Lesbius. This includes "on Tuesday nights to head down to
the local playhouse for the Xena episodes." (Warning: top female nudity in
this clip.) |
| | Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys 412 Men In Pink Air
date: Feb-14-1998 Autolycus
and Salmoneous are posing as women and sharing a bath. Madam Twanky (played by
Michael Hurst) finds them and admonishes, "Who do you think we are today,
Xena and Gabrielle?" |
| | I'll
Make You Happy Release
date: 1999 Lucy Lawless makes
a cameo in this New Zealand comedy, which also features Michael Hurst. But the
film makes the Xena reference list because the main character wakes up from a
bump on the head in a room with a Xena poster on the wall. She also happens to
be actress Jodie Rimmer, who played Seraphin in Sacrifice I and II. |
| | The
Invisible Man 101 Pilot Air
date: June-9-2000 One of the
scientists who places the QuickSilver in Darien's head is introduced as "our
Swiss Doggie Howser." He replies, "It's because they watch too much
tv. Next week I'll be Xena: Warrior Princess." |
| | Judging
Amy 605
Order + Chaos Air
date: Nov-23-2004 Amy and Bruce
are drinking a pitcher of beer together when Bruce tells a story about a woman
he dated who insisted that he call her Xena. Amy repeats the story to David later
on after she has missed their date. |
|
| Kissing
A Fool Release
date: July-21-1998 A romantic
comedy featuring David Schwimmer. He set his friend up on a date, and the woman
turns out to be a dominatrix. They refer to her as Xena. |
| | Law
& Order 12x23 Oxymoron Air
date: May-15-2002 Briscoe searches
for information on a dead woman who went by the name Xena at swinger's parties.
Throughout his investigation, he refers to her as "the Warrior Princess." |
| | Life
With Bonnie 218 Therabeautic Air
date: Mar-5-2004 Bonnie's husband
sees a therapist, but she is upset because the therapist turns out to be a beautiful
woman. "You're the one who told me to speak to someone." "Not Xena
the Warrior Princess. I don't remember saying that." |
| | Mean
Girls Release date:
Apr-19-2004 Janis Ian decides
to get back at the leader of the Plastics (mean girls) by telling her classmates
that she has "a big ol' lesbian crush" on her. Then she lets out a war
cry that most certainly belongs to Xena :-) |
| | Monkeybone Release
date: July-10-2001 Fantasy
comedy involving a cartoonist in a coma and the imaginary world he enters. When
he tells a monkey that he will protect him from Death, the monkey retorts, "Oh,
listen to you, Xena: Warrior Princess." |
| | My
Name Is Earl 112 O
Karma, Where Art Thou? Air date: Jan-12-2006 Earl
briefly works in a fast food restaurant. One of his co-workers is named Xena,
complete with name tag. |
|
| NCIS
212
Doppelgänger Air date: Jan-18-2005 Abby
responds to a request from Gibbs with, "I know you think I'm Super Girl.
Actually, my hair is more like Wonder Woman, or Isis, or the Power Puff Girl."
Kate chimes in with, "I've always been partial to Xena." |
| | The
Oblongs 105 Heroine Addict Air
date: Apr-29-2001 The entire
episode revolves around four-year-old Beth's obsession with a show called "Velva
The Warrior" - who looks suspiciously like Xena. Mom: "All Beth cares
about is that stupid Velva." Dad: "Are you worried she'll become
a lesbian?" |
| | Out
of Practice 111 New
Year's Eve Air date: Dec-19-2005 Regina
arrives at her brother's house with a box of cookies. She says she's too lonely
to keep them at her apartment. "I learned that last Christmas when I spent
a week watching Xena reruns in a fudge coma." |
| | Queer
Eye for the Straight Guy 108 My Big Fat Greek Haircut: George Katsigiannis Air
date: Aug-26-2003 George has
long, big hair like the 80s bands. The boys spruce him up, leading Carson to say,
"Oh my god, look at you. You took away Xena and brought us a Baldwin." |
| | Reboot
305 Icons Air
date: Apr-21-1999 Animated
Reboot characters wander the net from system to system through games, looking
for the mainframe. In this episode, they reboot as Xena and Gabrielle and navigate
a game. |
| | Roseanne
906 Pampered to a Pulp Air
date: Oct-22-1996 Past life
regression brings out the Xena in Roseanne. Here's a short clip of the dream-like
sequence. |