Wondrous Myths & Legends

Wondrous Myths & Legends was a Spanish fantasy-adventure, children's, family, animated television series. It was created and co-produced by D'Ocon Films, the studio founded by Antoni D'Ocon, and Sony Music Entertainment. Distribution on video was by Sony Wonder. At some point, it premiered in 1999. It ran for one season and 13 episodes. Eight of the episodes were released on four VHS tapes, containing two per cassette, with the titles of Discovery, Enchantment, Mystery, and Deception. The episodes were also released on two DVDs, as Discovery/Enchantment and Mystery/Deception, each containing four episodes. Although most of the works by D'Con Films have lower quality animation, this may be an exception as it is an improvement over the other series.

The Campbell siblings, Nick and Lisa, accompanied by their dog Zeus, spend their free time exploring what is known as the Cavern of Mythos. It holds the world-renowned myths, legends, and folklore along with untold secrets, and the explorers seek to learn, and know more about them, After they power on a certain activation, it instantly takes them through time and space. Each episode finds them meeting a folkloric, mythological, or legendary figure as the siblings witness the events that take place firsthand. The teens help set things right with the folklore, myths, and legends while having adventures along the way in the process.

Tropes used in Wondrous Myths & Legends include:

• Baby Got Back: Lisa.
• Blinding Camera Flash: In "The Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster", Lisa and Emily use this on a couple men to distract them from finding the episode's titular, legendary creature.
• Brother-Sister Team: Nick and Lisa.
  • Herbie and Emily from "The Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster".
• Cool Crown: Marigold's golden tiara.
• Daddy's Girl: Marigold has a close relationship with her dad, King Midas, since she's his only daughter. He remembers she's the most precious thing to her after getting carried away with turning various things into gold, including her.
• Face Plant: Happens to Nick in "The Wish of the Wee Leprechaun" after he attempts to leap after Devlin to catch him.
• Fanservice: Lisa's legs are bared in "The Lost Gold of The Aztecs", when disguised as an Aztec tribal member.
  • Marigold's blink-and-miss-it upskirt in "The Golden Touch of King Midas".See Panty Shot.
• The Future: The last episode, "The Lost City of Atlantis", is the only one that doesn't have the Campbell siblings and Zeus going into the past.
• Gold Fever: King Midas lets his greed and obsession to have everything turned into gold consumes him.
• Gorgeous Greek: Marigold with her fair skin, brunette hair, svelte physique, and wearing an ankle-length, pleated toga dress.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Lisa.
• Holiday Episode: It's St. Patrick's Day in "The Wish of the Wee Leprechauns". It is also the series's only holiday episode.
• Innocent Blue Eyes: Lisa.
• Leprechaun: Devlin and the rest of his kind who appear in "The Wish of the Wee Leprechauns".
• The Magic Touch: In "The Golden Touch of King Midas", the episode's titular character is given the special ability to turn anything into gold.
• Midas Touch: Things that are turned into gold, named after the figure in "The Golden Touch of King Midas", which is the basis for this. Nick gets turned into gold, as does Marigold.
• Missing Mom: It is unknown what happened to Marigold's mother.
• Ms. Fanservice: Lisa in "The Lost Gold of the Aztecs".
  • Marigold from "The Golden Touch of King Midas".
• Named After Somebody Famous: The Campbell siblings' dog, Zeus, who is named after the Greek god.
• Opening Narration: The Campbell siblings themselves provide this.
• Panty Shot: Marigold from "The Golden Touch of King Midas". She has a quick, frontal subligaculum (loincloth or thong-like underwear) shot when she slides down to the bottom of a gold coin pile.
• Parent Service: Marigold giving a split-second, frontal view under her dress when she's sliding down the gold coin pile.
  • Lisa baring her legs while disguised as an Aztec in "The Lost Gold of The Aztecs".
• Prim and Proper Bun: Marigold wears her hair like this with the bun behind her head, pointing upwards.
• Prompting Nudge: In "The Golden Touch of King Midas", Lisa bumps her elbow towards Nick, who is busy collecting gold coins and jewelry, when she gets his attention to look up after being spotted, and caught, by Marigold.
• She's Got Legs: Lisa is rarely seen with her legs bare. This is exceptional in "The Lost Gold of The Aztecs", as later in the episode she and Nick don Aztec attire as a disguise.
  • Marigold whenever she lifts her dress while running and when she slides down a hill of gold coins.
• Simple, yet Opulent: The kind of princess dress that Lisa wears later in "The Brave Knights of Camelot".
• St. Patrick's Day Episode: "The Wish of the Wee Leprechauns".
• Time Travel: The Campbell siblings and Zeus do this by way of a portal in each episode.
• True-Blue Femininity: Lisa wears her signature cyan shirt mostly.
  • Later in "The Brave Knights of Camelot", Lisa wears a light sky blue princess dress or ballroom gown.