We have combined Hercules and Xena because they are essentially the same show: it is rare to go without at least one crossover. As for the rest, it's pretty self-explanatory so... DRINK ON, XENA!

XENA:

• Gabrielle dies... 2 drinks if Xena is involved
• Xena's bad past is alluded to
• Gabrielle's previous marriage is mentioned (i.e. the Hestian Virgin episode "I was married at the time!")
• You hear the announcer say "Battle on Xena!"
• Someone calls Gabrielle 'Blondie'
• Xena uses her chokra
• Xena does her battle cry (i.e. Ayeeeeee!)
• Xena does a flip
• Gabrielle attempts a flip
• Gabrielle hits someone with her stick, I mean staff
• Amazons make an appearance
• You question Gabrielle's purpose as one
• Someone from Xena's past shows up, causing you to wonder what Gabrielle really did before
• There is sexual tension, or an innuendo between Xena and Gabrielle (i.e. one mentions her love for the other)
• Someone possesses someone else's body... 2 drinks if Xena is involved
• Xena battles an entire army on her own, and wins
• Gabrielle writes a story
• Xena talks to her horse
• Gabrielle acts mightier than thou
• Gabrielle says she's full of faults
• Xena credits Gabrielle with her cross to goodness
• A Xena double shows up (i.e. Whore Xena, Princess Xena, Hestian Virgin Xena)
• Joxer hits on Gabrielle
• Gabrielle HITS Joxer
• Joxer hits on Xena
• Xena HITS Joxer
• You hear Joxer's theme (Joxer the mighty...)
• Xena does a circle kick... 2 drinks if she uses a prop
• Either character's (dead) child is mentioned
• Christianity is alluded to
• Someone is dissatisfied with who the Queen of Amazons is
• Xena pulls a Spock / puts the pinch on someone
• Joxer challenges Gabrielle to be Xena's side-kick
• Joxer thinks that Xena and Gabrielle should be HIS side-kicks
• Xena's past romances are mentioned
• Caesar is mentioned / Xena's crucifixion and subsequent hobbling
• Xena fights Ares... and wins
• You can understand why this show is popular with lesbians, and it's not because she's a strong independent woman, if you get my drift
• You wonder how Xena is so strong without being a god or demi-god
• Xena and Gabrielle almost kiss
• Characters sing... remember that psycho episode? You won't much longer
• Gabrielle tries to prove her use to Xena... 2 drinks if she falls flat on her face
• You think that Xena should have gotten it on with the guy from Roar

HERCULES:

• Iolaus falls for a girl
• Said girl falls for Hercules
• Iolaus gets bitter with Hercules for this
• Hercules doesn't realize that any of this is going on
• Hercules doesn't realize that much of anything is going on
• Someone is dressed in drag... 2 drinks if its Iolaus
• Iolaus saves Hercules' butt
• Iolaus is ignored as a true hero
• Hercules fights off an army with his bare hands
• Hercules uses another person as a weapon
• Iolaus' height, or lack thereof, is mocked
• There is a flashback to Hercules and Iolaus' youth... 2 drinks if Jason included
• The show contradicts itself (i.e. Iolaus was said to be a troublemaker in his youth, but the same cannot be said in other episodes)
• Hercules' evil double appears
• Someone looks unkempt
• You wonder where Daedalus, Newton and Toot went to, why Hercules never uses his ring, wears a wrestling belt or leaps off a cliff yelling "OLYMPIA" as he FLIES to Mount Olympus... (Does no one remember the old cartoon?)
• Hercules looks like a bimbo
• Hercules does not appear in the episode and Iolaus takes over, yet Hercules still gets the credit
• Hera tries to kill or sends someone to kill Hercules
• Hercules slaughters a large mythical creature
• Movie version only: someone who now has a starring role on Xena appears as another character (i.e. Lucy Lawless as an Amazon, Renee O'Connor as Megara)
• Movie version only: Zeus appears as Anthony Quinn
• You wish that Hercules had a cool battle cry like Xena's
• They pass through a town that is said to be the Greek capital of something... 2 drinks if said activity didn't exist until this century (i.e. the dance contest Hercules)
• The "drag queens" don't look believable but no one questions their gender
• You notice that for every one step Hercules takes, Iolaus scampers to keep up
• Hercules saves the day
• Hercules kisses a girl
• Someone stands in a body-building pose
• You think about how you could read a dime off of Hercules' and Iolaus's butts through those pants...

BOTH:

• You see a preview for either show... 2 drinks if said episode follows
• Something is hocked in the closing credits
• The closing credits are humorous (people who watch them know what we're talking about)
• There is a character crossover... 5 drinks if its Callisto
• Ares looks like an 80's metal guy
• Someone's double is their polar opposite
• Someone makes a trip into the Underworld
• Cupid and Aphrodite squabble
• Ares and Aphrodite are together
• ... they are in their own temple
• ... either whines because said temple has been defaced
• Callisto appears
• She is a psychotic bitch
• She gets killed again
• Ares cooks up a scheme
• Aphrodite is mad because someone is said to be more beautiful than her
• Aphrodite acts like a Jenny Jones guest
• There are Maori extras
• Someone's accent slips
• The episode is weird and you just don't get it
• There is a big jump in time for a whole episode... in said episode roles change (i.e. the Xena archaeology episode)
• There is a tavern scene

HARD DRINKING:

• You see Gabrielle's stomach
• Metal
• Bondage gear is worn
• You see cleavage, both genders
• Weapons (swords,etc.) are used
• No one ever seems to change their clothes
• A god appears
• Someone looks like they walked off the set of an 80's metal video (2 drinks if it's Ares)
• Autolycus / Salmoneous / Joxer is in trouble
• Centaurs are Maori

Historical inaccuracies and anachronisms:
 

• Someone's character doesn't exist in mythology
• Someone's character did exist in mythology, but as a different person, personality and/or family tree
• Time continuance is shot to death: everyone is alive at the same time
• Ambrosia does NOT make you a god!
• Martial arts are used
• Possession is 9/10 of the law, not a state of being
• Portal to another world....? HELLO!
• ... extra drinks if it's Bizarro world
• Costumes don't match time period
• Time travel occurs
• They refer to Greece that did not exist at the time
• Roman names are used (i.e. Hercules / Herakles, Cupid/Eros)