The WORST seasons of Cave of the Golden Rose
Every season of Cave of the Golden Rose ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst seasons of Cave of the Golden Rose!
Fantaghirò is the youngest of three princesses born to a warrior King. Although beautiful and intelligent, she causes many problems for her family because she goes against everything expected for a woman in her kingdom, by being literate, adventurous and rebellious, which makes her father furious. One day, the warrior King receives an invitation from the enemy king Romualdo to a duel that can potentially end the centuries-long war that has been going on between the two kingdoms. The warrior king then learns that only one of his three daughters can win the duel. Fantaghirò sees this as a chance for her to prove herself.
#1 - The Other World
First Aired 12/19/1996
In this last season Princess Fantaghirò ends up in a parallel dimension fairy land full of kids. Here the princess must fight against a villain called "Nameless".
#2 - The Black Cloud
First Aired 12/18/1994
A black cloud travels across country, kills animals and plants and dries up the rivers. When the cloud reaches Fantaghirò's kingdom she meets Prince Parsel who follows the cloud to get his stolen castle back. After her castle vanishes, too, Fantaghirò joins Parsel on his journey to find her home, her people, her family and her love.
#3 - The Impossible Kiss
First Aired 12/19/1993
The powerful evil wizard Tarabas gets knowledge about a prophecy that a king's child will defeat him. So he sends out his army of dead soldiers to kidnap all royal children. When the soldiers attack Fantaghirò's castle to steal the babies of her sisters the battle seems to be lost until she discovers that water turns the invulnerable soldiers into stone. Romualdo leads the aggressors to a near river and destroys one after the other until he finally falls into the river himself and is turned into stone by the poisoned water. Because nobody is able to revive him Fantaghirò decides to search for Tarabas to force him to help her.
#4 - The Dark Queen
First Aired 12/19/1992
Fantaghirò and Romualdo are preparing their marriage when the Dark Queen disgusted by their deep love captures Fantaghirò's father. Romualdo and his soldiers go on their journey to free him. But the insidious Dark Queen transforms herself into Fantaghirò, makes Romualdo her slave by kissing him and captures the rest of his army. Fantaghirò follows Romualdo although she promised him to stay home, finds the camp deserted and enters the near castle of the Dark Queen. When she asks for a duel to free her people she is very surprised to face Romualdo who has forgot her completely due to the magic of the Dark Queen.
#5 - The Cave of the Golden Rose
First Aired 12/21/1991
During archery in a wood Princess Fantaghirò is discovered by the hostile king's son Romualdo. He is able to take a short look at her before she can escape and immediately falls in love with the unknown beauty. When Romualdo challenges her father for a duel to end the bloody war between their people Fantaghirò is send out to fight him due to a prophecy. As Romualdo sees her dressed as a man he believes to recognize his beloved. So he tries everything to discover whether she is a man or a woman and prevent the duel. Fantaghirò starts to fall in love with him, too, but her sense of duty is strong. Will love bring them together or will it end as a tragedy?