Nod to HtLJ and X:WP

References, mentions, and inside jokes in Young Hercules that support the canon in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. (For support of the season 1 canon within the TV series, see Continuity, Yay!. For non-support of the canon, see Continuity Warning.)

1.01 Treasure of Zeus

• Jason's remark to Hercules, ("How's your mother?"), is an inside joke, considering in HtLJ "2.21 - The Wedding of Alcmene" Jason and Alcmene eventually marry.

1.05 Girl Trouble

• The contest between Jason and Iolaus is seen again between Hercules and Iolaus in HtLJ "5.14 - Just Passing Through": "Off the spruce branch, hit the oak, through the hollow stump, over the bird's nest, nothing but splash."

1.06 Teachers Pests

• Hercules talking to the pig ("Hey, what are you looking at, Porky?") is probably an inside joke, referencing that in HtLJ "4.16 - Porkules" Hercules will turn into a pig and talk to other pigs.

1.09 Amazon Grace

• Hercules saying that he's a fighter and not a dancer could be considered a nod to HtLJ "4.08 - ...And Fancy Free" wherein Hercules claims that he doesn't twirl, and the Widow Twanky teaches Hercules that dancing is very akin to fighting.

1.13 Forgery

• Iolaus saying that he'll be a king someday when the right kingdom comes around is a reference to HtLJ "2.19 - King For A Day" when his lookalike cousin, Orestes, is drugged and Iolaus takes his place and is crowned King of Attica.

1.20 Fame

• In X:WP "2.04 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Xena also goes hunting Dryad bones to defeat Bacchus.

1.28 In Your Dreams

• The mythology of the Dreamscape Passage was created in X:WP "1.03 - Dreamworker".

1.40 Iolaus Goes Stag

• In X:WP "1.24 - Is There a Doctor in the House?", Gabrielle tells a wounded man a story about a king named Libarius who hunted in the sacred forest of Artemis, and was turned into a deer.

Other Nods

• The "Iolaus and Kora" relationship is given a nod when Angela Marie Dotchin plays Nautica in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and marries an alternate universe version of Iolaus.