by Kawcrow
Copyright 1998
20. It's revealed that Perdicas was just a human form taken by Ares to eventually trick Gabrielle into betraying Xena. (THAT'S the reason it was a different actor the second time!) While Xena hunts the god of war down, a devastated Gabrielle retreats to Joxer's arms...19. "JoxerBeat (Joxer Song Remix)", performed by Will Smith, reaches #1 on the charts the same day as Smith's album, "Gotta Love That BGSB"...
18. The new Xeenie Babies craze sweeps the world at frenzied speed. The most popular Babies are "FHTBT Joxer" and "Baby Argo"...
17. A new anthropological study reveals that in some ancient European cultures, nose-grabbing was a form of seduction...
16. A blatant GJR wins Xenafan.com's Editor's Choice award--the same week a blatant subtexter does as well... (Oh no, Filippa!!! We're all DOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!!! ;-)
15. Melanie Brown of the Spice Girls is exsanguinated by Callisto, who demands the title of "Scary Spice"...
14. Eddie the Jack Russell terrier of "Frasier" fame finds himself replaced by Joxer the Boxer...
13. Aphrodite is called to testify before the Senate as news of her ongoing extramarital affair with Bill Clinton emerges...
12. After viewing The Gabrielle & Joxer Romantics Society, Robert Tapert offers Napalm Nacey an Executive Producership...
11. "Tickle-Me Joxer" dolls hit U.S. stores just in time for the Christmas season. The entire country is sold out in less than five hours...
10. Gabrielle joins Madonna and Hanson for their "Blonde Ambition Tour II: Back to the Roots"...
9. Iraq attacks with nuclear missiles. The only survivors are members of the GJRS, who were all glued to their computer screens reading Phil D. Hernandez's latest dancing fic or the newest chapter of "You and No Other", thereby missing the fallout...
8. In a network-spanning crossover, Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer find themselves on the set of "Cupid", where Trevor Hale works his magic on the beautiful bard and wannabe warrior... (Okay, obscure reference here *VBG*; ABC Thursday nights at 9:00/8c. It's sweet!! :-)
7. Joxer is killed by the Hydra in the season finale. Heartbroken, all Joxer fans vow never to watch "X:WP" again--and they don't. Ratings get so low that the show drops to No. 3,829...
6. An unsuspecting newbie posts "I love Joxer!!" on ATX--and is met with either total silence or total agreement...
5. A disappointed Sappho(guest star k.d. lang) stops trying to put the moves on Gabrielle, because, as she confides to Xena, "That girl is straighter than a church pew!"...
4. Xenafan.com's "Shoot Joxer" game is taken down from lack of use, and because they need the space for the "Cute Gabrielle & Joxer Moments" AVI file...
3. Kimber writes, "Joxer isn't really so bad after all..."
2. Joxer and Gabrielle tie Mulder and Scully in the PEOPLE magazine readers' poll, "Cutest Married Couple of the Year"...
And the Number One Sign the world is coming to an end is:
1. Several female members of the GJRS write, "You know, those tight black leather pants Joxer wears nowadays really turn me off..."