Joxer is a bungling, incompetent fighter who tries to prove himself a mighty warrior, but eventually wins over Xena and Gabrielle who see the trueness of his heart.

He first offers his services to Xena as a warrior, which she refuses. He then turns to Callisto and asks to join her army. She sends him on a mission to capture Gabrielle and bring her back in order to earn his way into her army. After unsucessfully trying to capture Gabrielle, who easily fends him off, he returns to camp. There he finds that Callisto has already taken Gabrielle prisoner herself and gives Joxer a new task. He must kill Gabrielle. Unable to bring himself to do it, he becomes a prisoner along with Gabrielle. They are freed by Xena after she defeats Callisto.