History Awesome / Kaamelott

* In Livre IV, the episode "Double Dragon" stages a direct confrontation, in some "cavern", between Lancelot, with Galessin, and Arthur, with Merlin, both groups taking on the same "mission". Arthur and Lancelot are [[TranquilFury calmly confronting each other]] (in one of their only two face-offs in the season), suggesting the other should retreat and let him undertake "his" mission. They finally reach an agreement: they will both retreat, and come back at a later time; if the other has come, there will be blood. We then see, at a later time, Galessin telling Lancelot that he waited a long time near the cavern, and can assure no one came back. Lancelot, overthrilled, concludes that "a coward surrounded by cowards will back off when facing trouble. (...) Lacking bravery, but not common sense, he gave way to the strongest.". We then shift to Arthur's camp... And we understand that, far from being a coward, [[MagnificentBastard Arthur seized a long-awaited opportunity to get a decisive edge over his rival]].

'''Arthur:''' ''(evenly)'' [[MagnificentBastard Saddle up my horse, I'm leaving.]]\\

* The end of "L'Usurpateur", in Livre IV, is one of those: in the episode, Arthur was acting very strangely, doing things such as accepting an expensive (9500 gold pieces) request from Elias de Kelliwic'h without any thoughts or discussions, or being cruelly unfair with Merlin, telling him to clean and tidy the whole lab on his own. Then, you see the last scene: it was Elias, who was "shapeshifted" into Arthur for the whole episode. [[MagnificentBastard Why, you]]...

* Okay, this is a long one: "Lacrimosa", in Livre VI. Sallustius spent the whole season [[MagnificentBastard maneuvering in the shadows and designing a plan]] to get the Isle of Britain back under Rome's control: find a Briton (Arthur), get the "Sword of Kings" (Excalibur), and convince both the roman senators to name him "Dux Totius Britanniae" (Governor of Britain) and the Briton kings to accept him as the king reigning over the federated Briton kingdoms (with the help of the aforementioned Excalibur). Arthur, fed up of being a puppet, wants to get out of this without being the target of Sallustius or the Briton kings, which is made difficult when he learns that Sallustius is coming to Britain to sign the "act of property". His quickly-thought plan? He asks Mannilius to gather as many Britons as he can on the beach where they first arrived. Then, he goes to Sallustius, greets him, show him Excalibur, and explains that he did it: the Briton kingdoms and clans accepts the federation; he (Sallustius) only has to go to the beach and sign the treaty. He then goes to the beach before Sallustius, and trains the Britons on the spot with a rhetorical trick (= making them raise their hands when he says "soldier", and acclaim when he unsheathes Excalibur). Sallustius arrives, and Arthur calmly explains to him that Britons accept the federation and Arthur as a king, but they want the Romans out. Then, Arthur uses the tricks to demonstrate his point: "I'm Roman? Well I have Excalibur, look (''unsheathes Excalibur, people sheers''), "Yes, they're ready to fight, look." (''go in front of the people, asks them who wants the Romans out by any means, finishing with "soldier"; cue everyone raising their hand'') "I'm staying king here, and you become Rome's hero because you did what no other senator did: [[MetaphoricallyTrue unite Britain back under Rome control]]. Now, beat it". The best part? Right after [[OhCrap understanding he got screwed]], Sallustius tries to go tell the crowd the truth: Arthur is Roman, and a bad one; his error? finishing on: "Honestly, who would want as a king a greenhorn who, not long ago, was only a mere ''soldier''?" (''cue everyone raising their hands'')

* Arthur, at the very end of Book VI -- with the aspect ratio going from TV to cinema, and [[spoiler:the caption ''Soon, Arthur will be a hero again.'']]

* In Book V, Anna tries to convince Arthur to intercede with Léodagan for Loth and her. When he refuses, she has Loth [[spoiler:[[ShockAndAwe zap him]] and puts a knife to his throat. Then [[TheDitz Guenièvre]] bashes the both of them on the head with a ''huge'' shovel. Arthur can only ''stare'']].
* Okay, this is a long one: "Lacrimosa", in Livre VI. Sallustius spent the whole season [[MagnificentBastard maneuvering in the shadows and designing a plan]] to get the Isle of Britain back under Rome's control: find a Briton (Arthur), get the "Sword of Kings" (Excalibur), and convince both the roman senators to name him "Dux Totius Britanniae" (Governor of Britain) and the Briton kings to accept him as the king reigning over the federated Briton kingdoms (with the help of the aforementioned Excalibur). Arthur, fed up of being a puppet, wants to get out of this without being the target of Sallustius or the Briton kings, which is made difficult when he learns that Sallustius is coming to Britain to sign the "act of property". His quickly-thought plan? [[spoiler:He asks Mannilius to gather as many Britons as he can on the beach where they first arrived. Then, he goes to Sallustius, greets him, show him Excalibur, and explains that he did it: the Briton kingdoms and clans accepts the federation; he (Sallustius) only has to go to the beach and sign the treaty. He then goes to the beach before Sallustius, and trains the Britons on the spot with a rhetorical trick (= making them raise their hands when he says "soldier", and acclaim when he unsheathes Excalibur). Sallustius arrives, and Arthur calmly explains to him that Britons accept the federation and Arthur as a king, but they want the Romans out. Then, Arthur uses the tricks to demonstrate his point: "I'm Roman? Well I have Excalibur, look (''unsheathes Excalibur, people sheers''), "Yes, they're ready to fight, look." (''go in front of the people, asks them who wants the Romans out by any means, finishing with "soldier"; cue everyone raising their hand'') "I'm staying king here, and you become Rome's hero because you did what no other senator did: [[MetaphoricallyTrue unite Britain back under Rome control]]. Now, beat it".]] The best part? [[spoiler:Right after [[OhCrap understanding he got screwed]], Sallustius tries to go tell the crowd the truth: Arthur is Roman, and a bad one; his error? finishing on: "Honestly, who would want as a king a greenhorn who, not long ago, was only a mere ''soldier''?" (''cue everyone raising their hands'')]]

* In Livre IV, the episode "Double Dragon" stages a direct confrontation, in some "cavern", between Lancelot, with Galessin, and Arthur, with Merlin, both groups taking on the same "mission". Arthur and Lancelot are [[TranquilFury calmly confronting each other]] (in one of their only two face-offs in the season), suggesting the other should retreat and let him undertake "his" mission. They finally reach an agreement: they will both retreat, and come back at a later time; if the other has come, there will be blood. We then see, at a later time, Galessin telling Lancelot that he waited a long time near the cavern, and can assure no one came back. Lancelot, overthrilled, concludes that "a coward surrounded by cowards will back off when facing trouble. (...) Lacking bravery, but not common sense, he gave way to the strongest.". We then shift to Arthur's camp... ANd we understand that, far from being a coward, [[MagnificentBastard Arthur seized a long-awaited opportunity to get a decisive edge over his rival]].

''(Merlin and Keu look at him, piecing it together.)\\
'''Arthur:''' ''(equal tone)'' [[MagnificentBastard Saddle up my horse, I'm leaving.]]