History Characters / MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail

* BadassBaritone: Has a deep voice and is a badass until he fights Arthur.

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: TropeNamer after the knights are forced to eat them.

* OnlyAFleshWound: TropeNamer. Even when both his arms are cut off, he insists that it's only a flesh wound and he's still perfectly capable of fighting.

* IShallTauntYou: {{Trope Namer|s}}. They seem to do it just for fun, ironically.

They live in a spooky forest and coerce travellers into buying shrubberies for them.

* {{Trope Namer|s}}: for TheKnightsWhoSaySquee and WithThisHerring

* WithThisHerring: {{Trope Namer|s}}. "You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest wiiiiith... a herring!"

A cute [[WhiteBunny white rabbit]] who guards a cave -- but it's no ordinary rabbit! It's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! TropeNamer and TropeCodifier to KillerRabbit... if it wasn't obvious already.

* KillerRabbit: The {{Trope Namer|s}}; it may look like an ordinary rabbit, but it's highly aggressive and deadly, tearing out the throats of several of Arthur's knights.

* TheseQuestionsThree: {{Trope Namer|s}}. His CatchPhrase is "Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see..."

* InherentInTheSystem: TropeNamer. "Come and see the violence inherent in the system!"

* SomeCallMeTim: TropeNamer, but [[BeamMeUpScotty does not actually use it]]. Amusingly, this was [[ThrowItIn an ad-lib]] because Cleese forgot the character's name.

* DisabledBadass: Very mild example: he appears to suffer from discalculia, explaining his trouble with counting to three.

An AxeCrazy knight. He always tries to solve his problems through violence. Is also very dramatic in his way of acting.

* AxeCrazy: When something provokes him to fight, there is nothing stopping him from slaughtering everyone on sight. Even wedding guests had to die.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He's just as much an AxeCrazy BloodKnight as, if not more than, in the OG movie. But when Herbert's father essentially tries to murder him, rather than regarding it with indifference, he's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech indignant and calls him out]].

This is not a real character, but more of a gag when the narrator introduces the Knights of the round table. When his picture is shown, he appears as a baby wearing a chainmail coif that's too large -- this is actually Michael Palin's son, William Palin. He is the TropeNamer to SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer and LadyNotAppearingInThisGame.

A quartet of minstrels who accompany Sir Robin wherever he goes and sing about him. Later, Arthur and the knights are forced to eat them. AndThereWasMuchRejoicing. ([[FlatJoy Yaaaaay]].)

The magical being who presented Arthur with his sword and kingly title. Some however, believe that strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

* IShallTauntYou: TropeNamer. They seem to do it just for fun, ironically.

* TropeNamer: for TheKnightsWhoSaySquee and WithThisHerring

* WithThisHerring: TropeNamer. "You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest wiiiiith... a herring!"

* KillerRabbit: The TropeNamer; it may look like an ordinary rabbit, but it's highly aggressive and deadly, tearing out the throats of several of Arthur's knights.

* TheseQuestionsThree: TropeNamer. His CatchPhrase is "Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see..."

God appears to the Knights of the Round Table and gives them the task to find the Holy Grail. He finds it annoying that people constantly consider themselves unworthy of His presence. His face is based on the cricket player [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Grace W.G. Grace]].

* TheDeterminator: He built a castle in a swamp just to show the other kings it's possible to do so. It sank into the swamp. The same happened to the second castle. Guess what? He built a third castle in the swamp...which burned down, fell over, '''then''' sank into the swamp. But the fourth and current one stayed up.

[[caption-width-right:250:''"I soiled my armor, I was so scared!"'']]

[[caption-width-right:250:'''"It's only a model."''']]

[[caption-width-right:250:'''"I soiled my armor, I was so scared!"''']]

[[caption-width-right:250:'''"Just a flesh wound."''']]

[[caption-width-right:250:'''"I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"''']]

[[caption-width-right:250:'''"Bring out your dead!"''']]

[[caption-width-right:250:'''"Strange women lying in ponds and distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!"''']]

[[caption-width-right:250:'''"Oh, don't grovel! One thing I can't stand, it's people groveling."''']]

[[caption-width-right:250:'''"Stop that! Stop that! You're not going into a song while I'm here!"''']]

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* FourOneNineScam: They run an absurd medieval version of this. In order to pass through their forest, travellers have to pay them shrubberies. When they do, they are informed that the Knights changed their name and that the traveller therefore must buy them another shrubbery along with performing an impossible but ridiculous task. In an earlier version of the script it is implied they will keep changing their name in order to make their victim continue to do things for them, without ever granting passage through their forest.

* CoolHelmet: The Head Knight wears a bucket-shaped helmet with antlers on it and the other knights wear horned helmets that cover their faces.

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!!Sir Not Appearing In This Film

* AdaptationalNameChange: Because this is a Broadway musical and not a movie, his name is now "Sir Not Appearing In This Show".

* DarkIsEvil: They are dressed in black/dark brown and their leader looks like a typical EvilOverlord.

* CoolSword: Excalibur, of course.

* NoodleIncident: After losing one of his arms, the Black Knight says he's had worse.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Subverted. While Dennis certainly acts like a jerk towards King Arthur, he does have a point about how wielding Excalibur should not be a basis for government...if he didn't live in the middle ages that is...

* TooDumbToLive: His inability to decide whether blue or yellow is his favourite colour leads to rather fatal results.

* TheSmurffettePrinciple: The only major female character in the show.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Much like King Arthur, he's convinced that he's the protagonist of a chivalric romance, which, of course, involves slaughtering one's way through castles to rescue imprisoned maidens. Unfortunately for him, the "maiden" in this case is a young man.

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* CloudCuckoolander: Despite being treated as TheSmartGuy, he is more accurately this trope, most of his learnings based on InsaneTrollLogic.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: The one time he comes up with a plan (the [[TrojanHorse Trojan Rabbit]]), it's actually somewhat decent...but not only did he not consider the French would catapult it out of the castle before the intended nighttime attack to take them by surprise and unharmed, he forgot that Lancelot, Galahad, and ''himself'' were supposed to be inside the thing for the plan to work at all. (Good thing they weren’t.)

* KnightInShiningArmour: {{Subverted}} -- he's certainly a brave knight, and he's even affable enough as long as he isn't riled up... but, as is quickly revealed, he is very much a violent, homicidal maniac who kills people without a second thought.

* UnstoppableRage: He even {{Lampshades}} it to the King of Swamp Castle:

* EpicFail: [[spoiler: When the man from Scene 24 asks him what his favorite colour is, he ''still'' manages to get it wrong.]]

--> Lancelot: "To kill/For will/It gives me such a thrill!"\\

-->'''King Arthur:''' Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left!
-->'''Black Knight:''' Yes, I have!

* ImpossibleTask: They tell Arthur that in order to get past them, he must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest wiiiiith... a herring! [[spoiler: Luckily, Arthur accidentally discovers their weakness, so he doesn't actually have to go through with it.[[note]]Argh![[/note]]]]

* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:The word "it".]] So weaksauce that Arthur defeated them with it without even realizing what it[[note]]Aaaargh! Stop saying it! Oh, I've said it again! Argh![[/note]] is.

-->'''God:''' Its like those miserable psalms, they are ''so'' depressing.

* BringMeMyBrownPants: Mentions one of the drawbacks of being a night is soiling his pants out of fear.

--> Lancelot: "To kill/For will/It gives me such a thrill!"
--> Robin: "To sing/And dance/And keep an eye on Lance!"

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!!The Black Knight
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnCleese

A black knight that won't let Arthur pass. He loses all his four limbs in the following battle and still wants to fight.

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* RaceLift: Being a servant to King Arthur, it can be assumed in the original version he was probably an Anglo-Saxon or Celtic Christian. [[spoiler: In Spamalot, he's Jewish. He didn't tell Arthur at first because, "It's not the kind of thing you tell a heavily-armed Christian.]]

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* ServileSnarker: The lead minstrel turns his lyrics into more something derogatory after Robin cowardly runs away from the three-headed knight.

* AdaptationalVillainy: He's combined with the peasant who kills the old man, giving him an act of premeditated malace as opposed to his usual BezerkerRage.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: He's just as much an AxeCrazy BloodKnight as, if not more than, in the OG movie. But when Herbert's father essentially tries to murder him, rather than regarding it with indifference, he's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech indignant and calls him out]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: He's combin

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!!Sir Not Appearing In This Film
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This is not a real character, but more of a gag when the narrator introduces the Knights of the round table. When his picture is shown, he appears as a baby wearing a chainmail coif that's too large -- this is actually Michael Palin's son, William Palin. He is the TropeNamer to SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer and LadyNotAppearingInThisGame.

* AdaptedOut: A parody of the concept, with a name that wouldn't make sense in the hypothetical work that introduced him.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's aptly named [[DontExplainTheJoke because he's not appearing in this film.]]
* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: Parodied. Normally if the character does not appear in a film, there's no need to mention him at all. Not so for Monty Python.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Gone as soon as he's mentioned. Hey, they ''said'' he wouldn't appear.

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!!Sir Robin's minstrels
->'''Played by:''' Neil Innes (lead minstrel)

A quartet of minstrels who accompany Sir Robin wherever he goes and sing about him. Later, Arthur and the knights are forced to eat them. AndThereWasMuchRejoicing. ([[FlatJoy Yaaaaay]].)

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: TropeNamer after the knights are forced to eat them.
* TheBard: A whole group of them, one of whom sings "[[http://www.metrolyrics.com/brave-sir-robin-ran-away-lyrics-monty-python.html Brave Sir Robin Ran Away]]".
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: When a particularly hard winter strikes, Arthur and his knights are forced to eat them.
* ServileSnarker: The lead minstrel turns his lyrics into more something derogatory after Robin cowardly runs away from the three-headed knight.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: One of the minstrels is the only woman in the grail-seeking party.
* TagalongChronicler: Parodied. They follow Robin around and make up impromptu songs about him. However, since he's a chronic coward, their task often proves quite difficult.
* TheVoiceless: Three of the minstrels get no lines at all. Justified, since they all play wind instruments whenever they are seen.
* WanderingMinstrel: They follow Sir Robin on his travels as he searches for the Holy Grail.

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!!Sir Gawain, Sir Ector, & Sir Bors
->'''Played by:''' Creator/TerryGilliam (Sir Bors)

Three knights who appear after the year-long TimeSkip. They serve little purpose beyond cannon fodder for the KillerRabbit.

* RedShirt: They appear suddenly and without any introduction before The Rabbit of Caerbannog and they are promptly dispatched.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Nobody acknowledges that three previously unseen knights are part of the group. Although to be fair, they showed up post TimeSkip.
* TemptingFate: "''One rabbit stew comin' right up!''" They are promptly killed by the rabbit

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* AdaptationalWimp: ''None'' of them are the courageous knights they were in the myths, lacking any superpowers and running away from most threats.