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* TheRival: Serves as this for King Knight's story in ''Showdown'', having been annoyed by his attitude.

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* TheRival: Serves as this for King Knight's story in ''Showdown'', having been annoyed being utterly enraged by his attitude.antics, and vowing to find a way to trap King Knight in the mirror permanently.
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* TheRival: Serves as this for King Knight's story in ''Showdown'', having been annoyed by his attitude.

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* TheRival: Serves as this for King Knight's story in ''Showdown'', having been annoyed being utterly enraged by his attitude.antics, and vowing to find a way to trap King Knight in the mirror permanently.
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He also makes several background (or foreground in one instance) appearances in ''Plague of Shadows'', and even acts as the boss of the Explodatorium. Barring an indirect mention from an NPC, he's completely absent from ''Specter of Torment'' due to that campaign taking place during his TenMinuteRetirement. He's also missing from ''King of Cards'', since that story also takes place during his retirement, save for a cameo on his very own ''Joustus'' card and [[spoiler:an appearance at the very end of the campaign, as he arrives to battle and defeat King Knight]].

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He also makes several background (or foreground in one instance) appearances in ''Plague of Shadows'', and even acts as the boss of the Explodatorium. Barring an indirect mention from an NPC, he's completely absent from ''Specter of Torment'' due to that campaign taking place during his TenMinuteRetirement. He's also missing from ''King of Cards'', since that story also takes place during his retirement, save for a cameo on his very own ''Joustus'' card and [[spoiler:an an appearance at the very end of the campaign, as he arrives to battle and defeat King Knight]].campaign.
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* DualWielding: {{Inverted|Trope}}, as she wields two shields; alongside her main, big shield, she carries a tiny buckler.
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* SignatureMove: His Shovel Drop ability (where he uses his shovel as a weaponized pogo stick to bounce off of enemies while damaging them) is the most integral part of his moveset and is what enables him to get through the game's most precarious platforming sections unscathed. Because of how critical of a mechanic it is to ''Shovel of Hope'', it's virtually synonymous with him as a character.

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In ''Plague of Shadows'', he hounds Plague Knight as he does Shovel Knight, again, to keep him from harming the Enchantress. In ''Specter of Torment'', his first battle with Specter Knight gives him hope that Shield Knight is still alive, and he eventually learns the truth of what happened to her. He's the boss of the Plains of Passage and the Tower of Fate: Entrance in all the campaigns (except ''King of Cards''), as well as an optional encounter boss in ''Shovel of Hope'' and a mandatory encounter boss in ''Plague of Shadows''. In his ''Specter of Torment'' boss fights, he's accompanied by his armored steed, Terrorpin. Tropes regarding Terrorpin can be found [[Characters/ShovelKnightEnemies here]].

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In ''Plague of Shadows'', he hounds Plague Knight as he does Shovel Knight, again, to keep him from harming the Enchantress. In ''Specter of Torment'', his first battle with Specter Knight gives him hope that Shield Knight is still alive, and he eventually learns the truth of what happened to her. He's the boss of the Plains of Passage and the Tower of Fate: Entrance in all the campaigns (except ''King of Cards''), as well as an optional encounter boss in ''Shovel of Hope'' and a mandatory encounter boss in ''Plague of Shadows''. In his ''Specter of Torment'' boss fights, he's accompanied by his armored steed, Terrorpin. Tropes regarding Terrorpin can be found [[Characters/ShovelKnightEnemies here]]. In ''King of Cards'', he serves as the final Joustus opponent of the House of Joustus in the first area.



* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Bass]] and [[Videogame/MegamanClassic Proto Man]]. A black-armored [[TheRival rival]] to a blue-armored hero, similar, but upgraded, forms of attack to said hero, is fiercely independent [[spoiler:, and is actually an ally on the player's side, not the main antagonist's]].

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* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Bass]] and [[Videogame/MegamanClassic Proto Man]].Bass]]. A black-armored [[TheRival rival]] to a blue-armored hero, similar, but upgraded, forms of attack to said hero, is fiercely independent [[spoiler:, and is actually an ally on the player's side, not the main antagonist's]].



* OutOfFocus: Because ''King of Cards'' takes place long before the Enchantress tightens her grip on the Valley, Black Knight is not a foe whom King Knight must face in open combat but is instead head of one of the Joustus houses and his vow to protect Shield Knight is not brought up at all despite it being critical to his character in all the other campaigns.



* TennisBoss: While it's not a required method of engaging him, hitting his purple fire attack will reflect it towards him. He will hit it back repeatedly during any encounter other than the initial boss battle.
** Notably, Shovel Knight can be the one to make the serve via the Flare Wand.

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* TennisBoss: While it's not a required method of engaging him, hitting his purple fire attack will reflect it towards him. He will hit it back repeatedly during any encounter other than the initial boss battle.
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battle. Notably, Shovel Knight can be the one to make the serve via the Flare Wand.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He manages to get off scot-free after stabbing his friends in the back and even manages to hold one of the eight positions of the Order of No Quarter for quite some time, but he is [[ForegoneConclusion destined to be defeated by both Plague Knight and Shovel Knight]] and eventually be [[RightfulKingReturns deposed by his former ally King Pridemoor]].

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: In the first three ''Treasure Trove'' games, his signature [[FoeTossingCharge shoulder bash attack]] and corkscrew recovery move he uses in the prequel ''King of Cards'' are nowhere to be seen, and he instead primarily moves around by jumping rapidly. This winds up making him seem substantially weaker in ''Shovel of Hope'' than the guy who could defeat the Enchantress singlehandedly.

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: In the first three ''Treasure Trove'' games, his signature [[FoeTossingCharge shoulder bash attack]] and corkscrew recovery move he uses in the prequel ''King of Cards'' are nowhere to be seen, and he instead primarily moves around by jumping rapidly. This winds up making him seem substantially weaker in ''Shovel of Hope'' than the guy King Knight who could defeat the Enchantress singlehandedly.


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--> '''King Pridemoor:''' Your mother and I are together as one on this matter, my boy!
--> '''King Knight:''' ''Together as one!?'' Mother, what does he mean "together as one"!? Stop this at once!


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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Since ''King of Cards'' focuses on him, it turns him into one of these. King Knight is an insufferably vain fool who berates and belittles anyone he sees as beneath his regality, except for his mother, whom he doesn't treat much better, and eventually screws over the entire Valley for personal gain. Despite this, because his interactions are so laughably over-the-top and he [[AchievementsInIgnorance somehow keeps falling upward]], he's hysterical to watch.

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