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* VictoryIsBoring: Having conquered Camelot, Morgana doesn't seem to have anything more pressing to do with her time than staging fist-fights in the throne room.
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* BackToBackBadasses: Merlin and Guinevere stick close together in the final battle. Arthur, Tristan and Isolde are this in a brief shot during the throne room fight.
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never mind
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Calling it now: the frequent mentions of King Lot is foreshadowing for his appearance in series 5.
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** Also, the Tristan/Isolde subplot just sort of disappears. The last we see of Tristan, he's [[spoiler:weeping over Isolde's dead body]]. He disappears after that, and as the next episode opens three years later, it's unlikely we'll ever find out what happened to him.
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** RewardedAsATraitorDeserves
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* VasquezAlwaysDies: [[spoiler:Isolde]] dies, Guinevere lives. Though this might have been just as much to do with Guinevere's PlotArmour as opposed to the guest star's.
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* SlouchOfVillainy: Morgana drapes herself over the throne of Camelot.
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* TearfulSmile: Guinevere, when Arthur proposes for the second time.
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Time was expiring, here\'s the rest of this.
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* MagnificentBastard: Merlin, of all people. He's a bit of a subversion in that he's got completely pure intentions and doesn't even think of it this way, but the scene where Arthur retrieves Excalibur has him playing Arthur and the crowd like a well-tuned violin.
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* MagnificentBastard: Merlin, of all people. He's a bit of a subversion in that he's got completely pure intentions and doesn't even think of it this way, but the scene where Arthur retrieves Excalibur has him playing Arthur and the crowd like a well-tuned violin. And then he follows it up by removing Morgana's magic from the equation while increasing her fear of his aged form, should he need that later.
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I think you can make a case for this
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* MagnificentBastard: Merlin, of all people. He's a bit of a subversion in that he's got completely pure intentions and doesn't even think of it this way, but the scene where Arthur retrieves Excalibur has him playing Arthur and the crowd like a well-tuned violin.
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* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: Arthur ain't going anywhere until he's been given the confidence boost he needs: which Merlin and Kilgharrah decide is Excalibur.
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* DontThinkFeel: Perhaps something of a subversion (since Merlin is in control of the entire process), but Merlin suggests this when Arthur is trying to pull the sword from the stone. As soon as Arthur stops trying to force it out and instead wraps his hand gently around the hilt, Merlin allows the sword to emerge.
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* DirtyBusiness: Merlin's killing of [[spoiler:Agravaine]] was specifically written and performed to demonstrate that Merlin will do what he has to do, no matter how little he likes it.
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* DirtyBusiness: Merlin's killing of [[spoiler:Agravaine]] was specifically written and performed to demonstrate that Merlin will do what he has to do, no matter how little much he likes dislikes it.
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* SequelHook: The final scene between [[spoiler:Morgana and Aithusa]].
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* DirtyBusiness: Merlin's killing of [[spoiler:Agravaine]] was specifically written and performed to demonstrate that Merlin will do what he has to do, no matter how little he likes it.
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Agravaine]] dies alone and unmourned in a tunnel, a fitting end for someone who deliberately tried to break up the OfficialCouple.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Although Morgana sees Emrys roaming the castle, she's still dumbstruck by the fact that her powers have been magically removed.
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* DawnAttack: Arthur's forces prepare in the night and attack Camelot at dawn.
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* AncestralWeapon: Averted. Merlin only ''says'' that the sword in the stone once belonged to Arthur's ancestor, when he knows full-well that it was forged only a few years ago.
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something i noted the third watch around
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** Morgana is just about to kill Gwen when she is thrown into the air so hard the ceiling collapses. Cut to Merlin, with the gold just fading from his eyes.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Played straight mostly. Subverted when Morgana is stabbed and, just for a moment, you can see blood spurt out as she twirls.
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* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler:Agravaine]]. True, he pulled a dagger on Merlin, but it's heavily implied that either way, he wasn't leaving that cave alive.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Merlin tells Arthur that he can only lift the sword from the stone if he ''believes'' he can. It's a {{subversion}} really, since Merlin is controlling the whole scenario.
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* AesopAmnesia: Despite having admitted for the first time ever last episode that Merlin was right, Arthur still has to be dragged out of bed with no warning and practically lured into a clearing with all his people watching to put enough pressure on him to pull the sword from the stone.
**And the night afterward, when Merlin finally tells Arthur about his destiny to rule Albion, his response is "You're making this up.". Yes, like he made up you ''pulling a freaking sword from a stone''. Even when Merlin points out he has no reason to boost Arthur's ego, he just walks off without any further commitment. At least he's realized he can't argue with Merlin any more.
**And the night afterward, when Merlin finally tells Arthur about his destiny to rule Albion, his response is "You're making this up.". Yes, like he made up you ''pulling a freaking sword from a stone''. Even when Merlin points out he has no reason to boost Arthur's ego, he just walks off without any further commitment. At least he's realized he can't argue with Merlin any more.
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** Morgana is about to kill Guinevere, which causes Merlin to throw her backwards down a corridor in what is possibly the biggest telekenetic "air push" ever featured on the show.
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** Morgana is about to kill Guinevere, which causes Merlin to throw her backwards down a corridor in what is possibly the biggest telekenetic telekinetic "air push" ever featured on the show.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Calling it now: the frequent mentions of King Lot is foreshadowing for his appearance in series 5.
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* DiesWideShut: DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Agravaine]]
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* StabTheSky: Arthur does this with Excalibur after he pulls it from the stone.
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* CoolSword: Excalibur, though Arthur seems nonplussed: "this thing's not bad."
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* BookEnds: Arthur is crowned King at the beginning of the season, Guinevere is crowned Queen at its end.
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* CryForTheDevil: It's hard not to feel just a ''wee little smidgeon'' of pity for Agravaine. After his heartfelt plea to Morgana in the last episode about he is her one and only true friend, she casually sends him on a mission to kill the PowerTrio and then barely reacts to news of his death.
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* CryForTheDevil: It's hard not to feel just a ''wee little smidgeon'' of pity for Agravaine. After his heartfelt plea to Morgana in the last episode about how he is her one and only true friend, she casually sends him on a mission to kill the PowerTrio and then barely reacts to [[spoiler:to news of his death.death]].
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* CryForTheDevil: It's hard not to feel just a ''wee little smidgeon'' of pity for Agravaine. After his heartfelt plea to Morgana in the last episode about he is her one and only true friend, she casually sends him on a mission to kill the PowerTrio and then barely reacts to news of his death.
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** DarkActionGirl: Morgana. Even without magic, she still has a strong skill with a sword, able to kill two knights while escaping Camelot and able to best Guinevere in a duel.
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** DarkActionGirl: Morgana. Even without magic, she still has a strong skill with a sword, able to kill two knights while escaping Camelot and able to best Guinevere in a duel. The only reason she is wounded is because a knight took her by surprise, and she still brought him down.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Arthur, Merlin, Gwen, Tristan and Isolde bursting into the throne room yelling: "For the love of Camelot!"
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* BigDamnHeroes: Arthur, Merlin, Gwen, Tristan and Isolde bursting into the throne room yelling: "For the love of Camelot!"Camelot!" Kinda falls flat when the expected resistance is not there, just Morgana and Helios.
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* BrickJoke: Kind of. In ''[[{{Recap/MerlinS04E08Lamia}} Lamia]]'' Arthur mocked Merlin for getting his life saved by Guinevere, stating that he'd rather die than be saved by a girl. Here, [[spoiler:Isolde saves his life at the cost of her own.]]
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* BrickJoke: Kind of. In ''[[{{Recap/MerlinS04E08Lamia}} Lamia]]'' Lamia]]'', Arthur mocked Merlin for getting his life saved by Guinevere, stating that he'd rather die than be saved by a girl. Here, [[spoiler:Isolde saves his life at the cost of her own.]]
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** It's clear that Merlin is making up parts of this legend, which Arthur calls him on more than once, but even if it is mostly true, it is ''never'' stated that the Pendragons continuously held Camelot. It's entirely possible Uther ''could'' have reconquered it after they had lost the throne.
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* LeftHanging: So...no one ever found out that Gwen was under an enchantment in ''Lancelot du Lac''? And did anyone tell her what happened to Lancelot?
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* LeftHanging: So...no one ever found out Gwen's magic-prompted tryst with the resurrected Lancelot is never revealed to Arthur or anyone else, nor is Lancelot's true nature for that matter. Arthur just seems to have decided to let it go because he loves her. For that matter, it's never made clear if Gwen was under an enchantment in ''Lancelot du Lac''? And did anyone tell her what happened to Lancelot?told that he died again.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Morgana gets from the castle, through the city, passed all the soldiers, and to the forest without any magical powers. Oh, and she did this after having been apparently knocked unconscious ''and'' with a sword-wound in her side.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Morgana gets from the castle, through the city, passed all the soldiers, and to the forest without any magical powers. Oh, and she did this after having been apparently knocked unconscious ''and'' with a sword-wound in her side. ''And'' Merlin and Gwen were standing only a few meters from her when she did it, and lost sight of her for no more than ten seconds.
