History Series / Kaamelott

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: There are a few during the series, but the scene of the Round Table in "The Return of the King" (in Livre V) is often considered a raging, liberating, howling-at-the-moon SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome by the fans, considering whom it is given to. Context: by some improbable twists of fate, Karadoc (who, in Livre V, is [[CloudCuckooLander that]] [[{{Jerkass}} kind]] [[TheDitz of]] [[UpToEleven character]]), has been crowned king by his wife [[ManipulativeBastard Mevanwi]]. Then, when Arthur came back from a quest, during the Round Table meeting, he and Perceval invite Arthur, and give a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to every knight in attendance, and to Arthur in particular (they don't know the purpose of Arthur's quest, i.e. find out if he's got children somewhere). A speech to which Arthur replies with one of his own, delivered in one of the calmest voice ever, with a bittersweet music in the background.

''Kaamelott'' is a French {{comedy series}} inspired by the Myth/ArthurianLegend that originally replaced another successful comedy series, ''Series/CameraCafe'', but soon became even more popular. It was created and written by Creator/AlexandreAstier ([[WrittenByCastmember who also plays]] the main role, that of Myth/KingArthur) and first aired on French channel M6 between 2004 and 2009.

''Kaamelott'' is a French comedy series inspired by the Myth/ArthurianLegend that originally replaced another successful comedy series, ''Series/CameraCafe'', but soon became even more popular. It was created and written by Creator/AlexandreAstier ([[WrittenByCastmember who also plays]] the main role, that of Myth/KingArthur) and first aired on French channel M6 between 2004 and 2009.

** In Livre IV, there's an episode with a dialogue between Arthur and Lancelot copied on the one in ''Film/{{Heat}}''.

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''Kaamelott'' is a French comedy series inspired by the Myth/ArthurianLegend that originally replaced another successful comedy series, ''Series/CameraCafe'', but soon became even more popular. It was created and written by Creator/AlexandreAstier ([[WrittenByCastmember who also plays]] the main role, that of Myth/KingArthur) and broadcast on French channel M6 since 2004.

** Guenièvre is understandably used to this as she is a queen, but Arthur is not fond of the habit, as it brings crumbs into their bed.

** Arthur's mother shares his opinion. When Uther Pendragon, disguised as the Duke of Gorlais, ordered slices of bread for her. Ygerne knew that she was dealing with an impostor because her real husband never ate in bed.

* BreakfastInBed: Guenièvre is understandably used to this as she is a queen. But Arthur is not fond of the habit, as it brings crumbs into their bed.
** His mother shares apparently his opinion. When she tells the story of Arthur's magical conception to Guenièvre, Ygerne remarks that she shall have guessed she shared her bed with an impostor (Uther Pendragon, impersonating Ygerne's husband) by the next morning. Uther (still under Duke of Gorlais 's appearance) ordered slices of bread to servants. Ygerne's actual husband never ate in bed usually.

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* AwfulWeddedLife:
** A variation with Léodagan and Séli, in that they're just as horrible to each other as they are to others, and they often agree on certain subjects, like getting their children high positions in Arthur's court. They disagree on the rest, and Léodagan is actually more likely to side with his son-in-law than his wife on most of them.
** Arthur's wedding with Guenièvre, mostly because Arthur refuses to touch her, belittles her often and gets annoyed by her more clueless moments. She got tired of it too and doesn't hide her resentment.

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Astier planned a trilogy of {{sequel}} [[TheMovie theatrical films]] to conclude the story. The project was stuck in DevelopmentHell from 2010 to 2019. The first of the films, ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'', eventually came out on July 21, 2021. Astier also went on to say he would like to explore the events that happened during the ten year long TimeSkip between the end of the series and the first film, an installment potentially titled ''Kaamelott: Resistance'', but hasn't decided on which kind of media he'll do it yet.

* BiologicalMashup: After discovering he has the title "the Boar of Cornwall" despite his name meaning "bear" ("sanglier" and "ours" respectively), Arthur orders Father Blaise to change it. He does not consider Arthur "half boar, half-bear" to be an improvement.

* BookEnds:

* FacePalm: Often. Mostly when Perceval opens his mouth.

-->I learned to read and believe me, I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

* BookEnds: The unofficial {{pilot}} for the series was a ShortFilm titled ''Dies iræ''. The last episode of Livre VI, closing the TV series, is titled "Dies iræ".

* QuestionableConsent: In one episode, Ygerne explains how Arthur is a ChildByRape: Uther used a shapeshifting potion to make her think he was her husband and have his way with her. Disturbingly, at the end of the episode, [[TheParagon Lancelot]] seems eager to try the trick with Guenièvre by turning into Arthur - and Merlin, despite having produced the first potion, thinks he only means to use it [[ComicallyMissesThePoint for general roleplaying fun]].

* BullyingADragon: The Witch Hunter whom, because of his religious fanaticism and his hatred toward magic, throughout the show attacks and/or tries to coerce/intimidate both Arthur and Merlin. Granted, the first is the most tolerant and liberal king in the world, and the latter is a rather IneptMage. Yet, bullying someone in charge of a country, invested of a holy mission by the gods, or a man with ''freaking magic powers'' is still a spectacularly bad idea.

** Loth once admitted he is behind almost every schemes and low blows in Britain for the last decades.

** Early in the series, Karadoc teaches Perceval his very personal strategy to avoid looking like a idiot when he doesn't understand what he's told or a complicated word shows up: answering a non-committal "That ain't wrong..." and letting his interlocutor assume he understood just fine. Given Perceval's utter stupidity, he uses it quite often... Expect it at least once in any conversation he has with anyone smarter than him (i.e. basically everyone).

* FunnyForeigner: The Burgundian king's whole characterization. He doesn't understand the local language, leading to misunderstandings and him parroting whatever dumb or mundane things other tells him. Not that it would change much if he'd understand since, according to his own interpret, he's quite dumb anyway. He's also gullible and easily manipulated.

* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: Almond paste (a Roman delicacy) is treated as very addictive for both Guenièvre and Bohort. Guenièvre confesses that the stuff was helping her cope with her dreary life, and she shows every symptoms of withdrawal when running out of it. Going as far as ''biting Arthur's hand'' when he offers her the last bit of almond paste he could find.

* PerpSweating: Bohort is subjected to this from Blaise and Arthur in episode "Le Donneur" ("The Snitch"), as he's trying to cover up Perceval and Karadoc's latest blunder.

** Also, the Witch Hunter, who, because of his fanaticism against magic, manages to [[BullyingADragon physically attack Arthur]] ''twice'': in one of the pilots, because Arthur's usage of Excalibur qualify as "magic usage" ("which is forbidden!"); and in Livre IV, when he ''demands'' Excalibur from Arthur because [[{{Hypocrite}} a magic sword given by Pagan Gods would be most useful to fight heretics]]. He ends up tied to his own stake.

* VetinariJobSecurity: When Arthur steps down from the throne of Britain, the knights find out handling the kingdom is more work that they can handle. It's noted he's actually done it once or twice before, reclaiming the sword every time and proving himself the rightful king.

* RoyalBastard: After giving up the throne, Arthur (himself an example, as in the myths) spends most of season 6 looking for any illegitimate children he might have sired, only to find they all died in infancy. This is what pushes him over the edge and he attempts suicide, although he's rescued in time.

--> ''Bohort:'' Don't go in there! [...] They say that where he walks, grass never grows back!
--> ''Arthur:'' There's no grass in my throne room.

-->'''Méléagant:''' Me, when I have nothing to do here anymore, I retire... Not one drop of water, not one ray of sunshine. I dry up from head to toe into a small corpse under a heap of leaves... Seasons come and go and ignore me... And then, one day, the raven says it's heard in the distance someone who begins to cry again. "Guenièvre! Guenièvre!" So I open one eye, I crawl, eating snow, licking stagnant water... And my enemies shudder, for when they see me drink, they know I have come back.

* BadassBoast: Méléagant (essentially Chaos made human) has a nice one in the beginning of Livre V.

* MyNaymeIs: The series spells it "Kaamelott" instead of the usual "Camelot". The extra T is there to avoid any mispronunciation as ''camelow'' by the French-speaking audience, and the extra A was added as a ShoutOut to the creator, '''A'''lexandre '''A'''stier.

'''Lot:''' I won't ever come back, let it be said, I'll do it, I'll stay home, ''[[PrecisionFStrike shit]]'', I've had enough...\\

* ParrotExposition: The Burgond king, once he "learns" to speak Briton, does this a lot. Arthur once manages to broker a peace treaty between Kaamelott, the Burgonds and their Viking allies by telling the Viking the Burgond agreed to give him his lands.

:: Also works as a HistoricalInJoke, as this probably refers to the creation of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Normandy Duchy of Normandy]]

** In one of the pilot episodes, "Les Funérailles d'Ulfin", Arthur is attending the funeral of an elderly noble... only to have the "dead guy" waking up (just as the pyre is being lighted) and asking what's going on. When he makes an unfortunate comment, Arthur is very tempted to put him ''back'' in the grave.

* DubNameChange: Subverted in that it's the original and not a dub, but of course, all the characters have the French version of their name. Guinevere/Guenièvre, Bors/Bohort, Leodagrance/Léodagan, Percival/Perceval, Gwaine/Gauvain, Ygraine/Ygerne... Karadoc is a dated translation of Galahad, however many doubt it'd be him, especially considering that [[AdaptationInducedPlothole Percival and he are the same age]]. Of course, the genealogy changes are fully embraced. Averted with some characters like Arthur, Lancelot, Merlin, Uther, the Lady of the Lake [[spoiler:(Vivian)]] or King Loth whose names are the same in both English and French, if pronounced differently.

** Perceval somehow manages to go around introducing himself as "Provençal le Gaulois" (Provençal the Gaul) instead of "Perceval le Gallois" (Percival of Wales).
--->'''Arthur:''' Doesn't even know his own name.

* MyNameIs: The series spells it "Kaamelott" instead of the usual "Camelot". The extra T is there to avoid any mispronunciation as ''camelow'' by the French-speaking audience, and the extra A was added as a ShoutOut to the creator, '''A'''lexandre '''A'''stier.

'''Loth:''' I won't ever come back, let it be said, I'll do it, I'll stay home, ''[[PrecisionFStrike shit]]'', I've had enough...\\