History TearJerker / Excalibur

* Perceval -- he is the lowest born of the knights, a peasant, and has to strive to prove himself amongst the Knights but does it magnificently, showing that he is the most faithful and true among them. And he is [[LastOfHisKind the only one of Arthur's court to survive]]; he must feel a loneliness incomparable as Arthur sails away. In many ways, he is a metaphor for the common folk, loyal and true, who goes on to survives on to spread Arthur's legend down the ages.

* Kay...just Kay. Refreshingly, Kay is [[AdaptationalNiceGuy a loyal and good fellow in this adaption]] rather than the traditional boorish jerk - the love between Arthur and Kay through the film is clear even though they have no blood. Kay is steadfast to Arthur even through the dark years of Arthur's depression. Their most touching scene is where on the night before the final battle Kay and Arthur discuss how Merlin appeared to them in dreams; Kay says that Merlin told him he would fight valiantly tomorrow. The two just embrace.

* Perceval - he is the lowest born of the knights, a peasant, and has to strive to prove himself amongst the Knights but does it magnificently, showing that he is the most faithful and true among them. And he is [[LastOfHisKind the only one of Arthur's court to survive]]; he must feel a loneliness incomparable as Arthur sails away. In many ways, he is a metaphor for the common folk, loyal and true, who goes on to survives on to spread Arthur's legend down the ages.

** Adds a whole new layer of tearjerk when you realise Arthur believes even when he is dead his spirit will have some sort of duty of being a reminder to people of the future, and only after a perfect world is achieved and he is forgotten can they be together - and they never will, as in most versions of the Legend Arthur is taken off to 'sleep' after Camlann and recover from his wounds, for the day the British Isles are in their worst peril so he can rise again.

* Kay...just Kay. Refreshingly, Kay is a loyal and good fellow in this adaption rather than the traditional boorish jerk - the love between Arthur and Kay through the film is clear even though they have no blood. Kay is steadfast to Arthur even through the dark years of Arthur's depression. Their most touching scene is where on the night before the final battle Kay and Arthur discuss how Merlin appeared to them in dreams; Kay says that Merlin told him he would fight valiantly tomorrow. The two just embrace.

* The death of Uryens, the very man who knighted Arthur after initially opposing him with extreme prejudice, and then years later beaten to death and literally stabbed in the back with a spear by Arthur's evil bastard son Mordred. What makes it even more heartbreaking is to hear him defiantly scream '''NEVER!!!''' when Mordred offers to spare him if he renounces Arthur. And then before he dies he encourages Perceval not to give up the quest.

* Perceval - he is the lowest born of the knights, a peasant, and has to strive to prove himself amongst the Knights but does it magnificently, showing that he is the most faithful and true among them. And he is the only one of Arthur's court to survive; he must feel a loneliness incomparable as Arthur sails away. In many ways, he is a metaphor for the common folk, loyal and true, who goes on to survives on to spread Arthur's legend down the ages.

* Lancelot's death scene where, after helping defeat the forces of Mordred, poor old Lancelot (who is dying from an old self-inflicted nightmare injury and is still full of shame and guilt and regret over betraying Arthur's trust years earlier) begs Arthur to forgive him for the betrayal so he can at least die a Knight of the Round Table (which is his only salvation) and, before dying, stops to ask Arthur if Guinevere is Queen again (he still cared about her after all those years). Arthur forgives Lancelot and tells him Guinevere is in fact Queen again - she isn't, she's a nun, but it's a beautiful gesture that helps Lancelot to die with his mind at ease. It's certainly a far more satisfying end than the traditional tale that Lancelot dies a monk.

* Perceval - he is lowest born of the knights, a peasant, and has to strive to prove himself amongst the Knights but does it magnificently, showing that he is the most faithful and true. And he is the only one of Arthur's court to survive; he must feel a loneliness incomparable as Arthur sails away. In many ways, he is a metaphor for the common folk, loyal and true, who goes on to survives on to spread Arthur's legend down the ages.

* Perceval - he is lowest born of the knights, a peasant, and has to strive to prove himself amongst the Knights but does it magnificently, showing that he is the most faithful and true. And he is the only one of Arthur's court to survive; he must feel a loneliness incomparable as Arthur sails away. In many ways, he is a metaphor for the common folk, loyal and true, who goes on to survives on to spread Arthur's legend down the ages.

!!Comic Book

* Brian's struggles with alcoholism are rendered very realistically, and the effects it has on him and those around him are heart-breaking.
* Issue 62 is particularly heart-breaking, with Alistaire Stuart, Chief Science Officer of W.H.O. (Weird Happenings Organisation, a chronically underfunded British version of UNIT) being captured by RCX (Resources Control Executive - like a British Weapon X). He encounters one of the Warpies (children mutated by Jim Jaspers' [[RealityWarper reality warp)]] a dying telepathic child called Beetroot, and gets Beetroot's entire tragic life story via an accidental psychic link - at first, happy and loved with his mother, then taken away after she vanishes, kept in an orphanage where he makes friends, before they fall under the protection of Betsy and Brian Braddock, who care for them, before being taken away. Beetroot's safe haven is then destroyed, his friends are dead and gone, and he's found by RCX, who take him for horrific medical experimentation. And remember, this is a ''child'', who going by his appearance, can't be more than six years old. In the space of six pages, the issue creates a tragedy more impactful than the death of a mere RedShirt, proves that RCX are evil and WouldHurtAChild, and makes it entirely believable when Stuart goes into a tearful berserk rage.
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* Issue 62 is particularly heart-breaking, with Alistaire Stuart, Chief Science Officer of W.H.O. (Weird Happenings Organisation, a chronically underfunded British version of UNIT) being captured by RCX (Resources Control Executive - like a British Weapon X). He encounters one of the Warpies (children mutated by Jim Jaspers' [[RealityWarper reality warp)]] a dying telepathic child called Beetroot, and accidentally makes psychic contact, getting Beetroot's entire tragic life story - at first, happy and loved with his mother, then taken away after she vanishes, kept in an orphanage where he makes friends, before they fall under the protection of Betsy and Brian Braddock, who care for them, before being taken away. Beetroot's safe haven is then destroyed, his friends are dead and gone, and he's found by RCX, who take him for horrific medical experimentation. And remember, this is a ''child'', who going by his appearance, can't be more than six years old. In the space of six pages, the issue creates a tragedy more impactful than the death of a mere RedShirt, and proves that RCX are evil and WouldHurtAChild.

* Issue 62 is particularly heart-breaking, with Alistaire Stuart, Chief Science Officer of W.H.O. (Weird Happenings Organisation, a chronically underfunded British version of UNIT) being captured by RCX (Resources Control Executive - like a British Weapon X). He encounters one of the Warpies (children mutated by Jim Jaspers' [[RealityWarper reality warp)]] a dying telepathic child called Beetroot, and accidentally makes psychic contact, getting Beetroot's entire tragic life story - at first, happy and loved with his mother, then taken away after she vanishes, kept in an orphanage where he makes friends, before they fall under the protection of Betsy and Brian Braddock, who care for and look after them, before they're taken away, and Beetroot's safe haven is destroyed, his friends are dead and gone, and he's found by RCX, who take him for horrific medical experimentation. And remember, this is a ''child'', who going by his appearance, can't be more than six years old. In the space of six pages, the issue creates a tragedy, and makes Beetroot and his death much more than a mere RedShirt death to prove that RCX are evil and WouldHurtAChild.

* Issue 62 is particularly heart-breaking, with Alistaire Stuart, Chief Science Officer of W.H.O. (Weird Happenings Organisation, a chronically underfunded British version of UNIT) being captured by RCX (Resources Control Executive - like a British Weapon X). He encounters a dying telepathic child called Beetroot, and accidentally makes psychic contact, getting Beetroot's entire tragic life story - at first, happy and loved with his mother, then taken away after she vanishes, kept in an orphanage where he makes friends, before they fall under the protection of Betsy and Brian Braddock, who care for and look after them, before they're taken away, and Beetroot's safe haven is destroyed, his friends are dead and gone, and he's found by RCX, who take him for horrific medical experimentation. And remember, this is a ''child'', who going by his appearance, can't be more than six years old. In the space of six pages, the issue creates a tragedy, and makes Beetroot and his death much more than a mere RedShirt death to prove that RCX are evil and WouldHurtAChild.

* Perceval - he is lowest born of the knights, a peasant, and has to strive to prove himself amongst the Knights but does it magnificently, showing that he is the most faithful and true. And he is the only one of Arthur's court to survive; he must feel a loneliness incomparable as Arthur sails away. In many ways, he is a metaphor for the common folk, loyal and true, who goes on to survives on to spread Arthur's legend down the ages.