Line #12 Film/QuestForTheMightySword


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3	Written and directed by Creator/JoeDAmato, ''Quest For The Mighty Sword'' may be the most retitled fantasy film ever made. Alternatively released as ''Troll 3'', ''Ator 4'', ''The Lord of Akili'', ''The Hobgoblin'' (not to be confused with Rick Sloane's ''Film/HobGoblins''), and ''Ator 3: The Hobgoblin'', it is nominally a sequel to D'Amato's earlier fantasy films ''Film/AtorTheFightingEagle'' and ''Film/TheBladeMaster'', but doesn't seem to be connected to them apart from having a hero named Ator. It was reportedly made in protest of the third Ator movie, ''Iron Warrior,'' which was made without D'Amato's participation.
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5	''VERY'' loosely based on ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'', the movie opens in the kingdom of Lord Ator (Creator/EricAllanKramer), who swiftly sends away his son, Ator, and queen, Sunn, after having a premonition of his death. Lord Ator dies after the god Thorn tries to take back the CoolSword he gave Lord Ator. However, the sword is broken thanks to the efforts of the Valkyrie Dejanira, who fell in love with Ator. For this, she is imprisoned behind a wall of fire until the day a worthy mortal man can rescue her.
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7	18 years later, Ator The Younger (Also Creator/EricAllanKramer) frees himself from the bondage of his foster father, the dwarf Grindl, reforges the Blade of the Sacred Graal, and goes on a quest to rescue Dejanira and restore justice to the realm.
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9	It was famously reviewed in 2010 by WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob, as he unraveled the mystery of the three InNameOnly sequels to the original ''Film/Troll1986''. It also provides the clip for the "Rape Horn" running gag in the reviews of {{WebVideo/Phelous}}.
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12	!!This film provides examples of:
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14	* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The Blade of the Sacred Graal truly is a Mighty Sword!
15	* AchievementsInIgnorance: Ator somehow restores his sight after being blinded by Grindl and stumbles across the fragments of his father's broken sword.
16	* AncestralWeapon: The Blade of the Sacred Graal.
17	* BarbarianHero: Ator. Both of them.
18	* BrotherSisterIncest: Unfortunately implied by the source material (Sieglinde and Siegmund conceive Siegfried in ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'') and the fact that Lord Ator's wife Sunn is similar to the name of Ator's beloved, Sunya, in ''Film/AtorTheFightingEagle''. Granting that Ator and Sunya weren't blood relatives, it's still weird.
19	* TheChosenOne:
20	** Ator The Younger
21	** To a lesser degree, Lord Ator, who was implied to be chosen by the gods to rule his land until they changed their minds.
22	* CoolHelmet: Dejanira favors the classical winged-ears Valkyrie look.
23	* CoolSword: The Blade of the Sacred Graal.
24	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Several examples.
25	** The plot is a blatant ripoff of ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung''.
26	** Dejanira's name is taken from the Hercules legends rather than German mythology.
27	* FanDisservice: Sunn has to give herself to Grindl for him to agree to raise Ator.
28	* ForgedByTheGods: The Blade of the Sacred Graal.
29	* IdiotHero: In marked contrast to the Ator of ''Film/TheBladeMaster'', this Ator isn't exactly a rocket scientist.
30	* InNameOnly: It was released as ''Troll 3,'' because one of the goblin masks from ''Film/Troll2'' was recycled for Grindl's costume.
31	* LadyOfWar: Dejanira
32	* SwordAndSorcery

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