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''King Arthur's Disasters'' (2005-2006) is a British cartoon about King Arthur but having ''very'' little to do with actual Myth/ArthurianLegend, it features the voices of Rik "Series/TheYoungOnes" Mayall, Matt "Series/LittleBritain" Lucas, Phil "Series/SaturdayNightLive" Cornwell, and [[Creator/MorwennaBanks Morwenna]] "Reeves and Mortimer" Banks. It aired on children's channel {{Creator/CITV}} and {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} UK.

King Arthur loves Princess Guinevere, unfortunately she's a RichBitch and he's a complete ''moron'' (in fact no one in this show is very bright). His attempts to woo her (usually by being sent on some deadly FetchQuest by her) are aided by Merlin, a nervous wizard who [[OnlySaneMan tries in vain]] to stop Arthur from going through with these promises. Arthur is opposed by two wayward Knights, Lancelot and Martyn and [[TheDitz eternally cheerful but dim]] Myth/RobinHood and his ever suffering Merry Men and Women (well, Woman).

Of course even if Arthur gets the item Guinevere requested [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption she never returns his affections]]. The show is StrictlyFormula but the gags are good enough to maintain it anyway.
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!!''King Arthur's Disasters'' provides examples of:
%% * AmbiguouslyGay: Robin Hood.
%% ** Robin Hood and William Tell in "The Ice Palace."
* AnachronismStew: Played for humor; for example, in one episode King Arthur and Merlin land on the moon.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In one episode, Petal's sister Tatiana shows a deep concern for her apes, which are drawn with tails. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when King Arthur states that whales aren't fish; they're mammals.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Arthur speaks fake Japanese to Sir Martin, much to his dismay.
%% * BearsAreBadNews
* BrainwashedBride: Arthur tries to use a potion created by Merlin to make Guinevere marry him, but accidentally enchants Petal instead.
%% * ButtMonkey: Arthur, Robin Hood, Lancelot, Martin and generally most characters.
%% * ChewToy: See ButtMonkey.
* CircusEpisode: In "Circus Calamity", Guinevere needs a temporary chaperone and King Arthur and Merlin travel to Baden-Baden to fetch Petal's cousin, Tatiana, a trapeze artist at Countess Griselda's International Circus.
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: From Merlin [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F79GVTK57Mk as seen here.]] (Don't worry: it's safe for work.)
* CurseCutShort: "With all his troubles in the past/King Arthur sat down on his-"(gets trampled by horses)
%% * DeadpanSnarker: King Arthur and Lancelot.
%% * TheDitz: Robin Hood.
* EstrogenBrigade: An in-universe example: Lancelot has his own little group of fangirls following him around in "Mission: Implausable" and "The Yodeling Dolphin of Kirkwall."
%% * FailureIsTheOnlyOption
* FetchQuest: While having no intentions of actually marrying Arthur, Guinevere uses her hold over him to will him into finding her the things she desires; water from the fountain of youth, a winter palace, a golden bear, and so on.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Happens to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyud-fnaSQY Arthur and Guinevere]] in the episode "King Guinevere", when Merlin's magic goes astray.
* {{Gonk}}: Petal, Lady Griselda and one time character Rachel. Morgan Le Fay certainly counts. Also the old lady seen flirting with Lancelot at the beginning of "The Yodeling Dolphin of Kirkwall."
* GroupieBrigade: Lancelot has his own little group of fangirls following him around in "Mission: Implausible" and "The Yodeling Dolphin of Kirkwall".
%% * HarmlessVillain: Lancelot, Martyn and Robin Hood.
%% * HavingAGayOldTime: "Oh Blow!" That is all.
* HopelessSuitor: Even if Arthur was not a short and rather unpleasant little man, he would have no chance with Guinevere, due to the Lady herself being very self centred and spoiled, and is clearly sending the king on borderline impossible tasks to either get rid of him or just to fufill whatever desire she currently has.
* IneptMage: Merlin. Just about every attempt to cast a spell goes humorously astray.
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Sir Martyn is portrayed as being a Japanese samurai. Then again, his full name is Sir Martyn the May Tin Gong which sounds Chinese. Phonetically at least, it sounds a lot like Sir Martyn's calling himself "Before the Sky's Bright".
* ISeeLondon: Happens with one of the Merlin clones in one episode when he is dancing.
* LovePotion: In "The Surprise Quest", Arthur's loyal magician, Merlin, has discovered a potion which makes the person you give it to fall head-over-heels in love with you. Arthur plans to catapult the potion at Guinevere so she'll finally marry him, but he accidentally hits her chaperon, Petal.
* {{MacGuffin}}: Usually Arthur has to get Guinevere one of these to woo her.
%% * MrFanservice: Lancelot.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Robin Hood's voice is Phil Cornwell doing his best Tony Blackburn.
%% * NoFourthWall: "Great. I'm a cartoon bear!"
* OncePerEpisode: Arthur goes on a FetchQuest for Guinevere.
* OnlySaneMan: Merlin, not that Merlin is particularly sane. He's just more ''sensible'' than everyone else.
%% * RichBitch: Guinevere.
* SecondLawOfGenderBending: Shades of this in "King Guinevere". When Arthur and Guinevere [[FreakyFridayFlip swap bodies]], Guinevere hates every moment in his body while Arthur doesn't seem to mind being her (though in fairness he clearly got the better deal in that exchange.)
-->'''Merlin:''' Unless we return to Camelot immediately you will have to wear dresses, high heels and makeup FOREVER!
-->'''Arthur-in-Guinevere:''' 'And that's a problem?'
* SecretIdentity: 'Sir Margaret', the most capable knight (indeed most capable character generally) is clearly really Lady M, Arthur's sister. Naturally, no one ever realises this.
* ShoutOut: More than a few. Not least of which is Pedro, a Spanish donkey seller dressed like [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] who sells Arthur a [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Donkey named Kong]], and even [[SuddenVideoGameMoment does the classic jumping pose and "coin-collecting" sound]] when Merlin pays him for it. Amusingly, Rik Mayall actually did a lot of adverts for Nintendo back in the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] era.
** In one episode, King Arthur must fight against multiple characters in Mortal Combat. This is a clear reference to a popular fighting game.​
%% * StrictlyFormula
* ThickLineAnimation: In fact, to some extent it feels like a Creator/ButchHartman show (if he'd been British).
* TheUnintelligible: Splag, Arthur's only loyal knight, who is a stocky brute capable of only monosyllabic grunts.
* UnusualEuphemism: Lancelot's catchphrase "Oh, Blow!" But Americans most likely see this [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage as something else...]]
%% * UpperclassTwit: Guinevere
* WilliamTelling: King Arthur becomes the target for one of these in "The Ice Palace". He has to stand with an apple on his head and be shot at in turn by Myth/RobinHood, Myth/WilliamTell and Sir Maragaret.

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