History Film / AKidInKingArthursCourt

* Foreshadowing: Calvin first arrives in Medieval England by being dropped on top of the Black Knight, who is being chased down by Belasco and his guards. When Belasco brings Calvin to King Arthur and his daughters in his castle, accusing him for helping the Black Knight escape, Princess Sarah briefly looks at Calvin before her father Arthur and her sister Princess Katy get to know who he is, implying that she has seen him before. [[spoiler: This is because the Black Knight was actually Sarah the whole time.]]

* HeroicBSOD: According to Princess Katy, Arthur suffered something like this after Guenivere died; she says that her father has never been the same since.

A young kid, Calvin Fuller (Creator/ThomasIanNicholas) is playing a baseball game when an earthquake opens up a rift in the ground and transports him to the 6th century, where he meets up with Myth/KingArthur. He also encounters the spirit of Merlin, who confirms that it was his magic which pulled Calvin back to Camelot. There are a lot of problems afoot, and Merlin will only send Calvin home if he puts things back to rights. Along the way, he falls in love with one of King Arthur's daughters, tosses off a lot of anachronisms, and ends up getting transported back to his baseball game.

** Played straight with Princess Katy; In the training sequence is shown to be an excellent swordswoman, archer, and horsewoman; thus she should be able to take care of herself. Except, then she gets kidnapped by some mooks, in broad daylight, and needs to be rescued by Calvin and King Arthur. A fight begins. Now on the good guys' side we have Arthur (a very old man), Calvin (a nerd who fails at baseball and has only trained in swordplay for a couple of days) and Katy (who is young, fast, and has trained in swordplay all her life). Arthur and Calvin fight and kill the mooks while Katy, who really should be "...able to take care of herself," gets kidnapped ''again''.

* IntimateHairBrushing: Older sister Sarah brushes younger sister Katie's hair before bed; it's their gossip time.

* MalingeringRomancePloy: Calvin is knocked from his horse during jousting training. He pretends to be more injured than he is so Princess Katie will fawn over him, and even manages to sneak in a kiss.

A young kid, Calvin Fuller (Creator/ThomasIanNicholas) is playing a baseball game when an earthquake opens up a rift in the ground and transports him to the 6th century, where he meets up with Myth/KingArthur. He also encounters the spirit of Merlin, who confirms that it was his magic which pulled Calvin back to Camelot. There are a lot of problems afoot, and Merlin will only send Calvin home if he puts things back to rights. Along the way, he falls in love with one of King Arthur's daughters, tosses off a lot of anachronisms in failed attempts to be funny and ends up getting transported back to his baseball game.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Calvin claims that he knows about Arthur's sword Excalibur because "I watch a lot of CNN." CNN did have little trivia tidbits back in the '80s and '90s before commercial breaks.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Luckily, right before the earthquake swallows him whole, Calvin grabs his backpack. Even more luckily, said backpack just happens to contain a number of items he will need on his adventure, like a flashlight and a Swiss army knife. Why would he bring those things to a baseball game?

* ArrangedMarriage: Arthur is attempting to put together a marriage for his elder daughter Sarah, which distresses her because she already has a guy in mind. [[spoiler: When the Black Knight reveals himself ''as'' Sarah, Arthur gives his blessing to her choice.]]

Has a rather obscure direct-to-video sequel entitled ''A Kid In Aladdin's Palace''.

** Played straight with Princess Katy; In the training sequence is shown to be an excellent swordswoman, archer, and horsewoman; thus she should be "of course, able to take care of herself". Except, then she gets kidnapped by some mooks, in broad daylight, and needs to be rescued by Calvin and King Arthur. A fight begins. Now on the good guys' side we have Arthur (a very old man), Calvin (a nerd who fails at baseball and has only trained in swordplay for a couple of days) and Katy (who is young, fast, and has trained in swordplay all her life). Arthur and Calvin fight and kill the mooks while Katy, who really should be "...able to take care of herself," gets kidnapped ''again''.

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