History Film / AKidInKingArthursCourt

A young kid, Calvin Fuller (Thomas Ian Nicholas) 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.

--->'''Blacksmith:''' How does a boy know so much?\\

* DevilInPlainSight: Lord Belasco. When a character is first introduced as the king's trusted and loyal adviser, and the ''very first shot'' of the movie that he's in shows him as a tall dark man with black robes, a black horse, black hair with white streaks, a sinister smile, and ominous background music, it's just insulting to our intelligence. He's like [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], except he's not hypnotizing the king, so the king really has no freaking excuse for trusting him.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Arthur has two daughters who are major characters.

* EvilChancellor: Lord Belasco. When a character is first introduced as the king's trusted and loyal adviser, and the very first shot of the movie that he's in shows him as a tall dark man with black robes, a black horse, black hair with white streaks, a sinister smile, and ominous background music, it's just insulting to our intelligence. He's like [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], except he's not hypnotizing the king, so the king really has no freaking excuse for trusting him.

** The film also subverts the trope, with Katy's older sister Princess Sarah. The viewer spends the entire movie believing that tomboyish Katy is the tough one of the pair, only to find out that [[spoiler:Sarah is the secret identity of the Black Knight, who has been fighting the enemy all along.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The two princesses; Katy is the tomboy who enjoys sword fighting and archery while Sarah is more interested in courtly things. [[spoiler: In truth, Sarah has actually been riding around the country in black armor doing knightly things instead.]]
%%* TotallyRadical: Some of Calvin's dialogue.
* WarriorPrincess: [[spoiler: Princess Sarah is the true identity of the Black Knight.]]

* ObviouslyEvil: Lord Belasco. When a character is first introduced as the king's trusted and loyal adviser, and the very first shot of the movie that he's in shows him as a tall dark man with black robes, a black horse, black hair with white streaks, a sinister smile, and ominous background music, it's just insulting to our intelligence. He's like [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], except he's not hypnotizing the king, so the king really has no freaking excuse for trusting him.

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

* BadassGrandpa: Arthur can still handle himself in a sword fight, despite his age.

* AdiposeRex: King Arthur

* AnachronismStew: Attempted for laughs and failed miserably.
* ArrangedMarriage: What Arthur is attempting to put together for his elder daughter Sarah.
* BadassGrandpa: Arthur
* BadassPrincess: [[spoiler: Princess Sarah.]] Princess Katy starts out this way before suffering one of the most ridiculous cases of {{Chickification}} you'll ever see anywhere.

* BlackKnight: He's a master jouster and gives to the people.

* {{Chickification}}: See FauxActionGirl below.
* 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. [[SarcasmMode You know, stuff that most kids bring to ball games.]]
* DeadAllAlong: Queen Guenivere. Katy says she died years ago.
* {{Disneyfication}}: Of Mark Twain's original novel. The book was a satire and GenreDeconstruction of Arthurian lore that ended on a pretty depressing note, with the protagonist having all his achievements undone, then losing his friends, family and mind before finally dying. In this film, almost the entire plot is thrown out in favor of a more conventional children's film with a hip, young protagonist, a Camelot that wouldn't be out of place in a theme park, and an unambiguously happy ending.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

* FauxActionGirl: The film provides us with a very ridiculous example of this trope with Princess Katy. In the training sequence she 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''.
** The same film also subverts the trope, however, with Katy's older sister Princess Sarah. The viewer spends the entire movie believing that tomboyish Katy is the tough one of the pair, only to find out that [[spoiler:Sarah is the secret identity of the Black Knight, who has been fighting the enemy all along.]]

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Sister]]: Katy is abducted on Lord Belasco's orders, so he can both make Arthur get rid of Calvin and force Sarah to agree to marry him. Of course, when Arthur and Calvin show up with the unharmed Katy, this doesn't work.
* IdiotBall: Once Arthur learns Belasco schemes to usurp the throne; rather than have Belasco thrown in the dungeon, Arthur lets Belasco go free until the tournament.
** Somewhat justified in that Belasco had become a major power in the kingdom whom many of the soldiers followed instead of the king. Throwing him in the dungeon was politically risky so he had to let Belasco disgrace himself.
* TheLadysFavour: Not quite played straight. Sarah and Calvin are initially the only ones who know that Katy has been kidnapped. Sarah urges him to go to Arthur and tell him what's happened and who is responsible, as she feels Arthur is Katy's only hope. She gives Calvin her handkerchief to give to her father, so that he will know Calvin was sent by her and is telling the truth.
* ALittleSomethingWeCallRockAndRoll: Played straight with Calvin's Discman.
** Then subverted later when he pulls it out again, only to use the lens inside to reflect light and blind a guard.
** What does he use when challenged to combat? "[[ThePowerOfRock I choose...]] [[Music/TheClash Combat Rock!]]" Cue guards holding their ears while Calvin rocks out.

* SamusIsAGirl: See SelfProclaimedKnight.
* SaveThePrincess

* SpiritAdvisor: Merlin, who appears only as a reflection in a well and only speaks to Calvin. It's not clear what happened to him or if he's dead; he's just said to have disappeared a long time ago.
* ThatPoorCat: When Calvin fires an arrow through a window by accident
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The two princesses.
* TotallyRadical: Some of Calvin's dialogue.

* ALittleSomethingWeCallRockAndRoll: Played straight with Calvin's Discman.
** Then subverted later when he pulls it out again, only to use the lens inside to reflect light and blind a guard.
** What does he use when challenged to combat? "[[ThePowerOfRock I choose...]] [[Music/TheClash Combat Rock!]]" Cue guards holding their ears while Calvin rocks out.

* BadassPrincess: [[spoiler: Princess Sarah]]. Princess Katy starts out this way before suffering one of the most ridiculous cases of {{Chickification}} you'll ever see anywhere.

* FauxActionGirl: The film provides us with a very ridiculous example of this trope with Princess Katy. In the training sequence she is shown to be an excellent swordswoman, archer and horse rider, 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''.

* IdiotBall: Once Arthur learns Belasco schemes to usurp the throne; rather than have Belasco thrown in the dungeon. Arthur lets Belasco go free until the tournament.
** Somewhat justified that by now Belasco was a major power in the kingdom whom many of the soldiers followed instead of the king. Throwing him in the dungeon was politcally risky so he had to let Belasco discrage himself.

* LoserProtagonist: Calvin starts the film this way; at the baseball game just before the earthquake, he is so intimidated by the flying fastballs that he doesn't even swing, and strikes out without moving a muscle. It's implied that this is not unusual for his character. Naturally, during his time in Camelot, he [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and returns to his own time to lead his team to victory.
* ObviouslyEvil: Lord Belasco. When a character is first introduced as the king's trusted and loyal adviser, and the very first shot of the movie that he's in shows him as a tall dark man with black robes, a black horse, black hair with white streaks, a sinister smile, and ominous background music, it's just insulting to our intelligence. He's like Jafar, except he's not hypnotizing the king, so the king really has no freaking excuse for trusting him.

* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:Sarah]] is the Black Knight.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Inverted with Princess Sarah's two known suitors, as the nasty Lord Belasco is dark haired while the good Master Cain is blond.

* 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 80's and 90's before commercial breaks.

A young kid, Calvin Fuller (Thomas Ian Nicholas) 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 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.

** What does he use when challenged to combat? "[[ThePowerOfRock I choose...]] [[TheClash Combat Rock!]]" Cue guards holding their ears while Calvin rocks out.

A 1995 film based loosely on ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt''.

A young kid, Calvin Fuller (Thomas Ian Nicholas) 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 King Arthur. 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.

Has a sequel entitled ''A Kid In Aladdin's Palace''.

** Then Subverted later when he pulls it out again, only to use the lens inside to reflect light and blind a guard.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: CNN did have little trivia tidbits back in the 80's and 90's before commercial breaks.

* BadassPrincess: [[spoiler: Princess Sarah]]. Princess Katie starts out this way before suffering one of the most ridiculous cases of {{Chickification}} you'll ever see anywhere.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Inverted with Princess Sarah's two suitors as the nasty Lord Belasco is dark haired while the good Master Cane is blond.
* CallBack: At the start Calvin's coach tells him to remember three things but then lists four things instead. When Calvin starts training with Master Cane, he says the same thing.

* FauxActionGirl: The film provides us with a very ridiculous example of this trope with Princess Katie. In the training sequence she is shown to be an excellent swordswoman, archer and horse rider, 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 swordfighting for a couple of days) and Katie (who is young, fast and has trained swordfighting all her life). Arthur and Calvin fight and kill the mooks while Katie, who really should be "...able to take care of herself" gets kidnapped again.
** The same film also subverts the trope, however, with Katie's older sister Princess Sarah. The viewer spends the entire movie believing that tomboyish Katie is the tough one of the pair, only to find out that [[spoiler: Sarah is the secret identity of the Black Knight, who has been fighting the enemy all along.]]

* SelfProclaimedKnight: The master jouster Black Knight is revealed to be [[spoiler:[[SamusIsAGirl Princess Sara]]!]]

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Princess Sarah.

* HairOfGold: Princess Sarah.

A 1995 film based loosely on ''AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt''.

* LesYay: Between the princesses.