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* AsYouKnow: When they first realize Sir Thomas is Edward, Prince of Wales, Chaucer goes on about his ruthlessness and skill in battle at some length before an annoyed Watt cuts him off with, "We're English, Geoff, we know who he is!"
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** At the start of the film, Roland explains jousting scoring to William (who is posing as the recently-deceased Sir Ector for his final tilt), and William scolds him for explaining things he already knows:
--->'''Roland:''' He needs three points to beat you, so a broken lance won't win it for him. He has to knock you off the horse.
--->'''William:''' ''[annoyed]'' I know how to score, Roland.
*** Especially since Wat ''already'' explained the scoring at the very start of the film!
---->'''Wat:''' Three scores to none after two lances. All Sir Ector needs to do is not fall off his horse, and we've won!
** When they first realize Sir Thomas is Edward, Prince of Wales, Chaucer goes on about his ruthlessness and skill in battle at some length before an annoyedWatt Wat cuts him off with, "We're English, Geoff, we know who he is!"
** At the start of the film, Roland explains jousting scoring to William (who is posing as the recently-deceased Sir Ector for his final tilt), and William scolds him for explaining things he already knows:
--->'''Roland:''' He needs three points to beat you, so a broken lance won't win it for him. He has to knock you off the horse.
--->'''William:''' ''[annoyed]'' I know how to score, Roland.
*** Especially since Wat ''already'' explained the scoring at the very start of the film!
---->'''Wat:''' Three scores to none after two lances. All Sir Ector needs to do is not fall off his horse, and we've won!
** When they first realize Sir Thomas is Edward, Prince of Wales, Chaucer goes on about his ruthlessness and skill in battle at some length before an annoyed
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The movie The Knights Tale is *not* based on "The Knight's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales. It only borrows the title.
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''A Knight's Tale'' is a 2001 GenreBusting medieval sports romantic comedy film written and directed by Creator/BrianHelgeland. Loosely based on the first story from Creator/GeoffreyChaucer's ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'', it stars Creator/HeathLedger, Creator/RufusSewell, and Creator/ShannynSossamon, with a supporting cast including Creator/AlanTudyk, Creator/MarkAddy, Creator/JamesPurefoy, Creator/LauraFraser, and Creator/PaulBettany as Chaucer himself.
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''A Knight's Tale'' is a 2001 GenreBusting medieval sports romantic comedy
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* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Chaucer says he'll write a story about the events in the film, an allusion to ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. He also threatens a pardoner and summoner by saying he'll immortalize them as fools in his work; The Pardoner's Tale and The Summoner's Tale are indeed portions of ''Canterbury.''
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* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Chaucer says he'll write a story about the events in the film, an allusion to ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. He also threatens a pardoner and summoner by saying he'll immortalize them as fools in his work; The "The Pardoner's Tale Tale" and The "The Summoner's Tale Tale" are indeed portions two of ''Canterbury.''the ''Canterbury Tales''. Despite what Chaucer's announcements seem to imply, the movie is not related to the "Knight's Tale" authored by the real Chaucer.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The movie borows its name from "The Knight's Tale" contained in Creator/GeoffreyChaucer's ''Literature/CanterburyTales''. Maybe as a nod to that connection, the movie has a young Geoffrey Chaucer appear in a supporting role. The movie's plot is completely dissimilar to Chaucer's "Knight's Tale", though.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The movie borows its name from "The Knight's Tale" contained in Creator/GeoffreyChaucer's ''Literature/CanterburyTales''.''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. Maybe as a nod to that connection, the movie has a young Geoffrey Chaucer appear in a supporting role. The movie's plot is completely dissimilar to Chaucer's "Knight's Tale", though.
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* IllKillYou: One of the things Wat screams as he's kicking Sir Ector's corpse at the beginning. "If you're dead, I'll kill you!"
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* IllKillYou: One of the things Wat screams as he's kicking Sir Ector's corpse at the beginning. "If you're you wasn't dead, I'll I would kill you!"
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** William is trying to write a love letter to Jocelyn with the group's help, and has no idea how to express how much he misses her. Wat suggests, "How about her breasts? You miss them."
-->'''Geoffrey:''' You could... I would tend to look ''above'' her breasts.\\
'''William:''' I miss her throat?
-->'''Geoffrey:''' You could... I would tend to look ''above'' her breasts.\\
'''William:''' I miss her throat?
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''A Knight's Tale'' is a 2001 GenreBusting medieval sports romantic comedy film written and directed by Creator/BrianHelgeland. It Loosely based on the first story from Creator/GeoffreyChaucer's ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'', it stars Creator/HeathLedger, Creator/RufusSewell, and Creator/ShannynSossamon, with a supporting cast including Creator/AlanTudyk, Creator/MarkAddy, Creator/JamesPurefoy, Creator/LauraFraser, and Creator/PaulBettany as the author Creator/GeoffreyChaucer.
Chaucer himself.
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* CheatersNeverProsper: Sir Adhemar is an excellent jouster and defeats Will easily the first time they tilt against each other, with Will lampshading that Adhemar is the only real opponent he has to beat. [[spoiler:So naturally, when he finally resorts to cheating with a tipped lance against Will, it's the first time he loses.]]
* DownToTheLastPlay: The final joust, of course, as befits a sports movie. [[spoiler:William loses the first two rounds and gets wounded so badly he has to take off his armor and have his lance strapped to his arm, meaning he'll either be the first person to unhorse Count Adhemar or die trying. Of course, he makes it.]]
* OrbitalKiss: Played with. [[spoiler:William and Jocelyn's]] BigDamnKiss in the finale is shot like one, but the camera doesn't actually go all the way around: it just turns while the two do a TwirlOfLove in the opposite direction to complete the shot.
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* PurpleProse: Geoffrey Chaucer's job.
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* PurpleProse: Geoffrey Chaucer's job. It occasionally gets so purple that he just gets dead silence since no one knows what he's saying..
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Edward, Prince of Wales.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Sir Adhemar runs afoul of this (though it's still a prestigious position in its own right) because [[spoiler: of his refusal to joust against Prince Edward]].
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Sir Adhemar runs afoul of this (though it's still a prestigious position in its own right) because [[spoiler: of his refusal to joust against Prince Edward]].
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Edward, Prince of Wales.
Wales, and consummate WarriorPrince who bonds with William over really, really liking a good fight.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Sir Adhemar runs afoul of this (though it's still a prestigious position in its own right) because [[spoiler: of his refusal to joust against Prince Edward]]. His mercenerary company is called to the front lines, which is a great honor but also means he can't fight tournaments.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Sir Adhemar runs afoul of this (though it's still a prestigious position in its own right) because [[spoiler: of his refusal to joust against Prince Edward]]. His mercenerary company is called to the front lines, which is a great honor but also means he can't fight tournaments.
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* TheTourney: Central to the plot.plot, replacing the usual competitions for a sports movie.
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* TrappedByGamblingDebts: Geoffrey Chaucer.
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* TrappedByGamblingDebts: Geoffrey Chaucer.Chaucer is introduced naked because he gambled his clothes away, and then once they arrive at the first tournament almost immediately loses his clothes again ''and'' gets stuck in ten gold florins besides that. William offering to cover his debt earns him Chaucer's UndyingLoyalty, and he swears it off....except for one more bet in a tavern, as a matter of national pride.
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* WorkingClassHero: William Thatcher, a peasant squire who tricks his way into competing with the noble knights. Unlike most examples, [[spoiler:he doesn't have the support of the other peasants at first (they're quick to shame him in the pillory along with everyone else), but Geoffrey Chaucer's RousingSpeech at the final match wins their approval and has them yelling his name.]]
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* HonorBeforeReason: When [[spoiler:Will is exposed, all of his friends urge him to run while he still can, with Jocelyn even saying that she'll be happy to live a poor farmer's life with him. But Will is a knight, and he won't withdraw for anything, so he shows up anyway and lets them arrest him. Fortunately, it works out: Prince Edward was so impressed by his dedication that he knighted him for it, letting him compete as himself.]]
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* SecretLegacy: Invoked, though actually averted. [[spoiler:Since he wouldn't be allowed to knight William otherwise, Prince Edward declares that his personal historians have found out that William is actually a descendant of an ancient royal line. Nobody buys it and he doesn't expect them to, but he's the Prince and they can't contradict him.]]
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* DropTheHammer: When [[spoiler:William is arrested and put in the pillory]] and his TrueCompanions arrive to support him, Kate brings her blacksmith's hammer. From her body language, it's quite clear she's prepared to use it to defend Will if necessary.
* EvilGloating: Adhemar has a real penchant for this. [[spoiler:After he exposes Will as a FakeAristocrat, Adhemar meets him in his prison cell to gloat about it and how it didn't matter, because he couldn't have beaten a real noble anyway. There's no reason for him to do this other than he can.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Adhemar, upon first meeting William, immediately insults him several times and he just gets worse from there. They seem to have even gone out of their way to make him completely utterly unlikeable.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Adhemar, upon first meeting William, immediately insults him several times and he just gets worse from there. They seem to have even gone out of their way to make him completely utterly unlikeable. unlikable
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* WarriorPrince: Prince Edward gets mentioned and his campaigns for England.
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* WarriorPrince: Prince Edward gets mentioned is a minor character and his campaigns for England.England are mentioned. He likes to joust in secret, and Will being willing to go up against him despite his rank earns his admiration.
* WeaponsOfTheirTrade: When [[spoiler:William is arrested and put in the pillory]] and his TrueCompanions arrive to support him, Kate brings her blacksmith's hammers. From her body language, it's quite clear she's prepared to use it to defend Will if necessary.
* WeaponsOfTheirTrade: When [[spoiler:William is arrested and put in the pillory]] and his TrueCompanions arrive to support him, Kate brings her blacksmith's hammers. From her body language, it's quite clear she's prepared to use it to defend Will if necessary.
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* BlasphemousBoast: PlayedForLaughs. The Frenchmen trying to get Wat, Roland, and Kate to join their bet with Chaucer in Paris start goading them with TrashTalk. One goes too far for Roland when he says an English knight won't win because the Pope is French. Roland angrily retorts with the absurd but hilarious line, "Well, the Pope may be French, but Jesus is English!"
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-->'''Chaucer''': She's here...and so is your father.
-->''(William sees Jocelyn and his father in the stands and turns back to Adhemar with newfound steely resolve)''
-->'''William''': Let's dance, you and I.
-->''(William sees Jocelyn and his father in the stands and turns back to Adhemar with newfound steely resolve)''
-->'''William''': Let's dance, you and I.
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-->'''Chaucer''': She's here...and so is your father.
-->''(Williamfather.\\
''(William sees Jocelyn and his father in the stands and turns back to Adhemar with newfound steelyresolve)''
-->'''William''':resolve)''\\
'''William''': Let's dance, you and I.
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'''William''': Let's dance, you and I.
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'''Chaucer:''' ... Have been found wanting. [[note]]Taken from Daniel 5:27 in the Bible.[[/note]]\\
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'''Chaucer:''' ... Have been found wanting. [[note]]Taken from Daniel 5:27 in the Bible.[[/note]]\\
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The movie borows its name from "The Knight's Tale" contained in Creator/GeoffreyChaucer's ''Literature/CanterburyTales''. Maybe as a nod to that connection, the movie has a young Geoffrey Chaucer appear in a supporting role. The movie's plot is completely dissimilar to Chaucer's "Knight's Tale", though.
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* ProchronicProduct: Kate, the group's blacksmith, is suggested to have developed a version of the Bessemer process for steelmaking in the middle of the 14th century, allowing her to forge William a suit of plate armor much lighter than any other knight has.
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* HeroicSecondWind: After two rounds in the final against Adhemar, William is struggling to stay conscious thanks to [[spoiler: an illegally-tipped lance embedded in his shoulder]] or can barely hold his lance, with Adhemar gloating to William's face about his inevitable victory. Then Chaucer runs over with news for William:
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* HeroicSecondWind: After two rounds in the final against Adhemar, William is struggling to stay conscious thanks to [[spoiler: a shard from an illegally-tipped lance embedded in his shoulder]] or and can barely hold his lance, with Adhemar gloating to William's face about his inevitable victory. Then Chaucer runs over with news for William:
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* AllOrNothingAttack: The final boils down to [[spoiler: William needing to completely de-horse Adhemar to win, and instructs his team to tie his lance to his arm (as he's unable to firmly grip on his own thanks to the shard in his shoulder) while stripped of all his armor so he can breathe as much as possible and throw everything into his final joust.]]
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* AllOrNothingAttack: The final boils down to [[spoiler: William needing to completely de-horse Adhemar to win, and instructs his team to tie his lance to his arm (as he's unable to firmly grip on his own thanks to the shard in his shoulder) while stripped of all his armor so he can breathe as much as possible and throw everything into his final joust.]]
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* HeroicSecondWind: After two rounds in the final against Adhemar, William is struggling to stay conscious thanks to [[spoiler: an illegally-tipped lance embedded in his shoulder]] or can barely hold his lance, with Adhemar gloating to William's face about his inevitable victory. Then Chaucer runs over with news for William:
-->'''Chaucer''': She's here...and so is your father.
-->''(William sees them in the stands and turns back to Adhemar with newfound steely resolve)''
-->'''William''': Let's dance, you and I.
-->'''Chaucer''': She's here...and so is your father.
-->''(William sees them in the stands and turns back to Adhemar with newfound steely resolve)''
-->'''William''': Let's dance, you and I.
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** Armor at this time was usually painted or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_(steel) heat-blued]], both for decoration and to protect against rust (galvanized steel wouldn't be invented for centuries). Most of the armor in the film is bare metal, with only BlackKnight Count Adhemar wearing a suit of blued armor. This is a near-OmnipresentTrope for works set in TheLateMiddleAges and is largely the Victorians' fault: they thought suits of armor looked better on display with the paint stripped.
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Cut without reason so I'm restoring it.
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* BluntYes: When Jocelyn [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone expresses guilt]] over William's injuries after [[spoiler:asking him to lose in order to prove his love for her]]. William replies, "[[CaptainObvious Yes it is]]".
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*** William, when told that Coleville is Prince Edward, says this.
---->'''William:''' Why, he's in a disguise like me so he can compete.
---->'''William:''' Why, he's in a disguise like me so he can compete.
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* CaptainObvious: When Jocelyn [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone expresses guilt]] over William's injuries after [[spoiler: asking him to lose in order to prove his love for her,]] William simply replies, "Yes it is".
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* BluntYes: When Jocelyn [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone expresses guilt]] over William's injuries after [[spoiler: asking him to lose in order to prove his love for her]]. William replies, [[CaptainObvious Yes it is]].
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* BluntYes: When Jocelyn [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone expresses guilt]] over William's injuries after [[spoiler: asking him to lose in order to prove his love for her]]. William replies, [[CaptainObvious Yes it is]].
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Adhemar, the evil rival, is Count of Anjou. On the other hand, the prince is a good guy, and the hero's friends are seen making up stories about how evil his aristocratic opponents are in order to encourage him to beat them. It works a little ''too well''.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Adhemar, the evil rival, is Count of Anjou. On the other hand, the prince William is a good guy, and the hero's his friends are seen making up stories about how evil his aristocratic opponents are in order to encourage him to beat them. It works a little ''too well''.
