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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomyForever: At night we see some lovely shots of the full moon. This is all happening with in 3 days of a solar eclipse.
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* OneWingedAngel: Morgana has a humanoid snake-dragon form she becomes to fight Alex and his knights.
* ScaledUp: Morgana has a humanoid snake-dragon form she becomes to fight Alex and his knights.
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* YouFailAstronomyForever: At night we see some lovely shots of the full moon. This is all happening with in 3 days of a solar eclipse.
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* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The pose Alex and his knights are in after slaying Morgana closely resembles the one Arthur and his Knights were in when they defeated Morgana.]]
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* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The The pose Alex and his knights are in after near the end of the film [[spoiler:after slaying Morgana Morgana]] closely resembles the one Arthur and his Knights were in when during the prologue [[spoiler:when they defeated Morgana.]]Morgana]].
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandonningYou: [[spoiler: Averted. Alex's father was a drinker who simply didn't care about his family.]]
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandonningYou: DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler: Averted. Alex's father was a drinker who simply didn't care about his family.]]
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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Played with. Alex initially believes he was descended from King Arthur through his father. When it's revealed that was not the case, Merlin tells him that Excalibur is not awarded based on your own merits, not who your ancestors were.]]
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandonningYou: [[spoiler: Averted. Alex's father was a drinker who simply didn't care about his family.]]
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* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Morgana must be stopped before the solar eclipse.
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* {{Tagline}}:
** "Evil gets schooled."
** "Kids Rule."
** "An army to fight. A Demon to slay. A world to save. No pressure."
** "Evil gets schooled."
** "Kids Rule."
** "An army to fight. A Demon to slay. A world to save. No pressure."
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* ActorAllusion: [[Film/{{Excalibur}} Patrick Stewart in a film about King Arthur]].
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* IKnowMortalKombat: One bit that was in all the trailers has Kaye behind the wheel of a car, knocking undead minions out of the way.
-->'''Bedders:''' Where did you learn how to drive?
-->'''Kaye:''' VideoGame/MarioKart.
-->'''Bedders:''' Where did you learn how to drive?
-->'''Kaye:''' VideoGame/MarioKart.
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* DeconstructedTrope: HeroicLineage and TheChosenOne is deconstructed when, after Alex spending the movie believing his father was a hero involved with the supernatural which is how he got this destiny, finds [[spoiler:he's a nobody. Merlin reveals those tropes were due to those in power twisting the legends to keep their power when anyone could have the traits to be a hero.]]
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* RousingSpeech: Alex gives one to the students near the end. [[spoiler:it doesn’t work... until Merlin has the (mind controlled) teacher say that joining Alex to fight the demons will be an alternate to class work, at which point they all choose to join Alex.]]
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* RousingSpeech: Alex gives one to the students near the end. [[spoiler:it It doesn’t work... until Merlin has the (mind controlled) teacher say that joining Alex to fight the demons will be an alternate to class work, at which point they all choose to join Alex.]]
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* IAteWhat: Played with, Merlin requests an odd combination of beaver urine, chicken bone and raccoon blood, as it turns out that combination of items help him keep his strength in the mortal realm. He eventually finds all necessary ingredients in a local fast food place.
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* IAteWhat: Played with, Merlin requests an odd combination of beaver urine, chicken bone and raccoon beetle blood, as it turns out that combination of items help him keep his strength in the mortal realm. He eventually finds all necessary ingredients in a local fast food place.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Justified in part that the supernatural elements chasing after Alex and his knights remove anyone else from the situation. When Alex's mom sees Excalibur she demands he turn it into the police, but by that time he's been convinced he is TheChosenOne and refuses.
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Morgana's attempts to recover Excalibur result in a [[YearInsideHourOutside time bubble]] where anyone but the King and those he has knighted is functionally removed from the setting and remains that way until the mooks are defeated. This includes the climax, and the characters realize the world will never know what happened.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Based on Arthurian legend, Merlin ages in reverse and so Angus Imrie plays Merlin as a teenager while Patrick Stewart plays him as an old man. It's never fully explained why he needs to revert at all.
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''The Kid Who Would Be King'' is a 2019 fantasy adventure comedy, and the second feature film from writer/director Joe Cornish (''Film/AttackTheBlock'').
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''The Kid Who Would Be King'' is a 2019 fantasy adventure comedy, and the second feature film from writer/director [[Creator/AdamAndJoe Joe Cornish Cornish]] (''Film/AttackTheBlock'').
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* MagicalGesture: How magic is done in this world.
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* MagicalGesture: How magic is done in this world.Merlin's [[spoiler: and Bedders]] spells are cast.
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* MagicalGesture: How magic is done in this world.
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: Merlin speaks almost entirely like this.
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*BookEnds: [[spoiler:The pose Alex and his knights are in after slaying Morgana closely resembles the one Arthur and his Knights were in when they defeated Morgana.]]
*ChekhovsGun: The magic potion. And the metal duplication illusion.
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* RousingSpeech: Alex gives one to the students near the end. [[spoiler:it doesn’t work... until Merlin has the (mind controlled) teacher say that joining Alex to fight the demons will be an alternate to class work, at which point they all choose to join Alex.]]
* RunningGag: Excalibur stabbing through Alex’s backpack.
* RunningGag: Excalibur stabbing through Alex’s backpack.
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** Bullies aren't bullies simply because they like to bully. The world around them is cruel, and they're afraid of that cruelty, so they feel the need to be cruel to others to feel strong.
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* HeroicBSOD: Alex, [[spoiler: when it turns out his father was an alcoholic.]]
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* RealityEnsues: Fighting demons can mean many things, like fighting malevolent supernatural entities, or dealing with something more personal, [[spoiler:like alcoholism. Alex learns the hard way from his aunt that his father was an alcoholic, not a heroic knight, and was not the good man his mother made him out to be. He left them simply because he didn't care about them, and his mother lied in hopes that Alex wouldn't follow the same path his deadbeat father did. This revelation almost made Alex lose faith in not just his parents, but himself as well.]]
** Bullies aren't bullies simply because they like to bully. The world around them is cruel, and they're afraid of that cruelty, so they feel the need to be cruel to others to feel strong.
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** TheLeader: Alex
** TheLancer: Bedders
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** TheSmartGuy: Merlin
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** TheLancer: Bedders
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* ShoutOut: Numerous references are made to other fantasy tales involving a hero taking on a life-changing journey, including ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.
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* ShoutOut: Numerous references are made to other fantasy tales involving a hero taking on a life-changing journey, including ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.
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''The Kid Who Would Be King'' is a 2019 fantasy adventure comedy, and the second feature film from writer/director Joe Cornish.
Set in modern day Britain, 12-year-old Alexander Elliot (Louis Ashborne Serkis) comes across the legendary sword Excalibur and pulls it from a stone. He soon learns from the wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart as an old man, Angus Imrie as a teenager) that the dark sorceress Morgana Le Fay (Rebecca Ferguson) will rise from the underworld and bring about a terrible evil unto the world. Alex joins forces with his best friend Bedders (Dean Chaumoo) and bullies Lance (Tom Taylor) and Kaye (Rhianna Doris) to become knights and defeat Morgana.
Set in modern day Britain, 12-year-old Alexander Elliot (Louis Ashborne Serkis) comes across the legendary sword Excalibur and pulls it from a stone. He soon learns from the wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart as an old man, Angus Imrie as a teenager) that the dark sorceress Morgana Le Fay (Rebecca Ferguson) will rise from the underworld and bring about a terrible evil unto the world. Alex joins forces with his best friend Bedders (Dean Chaumoo) and bullies Lance (Tom Taylor) and Kaye (Rhianna Doris) to become knights and defeat Morgana.
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Set in modern day Britain, 12-year-old Alexander Elliot (Louis Ashborne Serkis) comes across the legendary sword Excalibur and pulls it from a stone. He soon learns from the wizard Merlin(Patrick Stewart (Creator/PatrickStewart as an old man, Angus Imrie as a teenager) that the dark sorceress Morgana Le Fay (Rebecca Ferguson) (Creator/RebeccaFerguson) will rise from the underworld and bring about a terrible evil unto the world. Alex joins forces with his best friend Bedders (Dean Chaumoo) and bullies Lance (Tom Taylor) and Kaye (Rhianna Doris) to become knights and defeat Morgana.
Set in modern day Britain, 12-year-old Alexander Elliot (Louis Ashborne Serkis) comes across the legendary sword Excalibur and pulls it from a stone. He soon learns from the wizard Merlin
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** TheLeader: Alex
** TheLancer: Bedders
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** TheSmartGuy: Merlin
** TheChick: Kaye
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** TheLancer: Bedders
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''The Kid Who Would Be King'' is a 2019 fantasy adventure comedy, and the second feature film from writer/director Joe Cornish.
Set in modern day Britain, 12-year-old Alexander Elliot (Louis Ashborne Serkis) comes across the legendary sword Excalibur and pulls it from a stone. He soon learns from the wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart as an old man, Angus Imrie as a teenager) that the dark sorceress Morgana Le Fay (Rebecca Ferguson) will rise from the underworld and bring about a terrible evil unto the world. Alex joins forces with his best friend Bedders (Dean Chaumoo) and bullies Lance (Tom Taylor) and Kaye (Rhianna Doris) to become knights and defeat Morgana.
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* BigBad: The evil sorceress Morgana Le Fay.
* AChildShallLeadThem: The premise of the film, involving the young Alex having to lead his friends and classmates against Morgana.
* TheCynic: Both Lance and Kaye, who see the world as already being rotten, and so that is why they are bullies.
* DisappearedDad: Alex never knew his father. He left him and his mother long ago, and Alex was told by his mother that his father was fighting demons. Alex thinks this means literal demons and that his father was some kind of hero, [[spoiler:but it turns out his demon was alcoholism, and he never really cared for Alex.]]
* FireForgedFriends: Lance and Kaye are initially cruel bullies who eventually join forces with Alex after he saves them from Morgana's minions.
* MeaningfulName: Alex's knights are Bedders, Lance, and Kaye, each named after King Arthur's knights - Bedevere, Lancelot, and Kay.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:How Alex defeats Morgana for good.]]
* ShoutOut: Numerous references are made to other fantasy tales involving a hero taking on a life-changing journey, including ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.
Set in modern day Britain, 12-year-old Alexander Elliot (Louis Ashborne Serkis) comes across the legendary sword Excalibur and pulls it from a stone. He soon learns from the wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart as an old man, Angus Imrie as a teenager) that the dark sorceress Morgana Le Fay (Rebecca Ferguson) will rise from the underworld and bring about a terrible evil unto the world. Alex joins forces with his best friend Bedders (Dean Chaumoo) and bullies Lance (Tom Taylor) and Kaye (Rhianna Doris) to become knights and defeat Morgana.
!!This film provides examples of:
* BigBad: The evil sorceress Morgana Le Fay.
* AChildShallLeadThem: The premise of the film, involving the young Alex having to lead his friends and classmates against Morgana.
* TheCynic: Both Lance and Kaye, who see the world as already being rotten, and so that is why they are bullies.
* DisappearedDad: Alex never knew his father. He left him and his mother long ago, and Alex was told by his mother that his father was fighting demons. Alex thinks this means literal demons and that his father was some kind of hero, [[spoiler:but it turns out his demon was alcoholism, and he never really cared for Alex.]]
* FireForgedFriends: Lance and Kaye are initially cruel bullies who eventually join forces with Alex after he saves them from Morgana's minions.
* MeaningfulName: Alex's knights are Bedders, Lance, and Kaye, each named after King Arthur's knights - Bedevere, Lancelot, and Kay.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:How Alex defeats Morgana for good.]]
* ShoutOut: Numerous references are made to other fantasy tales involving a hero taking on a life-changing journey, including ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.
