History Main / TheSquire

* In France, the title of "squire" was kept by nobles who never became knights, even as they grow older.

'''Note:''' In England from the late 17th century to the early 20th century, squire was also a title given to the leader of a village or the lord of a the largest manor in the village. They were sometimes referred to as "the squire" of the village. The term is also occasionally (typically in English works) used informally as a form of address in approximately the same way a speaker might refer to the person he is speaking to as "sir" or "pal". This trope concerns itself only with squires who are in training to become knights.

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** In the {{Prequel}} series, ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg'', Ser Duncan the Tall gets the rarest of all squires, [[spoiler:the crown Prince Aegon Targaryen, and future King Aegon V "The Unlikely."]]

** Podrick Payne, Tyrion Lannister's squire, is one of the more notable ones, having UndyingLoyalty to his lord and being a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, saving Tyrion's life from [[spoiler:Ser Mandon Moore of the Kingsguard during the Battle of Blackwater Bay]]. Later he squires for Brienne of Tarth, similarly impressing her with his loyalty and bravery; she takes more interest than Tyrion did in [[MasterandApprentice attending to Pod's own knightly training]].

** Podrick Payne, Tyrion Lannister's squire, is one of the more notable ones, having UndyingLoyalty to his lord and being a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, saving Tyrion's life from [[spoiler:Ser Mandon Moore of the Kingsguard during the Battle of Blackwater Bay]]. Later he squires for Brienne of Tarth, similarly impressing her with his loyalty and bravery; she takes more interest than Tyrion did in [[MasterAndApprentice attending to Pod's own knightly training]].

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'': The Knights of the Round Table have squires, whose duties include banging coconuts together to simulate the clopping of horses hooves and taking messages via arrows to the chest.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Padawans and Sith apprentices are essentially squires under a different name, training to become Jedi Knights and Sith Lords

* Franchise/TheDCU: "Squire" is the traditional name of the {{sidekick}} of the Knight, a knight-themed superhero and "the Batman of England." The original Knight, Percival Sheldrake, was the squire of the Shining Knight; after Percy dies, his son and Squire Cyril [[LegacyCharacter takes up the mantle of the Knight]] and takes on his own Squire, Beryl Hutchinson, who later becomes the Knight herself.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', certain guilds expect this of apprentices who are learning their trade under a Master. Similarly, trainee witches perform much the same support tasks for the experienced Witch with whom they are studying the Craft. A trainee witch does ''everything''. And regard Discworld/{{Mort}} when apprenticed to TheGrimReaper - a squire in all but name.

** Podrick Payne, Tyrion Lannister's squire, is one of the more notable ones, having UndyingLoyalty to his lord and being a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, saving Tyrion's life from [[spoiler:Ser Mandon Moore of the Kingsguard during the Battle of Blackwater Bay]].

** Before the start of the novels, Ser Loras Tyrell had served as Lord Renly Baratheon's squire.

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* In Creator/AAPessimal's take on the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', trainee or student Assassins take on this role when invited as support on missions: they are expected to uncomplainingly fetch, carry, maintain equipment, do the grunt work and the heavy lifting, at the behest of the senior Assassin who is leading the mission. Similarly, trainee witches perform much the same support tasks for the experienced Witch with whom they are studying the Craft.

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* In ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'' Wart spends time as Sir Kay's squire before pulling the sword from the stone. In fact, Squire is the highest rank Wart can attain since as far as anyone knows he is not of knight-class birth.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVSTheForcesOfEvil'': In Season 3, Marco becomes a Squire after deciding he wants to be a [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight of Mewni]], and doesn't care if he has to endure years of it. Due to there not being any knights in need of squires, [[{{Princess}} Star]] (taking a page from Eclipsa) bends the rules to make him ''her'' squire. The improbability of ''that'' is Lampshaded, but...

* In Creator/AAPessimal's take on the ''{{Discworld}}'', trainee or student Assassins take on this role when invited as support on missions: they are expected to uncomplainingly fetch, carry, maintain equipment, do the grunt work and the heavy lifting, at the behest of the senior Assassin who is leading the mission. Similarly, trainee witches perform much the same support tasks for the experienced Witch with whom they are studying the Craft.

* In the DC Universe, "Squire" is the traditional name of the {{sidekick}} of the Knight, a [[CaptainObvious knight-themed]] superhero and "the Batman of England." The original Knight, Percival Sheldrake, was the squire of the Shining Knight; after Percy dies, his son and Squire Cyril [[LegacyCharacter takes up the mantle of the Knight]] and takes on his own Squire, Beryl Hutchinson, who later becomes the Knight herself.

* Caleb from the old version of ''Web Animation/TrueTail''

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'', certain guilds expect this of apprentices who are learning their trade under a Master. Similarly, trainee witches perform much the same support tasks for the experienced Witch with whom they are studying the Craft. A trainee witch does ''everything''. And regard Literature/{{Mort}} when apprenticed to TheGrimReaper - a squire in all but nsme.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVSTheForcesOfEvil'': In Season 3, Marco becomes a Squire after deciding he wants to be a [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight of Mewni]], and doesn't care if he has to endure years of it. Do to there not being any knights in need of squires, [[{{Princess}} Star]] (taking a page from Eclipsa) bends the rules to make him ''her'' squire. The improbability of ''that'' is Lampshaded, but...

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', squires are all over the place, serving both lords and knights. They are often extremely young, with some of the youngest being around 10 years old, although there are some older ones as well (sometimes, in special circumstances, even older than the knight they are squiring for). Some knights have more than one squire as well, due to their high status.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVSTheForcesOfEvil'': In Season 3, Marco becomes a Squire after deciding he wants to be a [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight of Mewni]]. Do to there not being any knights in need of squires, [[{{Princess}} Star]] bends the rules to make him ''her'' squire. The improbability of ''that'' is Lampshaded, but...

** The episode "Trial By Squire" features the squires of several other knights, who all have ''much'' more realistic duties to their own knights, and a bit of a grudge against Marco for what they see as him getting handed a job he didn't earn.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVSTheForcesOfEvil'': In Season 3, Marco becomes a Squire after deciding he wants to be a [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight of Mewni]]. Do to there not being any knights in need of squires, [[BadassPrincess Star]] bends the rules to make him ''her'' squire. The improbability of ''that'' is Lampshaded, but...

'''Note:''' In England from the late 17th century to the early 20th century, squire was also a title given to the leader of a village or the lord of a the largest manor in the village. They were sometimes referred to as "the squire" of the village. This trope concerns itself only with squires who are in training to become knights.