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* AwfulTruth: The circumstances of Arthur's birth.
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* BackForTheFinale: At the end of season three we get reappearances from [[spoiler:Lancelot, Elyan, Gwaine and Freya]].
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* AntimagicalFaction: Personified in King Uther.
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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The FlashForward to Guinevere's crowning.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The FlashForward to Guinevere's crowning.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Perhaps not so much an "upgrade" as a "shift" in what the main characters angst about. Arthur has DaddyIssues, Morgana grapples with fear of her growing magical powers, Guinevere is given a RagsToRiches story, and Merlin has to hide his true identity after making SadisticChoice after SadisticChoice. Their legendary counterparts had [[BecauseDestinySaysSo Destiny]], [[BrotherSisterIncest]] and [[LoveTriangle Love Triangles]] to contend with.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Perhaps not so much an "upgrade" as a "shift" in what the main characters angst about. Arthur has DaddyIssues, [[WellDoneSonGuy Daddy Issues]], Morgana grapples with fear of her growing magical powers, Guinevere is given a RagsToRiches story, and Merlin has to hide his true identity after making SadisticChoice after SadisticChoice. Their legendary counterparts had [[BecauseDestinySaysSo Destiny]], [[BrotherSisterIncest]] Depressing Destinies]], BrotherSisterIncest and [[LoveTriangle Love Triangles]] to contend with.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Perhaps not so much an "upgrade" as a "shift" in what the main characters angst about. Arthur has DaddyIssues, Morgana grapples with fear of her growing magical powers, Guinevere is given a RagsToRiches story, and Merlin has to hide his true identity after making SadisticChoice after SadisticChoice. Their legendary counterparts had [[BecauseDestinySaysSo Destiny]], [[BrotherSisterIncest]] and [[LoveTriangle Love Triangles]] to contend with.
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* ModestRoyalty: In stark contrast to Uther and Morgana, Arthur usually wears simple tunics or battle-stained armour.
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*** A deleted scene for "The Shadow of the Sorcerer" reveals that the sash Arthur was wearing around his arm in the melee came from Morgana.
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• PietàPlagiarism: In "Le Mort de Arthur" when Uther carries Arthur across the courtyard.
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• PietàPlagiarism: In "Le Mort de Arthur" when Uther carries Arthur across the courtyard.
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* [[MrExposition Mr. Exposition]]: All things considered, Gaius's full name could well be Gaius Exposition.
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* [[ItsForABook It's For A Book]]: Merlin uses a variation of this, ("it's for homework") in Lancelot, to excuse his unlikely interest in the library.
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* [[ItsForABook It's For A Book]]: Merlin uses a variation of this, ("it's for homework") in Lancelot, "Lancelot", to excuse his unlikely interest in the library.
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* [[IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou I'd Tell You But Then I'd Have To Kill You]]: Merlin tries to {{lampshade}} this in "The Coming of Arthur" when Arthur refuses to tell him the destination of their latest secret mission. Arthur responds by telling him that ''yes'', he ''would'' have to kill him if he divulged that information.
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* [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing I Have No Idea What I'm Doing]]: Arthur wasn't entirely sure that his plan to smear himself in Gaia berries to confuse the Wilderen would be successful. Merlin is not hugely pleased when he finds out.
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* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: Said word-for-word by baddie Kanen in "The Moment of Truth."
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* BeautyIsBad: With only two exceptions [[spoiler:Gwen and Elena]], who are arguably more "cute" than "beautiful" (though YMMV), every single beautiful woman on the show ends up being a villain, or at least unsympathetic.
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* BeautyIsBad: With only two exceptions [[spoiler:Gwen and Elena, who are arguably more "cute" than "beautiful" (though YMMV)]], every single beautiful woman on the show ends up being a villain.
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* BeautyIsBad: With only two exceptions [[spoiler:Gwen and Elena, who are arguably more "cute" than "beautiful" (though YMMV)]], every single beautiful woman on the show ends up being a villain.
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* ChangelingTale: Unsurprisingly, "The Changeling", even though they tweak the traditional definition of what a changeling is.
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* FlirtyStepsiblings : Arthur and Morgana in season 1. Abandoned in season 2, leading to [[TheReveal the revelation that]] [[spoiler: they actually share a father, which retroactively gives their banter shades of BrotherSisterIncest]]
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* FlirtyStepsiblings : Arthur and Morgana in season 1. Abandoned in season 2, leading to [[TheReveal the revelation that]] [[spoiler: they actually share a father, which retroactively gives their banter shades of BrotherSisterIncest]]BrotherSisterIncest]].
* FriendVersusLover: Notably avoided between Merlin and Guinevere in regards to Arthur, who are more than happy to share him.
* FriendVersusLover: Notably avoided between Merlin and Guinevere in regards to Arthur, who are more than happy to share him.
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* RoyalBrat: Both Arthur and Morgana have their moments...
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first few handful of episodes introduced a number of things that were dropped later on in the series, including ShipTease between Arthur/Morgana and Merlin/Gwen, Merlin's ability to slow down time and to cast spells without any incantations, a telepathic bond between Merlin and Arthur, and a scene in which Gaius seems to be on relatively friendly terms with the Great Dragon - a connection that has not been alluded to since.
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* LawfulEvil: Uther.
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* LawfulGood: Arthur
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* MeetCute: It's played with. Whenever Merlin meets a pretty girl, he shows interest, evident with his encounters of Gwen, Morgana, Nimueh, and Freya. Colin Morgan lampshades it in an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-270aU8pobk interview]].
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* MeetCute: It's played with. Whenever Merlin meets a pretty girl, he shows interest, evident with his encounters of Gwen, Morgana, Nimueh, Lady Catrina, and Freya. Colin Morgan lampshades it in an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-270aU8pobk interview]].
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** Oh ''please''!!! Who in the western world (and most of the rest of it) doesn't know the basic outline of the Arthurian mythos???
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** Frankly they could remove all Arthurian references by changing the characters' names without damaging the series in the slightest - it's just that far from the conventional narrative.
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* BittersweetEnding: The end of season three. Though [[spoiler:the Knights of the Round Table and Guinevere return to Camelot in triumph, the hug that Arthur and Guinevere share is clearly marked by their sadness over Morgana, and Merlin's smile fades as he watches them, no doubt reminded of Freya.]]
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: See examples [[{{Awesome/Merlin}} here]].
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: See examples [[{{Funny/Merlin}} here]].
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: See examples [[{{Heartwarming/Merlin}} here]].
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: See examples [[{{Funny/Merlin}} here]].
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: See examples [[{{Heartwarming/Merlin}} here]].
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* PeripheryDemographic: It's primarily a family show, but with liberal application of HoYay, ShipTease and EstrogenBrigadeBait, the fandom is largely made up of [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls women who like to write slash fiction]].
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* TheWoobie: Merlin in the second series finale learns [[spoiler: who his father is, meets him, and then about five minutes later has him die in his arms after taking a sword aimed at Merlin.]] And this is just piling it on: [[spoiler: in the preceding episode, he ended up having to poison Morgana, one of his good friends, and doesn't know if she's alive or dead, and a few episodes before that, he fell in love only to have Arthur unknowingly kill his beloved.]] Poor guy needs a hug.
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* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: Arthur seems to be on the verge of telling Guinevere that he loves her in the season three finale. However, she interrupts him after he makes the mistake of saying "if I never see you again..." which only compels her to insist that they ''will'' meet again.
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** Although it's hinted that Taliesin might. Though it might be his close proximity to the crystal caves, he also makes several pointed remarks about time and memory that suggest he's intimately aware of the future.
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*** [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E3SchoolReunion He eats small children.]]
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** When the creator was critisized for it, he pointed out that it isn't supposed to be historically accurate. People complain about the tomatoes, he said, but oddly enough no one's commented on the dragon.
