History Trivia / InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing

* TropeCodifier: The album codified a number of elements that become common with ProgressiveRock: lavish cover art, classical and jazz influences, and long songs broken up into movements with their own subtitles.

** An excerpt of "Epitaph" was incorporated by Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer in their song "Tarkus" from their album "Tarkus" (1971).

** Creator/{{Gotlib}} spoofed the album cover with his character [[https://berichtenuithetverleden.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/gotlib-hamster-jovial-et-ses-louveteaux/ Hamster Jovial]]

--> You are not ready to step into the court of the Crimson King just yet.

** In WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers, this is one of the albums Rusty owns in his prog rock collection, although he refuses to show it to Hank.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Downplayed and to a certain extent played for laughs, but present. Drummer Jeremy Stacey observes to director Toby Amies that even though Fripp asked Amies to make the film in the first place, he tended to get rather annoyed whenever Amies actually showed with a camera and started interviewing people. At one point, after a gig, a very testy Fripp informs Amies that, because he spent so much of the previous evening talking on camera for the film, he missed doing his regular guitar practice, so that his performance in the show that evening had been subpar.

** Creator/ChristinaRicci tap dances to "Moonchild" in ''Film/BuffaloSixtySix'' (1998).

* ShortLivedBigImpact: Despite the fact that, due to [[AuthorExistenceFailure his untimely death]], Barry Godber never designed anything else in his life, the album cover has become one of the most recognizable ones in its field.

** King Crimson is the name of the [[FightingSpirit Stand]] of the main villain of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'', and has a sub-stand named after Epitaph. "21st Century Schizoid Man" would also be an accurate descriptor for said villain since Part 5 was the first one to take place in the new millennium and he has [[SplitPersonality two personalities]].

** Creator/{{Gotlib}} spoofed the album cover with his character Hamster Jovial.[[https://berichtenuithetverleden.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/gotlib-hamster-jovial-et-ses-louveteaux/]]

** "The Court of the Crimson King" was used in ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' (2006).

--> ''"Cat's foot, Iron claw''
--> ''Neurosurgeon, scream for more''
--> ''Innocence raped with napalm fire"''

** King Crimson in ''[=JoJo=]'' is also known for having an [[NightmareFace extremely menacing face]], which may or may not be a reference to the album's rather infamous cover.

** King Crimson is the name of the Stand of the main villain of Part 5 of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'', and has a sub-stand named after Epitaph. "21st Century Schizoid Man" would also be an accurate descriptor for said villain since Part 5 was the first one to take place in the new millennium and he has two personalities.

* ShortLivedBigImpact: Despite the fact that, due to his untimely death, Barry Godber never designed anything else in his life the album cover has become one of the most recognizable ones in its field.

* VindicatedByHistory: Kind of. Critical reception at the time was mixed (Robert Christgau infamously called it "ersatz shit"), but it's now very widely acclaimed. It was never anywhere close to universally critically maligned, though.