![]() ![]() The Marvelous Deer: The Green Knight, set up in Sovereign as a promising young upstart, has a stag on his shield.King of Beasts: The Red Knight has a lion on his shield, and his intros likewise emphasize the connection.Brutish Bulls: The Yellow Knight's heraldic device is a bull, and his introductions by the Lord Marshall and the Lord Chancellor (in Sovereign, anyway) contain a lot of bull imagery.Animal Motifs: Some of the knights' heraldry.It's never explained how that's possible in medieval Spain. It gets weirder for the "anti-bullying" show: one tale involves cellphones and all the knights have social media.The tomato bisque itself is almost a literal anachronism stew. The non-vegan meals include sweetcorn, tomato bisque, and potato, which weren't heard of in medieval cuisine since Europe had not interacted with the Americas yet.Such as the Kingdom of Valiente's symbol (and formerly the Kingdom of Santiago de Compastela's) being the French Fleur de Lis in recent incarnations. The setting is 11th century Spain, but the (fictional) Kingdom of Aragon takes inspiration from other areas.Ambition Is Evil: In Sovereign, the Lord Marshall tells the villain that, "your ambition is a madness that poisons even the noblest of men.".Averted in Sovereign itself, where Queen Maria Isabella specifically acknowledges "the passing of my father, the king" in an early line of dialogue. Ambiguously Absent Parent: Prior to Sovereign, the show had never cast a queen, implying Esperanza (2000)/Tristan (2006)/Catalina (2012)'s mother is dead.All There in the Manual: There are brief descriptions hung in the halls of the castle giving some details on the Knights of the Realm.Averted in the restaurant itself, which serves pilsner (a light lager) as its house drink, and has seasonal beers on draft. All Beer Is Ale: Played straight on the website, which states that ale was consumed across all classes.The Prince role is absent from the picture 2012 show onwards.There is a new Lord Marshall and a non-sorcerous Cedric in the Sovereign show, however. The last we heard of Lord Marshall and Cedric the Sorcerer was in the 2000 show.She is made back to his blood daughter in the 2012 show. ![]() The Princess is made the King's daughter-in-law in the 2006 show, compare to previous eras where they were actually blood related.The Prince is the King's late brother in the 2000 show, but in the 2006 show he is his son.Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament contains examples of: In 2013, it was announced that Medieval Times will be receiving a movie adaptation, however no recent news on production has been heard of since. Instead of a storyline building up to a final battle between the winning knight and an antagonist, it follows Slice of Life tales with teachings of respect and kindness, a "modern-day chivalry". Since the 2010s, a different production is put on for school field trips. 2018 - Sovereign: The current show, and the first to feature a queen as the main protagonist, inheriting the crown from the her late father.2012 - North: During a tournament between the knights, a herald sent from the belligerent North Kingdom comes to present the king a peace exchange, however his intentions seem dubious.While a tournament is prepared to celebrate, Tristan gets kidnapped during his journey. 2006: The king sends his son Prince Tristan to the erratic Kingdom of León to deliver a treaty. ![]() The king holds a competition between his six knights to declare a new champion of the Realm.
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