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'''''Arthur, King of Time and Space''''' is a humour [[Web Comic]] by Paul Gadzikowski. It retells the story of [[King Arthur]], in real time (scheduled to take 25 years) in several time periods.
When Arthur took the sword from the stone, history itself was altered. Now Arthur exists in several realities simultaneously. The main arcs are the "baseline" or "fairytale" arc ([[Anachronism Stew]] 5th century, based closely on Malory and [[The Once and Future King|T.H. White]]); the "space" arc ([[A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away]], with Arthur as king of British Space, and ''Excalibur'' as his [[Cool Ship]]); and the "modern" arc (in which Arthur started as an [[Ordinary High School Student]], before learning he had inherited a controlling share in Excalicorp).
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The main storyline in all three main settings is the [[Love Triangle]] between Arthur, Guenevere and Lancelot. Secondary arcs include the "[[The Western|Western]]" arc (Arthur as sheriff), the "''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]''" arc (Arthur as Hawkeye Pierce), the [[The Parody|movie parody]] arc (Arthur as various film characters) and others.
Was on sabbatical for six months in 2009, and replaced with ''Arthur King of Time and Space 2.0''. This returns to Gadzikowski's earlier ''King Arthur In Time And Space'' concept, in which the comic is crossover fanfiction between two fictional TV series, one about the space-faring Arthur (and very similar to ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'') and one about the time-travelling Merlin (and very similar to ''[[Doctor Who]]''). A second sabbatical began in June 2011, with the strip being replaced by sketches and concluded in December, the strip resuming after a [[Time Skip]] to Arthur being 35. The comic ended on January 6, 2014, with [[Webcomics Long Runners|3518 strips]].
Became the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Panicky Expectant Father]] after the [[News Post]] pointed out we didn't have it.
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** His insane babble when trapped in the crystal cave resembles that of [[Sherlock Holmes]] in "The Adventure of the Dying Detective".
** In [http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/2808.htm one strip] Space!Arthur asks Merlin if there's any other groups of people going through the whole "same adventures in different time periods" thing. Behind them [[Sherlock|Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock]] is demonstating the [[Sherlock Scan]] to [[The Return of Sherlock Holmes|Edward Hardwicke's Watson]].
** In [http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/2890.htm one of Arthur's press conferences], three unseen journalists are named [[Superman|Clark]], [[Spider-Man|Peter]], and [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|April]]. And the account of his first meeting with Clark is a [[Call Back]] to the Webcomic Hurricane Relief Telethon, where he is indeed [https://web.archive.org/web/20101007161834/http://webcomictelethon.com/d/1003.html that Clark].
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Both Arthur and Merlin create their own webcomics in the modern arc.
* [[Signature Line]]: "The problems in this world are not caused by those who love. They're caused by those who hate." Not used often enough to be a [[Catch Phrase]], but the line that sums up Arthur's philosophy.
* [[Stalker with a Test Tube]]: Elaine
* [[Take Off Your Clothes]]: [http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/2006.htm This strip].
** Also a brief arc in the modern timeline, where Guenevere and her family are nudists. Arthur, Lancelot, and Tristram visit Guenevere while on vacation, and Gwen invites them to nude it up. Guenevere snaps at Lancelot for trying to apologize when he doesn't feel comfortable taking off his trunks
* [[There Are No Girls on the Internet]]: Everyone, including the readers, assumed modern!Tristram was male.
** This had less to do with this trope and more to do with some of the conversations they had about a girl (modern!Isolde); Tristram's chivalrous talk led the others to think "male" instead of "lesbian".
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