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{{quote|''"[[Reason You Suck Speech|You're not made of kings, boy]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|but of common clay]]."''|'''--Morgan Pendragon'''}}

 

 

After King Uther Pendragon’s sudden death, the sorcerer [[Trickster Mentor|Merlin]] brings his unknown son and official heir, the [[Chivalrous Pervert|young and impetuous Arthur]], into the limelight. However, Arthur's [[Sibling Rivalry|elder half sister Morgan]] [[Succession Crisis|believes the throne is rightfully hers]]. Morgan battles Arthur with dark arts which may be beyond her control. Meanwhile Arthur has to deal with his feelings for [[Love Interest|Guinevere]], who is betrothed to another man (a man who on at least one occasion saved his life, no less).

It premiered on April 1, 2011. A special preview of the first episode was shown on February 25th, 2011. Starz announced it was not renewing the series on June 30th 2011.

 

 

 

* [[Abusive Parents]]: The first scene Uther appears in has him hitting Morgan.

* [[Accidental Murder]]: Merlin's trip to get [[Excalibur|a specially forged sword]] for Arthur results in {{spoiler|the deaths of the smith and his daughter}} [[I Didn't Mean to Kill Him|In his guilt]], Merlin then provokes two random guys into beating him up.

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Leontes, Guinevere's first husband.

** Sister Sybil, a nun and Morgan's mentor in sorcery. While some versions of the legends have Morgan learning magic at a nunnery, the show gives a face to those nuns.

* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: Leontes and Guinevere are childhood sweethearts and have been betrothed for the last five years.

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Arthur.

* [[The Chosen One]]: Arthur.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Arthur.

* [[Demythtification]]: While the show has overt magical elements, some parts of the legend are given mundane equivalents.

** The Sword in the Stone is rigged by Merlin to release when pushed down instead of pulled.

** Later, {{spoiler|after Morgan figures she'd be better off ruling alone, she betrays Lot's plans to attack Camelot to Arthur. In return Arthur places her under his protection. He [[We Can Rule Together|even proposes that they rule jointly]], but is rejected.}}

* [[Equivalent Exchange]]: Merlin warns Morgan that magic has a physical and/or spiritual price. She's endured [[Painful Transformation|Painful Transformations]], [[Psychic Nosebleed|Psychic Nosebleeds]], [[Tears of Blood]] and [[Blood From the Mouth]].

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Merlin and Igraine are painfully aware of the forbidden relationship between Arthur and Guinevere and set to put a stop to it. {{spoiler|As a result of using magic to find out what lies in Arthur's heart, Morgan knows too.}}

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Morgan is a bit of one to Merlin. Or Merlin is one of Morgan, after Episode 4. Upon her introduction, Sybil to Merlin.

* [[Lust]]: Uther's primary weakness. {{spoiler|In this retelling of Camelot, they also gave it to Arthur.}}

* [[Mathematician's Answer]]:

'''Merlin:''' It is not possible. }}

* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: The [[Establishing Character Moment]] for Arthur is a scene of him screwing a nameless woman in a field just to drive this point home.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Nice job {{spoiler|sending Morgan away from Uther so he wouldn't kill her, Igraine}} Didn't expect her to become obsessed with taking her righful place, did you?

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Merlin. Igraine notices that he hasn't aged a day in the twenty years since he took Arthur as a child.

* [[Painful Transformation]]: Shown from the first episode, Morgan's use of magic (specifically shapeshifting) takes a toll on her body.

* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Kay believes that his parents favored his adoptive brother Arthur more than him.

* [[Perspective Flip]]: In this version, Arthur is the interloper in the love triangle since Guinevere is married to another.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Morgan has shown that she feels a bit bad that Arthur didn't listen to her warning before {{spoiler|his mother is killed}}, as it probably reminded her of her own mother's death.

* [[Precocious Crush]]: Morgan mentions to Merlin how she adored him as she was a child when he cured her father of an illness and even wanted to marry him.

* [[Pretty Boy]]: Arthur.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: The show is shot in Ireland. The producers make sure you know it.

* [[Seer]]/[[Oracular Urchin]]: Merlin.

* [[Sex Equals Love]]: For Arthur anyway. Even the fact that it was [[All Just a Dream]] doesn't stop him.

* [[Sibling Rivalry]]

* [[Slipping a Mickey]]: Morgan did this to Merlin in third episode.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Merlin is a rare heroic example.

* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: To show that Arthur's plight is [[Serious Business]], {{spoiler|Arthur's adoptive mother is murdered by King Lot}}

* [[Succession Crisis]]: The core and the main conflict of the series. Morgan is Uther's legitimate child by his first queen, but she is a woman and is therefore [[Double Standard|not a suitable]] [[Heir Club for Men|heir to the throne]]. Arthur is revealed to be Morgan's half-brother and a potential heir to the throne, directly opposing her.

* [[Taking the Bullet|Taking The Arrow]]: {{spoiler|Leontes}} for Arthur in season finale.

** Uther is poisoned following Morgan putting poison in his soup.

** Played with in the third episode. Merlin suspiciously eyes the quail soup brought during dinner, which is received by both Arthur and their host Morgan. Morgan tastes Arthur's soup to prove there's no poison and even dramatically pretends to gag.

 

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