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== [[Film]] ==
* Although the plot of ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' is a typically Pythonian [[Random Events Plot]] almost entirely driven by the [[Rule of Funny]], Galahad's encounter with Castle Anthrax, its inhabitants, and the temptations they offer is a ''perfect'' example of the kind of challenge found on the original Grail Quest, starting right from the "Grail-shaped beacon" used to lure him in. (Which only makes sense, because [[Graham Chapman]], as we have noted elsewhere on the wiki, was an Arthurian scholar and made sure that the movie was ''accurate'' as well as funny.) The only break from the pattern is the team of knights that rescue him from the castle -- in a proper Grail Quest challenge, Galahad would have had to overcome or fail on his own merits and actions.
** And ultimately, Arthur demonstrates his worthiness to pass the final barrier to the Grail castle with knowledge he gained in literally the first scene of the film.
* [[John Boorman]]'s 1981 film ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]'' presents a thoroughly-mystical Grail Quest strongly influenced by that found in ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'' (see below).
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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* The original tale of this comes from the saga of [[King Arthur]]. He sent his knights to find the Holy Grail, and they would undergo quests to find that cup. Sometimes Galahad and Percival, on finding the Grail after these trials, ascend to heaven.
* ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]'' shows Gawain undergoing a variant. The Green Knight asks to be beheaded, and so he complies. Turns out the knight survives this, and says Gawain must come in a year and receive the same. Despite this being an obvious [[Suicide Mission]], Gawain agrees. He has to spend three nights in a castle where the knight's wife is the hostess, and resist all that she offers.
== [[Theatre]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Devil May Cry|Devil May Cry 3]]'', the power Sparda keeps sealed on the Temen-ni-gru is a subversion of this: one has to overcome several puzzles and trials to advance, and the path must be fully opened with pieces of an amulet and using the blood of a priestess which helped Sparda in sealing the gateway to the demon world with her life. However, as the Temen-ni-gru is a gate to the demon world, trying to obtain the power of Sparda even for good use can only end badly for mankind as demons can easily and great numbers enter Earth if it is unlocked. The puzzles, the bosses, and the blood sacrifice are there because Sparda intended it to be nearly impossible for anyone to get to the end.
* In the first ''[[God of War (
* ''Fate/Grand Order'': Humanity has been destroyed by an event known as the Human Order Incineration Incident except for the Chaldea Security Organization. Chaldea's main objective is the Grand Order aka Quest for the Holy Grail "Grand Order" to reverse the eradication of humanity. Humanity's incineration can be undone by eliminating temporal anomalies known as Singularities; their sources are Holy Grails. Therefore, the organization sends Ritsuka Fujimaru and their last Servant, Mash Kyrielight, aka Shielder, to Singularities to retrieve Holy Grails that are the source of the anomalies. On this journey, Ritsuka is an untrained and inexperienced mage. Still, they have the unique capacity to make a contract with many Servants, which they summon along their journies in the Singularities. Shielder is a [[Half-Human Hybrid|Demi-Servant]] who doesn't have access to the full powers of the Heroic Spirit she is fused with but develops abilities, especially her Noble Phantasm, as she ventures with Ritsuka.
=== [[Visual Novel]]s ===
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Season two of ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'' has Anne, Marcy and {{spoiler|Sasha}} navigate to three temples to {{spoiler|recharge the Calamity Box gems}}. To do so, the temples contain tests and puzzles that seek them to look inward. Marcy, for example, has to know when to fold on a dangerous game, Anne has to face her past mistakes, and {{spoiler|Sasha}} has to persist against insurmountable odds. With that said, the tests don't necessarily make the girls grow as people: {{spoiler|Sasha still plans to launch a coup against Andrias, Marcy is still keeping it a secret that she got her friends stranded in Amphibia on purpose}}. That and {{spoiler|Valeriana had a suspicion that Anne would need to keep her powers to face Andrias and the Core, testing if she was a worthy replacement for the Cosmic Guardian}}.
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