King Bob the Nth: Difference between revisions

 

== Comic Books ==

 

 

** Cleon II in ''Foundation in Empire'', who took his name in memory of Cleon I, under whom the Empire reached its zenith. In contrast with the aforementioned examples, Cleon II likely surpassed his namesake, as Cleon I was not a forceful monarch and he preferred letting his First Ministers do the real governing, but Cleon II was a very active and powerful emperor.

* Titus Groan is the 77th Earl of [[Gormenghast]].

** In the short story ''Winter's King'' all the kings of Karhide who aren't called Argaven are called Emran. King Argaven XVII {{spoiler|commits to taking back the throne}} when she finds out that the corrupt Emran, {{spoiler|Argaven's child who is now older than her because Argaven has been off-planet and been affected by time dilation}}, has chosen an heir with neither of the traditional names. {{spoiler|'"The kings of Karhide are called Emran," said Argaven, "and Argaven."'}}

* In [[John Ringo]]'s and [[David Weber]]'s ''Empire of Man'' (aka [[Prince Roger]]) space opera series, the 500-year-old dynasty has had ten Emperors and nine Empresses. All but two of the Empresses have been named Alexandra -- Prince Roger's mother is the seventh. His sister is also named Alexandra. One of his middle names is Alexander. No bets as to what his daughter might be named, if he ever has one.

 

== Live Action TV ==

* Liz-Ten in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is actually Queen Elizabeth X of Starship UK.

 

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has King Ralph [[Running Gag|XI]]. Who ''constantly'' gets imprismed. By a magical, indestructible {{spoiler|sausage}} that somehow keeps coming back.

* ''[[Metroid]] Prime 3'' has this as a borderline [[Running Gag]] when you scan busts of Bryyo's ancient rulers found all over the planet... until you reach '[[After the End|The last emperor of Bryyo]]'.

* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' games have Emperor Uriel Septim VII, the last Emperor of the Septim Dynasty. (Not counting Martin, whose reign lasted the length of ''Oblivion's'' main quest.)

** Note that [[Numerological Motif|the Archangel Uriel is traditionally the seventh and last, and Septim being Latin for "seventh"]].

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* The minor character King Bushnik the Thirty-Third of ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' seems to invoke this, but then it is revealed that he is the island's first king, who is called that because he lives on 33rd St.