Knight Errant: Difference between revisions

* [[Vorkosigan Saga|Miles Vorkosigan]] has been diagnosed as having Knight Errant tendencies - by his mother.

* Simon Templar, more commonly known as [[The Saint]], is this in many of creator Leslie Charteris's stories (one story collection was even titled ''Saint Errant'') and in some episodes of the TV series that starred Roger Moore. Not so much in the [[The Movie|Val Kilmer movie]].

** One story ends with the Bolo literally getting knighted.

* A very [[The Fair Folk|tiny]] knight errant is the subject of a poem by [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]], aptly titled "Errantry." The poem includes descriptions of his [[Knight in Shining Armour|marvellously shiny armour]], his [[Shallow Love Interest|attempts to woo and marry a butterfly]], and his epic battles with [[Bug War|dragonflies and bumblebees]]. Also, perhaps coincidentally, you can sing it to the tune of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s "[[Major-General Song|I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General]]".

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the Doctor often fits this trope, even if he's not actively seeking wrongs to right, he seldom hesitates to get involved when he runs into one. He's had many companions, but they act more like "squires" than true partners and none of them stay with him forever. His [[The Nth Doctor|sixth incarnation]] outright calls himself a Knight Errant at least once.

* Dr. Sam Beckett from ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' is a [[Recycled in Space|time-traveling]] Knight Errant who [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|"strives to put right what once went wrong"]] one life at a time.

* [[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr|Brisco County]] and Lord Bowler fit this perfectly. Bounty hunters travelling the West looking for bad guys, and usually finding them.

* Both Gwaine and Lancelot at times in BBC's [[Merlin]]

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