Knighting: Difference between revisions

* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' uses a bit of both. After one major battle it's mentioned that so many people were knighted as a result it took ages for the three available knights of the [[Praetorian Guard]] to dub them all, and that those knights had stood vigil in roughspun robes at the church the whole night and then walked barefoot to the palace, leaving most if not all with bleeding feet (but they all still stood proudly). However, "any knight can make a knight", and the ritual of anointing a would-be knight with seven oils by a priest is just a formality. There's also a band of [[Robin Hood]] types, led by a knight who uses this rule to promote his entire army, though few actually use the honorific of "ser" outside the band.

* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'' Sam Vimes' status as a knight becomes very important, as it enables him to create his own military unit out of Watch members in a time of crisis. When a noble opposes his status he counters each argument, most notably the claim that a knight must spend the night watching his armor. It goes a bit like this.

'''Vimes''': Oh, yes. Not a night has gone by without me thinking, "Ye gods, I hope I get out of this alive." }}

* In ''[[Don Quixote]]'', this is parodied the title character insists that [[The Presents Were Never From Santa|an innkeeper (who he thinks is a castellan)]] knight him after he has watched his armor in the castle chapel -- that is, in the stable of the inn. (See also under ''Theatre''.) This shows that [[Don Quixote]] could be mad, but [[Genre Savvy|he knows exactly how the ceremony must be]].

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Parodied in the ''[[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]]'' cartoon [[wikipedia:Rabbit Hood|Rabbit Hood]]. Bugs has [[Karmic Trickster|conned]] the Sheriff of Nottingham into thinking he's the king, and that Bugs is going to knight him.

'''Sheriff:''' ''(dazed, slurred)'' [[Non Sequitur Thud|You're too kind, your majesty]].<br />

'''Bugs:''' ''([[Breaking the Fourth Wall|to audience]])'' Got lots of stamina! }}