Knighting: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', {{spoiler|after having rescued [[The High Queen|Princess Arika]], she informally knighted Nagi while they were preparing for the epic final battle. He kneeled in respect, swore his loyalty and all that jazz. Cool scene considering he rarely ever acted seriously}}.

** {{spoiler|Prior to this, every time she had addressed him as "my knight," he'd protested that he was [[Fantasy Character Classes|a mage, not a knight]]. Perhaps she got annoyed and decided this would shut him up...}}

* After an important battle in the Golden Age arc of ''[[Berserk]]'', Griffith is knighted by the King of Midland.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[King Ralph]]'', Ralph accidentally cuts the man he is knighting, nearly taking an ear off, because he is distracted. Later, after stepping down as king and being knighted himself, Ralph covers both of his ears while having the sword passed over him.

* In ''[[The Court Jester]]'', one of the most famous sequences has the lead character taking part in a grand formal ceremony with detail marches and chants. However, the King becomes impatient and orders the participants to speed it up. Suddenly, everyone goes into double time with every detail and [[Danny Kaye]]'s character can't keep up.

* William receives his sword tap at the end of ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'' by the prince himself!

* ''[[Kingdom of Heaven]]'' gives us Balian (Orlando Bloom) being knighted by his dying father Baron Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson, he seems to always die) and receiving a backhand slap to the face. Later in the movie, Balian does the same with every soldier defending Jerusalem (He only slaps the nearest one, else it could have got time consuming).

* Bedivere is the first to be knighted by King Arthur on his journey, and the only one to be seen doing so, in [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]].

* ''[[Cars 2]]'' has {{spoiler|Mater}} knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

* In [[Johnny English]], the titular agent requests to be knighted at the end of the film, having thwarted the plans of the [[Big Bad]].

 

 

== [[Literature]] ==

** In ''[[Prince Caspian]]'', Peter knights Caspian, and Caspian knights several of his followers right after.

* ''[[Sir Apropos of Nothing]]'' - guess who?

** This one is particularly interesting as the vigil is expressly depicted as hazardous to the knight-to-be's mental health and even has the potential to be outright lethal depending on the nature of the participant. To elaborate, the vigil involves {{spoiler|making the knight-to-be spend a period of time locked in a chamber with what amounts to a slightly tame [[Eldritch Abomination]] that mentally tortures the prospective knight, often by confronting him with his worse fears and the darker parts of his nature. If said knight-to-be proves not to be a good person, the result can be serious mental scarring or even a karmic death.}} Even genuinely good knights generally come away from the ordeal with a certain degree of PTSD.

* Christopher Stasheff's ''A Wizard in Chaos'' has the 'any knight can make another' with {{spoiler|Magnus Gallowglass}}, the son of two noble lines, but without any official title other than the knightly 'sir', granting it to the companion who has traveled with him throughout his last three adventures. Also includes the extra 'final punch' option.

* ''[[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.

{{quote| '''Vimes''': A man doesn't watch his armor around here he's got none left in the morning.<br />

'''Rust''': ''In prayer.''<br />

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

* The appointment of Dominion Lords in [[The Sovereign Stone]] trilogy is largely drawn from this. New elements would probably be the magic armor and the gods descending from heaven personally appoint them.

* The [[Honorverse]] has shown two short form knighting on screen, once for Honor herself at the end of Honor of the Queen and again for Aivars Terekhov in Storm From the Shadows.

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Tooth and Claw" The Doctor and Rose are knighted as "Sir Doctor of TARDIS" and "Dame Rose of The Powell Estate" by [[Queen Vicky]]. However you don't need place names when you're knighted.

** In the original series story arc ''The Crusade'', the Doctor's companion Ian Chesterton is knighted as "Sir Ian of Jaffa" (Jaffa being where the knighting took place) by King [[Richard the Lion Heart]].

* On ''[[The Odd Couple]]'' a princess/queen one of the titular couple was romancing was allowed to give out x number of knighthoods a year, but they didn't mean anything since she was an in-name-only leader of her country. She used her last one of the year to knight a homeless man.

* Parodied in a short ''[[Morecambe and Wise]]'' sketch when Ernie received a knighthood from the Queen and, as she tapped him with the sword, it pulled off his wig.

 

== [[Theater]] ==

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Elincia knights Ike in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Path of Radiance''.

** Pelleas appoints Micaiah as General of the Daein Army in ''Radiant Dawn'', but the ceremony (and the result) is much the same.

* The PC of [[Neverwinter Nights 2]] is hastily knighted to avoid being extradited to a [[Kangaroo Court]]. Notable in that the vigil is actually shown, though most of the other steps are skipped. The PC is attacked during this time, naturally.

* ''[[Mass Effect 1]]'' has the Spectre induction ceremony, complete with rousing music and stirring speeches.

 

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

* In the third movie, ''[[Shrek]]'' knights some unlucky dude with rather messy results ([[Does Not Know His Own Strength|he didn't train the sword-tapping-shoulder part enough]]).

** ''[[Rule of Cool|With a lightsaber.]]''

* There were two knightings in [[Gargoyles]]. Princess Katherine used a dagger to dub Tom "Guardian of the Eggs". King Arthur used Excaliber to knight Griff.

* [[The Simpsons|Krusty the Clown]] was nearly knighted by the Queen of England herself... but then he got a call about the problems with Kamp Krusty.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==