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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: It's a bit hard not to feel for {{spoiler|Queen Mab as she fades from existence along with the last of the world's magic and the Old Ways, crying out for Merlin and Frik to look at her, rasping that she loves Merlin as a son while her voice grows increasingly thin and hoarse.}}
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] / [[Well
* [[Complete Monster]]: While most of the villains have some redeeming traits, Vortigern goes all the way. In addition to being a tyrant and a power-hungry conquerer, he takes the daughter of one of his most loyal lords captive and threatens to kill her himself if her father doesn't behave, just because he doesn't trust anyone, and casually refers to having murdered men, women, and children just for mouthing off to him.
** Mordred is even worse. He injures or murders castle servants while practicing archery, shoots arrows at everyone in the room just because one of them commented that his performance was "less than perfect," acts disturbingly excited and pleased at the thought of Elaine's heartbreak, laughs at his own mother's death, starts a war and plunges Britain into chaos, etc. In the novelizations, his evil is stepped up a notch, and his motives border on [[Chaotic Evil]] [[Omnicidal Maniac]] doing it [[For the Evulz]].
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: Shortly after Morgan le Fay dies, Mordred comments, “She sleeps alone, at last.”
** The second time we see Vortigern's castle under construction collapse:
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*camera shifts to Vortigern's face, we hear the castle fall and see rocks tumble down the cliff in the background, and Vortigern's suppressed rage*
'''Vortigern:''' *[[Death Glare]]* ...you were saying? }}
* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: Several. Just about every one is also a [[Tear Jerker]], though.
** One specific example is Merlin telling Arthur, "you were the right man to hold Excalibur", and seeing the look of gratitude on his face, {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|moments before he dies.]]}}
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Just look at the [http://l6.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-snc4/hs924.snc4/73703_160452923992985_100000848364812_285470_1298358_n.jpg costume]{{Dead link}} [[Martin Short]] wore as Frik, and consider that Morgan is played by [[Helena Bonham Carter]].▼
▲* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Just look at the [http://l6.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-snc4/hs924.snc4/73703_160452923992985_100000848364812_285470_1298358_n.jpg costume] [[Martin Short]] wore as Frik, and consider that Morgan is played by [[Helena Bonham Carter]].
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Morgan le Fey grows up insecure about her lisp and drooping eyelid. She witnesses Uther rape her mother via [[Bed Trick]], then murder her father and his men, all because Merlin let him. Later, she's used as a pawn by Mab and Frik, and eventually her son completely stops caring about her {{spoiler|in preference for a surrogate, "Auntie" Mab, who kills her in the end.}} On the other hand, her reaction to the childhood trauma is bitterness and eager complicity in the plot to screw over Arthur, and she probably has a lot to do with Mordred's poor character.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Mab keeps getting Frik to, well, frick with people's lives.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Vortigern casually referring to having killed men, women, and children simply for insolence, or deciding to
** For Mordred, this moment is probably when Mab {{spoiler|kills Morgan le Fay}}, and he responds by ''laughing'' about it and complimenting her on it. “That was very clever.”
* [[Tear Jerker]]:
** The Lady of the Lake's final conversation with Merlin, and the
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