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* [[Acting Unnatural]]: a Spy who's doing something like eavesdropping or stealing from a messenger post will do a "stealth walk" that's so over-the-top it should logically be more noticeable than a natural walk.
* [[Always Gets His Man]]: If you do something illegal (brawling in public, for instance), or if the Monarch orders you to the stocks or the Pit, the constable ''will'' find and arrest you. It doesn't matter if he's currently busy elsewhere, or if all the stocks are currently occupied. As soon as the constable can arrest you, he'll do so, for he has a long memory regarding such things.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The game is called ''The Sims Medieval'' but parts of it seem more at home in the Renaissance or even 18th century (especially with the ''Pirates & Nobles'' expansion).
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* [[A God Is You]]: [[Patrick Stewart|"You are The Watcher."]] See opening cinematic (link at top of page) for the rest.
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: A Monarch with the Evil trait and/or the Bloodthirsty or Cruel Fatal Flaw.
** Monarchs in general, whether they have those traits, can very easily become this, because they're given some of the cruelest interaction options in the game.
* [[The Good Chancellor]]: One NPC is a Royal Advisor, who's always loyal and helpful to your Monarch. Though one could possibly have the "Evil" trait, they would be an Evil Advisor in name only, since they would be no more likely to plot against the kingdom. (Although they're not always nice; most of their quest dialogue is very snarky, even for a [[World of Snark]].)
* [[Good Flaws, Bad Flaws]]: Some Fatal Flaws are better or worse than others in terms of how they affect gameplay and how other Sims react. "Weak Constitution" has so little effect on a Sim (unless the kingdom has low Well-Being, in which case s/he will get sick more often) that it's effectively a Good Flaw, while some flaws are massively disadvantageous or alienate the Sim from others.
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* [[Pregnant Badass]]: Averted in that it's not for example possible for a pregnant female Knight to do quests.
** She can still go hunting in the forests. The descriptions of her adventure aren't changed at all.
** While a pregnant knight can fulfill practically none of her duties, most other Heroes can carry on as normal when pregnant unless they are actually in labor.
* [[Practice Kiss]]: In the quest "The Mirthful Love Doctor", the Physician Sim can agree to help a romantically inexperienced Sim learn how to kiss (among other things.)
* [[Public Execution]]: The primary method of execution available is for a Sim to be tossed into "The Pit of Judgement" and forced to do battle with The Pit Beast, a carnivorous tentacled monstrosity. Gathered witnesses will either gasp in horror or cheer on the combatants.
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* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]: Dire Chinchillas.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: If your Hero is eloquent, a social option is "Pontificate Poignantly."
* [[Shout-Out]]: A unique NPC is named "Roger the Shrubber", and one debuff has the description "'Tis but a flesh wound," both shout-outs to [[Monty Python and
** When your blacksmith is hammering metal, he/she will get the [[MC Hammer|Hammer Tyme]] buff, which has the description "Ye shall not touch this!"
** In one quest, your wizard will have to make a Make-Believe Serum, which has the description [[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory|"Drink with me, and you'll be in a world of pure imagination!"]]
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** In yet another, when you play the fiddle well, you get a buff that says "Sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot, now that's some fiddlin' on the spot!"
** One of the petitions that your Monarch might hear is one about raising the taxes on goats. One of the options is [[George H. W. Bush|Read my lips...]], which is the option for no new taxes on goats.
** The song used in one of the teasers was [[Monty Python The Life Of Brian|"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"]].
** One of the over-arching quests/challenges is called "Legen[[How I Met Your Mother|- wait for it -]]dary.
** For bonus points, it features a Shout Out to a Shout Out. Partway through the first quest, you'll encounter Builder Vicks and Builder Wedge in the graveyard. "Vicks" is what Woolsey-era translations called recurring [[Square Enix]] character "Biggs", and of course the characters are named for ones from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
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