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* 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.

** His pants don't seem to be able to keep up either.

* ''[[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).

* In the 1937 Armada film ''[[Fire Over England]]'', Michael Ingolby ([[Laurence Olivier]]) is knighted by [[The Virgin Queen|Elizabeth I]] (Flora Robson); in ''[[The Sea Hawk (Film)|The Sea Hawk]]'' (1940), [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Francis-Drake-Expy]] Geoffrey Thorpe ([[Errol Flynn]]) is knighted by the same queen (and the same actress).

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

** 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]].

* In ''[[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]]'', Uther is seen knighting some men. {{spoiler|Then Emilia Fox shows up.}}

* 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]] ==

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

{{quote| '''Bugs:''' Arise, Sir Loin of Beef! ''*strikes Sheriff over the head with his sceptre*'' Arise, Earl (oil) of Cloves! ''*strike*'' Arise, Duke of Brittingham! ''*strike*'' Arise, Baron of Munchhausen! ''*strike*'' Arise, Essence of Myrrh! ''*strike*'' Milk of Magnesia ''*strike*'' Quarter of Ten ''*strike*''<br />

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

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