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To avoid confusion when adding examples, please refer to the following pages:
* [[Excalibur (
* [[Excalibur (Comic Book)]]: The [[Marvel Comics]] comic, and its [[Comicbook/Excalibur/The Comicbook/Characters|character sheet]].
* [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: Examples of items like the ''other'' sword which can only be used by the [[Chosen One]].
** [[The Sword in
* [[Excalibur in
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* Featured in the [[Marvel Universe]] in a trilogy of ''[[Iron Man]]'' stories.
** Later shows up in ''Captain Britain and MI-13''.
* ''[[Hellboy (
* The Shining Knight in Grant Morrison's ''[[Seven Soldiers]]'' wields the sword Caliburn Ex Calibur.
* In ''[[Mage]]'' Kevin Matchstick gains the ability to wield the magical baseball bat Excalibur.
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* ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'', identified properly as the sword bestowed upon Arthur by the Lady in the Lake, but serving no actual plot purpose.
* In ''[[Quest for Camelot]]'', Excalibur is lost and becomes the [[MacGuffin]] as the heroes quest to find it and save the kingdom. Sir Ruper, the [[Big Bad]], seeks the sword so he can magically bind himself to it and become invincible.
* In ''[[King Arthur (
== Literature ==
* Thomas Malory's ''[[Le Morte
* T.H. White's ''[[The Once and Future King]]''.
* In ''[[The Dark Tower]]'', Roland, a descendant of [[King Arthur]], wields guns forged from the blade and hilt of Excalibur.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Merlin (TV series)]]'', of course. It was created in the episode called "[[Title In|Excalibur]]", has been thrown into the lake by Merlin, was retrieved by his watery girlfriend, and is currently residing in [[Excalibur in
** As of the end of the fourth series, Excalibur has been pulled out of the stone and is in Arthur's possession, but ''still'' hasn't been called "Excalibur" yet.
* Appears in the ''[[Doctor Who
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and the Black Knight''
* Deconstructed in ''[[Tomb Raider]]: Legend'', where the concept of Excalibur as a [[Public Domain Artifact]] is explored.
* ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Skateboarding]]'' has the unlockable Excaliboard ([[Exactly What It Says
* In ''[[Golden Sun
* ''[[Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow
* In the French language translation of ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* In the NES game ''[[Day Dreamin Davey]]'', one Medieval stage has Davey overcome all obstacles in order to find the sacred sword Excalibur, only that the "sword" that he has imagined is actually a ruler while he's sitting in the corner in class.
* Excalibur appears in ''[[Magicka]]'' in a similar fasion as it does in ''[[Chronicles of Sorrow]]''; Sure, you can't use it as a sword, but it makes a damn good mace in the mean time.
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== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Fate/stay
== Webcomics ==
* In the webcomic ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'', Uther Pendragon, Arthur's father, allows people to believe his sword is the legendary Excalibur as a PR exercise. This is the sword that ends up in the stone, while the ''real'' Excalibur is in the care of the Lady of the Lake.
** That is, when it's not [[Recycled in Space|a starship]], a global corporation, a marshal's badge ... .
* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', one of Dave's sidequests in Sburb was to find and retrieve Caledfwlch, aka the Legendary Piece of Shit. It was embedded in a stone, [[Always Someone Better|and rather than attempting to pull it]], he felt he instead had to break it out. [[Future Badass|Davesprite]] had already done the same before travelling back in time, and had already alchemized it into the superior Caledscratch, making the Caledfwlch more or less useless... [[Infinity+1 Sword|for a while]].
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Gargoyles]]''. [[King Arthur]] appeared, albeit sans Excalibur. He eventually retrieved it, but not without a clash with [[Macbeth]].
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