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Wilhelm (or William) Tell is a legendary Swiss folk hero (of questionable historicity), said to have lived in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. According to the story, his resistance to the Habsburg overlords of what is now central Switzerland served as the basis for a wider rebellion and the foundation of the Swiss Confederation.
The legend is fairly simple: In 1307, the Habsburg Duke of Austria has sent the reeve [[The Dragon|Albrecht Gessler]] to the canton of [
One day, an [[Mountain Man|alpine shepherd]] and expert crossbowman called Willhelm Tell comes to town with his son Walter and refuses to pay tribute to the hat. Gessler is furious and has him arrested. Hearing about Tell's marksmanship skills, he agrees to spare him and his son from the death penalty on one condition: That Tell must shoot an apple from his son's head in the town square. Tell, not having much choice, takes two bolts from his quiver and loads one before taking the shot. He succeeds, splitting the apple while leaving Walter unharmed. When Gessler askes him what the other bolt was for, Tell replies that if he had hit his son, the other bolt would have been for Gessler.
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[[Dichter and Denker|Friedrich Schiller]] wrote a play about him, which is [[Quote Overdosed]] (well, if you speak German, at least), and codified the version of the story best known to modern audiences.
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* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The [[Popeye]] short "Popeye Meets William Tell", although in this adaptation William's son (who was apparently a Middle Ages version of [[The Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]]) was already killed, and Popeye has to stand in for him.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Tell cements himself as a Type IV by the end. After he escaped, he could have let Gessler go free, and fled the country with his son. Instead, he took his revenge; understandable, but immoral nonetheless.
* [[Cruel Mercy]]: Gessler agrees to spare Tell's and Walter's lives, but only if the father puts his son's life in grave danger.
* [[Feudal Overlord]]:
* [[Folk Hero]]
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Tell's skill with a crossbow is his most famous attribute.
* [[The High Middle Ages]]
* [[How Do You Like Them Apples?]]
* [[Mountain Man]]: Tell is generally depicted as embodying this image wholeheartedly, [[Badass Beard]] and all.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Gessler's hat is sufficiently nice that he elevates it to the status of an idol.
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: What would've happened if Tell ever missed.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Tell.
* [[Save the Villain]]:
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: The crossbow.
* [[William Telling]]: The most famous episode from the legend.
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