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The Sword in the Stone

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Disney's take on Arthurian Legend.Loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by T. H. White, which became part one of The Once and Future King.This film version was made in 1963 as the 18th entry in the Disney Animated Canon. At the start of the story, the king Uther Pendragon has died. Soon after, a sword stuck in an anvil atop a large boulder appears in London bearing the words "Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise King born of England." However, no one is able to succeed at this task, and the throne lies vacant, awaiting a King.Cut several years later to the main protagonist, twelve-year-old Arthur, an orphan who was taken in and raised by his foster father, Sir Ector. Usually called Wart by his adoptive family, and training to be a squire, he is under the apprenticeship of Sir Kay, his older foster brother. One day, while accompanying Kay on a hunting trip, Wart inadvertently distracts the knight, causing the aim of his arrow to go off target, missing the deer and losing the ammo. The younger boy goes into the forest to retrieve it. While doing so, he accidentally crashes into the house of the magician Merlin. Upon meeting, the wizard declares that he will tutor Wart, a decision that greatly changes the boy's life.Notably, this film was Walt Disney's penultimate animated film and the last one to be released during his lifetime; he would die three years later during the production of The Jungle Book (1967), which wouldn't see release until ten months after his passing. The film likewise established the xerography process introduced for 101 Dalmatians as a de facto visual standard for Disney's feature output, as opposed to a finite aesthetic choice; due to both diminishing staff and Walt Disney's contemporarily-declining interest in his animation department, this may have stemmed from labor and budgetary limitations.
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Canon Foreigner
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Canon Foreigner: Madam Mim is mistaken as one of these by those who have only read the collected version of The Once and Future King. Her part was eliminated from that edition, but she is present in the original.
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Control Freak
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Control Freak: Sir Ector's autocratic personality makes him distrustful of anything unusual or out of order in his castle, hence his very tough treatment of Wart and his skepticism and later outright hostility towards Merlin when he believes Merlin practices black magic.
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Card-Carrying Villain
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Card-Carrying Villain: Mim delights in being evil to the point of trying to kill Arthur for the principle of the thing rather than any other reason.
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Arbitrary Skepticism
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Arbitrary Skepticism: Sir Ector punishes Wart for claiming Merlin turned him into a fish (and being tardy on top of that), even though Ector knows full well that Merlin is a wizard and has seen him cast snow and disappearing spells. There's also Ector accusing Merlin of practicing black magic for doing something as innocuous as making the castle dishes clean themselves. The latter is lampshaded by a baffled Merlin when Ector is grilling him.
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Instantly Proven Wrong
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Kay is a dismissive jerk to Wart, but he does have a point about testing the sword ("Anyone can pull it once it's been pulled."). Fortunately, Kay is Instantly Proven Wrong - once re-inserted, the sword is as immovable as ever, until Wart tries again.
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Heroic BSoD
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Heroic BSoD: Wart undergoes a minor one after losing his chance to become Kay's squire.
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Rescue Romance
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Rescue Romance: Averted. The girl squirrel saves Wart from the wolf and happily cuddles with him, but it's clear that no matter how grateful he might be, he's not falling in love with her anytime soon.
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Morphic Resonance
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Morphic Resonance: Whenever a person is magically transformed into an animal their face will remain the same. The Wizard's Duel is considered one of the best examples of this sort of thing ever in animation - no matter what shape they take, Mim always has her crazy eyes and mop of hair, and Merlin always has his mustache/beard and glasses. Everyone also keeps the color scheme of their clothing, resulting in many instances of Amazing Technicolor Wildlife.
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Cool Old Guy
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Cool Old Guy: Merlin, the time traveling wiseman.
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Artistic License – Biology
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Artistic License – Biology: The portrayal of the pike in the castle moat as a Super-Persistent Predator straddles the line: northern pikes are famously aggressive and territorial, but they are primarily ambush predators, not pursuit predators. The fish would also be unlikely to survive Arthur's Palate Propping strategy with the arrow without serious injury, let alone snap the arrow by biting hard enough. That said, they get some other stuff right: there's relatively little vegetation in the moat, which tends to correlate to larger pike (smaller pike need more cover to protect them from other pike, whereas larger fish can afford to reduce their cover for a clearer field of vision). While it is true the female squirrel chooses a mate, the mate is chosen among a group who wish to court her, and she is the one to be chased. Furthermore, squirrels do not have one mate for life; the male leaves before the birth of the babies. Then again, we wouldn't have this "adorable" scene if it followed that to a T. Madam Mim calls Wart a sparrow when she first discovers him, despite the fact he looks nothing like one and instead resembles a domestic canary which originates from the Macaronesian Islands, and not the British Isles.
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Title Drop
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Title Drop: The last line of the opening song and Ector exclaims "It's the Sword in the Stone" when he reads the first few words of the titular blade's inscription and realizes what it is.
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Never Trust a Trailer: The 1983 trailer for the movie makes the movie seem like Merlin and Wart are actively seeking The Sword in the Stone and that Madam Mim is driving the conflict. The sword doesn't even come into the plot until just near the end, and the bulk of the film is just Merlin and Wart partaking in episodic adventures. Madam Mim technically is the villain of the film (Ector and Kay are the main source of the film's conflict for marginalizing Wart, but calling them villains is a big stretch, since they're both jerks at worst) but she's a side character that Wart unwittingly encounters late in the picture—she is not the film's main source of conflict.
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Villain Song
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Villain Song: "The Magnificent, Marvelous, Mad Madam Mim."
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Papa Wolf
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Papa Wolf: Merlin when Mim nearly "destroys" Wart.
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Talking Animal
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Talking Animal: Archimedes most notably. When Merlin and Wart are transformed into animals they seem to keep their ability to talk as well. Interestingly, the girl squirrel, for all her incoherent chatter, says one line of understandable human dialogue, "Oh no!" when her beloved Wart is in danger of falling to his death.
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Wizard Duel
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Wizard Duel: Merlin vs Madam Mim.
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Voluntary Shapeshifting
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Voluntary Shapeshifting: As magic users, Merlin and Mim can turn into things like animals...and germs.
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Latin Is Magic
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Latin Is Magic: Merlin's spells are always in Latin, some of it real, much of it made up like "Higgitus Figgitus". When he asks Archimedes for a specific spell, he refers to it as "that Latin business."
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It Only Works Once
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It Only Works Once: Averted. Kay makes the argument that anyone can pull the sword out once it's been pulled. While perfectly logical, the miracle is still in effect (as other knights can attest).
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Ironic Echo
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Ironic Echo: when we first see Mim, she's heard Wart coughing and gleefully speculates that someone may be deathly ill. She's considerably less thrilled when the ill one is her, thanks to Merlin.
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Thriving Ghost Town
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Thriving Ghost Town: Sir Ector's castle is implied to have a fairly large residence, at least enough to fill up the kitchen with mountains of dishes, but we only ever see a handful of people living in it, and that includes Ector, Kay and Wart.
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Anachronism Stew
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Anachronism Stew: While it's far from the only adaptation to do so, this sets King Arthur in medieval England, about a thousand years after King Arthur is supposed to have lived. It's particularly glaring when "England" is mentioned as the setting — England only came into existence because Arthur and other Welsh kings failed to stop the Anglo-Saxons from taking their land. To be fair, this was all prevalent in "The Once and Future King," which was heavily based on Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, where the first line refers to England. There's also Merlin's comment about helicopters (see Analogy Backfire), which shouldn't exist yet. However, this case is in-universe, because Merlin can see (and even travel) into the future. Without exception, all the knights in the film wear full suits of steel plate armor, which wouldn't become common until the 1300s and 1400s (it took the introduction of the musket to make chainmail completely obsolete).
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Verbal Tic
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Verbal Tic: Archimedes' "Who? What, what?"
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Guile Hero
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Merlin one-ups her on this magnificently - while there's a rule that says "no turning into plants or minerals" and "no disappearing" (which Mim herself broke at the start of the duel anyway) he turns himself into a germ - which is neither - to infect her and win the duel.
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Prefers the True Form
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Prefers the True Form: Played straight in Mad Madam Mim's case because the uglier she becomes in her regular form, the better it is. This is demonstrated in her Villain Song, during which she turns her face into a pig's and tears her maiden form apart, which is only "skin-deep". Both Merlin and Archimedes are aware of her behavior and the former tells her that, after healing from her post-battle fever, she will hopefully become uglier than ever before (the reason being she takes these remarks as a compliment).
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Analogy Backfire
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Analogy Backfire: Merlin teaching Wart that swimming like a fish is like flying a helicopter. Wart doesn't know what he means. Merlin, realizing what he said, tells him to forget it.
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The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson
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The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson: ...and Merlin knows about indoor plumbing, Bermuda, and helicopters. It's played with in that the creators seem to be going with T.H. White's concept of Merlin living through time backwards. Merlin himself reveals that he's seen "centuries into the future" and that he's even been there. What's the best way to portray that in a children's film, apparently? Have him spout wacky anachronisms!
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Violently Protective Girlfriend
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Violently Protective Girlfriend: The girl squirrel is a somewhat mild example.
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Succession Crisis
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Succession Crisis: England has been kingless for over twelve years.
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Hidden Depths
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Hidden Depths: Archimedes actually makes more progress with Arthur's education when he insists on taking over from Merlin. He finds out that the reason why Wart is confused with the concepts Merlin is describing is that he doesn't know how to read or write. Archimedes then drills Wart with the basic alphabet and corrects him when he writes "G" backward. It's implied he kept up the education after Merlin blew himself to Bermuda.
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Divine Intervention
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Divine Intervention: After the King died without an heir, Excalibur miraculously appeared. The film openly calls it a miracle, and with the Rays from Heaven it gives off when Arthur touches it, this implies it to be the case.
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Black Knight
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Sir Bart the Black Knight and Sir Pellinore, who protest at multiple people trying to pull the sword out together, and insist that Wart be given a chance to pull out the sword (again).
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It Will Never Catch On
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It Will Never Catch On: When Merlin predicts the invention of manned flight.
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Embarrassing Nickname
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Embarrassing Nickname: Arthur is called "Wart", mostly by his caretaker/guardian Ector and his son Kay. He doesn't seem to mind it that much, though, and Merlin and Archimides call him that as well (despite the fact that he gave them his real name before saying "But everyone calls me Wart"). Ector only says his real name after he pulls out the sword.
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Shipper on Deck
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Shipper on Deck: Merlin to Wart and the red girl squirrel, but because he finds it amusing more than heartwarming.
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Rags to Royalty
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Rags to Royalty: Wart goes from being a marginalized orphan to Arthur, King of England, overnight.
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The Unintelligible
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The Unintelligible: The girl squirrel. She only squeaks and chitters emotionally. However, she mutters an "Oh no!" when she sees Wart about to fall from a breaking branch.
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Silent Snarker
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Silent Snarker: Merlin's sugar bowl has quite a personality when not delivering sugar to tea cups.
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Adapted Out
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Adapted Out: The original book had Robin Hood (renamed Robin Wood for the story) as a character Wart and Merlin encounter. The Questing Beast and Sir Grummore are also cut. Wart and Kay's quest to rescue some people from Morgan Le Fay's Castle, the encounter with the Giant Galpas, the Hawks' initiation, and Wart and Merlin going into an ant colony are also removed from the film adaptation.
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Impossible Hourglass Figure
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Impossible Hourglass Figure: Madam Mim's beautiful form is mundanely impossible because she used magic to achieve it.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_38aa5782
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_38aa5782
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1.0
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The Sword in the Stone / int_38aa5782
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3bc88a7f
type
Foregone Conclusion
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3bc88a7f
comment
Foregone Conclusion: Anyone remotely familiar with the Once and Future King books or Arthurian Legend they're based on knows that Wart is going to be the one to pull the sword out of the stone in the ending. As a result, Disney doesn't even treat it as a spoiler—the cover art for home video releases of the movie outright show him pulling out the sword.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3bc88a7f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3bc88a7f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_3bc88a7f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3bfa8d6
type
Fair-Play Villain
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3bfa8d6
comment
Fair-Play Villain: Played with. When Mim has Arthur trapped, she offers to give him a sporting chance... not much of one. But when she goes up against Merlin, no holds are barred.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3bfa8d6
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3bfa8d6
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1.0
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The Sword in the Stone / int_3bfa8d6
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3d15a154
type
Muggle in Mage Custody
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3d15a154
comment
Muggle in Mage Custody: In spite of being The Chosen One, Wart/King Arthur has no magical powers of his own, and he is tutored by the magician Merlin.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3d15a154
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3d15a154
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1.0
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The Sword in the Stone / int_3d15a154
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3ed23024
type
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3ed23024
comment
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Merlin believes that, Because Destiny Says So, that he will convince Wart to give up a career of knighthood and stimulate his mind. He goes into complex concepts like locomotion and gravity. Wart is too polite to bring it outright, but he doesn't quite understand them, something that Archimedes chides Merlin for ignoring and what the owl finds out when he asks Wart to read a pile of Merlin's books. Why? Because he was never given a basic education! Wart's an orphan that Ector took in as a foster son, and training to be a squire. Therefore, he doesn't know how to read or write; as Archimedes points out, you can't teach someone the world is round when they don't even know their basic letters. It's implied that Archimedes teaching Wart the basics helps him get up to speed when he is crowned king.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3ed23024
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_3ed23024
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The Sword in the Stone / int_3ed23024
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3f70415
type
Because Destiny Says So
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3f70415
comment
Because Destiny Says So: Merlin only decided to be Arthur's teacher because he foresaw that he would. He didn't know it would be Arthur specifically, nor does he give any other reason.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3f70415
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_3f70415
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_3f70415
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3fca462c
type
Deus ex Machina
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3fca462c
comment
Deus ex Machina: Late in the film, Hobbs, whom Ector had handed the position of squire to after Wart lost his chance for it, abruptly comes down with a nasty illness, forcing Ector to make Wart into Kay's squire after all. One would think it was Merlin's doing at first, but in the following scene, Merlin makes no mystery that he is not happy about Wart becoming a squire.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3fca462c
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_3fca462c
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The Sword in the Stone / int_3fca462c
 The Sword in the Stone / int_408c2692
type
Shapeshifter Showdown
 The Sword in the Stone / int_408c2692
comment
Shapeshifter Showdown: It's even the trope's image. The nature of the Wizard Duel is the pair of them taking different forms for combat.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_408c2692
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_408c2692
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_408c2692
 The Sword in the Stone / int_424d15ad
type
Love Hurts
 The Sword in the Stone / int_424d15ad
comment
Love Hurts: One of the most heartbreaking examples. The girl squirrel really loved Wart and immediately starts sobbing in confusion and grief when he reveals himself to be human.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_424d15ad
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_424d15ad
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The Sword in the Stone / int_424d15ad
 The Sword in the Stone / int_43b154c9
type
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
 The Sword in the Stone / int_43b154c9
comment
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Wart was voiced by two of the director's three young sons (the third voiced Mowgli and Christopher Robin) and a third, unrelated child actor. Not one of them had even the slightest trace of the British accent you'd expect from King Arthurnote admittedly, none of them should be speaking Modern English at all, let alone any accent derived from it; Arthur lived (roughly) at the crossover from the 5th to the 6th century, at which time the primary language in England would be Common Brittonic, a very early precursor to Old English, which itself is the precursor to Modern English. Of course, as the Anachronism Stew entry points out, the film takes place almost a thousand years after Arthur himself lived....
 The Sword in the Stone / int_43b154c9
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_43b154c9
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The Sword in the Stone / int_43b154c9
 The Sword in the Stone / int_43b6fb56
type
Vain Sorceress
 The Sword in the Stone / int_43b6fb56
comment
Vain Sorceress: Mim defies this trope. She says she could be beautiful if she wanted to be, and in fact, does change herself into such a form as it it were a parlor trick. Then she admits that such a form is only skin deep and she's happy being ugly.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_43b6fb56
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_43b6fb56
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The Sword in the Stone / int_43b6fb56
 The Sword in the Stone / int_440d1d0b
type
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
 The Sword in the Stone / int_440d1d0b
comment
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Merlin breaks the "no make-believe things" rule when he turns into a fictitious disease to ultimately defeat Mim. In his defense, this was after Mim blatantly cheated by turning into a dragon.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_440d1d0b
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_440d1d0b
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The Sword in the Stone / int_440d1d0b
 The Sword in the Stone / int_447d9e50
type
Xanatos Speed Chess
 The Sword in the Stone / int_447d9e50
comment
Xanatos Speed Chess: The Wizard Duel, which involves shapeshifting into different animals on the fly to gain an advantage. Mim starts as an alligator, Merlin goes turtle and then rabbit to escape her, Mim goes fox to follow Merlin into a hollow log, Merlin escapes as a caterpillar, Mim becomes a chicken to catch him and sends him flying into the air, and Merlin turns into a walrus, landing on and squashing her. She then grows into an elephant and grabs him with her trunk, he turns into a mouse to frighten her, and she becomes a tiger and then a rattlesnake to catch him, only for Merlin to trick her into a hole and going crab to try and pinch her. She becomes a rhino, lets him grab her horn, and tries to crush him against a tree, but he escapes at the last minute, letting her trap herself through the tree at the top of a cliff. He then turns into a goat to knock her off the cliff, prompting Mim to finally lose her temper, break her own rule and become a dragon, with Merlin turning into a mouse again to escape. Finally, when she catches him, he wins the duel by becoming a germ that makes her horribly sick and unable to continue.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_447d9e50
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_447d9e50
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The Sword in the Stone / int_447d9e50
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4668be6f
type
Distinguishing Mark
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4668be6f
comment
Distinguishing Mark: Merlin's transformations always have his glasses and a blue tinge. Most of them even keep his facial hair to various degrees. Mim's animal transformations always have her messy hair and (for the most part) are predominantly pink (except her dragon form, which is purple due to her Loophole Abuse regarding that form).
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4668be6f
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_4668be6f
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The Sword in the Stone / int_4668be6f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_46e53efd
type
Screams Like a Little Girl
 The Sword in the Stone / int_46e53efd
comment
Screams Like a Little Girl: The elderly female squirrel, despite not being anthropomorphic, screams like a human woman among seeing Merlin change back into his human form.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_46e53efd
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_46e53efd
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The Sword in the Stone / int_46e53efd
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4781adbb
type
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4781adbb
comment
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Kay is implied to have at least a few gold flecks. At the end when his father demands he bow to Wart, Kay does so first with a sullen scowl... then after looking at him, does so sincerely. Ector, who is rather quick to apologize to Wart for the way he's treated him. He also shows worry and remorse at the beginning of the movie, when he is worried that Wart is dead. Archimedes may be a cynic and have a horrible opinion about humans, but he genuinely cares about Wart and sticks with him even when Merlin blasts himself off to Bermuda. He takes up teaching Wart to read and write and jumps in to teach him how to fly when he's turned into a bird actively encouraging him. And despite his protestations he clearly risks his own life to save Wart from being eaten by the pike and later by the hawk.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4781adbb
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_4781adbb
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The Sword in the Stone / int_4781adbb
 The Sword in the Stone / int_47fea76b
type
Butt-Monkey
 The Sword in the Stone / int_47fea76b
comment
Butt-Monkey: The poor wolf in the opening that tries to pick an easy meal out of Wart and Merlin only to be forced to give up on its prey out of pure exhaustion as a result of Merlin's near-fatal absent-mindedness.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_47fea76b
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_47fea76b
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_47fea76b
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4852f325
type
I Just Want to Be Normal
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4852f325
comment
I Just Want to Be Normal: Wart would much rather be a squire than play apprentice to an eccentric old man (even if said old man is proven to be a wizard); later, he finds being King to be extremely overwhelming. Fortunately, Merlin convinces him that he'll be a great ruler.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4852f325
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_4852f325
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_4852f325
 The Sword in the Stone / int_49fb5ccb
type
Combat Pragmatist
 The Sword in the Stone / int_49fb5ccb
comment
Combat Pragmatist: Both Merlin and Mim during their duel, though in Merlin's case he does it while sticking to the rules. Chicken Mim tries to eat caterpillar Merlin? Merlin turns into a walrus and squashes her. When Mim gets stuck in a tree as a rhino, Merlin quickly changes into a goat and headbutts her into a chasm. Mim then turns into a dragon and proceeds to smoke Merlin out of his hiding spots as smaller animals.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_49fb5ccb
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_49fb5ccb
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The Sword in the Stone / int_49fb5ccb
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4a1385f2
type
Dangerous Backswing
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4a1385f2
comment
Dangerous Backswing: As Sir Ector charges to attack the enchanted dishes, he raises his sword over his head and strikes Kay on the head with the backswing. Fortunately, it simply bonks Kay instead of cutting him.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4a1385f2
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_4a1385f2
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The Sword in the Stone / int_4a1385f2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4a3e547f
type
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4a3e547f
comment
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When Merlin talks to Wart about his future legacy:
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4a3e547f
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_4a3e547f
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The Sword in the Stone / int_4a3e547f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4aa3c552
type
Animorphism
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4aa3c552
comment
Animorphism: Merlin turns himself and Wart into a fish and squirrel, and later turns Wart into a bird, while Madam Mim turns herself into a cat to try and catch him; during the Wizard's Duel that follows, the two sorcerers change themselves into various animals.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4aa3c552
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_4aa3c552
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The Sword in the Stone / int_4aa3c552
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4b316d47
type
Break the Cutie
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4b316d47
comment
The girl squirrel is cheerful and amorous until Wart becomes human again and breaks her heart.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4b316d47
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_4b316d47
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The Sword in the Stone / int_4b316d47
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4be1f279
type
Weredragon
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4be1f279
comment
Weredragon: The wizard's duel culminates in Madam Mim breaking one of her own rules and turning into a dragon.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4be1f279
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_4be1f279
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The Sword in the Stone / int_4be1f279
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4ebc2ce5
type
Opposed Mentors
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4ebc2ce5
comment
Opposed Mentors: Archimedes and Merlin often clash in their styles of education getting into heated arguments. Archimedes insists that education must start with the basics (such as teaching Wart how to read and write first) while Merlin wants to jump straight into knowledge he's gained from looking at the future (which as Archimedes rightly states might get Wart labeled as a lunatic — just like Merlin).
 The Sword in the Stone / int_4ebc2ce5
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_4ebc2ce5
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_4ebc2ce5
 The Sword in the Stone / int_500f3079
type
Owls Ask "Who?"
 The Sword in the Stone / int_500f3079
comment
Owls Ask "Who?": Happens when we're first introduced to Merlin's owl, Archimedes. When Merlin checks his watch and concludes that someone [Wart] will be arriving in half and hour, Archimedes pops out of his birdhouse and says, "Who? Who? I'd like to know who?"
 The Sword in the Stone / int_500f3079
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_500f3079
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_500f3079
 The Sword in the Stone / int_511728ae
type
Magic Versus Science
 The Sword in the Stone / int_511728ae
comment
Magic Versus Science: Defied. Merlin is a wizard, alright, but he is quite knowledgeable about science; special mention goes to him using his knowledge of germs and disease to infect Madam Mim (which weren't widely accepted to be the cause of disease until the 1850s!). He even outright tells Wart that magic can't solve everything. In the end, it seems that a combination of the two can give one an advantage in life.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_511728ae
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_511728ae
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The Sword in the Stone / int_511728ae
 The Sword in the Stone / int_52ecdc65
type
Rhyming Wizardry
 The Sword in the Stone / int_52ecdc65
comment
Rhyming Wizardry: The song "Higitus Figitus" is in the form of a spell Merlin is using to shrink his belongings.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_52ecdc65
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_52ecdc65
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_52ecdc65
 The Sword in the Stone / int_56515a39
type
Artistic License – History
 The Sword in the Stone / int_56515a39
comment
Artistic License – History: The film recites the age-old myth that people in the Middle Ages thought the earth was flat. In reality, the Ancient Greeks discovered that the world was round thousands of years before, and this knowledge carried into the Middle Ages. As with most works of Arthurian legend, including the book it was based which was openly anachronistic, the setting is reminiscent of the Late Middle Ages. Assuming he was a real person, the mythical King Arthur lived at the turn of the 6th century – the very beginning of the Early Middle Ages. Knights, castles, and jousting wouldn't even exist for hundreds of years. See Anachronism Stew above. Related to the previous point, it is mentioned by Sir Ector that Kay will be "knighted" on Christmas Day so he can compete on the tournament by New Year. But the tradition of knighting as we currently understand it came about during Charlemagne's reign, at least 2 centuries after Arthur's own reign. Back in that time, any nobleman able to afford armor and weapons could call himself a knight. Unless the inference of "knighting" him was that he'd receive his armor and sword as a Christmas present from his father.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_56515a39
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_56515a39
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The Sword in the Stone / int_56515a39
 The Sword in the Stone / int_566f1565
type
10-Minute Retirement
 The Sword in the Stone / int_566f1565
comment
10-Minute Retirement: In frustration at Wart throwing away his education to become a squire (which is the only thing he has left in Arthur's words), Merlin teleports to twentieth century Bemuda to blow off steam. He returns at the end of the film unimpressed by the sights ("One big modern mess!") and is left amused by the turn of events since his leave.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_566f1565
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_566f1565
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The Sword in the Stone / int_566f1565
 The Sword in the Stone / int_575fd5e2
type
Dark Is Not Evil
 The Sword in the Stone / int_575fd5e2
comment
Dark Is Not Evil: Sir Bart is a Black Knight, yet is by far one of the most reasonable knights, standing up for Wart and giving him a chance to pull out the sword.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_575fd5e2
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_575fd5e2
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The Sword in the Stone / int_575fd5e2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_58075ef2
type
Stumbling in the New Form
 The Sword in the Stone / int_58075ef2
comment
Stumbling in the New Form: When Wart first turns into a fish, Merlin has to teach him how to swim.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_58075ef2
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_58075ef2
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The Sword in the Stone / int_58075ef2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_58e43f17
type
Cats Are Mean
 The Sword in the Stone / int_58e43f17
comment
Cats Are Mean: Mim, when she turns herself into a cat and later on, a tigress during her Wizard Duel with Merlin.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_58e43f17
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_58e43f17
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The Sword in the Stone / int_58e43f17
 The Sword in the Stone / int_59a9605d
type
Never Smile at a Crocodile
 The Sword in the Stone / int_59a9605d
comment
Never Smile at a Crocodile: Mim transforms into one during the Wizard's duel as her first form.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_59a9605d
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_59a9605d
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The Sword in the Stone / int_59a9605d
 The Sword in the Stone / int_5bdcc85a
type
Disney Villain Death
 The Sword in the Stone / int_5bdcc85a
comment
Disney Villain Death: Subverted. Madam Mim plummets screaming off a cliff and into a bog to her apparent doom, trapped inside a tree with seemingly no hope of escape, to similar effect as the Evil Queen falling off the cliff in Snow White, but instead she pops up moments later having turned herself into a purple dragon.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_5bdcc85a
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_5bdcc85a
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_5bdcc85a
 The Sword in the Stone / int_603b77ec
type
Savage Wolves
 The Sword in the Stone / int_603b77ec
comment
Savage Wolves: The scrawny wolf that stalks Wart. See the first Running Gag example above.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_603b77ec
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_603b77ec
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The Sword in the Stone / int_603b77ec
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6082a0ba
type
Spinning Out of Here
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6082a0ba
comment
Spinning Out of Here: Merlin spins as he arrives at places.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6082a0ba
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_6082a0ba
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The Sword in the Stone / int_6082a0ba
 The Sword in the Stone / int_61a12ee2
type
Eccentric Mentor
 The Sword in the Stone / int_61a12ee2
comment
Eccentric Mentor: Merlin has some odd ideas and odd behavior and they are especially odd to someone like Wart, who's only known kitchen duty.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_61a12ee2
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_61a12ee2
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The Sword in the Stone / int_61a12ee2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_643659d4
type
Spit Take
 The Sword in the Stone / int_643659d4
comment
Spit Take: Sir Ector does this when Sir Pellinore tells him that the winner of the New Year's events wins the throne of England.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_643659d4
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_643659d4
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The Sword in the Stone / int_643659d4
 The Sword in the Stone / int_64f3ea6e
type
Disneyfication
 The Sword in the Stone / int_64f3ea6e
comment
Disneyfication: In T. H. White's The Sword in the Stone, young Wart's education by the wizard Merlin contains powerful moral lessons that will help the young man face his future role as King Arthur. The Disney version throws away all of the moral messages and replaces them with (admittedly sometimes very good) visual gags.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_64f3ea6e
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_64f3ea6e
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The Sword in the Stone / int_64f3ea6e
 The Sword in the Stone / int_672b0bfd
type
Polly Wants a Microphone
 The Sword in the Stone / int_672b0bfd
comment
Polly Wants a Microphone: Archimedes, the talking owl.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_672b0bfd
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_672b0bfd
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_672b0bfd
 The Sword in the Stone / int_68da6712
type
Canon Welding
 The Sword in the Stone / int_68da6712
comment
Canon Welding: Retroactively, the film was established as canon to the Disney comics universe, with an apparently immortal Madam Mim becoming a recurring character in present-day Duckburg, and Merlin making a couple of appearances.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_68da6712
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_68da6712
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_68da6712
 The Sword in the Stone / int_69ed963a
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Not So Omniscient After All
 The Sword in the Stone / int_69ed963a
comment
Not So Omniscient After All: While Merlin is very smart and seems to have some precognitive ability in a broad sense, he tends to get details wrong and can get distracted by his own rambling. Even when he claims to be know everything, Archimedes has to bring attention to it before Merlin retracts the statement. And even when he's been to the future and knows he will mentor someone of importance, it never dawns on him who Wart is.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_69ed963a
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_69ed963a
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The Sword in the Stone / int_69ed963a
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6a696742
type
The Power of Love
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6a696742
comment
The Power of Love: Discussed by Merlin and Wart following the incident with the squirrels.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6a696742
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6a696742
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The Sword in the Stone / int_6a696742
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6aada778
type
Only the Chosen May Wield
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6aada778
comment
Only the Chosen May Wield: The eponymous Sword in the Stone can only be drawn by the One True King of England (Guess whom the page image is?). Luckily for Wart, he's the only one who can ever draw it, even when re-inserted into the stone.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6aada778
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_6aada778
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The Sword in the Stone / int_6aada778
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6ace37f
type
Through a Face Full of Fur
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6ace37f
comment
Through a Face Full of Fur: Or rather through a face full of scales/skin in her case as a dragon and then in her normal form, Madam Mim. One of the side effects she has is changing into various colors (including red from hot flashes and blue from chills) before stopping at green and breaking out in red spots, thanks to Merlin infecting her as a germ.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6ace37f
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The Sword in the Stone / int_6ace37f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6b05b601
type
Jerkass Has a Point
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6b05b601
comment
Jerkass Has a Point: Kay is a dismissive jerk to Wart, but he does have a point about testing the sword ("Anyone can pull it once it's been pulled."). Fortunately, Kay is Instantly Proven Wrong - once re-inserted, the sword is as immovable as ever, until Wart tries again. Ector is a strict disciplinarian To Wart but he does rightfully punish him for going in the Black Forest alone. Even if he wouldn't listen to him when trying to introduce Merlin, him forcing him to do extra kitchen duty was partially justified as Kay pointed out, nobody asked him to come along in the first place and if it wasn't for the Wolf's incompetence, Wart could've been eaten and he was against the idea of Merlin educating the Wart as it interfered with his rigid schedules.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_6b05b601
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_6b05b601
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The Sword in the Stone / int_6b05b601
 The Sword in the Stone / int_700cff28
type
Kid Has a Point
 The Sword in the Stone / int_700cff28
comment
Kid Has a Point: When being called out by Merlin for choosing war games over education, Arthur was right when he says that being Kay's squire is the only thing he has left because for an orphan like him in the era he's in right now, he doesn't know how to move forward in life and he's lucky to have something than nothing.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_700cff28
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_700cff28
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The Sword in the Stone / int_700cff28
 The Sword in the Stone / int_70377a97
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Transforming Conforming
 The Sword in the Stone / int_70377a97
comment
Transforming Conforming: The whole point of a Wizards Duel. Each wizard or witch chooses a form to transform into, and their opponent tries to choose a form to exploit the other's weaknesses. e.g., Merlin becomes a rabbit for speed, Mad Madam Mim becomes a fox, a known predator of rabbits. Mim breaks her own rules about transforming into fantastical creatures through Loophole Abuse, becoming a large, fire-breathing dragon. Merlin counters by becoming a germ, meaning, ironically, that catching him was exactly the last thing she wanted.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_70377a97
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_70377a97
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The Sword in the Stone / int_70377a97
 The Sword in the Stone / int_716c0b1b
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And the Adventure Continues
 The Sword in the Stone / int_716c0b1b
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And the Adventure Continues: King Arthur takes the throne and Merlin takes his place as his advisor, leaving a lot yet to be told.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_716c0b1b
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_716c0b1b
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The Sword in the Stone / int_716c0b1b
 The Sword in the Stone / int_740f59b4
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ColorCodedForYourConvenience
 The Sword in the Stone / int_740f59b4
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Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Merlin's transformations are always blue, Wart's are orange, Mim's are purple.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_740f59b4
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_740f59b4
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The Sword in the Stone / int_740f59b4
 The Sword in the Stone / int_7453bc5b
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Spared by the Adaptation
 The Sword in the Stone / int_7453bc5b
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Spared by the Adaptation: In the book, Mim actually died from having caught all the germs that Merlin turned into all at the same time; in the film she's just incapacitated and has to stay in bed for a few weeks.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_7453bc5b
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_7453bc5b
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The Sword in the Stone / int_7453bc5b
 The Sword in the Stone / int_763d015b
type
The Late Middle Ages
 The Sword in the Stone / int_763d015b
comment
As with most works of Arthurian legend, including the book it was based which was openly anachronistic, the setting is reminiscent of the Late Middle Ages. Assuming he was a real person, the mythical King Arthur lived at the turn of the 6th century – the very beginning of the Early Middle Ages. Knights, castles, and jousting wouldn't even exist for hundreds of years. See Anachronism Stew above.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_763d015b
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_763d015b
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The Sword in the Stone / int_763d015b
 The Sword in the Stone / int_77d826c7
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Stern Teacher
 The Sword in the Stone / int_77d826c7
comment
Stern Teacher: Despite his initial animosity towards Wart, Archimedes warms up greatly to him; risking his own skin twice to save him, first from the pike and then from the hawk. He may easily lose his temper but he's shown to be far more nurturing (and effective) as a teacher than Merlin, as shown when he teaches Wart how to write and later how to fly. It's notable that when Wart is made squire Archimedes appears honestly happy for Wart (even though it's clearly not what they intended for him as they see knights as boorish buffoons) in obvious contrast to Merlin who immediately loses his temper and blasts out of the place abandoning Wart.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_77d826c7
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_77d826c7
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The Sword in the Stone / int_77d826c7
 The Sword in the Stone / int_79a80b74
type
Fair for Its Day
 The Sword in the Stone / int_79a80b74
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Fair for Its Day: Discussed In-Universe; Merlin scolding Arthur for wanting to be a squire instead of pursuing an education is meant to represent a modern-day viewer complaining about this scenario... however, Merlin greatly ignores the context of the time period the story's set in, where there were not a lot of options for impoverished orphans like Arthur. As far as Arthur is concerned, he's just lucky to be a squire at all.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_79a80b74
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_79a80b74
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The Sword in the Stone / int_79a80b74
 The Sword in the Stone / int_7d89315b
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech
 The Sword in the Stone / int_7d89315b
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Merlin gives one to Wart when he's given the position of Kay's squire in the climax, sarcastically congratulating him and clearly bitter that Wart is basically throwing away his chance for an education for a dead-end career. Arthur calls Merlin out for not putting himself in Arthur's place for one second and tells him that he should be glad that he is something than nothing. A quick shot of Archimedes shows that even he thought Merlin's words crossed the line during the heated argument.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_7d89315b
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_7d89315b
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The Sword in the Stone / int_7d89315b
 The Sword in the Stone / int_7ef728b1
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Tsundere
 The Sword in the Stone / int_7ef728b1
comment
Tsundere: Archimedes has shades of this. He's insulting and bad-tempered, but seems to genuinely have affection for Wart, so much so that he risks his life to save him from the pike when Wart is transformed into a small fish.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_7ef728b1
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_7ef728b1
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The Sword in the Stone / int_7ef728b1
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8042e814
type
Actually Pretty Funny
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8042e814
comment
Actually Pretty Funny: Wart can't help but smile at Merlin's beard getting caught in his doorway and then poofing up. At one point, Merlin explains to Wart that when Archimedes stays out all night, "he's always grumpy the next morning." Wart snarks that the owl must stay out every night, eliciting a laugh from Merlin. Archimedes bursts out laughing when Merlin gets a toy plane tangled in his beard so that it crashed into the moat below.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8042e814
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_8042e814
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The Sword in the Stone / int_8042e814
 The Sword in the Stone / int_80c775b1
type
Palate Propping
 The Sword in the Stone / int_80c775b1
comment
Palate Propping: Used by fish-Wart against a pike with an arrow.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_80c775b1
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_80c775b1
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The Sword in the Stone / int_80c775b1
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8171b426
type
Fantastically Indifferent
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8171b426
comment
Fantastically Indifferent: When Merlin conjures a blizzard in the castle, Kay acts as though he's seen it already.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8171b426
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_8171b426
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The Sword in the Stone / int_8171b426
 The Sword in the Stone / int_82a64c4b
type
Adaptational Nice Guy
 The Sword in the Stone / int_82a64c4b
comment
Adaptational Nice Guy: While it's mostly glossed over, the Storybook Opening implies that King Uther was The Good King and that his death resulted in the Dark Ages with his absence. In Arthurian Legend, Uther had Merlin disguise him as a Duke to cuckold him and giving the resulting bastard child (Arthur) to Merlin to hide the indiscretion. As far as we know, this version of Merlin hadn't even met Uther.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_82a64c4b
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_82a64c4b
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The Sword in the Stone / int_82a64c4b
 The Sword in the Stone / int_847a5361
type
Human Traffic Jam
 The Sword in the Stone / int_847a5361
comment
Human Traffic Jam: The line of Merlin's belongings going into the bag during the "Higitus Figitus" sequence suffer this when the sugar bowl takes offense at the tea pot knocking off its lid.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_847a5361
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_847a5361
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The Sword in the Stone / int_847a5361
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8485d41a
type
Interspecies Romance
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8485d41a
comment
Interspecies Romance: An unintentional example with Merlin and Wart as squirrels. They attract the affections of two female squirrels, both who aren't too pleased to know that they were crushing on humans.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8485d41a
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_8485d41a
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The Sword in the Stone / int_8485d41a
 The Sword in the Stone / int_853a0e84
type
Transformation Discretion Shot
 The Sword in the Stone / int_853a0e84
comment
Transformation Discretion Shot: Transformations in the film commonly occur on camera via a variety of effects. However, during the Shapeshifter Showdown between Merlin and Madam Mim, several offscreen transformations occur in quick succession: in one case, Merlin gets the better of Mim's elephant form by becoming a mouse and chasing her off-camera... only to suddenly do an about-face as Mim chases him back as a tiger. Soon after, Merlin tries to take a bite out of Mim's tail, only to find that Mim has changed in a cut and the tail now belongs to a snake. Finally, Mim seemingly defeats Merlin by becoming a dragon and seizing his mouse form in her talons... but when she opens her claws, he appears to have vanished. He's actually become a germ and infected Mim with a rare disease, thereby winning the match.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_853a0e84
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_853a0e84
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The Sword in the Stone / int_853a0e84
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8573ac0a
type
The Social Darwinist
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8573ac0a
comment
The Social Darwinist: The film invokes this. Merlin tells Arthur that the concept does exist in the animal kingdom (he has transformed himself and the boy into fish for the day), but that among humans it's counterbalanced by the potential of the weak to use their "intellect" to outwit the strong. When they get attacked by a gigantic fanged pike, Merlin has Arthur prove his point by using a discarded arrow to jam the bigger fish's mouth open, distracting it from biting down long enough for Arthur to escape.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8573ac0a
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_8573ac0a
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The Sword in the Stone / int_8573ac0a
 The Sword in the Stone / int_863c780a
type
Hopeless Suitor
 The Sword in the Stone / int_863c780a
comment
Hopeless Suitor: The two amorous squirrels who fall for Wart and Merlin. Whereas the old lady squirrel who chases after Merlin is Played for Laughs, Wart's girl squirrel companion is done so as well until the end.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_863c780a
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_863c780a
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The Sword in the Stone / int_863c780a
 The Sword in the Stone / int_863fac26
type
Jerk Jock
 The Sword in the Stone / int_863fac26
comment
Jerk Jock: Kay is one appropriate to the time period, with jousting and other tournament sports. The idea that Wart wants to be one as well hits Merlin's Berserk Button.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_863fac26
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_863fac26
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The Sword in the Stone / int_863fac26
 The Sword in the Stone / int_88933ad4
type
Parental Favoritism
 The Sword in the Stone / int_88933ad4
comment
Parental Favoritism: Ector's partiality to Kay is somewhat justified by the fact that Wart/Arthur is only his foster child. While he could stand to be nicer to Wart, he's not really mean either... just strict and demanding, which seems to be his personality in general, specially since he takes knightly endeavours as Serious Business. In fact, at the start of the film, he's berating Kay for letting Wart go off into the woods by himself. Kay may be the favorite, but Wart at least isn't The Un-Favourite.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_88933ad4
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_88933ad4
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The Sword in the Stone / int_88933ad4
 The Sword in the Stone / int_88cee6e2
type
Abhorrent Admirer
 The Sword in the Stone / int_88cee6e2
comment
Abhorrent Admirer: Merlin and Wart both find themselves with unwanted attention when they're squirrels. The one who falls for Merlin is portrayed as comical when Merlin resumes human form, angrily retreating to her lair and shaking her fist at Merlin. The one squirrel who falls for Wart is drawn to be extremely cute, and instead of being portrayed as comical, she's portrayed as heartbroken and sympathetic when she learns that Wart is really a human boy.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_88cee6e2
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_88cee6e2
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The Sword in the Stone / int_88cee6e2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_890d4ef2
type
Humiliation Conga
 The Sword in the Stone / int_890d4ef2
comment
Humiliation Conga: When Ector and Kay try to interfere with the magically-animated cleaning implements, an assembly line of slapstick ensues.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_890d4ef2
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_890d4ef2
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The Sword in the Stone / int_890d4ef2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_89631688
type
The Chosen One
 The Sword in the Stone / int_89631688
comment
The Chosen One: He doesn't quite know what exactly, but Merlin knows Wart is destined for something.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_89631688
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_89631688
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The Sword in the Stone / int_89631688
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8a5e1431
type
Polka-Dot Disease
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8a5e1431
comment
Polka-Dot Disease: When Madam Mim and Merlin are shapeshifting in a duel, Merlin wins by turning into a germ and infecting her with an illness of which red spots are a symptom (the others being fever, green skin and sneezing fits). The disease is called "malignalitaloptereosis".
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8a5e1431
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_8a5e1431
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The Sword in the Stone / int_8a5e1431
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8b68d9a7
type
Stalker with a Crush
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8b68d9a7
comment
Stalker with a Crush: The female squirrels that pursue Wart and Merlin.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8b68d9a7
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_8b68d9a7
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The Sword in the Stone / int_8b68d9a7
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8c23b321
type
Harmless Villain
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8c23b321
comment
In the beginning, Arthur is stalked by a wolf who intends on eating him. However, the wolf proves to be so much of a non-threat that his attempts go completely unnoticed by Arthur and Merlin. Not so much in the Squirrel Scene.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8c23b321
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_8c23b321
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The Sword in the Stone / int_8c23b321
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8d0785d5
type
Didn't Think This Through
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8d0785d5
comment
Didn't Think This Through: Heaven didn't consider that no one alive at the time of the miracle would be worthy of pulling out the sword, thus everyone forgot about it, and the ruler-less dark ages ensued.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8d0785d5
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_8d0785d5
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The Sword in the Stone / int_8d0785d5
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8ed5c6e4
type
Asshole Victim
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8ed5c6e4
comment
Asshole Victim: The wolf who lurks around the edges of the film, looking for creatures to devour, is reduced to a Butt-Monkey.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_8ed5c6e4
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_8ed5c6e4
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The Sword in the Stone / int_8ed5c6e4
 The Sword in the Stone / int_90e31482
type
Laser-Guided Karma
 The Sword in the Stone / int_90e31482
comment
Laser-Guided Karma: After making light of Arthur's being harassed by a girl squirrel, Merlin finds himself in the same situation.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_90e31482
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_90e31482
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The Sword in the Stone / int_90e31482
 The Sword in the Stone / int_91672d3e
type
Children Are Innocent
 The Sword in the Stone / int_91672d3e
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Children Are Innocent: Part of Merlin's motivation. He wants to teach Wart some valuable lessons an adult in medieval England wouldn't be receptive to.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_91672d3e
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_91672d3e
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The Sword in the Stone / int_91672d3e
 The Sword in the Stone / int_957e5fc2
type
Villainous Breakdown
 The Sword in the Stone / int_957e5fc2
comment
Villainous Breakdown: Madam Mim when Merlin infects her with a germ, but unable to do anything but cough and lie down.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_957e5fc2
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_957e5fc2
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The Sword in the Stone / int_957e5fc2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_95b7c400
type
Faux Affably Evil
 The Sword in the Stone / int_95b7c400
comment
Faux Affably Evil: Madam Mim is cheerful, amiable, and pretty friendly when Wart blunders into her house, and while he can tell she's unpleasant, he doesn't even realize she's dangerous until she tells him she has to kill him which she says with about as much fanfare as someone saying it's suddenly started raining.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_95b7c400
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_95b7c400
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The Sword in the Stone / int_95b7c400
 The Sword in the Stone / int_95f2d65e
type
DefrostingIceKing
 The Sword in the Stone / int_95f2d65e
comment
Defrosting Ice King: Archimedes is brusque and rude to Arthur because the boy mistook him for a "stuffed owl". Over the course of the movie, however, we see he comes to care for the boy; he saves a transformed Wart from a pike, at the risk of drowning, and happily teaches him to fly. Archimedes also makes a legitimate point when taking over Wart's lessons: the kid was literally taught nothing, so he needs to know the basics first. When Wart reveals he can't read or write, Archimedes guides him through the letters. He also stays with Wart when Merlin blasts himself to Bermuda.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_95f2d65e
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_95f2d65e
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The Sword in the Stone / int_95f2d65e
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9b54d536
type
Evil Counterpart
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9b54d536
comment
Evil Counterpart: Madam Mim is this to Merlin; evil magic user.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9b54d536
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_9b54d536
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The Sword in the Stone / int_9b54d536
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9c6ba43a
type
Values Dissonance
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9c6ba43a
comment
In the scene when Sir Ector found out that Merlin could use magic to manipulate objects during the famous kitchen cleaning part, he cursed Merlin by calling him, in the original release, "Maldito viejo brujo" (You damned old wizard). This was edited in later version with "Malvado viejo brujo" (You evil old wizard). Keep in mind "maldito" (damn) isn't even considered a strong profanity in Spanish, and it's considered at worst as a childish insult there.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9c6ba43a
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_9c6ba43a
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The Sword in the Stone / int_9c6ba43a
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9d12bbc1
type
Foreshadowing
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9d12bbc1
comment
Foreshadowing: Possibly an unintentional example; when Merlin overdoes his cleaning spell and it messes up the castle, the angered Ector and servant woman call him an "old goat". Later towards the climax of Merlin and Mim's wizard's duel, an old goat is exactly what Merlin turns himself into. The opening of the film shows a wolf, hawk and squirrel in the forest. Recalling that an illicit love affair is what ultimately brings down Camelot, hearing the precognitive/time travelling Merlin reflect upon how love is a force greater than even gravity is both sad and mildly chilling.
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The Sword in the Stone / int_9d12bbc1
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9e0c3153
type
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9e0c3153
comment
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: I HATE SUNSHINE! I! HATE! HORRIBLE! WHOLESOME! SUNSHINE! I HATE IT, I HATE IT! I HATE! HATE! HATE!..., etc. "And, if you don't mind, I happen to be! A! Bird!
 The Sword in the Stone / int_9e0c3153
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The Sword in the Stone / int_9e0c3153
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a06cfb93
type
Stalking Is Funny if It Is Female After Male
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a06cfb93
comment
Stalking Is Funny if It Is Female After Male: Squirrel Merlin thinks this when it's squirrel Wart being chased, but after he gets a female squirrel pursuing him, he no longer thinks it's funny.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a06cfb93
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a06cfb93
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a07afea2
type
Random Events Plot
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a07afea2
comment
Random Events Plot: The film sets things up with the Sword in the Stone waiting for someone to pull it out...and then Wart encounters Merlin and the film becomes an episodic series of vignettes where Merlin and Wart both go off exploring. The Sword doesn't factor into the film's plot again until just near the ending.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a07afea2
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a07afea2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a0d7a074
type
Diurnal Nocturnal Animal
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a0d7a074
comment
Diurnal Nocturnal Animal: Archimedes is an owl, one of the most nocturnal animals there is, but is active during the day probably because Merlin is. He is however often shown napping during the day (or at least trying to), and after Merlin mentions that Archimedes is always grumpy after he's stayed up all night, Wart snarks that Archimedes must always be up late since he's always so grumpy. He is probably right, and it would explain his terrible mood since Merlin is keeping him awake during what should be his regular sleep hours.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a0d7a074
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a0d7a074
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a1b141f4
type
My God, What Have I Done?
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a1b141f4
comment
My God, What Have I Done?: Wart has this look when he realizes he has broken the little female squirrel's heart by turning back to his human form. Sir Ector has his moment when he realizes that Wart is the new King of England.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a1b141f4
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a1b141f4
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a448674
type
Gratuitous Latin
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a448674
comment
Gratuitous Latin: Like in a lot of Western Fantasy, much of Merlin's spells are cast using Latin words associated with the spell in question or at least ''latin sounding'' words. If Merlin can't remember the words, he would ask Archimedes.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a448674
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_a448674
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a448674
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a47278a0
type
Niceness Denial
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a47278a0
comment
Niceness Denial: Archimedes puts himself in danger to save Wart (in fish form) from a giant pike. Merlin ribs him about his heroism, but Archimedes claims that he thought Wart was just a normal fish that he wanted to eat. Neither Merlin nor Wart buys this for a second.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a47278a0
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a47278a0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a4c37cbe
type
Mood Whiplash
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a4c37cbe
comment
Mood Whiplash: Two for the price of one. The sequence of sudden mood changes at the end of the scene with the squirrels runs thus: The girl squirrel is cheerful and amorous until Wart becomes human again and breaks her heart. Then comes the hilarity of Ector and Kay trying to fight off the "possessed" kitchen.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a4c37cbe
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a4c37cbe
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a4dfa021
type
No Dub for You
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a4dfa021
comment
In a political related one, the European Spanish release of the film during the its original release in the 1960s was forced to change its name to "Merlin el encantador" (Merlin the Enchanter) for some reason, and it also it forced Disney to keep the original credits in English, rather than using the ones from the Latin American version.note Both Spain and Latin America used the same Latin American dub, as Spain never dubbed the film with their own dialect. This is because Madam Mim's voice actress, Maruja Sen, was a Spain-born voice actress who moved to Mexico as a result of the Spanish Civil War, and the Francisco Franco's regime refused to gave her a credit in a movie dubbed by her in her own homeland.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a4dfa021
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a4dfa021
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a56753ec
type
Elephants Are Scared of Mice
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a56753ec
comment
Elephants Are Scared of Mice: During the Wizard's Duel, Merlin turns himself into a mouse to scare Mim-the-Elephant. She deals with this by coming back a moment later as a tiger, and then a snake.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a56753ec
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a56753ec
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a73cfb7f
type
Animate Inanimate Object
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a73cfb7f
comment
Animate Inanimate Object: Some of Merlin's furniture, most memorably the tea service.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a73cfb7f
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a73cfb7f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a89b8f21
type
Musical Chores
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a89b8f21
comment
Musical Chores: The Mundane Utility example uses music.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a89b8f21
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a89b8f21
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a8cff6a
type
Familiar
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a8cff6a
comment
Familiar: Merlin's owl, Archimedes.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a8cff6a
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a8cff6a
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a8dcb1d7
type
Love at First Sight
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a8dcb1d7
comment
Love at First Sight: Both the young squirrel and old squirrel go through this upon meeting Wart and Merlin respectively and try to earn their mates' affection. Then it gets Deconstructed when Wart and Merlin return to their human forms.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a8dcb1d7
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a8dcb1d7
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a91078ea
type
Adaptational Jerkass
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a91078ea
comment
Adaptational Jerkass: In the original book, both Sir Ector and Sir Kay were much more complex and sympathetic. Ector was stern towards Wart and Kay, but not mean, and he truly cared for their welfare and actually wanted Wart to have a tutor to educate him, and was even proud of him well before he pulled out the sword; Ector was also on much better terms with Merlin, to the point that he was as distraught to see him leave as Wart was. Kay could act like a jerk, but he had a justifiable reason, since he suffered from an inferiority complex and Sibling Rivalry with Wart. The movie throws out most of their sympathetic qualities and plays up their flaws in turn — Ector is almost a 180 in personality, becoming a bossy, demanding and judgmental disciplinarian who is against Wart being educated because it would mess up his rigid schedule, while Kay is reduced to a one dimensional bully who hates Wart for no good reason.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_a91078ea
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The Sword in the Stone / int_a91078ea
 The Sword in the Stone / int_aaedd10
type
Given Name Reveal
 The Sword in the Stone / int_aaedd10
comment
Given Name Reveal: Subverted; in the novel Wart's name isn't revealed until the very end of the first book, after he's been crowned king. Here he introduces himself as "Arthur, but everyone calls me the Wart."
 The Sword in the Stone / int_aaedd10
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The Sword in the Stone / int_aaedd10
 The Sword in the Stone / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 The Sword in the Stone / int_ad1db87c
comment
Oh, Crap!: The wolf when it realizes that Wart and Merlin have gone in the other direction, and it's too tired to follow. The girl squirrel on seeing Wart about to fall from a tree branch, with the wolf waiting on the ground. Archimedes when Wart gets trapped with Madam Mim. Both Mim and Merlin take turns inflicting this reaction onto one another in their shapeshifting.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_ad1db87c
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The Sword in the Stone / int_ad1db87c
 The Sword in the Stone / int_ad9559e6
type
Arc Villain
 The Sword in the Stone / int_ad9559e6
comment
Arc Villain: Since the film is at-heart a Coming of Age Story, the various antagonists are relegated to being One-Scene Wonders. In the beginning, Arthur is stalked by a wolf who intends on eating him. However, the wolf proves to be so much of a non-threat that his attempts go completely unnoticed by Arthur and Merlin. Not so much in the Squirrel Scene. In the Fish Scene, a pike attempts to eat Arthur and Merlin. In the Bird Scene, Arthur and Archimedes encounter a hawk before Arthur crash-lands into the lair of Madam Mim, who attempts to kill him when she finds out that he is Merlin's ward.
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The Sword in the Stone / int_ad9559e6
 The Sword in the Stone / int_adfd3165
type
For the Evulz
 The Sword in the Stone / int_adfd3165
comment
For the Evulz: Madam Mim commits evil because she herself is evil. There is no Evil Plan.
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The Sword in the Stone / int_adfd3165
 The Sword in the Stone / int_aecaa9ac
type
Monster in the Moat
 The Sword in the Stone / int_aecaa9ac
comment
Monster in the Moat: The moat of Sir Ector's castle is inhabited by an enormous and very aggressive pike. Merlin, having transformed himself and Arthur into small fish to explore the moat, initially uses it to teach Arthur a lesson on out-thinking his opponents, but when the pike doesn't take the hint, Arthur ends up having to be plucked out of the water entirely by Archimedes the owl. It's a downplayed example, though, since the pike is only dangerous to Arthur in his fish form.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_aecaa9ac
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The Sword in the Stone / int_aecaa9ac
 The Sword in the Stone / int_aeda9dd8
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Private Tutor
 The Sword in the Stone / int_aeda9dd8
comment
Private Tutor: Merlin acts as a tutor to Wart.
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The Sword in the Stone / int_aeda9dd8
 The Sword in the Stone / int_af616e40
type
Accidental Misnaming
 The Sword in the Stone / int_af616e40
comment
Accidental Misnaming: Ector keeps referring to Merlin as "Marvin".
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The Sword in the Stone / int_af616e40
 The Sword in the Stone / int_af8838cb
type
Sneeze of Doom
 The Sword in the Stone / int_af8838cb
comment
Sneeze of Doom: When Mim, sick with malignalitaloptereosis, emits fire from sneezing that forces Wart and Archimedes to duck and cover.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_af8838cb
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The Sword in the Stone / int_af8838cb
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b00a7c5e
type
Robe and Wizard Hat
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b00a7c5e
comment
Robe and Wizard Hat: Merlin wears both in a midnight blue.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b00a7c5e
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b00a7c5e
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b02f21f
type
Digital Destruction
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b02f21f
comment
Digital Destruction: The 50th Anniversary Blu-Ray suffers from digital smearing and some out-of-focus shots. Fortunately, some digital retailers, such as Disney+, present the movie without these problems.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b02f21f
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b02f21f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b0b8970e
type
Recycled Animation
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b0b8970e
comment
Recycled Animation: Disney was suffering financially while this film was being made, so there's a substantial amount of recycled animation. For instance, Kay trips in the exact same way when chasing Wart at the climax that he does when chasing him into the woods at the film's beginning. Merlin's "pack all the house in the bag" spell is recycled for his "clean the dishes" spell, and Kay's eating a chicken leg during Merlin's arrival is repeated thrice in the same scene. The animation of Ector accidentally whacking Kay with his sword was recycled from 101 Dalmatians where Horace hits Jasper with a club. The scene of Wart being mobbed by the dogs was in turn reused by Disney in The Jungle Book as Mowgli getting mobbed by the wolves.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b0b8970e
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b0b8970e
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b11ac9f5
type
Abusive Parents
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b11ac9f5
comment
Abusive Parents: Sir Ector considers himself Arthur's foster parent, but he treats him more like a servant, piling on more and more chores and punishing him for things as trivial as Merlin enchanting the dishes and telling "crazy fish stories". To be fair though, this was probably lenient fathering considering the time-period.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b11ac9f5
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b11ac9f5
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b1dde8fd
type
Loophole Abuse
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b1dde8fd
comment
Loophole Abuse: No make-believe creatures like pink dragons, so Mim turns into a purple dragon, it's still make believe, but she doesn't care. (Unless, dragons do exist in this world, just not pink ones; note that Wart mentions slaying dragons as an activity one would perform as a knight.) Merlin one-ups her on this magnificently - while there's a rule that says "no turning into plants or minerals" and "no disappearing" (which Mim herself broke at the start of the duel anyway) he turns himself into a germ - which is neither - to infect her and win the duel.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b1dde8fd
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b1dde8fd
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b2cb7993
type
Brains and Brawn
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b2cb7993
comment
Brains and Brawn: Merlin definitely believes this, looking down on Ector and Kay for pursuing a knight's trade he considers meatheaded. Though he's the loudest voice in the movies, Wart ultimately chooses a life that is somewhere in between the two.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b2cb7993
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b2cb7993
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b42e16fb
type
Feathered Fiend
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b42e16fb
comment
Feathered Fiend: A hawk tries to eat Wart when he's a bird.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b42e16fb
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b42e16fb
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b4a6ae4c
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Everyone Has Standards
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b4a6ae4c
comment
Everyone Has Standards: Archimedes may be grumpy and ill-tempered, but even he thought that Merlin's words went too far when calling Arthur out for not pushing himself for more better things.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b4a6ae4c
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b4a6ae4c
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b4eff8a8
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Epic Fail
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b4eff8a8
comment
Epic Fail: Kay loses a jousting match to an immobile dummy.
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b4eff8a8
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b53077b3
type
Take That!
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b53077b3
comment
Take That!: Some see the character of Madam Mim (who hates sunshine) as one to critics who disliked the light tone of Disney's films.
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b53077b3
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b707726f
type
Hypocritical Humor
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b707726f
comment
Hypocritical Humor: Merlin finds Wart's plight of being harassed by a lovestruck female squirrel hilarious...until a much older and fatter squirrel falls in love with him. Also, during the Wizard Duel, after Merlin changes into a walrus to squash Mim, the latter changes into a elephant and calls the former a "big blimp!"
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b707726f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b7af1f3
type
Rays from Heaven
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b7af1f3
comment
Rays from Heaven: Whenever Wart grabs the sword embedded in the stone.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b7af1f3
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b7af1f3
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b7d8c936
type
Sequential Symptom Syndrome
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b7d8c936
comment
Sequential Symptom Syndrome: When Merlin describes the symptoms of malignalitaloptereosis to Mim.
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b7d8c936
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b8e3f20a
type
Demoted to Extra
 The Sword in the Stone / int_b8e3f20a
comment
Demoted to Extra: King Pellinore who becomes In Name Only as he bears little resemblance to the book and is only a knight.
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The Sword in the Stone / int_b8e3f20a
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bbc77bb5
type
Hard Truth Aesop
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bbc77bb5
comment
Hard Truth Aesop: The squirrel girl’s story can be seen as this. Though Merlin claims that her infatuation with Wart is largely instinctual, she’s anthropomorphized enough to come across more like a naïve school girl falling head-over-heels for the first boy to catch her fancy. Given how it all ends, it basically says that you shouldn’t get too emotionally attached to your first crush when you barely even know them, since things might not be as they seem, and you’ll be in for a lot of heartbreak.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bbc77bb5
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The Sword in the Stone / int_bbc77bb5
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bc74ef27
type
Berserk Button
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bc74ef27
comment
Berserk Button: Mim does not like sunshine. Merlin does not like the martial aspect of English nobility. Sir Ector does not like his rigid routines being tampered with. He threatens to throw out Merlin on his keister as soon as he meets him just for proposing the idea of tutoring Wart. He only relents when Merlin displays his magical prowess. Likewise, try pissing off Ector by coming up with (in his view) extremely far-fetched excuses for ducking out on your kitchen duties, or trying to defend Merlin's behavior, and you'll send him flying off the handle so far that you'll be given hefty demerits, be doing dishes for the entire castle, and eventually lose your chance to become squire and see it off to someone else. When Wart's self-proclaimed squirrel girlfriend finds her beloved in danger, watch out.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bc74ef27
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The Sword in the Stone / int_bc74ef27
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bd3b726e
type
Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bd3b726e
comment
Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: Madam Mim certainly believes this, as illustrated in the below quote: Even Merlin can't help riffing on this: "You should recover in a few weeks, and be as good... I mean, uh, as bad as ever!"
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_bdc94cd9
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Compressed Adaptation
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bdc94cd9
comment
Compressed Adaptation: The film adapts a fairly dense 210-page book into an 80 minute movie with lots of musical numbers eating up its runtime, so naturally much of the book was left out. The moral messages and major subplots like King Pellinore chasing the Questing Beast and Arthur meeting Robin Hood/Wood and Morgan le Fay for the first time got removed entirely, Merlin turns Arthur into only three different animals rather than six, and pretty much all of Sir Ector and Sir Kay's character development was dropped in favor of making them a Disney-typical abusive family. Oddly enough even though Madam Mim was in the film T. H. White's later versions of his book drop her.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bdc94cd9
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bdc94cd9
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_bdc94cd9
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bf58b6f5
type
Stock Audio Clip
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bf58b6f5
comment
Stock Audio Clip: Whenever Wart stumbles or falls it's accompanied with the same "Wha...wait! Whoa!" The gibbering noise the wolf makes whenever he falls down a hill. The sound made when Crocodile Mim snaps her jaws shut is the exact same one heard whenever Maleficent slammed her staff on the ground or when her dragon form snapped its jaws.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bf58b6f5
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_bf58b6f5
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_bf58b6f5
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c02f148d
type
Both Sides Have a Point
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c02f148d
comment
Both Sides Have a Point: Merlin and Arthur's argument over Arthur becoming a squire. On Merlin's side, he's right that Arthur is basically choosing a degrading career and reducing himself to being a lowly stooge for a jerk like Kay, but as Arthur points out, as an orphan, he doesn't have anything else ahead for himnote as far as he knows and it's ultimately better than nothing.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c02f148d
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c02f148d
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_c02f148d
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c04b1231
type
Jump Scare
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c04b1231
comment
Jump Scare: Wart peeks around the log to see if the pike is gone, sighs in relief, looks the other way... Less scary example, Wart in squirrel form hides in a tree from an angry woodpecker and the girl squirrel. He peeks out to find she's nowhere to be found. Guess who pops up from inside the same tree next to him?
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c04b1231
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c04b1231
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_c04b1231
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c1b7d6e2
type
Wizard Classic
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c1b7d6e2
comment
Wizard Classic: Merlin, though he puts more stock in science than most of the Robe and Wizard Hat set.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c1b7d6e2
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c1b7d6e2
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_c1b7d6e2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c289826f
type
Double Standard Rape: Female on Male
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c289826f
comment
Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: The female Squirrels who harass Arthur and Merlin are clearly wanting to mate with them.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c289826f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c289826f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
hasFeature
The Sword in the Stone / int_c289826f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c3b40ab8
type
Evil Redhead
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c3b40ab8
comment
Evil Redhead: Ector and Kay aren't really evil, but they act as antagonistic to Wart as any stern dad and jerky older brother can be expected to be.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c3b40ab8
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c3b40ab8
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_c3b40ab8
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c3cc5fa0
type
Mad Scientist Laboratory
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c3cc5fa0
comment
Mad Scientist Laboratory: Merlin's cottage is filled with devices of strange purpose and function.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c3cc5fa0
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c3cc5fa0
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_c3cc5fa0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c691d3f4
type
Offscreen Teleportation
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c691d3f4
comment
Offscreen Teleportation: The pike. Where'd it come from?
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c691d3f4
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c691d3f4
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_c691d3f4
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c78c0896
type
Big Friendly Dog
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c78c0896
comment
Big Friendly Dog: The castle hounds, Tiger and Talbot. When Wart is brought home by Merlin, they run over to him, tackle him and lick his face. Wart himself doesn't seem to mind, laughing happily at their affection until Sir Ector yanks them away.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c78c0896
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_c78c0896
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_c78c0896
 The Sword in the Stone / int_caa6ae69
type
Warm-Hearted Walrus
 The Sword in the Stone / int_caa6ae69
comment
Warm-Hearted Walrus: It is the good Merlin, not the evil Madam Mim, who turns into a walrus during the wizard duel. Merlin himself refers to Sir Ector as a walrus, he's later shown to be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_caa6ae69
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_caa6ae69
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_caa6ae69
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cab89481
type
Screw the Rules, They're Not Real!
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cab89481
comment
Screw the Rules, They're Not Real!: Archimedes openly accuses the Obviously Evil Madam Mim of "only wanting rules so she can break 'em!" In her Duel to the Death with Merlin, she first breaks her own rule against disappearing so she can reposition herself behind Merlin and blindside him (he evades by turning into a turtle and hiding in his hat), then breaks her rule against "make-believe things like pink dragons and stuff" by turning into a purple dragon. Then Merlin does her one better: instead of disappearing, he transforms himself into a pathogen—not "invisible", just too small to see—and makes her too sick to continue the duel.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cab89481
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cab89481
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_cab89481
 The Sword in the Stone / int_ce6487aa
type
Misery Builds Character
 The Sword in the Stone / int_ce6487aa
comment
Misery Builds Character: Ector is tough on Wart for this reason, especially since as Wart points out to Merlin, he has no parents, no lineage, and no legacy. The medieval world is tough on boys with no social status.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_ce6487aa
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_ce6487aa
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_ce6487aa
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cf1e5580
type
Wizard Beard
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cf1e5580
comment
Wizard Beard: Usually a problem, as it gets caught on things rather frequently.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cf1e5580
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cf1e5580
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_cf1e5580
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cf907e37
type
Attractive Bent Species
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cf907e37
comment
Attractive Bent Species: The girl squirrel who falls in love with Wart.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cf907e37
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_cf907e37
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_cf907e37
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d001c42c
type
Anti-Villain
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d001c42c
comment
Anti-Villain: Ector isn't evil, but he's still more often than not a bossy, condescending jerk to both Wart and Merlin and very strict and demanding, and he's more than willing to quickly add on extra chores to Wart's schedule for even the smallest slights, and giving Wart loads of menial labor to do with only a degrading squire position to look forward to, even if it's something Wart wants, is not portrayed as a good thing. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston also point out in their book The Disney Villain that if Wart had stayed under Ector's thumb for the rest of his life, he would have gradually degenerated into the cynical bully that Ector's son Kay is.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d001c42c
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d001c42c
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_d001c42c
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d308cbb0
type
Character Catchphrase
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d308cbb0
comment
Character Catchphrase: Whenever Wart stumbles or falls it's accompanied with the same "Whoa... what? WHOA!" This happens seven times during a fairly short movie. Archimedes has "Who? Who? What?" whenever he's woken up.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d308cbb0
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d308cbb0
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_d308cbb0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d52d28b6
type
Hypocrite
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d52d28b6
comment
Hypocrite: Merlin tells Wart that magic cannot be used to solve all his problems, even though he uses his magic to do just that.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d52d28b6
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d52d28b6
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_d52d28b6
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d67f0a23
type
Modest Royalty
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d67f0a23
comment
Modest Royalty: It's implied Merlin wants to teach Wart to be this sort of king.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d67f0a23
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d67f0a23
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_d67f0a23
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d99a228f
type
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d99a228f
comment
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: In response to Merlin causing a blizzard to appear in the castle, all Kay has to say is an annoyed "So what?"
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d99a228f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d99a228f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_d99a228f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d9cf40fa
type
Screw This, I'm Outta Here
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d9cf40fa
comment
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Defied when Merlin is given the room at the top of the crumbling, shambling west tower by Sir Ector, who is none too keen on having a wizard within his walls and obviously uses the west tower as a ploy to get Merlin to pack up and leave of his own volition when his abysmal living quarters prove too much for him to stand, which he gets his first taste of that same night as a torrential thunderstorm moves in, filling the room with water from the hole-filled roof. But this only further strengthens Merlin's determination to stay, as a way to spite Sir Ector. Though he does blast himself away to Bermuda after an argument with Wart, albeit accidentally. Also played straight when Merlin "had enough" being a squirrel.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d9cf40fa
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d9cf40fa
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_d9cf40fa
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d9d3c1f2
type
Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d9d3c1f2
comment
Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist: Merlin, upon returning from a holiday in twentieth-century Bermuda.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d9d3c1f2
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_d9d3c1f2
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_d9d3c1f2
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dae5c997
type
Action Girl
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dae5c997
comment
Action Girl: The girl squirrel for biting the wolf who thought Wart was a nice snack.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dae5c997
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dae5c997
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_dae5c997
 The Sword in the Stone / int_db27d520
type
Amazing Technicolor Wildlife
 The Sword in the Stone / int_db27d520
comment
Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Whenever a person is magically transformed into an animal, they keep the color scheme of their clothing (yellow and brown for Wart, blue and gray for Merlin, pink and purple for Madam Mim).
 The Sword in the Stone / int_db27d520
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_db27d520
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_db27d520
 The Sword in the Stone / int_db2f3581
type
All Girls Want Bad Boys
 The Sword in the Stone / int_db2f3581
comment
All Girls Want Bad Boys: Unfortunately for Wart, throwing the girl squirrel's tail over her head and pushing her only made him more desireable for her.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_db2f3581
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_db2f3581
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_db2f3581
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dca70c44
type
Reasonable Authority Figure
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dca70c44
comment
Reasonable Authority Figure: Sir Bart the Black Knight and Sir Pellinore, who protest at multiple people trying to pull the sword out together, and insist that Wart be given a chance to pull out the sword (again). Merlin himself, who teaches Wart all sorts of valuable lessons that would normally be closed to Wart (although Merlin does have irrational moments, they're few and far between, hence he's still this trope).
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dca70c44
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dca70c44
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_dca70c44
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dd3d1f69
type
Wicked Witch
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dd3d1f69
comment
Wicked Witch: Madam Mim lives in a cottage in the woods brewing up trouble. When she hears coughing, she hopes that it's a serious illness.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dd3d1f69
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dd3d1f69
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_dd3d1f69
 The Sword in the Stone / int_de9cad68
type
Pike Peril
 The Sword in the Stone / int_de9cad68
comment
Pike Peril: During his transformation into a fish, Wart is pursued by a pike with slasher-movie-villain levels of Offscreen Teleportation, and has to be rescued by Archimedes (who claims he only did it because he wanted to eat Wart).
 The Sword in the Stone / int_de9cad68
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_de9cad68
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
hasFeature
The Sword in the Stone / int_de9cad68
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dfe687c9
type
Alone with the Psycho
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dfe687c9
comment
Archimedes when Wart gets trapped with Madam Mim.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dfe687c9
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_dfe687c9
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
hasFeature
The Sword in the Stone / int_dfe687c9
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e3226029
type
Bag of Holding
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e3226029
comment
Bag of Holding: One of Merlin's magic spells can pack an entire house in a single baggage. It's a Justified Trope since the bag has normal capacity—it's the items themselves that shrink down in order to fit. Lampshaded by Merlin himself: "Well, just a minute boy, well, how else would you get all this in one suitcase, I'd like to know."
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e3226029
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e3226029
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e3226029
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e34400ab
type
Ambiguously Gay
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e34400ab
comment
Ambiguously Gay: Sir Pellinore speaks in a slight feminine voice and wears pink clothing.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e34400ab
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e34400ab
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
hasFeature
The Sword in the Stone / int_e34400ab
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e3c36782
type
Call-Forward
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e3c36782
comment
Call-Forward: In the Wart mythos, Wart had a tragic love with Guenivere. Merlin tells Wart about the perils of love after the misadventures with the girl squirrel, and how love can be a greater force than gravity.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e3c36782
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e3c36782
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e3c36782
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e41a9801
type
All Women Are Lustful
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e41a9801
comment
All Women Are Lustful: The female squirrels immediately pursue Merlin and Wart as mates, while Madam Mim even sort-of attempts to seduce Wart of all people. The only female character in the film who doesn't deliberately attempt to seduce someone is the scullery maid.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e41a9801
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 The Sword in the Stone / int_e41a9801
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 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e41a9801
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e4b89ccc
type
Messy Male, Fancy Female
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e4b89ccc
comment
Messy Male, Fancy Female: Wart and Merlin as squirrels have scruffier, much more messy looking fur on their tails and cheeks, whereas the female squirrels that pine for them have cleaner, much smoother fur.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e4b89ccc
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e4b89ccc
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e4b89ccc
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e55c5f35
type
Happily Ever Before
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e55c5f35
comment
Happily Ever Before: The movie ends at the start of Wart's reign, with many years of chivalry and majesty yet to come. The tragic end of that story is barely even hinted at.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e55c5f35
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e55c5f35
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e55c5f35
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e596f27b
type
Star-Crossed Lovers
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e596f27b
comment
Star-Crossed Lovers: Unfortunately for the girl squirrel, just because she saved Wart's life, doesn't mean a Rescue Romance where he falls in love with her will happen, especially since he is a prepubescent child and she's at best a young adult from a species that ages faster. The Power of Love doesn't work when it's obvious Wart has no intention of being a squirrel forever after being around her the entire time.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e596f27b
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e596f27b
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e596f27b
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e7d03dc5
type
Excalibur in the Stone
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e7d03dc5
comment
Excalibur in the Stone: The sword is never said to be Excaliburnote In the original lore, Excalibur was a completely different sword given to King Arthur by the Lady of the Lake.: it's just always called the Sword In The Stone.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e7d03dc5
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e7d03dc5
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e7d03dc5
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e83f211c
type
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e83f211c
comment
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When Merlin transforms Wart in various animals usually, he encourages the latter to not wait for rescue and refuses to use magic except at the last minute. When Mim catches Wart in her house and prepares to "destroy" him, however? Merlin comes booming in a magic swirl and saves him, berating Mim angrily.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e83f211c
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e83f211c
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e83f211c
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e851b5
type
The Plan
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e851b5
comment
The Plan: For the A-plot, Merlin wants to save Wart from a squire's life and make him into something greater. For the B-plot, Ector tries to train Kay to be a jouster so that he could be crowned king. Both plans share an apex, as Arthur unwittingly pulls out Excalibur and is crowned king trying to find a sword for Kay to use in the competition.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e851b5
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e851b5
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e851b5
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9a3a1ed
type
Never Learned to Read
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9a3a1ed
comment
Never Learned to Read: When Archimedes instructs Wart (AKA Arthur Pendragon) to read a large stack of books, Wart reveals he'd never learned how to read or write, prompting Archimedes to start teaching him how to do so.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9a3a1ed
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9a3a1ed
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
hasFeature
The Sword in the Stone / int_e9a3a1ed
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9e35e8f
type
Exact Words
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9e35e8f
comment
Exact Words: "No mineral or vegetable, only animals," and "No make-believe things, like, oh, pink dragons and stuff." So saith Madam Mim, who turns into a purple dragon instead of a pink one. This is a blatant violation of the spirit of the rules, but by this point Mim doesn't care. Then Merlin one-ups her by turning into a germ, which also strictly abides by the stated rules (Mim tries to call him out on violating the "no disappearing" clause, but as he points out, germs are only very, very small, not strictly invisible).
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9e35e8f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9e35e8f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Sword in the Stone / int_e9e35e8f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9fb38
type
The Talk
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9fb38
comment
The Talk: The scene with the squirrel very nearly has Merlin discussing the birds and the bees with Wart.
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9fb38
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_e9fb38
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
hasFeature
The Sword in the Stone / int_e9fb38
 The Sword in the Stone / int_eadc018f
type
Pinball Protagonist
 The Sword in the Stone / int_eadc018f
comment
Pinball Protagonist: Wart spends most of the movie getting turned into various animals and getting dragged into adventures by Merlin. He only even finds the titular sword by sheer chance. It's even Archimedes who points out the sword to him!
 The Sword in the Stone / int_eadc018f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone / int_eadc018f
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1.0
 The Sword in the Stone
hasFeature
The Sword in the Stone / int_eadc018f
 The Sword in the Stone / int_eb8ec7c8
type
Jerkass
 The Sword in the Stone / int_eb8ec7c8
comment
Jerkass: Kay comes off as a Jerk Jock older brother. Ector, occasionally. As shown when he gives Wart more chores for defending Merlin. The frog in the moat, who kicks Fish!Wart around and does so again when they hide in the same hole to escape from a pike.
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Late to the Punchline
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Late to the Punchline: Merlin after Wart's admittedly rather brilliant joke about Archimedes "staying out late every night".
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Mundane Utility
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Mundane Utility: Merlin uses his magical abilities to have the household chores do themselves so Wart can go out adventuring with him.
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But Now I Must Go
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But Now I Must Go: Merlin blasts away to Bermuda. When Wart asks if Merlin ever comes back, Archimedes only answers, "Who knows? Who knows anything?"
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Being Human Sucks
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Being Human Sucks: Merlin threatens Archimedes to transform him into a human if he doesn't do what he says. Archimedes answers that Merlin won't dare but Merlin re-announces this threat. Archimedes finally complies.
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Pet's Homage Name
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Pet's Homage Name: Merlin's familiar is an owl named Archimedes, for the ancient Greek mathematician.
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Giftedly Bad
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Giftedly Bad: Kay would certainly have to be to lose a joust with a practice dummy and injure himself in the process.
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Good Shapeshifting, Evil Shapeshifting
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Good Shapeshifting, Evil Shapeshifting: During their Shapeshifter Showdown, Merlin and Madam Mim's choice of forms highlight their morality. The Wicked Witch Mim generally takes large and/or predatory forms: a crocodile, a fox, a chicken, an elephant, a tiger, a rattlesnake, and a rhinoceros - all coloured pink. By contrast, the benevolent wizard Merlin prefers to take smaller, less threatening forms in blue and grey: a tortoise, a rabbit, a caterpillar, a walrus, a mouse, a crab, and a goat... and yet, he still manages to use these apparently lesser forms to outwit and overcome her. In the finale, Mim loses her temper and becomes a dragon... only for Merlin to defeat her by becoming an infectious disease.
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Never Say "Die"
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Never Say "Die": In the Wizard's Duel, Merlin and Mim are trying to 'destroy' each other. And before that, Mim says she is going to 'destroy' Wart when she finds out he's on the side of good.
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Great Accomplishment, Weak Credibility
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Great Accomplishment, Weak Credibility: Sir Hector and the rest of the knights who attended London's tournament initially find the idea of a scrawny kid like Wart lifting the legendary sword Excalibur next to impossible. It's only at the request of Sir Pellinore and Sir Bart that Wart is given the chance to prove he's the rightful heir to the throne of Britain.
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Insult Backfire
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Insult Backfire: Madam Mim's "Thank you, my boy, but that's nothing" response when she says that she takes delight in the gruesome and grim and Wart comments "That's terrible."
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Beleaguered Assistant
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Beleaguered Assistant: Wart is this to Kay for much of the movie because he's a page boy. He's not better treated when promoted to squire. Poor Archimedes... assisting the bumbling old wizard can't be easy.
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Ten Paces and Turn
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Ten Paces and Turn: During the Wizard Duel. Madam Mim proceeds to break this protocol like she does nearly every other rule she made for the duel such as "no disappearing" and "no cheating".
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Call of the Wild Blue Yonder
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Call of the Wild Blue Yonder: Wart mentions wishing he could fly, so Merlin turns him into a bird so he can live out his dream.
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Running Gag
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Running Gag: Remember the very muscular, intimidating wolf from the opening scene? He reappears as a mangy, flea-bitten mongrel who is constantly having boulders dropped on him, getting the wind knocked out of him after chasing the main protagonists, chomping down on a tree branch, and getting stuck through a pair of branches, all as he tries to stalk Wart to eat. Merlin's beard getting caught on various objects. The sugar bowl getting into various mishaps.
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Comically Missing the Point
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Comically Missing the Point: See Bag of Holding, above: Merlin can't see how else one could pack. Wart asks what a wizard's duel is.
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Department of Redundancy Department
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Department of Redundancy Department: One Wizards' Duel rule is that there is no disobeying the rules. The next rule is that there's no cheating. It's a justified case as Merlin was asking for clarification on the idea of rules: "Rule three: No Disappearing [teleportation/intangibility]" "Rule four: No Cheating!" If Mim was throwing out rules, he wanted to make sure she obeyed them as Archimedes himself warned she was only creating rules so that she could break them (which she did).
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Evil Is Hammy
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Evil Is Hammy: Madam Mim sings a Villain Song about herself complete with dancing and shapeshifting. Merlin is far more restrained.
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Evil Is Petty
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Evil Is Petty: When Mim finds out that Arthur was Merlin's ward, Mim turns into a cat to try and eat him because Merlin might see some good in him.
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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Wart is naïve and innocent, but has a good heart that allows him to pull the sword from the stone.
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The Low Middle Ages / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Power of Love / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Social Darwinist / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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The Squire / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Title Theme Tune / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Tough Act to Follow / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Transformation Discretion Shot / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Transformation Fiction / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Transforming Conforming / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Two Voices, One Character / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Unexplained Accent / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Utility Magic / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Vague Age / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Vain Sorceress / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Values Resonance / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Victorious Chorus / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Violently Protective Girlfriend / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Voluntary Shapeshifting / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Warm-Hearted Walrus / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Weredragon / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Witch Works / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Wizard Beard / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Wizard Classic / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Wizard Duel / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Wizard Workshop / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Wrong Assumption / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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Wrong Context Magic / int_7d271ad1
 The Sword in the Stone
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You Can Talk? / int_7d271ad1
 TheSwordInTheSTone
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The Sword in the Stone
 TheSwordintheStone
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The Sword in the Stone