List of King Arthur's Disasters episodes

King Arthur's Disasters is a UK animated comedy series following the perils of King Arthur as he does everything humanly (and sometimes inhumanly) possible to please Princess Guinivere, his beautiful lady love.

Episode List

eason 1: 2005

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04/11/2005
"Splinters In The Knight"
The ears of the people of Camelot are at the mercy of Princess Guinevere's terrible drumming. King Arthur visits her and offers to buy her lessons, however she's not convinced she needs any. Knowing he'd do literally anything for her she manages to turn it around and Arthur gets tricked, or duped as he prefers to call it, into getting her a Branch from the Singing Oak Tree. In the meantime Merlin is at war with a couple of squirrels, leaving Arthur to accomplish this quest on his own. It's not easy though, as the Oak Tree is being protected by Robin Hood and his merry men and women, who are having problems of their own.
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"The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall"
King Arthur and Merlin set sail for Dolphin Rock in the Scottish waters near Kirkwall to collect Guinevere's latest desire - the Yodelling Dolphin. King Arthur's problems have only just begun when he discovers that hearing the Dolphin's yodel causes one to dance to death. Sneaking up on it underwater seems to be King Arthur's answer but an octopus and a giant squid have other ideas. In the end, the King decides that one Dolphin looks very much like another - except those that yodel wear lederhosen.
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03
04/18/2005
"The Parchment of Arusella"
Arthur visits Guinevere, requesting her hand in marriage, once again. She then makes an excuse that he must ask her Father's permission if he wishes to marry her. But then some how manipulates Arthur into getting The Parchment Of Arusella for her, so she can give it to her Father on Father's Day. The King is reluctant until she tells him it would make her Father very happy and increase the likelihood of him granting Arthur permission to marry her. King Arthur then visits Merlin and is told to travel to The Pink Castle, along the way Arthur runs into Robin Hood, who tries to stop him, but fails. Arthur makes it to The Pink castle, but stealing the mythical Parchment isn't easy, as it is guarded by The Pink Knights.
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04
05/16/2005
"The Labyrinth Of Lost Souls"
After escaping from Robin Hood and his merry gang, King Arthur visits Guinevere so he can take cover from Robin. However she tries to send him on another quest, this time she wants him to turn her slipper into gold. Arthur asks Merlin to give him some powers to turn the slipper into gold, however a problem arises when he scratches his rear-end and turns it into gold. So Merlin says it would be 'easier' to visit the Fountain Of Oro, a stream of gold, located in the Labyrinth Of Lost Souls. So our brave King sets on his journey with Merlin and Splag at his side, as they face many obsticles that get in their way inside the Labyrinth.
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05
05/09/2005
"The Surprise Quest"
Arthur's loyal magician, Merlin, has discovered a potion which makes the person you give it to fall head-over-heals in love with you. Arthur plans to catapult the potion at Guinevere so she'll finally marry him, but he accidentally hits her chaperon, Petal. He asks Merlin for an antidote, but is told that a few special ingredients are needed, a feather from the confused back wards flying owl and a single hair from the maine of the invisible unicorn, so Arthur sets out to find these whilst trying to avoid Petal who now wants to marry the King.
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"The Glass Rose"
King Arthur, Merlin and Splag arrive at a French chateau on their way to steal the fabled 'Rose en Verre' - a radiantly beautiful stained glass window installed in a remote Chateau in the heart of France. Lady M, King Arthur's Sister, outraged that this national treasure is going to the spoilt Guinevere, warns her brother of dark forces and irate peasants. Warnings that are ignored and all seems lost for our gallant King. Only Lady M's secret alter ego, the renegade Knight Sir Margaret, can save the King...but will she bother.
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07
04/25/2005
"The Viking Venture"
Princess Guinevere has ordered an expensive, stylish table from Norway and Arthur has to go and collect it for her. As usual he visits his trusted friend Merlin for advice, and Merlin ends up going on the expedition. However they have to keep it a secret that the King is leaving in case anybody attempts to take over the throne during his absence. Before they even get a chance to leave the word is out, and Arthur runs into his Knights, who join him on his quest. Merlin advises him to keep the fact that he's only getting a table for Guinevere a secret and Arthur tells them that he going to fight some Vikings. Unfortunately for them, this becomes true and they run into other trouble, including Lemmings, Trolls and a 'deadly' Norwegian band.
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"Mission Implausible"
King Arthur decides to invade Scotland when he discovers Princess Guinevere has been taken to Hadrian's castle. Unfortunately, the King's armies are sent in the wrong direction. So, despite an invasion force of only four, King Arthur lays siege to the castle. Merlin levitates them over the battlements but Guinevere is nowhere to be found. In the end, Lancelot and Martyn are trapped on an island by the Loch Ness monster and King Arthur searches the length and breadth of Scotland only to discover Guinevere has returned to her tower after a family visit with her Scottish relatives.
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09
05/23/2005
"The Fountain Of Youth"
A nice tranquil night is disturbed by the screams of Guinevere, Arthur goes to see what is troubling the love of his life. Through her tears she tells Arthur that she has plucked a grey hair from her head and worries that she is getting old and tells her King to do something about it. Arthur quickly seeks advice from Merlin who speaks of the fabled Fountain of Youth, which is not so much a fountain as a tap. One drop will make you 5 years younger; two, 10 years and so on. However to get the water from the fountain there is a price to pay of 3 human sacrifices, so he chooses Splag, Sir Martyn and Sir Launcelot to be those sacrifices as they accompany Merlin and the King to the Fountain of Youth.
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"Circus Calamity"
Guinevere needs a temporary chaperone and King Arthur and Merlin travel to Baden-Baden to fetch Petal's cousin, Tatiana - a trapeze artist at Countess Griselda's International Circus. Tatiana agrees to go to Camelot provided her two pet apes come with her. But the evil Countess wants her valuable apes back and sends her circus folks after them. Taking refuge with Arthur's sister, Lady M, our heroes undergo the strangest siege imaginable - with acrobats scaling the chateau walls, fire-eaters burning down the doors, clowns bouncing on trampolines and a human cannonball flying overhead dropping...real cannonballs.
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"The Bear Necessities"
Princess Guinevere wants a pet and decides that the tiny Golden Bear of Tundoor would fit her lifestyle perfectly. But the eerie forest of Tundoor is home to the wicked sorceress Morgan Le Fay who becomes somewhat annoyed when King Arthur inadvertently destroys her cottage. Morgan casts a spell on Robin Hood and sends him after the King. But Arthur evades Robin by destroying a beehive - then evades the angry bees by destroying a beaver's dam - then evades the outraged beavers by being swept away in the raging river which bursts its banks and destroys Morgan's cottage again. That's when things get really ugly.
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"The Peacocks of Penzance"
The 'Peacocks of Penzance' are regarded by many as myth. But that doesn't deter Arthur from seeking a quill from one so that he can write to Guinevere's cousin. What follows is treacherous skulduggery as Launcelot tries to dispatch Arthur - who is busy trying to dispatch Lord Epping - who is busy trying to dispatch Arthur. And Merlin adds to the general mayhem by mistaking the sleepwalking Lord Cornforth for a ghost - and with errant magic spells, tries to dispatch him.
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"The Ice Palace"
Guinevere wants an ice palace! And not just any ice palace. So its off to Switzerland for King Arthur via high mountains, avalanches, cracking river ice, an abominable Snowman and running afoul of William Tell. Arthur wins the Matterhorn Ice Palace in an archery contest and takes it home to Guinevere. Finally, he has done something right, but Arthur wants her to be really impressed and insists Merlin lights some oil that Splag has splashed around the Ice Castle. As the flames shoot up and, as the ice palace melts, Guinevere shouts to the retreating Arthur that all thoughts of an engagement are off!