<![CDATA[Knightmare Stereotypes]]>Which character do you think was the worst stereotype used in Knightmare? It can be a national stereotype, like Olaf, or a literary cliche, like Mogdred's bad-guy dialogue.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/743/knightmare-stereotypesRSS for NodeTue, 15 Sep 2026 20:45:51 GMTThu, 04 Dec 2003 04:19:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:55:33 GMT]]>Ah Wok.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/39700https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/39700Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:55:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:00:30 GMT]]>Thanks, HStorm. I knew you'd know about TMWE!

"CHARMING DRASSIL. VERY CHARMING."

"TELL ME DO YOU KNOW WHAT THESE ARE?"

"HEHEHEHEHEH...LOVELY"

Skarkill, 'Milky Milky Man' was a very entertaining comic character, and my comparison was meant as a compliment to both.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15116https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15116Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:00:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:20:29 GMT]]>As coincidence would have it, a couple of weeks ago I found websites that have episodes of TMWE (the original, much better, radio version) available for download.

You can visit  http://www.tmwe.co.uk/  for all of them, although the site's accessibility comes and goes quite erratically.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crosers/tmwe.htm is a good secondary source for episodes from the final season on radio.

Sorry, no milky-milky man in the radio version.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15105https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15105Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:20:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:16:13 GMT]]>See that milky-milky man? That's Hugh Dennis in a dirty mac, that is.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15103https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15103Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:16:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:11:30 GMT]]>Posted by Drassil  on Dec 14th at 2:27pm.

The way that Skarkill said 'lovely' reminds me of a character on the comedy show The Mary Whitehouse Experience (which despite the title was nothing to do with MW, who was so kind to Knightmare in its early days) whose catchphrase was 'Lovely! Milky milky!'

"CHARMING DRASSIL. VERY CHARMING."

"TELL ME DO YOU KNOW WHAT THESE ARE?"

"HEHEHEHEHEH...LOVELY"

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15100https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15100Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:11:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:27:22 GMT]]>The way that Skarkill said 'lovely' reminds me of a character on the comedy show The Mary Whitehouse Experience (which despite the title was nothing to do with MW, who was so kind to Knightmare in its early days) whose catchphrase was 'Lovely! Milky milky!'

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15088https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15088Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:27:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 03:00:53 GMT]]>I wasn't arguing that he wasn't a sterotype I just didn't think he was too badly writen.

At lest not any worse then some of the characters in the early series.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15077https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15077Sun, 14 Dec 2003 03:00:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:43:07 GMT]]>Stereotypes are frequently funny, they're just not good writing.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15073https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15073Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:43:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:06:10 GMT]]>I always thought that Olaf was funny.

With his cries of

"Ze Lootings And Ze Pilligings."

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15057https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15057Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:06:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:00:35 GMT]]>I don't mind Mace's character, since usually there was a little story going on around him. And if he's a stereotype, at least he's a pretty interesting one. Unlike some, Olaf. Ho ho ho, he's a Viking with a bad Scandinavian accent. Gosh, what a great creation.

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]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15055https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/15055Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:00:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Mon, 08 Dec 2003 02:14:29 GMT]]>Actually, put that way you're probably right. I overlooked him because there are times when he sounds quite deep and mysterious, but you're right  -  the humble man of God with amiable vices is quite an overused character device.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14647https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14647Mon, 08 Dec 2003 02:14:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Mon, 08 Dec 2003 02:06:17 GMT]]>Brother Mace

A Stereotypical Robin Hood/Firer Tuck Monk.

A freindly Man of god who had a weekness for strong drink & a spot of gambaling.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14645https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14645Mon, 08 Dec 2003 02:06:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:16:02 GMT]]>grins

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14537https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14537Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:16:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:07:56 GMT]]>The healthy substitute for... er, chocolate. >Ahem<  :-[  Moving swiftly on.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14535https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14535Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:07:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:00:49 GMT]]>I've confused myself. I think I'll go shopping.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14533https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14533Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:00:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:44:09 GMT]]>Wouldn't say Hands was a stereotype especially, just a cartoon figure. All right, some people would say that "cartoon figure" is just another term for stereotype, but there you are.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14524https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14524Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:44:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:39:06 GMT]]>Sly Hands with his stupid raggety bad person act...

...have we had that?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14522https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14522Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:39:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:17:47 GMT]]>Good point about Ah Wok, Drassil. I wouldn't say he was offensive outright, but he was certainly a bit of a cheap number.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14428https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14428Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:17:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:16:07 GMT]]>By your own words, Emii, you're describing a non-stereotype. Stereotypes are usually one-dimensional, and as you say, Fear had a fantastically relaxed sense of humour, which stands in contrast to his arrogance and greed, while still resting well alongside them.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14427https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14427Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:16:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:11:47 GMT]]>Lord Fear was kind of stereotypical, except that he sort of overrode the whole "I look scary and just in case you forget I'm scary my name is FEAR" thing with the humour and attitude

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14422https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14422Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:11:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:34:59 GMT]]>Interesting topic.  🙂

I wonder, if I go to the back of my wardrobe, will I end up in Winteria talking to Aesandre?  😉 Nice name, unoriginal character.

Ariadne is just such a stereotypical spider. Spinning webs, scuttling around on eight legs, attacking smaller creatures - Arachnid Rights groups must have been up in arms. (Perhaps Mary Whitehouse lent them the arms.)

Ah-Wok, I think, is extreme; I always felt uncomfortable watching him, especially when his pronunciation of 'l's as 'r's actually became part of the puzzle. Although, thinking back to the Dungeoneer who asked Ah-Wok if he was from the East, perhaps not everyone saw him as an excessive stereotype.

I suppose it was sensible to have Merlin himself as the main 'good' wizard, rather than creating a diluted 'Merlinesque' character with a different name. Archetype rather than stereotype, you could say.

Sir Hugh de Wittless, seemed a bit stereotypical, but having his bluff gallantry as the result of a curse by Hordriss, added a nice twist to the character.

As for dragons... although Smirkenorff was a fantastic innovation on Knightmare, I felt that Owen the dragon was less stereotypical.

Hordriss seemed a very original character - perhaps that's why he lasted longer than any of the others.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14421https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14421Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:34:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:39:53 GMT]]>Come to think of it, there were some pretty strong male/female stereotypes in there. Female-wise all the Powers That Be ladies were young, beautiful and dumb as two short planks (Marta, Gretel, Mellisandre), whilst any ladies that were potential danger were evil, cunning and usually not very nice to look at (Aesandre, witches, etc).

The ones that were inbetween were always incredibly confused:

Velda - paranoid elf with asthma

Gundrada - warrior man-beast

Stiletta - warrior man-beast

Mrs Grimwold - gender issues

Elita - pain in the bum

Any more for any more?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14411https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14411Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:39:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:36:01 GMT]]>Marta was a kinda stereotypical dungeon-wench, with the old accent and the blondeness and the bosoms...

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14410https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14410Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:36:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Knightmare Stereotypes on Thu, 04 Dec 2003 04:31:05 GMT]]>Mind you, has anyone else noticed how much McGrew looks like John Rhys-Davies? And I've never seen McGrew and Professor Arturo in the same room...

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14393https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/14393Thu, 04 Dec 2003 04:31:05 GMT