Kaamelott/Characters

The Round Table

• Five-Man Band:
  • The Big Good: Arthur.
  • The Hero: Lancelot.
  • The Lancer: Léodagan.
  • The Big Guy/Those Two Guys: Perceval & Karadoc, even if they're uncompetent fighters, are passably close to this in spirit.
  • The Smart Guy: Father Blaise.
  • The Chick: Bohort.
  • Tagalong Kid/Those Two Guys: Yvain & Gauvain.
  • The Sixth Ranger: Whatever additional knight show up, but usually Calogrenant.
• Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering
• Ragtag Bunch of Misfits

Arthur (Alexandre Astier)

• Authority Equals Asskicking
• Badass Beard
  • Beard of Sorrow
• Big Good
• The Chains of Commanding
• The Chosen One
• Cool Sword: Excalibur
  • Flaming Sword: Though the sound evoke more a Laser Blade.
• Dark and Troubled Past
• Deadpan Snarker
• Driven to Suicide
• The Hero: Usually...
• Heroic Bastard
• Heroic BSOD
• Iron Woobie
• King Arthur: Well, Duh!
• Knight in Sour Armor
• Law of Inverse Fertility
• Only Sane Man
• Rightful King Returns: In the Prequel of Livre VI, and again in the upcoming movies.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes??: Snakes aren't really a "recurring obstacle" in the show, but they're certainly a Running Gag.

Father Blaise (Jean-Robert Lombard)

• Literary Agent Hypothesis
• The Smart Guy

Bohort (Nicolas Gabion)

• Berserk Button: Don't directly insult him. No, not even to "stimulate" him during training.
• Catch Phrase: "We're all going to DIE!"
• The Chick
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
• Headbutting Heroes
  • With Venec. For obvious reasons.
  • And with Léodagan, even more previsibly.
• Large Ham: When he gets freaked out.
• Lovable Coward
• Mistaken for Gay: Both by the fans and in-story, until an episode featuring his wife came out.
• Odd Friendship: With Gauvain and Yvain.
• Token Good Teammate
• Took a Level In Badass: Seems to happen every time he is with his brother Lionel.
• Undying Loyalty: To Arthur.
• You Shall Not Pass: When facing Lancelot at the end of livre V. It doesn't work.

Calogrenant (Stéphane Margot)

• Improbable Hairstyle: In Livre VI. He's bald in the other seasons.
• The Quiet One
• Violent Glaswegian: Inverted, he's always phlegmatic (and, naturally, useless).

Dagonet (Antoine de Caunes)

• Forgetful Jones
• Minion with an F In Evil

Galessin (Alexis Hénon)

• Deadpan Snarker
• The Dragon: To Lancelot in Livre IV, and to Loth the rest of the time.
• Jerkass

Gauvain (Aurélien Portehaut)

• Giver of Lame Names
• Knight in Shining Armor: At least, he is the character who tries the most to be.
• Large Ham: Once Yvain marries Demetra.
• Malaproper: With expressions.

Gauvain: Nobility well put up, never follows his own winter. No... never finds the winter closed.

• Man Child: Yvain and him are the two sides of adolescence: Yvain is the jerkass teenager, while Gauvain is the nice, respectful kid.
• The Pollyanna
• Those Two Guys: With Yvain.

Hervé de Rinel (Tony Saba)

• Badass Beard: In Livre V.
• Cloudcuckoolander
• The Ditz: Yes, he manages to be this AND a Cloudcuckoolander.
• Flanderization: Went from: guy-who-doesn't-talk-much-but-is-stupid-when-he-does. To: quite-talkative-guy-that-nobody-understand-when-he-talks.
• Informed Ability: Subverted and Played With; when he says during the show that he's a specialist in cartography and espionage, we get to see him in action both times. It fails hilariously.

Karadoc (Jean-Christophe Hembert)

• Berserk Button: You don't want to get between him and his food. Not ever.
• Big Eater
• Cloudcuckoolander
• Flanderization: Starts in the show as... Karadoc (seriously, just look at his tropes), and comes out in Livre V as a somehow dumber version of himself. His first act as King of Britain? Do the introductions at the Round Table. He's been working with those guys for five bloody seasons, for crying out loud.
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With Perceval.
• Jerkass: Not obvious before, but truly goes Up to Eleven in Livre V.
• Malaproper
• The Pig Pen
• Serious Business: Food, unsurprisingly.
• Small Name, Big Ego: While Perceval sometimes acknowledges his own stupidity and has some heartwarming moments, Karadoc, on the other hand, has absolutely no excuses for bragging the way he does.
• Those Two Guys: Also with Perceval.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife

Lancelot (Thomas Cousseau)

• Beard of Sorrow
• Face Heel Turn
• Fallen Angel
• I Work Alone
• Knight Errant: Supposedly, since he doesn't have time for it anymore.
• Knight in Shining Armor
• Knight Templar
• Mistaken for Gay
• Number Two
• Only Sane Man: A Deconstruction. Lancelot starts as the only knight who is neither stupid nor inactive, but he finally got fed up of being Surrounded by Idiots and become convinced that the quest for the Graal should be reserved to The Chosen One.
• Tyrant Takes the Helm: In the final episode of Book VI.
• Villainous Rescue: Toward Arthur at the end of Book V.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist
• White Magic

Léodagan (Lionel Astier)

• Authority Equals Asskicking
• Bad Liar
• Blood Knight
• Brutal Honesty
• Commander Contrarian
• Deadpan Snarker
• Freudian Excuse: Considering that his father usually finds him too soft...
• Hanging Judge
• Heroic Comedic Sociopath
• Jerkass
• Pillage and Burn: He seems pretty fond of this tactic.
• Slasher Smile: He normally never smiles, but when he does, Arthur is freaked out.
• Smug Snake
• Token Evil Teammate
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Shows some subtle hints of this with Arthur.

Lionel de Gaunes (Etienne Fague)

• Dirty Coward
• If You're So Evil Eat This Kitten: Serves as the kitten for Lancelot, who can't bring himself to do it.

Perceval (Franck Pitiot)

• The Chosen One: Maybe.
• Cloudcuckoolander
• Constantly Curious
• Door Step Baby: Was found in a Crop Circle.
• Genius Ditz
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With Karadoc.
• Idiot Savant: He is utterly clueless about map-reading and cardinal points, can't go in a forest without getting lost, don't understand a thing about dates and fail even the most basic logic... Yet he is a goddamn genius with numbers and mathematics (can do mental calculations lightning-fast, understands games with impossibly complicated rules, is apparently unbeatable at the shell game...).
• Malaproper
• Those Two Guys: With Karadoc.
• Undying Loyalty
• Unreliable Narrator
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: Somehow toward Arthur.

Yvain (Simon Astier)

• Catch Phrase: "I'm fed up with it!"
• Cloudcuckoolander: Not permanently, but has numerous and quite awesome moments.

Arthur: You know Britain is an island, right? (...) Arthur: And when invaders want to raid the country, where do they come from? Yvain: They come from thousands of people? Arthur: ...Nope... Yvain: They come from... Britain!

• Hypochondria
• Large Ham: Once he marries Demetra.
• Lazy Bum
• Man Child: cf. Gauvain
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: When he tries to argue with his parents.

Yvain: I consider that I don't have to be subjected to the careerist fantasies of a generational, reactionary and oppressive entity.

• Those Two Guys: with Gauvain.

Angharad (Vanessa Guedj)

• Real Life Writes the Plot: She is no longer seen in the late seasons, apparently because her actress disagreed with Alexandre Astier on her characterisation and quit.
• Servile Snarker

Grüdü (Thibault Roux)

• Ax Crazy
• Horny Vikings
• Lawful Stupid
• Murder Is the Best Solution

Guenièvre (Anne Girouard)

• Character Development: In Livre I, she was notorious for her rather clueless attitude and lines ("Ah yes, today I had the rosebush in the backyard clipped, because he really needed it!" to Arthur, while he's reading some diplomatic treaty); in Livre V, she is the only one who really manage to make Arthur understand that he is doing wrong, even saving his life at one point.
• The Ditz
• Dumbass Has a Point -> Cloudcuckoolander -> Smarter Than You Look : While she says a lot of stupid things, she will sometimes successfully make Arthur realize he's acting like a jerk, usually about their relationship.
• The Heart : Somehow, yes.
• The Ingenue
• Incorruptible Pure Pureness

Mevanwi (Caroline Ferrus)

• Evil Sorceress: Learns some magic from Elias.
• I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!
• Manipulative Bitch
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife

The Mistresses

• Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?: Aelis
• Green-Eyed Monster: They don't really hide that they would gladly become queen given the chance.
• Twin Threesome Fantasy: Tumet & Aziliz

Séli (Joelle Sevilla)

• Brutal Honesty
• Greed: "When someone offers you money, you take it. That's it, That's simple, That's the rule."
• I Want Grandkids
• Lethal Chef

The Weaponmaster (Christian Bujeau)

• Berserk Button: Do NOT taunt him about the one-leggedness of his father.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
• Large Ham
• Master Swordsman: He's not named "The Weaponmaster" for nothing. (His actor, Christian Bujeau, is an expert in medieval fencing.)
• Straight Edge / The Teetotaler: In the episode "Corpore Sano", he says himself that his feeding is made of "Dried fruits, beans, lentils, and above all, lots of water; and of course no alcohol." It is also implied that he doesn't eat meat. It is also worth noting that, in "Corpore Sano II", he's going through a nervous breakdown that makes him want to abandon his philosophy.
• You Fight Like a Cow: His favourite way of fighting. According to him, it is necessary to motivate yourself to fight a friend.

Anna (Anouk Grinberg)

• Brother-Sister Incest: At the end of Livre VI, she appears to Arthur in dreams to predict it. Arthur isn't especially thrilled.
• EvilSorceress
• Insistent Terminology: Both Arthur and herself are very insistent that you call them half-brothers.
• Really Gets Around: According to Loth.
• Never Live It Down: Uther Pendragon murdering her father.
• The Unfavorite: Her own mother would go Mama Bear on her if she harmed Arthur.
• Unholy Matrimony: With Loth.

Goustan the Cruel (Philippe Nahon)

• Evil Old Folks
• Real Men Love the Gods
• Rules Lawyer

Kadoc (Brice Fournier)

• Ambiguous Disorder
• Ice Cream Koan
• Ralph Wiggum

King Loth (François Rollin)

• Altum Videtur
• Brutal Honesty: Usually toward his lackeys.
• Card-Carrying Villain: A magnificent example, especially the episode where he starts being a major part of the main plot.

Loth Just between you and me: what do you think of King Arthur? Dagonet: (hesitates) Loth: You can talk with sincerity; long story short, you're at scums' home here: our ideas aren't very nice, and we're not afraid to say it; we instigate, we renegade, we let our fantasies run wild.

• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: And not shy about it.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Freudian Excuse: Spoofed. Loth claims sarcastically that his Chronic Backstabbing Disorder comes from his fear to become attached to someone.
• Groin Attack: His wife Anna poured boiling water on his crotch for having called Arthur her brother (rather than half-brother).
• Pragmatic Villainy: Despite being an evil, proud and treacherous king, he's smart enough to realize that his attempted coup will fail, and doesn't hesitate to sacrifice his pride by going before Arthur and apologize (well, sort of) when he realizes that this is the only behaviour that may prevent him from being executed (and it does).
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: He has a significantly larger vocabulary than most of the other characters, and he won't be afraid of using lots of metaphors.
• Shock and Awe: His ring has this power.
• Smug Snake
• Unholy Matrimony: With Anna.

Ygerne de Tintagel (Josée Drevon)

• Commander Contrarian
• Mama Bear
• My Beloved Smother

Guethenoc & Roparzh (Serge Papagalli and Gilles Graveleau)

• Medieval Morons
• The Pig Pen
• Those Two Guys
• Vitriolic Best Buds

The Innkeeper (Alain Chapuis)

• Unfazed Everyman

Venec (Loïc Varraut)

• Even Evil Has Standards: He says several times that he refuses to kill or hurt physically someone with whom he made business in the past. But that won't stop him from robbing that someone, mind you.
• Honest John
• Snake Oil Salesman
• Undying Loyalty: Played With. He's arguably the most selfish character in the show, is in here only for his own profit, going as far as organizing a burglary in Kaamelott. And yet, he says several times in the show that things are better when Arthur is king, and he is the one, in Livre VI, who help Arthur to hide and flee to Rome when Lancelot and his army starts chasing knights around the kingdom.

Elias de Kelliwic'h (Bruno Fontaine)

• Beard of Evil
• Brutal Honesty: Done to Merlin in Livre V, to the point where the latter decides to quit.
• Jerkass
• Rivals Team Up: When he's forced to work with Merlin, to his disappointment.
• Sociopathic Hero: "In life, you must avoid working for someone, AND avoid making someone work for you; it's the key to success."
• Superpower Lottery: Even though he hasn't really got "one ungodly over-the-top superpower", the variety of magic he can use still makes him qualify for the trope. During the series, he is indeed either seen or said to master: destructive spells (such as lightning, fireball, stone rain, disintegrate, and the notorious "Death Blow": "he blows on you, you DIE!"), teleporting, demonology, necromancy, shapeshift (into another human being, at least), "beastmastery" ("Caller of the Caledonian Wolves"), enchantments, divination, alchemy... and maybe more.

The Lady of the Lake (Audrey Fleurot)

• Council of Ladies
• Fallen Angel: Banished by the Gods for her "spectacular failures" in actually helping Arthur and Lancelot on The Quest.
  • {{[spoiler|Broken Angel}}
• Fish Out of Water
• Herald: She routinely sends Arthur and his knight on Dungeon Crawling. Needless to say, each time Hilarity Ensues and The Quest is either dropped completely or ends up an Epic Fail. Also the one who predicted that Perceval could well be The Chosen One.
• Hypocritical Humor: She's quick to yell at Arthur for still paying homage to Mars (rather than sticking to the One God) while having obvious pagan origins herself.
• Invisible to Normals: Usually, only Arthur can see her. Léodagan didn't believed she existed for a long time, while Perceval and Karadoc can't quite grasp the concept.
• Lady in White
• Spirit Advisor: And not very good at it.

Méléagant (Carlo Brandt)

• Black Cloak
• The Corrupter
• Deadpan Snarker
• Evil Mentor
• Evil Sounds Deep
• In the Hood
• Manipulative Bastard: Toward both Arthur and Lancelot (and Caesar). And he's scarrily efficient.
• Nietzsche Wannabe
• The Scourge of God: Claims to be the "answer" of the gods for the failures of Arthur.
• Shout-Out: A machiavellian "evil god", wearing a long black mantle with a large hood, trying to "corrupt" Lancelot and Arthur (a.k.a. the most willing to do good) and to destroy Logres, the only kingdom trying to find the Grail? Hmm.

Merlin (Jacques Chambon)

• Butt Monkey: While a lot of character could fit, Merlin takes the cake by being the guy who takes the most slaps, kicks, punches or "headbashes-to-the-table" on-screen, mostly from Arthur and Elias. This, plus the various dirty tricks from Elias.
• Half-Human Hybrid

Arthur: Is it true that you're the son of a demon and a virgin? [...] You've taken more from the virgin.

• Inept Mage: Possibly subverted; Merlin himself claims to be quite effective, but as a Druid. Of course he's useless in a royal court.
  • Unreliable Narrator, really: everytime he talks about his druidic powers, it is implied that he really is inept; for instance: when, in Livre VI, in the streets of Rome, Arthur asks him if he could strike the place they're in with a lightning bolt (something Merlin explicitly said he could do, as it is a druid's specialty), Merlin replied that it would be a lot easier to do if there was a storm going on.
• Lovable Coward
• Really Seven Hundred Years Old
• Talks to Wolves: Due to his druidic powers. Note that this is actually the only power that he really is shown efficiently using.
• Wizard Beard

Aconia (Valeria Cavalli)

• Mayfly-December Romance

Caesar (Pierre Mondy)

• Cool Old Guy
• Deal with the Devil: Reviving his favorite day in exchange for his suicide.
• Dirty Old Man
• Driven to Suicide
• Lonely At the Top
• Obfuscating Stupidity
• Ring of Power: His Ring of Blades' Control (allowing him to deviate any weapon aimed at him), that he gives to Arthur.

Caius Camillus (Bruno Salomone)

• City Mouse
• Everyone Went to School Together

Titus Glaucia (Jean-Marc Avocat)

• Bad Boss
• Beware the Silly Ones
• Drill Sergeant Nasty
• Green-Eyed Monster

Appius Manilius (Emmanuel Meirieu)

• Killed Off for Real
• The Lancer

Lucius Sallustius (Patrick Chesnais)

• The Chessmaster
• Deadpan Snarker
• Out-Gambitted: By Arthur.

The Burgundian King (Guillaume Briat)

• Boisterous Bruiser
• The Ditz
• Gasshole
• Funny Foreigner
• Malaproper