History Main / BoogieKnights

Dancing in a suit of armour. An amusing sight, in part due to the inherent clumsiness and difficulty in moving glibly in such attire. Furthermore, a suit of armor has connotations of knightly bravery and honor--hence the humorous whiplash stemming from dancing in full plate (see also TheComicallySerious).

* Historically, it wasn't unknown for squires to dance in full harness as part of their training. Seeing how they had to be able to crawl up the underside of a siege ladder and mount a horse in full gallop while wearing all their armor armor to be considered for knighthood, [[TrainingFromHell this was only the beginning]].

->''"We dance when ere we're able''
->''"We do routines and chorus scenes''
->''"With footwork impeccable."''

->''"We're Knights of the Round Table"''
->''"We dance when ere we're able"''
->''"We do routines and chorus scenes"''

-->-- ''[[Film /MontyPythonandtheHolyGrail Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''

* The original 1963 version of ''Film/ThePinkPanther'' included a costume party in which Inspector Clouseau attempted to remain incognito wearing a suit of armour, complete with clanging faceplate. He spends some of the evening dancing.

* A very non-humorous example is Prokofiev's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBsKplb2E6Q Dance of the Knights]], which may count as [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]].

** Well, if you can call the Shepard Shuffle "dancing"...

* Longsword instructor Guy Windsor once explained the versatility of armour by stating that an armoured knight can "run, jump, ride and even dance techno. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments I have seen this with my own eyes]]."

* One contestant on ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'' did a MichaelJackson dance dressed as Darth Vader.

* Adam Ant dances in a very shiny suit of armor in "Ant Rap".

* In ''Series/MythBusters'', Adam Savage sometimes dances in their fire suit.

* In one of the episodes of ''NuPogodi'' (in a museum), Wolf disguises himself as a suit of armor and soon afterwards slides across a slippery floor, doing figure skating maneouvers to the tune of a classical melody.

* A very non-humorous example is Prokofiev's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBsKplb2E6Q Dance of the Knights]], which may count as CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

* Longsword instructor Guy Windsor once explained the versatility of armour by stating that an armoured knight can "run, jump, ride and even dance techno. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny I have seen this with my own eyes]]."

* [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=9742 Knight of the Hokey Pokey]], from the ''Unglued'' joke set of ''MagicTheGathering''.

* Semi-example: in one of the episodes of ''NuPogodi'' (in a museum), Wolf disguises himself as a suit of armor and soon afterwards slides across a slippery floor, doing figure skating maneouvers to the tune of a classical melody.

** In ''{{Spamalot}}'', Robin would rather sing and dance than fight, and eventually pursues a career in musical theater. Lancelot, a StraightGay, is also revealed as loving to dance.

* The original 1963 version of ''ThePinkPanther'' included a costume party in which Inspector Clouseau attempted to remain incognito wearing a suit of armour, complete with clanging faceplate. He spends some of the evening dancing.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljEC7HKbP0g This]] behind-the-scenes clip from the set of ''{{Predator 2}}'' is dripping with this trope.
* Not dancing per se, but the Mel Brooks movie ''SilentMovie'' has a hilarious scene where the main characters, in full plate armor, try to eat lunch at a cafeteria.

* One contestant on ''BritainsGotTalent'' did a MichaelJackson dance dressed as Darth Vader.

** Predated by ''HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'', where a bored Yabaiba (no, it's not ForTheEvulz) holds Tetomu hostage so the Gaorangers would make Gao King dance.

* In ''RuneScape'', if you pay some money and pull a lever at the party room (formerly in Camelot), a group of knights would dance and sing on a table. Probably inspired by the Monty Python and the Holy Grail scene. Also, there are multiple dance emotes, which players can do in full armor.
* ''WorldOfWarcraft''. The dance command is never affected by whatever your character is equipped with.

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* Both ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' and its sequel allow the protagonist some dance steps in full combat gear.

* Canadian comedy duo [[WayneAndShuster Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster]] once had a TV special that parodied fairy tales - they star as a court jester and royal physician, breaking into an impromptu softshoe dance in the dining hall, followed by a knight in armor doing a more vigorous tapdance.

* The "Dancing Knights" spell in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', a pun on the "Dancing Lights" spell found in ''DungeonsAndDragons''.

--> "[[IncrediblyLamePun That's not softshoe, that's heavy metal!]]"
--> "[[HurricaneOfPuns My mom told be there'd be knights like this...]]"

* The end of ''EllaEnchanted'' sees the armored castle guards dance along to the CrowdSong (since they never even speak, let alone sing).

* In TheThreeStooges short "Squareheads of the Round Table", Larry, Moe, and Shemp noisily dance in full armor to an "ancient" radio playing "Swanee River".