History Series / Galavant

''Galavant'' is a musical-comedy series which first aired on Creator/{{ABC}} during the 2014/2015 midseason winter break, bridging the gap between season halves of ''Series/OnceUponATime''. The series follows the exploits of the [[FamedInStory famous]] knight Galavant, whose true love Madalena was kidnapped by the evil King Richard. However, when Galavant attempted to rescue her, Madalena chose to marry Richard for the fame and fortune instead of returning to Galavant. About a year later, a despondent Galavant is approached by Isabella, the princess of Valencia. Her kingdom has come under attack by Richard, and she wants Galavant to liberate it. There's just one problem; Galavant has spent the last year or so doing nothing but [[DrowningMySorrows drinking]] and becoming a sour and depressed shut-in, so he's not really up for playing the hero. So it falls to Isabella and Galavant's squire Sidney to try and inspire him to take up the quest to save Valencia and once again become the hero he was meant to be. Along the way are laughs, epic battles, and songs. ''Lots and lots'' of songs.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Neo of Sporin has a recipe for a potion that an revive the dead, but it requires an impossibly rare ingredient. Namely, it is the beard hair of a middle-aged man who has never "walked through a woman's garden". [[spoiler: It takes a unicorn's virgin detector to find one, namely Richard, who is too embarrassed to own up to it, at least at first.]]

* PatterSong: ''Time Is Of The Essence'' is all about a doctor telling people the victim doesn't have much time for the doctor to save him while wasting time singing about it. The doctor even pauses to think of a proper rhyme for "Essence" after saying that there's "not much point in rhyming now", because the victim is close to death.

* CatFight: Between Isabella and Madalena, although it's not so much fighting as BattleRapping. It does consist largely of [[JustForPun catty remarks]].

* PatterSong: ''Time Is Of The Essence'' is all about a doctor telling people the victim doesn't have much time for the doctor to save him while wasting time singing about it.

* TalkingToHimself: In-universe. Madalena sings a number with her reflections in mirrors around her chambers ending with a chorus of reflections that could rival the companies of some theater productions.

* BladeOnAStick: Madalena is drawn to a halberd when she goes to pick out a weapon. Unfortunately for her, she doesn't get to use it for long. Isabella grabs it first to attack her, She disarms Isabella with another spear (specifically a partisan) and retrieves it, but Isabella very quickly manages to break it with the sword she's picked up.
-->'''Madalena:''' Ooh! Queeny likey! [...] And that hooky thing is mine!

* BuxomIsBetter: Invoked in the opening theme's description of Madelana but it's an InformedAttribute as her actress is actually fairly small-breasted, most notably compared to the much curvier Isabella.

-->'''Narrator:''' [[LegFocus Long legs]] and perfect skin, a body built for sin, and [[BuxomIsBetter cleavage you could hold a whole parade in]]!

** Averted in a way in season 2 when Galavant's beard is thicker and longer, but it doesn't grow much, if at all, between episodes.

* ShesGotLegs: Both Madalena and Isabella get opportunities to show off their legs thanks to high slits in their dresses.

-->'''Narrator:''' [[ShesGotLegs Long legs]] and perfect skin, a body built for sin, and [[BuxomIsBetter cleavage you could hold a whole parade in]]!

** Stands out in Gal and Izzy's [[spoiler: wedding vows]]:
-->''Head Monk'':[[spoiler: Through richer or poorer, in sickness and health. Through rampaging vikings and cannibal elfs. Through Hobbits, and bikers, and dolphins with lasers and mutants and lawyers...]]

* DidntSeeThatComing: Sid’s reaction to Madalena and Gareth. It’s heavily implied this is the same with everyone else when they saw their interactions in the final battle.

--> '''Isabella:''' [[spoiler:I've been locked in a dungeon and a jewelry box. I've been engaged to my 11-year-old cousin. I spent the better part of two years in the same outfit.]] I am getting my happy ending.

* GroinAttack: During ''She'll Be Mine''

--->Gosh, so much to dump upon your doormat / in a half-hour sitcom format.

-->'''King Richard:''' I'm not an animal. I mean, sure, I'll kidnap a woman and force her to marry me, but after that I'm all about a woman’s rights. I'm a modern, 13th century man.

-->"To keep things straight, from here on out, it's the wedding ''plan'', the evil ''plot'', and the color ''scheme''.

* {{Corpsing}}: At the time that the "Enchanted Forest" scene was filmed, [[RomanceOnTheSet Joshua Sasse and Kylie Minogue had just started dating.]] If you look at Galavant carefully, there are several shots where he is trying his hardest NOT to giggle out loud.

--> ''Sidney'': Definitely!

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: While almost all the Heroes get their Happy Ever Afters, Season Two closes with Gareth setting off on an adventure to save Madalena from herself, with Sid joining him as his Squire]].

* AntiLoveSong: Every love song on the show generally has a theme of how confusing love is, and how flawed the lovers are, and all the little aches and pains of marriage, but they also generally state that love is, overall, worth it.

** "Share My Life with You" being about love in TheDungAges, and "Happy Ending For Us" details a murder plot.