History WesternAnimation / IvanhoeTheKingsKnight

''Ivanhoe: The King's Knight'' is a 1997 animated adaptation by Creator/{{CINAR}} and Creator/FranceAnimation. It is a loose adaptation of the ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'' novel by Creator/WalterScott, much like the 1958 television series starring Roger Moore.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Richard and John were both red heads, here they are grey and black haired respectively. We also don't see that many fair haired Saxons.

** As is the course for anything involving Robin Hood and this being an adaptation of the story that elevated him to the role of BigBad for the Robin Hood story, Prince John should be called either "Earl" or "Lord John" due to calling a king's son "Prince" would not happen until the 16th century with Henry VIII's son Edward. Given John's position of Lord of Ireland, the latter is more likely.

** That is all depending on whether or not one-shot character Edwin of Gordale is in fact the mentioned Edwin Turneham of the novel.

* BedsheetLadder: Rowena makes one for Rebecca and Wamba in "Ivanhoe versus Ivanhoe." Half-way up, Wamba discovers he suffers from the yet to be named vertigo.
* BigGood: Ivanhoe, Richard and the Archbishop of Canterbury all serve this role.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Not as much as the miniseries but this is very much Canada's equivalent of WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries. Sometimes there is utterances of "Hell/Hellish/Hell Hole" and sometimes blood is even visible.

** Bois-Guilbert but in a different way. The original novel had a BigBadEnsemble comprised of Prince John, Bois-Guilbert and Beaumanoir. In the series Prince John is the BigBad while Bois-Guilbert has been demoted to TheDragon.

** Deirdre to Rebecca. Rebecca is a maiden and Deirdre is a crone, they are both wise in the ways of medicines, potions and the like with Deirdre being wise when it comes to the occult and both are presumably the only non-Saxon/Norman of their group. Rebecca, while never stated, is Jewish and Deirdre, if her name is any indication but considering Gawain is a Saxon she might not be, is Celtic.

* ObviouslyEvil: Malvoisin stands out quite a lot from the other Normans. Amongst all of the characters he stands out due to just how pale he is, which would probably cause first time viewers to suspect is something else but Norman!
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. We get two Harold's and Brian's. In both cases it is with one being a regular character and the other only appearing once. In the case of the Brians, Bois-Guilbert's first name is only given once in the entire series so some people would probably not remember it.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Malvoisin but he is anything but beautiful. He looks down right bizarre actually.
* ScoobyDooHoax: Both times involving Front-de-Boeuf. Once as the ghostly guardian of the HolyGrail in "King Arthur's Legacy" and once as a werewolf with the aid of a dog in "The Wolfman." In the case of a latter, it was to cause chaos in Rotherwood because Ivanhoe had brought a wild man into his care and the villagers believed the wild man to be a werewolf.
* SheCleansUpNicely: While no means ugly, Rebecca looks quite nice in her "oriental costume" in "Lord Warren's Falcon."
* ShipTease: Between Rebecca and no more than three other characters: Saladin's son Nur, Front-de-Boeuf's Danish cousin's son William Lampton and Wamba.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Neither Bois-Guilbert nor Front-de-Boeuf die at any point in the series.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To YoungRobinHood. With the same production company, some of the same voice actors, the same setting and thus some of the same characters this is very much an improvement over the previous Robin Hood show by Cinar.

* TimmStyle: As seems to have been the style of the 1990's.
* WholePlotReference: On a much grander scale than other examples since this focuses around Richard's imprisonment like the Robert Taylor Ivanhoe film and ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood''.
* WildChild: Simon, the titular character of "The Wolfman" and "The Savage", is of the wild man variation. In the latter episode he appears in Austria as a woodcutter, having left England and finding the rugged mountain wilderness reward enough for the good he has done.

* RobinHood: He does not appear in every episode but he appears nonetheless and in a good many of them and even appears in the finale where he takes out his impostor with a crossbow.

** RobinHood looks like Creator/ErrolFlynn, and Albert resembles Creator/LionelBelmore who played a similar character in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood''.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Instead of the "T" in "Bois-Guilbert" being silent it is spoken causing an entirely different pronunciation than the usual one.

** Richard bears a resemblance to Isaac of York from [[WesternAnimation/IvanhoeBurbankAnimation the 1986 animated adaptation]]. Similarly, Prince John resembles a bearded and mustached version of Richard III and Rebecca a brunette version of Joanna Sedley from the same company's adaptation of TheBlackArrow.

** Bois-Guilbert but in a different way. The original novel had a BigBadEnsemble comprised of Prince John, Bois-Guilbert and Beaumanoir. In the series Prince John is the BadBad while Bois-Guilbert has been demoted to TheDragon.

* DemotedToExtra: Again, Gurth.

* FiveBadBand:
** BigBad: Prince John
** TheDragon: Brian de Bois-Guilbert
** EvilGenius: Philip de Malvoisin
** TheBrute: Reginald Front-de-Boeuf
** TheDarkChick: Deirdre, no matter how minor a character she is.

** As is the course for anything involving Robin Hood and this being an adaptation of the story that elevated him to the role of BigBad for the Robin Hood story, Prince John should be called either "Earl" or Lord John" due to calling a king's son "Prince" would not happen until the 16th century with Henry VIII's son Edward. Given John's position of Lord of Ireland, the latter is more likely.

* AnachronismStew: Alexander II of Scotland is portrayed as being a young man but he wasn't born until a year before Richard's death.

** Front-de-Bœuf might have been combined with Maurice de Bracy. In one episode, he tells Rowena he loves her while saying a silly rhyme while holding a narwhal horn... Naturally, she asks if he's been drinking.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Prince John and Front-de-Bœuf towards Rowena.

* CarryABigStick: Front-de-Bœuf's weapon of choice is a mace, usually kept on the saddle of his horse.

** Prince John uses Front-de-Bœuf as one, to the latter's surprise, to prevent others from knowing he arranged his own kidnapping in "The Four Black Knights."

** TheBrute: Reginald Front-de-Bœuf

* ScoobyDooHoax: Both times involving Front-de-Bœuf. Once as the ghostly guardian of the HolyGrail in "King Arthur's Legacy" and once as a werewolf with the aid of a dog in "The Wolfman." In the case of a latter, it was to cause chaos in Rotherwood because Ivanhoe had brought a wild man into his care and the villagers believed the wild man to be a werewolf.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Prince John and Front-de-Boeuf towards Rowena.

* CarryABigStick: Front-de-Bouef's weapon of choice is a mace, usually kept on the saddle of his horse.

** Front-de-Bouef might have been combined with Maurice de Bracy. In one episode, he tells Rowena he loves her while saying a silly rhyme while holding a narwhal horn... Naturally, she asks if he's been drinking.

* FallGuy: Prince John uses Front-de-Boeuf as one, to the latter's surprise, to prevent others from knowing he arranged his own kidnapping in "The Four Black Knights."

** TheBrute: Reginald Front-de-Bouef

* ScoobyDooHoax: Both times involving Front-de-Bouef. Once as the ghostly guardian of the HolyGrail in "King Arthur's Legacy" and once as a werewolf with the aid of a dog in "The Wolfman." In the case of a latter, it was to cause chaos in Rotherwood because Ivanhoe had brought a wild man into his care and the villagers believed the wild man to be a werewolf.

* WildChild: Simon ,the titular character of "The Wolfman" and "The Savage", is of the wild man variation. In the latter episode he appears in Austria as a woodcutter, having left England and finding the rugged mountain wilderness reward enough for the good he has done.

** Some of the characters seem to correspond with characters from TheThreeMusketeers: Ivanhoe to D'Artagnan, Harold to Porthos, Gawain to Athos, Cedric to Aramis, Prince John to Rihcelieu and Bois-Guilbert to Rochefort for example.

* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Or ins this case the Court or England with Rowena being that woman. Unfortunately, this has resulted in not one but two cases of an AbhorrentAdmirer with one of them being her arranged fiancé.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Not as much as the miniseries but this is very much Canada's equivalent of BatmanTheAnimatedSeries. Sometimes there is utterances of "Hell/Hellish/Hell Hole" and sometimes blood is even visible.

** Richard bears a resemblance to Isaac of York from [[WesternAnimation/IvanhoeBurbankAnimation the 1986 animated adaptation]]. Similarly, Prince John resembles a beardless and mustacheless version of Richard III and Rebecca a brunette version of Joanna Sedley from the same company's adaptation of TheBlackArrow.

** Bois-Guilbert vaguely looks like Creator/SamNeill who previously played the character.
** Similar to the above example, Rebecca seems to be based on a very young OliviaHussey and RobinHood looks like Creator/ErrolFlynn.
** Front-de-Boeuf even resembles a clean-shaven Creator/JohnRhysDavies.
** Albert resembles LionelBelmore who played a similar character in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood''.

* WholePlotReference: On a much grander scale than other examples since this focuses around Richard's imprisonment like the Robert Taylor Ivanhoe film and TheAdventuresOfRobinHood.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Prince John to Rowena a few times, such as in "The Assassin and the Potion."
* ArrangedMarriage: Between Prince John and Rowena. There are episodes where John tries to force Rowena into marrying him but both times end in failure.
* AscendedExtra:
** That is all depending on whether or not one-shot character Edwin of Gordale is in fact the mentioned Edwin Turneham of the novel.
** Philip de Malvoisin did not have a large role in the book, in fact his brother Albert had a larger role due to being a Templar. Here he has been combined with Fitzurse elevating him to the role of Prince John's chancellor.

* ArrangedMarriage: Between Prince John and Rowena are arranged to be married. There are episodes where John tries to force Rowena into marrying him but both times end in failure.

** Richard bears a resemblance to Isaac of York from the 1986 animated adaptation. Similarly, Prince John resembles a beardless and mustacheless version of Richard III and Rebecca a brunette version of Joanna Sedley from the same company's adaptation of TheBlackArrow.

** Albert is essentially an animated version of Humility Prim from TheAdventuresOfRobinHood.

* TheKnightsTemplar: The organization appears but Bois-Guilbert doesn't seem to be affiliated with it. In fact, it is portrayed in a down right positive light. Strangely, the second time they appear they are referred to as the "Cross of Ashes Brotherhood."