History WesternAnimation / QuestForCamelot

* ItsAllAboutMe: Ruber. In the words of King Arthur, "Oh Sir Ruber....always thinking of yourself."

''Quest for Camelot'' (also known as ''[[MarketBasedTitle The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot]]'' outside North America) is an animated film released by Creator/WarnerBros Animation in 1998. Its voice cast includes Creator/JessalynGilsig as the female lead Kayley; Creator/CaryElwes as the male lead, Garrett; Creator/GaryOldman as the villain, Ruber; Creator/PierceBrosnan as Myth/KingArthur; Creator/JohnGielgud as Myth/{{Merlin}}; Creator/GabrielByrne as Kayley's father, Sir Lionel; {{Creator/Jane Seymour|Actress}} as Kayley's mother, Lady Juliana; and Creator/EricIdle and Creator/DonRickles as a two-headed dragon with the names [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry Devon and Cornwall]]. The songs also got a cast of singers like Music/CelineDion, Steve Perry, Music/LeAnnRimes, Music/TheCorrs and Bryan White.

* DisabledLoveInterest: Garrett is rather pretty, he's blind and falls in love with Kayley (she reciprocates).

-->-- "The Prayer", '''Lady Juliana''' (Celine Dion)

''Quest for Camelot'' (also known as ''[[MarketBasedTitle The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot]]'' outside North America) is an animated film released by Creator/WarnerBros Animation in 1998. Its voice cast includes Creator/JessalynGilsig as the female lead Kayley; Creator/CaryElwes as the male lead, Garrett; Creator/GaryOldman as the villain, Ruber; Creator/PierceBrosnan as Myth/KingArthur; Creator/JohnGielgud as Myth/{{Merlin}}; Creator/GabrielByrne as Kayley's father, Sir Lionel; Creator/JaneSeymourActress as Kayley's mother, Lady Juliana; and Creator/EricIdle and Creator/DonRickles as a two-headed dragon with the names [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry Devon and Cornwall]]. The songs also got a cast of singers like Music/CelineDion, Steve Perry, Music/LeAnnRimes, Music/TheCorrs and Bryan White.

* AwardBaitSong: "Looking Through Your Eyes" is the one that has all the trope characteristics, but "The Prayer" was the one which actually won an award.

* MinorCharacterMajorSong: Juliana is important enough to the plot, but the fact that her song "The Prayer" - and not a song of Kayley's, Garrett's or even Ruber's - became the film's signature song, received an Oscar nomination, won a Golden Globe, and is now one of the most popular duet songs of all time, makes this trope applicable here.

* {{Feelies}}: The VHS release came with a necklace whose charm featured Devon and Cornwall. Annoyingly, said necklace was under not the shrinkwrap on the new movie, but under the plastic of the clamshell cover — meaning that you either had to partly ruin the cover to get the blasted thing out, or you had a heck of a time lining it up neatly on your video shelf.

** During the FinalBattle, Music/JohnWilliams ' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' Main Theme makes an appearance - although, oddly, the subtitles for this scene refer to it as "''Franchise/StarWars'' Theme".

* {{Treants}}: Several of these live in the patch of thorns where the Griffin dropped Excalibur and prevent him from diving down to get it. They're rooted in place, but their gargoyle-like torsos can be pulled over, which Garret uses to trap Ruber and his henchmen.

* TrojanHorse: Ruben’s plan to invade Camelot, using Juliana’s caravan.

* SoundtrackDissonance: "The Prayer" plays over a desperate chase scene where one of the monsters actually shoots at Kayley.

** Garrett is often compared to [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] due to his green tunic, blond locks, and the fact that he lives in an enchanted forest.
** Ruber looks and acts eerily similar to Shan Yu from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' (released the same year as this film). Both even die in a similar fashion.

* CharacterTics: Ruber has an eye tic when he's agitated, and his irises even tend to [[OffModel disappear]].

** Bladebeak quotes ''Film/DirtyHarry'' at one point. "You get to ask yourself: do I feel [[IncrediblyLamePun clucky]]? Well, do ya, punk?"

* FauxActionGirl: Kayley has a few awesome moments (being able to swing a heavy mace at Ruber, saving Arthur during the climax) but for the most part can't back up her claims that she will be a great knight. While it's justified, since she is a normal girl with no real combat training, it does seem that the narrative wants to present Kaley as a strong action girl. Since it doesn't succeed in that, this trope still applies.

'''Griffin''': ''(high-pitched)''' Yes, master!

'''Ruber''': You're right. Perhaps I'm ''more of a'' '''''GOD!!!''''''

* FurryConfusion: Strangely, Devon and Cornwall are cartoonish, anthropomorphic and able to talk, while all the other dragons seem to be hideous, mindless monsters that neither speak nor act intelligent.

* CoolSword: Excalibur, of course.

* DeadHatShot: After Ruber is vaporised into smoke by the Stone, one of his pauldrons falls back to earth next to Stone.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: In the climax, Kayley (with Garrett's help) causes Ruber, who has fused his arm with Excalibur, to thrust the sword back into the stone -- as he is not the rightful king, he cannot remove it. This is clever. However, it then turns out the inherent magic of the stone, which was only hinted at visually, serves as the legitimate example since it kills Ruber and heals everyone except Garret.]]