For Kaamelott: Premier Volet (The Movie), see here.
- Cast the Expert: Christian Bujeau, who plays the master-at-arms, is an actual expert in medieval fencing.
- The Character Died with Him: Attila the Hun only appeared twice in the show, despite the original plan, because of his actor Lan Truong's death.
- Defictionalization: The "Owl's Ass" game was defictionalized by the fans, with a truckload of rules whose names where inspired by the various games mentioned in the series, which despite being intentionally very complex stay perfectly playable. A full list of the rules can be found here
. - Descended Creator: Alexandre Astier, who plays Arthur, is also the showrunner.
- Follow the Leader:
- The series' success inspired lots of copies and parodies, notably in advertising. A good summary in this video (in French).
- A series very similar in term of looks is 2015's Peplum, which is set in Ancient Rome.
- Also in 2015, La Petite Histoire de France ("The Little History of France"), which puts various characters through similar comedic situations this time throughout French history (chiefly The Middle Ages, The Cavalier Years, The French Revolution and, more recently, Roman Gaul). That one is still ongoing.
- The series' success inspired lots of copies and parodies, notably in advertising. A good summary in this video
- Irony as She Is Cast: Not about the skills, but about the religion; the Witch Hunter, the most repressive, openly catholic character on the show is played by Jewish French comedian/actor Élie Semoun.
- Parody Assistance: A couple of minor Kaamelott actors play roles in the fan web-series Brocéliande, notably Guillaume Briat (the Burgund King) and Bô Gaultier de Kermoal (Attila's bodyguard), although they don't reprise their roles from the main series.
- Real-Life Relative:
- Arthur's in-laws are played by Alexandre Astier's real parents Lionnel Astier and Joëlle Sevilla, Arthur's brother-in-law by his half-brother, and Arthur's mother by his real-life stepmother (the mother of Gauvain's actor). All of them have a theater background. An interview with Joëlle Sevilla acknowledges how awkward it would have been to have been cast as Arthur's mother.
- Astier has also cast his children and his wife (who is otherwise a costumer for the series) in minor roles. His three eldest (Jeanne, Arianne and Neil) play larger parts in the movie as Mehgan, Mehben and a teenage Arthur.
- Merlin and Nathair (the spy) are played respectively by Jacques Chambon and Luc Chambon, who are brothers.
- Christian Bujeau's son is an extra in the master-at-arms' classes.
- Real Life Writes the Plot: On two occasions.
- The episode "Always" shows Arthur, Léodagan, Lancelot, and Calogrenant receiving a message stating that Perceval is dead, with the aftermath of that news. In the end it appears that he wasn't quite dead. That episode was written after an April 1st, when a journalist wrote an article announcing the death of Franck Pitiot (the actor who plays Perceval). Turns out, the journalist took for granted an Internet April's Fool.
- The episode "Au bonheur des dames" shows for the first time Bohort's wife, Berlewen. Alexandre Astier created the character after reading in some newspapers that Bohort was "Kaamelott's crypto-gay", because he didn't want anyone to "write the show for him".
- Also, there is a very rare example of subversion of this trope (which could also qualify as a Real Life Smarter Than You Look): Kadoc, a character so stupid that he would be considered mentally deficient today, is played by Brice Fournier, a man who, before becoming actor, achieved a "classe préparatoire HEC" (a two-years preparatory class for entrance to HEC, a "Grande École" specialized in business), a diploma in the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce of Lyon, a BA Management&Marketing in the University of Canterbury, a MBA in the Fordham Business School of New York, and a diploma in the Gemological Institute of America. Oh, and he opened his own restaurant in a wealthy and trendy neighborhood of Paris, too.
- Separated-at-Birth Casting: Ariane (Mehben) and Jeanne (Mehgan) Astier are ridiculously believable as the daughters of Jean-Christophe Hembert (Karadoc) and Caroline Ferrus (Mevanwi), despite being the real-life children of Alexandre Astier (Arthur).
- Stunt Casting: A number of famous French comedians and actors have had cameos on the show, including Lorànt Deutsch, Élie Semoun, Christian Clavier, Alain Chabat, Guy Bedos, etc.
- You Look Familiar: The direct-to-video pilot episodes show a few casting swaps before the series proper:
- Simon Astier was initially a mere servant and cook's helper before taking the role of Yvain.
- Audrey Fleurot started off as Angharad before becoming the Lady of the Lake.
