Excaliburn is the fourth episode of Blazing Dragons. It was preceded by Tournament Day and followed by Newt for a Day.
Plot[]
King Allfire became king by pulling the sword Excaliburn from the stone. He does this every year to remain king.
Flicker is polishing Excaliburn for Allfire when Sir Loungelot calls him. Flicker leaves Excaliburn in the room to go and floss Loungelot's teeth. When he returns, Excaliburn is missing. Fearing he lost the sword, Flicker polishes a rock so it looks like the sword in the stone, hoping he'll find the real sword before anyone notices the difference.
Unfortunately, it is the time of year in which Allfire pulls the Excaliburn from the stone. As the fake sword is part of the fake stone, Allfire is unable to pull it out, and seemingly loses the right to rule as king, plunging Camelhot into Chaos as the dragon knights and the Chancellor fight over who gets to be king next. Allfire goes to see the Lady of the Lake, but has trouble finding her (instead talking to the Princess of the Pond, the Female of the Fjords, the Babe of the Bay the Wench of the Whirlpool, and the Dame of the Dam).
The sword has not been lost, but stolen by Count Geoffrey, who is currently using peasants to hold up the ceiling of Castle Threadbare. Unfortunately for him, he left his nail clippers in Flicker's room. Flicker finds them and realizes he stole Excaliburn, so he and Princess Flame disguise themselves as peasants to go to Castle Threadbare and get Excaliburn back.
Flicker is taken to a lineup of peasants to be used as ammunition for Geoffrey's catapults. Flame finds Excaliburn, but Geoffrey appears and challenges her to a duel. Flame fights Geoffrey with Excaliburn, and has the upper hand before defeating him when she tickles the peasants holding up the ceiling, resulting in a large chunk of concrete falling on him.
As Evil Knight 3 catapults Flicker into the air, Flame rides a cart out and catches him. They tell the dragon knights that whoever catapults a stone the farthest shall be king, so that they catapult it towards Allfire, until they reach him. Flicker sticks Excaliburn back in the stone, and Allfire pulls it out, regaining the title of king. Allfire leads the dragon knights back to Castle Camelhot just as Geoffrey is about to invade, and he and the Evil Knights run off.
Allfire tells Flicker to polish Excaliburn, while Loungelot practices catapulting the stone for next time.
Jimmy Neutron Promotional Interruption on Nickelodeon (2001)[]
- Jimmy changed Flicker's, Princess Flame's, Sir Loungelot's, Sir Hotbreath's, Sir Blaze's, Sir Burnevere's, Sir Galahot's, King Allfire's, Cinder and Clinker's hair into his and accidentally turns into Carl when he tries to change Queen Griddle's hair into his with a gun zapper.
Allusions[]
Star Wars - Count Geoffrey looks around at Castle Threadbare with Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 in the throne room, Evil Knight #1 says "Who would have thought that Luke Skywalker was use the Force and to destroy the Death Star?", thus Count Geoffrey bring some him more Peasants.
- When King Allfire is in the Royal Throne Room at Castle Camelhot with Queen Griddle, R2-D2 makes a brief cameo appearance.
- King Don being frozen in carbonite is a reference to Darth Vader doing the same thing to Han Solo in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
- It's also interesting to note that their fate in this episode after being frozen was never revealed, much like how Han Solo's was until the next installment.
- The battle between Count Geoffrey and Princess Flame in Castle Threadbare references the lightsaber duel in Star Wars: A New Hope, Count Geoffrey has a red lightsaber (red sword) and Princess Flame has a blue lightsaber (blue sword)
Back to the Future
- Title reference to the film: segment "EXCALIBURN to the Future", Flicker copies Marty's pose, the Sword and the Stone, the pulse light glowing, the fiery tracks from the DeLorean time machine and the title card is like Back to the Future.
- When Count Geoffrey with Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 runs away to Castle Threadbare, referencing George McFly riding the Bicycle and Marty McFly runs off in this movie.
- When the dragon knights and Chancellor fight over who gets to be king next, then Camelhot will fall into chaos and oblivion, similar manner to Marty's older siblings fading from existence of the photo in the film.
- When Flicker built his latest invention; The Sword Polisher. trying to Polish Excaliburn, When all of the Sudden. Flicker says, "Blazing Dragons! It sounds like my polisher is having a meltdown." Similar to Dr. Emmett Brown built the DeLorean Time Machine and Tested for Time Travel in the film.
- When Evil Spy runs off to Castle Threadbare at high speeds, there is a bum laying on a park bench with a boombox around his neck who sits up as the sleigh goes by. This is same scenario happened in Back to the Future with the DeLorien.
- Peasants runs down to Camelhot in the wagonloads shouting "88 miles per hour!"
- a Flux Capacitor can be seen in The Royal Throne Room of Castle Camelhot.
- The movie is mentioned by King Allfire when discussing his time travel back to 1955.
- Sir Loungelot: "And I Supposed Count Geoffrey wants to see that Back to the Future movie at Castle Threadbare."
- Flicker and Princess Flame driving the high-speed wagonload on the ground and the wheels of the wagonloads skid to a jump and land leaves behind a pair of fire trails is the same manner as the DeLorean time machine.
- Count Geoffrey won't take the letter from Evil Knight #2 about his future because he's seen this movie.
- The catapult activates and sent Evil Black Knight back to the Camelhot timeline; 1955, the same timeline in Back to the Future movie released in 1985.
- Flicker says: "Drat! maybe he got Sidetracked of the Back to the Future movies at the Camelhot Theatre, I heard that happens."
- The Poster for the film is seen at Castle Threadbare.
- King Allfire: "Blazing Dragons! Did that kid from the future come back?"
- The DeLorean time machine is seen at The Village.
- Flicker cannot start the power of the sword polisher and thumping on the engine to get it started.
- Cinder and Clinker mentioned this movie as Flicker explains that the time travel panels in Camelhot, but the dragon knights fighting into oblivion
- Sir Burnevere says "That's your plan, time travel in Camelhot?"
- The Wandering Minstrel says: "Called that because not only falling apart at the ramparts, The Moat is so stagnant even the Crocodiles are on strike; Fortunately for the Evil Spy and the time-travel movie Back to the Future."
- Dialogue by Flicker while polishing the rock with a sword polisher.
Back to the Future Part II
- After Flicker flies and lands onto the Wagon-loads with Princess Flame and they rides off to Castle Camelhot is similar to Marty steps onto the DeLorean from the top of the building to escape from Biff.
- King Don says: "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads", before the car flies off into the sky, spoofing the scene from this film.
- Flicker says: "Drat! maybe he got Sidetracked of the Back to the Future movies at the Camelhot Theatre, I heard that happens."
- Princess Flame tells Flicker that she saw that movie in Camelhot during battlefield with Count Geoffrey and his Evil Knights.
- King Allfire says to Queen Griddle that Doc warned Jennifer and Marty that their future children's lives are in danger featured in Back to the Future Part II.
- Count Geoffrey: "This is what happens when I ride my hoverboard too much."
- Sir Galahot's suggestion of using King Allfire's time travel technique to bet ahead on the winner in the Jousting tournament of Camelhot.
- Sir Hotbreath's jet board looks like Griff's powered hover-board.
- The Sports Almanac 1950-2000 was seen on the book shelf.
- Sir Blaze says to Queen Griddle that it's Mumsy's first movie.
- Evil Knight #1 references this film
- Flicker pushing the rock is simple, Cinder and Clinker opening the door to the stairway; lifting the fake sword is part of the fake stone up and putting in the cart, going to the Royal Throne Room, just as Marty's attempt to retrieve a sports almanac (itself referenced earlier in the film) is foiled by the Knights of the Square Table fighting the rock.
- Duke Rudolph falls off the building and appears again standing on the flying time-traveling car; Time Limo and escaped.
Back to the Future Part III
- Flicker and Princess Flame pulls out Marty McFly/Clint Eastwood's outfit in Flicker's Laboratory.
- Count Geoffrey mentions this movie while discussing his time travel back to the Old West.
- The BulletProof Vest is seen at "Merle the Wizard's Cavern of Despair & Occult Museum".
- Flicker says: "Drat! maybe he got Sidetracked of the Back to the Future movies at the Camelhot Theatre, I heard that happens."
- Evil Knight #3 refers to the film