King Arthur & the Knights of Justice (1992)

Name: King Arthur & the Knights of Justice
Rating: 7.2

Rating: 7.2

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Synopsis

The magical Merlin uses his wizardry to transport a modern-day squad of football players into the olden days of King Arthur in order to battle evil.

First Air Date: 1992-09-13

Last Air Date: 1993-12-12

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 26

Created By: Jean Chalopin, Diane Eskenazi

Networks: Syndication

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Top Cast

Kathleen Barr as Queen Guinevere (voice)
Michael Donovan as Sir Darren / Sir Lug (voice)
Garry Chalk as Sir Brick / Sir Phil (voice)
Andrew Kavadas as King Arthur (voice)
Scott McNeil as Sir Lancelot / Sir Tone / Sir Trunk (voice)
Jim Byrnes as Merlin (voice)
Mark Hildreth as Sir Gallop / Sir Zeke (voice)
Teryl Rothery as (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (1992)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Opening Kick-off (1992-09-13)

Morganna banishes King Arthur and the other knights by trapping them in ice. Merlin searches through time to find help in freeing the frozen knights. Merlin finds quarterback Arthur King, and his whole New York Knights football team and brings them to his time, The Medevil time.
Ep. 2: A Knight's Quest (1992-09-20)

Arthur must travel alone to Castle Morgana to save Guinevere and two of his imprisoned Knights (Lancelot and Trunk). Infiltrating the castle appears to be simple enough, but will he escape with his goals accomplished?
Ep. 3: The Unbeliever (1992-09-27)

After welcoming a fleeing peasant into the sanctuary of Camelot, the peasant reveals to Arthur the location of one of the Keys of Truth which is known to reside within a church in the village of Wellton. However, Lady Elaine warns Arthur and his Knights of a premonition she recently has dreamt, foretelling the quest to gain the Key of Truth to be a trap.
Ep. 4: Even Knights... Have to Eat (1992-10-04)

Arthur has learned the location of one of the Keys of Truth - His own. Though getting out of Camelot to get the Key proves difficult, with the Warlord's blockade forcing Arthur and a small group of Knights to use Merlin's magical underground tunnel. Merlin is unaware that Morgana Le Faye uses her magic to discover exactly what the Knights of Justice are up to and so sets a trap near the tunnel's exit. Can this trap be sprung?
Ep. 5: Assault on Castle Morgana (1992-10-11)

After enduring yet another siege attack on Camelot, Arthur decides that it is time to go on the counter offensive to rescue a Unicorn captured by Queen Morgana. The Unicorn is the key to finding all the Keys of Truth and whoever possesses the mystical creature will hold the advantage over their rival.
Ep. 6: Quest for Courage (1992-10-18)

A magical being named Krisian comes to Camelot to inform Merlin that her father and Merlin's good friend Reicus is being held prisoner by a Sea Serpent. After Everett forces Arthur and his Knights to battle the Warlords, the Knights find help from a village and in fear of reprisal against the village, Arthur goes on alone with Krisian despite her warnings of a probable trap.
Ep. 7: The Warlord Knight (1992-10-25)

Lance and Breeze are attacked by Warlords on their way back to Camelot from a mission, and Lucan succeeds in forcing Lance off a high cliff. While the Knights of Justice try to get over the shock of his loss, the Warlords learn he is actually alive but with amnesia when he approaches them. They take him to Morgana, who realizes that his tumble into the River of Forgetfulness will let them trick him into thinking he is one of them. They claim he is the Warlord Sir William, twin to Lancelot who just defected from King Arthur, whom she convinces him is evil, Everyone is overjoyed when Lance returns to Camelot, but don't know that his surprisingly distant behavior masks that he intends to deliver them into Morgana's hands.
Ep. 8: The Challenge (1992-11-01)

Breeze is wounded during a battle with the Warlords. Determined to let none of the other Knights of Justice come to harm at his side, Arthur challenges Viper to single combat, and has Zeke deliver it with other Warlords as witnesses so he'll have to keep his word. But everyone else's misgivings about Arthur's plan prove well-founded when Viper employs treachery in the duel.
Ep. 9: To Save a Squire (1992-11-08)

When King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are defeated by the Warlords and then Queen Guinevere is later captured by the foes, the wizard Merlin recruits a group of football players (and their equipment manager) from the present day to protect Camelot and save the queen.
Ep. 10: The Surrender (1993-11-15)

Tone builds a hang-glider for Arthur, Lance, Darren and Trunk to invade Castle Morgana.
Ep. 11: Darren's Key (1993-11-22)

Merlin dreams that Viper possesses a Key of Truth and defeats Darren, and concludes that Darren's key is in Morgana's and the Warlords' domain. Tone builds a hang-glider for Arthur, Lance, Darren, and Trunk to invade Castle Morgana, but Darren falls into the castle grounds and is captured. Morgana intends to use a machine to unleash a potion which will turn him into a Warlord himself, then, learning how many others must still be nearby looking for him, do the same to them.
Ep. 12: Viper's Phantom (1993-11-29)

Arthur and Breeze are attacked by the reincarnation of Viper.
Ep. 13: The Way Back (1993-12-06)

Tone and Merlin share a dream that, during a battle, Tone falls through a tree and finds himself in a hospital where he sees his mother in a coma which it's believed his presence could help her recover from. Merlin realizes it was a true vision since he had another of the same tree, the new location of the Key of Truth for King Arthur - which can actually be used along with another to transport the knights home, if briefly. But the tree is inhabited by the giant Grinlap. Arthur, Tone, and Darren with his own key set out to retrieve it so Tone can see his mother awaken, but the Warlords don't intend to let them have another key...