Monty Python and the Holy Grail character merge Information
List of Monty Python and the Holy Grail characters
"Not Dead" Fred
"Not Dead" Fred is a character named only in the
Broadway musicalSpamalot, and was credited as "Dead Body That Claims It Isn't" in the original film. In the film, he is played by
John Young, and in the musical by
Christian Borle.
In the film, Not Dead Fred appears in only one scene, towards the beginning. King Arthur and his entourage are in a typical
Englishvillage; the
Black Death has ravaged the lands, and a civic cleaner is travelling through the town uncharismatically shouting "Bring out yer dead", for the villagers to put any Plague-dead bodies on a wagon with him to be carted out. Another villager comes out dragging an old man, saying "here's one." The old man responds by saying "I'm not dead!". The villager insists that the unnamed old man hasn't long to live, despite the protests of the old fellow and the cart driver.
In the musical, the cart driver shouts "Bring out yer dead" with more enthusiasm and only two times.
Not Dead Fred is the man who is being carried out to the cart. He is younger than in the film, and less frail; in fact, he begins singing the rousing "I'm Not Dead Yet".
Not Dead Fred's name is only mentioned once, during the end of the song; he is seen saying "I am coming too... my name will be Sir Fred, I'll be ya'
musician 'cos I'm not yet dead!" It is possible, given this lyric, that Not Dead Fred becomes
Robin's leading Minstrel, as the parts are usually played by the same actor, but there is no direct evidence that the two characters are one man.
Relisting the "notable cards" for replacement in articles - sets listed in reverse chronological order by block. Feel free to update this list, but make sure you source your claims of notability - I'm using these guidelines:
an article which describes them as such, or which discusses the card in depth, can be found
it was a heavily previewed card (although I'm not suggesting every card previewed is "notable", just stuff like
Akroma, Angel of Fury or
Damnation - you'll have to use some
judgment here, ho ho)
the card does something which hadn't been seen in the game before e.g.
Lightning Storm having an activated ability on an instant (still, a source should be found describing this sort of thing)
It was created through a process involving the fans, such as the You Make the Card or Invitational Winners - this is my suggestion
Damnation: The first card to be officially previewed on magicthegathering.com (timeshifted from
Wrath of God).[3]
Enemy multicolor dragon cycle: A cycle of 5 multicolor dragons with damage-trigger abilities. As opposed to the friendly color Invasion dragons, these dragons feature the enemy colors of the activated ability's cost. This cycle was original designed for Time Spiral, but was shifted when the number of dragons was deemed too high.[4] One card of this cycle,
Oros, the Avenger, is the prerelease promotional card. It deals white direct damage, and is the only member of the cycle to feature a timeshift-style color ability.
Akroma, Angel of Fury: The art for this card was used in much of the promotional material, leaning on the popularity of
Akroma, Angel of Wrath. This version is not considered "timeshifted" because it is not a direct copy of the original card. [6]
Timbermare: A green variation of
Thundermare, this card was designed as a tribute to Marilyn "The Lovely Mare" Wakefield, late wife of former Pro Tour player Jamie Wakefield, who died of ovarian cancer in May of 2006.[7]
Legendary characters: a number of characters made famous by flavor text or card names have been created as cards. Most of these characters became far too powerful to be represented within the game, with many of them having a great impact on
Dominarian history, and several discovering the power of the
planeswalker. To permit them as cards, while fitting the 'broken time' theme of the set, the printed versions of the characters are taken from a point in their life before the character reached the peak of his or her power:
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir: while
Teferi is in play, opponents of Teferi's controller cannot play spells except when they could play a sorcery.[11]
Serra Avenger: The first card that restricts the turn on which it can be played.[12]
Sudden Shock: The "split second" mechanic means this card has made a significant impact in the Extended tournament format, thanks to its ability to kill creatures which have been notoriously difficult to remove in the past, in particular
Psychatog.[13]