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Ablack knight is a literarystock character who masks his identity by not displayingheraldry. Black knights are usually portrayed asvillains who use this anonymity for misdeeds. Thecharacter appears in Arthurian legend and has been adapted and adopted by various authors, in cinema andpopular culture. The character is sometimes associated with death ordarkness. They are often contrasted with theknight-errant (white knight).

TheBlack Knight orBlack Knights are characters in:

• The Black Knight (comics), a 1998 Scrooge McDuck story
• Black Knight (Marvel Comics), several Marvel Comics characters
• Black Knight (manga), a 2003 yaoi manga by Kai Tsurugi

• The Black Knight (film), a 1954 film starring Alan Ladd
• Black Knight (Monty Python), a character in the filmMonty Python and the Holy Grail
• Black Knight, a projected animated film to be directed byGenndy Tartakovsky
• The Black Knight Ghost inScooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

• Richard the Lionheart's disguise inIvanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott
• A black knight inThe Book of the Duchess, by Geoffrey Chaucer
• A wraith inDie Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans), by Friedrich Schiller
• The Black Knight, two characters in theGrailQuest series of adventure gamebooks
• The Black Knight, a 1920 novel byMrs. Alfred Sidgwick andCrosbie Garstin
• The Black Knight, a 1926 novel byEthel M. Dell
• The Black Knight, a 1976 novel byFlora Kidd
• The Black Knights, a 1977 novel byGuy N. Smith
• The Black Knights, a 1983 novel byCharles Whiting

• Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me, a 2017 South Korean TV series
• Black Knight (South Korean TV series), a 2023 South Korean TV series
• The villain in the premiere episode ofScooby-Doo, Where Are You!, entitled "What a Knight for a Knight"
• The villain of in an episode ofThe Scooby-Doo Show, entitled "Scared a Lot in Camelot"
• Two heroes in the Japanese tokusatsu seriesSeijuu Sentai Gingaman

• A major villainSonic and the Black Knight, a video game for the Wii
• Black Knight, a major antagonist in the video gameShovel Knight
• The Black Knight, one of the primary antagonists ofFire Emblem: Path of Radiance andFire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
• A playable character inShrek Super Slam
• A villain inSly Cooper: Thieves in Time

• The title character ofThe Black Knight (Elgar), a symphony/cantata written by Edward Elgar in 1889–1893
• The antagonist in a pinball franchise,Black Knight,Black Knight 2000 andBlack Knight: Sword of Rage

• Black Night (disambiguation)
• Dark Knight (disambiguation)
• White Knight (disambiguation)

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• Knights
• Heraldry
• Arthurian literature

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