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| - The French Taunter was a character from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, portrayed by John Cleese. He was a witty, mustached french solider who taunted and insulted King Arthur and his knights two times when they met, along with his fellow soldiers, as they hated Englishman. First, when Arthur and his knights were at the beginning of their quest for the Holy Grail, they stopped at the castle controlled by the Frenchmen. The french taunter and his fellow soldiers looked out of their castle, seeing Arthur and his knights. Arthur told the french taunter that if his lord would give them a place to sleep for night, he could join them in their quest. However, seeing that the knights are English, the Frenchman said that his lord already had a holy grail, so he will not go searching for one, and that they are french, not English, and declared Arthur a silly king. As Arthur said that he will become inpatient, the taunter continued to through insults at the king, such as: your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries, and : I fart in your general direction, to the laughter of the Frenchmen and the anger of the knights, who prepared to attack the castle, until the Frenchmen started to throw cows and other animals at them, causing them to retreat as the taunter and the soldiers laughed in amusement. The knights then built a trojan rabbit which the Frenchmen pulled into their castle, but the trick turned out bad when the knights forgot to hide inside the rabbit before leaving it in front of the castle, and the rabbit was thrown out of the castle at them. Later, Arthur and his last remaining knight, Sir Bedevere reached the castle of Aaaa, where the grail was hidden, but there it turned out that it was controlled by the same Frenchmen. Arthur, excited about the grail, shouted that they must enter the castle but the french taunter again insulted them and he and his fellow soldiers threw excrement at them. Arthur and Bedevere were forced to retreat again, as the taunter and the soldiers shouted taunts at them. Arthur and Bedevere returned to the castle with a huge army, but were stopped by modern-day police, who arrested them for the murder of a famous historian.
- The French Taunter is the main antagonist of the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, portrayed by British comedian and Python member John Cleese. He is not exactly a villain in the traditional sense of the word but rather a very obnoxious obstacle that King Arthur and his men face when trying to get the Holy Grail - he was part of a group of French soldiers who have mysteriously arrived in England and taken command of a castle which they refuse to share: he is the loudest and most insulting of them all and despite King Arthur trying to reason with him simply treats them all with contempt and denies them entry. When King Arthur and his men finally lose patience with the troublesome trickster he and his men assault King Arthur and his group in a way that could only of come from the surreal minds of Monty Python - by catapulting livestock at them (including a cow) - this forced King Arthur and his men to retreat, so in some ways the French Taunter is a villain who succeeded...albeit in a very strange manner and for reasons that can probably never be fully explained. In Game of Thrones, the French Taunter's taunts can be heard in dialogue, albeit translated into Low Valyrian.
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