Sir Robin the Not-So Brave
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Sir Robin the Not Quite So Brave as Sir Lancelot is a comic fictional character played by Eric Idle in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. He is a fictional creation of the Monty Python team and is a purported additional Knight of the Round Table
Sir Robin is a knight noted for his extreme cowardice, and for the band of minstrels (their leader is played by Neil Innes, who wrote their songs) who follow him around singing of his bravery and the tortures he will bravely endure, or of how bravely he ran away when faced with real danger. During a famine the minstrels are eaten by the knights, to everyone's relief.
Robin survived dangers such as a three-headed monster (played by Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, and Michael Palin), the Killer Rabbit, and the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaargh, all simply by running away at the right moment. When he finally faced danger - the three-question challenge of the Keeper of the Bridge of Death (Terry Gilliam) - he was cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril for not knowing the name of the capital of Assyria.
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... Who had nearly fought the Dragon of Agnor ... ... Who had nearly stood up to to the vicious Chicken of Bristol ... ... and who had personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill ...