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Dec 17, 2011 · The Sword in the Stone: Part One: Directed by Alice Troughton. With John Hurt, Nathaniel Parker, Bradley James, Colin Morgan. As Morgana's forces capture Camelot, Arthur at last comes to see his uncle's treachery.
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Dec 24, 2011 · The Sword in the Stone: Part Two: Directed by Alice Troughton. With John Hurt, Nathaniel Parker, Ben Daniels, Colin Morgan. Merlin summons the dragon to vanquish the pursuers and uses his magic to kill Agravaine.
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“I happen to be a wizard—a soothsayer! A prognosticator! I have the power to see into the future! Centuries into the future!”
―Merlin introducing himself
Merlin is a wizard of unspecified origin who is first seen living in a forest cottage. It is unknown how he acquired his pet owl, Archimedes, but he certainly gave him an education, which he would later attempt to pass down to Arthur Pendragon, a feat of which Merlin seems to be proud. He also met Madam Mim and became a bitter enemy to her.
The Sword in the Stone
Merlin is first seen getting water from his well and preparing afternoon tea in his cottage, having predicted that a young boy will soon join him. He admits that the specific identity is unknown to him at the time. He later meets a pre-teen orphan named Arthur, commonly known as Wart, after the boy literally drops through Merlin's roof when trying to reach for the arrow. Merlin speaks to Wart about the value of an education and decides to appoint himself as Wart's tutor. After Wart explains that he must return to his castle, Merlin decides to accompany him and displays his magical abilities by shrinking all his possessions so that they fit into a small carpetbag. As he and Wart leave his cottage, he gets his beard caught to the closed door, so he pulled to get it off, then makes a mess of his beard. They arrive at the castle of Wart's foster father, Sir Ector. Though Sir Ector initially disapproves, Merlin is able to persuade him through a display of magic, which frightens the man into accepting Merlin's offer. Merlin, who is mistakenly called "Marvin" by Ector, is provided the "guest room", which is revealed to be a crumbling, teetering tower. The next day, Merlin begins Wart's education, teaching him the principle of the brain over brawn by transforming Wart into a fish. During the adventure, Merlin, also in fish form, is trapped in an old helmet while Wart is chased by a giant pike. Merlin forgets the magic words to change them both back, but Archimedes manages to save the boy from the vicious fish. Merlin then comes out of the water with the helmet now on his head (having apparently remembered the appropriate spell), wondering aloud what a monster like that is doing in the moat and vowing to "turn him into a minnow!" but is distracted by the need to turn Arthur back to human form. Later, Merlin goes to retrieve Wart for another lesson, but he is being forced to clean the entire kitchen as punishment for being late as a result of the previous lesson. Merlin uses his magic to enchant the various kitchen objects to make them clean themselves, and sneaks Wart out. Merlin transforms himself and Wart into squirrels. Merlin and Wart are both pursued as mates by two female squirrels. Merlin grows increasingly annoyed and finally transforms back into a human out of anger. He then transforms Wart, much to the sorrow of the young female squirrel who had been chasing the boy. Merlin then sympathetically explains love to his student. Back at the castle, Merlin is insulted by Sir Ector, who believes that Merlin's magical enchantment of the kitchen objects was the result of black magic, then magically disappears after being threatened by the Scullery Maid. Sir Ector thinks that Merlin will cast an evil spell on him and Kay, and calls him an old devil. When Wart protests and tries to defend Merlin and his magic, Sir Ector angrily piles more demerits on the boy, and as punishment, he forbids Wart from making a future trip to a London tournament as Kay's squire. This leads to Wart being replaced by an unseen boy groom named Hobbs. After seeing Wart's sadness, Merlin apologizes, as he knew how much the potential trip to London meant to the boy. He then suggests that Wart uses the opportunity to further his studies and that he can still make something for himself by getting an education. Merlin begins by talking about various happenings of the future, but the poor boy is so confused that Archimedes decides to take over Wart's education. Despite Merlin's annoyance, he is later pleased to see the boy learning to write with Archimedes' help. Merlin takes the opportunity to show Wart a model airplane. The plane fails to fly, though, because the propeller becomes caught in Merlin's long beard. Wart appreciates the demonstration anyway and confides that he dreams of flying. Seeing an opportunity, Merlin secretly turns Wart into a small bird. Wart then goes flying with Archimedes. After being told by Archimedes of Wart's capture by Madam Mim, Merlin appears to save his apprentice, and confront Mim. Mim angrily challenges Merlin to a Wizard's Duel, where he turns into a turtle, a rabbit, a caterpillar, a walrus, a mouse, a crab, and a goat. Though initially at an advantage until Mim cheats by transforming into a purple dragon (which is a loophole abuse since she didn't say anything about purple dragons), Merlin wins the duel by cleverly transforming into a germ, disarming Mim's dragon transformation and forcing her to stay in bed for a few weeks. Later, Wart happily informs Merlin that he has been reinstated as the squire to Kay. However, Merlin is disappointed about Wart’s decision to become a squire, as he thought that Wart had finally put aside war games in favor of learning. When Wart tries to explain that being a squire is his best hope and the only thing he has left (since he admits that he doesn't know how to achieve better things in life, especially in time like this), Merlin loses his temper and angrily exclaims "Blow me to Bermuda!" Unfortunately, his magic takes him literally and he takes off like a rocket to Bermuda. Later, he returns to England and is pleased to find out that Wart is now King Arthur, due to pulling the sword from the stone and anvil, and he is happy to tell him how famous he will become in the future.
House of Mouse
Merlin makes cameo appearances in a few episodes of the television series House of Mouse. In "Rent Day", Merlin promises to give Mickey the 50 dollars that he needs to pay the House of Mouse's rent if he can find Arthur a sword. In "Jiminy Cricket", he was seen sitting with Rafiki, King Triton, and Grandmother Willow as part of the "elders" that Jiminy Cricket refers to.
Sofia the First
Merlin makes a guest appearance in the Sofia the First episode "Gone with the Wand". He was very understanding and forgiving to Calista despite her taking his Dragonclaw Wand and it ending up in Morgana's hands. With the help of Cedric and Calista he was able to defeat his arch-enemy. To express his thanks, he gave a red hat to Calista as a gift and promised to always remember his good friend Cedric the Sensational. He also made a return in "Day of the Sorcerers", "Too Cute to Spook", and "The Great Pretender".
Once Upon a Time
Merlin is first referenced in season 3 as a citizen of a realm called Camelot, where he enchanted the sword Excalibur and hid it in Camelot. When Snow White tried to find it in the hope that she would be able to overcome the Evil Queen, Prince Charming made a trade with Rumplestiltskin in order to get to Excalibur. He is later revealed to Snow White by Rumplestiltskin that the sword is false, but that the real sword is hidden in Camelot. After a series of references to a powerful, possibly immortal mage known as the Sorcerer, it was revealed that he and Merlin are one and the same. In the fifth season, Merlin appears in the form of a young man in his early twenties, contrary to his usual depiction as an old wizard. Centuries ago, it is revealed, Merlin fought a demon known as the Dark One, who imprisoned him in a tree until he is released by the current Dark One, Emma Swan, in the fifth season episode "Dreamcatcher". For eons, it was the responsibility of Merlin and his apprentice to choose a person to become The Author and record the stories within a book. Merlin has his Apprentice guard his magical hat which holds strong magic. The Sorcerer's Apprentice later retires in an old cottage where he continues to guard his master's hat. Rumplestiltskin sends a girl named Anna to retrieve the hat from him, however, she quickly outwits Rumplestiltskin and takes the hat with her which is then obtained by her aunt, Ingrid the Snow Queen. Ingrid asks the Apprentice, on the behalf of Merlin, to help her find someone. He accepts her deal and opens a door to A Land Without Magic to help Ingrid find the one she is looking for in exchange for his hat. After having chosen a man named Isaac to be the Author, they discover he has been manipulating events to create more interesting stories and when he forces them to fill Maleficent's child with darkness, they punish him by entrapping him within an illustration in the book. The Apprentice later tells his master about what has been done with Maleficent's child. He asks whether there is a way to undo this but the Sorcerer says no. Merlin then goes on to tell his apprentice the girls will now and forever remain entwined together. At some point in 1989 Merlin appears to Emma, disguised as an usher in a cinema showing The Sword in the Stone. He gives the young girl a cryptic warning, that she would not understand until 30 years later: "Do not take the sword."
Kingdom Hearts series
Merlin appears in the Kingdom Hearts series as a recurring character that aids Sora in the arts of magic. He is typically found in the hub world of each game. In Kingdom Hearts, Merlin lived in an underground house in Traverse Town, with the Fairy Godmother. Sora met him when delivering the Hundred Acre Wood book to him from Cid. Merlin then teaches him, Donald, and Goofy magic and gives them permission to view the book. In Kingdom Hearts II, Merlin moved to the reforming Hollow Bastion and lived in the headquarters of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee as the town at the base of the castle steadily rebuilt and grew. He retrieved the Hundred Acre Wood book from Traverse Town and as usual, allowed Sora to view it. He also gave Sora Chicken Little's summon charm. Later, he is summoned to Disney Castle by Sora, Donald, and Goofy after the power of the Cornerstone of Light is compromised and the Castle is attacked by Maleficent and her hordes of Heartless. Merlin is able to deduce that somehow a portal to the past was being utilized by Maleficent's forces to destroy the Cornerstone of Light before the Castle was constructed in order to weaken its defenses in the present. He summoned a similar portal for Sora, Donald, and Goofy to travel back in time as well in order to prevent the Cornerstone's destruction and seal the enemy's doorway. Merlin realized that the nature of time travel would tempt the three heroes to make changes to the past that would alter the future, and exhorted them to resist any such temptation (although he did not divulge the nature of the world they were traveling to, most likely to avoid giving them ideas beforehand). After Sora, Donald, and Goofy succeeded in their mission and prevented the present version of Pete from trying to steal the Cornerstone while defeating him with support from Captain Pete, Merlin congratulated them and was pleased to see his faith in them was fulfilled, although he did need to sternly remind Donald about his promise not to misuse the doorway's power when he thought to use it to placate Daisy Duck, who was annoyed that he hadn't stopped by for a while and missed their date. Merlin seems to have developed a rivalry with Cid, who prefers technology to magic, while Merlin prefers magic to technology. Their rivalry nearly gets out of hand when Cid calls Merlin an "old loon", and Merlin zaps Hollow Bastion's power computer just as Cid finished the CD-ROM needed to stop the Master Control Program, causing the disc to be imbued with magic as well. It is through this mixture that thanks to Sora, Donald, and Goofy, along with Tron, the town's systems are saved. Merlin and Cid later recall that Hollow Bastion was formerly called Radiant Garden and decide to rename it to its former name. In Birth by Sleep set a decade before in the first game, he was found in Radiant Garden just before the world is engulfed in darkness. He accidentally dropped the book of Hundred Acre Wood, but Terra returned it to him. He gave Terra, and later Ventus and Aqua, permission to view the book at any time, granting the three access to the Hundred Acre Wood Command Board. In Dream Drop Distance, Yen Sid mentioned to Mickey that Merlin, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather were training Lea's magical ability and Keyblade handling. At the end of 0.2 ~A Fragmentary Passage~, Yen Sid decides to send Kairi there as well so she can train alongside Lea. In Kingdom Hearts III, Kairi explains in a letter that Merlin had sent her and Lea to a realm where time is stilled, allowing them to train at their own pace. Meanwhile, Merlin contacts Chip and Dale to deliver a message to Sora. Sora, Donald, and Goofy track Merlin to the restaurant Le Grand Bistro in Twilight Town, where the wizard reveals to have Pooh's storybook with him, having once more brought it from Radiant Garden to Twilight Town.
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Merlin is mainly the first Disney character that the player will encounter upon starting a new game, welcoming them to Dreamlight Valley and helping them get accustomed to what their main mission is with restoring the Valley, clearing away all the Night Thorns, and reopening all the biomes in the Valley, serving as the tutorial for when starting a new game until meeting up with the other residents still in the Valley in Mickey, Goofy, and Scrooge. His later friendship quests will power up the Royal Watering Can to help remove mushroom patches found around the Valley, as those serve as the blockage preventing access to the rest of the Glade of Trust until the quests are finished, though his Level 10 friendship quest to upgrade the watering can to take out the larger mushroom patches will require having WALL-E returned to the Valley to unlock it. He's also needed as part of the quest to return Mirabel Madrigal to the Valley, and Stitch as well, along with aiding Elsa with rescuing Olaf, and cooperates with Cinderella's Fairy Godmother to undo the effects of The Forgetting once they identify the source of it in The Forgotten.
Merlin was a common character hosting the Sword in the Stone ceremony at both the Walt Disney World and Disneyland. In this show, he would allow children to make an attempt to pull the Sword from the Stone and crown the one who succeeds the temporary ruler of Fantasyland. Merlin's show still exists at Hong Kong Disneyland.
•Merlin is the only character from The Sword and the Stone to become a recurring character in Disney productions after the film's original release. The only other character from the film who could be considered such as Madam Mim, due to her inclusion in the Donald Duck comics and the Disney Villains franchise, though still to a lesser degree than Merlin.
•The exclamation Merlin cries during a crisis, "Jehoshaphat", is the name of the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah.
1.http://www.mousevinyl.com/content/dickens-christmas-carol-disneyland-records
2.http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/mickeys-christmas-carol/
Merlin. Series 4: 12. The Sword in the Stone: Part One. Fantasy drama series. With Morgana at the helm of a vast army, a deadly net closes around Camelot. Can Merlin save Arthur from...
Dec 17, 2011 · Fantasy drama series. With Morgana at the helm of a vast army, a deadly net closes around Camelot. Can Merlin save Arthur from Morgana's clutches? Show more.
RoleContributorMerlinColin MorganArthurBradley JamesTristanBen DanielsIsoldeMiranda RaisonArthur and Merlin are forced to run for their lives as a merciless Morgana attacks Camelot.
Dec 24, 2011 · Recounting the history of the Kings of Camelot, Merlin reveals that the first king buried his own sword into a stone. All Arthur has to do is pull the sword out of the stone and he’ll be the best...
