Editing Monty Python and the Holy Grail (section)

==Plot==
The opening credits of the film feature pseudo-[[Swedish language|Swedish]] subtitles, which soon turn into an appeal to visit Sweden and see the country's [[moose]]. The subtitles are soon stopped and claim that the people responsible have been [[Dismissal (employment)|sacked]], but moose references continue throughout the actual credits. The subtitles were written by Michael Palin as a way to "entertain the 'captive' audience" at the beginning of the film.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 November 2011 |title=Mindhole Blowers: 20 Facts About Monty Python and the Holy Grail That Might Make You Say 'Ni!' |url=http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/mindhole-blowers-20-facts-about-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-that-might-make-you-say-ni.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308211252/http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/mindhole-blowers-20-facts-about-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-that-might-make-you-say-ni.php |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=25 February 2016 |website=pajiba.com}}</ref>

In AD [[932]], [[King Arthur]] and his [[squire]] Patsy, who claps [[coconut]] shells as Arthur mimes riding a horse, travel [[Britain (place name)|Britain]] searching for men to join the [[Knights of the Round Table]]. Along the way, Arthur debates whether [[swallow]]s could carry coconuts, passes through a town infected with a plague, recounts receiving [[Excalibur]] from the [[Lady of the Lake]] to two [[anarcho-syndicalism|anarcho-syndicalist]] peasants, and defeats the [[Black Knight (Monty Python)|Black Knight]]. At an impromptu [[Witch-hunt|witch trial]], he recruits [[Bedivere|Sir Bedevere the Wise]], later joined by [[Lancelot|Sir Lancelot the Brave]], [[Galahad|Sir Galahad the Pure]], Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir-Lancelot, and the aptly named Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-Film, along with their squires and Robin's minstrels. Arthur leads the knights to [[Camelot]], but changes his mind after the knights in the castle perform a musical number, deeming it "a silly place". [[God]] then appears and orders Arthur to find the [[Holy Grail]].

Arthur and his knights arrive at a castle occupied by French soldiers, who claim to have the Grail and taunt the Britons, driving them back with a barrage of barnyard animals. Bedevere concocts a plan to sneak in using a [[Trojan Horse|Trojan Rabbit]], but forgets to tell the others to hide inside it; the Knights are forced to flee when it is flung back at them. Arthur decides the knights should go their separate ways to search for the Grail. Meanwhile, a modern-day historian filming a documentary on the Arthurian legends is killed by an unknown knight on horseback, triggering a police investigation.

Arthur and Bedevere are given directions by an old man and attempt to satisfy the strange requests of the dreaded [[Knights Who Say "Ni!"]]. Sir Robin avoids a fight with a Three-Headed Knight by running away while the heads are arguing amongst themselves. Sir Galahad is led by a grail-shaped beacon to Castle Anthrax, which is occupied exclusively by nubile young women, who wish to be punished for misleading him, but is "rescued" against his will by Lancelot. Lancelot receives an arrow-shot note from Swamp Castle. Believing the author is a lady being forced to marry against her will, he storms the castle and slaughters several wedding party members, only to discover the author is an effeminate prince.

Arthur and his knights regroup and are joined by Brother Maynard, his monk brethren, and three new knights: [[Bors]], [[Gawain]] and [[Sir Ector|Ector]]. They meet Tim the Enchanter, a [[pyromancy|pyromancer]] who directs them to a cave where the location of the Grail is said to be written. The entrance to the cave is guarded by the [[Rabbit of Caerbannog]]. Underestimating it, the knights attack, but the Rabbit easily kills Bors, Gawain and Ector. Arthur uses the "Holy Hand Grenade of [[Antioch]]", provided by Brother Maynard, to destroy the creature. Inside the cave, they find an inscription from [[Joseph of Arimathea]], directing them to Castle Aarrgh and warning them of the "Legendary Black Beast", a cave monster whose location of origin is obscured by a screaming sound. In an animated sequence, the Black Beast devours Brother Maynard, but Arthur and the knights escape after the animator unexpectedly suffers a fatal heart attack.

The knights approach the Bridge of Death, where the bridge-keeper demands they answer three questions in order to pass or else be cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril. Lancelot easily answers simple questions and crosses. An overly cocky Robin is defeated by an unexpectedly difficult question, and an indecisive Galahad fails an easy one; both are magically flung into the gorge. When Arthur asks for clarification on a question regarding the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, the bridge-keeper cannot answer and is himself thrown into the gorge.

Arthur and Bedevere cannot find Lancelot, unaware that he has been arrested by police investigating the historian's death. The pair reach Castle Aarrgh, but find it occupied by the French soldiers from earlier in the film. After being repelled by showers of manure, they summon an army of knights and prepare to assault the castle. As the army charges, the police arrive, arrest Arthur and Bedevere on suspicion of the murder of the historian, and break the camera, abruptly ending the film.