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Kay

Background information
Feature films	The Sword in the Stone
Television programs	House of Mouse
Video games
Park attractions
Portrayed by
Portrayed by
Animators	Milt Kahl
Voice	Norman Alden Jeff Bennet
Performance model
Designer
Inspiration	Same Character from the King Arthur Legends
Honors and awards
Character information
Full name
Other names	Sir Kay (as knighted on Christmas)
Personality	Boorish, lazy, arrogant, rude, mean, cruel, bossy, vain, uncarring
Appearance	Muscular, around 20 years old, red hair, green polo shirt, black vest, dark green tights, brown shoes
Birthday
Occupation	Knight, Sir Ector's son, the Wart's foster brother
Affiliations	Bad, later good
Goal	To win the tournament in London on New Year's Day and Become the new King of England
Home	Sir Ector's castle in England
Relatives	Sir Ector (father), Wart (foster brother)
Pets	Tiger and Talbot (dogs)
Allies	His father Sir Ector, his foster brother King Arthur, Sir Pelinore, Merlin, Archimedes, Sir Bart, Tiger and Talbot, his Scullury Maid, Hobbs, Other Knights
Minions	his Scullury Maid, Hobbs, Tiger and Talbot
Enemies	Merlin (formerly), Wart (occasionally), Madam Mim
Likes	Food, sword fighting, hunting, jousting, being lazy, slacking off
Dislikes	The idea of the Wart being his squire, Wart (formerly), Merlin (formerly)
Powers and abilities	Strength
Weapons	Sword, bow and arrow, quarterstaff
Fate	Falls to his knees beside the Wart, who's now King Arthur, with his father.
Quote	"Why, you bungling little fool!"

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Kay is a character and the main antagonist from the 1963 feature film The Sword in the Stone. In the film, he is the biological son of the knight Sir Ector, and the adopted brother to Arthur. He is voiced by Norman Alden.

Personality

Kay is the son of Sir Ector, and at the beginning of the film, is in training to be knighted by Christmas. He is a big, burly young man with red hair, and is most likely somewhere around the age of 20, judging from a line by Merlin. Kay serves as a foil to his younger adopted brother Arthur, being boorish and lazy, despite being higher in rank than Arthur. Kay treats Arthur rather cruelly, usually calling him the deriding nickname of the Wart. However, at the end when Wart becomes king, he comes to respect Wart as the king and his foster brother. He also shows guilt for the way he treated Wart in the past.

Kay is based on the character of the same name from the King Arthur legends, who like the Disney character, was Arthur's adopted brother.

Appearances

The Sword in the Stone

Kay is first seen hunting deer with his bow and arrow. He aims at a deer, but misses due to Wart. Kay sullenly returns to the castle, while the Wart travels into the forest to find Kay's missing arrow. Back at the castle, Sir Ector scolds Kay, who is eating a bowl of chicken legs, for allowing the Wart to go alone into the forest. Kay shows little concern, stating that he is not the Wart's keeper.

When Merlin appears, Kay notes that they should just run Merlin off, but Sir Ector shoots down this idea, fearing that Merlin would curse them if angered. A bit later, Sir Pelinore, a friend of Sir Ector's, comes with news of a tournament on New Years Day. Kay at first pays little attention, until Pelinore reveals that the winner will be King of England. Sir Ector notes that if Kay buckles down, he could be knighted in time for the tournament, and compete to win. Kay agrees, but not before Pelinore quietly notes that Kay as the new King is a dreadful thought. The next day, Kay is seen practicing his jousting, but it quickly becomes apparent that he is not skilled. Kay's next appearance is with Sir Ector who had been summoned to the kitchen. Having found the kitchen to be enchanted, he attempts to fight a mop, but is quickly defeated. He is seen to be fairly pleased when Sir Ector forbids the Wart from becoming Kay's squire.

At Christmastime, Kay has apparently improved enough to be knighted. When his squire Hobbs comes down with the mumps, the Wart is called to be the replacement. Kay is shown to be disappointed, outright stating he does not want the Wart as a squire. There is no other choice, and so the Wart accompanies Kay to the tournament.

Kay is waiting to fight when he discovers that the Wart has forgotten his sword. Kay threatens the Wart to bring it or not come back. When the Wart brings the legendary Sword in the Stone as a replacement, he is quick to realize it is not his, but is apparently ignorant as to what it really is. When the sword is replaced, to allow the Wart to prove he pulled it, Kay shoves him aside, and tries to pull it himself. Though Kay believes that it can be pulled after someone else pulled it, he fails. He is shown to be shocked when the Wart pulls it effortlessly, and he has to be reprimanded by Sir Ector, who tells Kay to bow down to his new King.

House of Mouse

Sir Kay was seen in "Ask Von Drake" trying to pull the sword out of the stone

Trivia

The way Sir Ector accidently bumps his sword into Sir Kay's head and Sir Kay moans in pain when trying to attack the enchanted kitchen supplies is similar to the way Horace accidently bumped his club/chair leg into Jasper's head and Jasper moaned in pain when trying to attack the puppies in 101 Dalmatians, only Sir Ector doesn't get kicked in the rear by Sir Kay for his clumsiness as Jasper does to Horace.