Shovel Knight: King of Cards - Ending cutscene and Credits

Finally I finished this goddamned game! (I really suck at this type of game...) But I do enjoy it a lot! :3

[@theflightlessalbatross3415]

King Knight's mom doesn't refer to him as "son" at the end, instead calling him "King Knight." She might have disowned him, or at least, definitely lost respect for him. Reading her lines hurt the most.

[@hellonokay1925]

I feel like if this was darker, it would be the former

[@bardssinisterstories2607]

Can we talk about how Treasure Knight manhandled that Teethalon and then buried it alive? Most underrated knight.

[@alexautum]

BenBurn 123 and he also hit ‘em with an ‘fing homestuck reference with the point and thumbs down

[@ghhn4505]

@@alexautum yeah i'm pretty sure that's just a common gesture and not a homestuck reference

[@blustickman0285]

5:27 what ghost knight is that I never saw that enemy

[@bardssinisterstories2607]

@@blustickman0285 That's the Phantom Striker. He never joined the order, and fights Shovel Knight as a wandering traveler. He lost to Specter Knight, who claimed the Lich Yard for himself.

[@rebb9890]

@@blustickman0285 it's Duelist Di and she's not an enemy, but an ally. She was previous Joustus Champion, who died somewhere at Lich Yard.

[@kylestubbs8867]

Fun as this campaign was, I went through every minute of it with anticipatory dread. No matter how good it got, I knew King Knight was going to betray them all in the end. And he did… almost exactly as he would beg Shovel Knight _not_ to. How tragic.

[@starthing1255]

This is why when the golden opertunity arises to leave King Knight alone, dangling for his life after the rematch in the tower of fate, I take it every time.

[@supersmashbro596]

also all throughout the campaign king knight is an insufferable jerk to everyone he meets. despite that, they all rallied behind him. and the thing is, had he do so, *people would have respected him enough to be a successor to king pridemoor had he just let his mom and pridemoor date.* he literally could have been made pridemoors heir as hes a king, and kings need heirs to carry on. but all the enchantress had to do was offer king knight *the title* of king for him to turn against everyone. because thats all he saw being a king as. a title of someone rich and powerful. and then he has all of a few days to a week to enjoy any of it before a knight and a plague doctor, both more worthy of being kings, come knocking, kicking his ass not once, *but twice*, one after another. and because both campaigns happen at roughly the same time, he's licking his wounds on one of them before hes humiliated even further. plague knight even got knighted by king pridemoor for his efforts. while king knight watches.

[@Scorpionspear77]

The whole game really let’s you know King Knight really sucks, and when he throws away a chance at true heroism for an empty title under the Enchantress it really drives it home. But the ending manages to return to being satisfying when it ends with Shovel Knight showing up to kick King Knight’s ass.

[@Astronomiez]

I dunno I think it was kinda sweet how he got what he wanted, I love his character.

[@Swaggymaster]

@@Astronomiez Same lol, I hope in the future he redeems himself for his mistakes

[@grayfox4819]

That's why he has become my third most hated fictional character EVER.

[@HenrayPatter]

@@Swaggymaster the “future” is shovel of hope has king knight changed in shovel of hope NO!

[@togekiss09]

Hello there​@@HenrayPatter

[@shellyvision9693]

This feels like the bad ending.

[@Jarock316]

Technically it is as King Knight won.

[@PsychoMadHatter2]

Shovel of hopes: Good Ending Plague of Shadow: Neutral Ending Specter of tourment: Bad Ending King of Cards: Worst ending

[@TRIP_SP]

​@@PsychoMadHatter2 Plague of shadows was a good ending He find love at the end

[@technomad8060]

@@TRIP_SP both of them are good

[@sirvincerd9346]

When you realize King Knight could have saved everyone and beat the enchantress himself. Instead, he is the one that began the evil events leading to shovel of hope.

[@eugene9211]

King Knight is a 30 year old manchild and weakest of the knights, probably. Basically no one in his campaign takes him seriously and his boss fight is the easiest in the game. He's also by far the weakest of the playable characters, being defined primarily by his limits rather than any extraordinary qualities which he might possess. He didn't stand any chance against the enchantress in a real fight, and his relics are arguably much weaker than the other playable characters'. That's what I want to say, but we're not sure if the other knights were holding back or actually going all out, and the cardia fight makes it seem like king knight was especially powerful, given that he was great enough to save her entire world or something and beat her in a direct fight too. So who knows.

[@oyeh8908]

@@eugene9211I think it’s implied that King Knight is just out of shape by the time of the other campaigns, since in his Showdown ending he’s shown to be doing a lot of slacking and gorging on turkey.

[@emiriye]

@@eugene9211 The weakest? The dude took on the entire country and came out victorious. With his bare hands. He is just out of shape as the other commentor said.

[@joshcoy6748]

I actually questioned if he'd had a chance to become a REAL king if he stayed with his supporters till the end.

[@sirvincerd9346]

@@eugene9211 Bro...have you even played the game? He literally beat the enchantress and some of the other knights. Don't know what game you playing.

[@MySnugglePuppy]

I love how epic it feels just having shovel knight enter the room and then king knight stands up. After all the crap King Knight did, he made a horrid decision, leading to him being beat up multiple times, and then forced to be a janitor seen in Shovel of hope’s credits.

[@corjonbett]

Serves him right, he's probably going to spend his remaining days in a cell, as few as they are. A nice shiny guillotine awaits the traitor, if there's any justice!

[@ShadowDariusEX]

Fun fact If you didn't recruit Mr.Hat, he will drag his whole shop to Armor Outpost instead

[@cheetodeeto6279]

King Knight: Now i'll be king... FOREVER!! Shovel Knight: Waddup Bitch.

[@pokeluis2002]

One thing i find kathartic abotu King Knight's impulsitivy and vanity is that he could have easily inheret King Pridemoor's castle and kingdom if he played his cards rights (no pun intended) rtaher than be impatient and fall easy to the enchantress' temptation

[@QuintaFeira12]

Lets be honest. He'd have lost a fight with her.

[@Radu-dh9tb]

​@@QuintaFeira12tf you mean

[@boxesncrates6007]

my heart breaks when it reaches homestead, King Knight's mom is slamming that knife into the table without a word, she's so disappointed

[@DimensionSpawn]

I hate the fact that the game distracted me from the canonical ending. I was having so much fun until then.

[@dimitriwarchief301]

Sorry man

[@LostSoulSilver]

8:53 - 9:11 This was the most gangsta way of ending the game, wow

[@Cmlar_Bass]

Bro said gangsta 🥶

[@Fran_B.]

**Punk ass b**tch,* way...

[@LostSoulSilver]

​@@Cmlar_Bass It is!! Cold af

[@MarshallLeeFlames]

9:05 **Gangster's Paradise choir**

[@flakeperson]

Did anyone else not notice Hedge Pupil dropping the key when you first saw this? Because I totally didn't.

[@damiencrossley7497]

Say what you will to me this was a saddet ending. The kingdom robbed of joy well being and safty. Even all that King Knight's friends and HIS OWN MOTHER abandoned him! But then Shovel knight is the silver lining.

[@MarshallLeeFlames]

King Knight was the hero that was never meant to be. Now watching how King Knight decided to end his allies, is truly a reflection of how Shovel Knight spared the Order of No Quarter at the end of Shovel of Hope. King Knight HAD the potential to be the hero of all, but due to his greed and arrogance, he could never. And that's... honestly, sad. I really root for King Knight, cause you hope he could be better. Yet... he never will.

[@Delicious12347]

King Knight's goal was completely selfish and he achieved it in the most underhanded way possible, this character is a true antihero.

[@nixys0]

This is like playing as Eric Cartman

[@azurillia]

LOL THIS IS SO ACCURATE

[@spaceace9103]

I think this ending made me dislike King Knight

[@corjonbett]

The whole GAME is meant to make you hate him, he has zero redeeming factors. A gloryhounding, unworthy waste of flesh. He literally just cares about himself, and has no love for anyone else. He even acts like a jerk to his mother on several occasions. The only reason he's affected at ALL by her leavig him, is because HE is losing something!

[@Astronomiez]

Opposite

[@JurassicReptile]

@@corjonbett he’s pretty likeable. Many people love characters who are big jerks cause they’re way more interesting

[@nok4799]

@@corjonbett nope, I love King Knight, the other knights weren't interesting to me, but King Knight is unique, in that you get to play as an actual prick. I loved that

[@appeli1]

@@corjonbett hes shown to care for his mom so most likely if his mom was also hanging he would help them up

[@a_person5668]

Anyone else get the vibe from that treasure Knight scene that he was originally gonna be the one to get the fourth campaign and not King Knight?

[@fernandobanda5734]

There wasn't an originally, the campaigns were decided by the fans.

[@JurassicReptile]

Treasure Knight got last place in the vote. There was no way he was getting one

[@7sonicmario]

He wouod have been the best.

[@unassignedvar212]

@@7sonicmario people don’t like water levels sadly

[@unassignedvar212]

@le Zanji nah nah it was amazing, but from the limited amount of playable treasure knight I got from showdown I think his campaign could’ve been really good too

[@flaco3462]

yo king guy ya DED

[@DanielPerez-ol4jn]

This ending was awfull!!!! But the game it's very great

[@sirvincerd9346]

They had no choice but to do something like this since they had to lead it up to Shovel Knight Shovel of Hope. Still heartbreaking though. King Knight could've been a hero.

[@maverickdarkrath4780]

@@sirvincerd9346 honestly they could have just had the enchantress dominate him in there rematch and put king knight in his place making it so he realized...he wasn't ready for this and now has no choice but to play along with her plans to save his friends...of course she isn't honest about it and still harms them by destroying the airship , but there technically alive so she's kept her word and now he must serv as her puppet king

[@corjonbett]

@@maverickdarkrath4780 King Knight is a narcissistic psychopath. He doesn't care about bettering himself, nor does he view the others as friends. This ending makes a ton of sense.

[@uttdcentral9700]

"Now I'll be King, Forever!", king knight then proceeds to immediately lose their kingdom and title as king to a knight with a shovel

[@paolo2763]

I hope we as humans create interdimensional traveling so we can see how the others knight 's campaigns would play

[@dimitriwarchief301]

Ha….. It would be nice though I’m not sure

[@dimitriwarchief301]

Judging how these comments react. I’m glade king of cards showed us how great his return and heroism. Truly meant

[@Grassinio]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Congratulations King Knight, you played yourself like a fool and lost all your friends.

[@pogggaming4470]

At least give us a choice being the good ending and the canon ending

[@noob1n8or]

Lets be real. King Pridemoor deserved that. Definitely not everybody else trying to hang on, but King Pridemoor absolutely did. When a guy tries to tell you they're uncomfortable with you dating their mom, you might not be obligated to back down, but you do NOT disregard them. Nothing gave King Pridmoor the right to walk on King Knights emotions the way he did and pretend nothing was wrong.

[@maverickdarkrath4780]

Honestly if king primodor had said anything else maybe he could have convinced king knight how did he not realize his mother was such a sensitive topic despite king knights many objections, like use the fact enchantress is just using him, that he's already a king with loyal subjects/friends literally anything except the thing he's made clear makes him uncomfortable

[@kailler9217]

in fairness, he didn't say it at all, he just made vague annoying noises and various grumblings. king knight has no say in what his mother does, and it was her that clearly made the first advances on pridemoor, who reciprocated as a friend, and then they became more.

[@corjonbett]

Umm, he loved Mom. And King Knight was a repulsive brat the whole game. So... yeah, disregarding him made a lot of sense.

[@corjonbett]

@@maverickdarkrath4780 Nah, King Knight only ever cared about himself, he would have taken the Enchantress' deal. Maybe another few minutes later, but he clearly was just thinking of how great things could be, before Pridemoor screwed up.

[@M4x_P0w3r]

If King Knight had been any smarter, he'd have realized that letting the King date and later marry his mother would mean he would be the heir to the throne in a legitimate way. Not to mention, her mom fancied Pridemoor King. Let her date whoever she wants.

[@shaneokeley825]

Even though King of Cards is my most favorite campaign in this but this has to be my most hardest final boss of Shovel Knight

[@HenrayPatter]

This boss caused me too much suffering in new game plus xD

[@togekiss09]

Didn't know you played shovel knight

[@HenrayPatter]

@@togekiss09 Eh I just played the 4 campaigns and all the new game plus’ not too much

[@togekiss09]

​​@@HenrayPatteri just finished king of cards today after getting all 148 cards

[@HenrayPatter]

@@togekiss09 Isn’t there a secret boss after you get all the cards? I think I cheesed her

[@togekiss09]

​​@@HenrayPatterfor the secret boss, you unlock her battle after beating the champion of every house of joustus and beating her gives you a crystal that lets you see what cards you are still missing and where to get them

[@masonasaro2118]

there should be a bad ending to shovel of hope, where not only does shovel knight ignore the order, he cuts off king knight's hands with the shovel blade/beheads king knight with a shovel drop, then kills (spoiler) shield knight in cold blood and becomes the new enchanter/enchantress. specifically existing as the “i played king of cards first and find the “””””””””””””king”“””””””””””begging for mercy murderous-rage-inducing... ending”

[@JurassicReptile]

Who hurt you?

[@icelevelsenjoyer]

Bruh

[@Super_Top_Secret_Area]

We serve food here, sir.

[@Snaps12345]

Okay then

[@VeiledSeer]

jesus man I was mad but not this mad