Arthur

> **"*No, that Merlin's not your type. You seem like a Prince Arthur fan to me*." - said to Snow White during their first meeting**
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## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Simon Kassianides

Prince Arthur is a character from the South Korean film: Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs.

He is the member of the Fearless Seven.

## Appearance

As a human, Arthur is a tall, broad-chested young man with tan skin and a prominent chin. He has short brown hair that is styled upward, slight sideburns, and a thin patch of stubble on his chin. His eyes are dark blue.

His attire consists of a pinstriped orange vest, black pants, and brown leather boots. The vest has brass buckles, and the upper part of it is made of brown leather. An engraved, brown leather belt is buckled around his waist, and the buckle is engraved as well. His boots are halfway to his knees with the tops folded over. Arthur carries a dark brown, leather back scabbard for his sword.

As a dwarf, Arthur is much shorter and chubbier, with large ears and light green skin.

## Personality

Arthur is a courageous and straightforward man, as well as cocky and eager to impress. He is very macho, being the strongest of the F7, and often veers into arrogance and bossiness that annoys the other members. Due to his typical macho personality, his pride can get hurt a bit. He felt humiliated when he saw Snow White could pull Excalibur but he couldn't.

He believes that he rivals Merlin for leadership of the F7, hoping to prove this by pulling Excalibur from it's stone. Though he appears very self-confident, Arthur's pride is easily hurt, especially if his physical strength is challenged. Like the other F7 members, he initially judges people by their looks, giving more value and trust to those he deems attractive.

Arthur is generally chivalrous towards women, but he seems unaware or goes into denial when his romantic advances are unwanted.

## Story

Arthur is a member of the F7, a group that combats monsters and beasts on Fairy Tale Island.

However, after Arthur and his comrades accidentally mistake the Fairy Princess for a witch and attack her, they are cursed to become green dwarfs whenever people look at them. The only way to break the curse is to be kissed by the most beautiful woman in the world.

Arthur is instantly infatuated with Snow White when he meets her as Red Shoes. He tries to get a kiss from her after defeating the giant bunny but gets slapped instead. After that, he assigns himself to go alone with her to Golden Goose Avenue to look for King White, only to get his confidence shattered when Snow White manages to pull Excalibur from its stone while he is unable to. However, his gloominess dissipates when Snow White offers to secretly pull Excalibur out for him, as that means they would share a secret.

When Merlin and Snow White fail to come back after delivering the missing person posters, Arthur appears to be the only one concerned and irritated about it. As he and the rest of the F7 prepare to rescue Snow White, he tries to take Excalibur out of the stone once more, but fails again. Pino, Noki, and Kio smash the stone for him with their wooden robot. Arthur helps fight the Magic Mirror with it while Merlin goes to defeat Regina.

After Regina is defeated and Snow White and Merlin get married, Arthur along with Hans and Jack make their own pact to find their own true loves. His first attempted didn't go well since he was frightened off by Fish Girl. Later on, he meets Red Riding Hood and offers a flower for affection. He's given a surprise when its revealed she's a werewolf.

Though surprised, he gains empathy seeing how she's ashamed of her curse and cries. However, he shows he's grown a bit and looks beyond outer appearances. Still offering her a flower, its assumed they begin to date.

## Skills

***Master Swordsman:*** Arthur is a great swordsman. However, due to the curse, he can sometimes become clumsy and uncoordinated.

***Super Strength***: He is physically stronger than the other members of F7. He was even able to lift the paw of giant wooden rabbit off of himself (as a dwarf) after his plans to kiss Red Shoes failed.

## Trivia

* Like Merlin, Arthur originated from "The Legend of King Arthur".
* He has a Northern Yorkshire accent.
* His name is on the lease for Risky Rock.
* Golden Goose Avenue is his go-to place for dates.
* His typical method of hitting on girls is pretending to be injured.
* Arthur is shown twice in his human form after the opening scene: once when he enters Merlin's workshop and sees the love spell book, and again when he tries to save Red Shoes.
* Due to an argument with Merlin, it can be assumed he had Excalibur once. At some point he either lost it or it was placed on the stone. Whether due to carelessness or his vanity at the time, he fails to read the passage or he would have known nobler intentions would have given him Excalibur back.

## References

1. ↑ http://locusanimation.com/project/redshoes/?lang=en