| “ | It's the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! | „ |
| ~ Brother Maynard mentioned the monster's name before being devoured alive. |
The Black Beast of Argh, also known as the Black Beast of Caerbannog, is a minor antagonist in the 1975 satirical film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
He is a man-eating monster who lives in the cave of Caerbannog, he is shown to be fierce towards King Arthur and his men as he ate Brother Maynard. The animator responsible for the beasts animation died of a fatal heart attack, which caused the beast to fade out of existence.
His vocal sound effects were provided by Ian Crafford.
Biography[]
He is a legendary beast who awaits and consumes anyone who enters the cave guarded by the Rabbit of Caerbannog, where the last words of Joseph of Arimathea can be found carved inside. He is briefly seen when he is revealing his face on a cave that King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table pass during the journey for an enchanter that will guide them for the cave that guarded by Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Beast of Argh eating Brother Maynard.
After killing the Rabbit of Caerbannog, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table find the engraving of Joseph of Arimathea and have Maynard decipher him. There, one of the knights, who spots the monster as he turns around, screams in horror. Hilariously, the others believe him to have incorrectly mentioned his name and start a brief argument. Eventually, all of them turn around simultaneously and realize what the screaming knight means. Brother Maynard shouts the monster's name in horror as the beast devours him alive, before he chases after King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
As the horrendous black beast lunges forward, escape for Arthur and his gang seems hopeless, when suddenly, its animator suffers a fatal heart attack. Upon such narration, the scene switches to an animator who keels over and falls to the ground dead due to a heart attack, and as Arthur and his gang escape, the beast ceases to exist, meaning the quest for the Holy Grail can continue without the monster being a problem.
Behavior[]
He obviously behaves much like other terrifying man-eating monsters, being relentless in the pursuit for their prey, particularly humans. It is unknown whether he also rivaled the Rabbit of Caerbannog or not considering the fact that they are both man-eating beasts.
His appearance is obviously reptilian, albeit only having two legs, with numerous eyes and teeth, brown hair on his head, and a pair of horns. Though the depiction supposedly showed him as a terrifying black beast, he instead is depicted as a hilariously ugly green monster.
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