What does the phrase "KNIGHT RIDER" really mean?
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What does the phrase "KNIGHT RIDER" really mean?
Hi, has anyonereally thought about why the producers named the show "Knight Rider" or what the phrase means.
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Correct, it's a metaphor. I love ambiguous titles like that. The black car works with "night," which is substituted for "Knight," and happens to be part of the main characters' names. It's a simple title on the surface, but works quite nicely when you think about it.
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Well the KNIGHT part certianly means the knight foundation and all that....not to mention michael. The RIDER means it's michael...riding the world's most advanced car. He's a shadowly flight in the world of a man that doesn't exist....thus he's the Knight Rider.
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I think the main character is supposed to be a modern-day knight going around helping people (often a damsels in distress). They found a suitable phrase that allowed a pun to be made on it ie - Night Rider as he 'lives' in the shadows of the night driving a car (Rider just sounds better than Driver).
Once they did this, they chose to call the main character Knight.
Once they did this, they chose to call the main character Knight.
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It's just a cheesy joke that actually makes for a cool sounding title, especially when spoken by Richard Basehart's dulcet tones. The show could have been called "Ass Monkey" and he would still have made it sound exciting and dangerous!
Interesting that the phrase "night rider" quickly entered the public lexicon in referece to black cars with blacked out window glass and other noirish parts...
Interesting that the phrase "night rider" quickly entered the public lexicon in referece to black cars with blacked out window glass and other noirish parts...
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I agree with most of the responses to this question. Even some of the plot in episodes reflects the reasoning.
"Knight" reflects the family crest line of Wilton Knight and his Foundation.
"Rider" is what Michael Knight does inside KITT.
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"Knight Rider" is a reflection of chivalry times when a man in a suit of armor would ride a strong horse into battle to save the innocent from a threat...which is a genaral reflection upon what Michael's usual mission does. Only, instead of a smart horse, it's a smart car.
"Knight" reflects the family crest line of Wilton Knight and his Foundation.
"Rider" is what Michael Knight does inside KITT.
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"Knight Rider" is a reflection of chivalry times when a man in a suit of armor would ride a strong horse into battle to save the innocent from a threat...which is a genaral reflection upon what Michael's usual mission does. Only, instead of a smart horse, it's a smart car.
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