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Deus Salve o Rei (English: God Save the King) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It premiered on 9 January 2018, replacing Pega Pega, and ended on 30 July 2018. Created by Daniel Adjafre, it has artistic direction by Fabrício Mamberti, with the intention to capitalize on the success of Game of Thrones.

It stars Marina Ruy Barbosa, Bruna Marquezine, Rômulo Estrela, Ricardo Pereira, Johnny Massaro, Caio Blat, José Fidalgo, Tatá Werneck, and Special Participations Rosamaria Murtinho, Marco Nanini.

Agatha Moreira had been chosen as Amália's interpreter but was replaced by Marina Ruy Barbosa after Rede Globo reassigned actors scaled initially to O Sétimo Guardião by Aguinaldo Silva, which was later cancelled after controversy over plagiarism.[3]

Renato Góes was initially cast as Afonso, but left during the production stage and was replaced by Rômulo Estrela.[4]

Originally planned that part of the cast would be sent to Europe to begin principal photography, the Globo management judged that, with the inflated high value of the euro, together with all the expenses that come with it in all the sectors in Brazil, it would exceed the estimated budget. Only the recording and effects team was sent out of the country to capture aerial scenes of the woods and mountains to be superimposed on scenes recorded in the Projac studios in Brazil.[5] In March 2017, the recording crew traveled to Spain, Scotland and Iceland to capture the external scenes, as in ancient castles and historically preserved villages.[5] The scenographic city was set up in the Globo Studios, in Rio de Janeiro, with a total of 1,8 thousand square meters.[5][6] Scenes that were supposed to look external were actually filmed by chroma keying the images taken in Europe were digitally added, including forests, villages and pastures.[7]

The medieval plot presents the fictional kingdoms of Montemor and Artena. The kingdoms have an agreement to supply water, which is scarce in Montemor but is abundant in Artena. In return, Montemor supplies ore to Artena. This agreement lasts until the death of the queen of Montemor, Crisélia (Rosamaria Murtinho), that will shake the peace between the kingdoms. Afonso (Rômulo Estrela) is the crown prince of Montemor and, from a child, was created to assume the throne; honoured and fair, he is the opposite of his younger brother—the irresponsible and inconsequential Rodolfo (Johnny Massaro), who only thinks about stewardship. After falling in love with a plebeian Amália (Marina Ruy Barbosa), of Artena, Afonso abdicates the throne, giving it to his unprepared brother. This makes relations with the neighbouring kingdom even more fragile. This will open the opportunity for Catarina (Bruna Marquezine) to expand her ambitious plans in Montemor. She is the spoiled and ambitious princess and daughter of the wise and benevolent King Augusto (Marco Nanini), of Artena.

0% Approval Rating: Rodolfo's highly unpopular and inept rule leaves Montemor in a deep crisis. He becomes so disliked that he gets deposed in a practically bloodless coup as the people demands he steps down and his own army deserts him.

Abdicate the Throne: Due to her ever-growing senility, Queen Crisélia asks Afonso to take the throne when he returns from his mission. However, she dies before he could return home, passing to him directly. Then, Afonso abdicates the throne himself when Amála refuses to live in the court, opting to live as a commoner with her.

Abhorrent Admirer: The Marquis of Cordona is one for Princess Catarina, who can barely tolerate his presence. She has no issue seducing him to manipulate him though.

Action Girl: What Selene wants to be and why she enrolls in Montemor's Military Academy.

Agony of the Feet: The Marquis accidentally fires a crossbow bolt in his foot while pursuing "a wild animal" (actually Constantino hiding in the woods). The wound gets infected and his condition worsens, which leads to Catarina trying to kill him by denying medical treatment (he survives thanks to a healer curing him without her knowledge).

The Alcatraz: The Angor, an extremely well-guarded Callian mine used to dump dangerous criminals with life sentences. Afonso is sentenced there after a failed coup and the following story arc involved his attempt to escape.

Always Someone Better: Afonso to Rodolfo in almost every way - he was the better fighter, prepared to rule since youth, more experienced and well-learned. Rodolfo on the other hand was a barely functional bum that didn't excel in anything except scoring lays. When he actually ascends to the throne, Rodolfo takes offense when compared to Afonso whenever someone implies he would have made a better job.

Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Crisélia walks into her grandson Rodolfo (whom she raised herself) having a young woman he just slept with in his room and she proceeds to warn her that he is The Casanova and bedded several girls before her.

Arc Words: The title itself "God Save the King".

Armor-Piercing Question: Amália is initially upset when Afonso reveals that he is the crown prince of Montemor, because he lied to her. What he asks in return leaves her at loss of words:

Afonso: If I had told you, what would you have done? What would you not have done?

Arranged Marriage: Catarina is arranged to marry the Marquis of Cordona by her father, much to her irritation. She sabotages it by tricking her fiance into sleeping with her cousin so that her father herself annuls it.

Aristocrats Are Evil: Catarina, the crown princess of Artena, and her lover Duke Constantino are the biggest examples. Later in the series, Rodolfo becomes an example when he engineers a war to unite both kingdoms.

Badass Normal: For a mere painter with explicitly no fighting skills and only a pure heart, Osiel is capable of capturing and restraining Brice, a succubus/witch with magical powers.

Balance of Power: Montemor and Artena have worked side by side for decades, but there never was a official union between the two countries because the neighboring kingdoms would grow fearful of their combined might. As such, they have been friends but kept each other to arms' length. This is part of the reason why Augusto refuses a marriage proposal to his daughter from Rodolfo.

Bed Trick: Catarina creates one in order to annul her wedding with the Marquis. She gets both him and her cousin drunk and have them sleep in the same bed. She proceeds to summon her father to see her fiance in the arms of another woman, prompting King Augusto to cancel the wedding and exile him.

Big Good: King Augusto of Artena. Not only he protects his kingdom, but keeps Montemor's stable by granting them water and is clearly the most rational, wise and noble ruler in the story. As such, things go From Bad to Worse after he is incapacitated and Catarina rises to power.

Birds of a Feather: Catarina and Constantino fall in love with each other due to both of them being wicked and ambitious people with very warlike views. This ultimately bites her in the ass.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing:

Princess Catarina might look like a Princess Classic at first glance, but she is manipulative, harsh, cruel, warlike and thirsty for power.

Virgilio is a male example: while may appear charming and honest, he is a controlling, sexist and obsessive jackass willing to go at any lengths to make Amália his.

Blind Black Guy: Ozéias a black blind smith from Artena who nearly gets robbed by a jerkass client, but Afonso saves him. In return, Ozéias makes him his assistant and gives him a job.

Blind Weaponmaster: Downplayed. Ozéias is a smith rather than a warrior. But proves to be effective enough to teach the craft to Afonso.

The Casanova: Rodolfo and how. His Establishing Character Moment says it all when he is bedding one of the many servant girls in the castle during the aqueduct ceremony that he was supposed to be present.

The Chains of Commanding: One of the driving themes is that being a monarch is one heavy burden to bear.

Clingy Jealous Girl:

Catarina turns into this trope when she sees Constantino getting too close to her cousin Mirtes, whom she despises.

Lucrézia is another example, but she is justified considering that her husband can't stop cheating on her.

Crazy Jealous Guy:

Virgilio, Amália's boyfriend at the start of the series is a pretty extreme example. He is shown to be extremely possessive while in a relationship with her, being angry when she mentions any men around his presence. When she abandons him for Afonso, he devotes his efforts to ruin her life (such as buying the land her family lives to evict them) to get back at her, or get her back somehow.

A more "crazy" than "jealous" example with Belisa's husband Julião, when he figures out that she cheated on him with Prince Rodolfo, he actually threatens the prince's life to his face.

Constantino is this for Catarina, since he angrily grabs her arm when she mentions that her hand was asked in marriage by Rodolfo, showing that he can be just as possessive.

The Creon: Rodolfo is characterized this way. He doesn't want to be king because he is well-aware of the responsibilities on has, and he would rather spend his time partying, drinking and sleeping around. Also, being Spare to the Throne and being utterly unprepared for the role doesn't help either, he can't even point Montemor on the map. When he actually becomes king, he turns out to be just as unprepared for the role as imagined.

Cryptic Conversation:

While on his way back to Montemor, Afonso runs into a witch doctor who tells him a prophecy that he will find a woman that will love him, but bring him and his kingdom nothing but misery. The same witch is consulted by Catarina to view her future and confirm that she won't marry the Marquis, but someone else whom the witch wouldn't say his identity.

Rodolfo consults another seer called Baltazar to predict when the rain will fall for Montemor. He is only capable of saying some gibberish world salad that nobody is able to understand, though Rodolfo pretends to know. In the very next day, the rain falls but it may have something to do with Selene...

Cue the Rain: The series ends with the rain falling on Montemor ready to solve the water scarcity.

Dark and Troubled Past: Selene comes from a distant little village that was besieged in a battle, which her father died during the conflict.

Deal with the Devil: Virgilio makes a deal with Brice (a witch with demonic/succubi traits) to make Amália love him.

Died in Your Arms Tonight: Poor Afonso has people dying this way around him

First time he is locked up in a cell for attacking a guard that was harassing Amália, he meets an old prisoner named Elias who tells him his life story and how he lost his son. He stays by his side as he dies and when King Augusto orders his release, Elias is found dead.

Later on his own blacksmith master Ozéias dies of tuberculosis, but not before delivering the sword that he has been working on for decades.

The Ditz: Marquis Istvan is not the sharpest tool in the draw, at least when it comes to his love for Catarina. He is so blind to the fact she hates him that he can't even see she tried to kill him by denying medicine for his infected wound.

Does This Remind You of Anything?:

Despite the series taking place in a medieval-like setting, it also contains parallels to contemporary real-life issues in modern-day Brazil such as water scarcity, which is one of the driving elements of the plot.

One female character obsessed with staying thin begins eating an magical fruit that removes her fat in exchange for some years in her lifetime, which is a parallel with bulimia.

Dreadful Musician: The Marquis of Cordona is a terrible bard that speaks through painful rhyming and uses some lame songs to gain Catarina's love, to no avail.

Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Catarina is really prone to this. When she learns that Afonso is living in Artena with Amália, she cannot believe he willingly gave up his throne to be with a woman and thinks he must be "spying" on Artena somehow. Later on, when Rodolfo asks her hand in marriage because he has a crush on her, she thinks he wants to form a political alliance and unify both kingdoms - something which didn't even cross his mind until Petrônio and Orlando brought it up.

The Evil Princess: Catarina of Artena not only is a rare female example, but serves as the closest thing to a Big Bad.

Felony Misdemeanor: Rodolfo believes Julião is threatening his life, but can't arrest him due to lack of evidence. So he orders to arrest him on charges of selling a goat without paying taxes, which isn't even technically a crime.

Gaia's Lament: The realm of Montemor is in the brink of poverty due to water scarcity, leading to failing crops and cattle.

Gender Is No Object: Women also rule of their own right (Crisélia serves as Queen of Montemor while her heirs are already adults themselves) and some queens are seen during the meeting of Cália's monarchs. Also Selene is able to enroll into Montemor's military academy as the first woman to do so, but never actually faces sexism from her peers. She is only the first female member because no other woman expressed interest in joining before her.

God Save Us from the Queen!:

During her final stages of senility that are worsened by news of her grandson's death, Queen Crisélia took a full turn into this trope when she declares war on Artena on a whim. She is so mad that she promotes random soldiers into generals and gives them specific strategies to follow, despite them being not prepared for the tasks she asks. She doesn't live long enough and dies in the same episode.

Even though she is just a princess, Catarina makes it clear that she will be this kind of queen when she ascends to the throne, saying she will not be "weak and soft" like her father.

Good Is Not Dumb: King Augusto is derided by his own daughter (though not to his face) for being "weak" and "foolish". While he is unaware of the true extent of his daughter's deeds (like attempting to kill her fiance by denying him medical attention and arranging for him to sleep with her cousin to annul their wedding), he is very much aware of Catarina's cruel nature, but he still loves her regardless.

The Good King:

King Augusto of Artena is a wise, modest and kind man that wants to help Montemor in anyway he can. While he does genuinely love his daughter Catarina, he fears that her War Hawk tendencies will cause problems after he is gone.

Afonso is set to become King of Montemor following his grandmother's death when he returns from Artena, and while he is just as noble and wise. Unfortunately, he drops it all in order to become a commoner and live alongside Amália.

The Good Chancellor: King Augusto's adviser Demetrius, though he serves as a Hero Antagonist to Catarina in the Artena subplot.

Fantasy World Map: A map of Cália◊ is briefly seen on Montemor's war room as Freeze-Frame Bonus.

The Federation: The region of Cália is composed of its several independent kingdoms with all its kings living in harmony with one and the other. Nobody rules over everyone else (as there were measures in place to avoid this; see Balance of Power), but the majority can overule the decision of just one monarch.

Forceful Kiss: Duke Constantino plants one in Catarina's lips while the two are alone, and she reacts as angrily as you might expect by grabbing him by the throat and threatening him. While he apologizes for it, he does it a second time later though this time, she is much more receptive.

Florence Nightingale Effect: Amália falls in love with Afonso shortly after treating his wounds.

Incurable Cough of Death: Ozéias is shown coughing up blood and reveals to Afonso he doesn't have much to live. He succumbs to his illness a few episodes later.

Handsome Lech: Rodolfo is The Casanova per excellence and very attractive, with very few women unable to resist him. Catarina is one of them, since she can see past his superficial charm and see him for the buffoon that he is.

Hoist by His Own Petard: In an attempt at gaining relevancy, Rodolfo enacts an anti-adultery law that specifically punishes the cheaters' lovers with lashing. In the very first case, a man demands that his wife's lover must be punished... It turns out said wife was one of Rodolfo's many affairs and that the accused in question is him. Before she can reveal that she is his affair, they are interrupted by a more urgent matter and later on, Rodolfo quietly revokes the law to save his own ass.

Horned Hairdo: Princess Lucrécia styles her hair this way.

Horny Devils: Brice is a witch, but also a succubus in everything but the name (or else it wouldn't get away at the time it aired). She sucks the life force of the men she spells, can easily charm them with a look and cast seduction spells. Only a pure-hearted man like Osiel is immune to her spell and can easily capture her.

Hypnotize the Princess: Brice puts a spell on Amália to make her forget Afonso just so that she can fall for Virgilio.

Hidden Depths: Rodolfo might be immature, hedonistic and cowardly, but he loves his relatives and is well-aware of his shortcomings as potential successor as king, avoiding being a Royal Brat altogether.

The High Queen: Queen Crisélia of Montemor at the start of the series, at least during her lucid moments.

It's All About Me: When given actual power, Rodolfo shows more interest in his own personal affair and glory rather than the well-being of Montemor.

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