In the annals of cinematic comedy, few scenes capture the sheer absurdity of pure, unadulterated denial quite like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Dismembered arm by arm, standing on a single leg while actively bleeding onto the forest floor, the knight fiercely blocks King Arthur’s path. He aggressively dismisses his catastrophic, systemic losses with a series of infamous declarations: “It’s just a flesh wound,” “I’ve had worse,” and “The Black Knight always triumphs!”

While written purely for laughs in 1975, this scene serves as a remarkably accurate allegory for the modern Islamic Republic of Iran.