Citations:Cleganebowl

English citations of Cleganebowl

Proper noun: "(ASoIaF/GoT fandom slang) the showdown between brothers Sandor Clegane and Gregor Clegane on the television series Game of Thrones"

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• 2016, "Worlds Of SFX", SFX, Summer 2016, page 34:

  If you thought you’d seen it all when it comes to crazy fan theories, you were wrong. Cleganebowl is the bizarre Game Of Thrones theory that just might come true in season six.

• 2017, Rowan Kaiser, 100 Things Game of Thrones Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, page 132:

  The fan theory for the idea that the two brothers would finally face off to the death in that trial by combat has taken the name “Cleganebowl.”

• 2017, Graham Moore, "Winter is coming", Exeposé (University of Exeter), 20 March 2017, Issue 667:

  Euron Greyjoy is still loose and scheming, Cersei and her pet Mountain are notoriously hard to get rid of (and I’m still waiting for ‘Cleganebowl’).

• 2019, Kim Renfro, The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones, page 173:

  Believers in the Cleganebowl were a unique brand of fans who embraced the tagline “GET HYPE.”

• 2019, Joe Cunningham, "Game of Thrones Season 8", University Express (University College Cork), 2 April 2019, page 18:

  In a similar vein to Cleganebowl, I feel almost certain that Hodor will appear as a wight in the Night King's army.

• 2020, "Mr. B.", "The Makings of a Punk: A Character Study of 'The Hound'", Rebek Zine, May 2020, page 5:

  Died fighting his own cruel brother Ser Gregor 'The Mountain' Clegane by sacrificing himself to fall together into a fiery death (into THE CLEGANEBOWL and an ironic death due to pyrophobia).

• 2021, Daniel Clarke, "A city in flames: King’s Landing as artistic archive in HBO’s Game of Thrones", Landscape Research, Volume 47, Issue 7, page 905:

  The style evident in the ‘Cleganebowl’ scene contrasts with that apparent in the intercut scenes, which follow the narrative perspective of Arya Stark.

• 2022, Jan Doolittle Wilson, "'Who Has a Better Story Than Bran the Broken?': The Power of Disability Narratives", Power and Subversion in Game of Thrones: Critical Essays on the HBO Series (eds. A. Keith Kelly), page 149:

  Ultimately, the Hound's pursuit of retribution leads to his own destruction; the long-awaited confrontation between the Hound and the Mountain (referred to as “Cleganebowl” by Game of Thrones fans) takes place in the penultimate episode of the show's final season.