Knights Who Say Ni Knights Who Say Ni The Knights Who Say "Ni!", also called the Knights of Ni, are a band of knights encountered by King Arthur and his followers in the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". They demonstrate their power by shouting "Ni!" (pronounced "nee"), terrifying the party, whom they refuse to allow passage through their forest unless appeased through the gift of a shrubbery. The knights appear silhouetted in a misty wood, wearing robes and horned helmets; their number is never apparent, but there are at least six. The leader of the knights, played by Michael Palin, is the
Homer Goes to College couch gag with the huge pink foot squashing the Simpsons is a reference to The Foot of Cupid of the television series "Monty Python's Flying Circus". The film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is also referenced when Benjamin, Doug, and Gary imitate the Knights who say Ni. They play Dungeons & Dragons, hold arguments over "Star Trek", and their room number is 222, a reference to the television series "Room 222". Homer has posters of Albert Einstein and W. C. Fields. The episode contains the first reference to the Internet on "The Simpsons", as "computer signals" being sent between