The title "Sir Loin's Misadventure #7" suggests a recurring series of comic misadventures. However, searching for the specific episode proves that Sir Loin is a figure who appears in many different guises across popular culture, and what ties them all together is a very delicious pun.
The name "Sir Loin" is a culinary joke. A "sirloin" is a prized cut of beef from the upper hindquarter of a cow . There is a famous legend that an English king was so delighted by the cut that he knighted it on the spot, giving us the name "Sir Loin." While this story is actually false—the word actually comes from the French surlonge—the hilarious image is so good that storytellers have been repeating it for centuries .
This pun is the true source of Sir Loin's many "misadventures," as he appears in several different forms:
1. The Chivalrous Minotaur
In one version, Sir Loin is a mighty minotaur knight named Sir Bovineus (Bo) Loin. He is on a quest to protect his homeland, the Kingdom of Bullgaria, from the wicked Cownt Zarka, who is plotting to "milk its provenances dry" . We see him at the start of one adventure, entering a rural pub called "The Cloak and Stagger," where he orders a plate of the finest grass . This is the setup for a classic fantasy quest filled with cow-related puns.
2. The Comic Knight
In other tales, he is the straight man in a world of absurdity. In the book Twisted Fairy Tales: Octo-Puss in Boots, Sir Loin (or Sir Loin of Beef) is a great knight who is retiring . He gives his first two children his equipment but forgets about his third, Angus. As a consolation prize, he gives Angus an octopus that was living in his boot—a bizarre gift that kickstarts a "Cinderella-type" adventure . This shows Sir Loin's role as a source of humorous conflict.
3. The Protective Guardian
Sometimes, the name is applied to a real animal. On a farm, a cow named Sir Loin was the protector of a young pig named Emma. He would guard her from other animals and stand watch at the entrance to her shelter . His "misadventures" here might involve a bull-headed determination to be a good guardian.
4. The EVE Online Character
In the vast universe of the video game EVE Online, "Sir Loin Steakman" exists as a player character . The "misadventure" is a digital one: his combat record shows he has lost four ships worth over 221 million ISK without destroying a single enemy vessel . His misadventures are a string of costly defeats in space.
Ultimately, "Sir Loin's Misadventure #7" could be any of these. It might be a minotaur's quest gone wrong, a knight forgetting his son, a guardian cow being overly protective, or a spaceship pilot's expensive mistake. The common thread is that Sir Loin, in all his forms, is a character who is always ready for a hilariously literal "beef" with the world.