Robin Hood (Disney film)/WMG
If Guy of Gisbourne had appeared, he'd have been a cat.
It's well-known that elements of Disney's Robin Hood (Disney film) were based on Reynard the Fox. Robin is Reynard himself, the Sheriff is Isengrim the Wolf, Richard (or John) is King Leo, Friar Tuck is Grimbard the Badger ("the holy Grimbard, who had always led a hermit's life") and so on. In Reynard, Tibert the Cat is as cunning as Reynard, and while he initially speaks in Reynard's defence, he soon becomes one of his opponents. He is a good choice for Gisbourne, often presented as Robin's Evil Counterpart.
In Disney's Robin Hood, all the reptilian characters are analogous to people of color, being considered a different "ethnicity" of animal.
We only see four reptiles in the movie- Sir Hiss, a crocodile Captain, Toby, and Toby's father. Sir Hiss's background music take some cues from Indian snake charmers, and he takes a ridiculous amount of abuse from Prince John. While the rabbit children play with Toby, they casually make fun of him. If the mammals view the reptiles as a different ethnicity, this explains why Sir Hiss and Toby still hang around- it's much the same everywhere else in Animal England.
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