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** And he identifies Robin Hood at the tournament by ''looking up into his disguise''.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Anyone remember The Hampster Dance? Guess what the original sample was from.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: While Prince John is mostly [[Laughably Evil]], when {{spoiler|he decides to hang Friar Tuck to lure Robin out}}, even Sir Hiss is shocked. And he also refused to spare Robin Hood's life even when Maid Marian begged him not to when he could have just as easily sent him to the dungeons.
** Given that the Church was an independent political entity that ''would'' object to this simply for the affront of a noble executing a priest on his own authority rather than attempting to have him punished via church law, there are reasons other than morality to be shocked by such an order.
** [[Fridge Brilliance|Interesting historical context]]: John and Richard's father, Henry II, ordered the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas à Becket, assassinated. Certainly not an excuse, but can possibly be reason why Prince John would even consider it.
** While it was never his idea to impose such heavy taxes on the kingdom's citizens, the Sheriff of Nottingham proves what a jerkass he really is when he takes money from the church's poor box to assist Prince John in his tax collection.
* [[Narm]]: Friar Tuck's sudden outburst of "GET OUTTA MY CHURCH!" for some.
* [[No Endor Holocaust]]/[[Values Dissonance]]: Prince John and Sir Hiss have a good laugh over how Hiss hypnotized King Richard into going on the Crusades. Since this is Disney, this hopefully ''doesn't'' mean that Sir Hiss is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Jews and Muslims. The way they describe the Crusades as "crazy", the implication is that that they were brushed off as a [[Snipe Hunt]] of sorts in that universe. Little John, in the "Phoney King of England" song, describes [[The Crusades]] as "great" and calls King Richard "bonny" and "good" for going on them. Probably the most [[Unfortunate Implications]]-tastic moment in a Disney film. It is possible, however, that the peasantry and other commoners were given the [[Theme Park Version]] by those in power, told that [[The Crusades]] were a good thing, and so Little John wouldn't know any better. Alternatively, his word choice could have been intended as [[Sarcasm Mode]] which would be lost in song. As for Richard being hypnotized into the Crusade in the first place, this is sadly likely to be another example of [[Historical Hero Upgrade]]—particularly since it disavows Richard entirely of any wrongdoing in his actions. Or again, [[Alternate Character Interpretation|alternatively]], the film-writers might actually have approved of [[The Crusades]], and Hiss was taking credit for getting rid of Richard when he hadn't as he would know that [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|John could not comprehend]] Richard's idealistic motives.
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* [[Tear Jerker]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRi0qfeeRdk Not in Nottingham]" is ''hardcore'' for a song from a Disney movie.
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