Robin Hood (Disney film): Difference between revisions

[[File:RobinHoodCover.jpg|frame|From left to right: Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, Robin Hood, and Little John.]]

 

 

''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'', the 1973 animated feature by Disney and 21st film in the [[Disney Animated Canon]], takes the classic story of the original [[Robin Hood]] and replaces all the characters with [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]]. Among the cast and the animals they're portrayed as:

** Skippy tags along on the wedding coach, saying that "Robin Hood's gonna have kids. ''Somebody'' has to keep their eye on things."

* [[Badass Preacher]]: Friar Tuck ("GET OUT OF MY CHURCH!!")

* [[Batman Gambit]]: How Prince John fooled Robin Hood to take part of the archery tournament. Knowing that he's in love in Marian, he announces that the winner of the tournament shall get a kiss from Marian as a first prize, knowing that Robin just wouldn't refuse to take that opportunity. Of course, the tournament was just all a trap to snare Robin Hood in, based on which one was the unnatural superior archer.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Mentioning King Richard in front of Prince John. Mentioning his mother is probably okay, as it just causes him to [[Villainous BSOD|bluescreen]] and start sucking his thumb.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: ''Do not'' take money from the poor box in front of Friar Tuck.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Robin Hood towards Skippy and the other kids.

* [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word]]: When Little John questions the morality of robbing the rich to feed the poor:

{{quote|'''Robin:''' "Rob"? Such a naughty word. We ''never'' rob! We just... "borrow" a bit from those who can afford it.

'''John:''' "Borrow"? Heh. ''Boy'', are we in debt. }}

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Both Little John and Lady Kluck.

* [[Captain Obvious]]:

{{quote|'''Prince John:''' Hiss. I've been robbed.

* [[Cover-Blowing Superpower]]: Robin Hood gives himself away at the archery tournament by his [[Improbable Aiming Skills]].

* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]: Friar Tuck does this after being released from his shackles by Robin Hood.

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Both Robin and Marian have these.

* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Watching the film, one gets the feeling that if Prince John had actually listened to Hiss' advice now and then (don't trust the strange gypsy women for one), he'd have been spared some of his humiliations.

* [[Ear Worm]]: An in-universe example -- "The Phony King Of England" is so catchy even Hiss and the Sheriff enjoy it.

** As well as Roger Miller's quite memorable folk/country tunes "Whistle-Stop" and "Oo De Lally", which he played as [[In-Universe]] character Alan-a-Dale (the Rooster).

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]/[[My Beloved Smother]]: Prince John's relationship with his mother is... complicated. He seemed to react with a huge amount of remorse when he ends up either wrecking her things (ie, her mirror and her castle) or is reminded of her in some way, and childishly sucks his thumb. However, he also disparagingly states that his mother liked Richard much better than him.

** The part about his mother liking King Richard better was allegedly a [[Truth in Television]].

{{quote|'''Hiss:''' Please, please let me out... I don't drink!}}

** When he's finally released by Prince John, he's [[Crowning Moment of Funny|very drunk indeed]].

* [[Furry Confusion]]: In some ways, this is averted; i.e. no one in this world has pets or rides horses -- there is a blacksmith dog that is seen making horseshoes, but perhaps anthropomorphic horses still have hooves. On the other hand, it is worth noting that [[The Un-Reveal|we never see who or what is pulling that carriage in the last scene]].

** Considering we see [[The Big Guy|Little John]] pulling a cart and Prince John's rhino soldiers pulling his carriage, so maybe the bigger animals are paid to pull carts.

* [[Greek Chorus]]: Alan-a-Dale

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Robin and Little John, among others.

* [[Heli Critter]]: Sir Hiss.

* [[Historical Domain Character]]: (Bizarrely enough) both Prince John and [[Richard the Lion Heart|King Richard]] were real historical figures, though one imagines that even [[Medieval Morons]] would have noticed if they had been real lions.

** On the other hand, Marian was clearly overwhelmed by the confusion, while the more.. solid... Kluck got into the mix and proceeded to lay the feathery smack down.

** And then there's the corpulent Sheriff of Nottingham saying that "that fat friar is gonna hang".

* [[Hypocrite]]: After he is captured at the archery contest, Prince John calls Robin a traitor to the crown, despite the fact that he unlawfully seized the throne while Richard was off on the Crusades. Robin calls him out on it in the most badass way possible.

{{quote|'''Robin Hood:''' Traitor to the ''crown?!'' That crown belongs to King Richard! '''''[[Moment of Awesome|LONG LIVE KING RICHARD!]]'''''}}

* [[I Want My Mommy]]: A [[Running Gag]] with Prince John.

* [[Jerkass]]: Both Prince John and the Sheriff. Conveniently, they are also the villains and get their comeuppance in the end.

* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Skippy Rabbit.

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: The Sheriff's plan for dealing with Robin during the tower fight scene. Pretty much takes [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|the entire castle with them]]. And they end up [[Bloodless Carnage|not taking ANYBODY out!]]

* [[Snake Talk]]: Sir Hiss.

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Despite being part of Prince John's household, Maid Marian is one of the nicest characters in the film.

** The shots of marching rhino soldiers are the ''same shot each time''.

** More an example of [[Limited Animation]] than [[Stock Footage]]: After loading all the civilians onto the cart (although as it turns out, missing the baby rabbit), as Little John exclaims "Onward to Sherwood Forest", look at the people on the cart. None of them are ''moving'', not even breathing.

{{quote|'''Friar Tuck:''' Things couldn't get worse!

'''Sheriff of Nottingham:''' Why, hello Friar! Looks like I came by just in time! }}

* [[Trigger Happy]]: The aptly named Trigger.

* [[Un Evil Laugh]]: Prince John has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGzaqEtJCok one of these] (You can hear it at about 1:35 into the video, among other spots.)

 

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[[Category:Animated Films]]

[[Category:Films of the 1970s]]

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