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.

* [[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]].

 

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[[Category:Animated Films]]

[[Category:Films of the 1970s]]

[[Category:Disney]]