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[[File:robin_outlaws_s2_5313.png|frame|Robin, plus the (typical configuration of) outlaws.]]
{{quote|''"Will you tolerate this injustice? I, for one, will not!"''|'''Robin''',
▲{{quote|''"Will you tolerate this injustice? I, for one, will not!"''|'''Robin''', ''Will You Tolerate This?''}}
2006-2009 British adaptation of the [[Robin Hood]] legend, with Jonas Armstrong playing the title character. The show made some interesting changes to the legend. Friar Tuck was omitted for the first two seasons, and when he appeared in Series 3, he was turned into a Black warrior priest. Marian was not referred to as "Maid" and became something of an [[Action Girl]] in her "Nightwatchman" [[Secret Identity]]. The Merry Men (which included a Saracen Woman) were not referred to as such, being only called "the outlaws". Green tights were conspicuous by their absence.
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The show was not renewed for a fourth series. Has a [[Robin Hood (TV series)/Characters|Character Sheet]] and an [[Robin Hood (TV series)/Recap|Episode Guide]].
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* [[Abel and Cain]]: Finn and Tiernan, the two Irish brothers in the episode ''Cause and Effect.''
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** In his first appearance Tuck mentions that the outlaws should be [[Training the Peaceful Villagers]] to stand up for themselves, instead of just providing them with food and protection. Unless you count Tuck's failed attempt to stage a peaceful protest (which ironically is sabotaged by a helpless villager that Tuck had ''plenty'' of opportunity to train in combat) this idea goes nowhere.
** For an example of an arc that's aborted before it's even had a chance to ''begin'', the series ends with the surviving outlaws discussing the need to raise King Richard's ransom money. The show's cancellation was announced about a week later.
* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Both [[Invoked]] and [[Averted]]. Marian punches Guy in the face (and deliberately uses a ring as a knuckle-buster) just before she bails on their wedding; this is largely [[Justified]] as he's already physically tried to prevent her from leaving the chapel and threatens her father's safety if she doesn't go through with the ceremony. However, in a later episode she punches Robin in the stomach so hard that he doubles over in pain just because she's frustrated. This is played for laughs.▼
** [[Inverted]] in the third season with the arrival of Isabella. Guy and Robin repeatedly man-handle her (choking her, pushing her, slapping her across the face) in ways that are never treated as that big a deal, but whenever Isabella reciprocates, it's meant to demonstrate how she's [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]].▼
* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: Robin in the first season episode ''Tattoo? What Tattoo?'' in which he captures Guy and refuses to help the other outlaws rescue Djaq, despite their pleas for help.
** Much in ''A Dangerous Deal'' once he realizes that Kate wants to hook up with Robin. He returns as soon as he the gang is in danger.
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* [[Attempted Rape]]: Though not explicitly stated, it's doubtful that Prince John was going to visit Kate in the dungeons in order to bring her some tea.
** Guy also tells the Sheriff that he will: "take her (Marian) by force" in the finale of the second season.
* [[Audio Adaptation]]: Big Finish Productions produced six audio books read by members of the cast featuring original stories (not to be confused with the audiobook adaptations of the four novelisations that were produced by BBC Audiobooks). They can be bought from Amazon.UK but transcripts are available [https://web.archive.org/web/20150910024548/http://www.robinhoodwinked.net/forestfun/audiobook.htm here.]
* [[Ax Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Isabella, after [[Love Makes You Crazy|Robin dumps her]].}}
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Djaq
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* [[Dog Food Diet]]: The outlaws are forced to eat squirrels and rats sometimes.
* [[Domestic Abuser]]: Squire Thornton
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▲** [[Inverted]] in the third season with the arrival of Isabella. Guy and Robin repeatedly man-handle her (choking her, pushing her, slapping her across the face) in ways that are never treated as that big a deal, but whenever Isabella reciprocates, it's meant to demonstrate how she's [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]].
* [[The Dragon]]: Guy for the Sheriff, the Sheriff for Prince John.
* [[Dramatic Curtain Toss]]: Twice, once when the Sheriff reveals a captured Robin, and again when he displays the tax money in a cage overlooking the courtyard.
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* [[Woman Scorned]]: {{spoiler|Isabella.}}
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: Averted big-time with Isabella and her husband Thornton. After Isabella's [[Face Heel Turn]] but before Thornton's introduction, there was speculation that Isabella was simply pulling a [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] when she spoke of her [[Domestic Abuser|husband]]. But as it turned out, Thornton ''was'' a [[Complete Monster]] who had clearly beaten and raped his wife during their seventeen year marriage. (Of course, this doesn't stop [[Fan Dumb|some anti-Isabella fans]] from downplaying Thornton as a relatively harmless bully, despite the fact that he tells Isabella: "wait until I get you alone in a small, dark room" and who eventually advances on her with the intention of strangling her to death: "with my own two hands.")
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* [[Yandere]]: Guy practically emobdies this tropes for Marian, even {{spoiler|killing her when he realizes she wants to be with Robin}}.
* [[Yeah! Shot]]: The outlaws at the end of season one, one that almost seems to [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Break The Fourth Wall]].
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