History Film / RobinHoodMenInTights

* HonorBeforeReason: Robin decides to fight Little John to cross the bridge, even though, as Ahchoo points out, it "ain't exactly the River Jordan." Robin insists that it's "the principle of the thing."

--->'''Ahchoo:''' You don't have to do this. Look...this ain't exactly the River Jordan. ''(Jumping across for emphasis)'' I'm on one side...I'm on the other side! I'm on the east bank...I'm on the west bank! It is not that critical.

* AutomaticCrossbows: Used by a sniper, complete with laser sight and [[NoisyGuns lots of clicking.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Robin decides to fight Little John to cross the bridge, even though, as Ahchoo points out, it "ain't exactly the Mississippi." Robin insists that it's "the principle of the thing."

--->'''Ahchoo:''' You don't have to do this. Look...this ain't exactly the Mississippi. ''(Jumping across for emphasis)'' I'm on one side...I'm on the other side! I'm on the east bank...I'm on the west bank! It is not that critical.

** Marian's horse is named "Lady." Her attendant's horse is named "Fahrvergnügen."

** Ahchoo [[LampshadeHanging notices this]] and tries to explain it to Robin. Robin tells him it's [[HonorBeforeReason "the principle of the thing."]]

Really, it was only a matter of time before Creator/MelBrooks turned his sights on the venerable legend of RobinHood and completely shredded it (again - see ''WhenThingsWereRotten''). This anachronistic, irreverent romp through one of the best-known tales of the Western world runs roughshod over classic and modern adaptations alike, aiming most of its quips at Kevin Costner's ''[[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves Prince of Thieves]]'' version but getting in a good many jabs at the classic ErrolFlynn ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' as well.

** It also may be more directly parodying Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" from RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves.

* TakeThat: To ''Prince Of Thieves'', most obviously in the line: "Unlike other Robin Hoods, ''I'' can speak with an English accent."

--> '''Rabbi Tuckman:''' Robin of Locksley? I just came back from Maid Marian, the lady whose heart you stole. You [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves prince of thieves]] you!

* {{Angrish}}: The Sheriff of Rottingham, numerous times. Normally he just transposes two words ("Over that boy hand"), or swaps syllables of words ("Struckey has loxed again") when mildly annoyed. But watching Robin and Marian kiss at the ball causes him to rant out the following sentence with every single word out of order.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Robin is revealed about midway through the film that he has the key to Maid Marian's chastity belt. By the end of the film, after defeating the Sheriff of Rottingham and marrying Maid Marian, when he and Marian finally prepare to do the deed it turns out his key doesn't work... unless Rottingham's attempts to break the lock open messed it up. Or Marian just spent too long in the bath.]]

** [[DontExplainTheJoke And here's the kicker: the random guy looks like Lou Costello. Get it?]]

* DontExplainTheJoke: "And why not? It worked in ''BlazingSaddles''."

'''Achoo''': Hey, why not? It worked in BlazingSaddles...

Hey, why not? It worked in ''BlazingSaddles''.

Really, it was only a matter of time before MelBrooks turned his sights on the venerable legend of RobinHood and completely shredded it (again - see ''{{When Things Were Rotten}}''). This anachronistic, irreverent romp through one of the best-known tales of the Western world runs roughshod over classic and modern adaptations alike, aiming most of its quips at Kevin Costner's ''[[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves Prince of Thieves]]'' version but getting in a good many jabs at the classic ErrolFlynn ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' as well.

* AffectionateParody: MelBrooks' raison d'etre.

-->'''KING ILLEGAL FOREST TO PIG WILD KILL IN IT A IS!!!'''

* AwardBaitSong: "Marian" is a parody of the DisneyAnimatedCanon award bait, especially with the soft rock cover of it that plays over the credits, which was a quite common of various animated {{award bait song}}s at the time (such as CelineDion & Peabo Bryson's version of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast's'' title song, LindaRonstadt & James Ingram's cover of ''AnAmericanTail's'' ''Somewhere Out There'', and Bryson & Regina Belle's cover of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'s'' ''A Whole New World'').

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Repeatedly. It's a signature MelBrooks trope.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: As punishment for his treachery, King Richard names all the toilets [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch in England]] after Prince John. Then he has him locked in the Tower of London. "Make him part of the tour."

* CreatorCameo: MelBrooks as a Jewish rabbi peddling circumcisions and sacramental wine.

* IKnowKungFaux:

** Ahchoo [[LampshadeHanging notices this]] and tries to explain it to Robin. Robin tells him it's [[HonorBeforeReason "the principle of the thing."]]

* NamesTheSame:
-->'''Random voice:''' Heeeey Abboooooot!

* ProductionPosse: Dick Van Patten and Dom De Luise return.

* RageAgainstTheAuthor: The villagers in the opening sequence yell at MelBrooks for burning down their village. ''Again''.

* ShoutOut:

** Don't forget the screaming kid:

* SomethingElseAlsoRises: The moonlight serenade.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''{{When Things Were Rotten}}''.

** The Italian version says: I'm not someone who {{Dances With Wolves}}.

* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Really, most movies MelBrooks has been in.

-->We're ''men''\\

Defending the people's rights!\\
-- '''The Merry Men'''

* TheDuenna: Brumhilde.

** The sheriff had been using a jackhammer on the lock earlier, that can't have been good for the mechanism.
** Perhaps it ''did'' rust in the bath.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: As punishment for his treachery, King Richard names all the toilets [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch in England]] after Prince John, then has him locked in the Tower of London and makes him part of the tour.

** *cough* Bullshit! *cough*
* CreatorCameo: MelBrooks as a Jewish rabbi selling sacramental wine.
-->'''Rabbi''': Faygeles?

-->I heard that coming a mile away!\\
Right-o, Blinkin, very good.\\
Pardon? Who's talking?

-->''[a soldier runs up and hits him in the back two times]''

--> ''SHUT UP, YOU '''BLOODY FOOLS!'''''

* FunWithSubtitles: As Marian's hefty nurse prepares to drop into the saddle, her horse's thoughts are translated. ("You've got to be kidding!")

* GodivaHair: Maid Marian, coming out of the bath.

--> ''We're butch!''

-->A ''black'' sheriff?!?\\
Hey, why not? It worked in BlazingSaddles...

* MisplacedWildlife: Like everything else in the movie, intentional and played for laughs. The fox they use to send a message[[hottip:*:i.e. a pun on "to fax"]] is a grey fox, which aren't native to England. To add to the absurdity, it makes the sound of {{Flipper}} as it runs off.

-->'''Brumhilde''': Before you do it, you must go through it! Or else I blew it.

-->'''Random voice:''' Hey Abbot!

* ScarpiaUltimatum: A variant -- Marian [[PleaseIWillDoAnything promises to marry Rottingham]] if he will spare Robin.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Robin is revealed about midway through the film that he has the key to Maid Marian's chastity belt. By the end of the film, after defeating the Sheriff of Rottingham and marrying Maid Marian, when he and Marian finally prepare to do the deed it turns out his key isn't the right one after all... unless Rottingham's attempts to break the lock open messed it up. Or Marian just spent too long in the bath.]]

-->''"Oh ordLay, ivethgay usway ouryay essingsblay. Amen-ay!"''

* ScarpiaUltimatum: A variant -- Marian [[PleaseIWillDoAnything promises to marry Prince John]] if he will spare Robin.

* ShotgunWedding: Marian volunteers for one with Rottingham to save Robin from the gallows. Later, Rabbi Tuckman seems to think that Robin's gotten Marian pregnant (it's actually to get Broomhilde to quit cockblocking):
-->Married in a hurry! Please invite me to the bris.

---> Well, it's getting late and I've got to go [[HomeAlone home alone]] now. Ahhhhhh!

-->'''Sheriff;'''That's a wild boar!
-->'''Robin:'''No, that's a wild pig. (Points at Prince John) ''That's'' a wild bore!

* {{Bishonen}}: Will [[GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O'Hara]].

-->Faygeles?

* TheDuenna: Broomhilde.

'''Robin Hood:''' [sounding a little sadder] My dog, Pongo? \\

'''Robin Hood:''' [sounding a little more hopeful] My goldfish, Goldie? \\

'''Robin Hood:''' [on the verge of tears] My cat? \\

[{{beat}}] \\

-->'''Sheriff'': That's going to chafe my willy.
-->'''Marian''': [''as the Sheriff attempts to break it with a jackhammer''] No matter what you do, I shall ''never submi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-it!''

-->'''The Sheriff of Rottingham: KING ILLEGAL FOREST TO PIG WILD KILL IN IT A IS!!!'''

-->"Every time they make a Robin Hood movie, they burn our village down!"\\
"LEAVE US ALONE, MEL BROOKS!"

-->"Your back just got punched ''twice''."

-->'''Sheriff;'''"That's a wild boar!"
-->'''Robin:'''"No, that's a wild pig." (Points at Prince John) "''That's'' a wild bore!"

-->"I will take these cotton balls from you with my hand and put them in my pocket."
-->"They call me Little John. Oh, but [[IronicNickname don't let my name fool you]]; in real life, I'm very big."

-->"Faygeles?"

-->"I heard that coming a mile away!"\\
"Right-o, Blinkin, very good."\\
"Pardon? Who's talking?"

* EasyComeEasyGo: "I CAN ''SEE''!" [''CRASH!''] "No, I was wrong."

** "Lend me your ears!"

--> ''"SHUT UP, YOU '''BLOODY FOOLS!'''"''

** Another unintentional one when Robin "accidentally" finds Maid Marian's chastity belt.

--> "We're butch!"

-->"That's going to chafe my willy."
-->"No matter what you do, I shall ''never submi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-it!''"

-->"A ''black'' sheriff?!?"\\
"Hey, why not? It worked in BlazingSaddles..."

-->'''Rabbi Tuckman:''' ''[[HistoryOfTheWorldPartOne "It's good to be the king."]]''

-->'''Blinkin:''' "Oh, shit!"

-->'''Blinkin:''' "Oh, they've opened the salad bar."

* ScarpiaUltimatum: A variant -- Marian promises to marry Prince John if he will spare Robin.

-->"Married in a hurry! Please invite me to the bris."

-->"A ''black sheriff''?!\\
"Hey, why not? It worked in ''BlazingSaddles''."

--->"Wasn't your mole on the other side?"\\
[[YoungFrankenstein "I have a mole?"]]

--->'''Rabbi Tuckman:''' ''[[HistoryOfTheWorldPartOne "It's good to be the king."]]''

---> "Well, it's getting late and I've got to go [[HomeAlone home alone]] now. Ahhhhhh!"
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: The moonlight serenade.

*** <del>Gesundheit.</del> '''BLESS YOU!!!'''

--->"Lend me your ears!"\\

"...that's disgusting."

* JustYouAndMeAndMyGUARDS

* AccidentalAimingSkills: "To tell you the truth, I was aiming for the hangman!"

* AllWomenAreLustful: Brumhilda immediately tries to pick up on Little John and Maid Marian seemed REALLY pissed when she found out the Chastity Belt wouldn't open. And let's not even get started on Latrine.

* PigLatin: Or, the New Latin used by the Abbot.
-->''"Oh ordlay, ivethgay usway ouryay essingsblay. Amen-ay!"''

* RageAgainstTheAuthor: The villagers in the opening sequence yell at MelBrooks for burning down their village - ''again''.
* [[RealMenWearPink Real Men Wear Tights]]: ''Tight'' tights!

* ScarpiaUltimatum

* MomentKiller: Marian's nursemaid. That's her ''job''. And, of course, a shout out to ''{{Spaceballs}}''.

* MomentKiller: Marian's nursemaid. That's her ''job''. And, of course, a shoutout to ''{{Spaceballs}}''.

* {{Running Gag}}: Robin lapsing into long-winded speeches, him and Maid Marian being prevented from kissing, people mistaking Achoo's name for a sneeze, the Sheriff's dyslexia, Prince John's mole moving around his face......

* AllWomenAreLustful: Brumhilda immediately tries to pick up on Little John and Maid Marian seemed REALLY pissed when she found out the Chastity Belt wouldn't open. And let's not even get started on Latriene.

* {{Angrish}}: The Sheriff of Rottingham, numerous times. Normally he just transposes two words ("Over that boy hand"), or swaps syllables of words ("Struckey has loxed again") when mildly annoyed... watching Robin and Marian kiss at the ball causes him to rant out a sentence with ''every'' word out of order.

* {{Bishonen}}: Will [[GoneWithTheWind Scarlet O'Hara]].

* CameraAbuse: The camera moving in on Marian singing in the bath crashes through a window before sheepishly retreating. Also, the Abbot's staff smashing into the camera lens.

* CardboardPrison: Parodied (as with everything else) in the intro, with the Robin and Ahsneeze escaping from prison within five minutes of Robin getting tossed in.

* TheDon: The Sherrif enlists the help of Don Giovanni (Dom [=DeLuise=]), a mafia boss ''from the actual island of Jersey'', to get rid of Robin Hood.

-->''(a soldier runs up and hits him in the back two times)''

* FakeBrit: Strangely enough, averted with Robin Hood. Because, unlike [[KevinCostner some other Robin Hoods]], [[LampshadeHanging he can speak with an English accent.]]

** The "12th Century Fox," used to "fox" people messages.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Robin is revealed about midway through the film that he has the key to Maid Marian's chastity belt. By the end of the film, after defeating the Rottingham and marrying Maid Marian, when he and Marian finally prepare to do the deed it turns out his key isn't the right one after all... unless Rottingham's attempts to break the lock open messed it up. Or Marian just spent too long in the bath.]]

* BadNewsInAGoodWay:

** At the beginning of the movie, there are horse jockeys riding camels. It is amazing that [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Mel Brooks got away with that one.]]
*** Camel racing is a real sport.