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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In the end, Principal Leonard is willing to rehire Ellie and set up a program for the school to donate food to the homeless shelter.
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* SequelEpisode: Maybe not a sequel exactly, but this episode can be seen as something of a counterpart to "[[Recap/WishboneS1E13SniffingTheGauntlet Sniffing the Gauntlet]]," seeing how it covers the Robin Hood stuff that was left out of the ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'' adaptation.
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* AdaptedOut: The Robin Hood adaptation doesn't include [[UsefulNotes/KingJohnOfEngland Prince John]], leaving the villain role to be filled entirely by the Sheriff of Nottingham. It also lacks some other traditional Robin Hood characters, such as Will Scarlet and Friar Tuck.
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* AdaptedOut: The Robin Hood adaptation doesn't include [[UsefulNotes/KingJohnOfEngland Prince John]], leaving the villain role to be filled entirely by the Sheriff of Nottingham. [[note]]Incidentally, the Sheriff is played by Sean Hennigan, the same actor who played Prince John for the ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'' adaptation in "[[Recap/WishboneS1E13SniffingTheGauntlet Sniffing the Gauntlet]]."[[/note]] It also lacks some other traditional Robin Hood characters, such as Will Scarlet and Friar Tuck.
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One tie-in book was released -- ''Wishbone Classics'' #6: ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', featuring a less compressed adaptation of the original story with comments by Wishbone rather than the modern-day segments.
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* UndesirablePrize: In the ''Wishbone Classics'' tie-in book, the Sheriff offers two beef cattle as a prize at a later tournament in the hopes that Robin, who lives in a forest and doesn't have the pastureland needed to feed the cattle, will not want to enter and win them (and thus embarrass the Sheriff again). It ''mostly'' works, as Robin is indeed not interested, but Little John has learned of the reason for the prize and enters the contest in Robin's place, for the honor of Sherwood. He easily wins the prize and then donates the cattle to Nottingham for a feast.
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Wishbone as Robin surrenders himself to the Sheriff in exchange for Maid Marian's freedom. Surprise! The Sheriff decides to hang themboth.both.
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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Wishbone as Robin surrenders himself to the Sheriff in exchange for Maid Marian's freedom. Surprise! The Sheriff decides to hang them
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: With Principal Leonard off at an educational conference, Mr. Bison can do what he wants. This is equated to the absence of [[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart King Richard]] in the Robin Hood story, although the exclusion of Prince John from this version means the episode is a bit vague on who is running England in the King's absence.
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Originally aired on November 9, 1995.
Joe helps Ellie, a lunch lady at his school, donate cafeteria leftovers to the local food bank. Unfortunately, this defies the rules of the officious Mr. Bison, who wants the food donated to the dumpster instead. This reminds Wishbone of the legend of Myth/RobinHood.
!!Tropes
* AdaptedOut: The Robin Hood adaptation doesn't include Prince John, leaving the villain role to be filled entirely by the Sheriff of Nottingham. It also lacks some other traditional Robin Hood characters, such as Will Scarlet and Friar Tuck.
* BlatantLies: "We are but a few poor pilgrims," claims the man decked out in fancy clothes with a lavish carriage and an entourage of lackeys. Not to mention that ''he already introduced himself as a lord''.
* FatalReward:
** The Sheriff of Nottingham promises to reward Wishbone if he leads him to Robin Hood's camp. Once they get there, the Sheriff promptly declares that he will now kill him so that he won't have to share the glory. Of course, this fails because Wishbone ''is'' Robin Hood, and he has led the Sheriff into an ambush.
** The Sheriff attempts it again when Wishbone as Robin, once again undercover, wins an archery competition. In this case, it's because the Sheriff set up the competition [[GenreSavvy knowing that only Robin Hood could win it]].
* ImNotHungry: Joe incites a hunger strike to protest the firing of Ellie.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Obviously. The real-life story is sort of in the spirit of this trope since they are breaking rules to give to the poor, but their infraction is violating bureaucratic red tape rather than stealing from the rich.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Mr. Bison, who has decreed that the cafeteria leftovers are to be sent to the dumpster, and he's more than willing to enforce that decision.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: The central theme of the episode. Both the real-world story and the Robin Hood story involve the protagonists breaking the rules for a greater cause, namely to help the poor.
* SplittingTheArrow: It wouldn't be a Robin Hood adaptation without this trope, now would it? In the archery competition, Wishbone as Robin does this to ensure it ends with a tie, knowing that a win would expose him as Robin Hood. The Sheriff isn't fooled.
* StockPunishment: One of the extras in Nottingham is receiving this punishment.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Wishbone as an undercover Robin Hood: "Pots! Who will buy my pots? Nice unsuspicious pots for sale!"
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: With Principal Leonard off at an educational conference, Mr. Bison can do what he wants. This is equated to the absence of [[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart King Richard]] in the Robin Hood story, although the exclusion of Prince John from this version means the episode is a bit vague on who is running England in the King's absence.
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Wishbone as Robin surrenders himself to the Sheriff in exchange for Maid Marian's freedom. Surprise! The Sheriff decides to hang them both.
Joe helps Ellie, a lunch lady at his school, donate cafeteria leftovers to the local food bank. Unfortunately, this defies the rules of the officious Mr. Bison, who wants the food donated to the dumpster instead. This reminds Wishbone of the legend of Myth/RobinHood.
!!Tropes
* AdaptedOut: The Robin Hood adaptation doesn't include Prince John, leaving the villain role to be filled entirely by the Sheriff of Nottingham. It also lacks some other traditional Robin Hood characters, such as Will Scarlet and Friar Tuck.
* BlatantLies: "We are but a few poor pilgrims," claims the man decked out in fancy clothes with a lavish carriage and an entourage of lackeys. Not to mention that ''he already introduced himself as a lord''.
* FatalReward:
** The Sheriff of Nottingham promises to reward Wishbone if he leads him to Robin Hood's camp. Once they get there, the Sheriff promptly declares that he will now kill him so that he won't have to share the glory. Of course, this fails because Wishbone ''is'' Robin Hood, and he has led the Sheriff into an ambush.
** The Sheriff attempts it again when Wishbone as Robin, once again undercover, wins an archery competition. In this case, it's because the Sheriff set up the competition [[GenreSavvy knowing that only Robin Hood could win it]].
* ImNotHungry: Joe incites a hunger strike to protest the firing of Ellie.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Obviously. The real-life story is sort of in the spirit of this trope since they are breaking rules to give to the poor, but their infraction is violating bureaucratic red tape rather than stealing from the rich.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Mr. Bison, who has decreed that the cafeteria leftovers are to be sent to the dumpster, and he's more than willing to enforce that decision.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: The central theme of the episode. Both the real-world story and the Robin Hood story involve the protagonists breaking the rules for a greater cause, namely to help the poor.
* SplittingTheArrow: It wouldn't be a Robin Hood adaptation without this trope, now would it? In the archery competition, Wishbone as Robin does this to ensure it ends with a tie, knowing that a win would expose him as Robin Hood. The Sheriff isn't fooled.
* StockPunishment: One of the extras in Nottingham is receiving this punishment.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Wishbone as an undercover Robin Hood: "Pots! Who will buy my pots? Nice unsuspicious pots for sale!"
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: With Principal Leonard off at an educational conference, Mr. Bison can do what he wants. This is equated to the absence of [[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart King Richard]] in the Robin Hood story, although the exclusion of Prince John from this version means the episode is a bit vague on who is running England in the King's absence.
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Wishbone as Robin surrenders himself to the Sheriff in exchange for Maid Marian's freedom. Surprise! The Sheriff decides to hang them both.
