History Trivia / ROBINHOOD

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: He's always called "Robin des Bois" ("Robin of the Woods") in French.

* OrphanedReference: It appears Kate was written as a young woman, or possibly even a teenager, only for Joanne Froggatt -- aged 27 to 28 during filming -- to be cast instead. The character in general makes ''far'' more sense viewed with this in mind, but there are several express references to the original intention; most notably, when Robin and Kate meet for the first time, Robin refers to her as "young lady" despite Froggatt actually being several months older than Jonas Armstrong.

* YouLookFamiliar: Several guest actors appeared multiple times for small parts due to the show being shot in Hungary; the actor playing Henry of Lewes also played a Locksley villager in "Too Hot to Handle" and turned up as a castle guard on half a dozen other occasions.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://robinhood.wikia.com/wiki/ Robin Hood Wiki]].

** Robin was killed off in the final episode Jonas Armstrong announced that he was leaving the series because he was "looking for new challenges".

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: The somewhat infamous BlackVikings type of PoliticallyCorrectHistory that viewers often mocked, while no doubt done just for the sake of avoiding MonochromeCasting, is actually a fairly accurate representation of how Medieval England would have looked. Africa was commonly known and immigration between Africa and Europe wasn't uncommon, particularly for those who were associated with the Catholic Church (such as a monk like Tuck). The utter lack of comment on this too, though again likely done because ColorBlindCasting is in play, is reflective of the fact there wasn't a concept of "race" yet, but rather nationality and religion were the big cultural dividers.

* {{Cancellation}}: The series was cancelled after three seasons when Jonas Armstrong decided to leave to move on to other projects. Despite an attempt to set up for a fourth series, what with the introduction of Clive Standen as Robin and Guy's half-brother Archer who [[TakingUpTheMantle Took Up The Mantle]] in the wake of Robin's death, the fact that all but ''two'' of the show's original characters had been either KilledOffForReal or PutOnABus, ''and'' that [[ReplacementScrappy the slew of replacements had not been well-received by audiences]], meant that cancellation was all but assured at the conclusion of the third series.

* {{Cancellation}}: The series was cancelled after three seasons when Jonas Armstrong decided to leave the series so he could move on to other projects. Despite an attempt to set up for a fourth series, what with the introduction of Clive Standen as Robin and Guy's half-brother Archer, who [[TakingUpTheMantle Took Up The Mantle]] in the wake of Robin's death, the fact that all but ''two'' of the show's original characters had either been KilledOffForReal or PutOnABus, and that [[ReplacementScrappy the slew of replacements had not been well-received by audiences]], meant that cancellation was all-but-assured at the conclusion of the third series.

* {{Cancellation}}: The series was cancelled after three seasons when Jonas Armstrong decided to leave the series so he could move on to other projects. The showrunners could not figure out a way to keep the series going without its main star and since Maid Marian had died at the end of the previous season, it was decided that Robin was to die at the end of the third season.

* McLeaned:
** Robin was killed off in the final episode Jonas Armstrong announced that he was leaving the series because he was "looking for new challenges".
** Allan was killed off in the final episode when Joe Armstrong left the series out of frustration with his reduced role.

** Likewise, there is a line of dialogue in the final episode (written by Simon Ashford, the same person who wrote the characters' first meeting mentioned above) in which Robin is told: "you taught her well" (referring to Kate after she's escaped the besieged castle and gone for help). As there were never ''any'' scenes of Robin training her in either combat or stealth, it gestures towards a relationship in which Kate was originally conceived as more of a young prodigy or pupil to Robin than the SatelliteLoveInterest she ended up as.

** Likewise, there is a line of dialogue in the final episode (written by Simon Ashford, the same person who wrote the characters' first meeting mentioned above) in which Robin is told: "you taught her well" (referring to Kate after she's escaped the besieged castle and gone for help). As there were never any scenes of Robin training her in anything, it gestures towards a relationship in which Kate was originally more of a young prodigy or pupil to Robin than the LoveInterest she ended up as.

!!The [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood Disney film]]
* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Prince John has no mane, most likely due to him originally being a tiger and the animators not bothering with a new design. However, a lion who lacks testosterone does lose his mane and strength, a fitting imagery for the weak Prince John.
* ActingForTwo:
** [[UncannyFamilyResemblance King Richard and Prince John]] are both voiced by Creator/PeterUstinov.
** In the second Japanese-dubbed version, Creator/MikaDoi voiced both Maid Marian and Skippy, which is therefore also an example of TalkingToHimself.
** Barbara Luddy voiced Mother Rabbit and the Sexton's wife.
* CreatorBacklash:
** In [[http://www.animatormag.com/archive/issue-26/issue-26-page-24/ issue 26]] of the magazine ''Animator'', Creator/DonBluth expressed dissatisfaction with working on Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'';
--->''I drew with great excitement, thinking how good it was to work on a Disney feature. When ''Robin Hood'' was completed I decided it did not look the greatest of films. The heart wasn’t in it. It had technique, the characters were well drawn, the Xerox process retained the fine lines so I could see all of the self indulgence of the animators, each one saying, “Look how great I am,” but the story itself had no soul.''
** Floyd Norman once said that he was ''grateful'' to have gotten fired from animating on it.
* CreatorsPest: Animator Floyd Norman personally disliked Skippy due to how "annoying" and "bratty" he is.
* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Creator/PeterUstinov also voiced Prince John in the German dub of the movie, but not King Richard.
* PlayingAgainstType: Henki Kolstad in the Norwegian dub, who was known for playing kindly old men like [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective Dr. Dawson]] or [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the Sultan of Agrabah]], voices the FauxAffablyEvil Sheriff of Nottingham.
* RelationshipVoiceActor: In the Norwegian dub of the Disney film, the voice actors of Little John and the Sheriff were brothers.
* ThoseTwoActors: Monica Evans (Maid Marian) and Carole Shelley (Lady Kluck) were also a double act in ''Film/TheOddCouple1968'' (as Cecily and Gwendolyn) and ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' (as the goose sisters Amelia and Abigail).
* {{Uncancelled}}: The 2017 CD/digital release of the soundtrack ushered in the return of the Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection of LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition albums. (At the time, two years had passed since the last Legacy Collection soundtrack, ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''.)
* UncreditedRole: The film only listed the actors playing the main character and key supporting characters; other actors like J. Pat O'Malley (Otto), John Fiedler (Sexton), Barbara Luddy (Sexton's wife), and all the child actors went uncredited.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** If anything, the film would have been a take on the tale of Literature/ReynardTheFox, but instead went to the Myth/RobinHood mythos during production, which would be an interesting case of a DolledUpInstallment, as the Reynard elements have been retained.
** At one point, the animators considering playing with the AnimalStereotypes and make the Sheriff a goat; but, indicative of Disney's DorkAge in UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, director Wolfgang Reitherman rejected it because a wolf was more imposing. Furthermore, Robin Hood was going to have a full cast of Merry Men for the story, but Reitherman shot that down too, because he was too enamoured of the idea of doing a funny animal medieval emulation of ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'' and had just Robin and Little John.
** At some point during early development, one of the proposed settings was in the Old West, with actors Pat Buttram (''Series/TheGeneAutryShow''), Andy Devine (Jingles from ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok''), Ken Curtis (Festus from ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''), and George Lindsey (''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}, Series/TheRifleman'', and ''The Real [=McCoys=]'' before playing Goober), all of whom had notable experience acting in Westerns. Writer Ken Anderson was interested in setting the film in the Deep South to evoke ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'', but concerned executives shot that down; Reitherman thus decided to simply keep the setting in England.
** Friar Tuck was originally conceived as a pig, but the filmmakers feared that the Catholic Church would be insulted. (The Church didn't seem to care [[WesternAnimation/RobinHoodDaffy the last time this was done]], though this could be forgiven as Porky is an established character.)
** In one version of the ending, the Sheriff was in attendance at Robin Hood and Maid Marian's wedding, indicating that he may have [[HeelFaceTurn reformed]] or been pardoned.
** The special edition DVD shows off a reconstruction of an unused ending for the movie, in which [[spoiler:Robin briefly becomes a DudeInDistress following an injury sustained from his fall during the climax: he would be left with Maid Marian at the church while Little John went off to find help. Prince John comes in while Robin is still knocked out, and is prepared to stab Marian to get to Robin, while she is prepared to stand in front of him to defend him. Of course, both are saved by the timely arrival of good King Richard]].
** Another alternate storyline involved Prince John setting another trap for Robin by sending fake love letters to him and Maid Marian so they will meet in Sherwood Forest where his guards will capture them. The letters would have been sent by carrier pigeon, but the pigeon was so fat it had to be catapulted into the air; this later evolved into the character of Orville the albatross in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers''.
** Prince John was originally going to be a tiger, but King Richard "The Lion Hearted" obviously had to be portrayed as a lion, so the tiger idea was dropped. Interestingly, it seems that when they decided to drop this idea, they just removed the stripes from the model sheets of the character, without making further changes. This could explain why he has no mane.
** According to the book ''Mouse Under Glass'', a dark ride based on the film was developed for the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, but it didn't work out. According to Tony Baxter, this is because of the film's lack of atmosphere:
--->"Whether it's a good movie or not is beside the point. It's a movie that's characters, there's no atmosphere in it. I call it 'sticks and stones and rocks and leaves'. First you have the stone walls outside the castle, then the stone walls inside the castle, then the leaves in the forest, that's it. There are no exotic environments, you just have all these scenes with Robin meeting Friar Tuck, then Robin meeting Little John, then Robin meeting Maid Marian. That's when I figured it out: rides are about exotic places, not characters. The best attractions are where you suddenly find yourself in a jewel mine[[note]]As in ''[[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White's Scary Adventures]]''[[/note]] or flying over London[[note]]As in ''[[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Peter Pan's Flight]][[/note]]''."

** Archer, established as twenty years old in his episode, was played by Creator/CliveStanden, who was 26 or 27 at the time.

** ''Thirty''-year-old Joanne Froggatt plays Kate, whose age is never specified, but who is clearly meant to be a young teenager judging by the way she behaves and is treated by other characters.
** Averted with Archer, played by Creator/CliveStanden; both the actor and the character were twenty years old.

** Marian was reportedly killed off at the end of season two when Lucy Griffiths decided to leave the show in order to pursue a career in Hollywood.

** Alan was killed off in the final episode when Joe Armstrong left the series out of frustration with his reduced role.

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** The actress playing Forrest's wife in the second episode of the series had a twin sister who played Beatrice in the second season.