History YMMV / RobinHoodMenInTights

** The ''Film/HomeAlone'' parody bit (with the kid running around and shouting) comes off as odd. Although for some, this left-field oddness makes the scene even funnier. If nothing else, the boy who plays the Young Lad is fantastic, and it also helps that Robin is just as confused as the audience.

** The ''Film/HomeAlone'' parody bit (with the kid running around and shouting) does ''not'' withstand the test of time and just comes off as odd now. Although for some, this left-field oddness makes the scene even funnier. If nothing else, the boy who plays the Young Lad is fantastic, and it also helps that Robin is just as confused as the audience.

** Creator/PatrickStewart as [[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart Richard the Lionhearted]].

** Tony Blinken being chosen as Joe Biden's Secretary of State naturally resulted in a ton of references to the film, especially "Did you say Abe Lincoln?". Not helping the fact that this Blinken is Jewish (Achoo?).

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: The Sheriff of Rottingham's tendency to scramble words around as he says them could be a case of mild form of aphasia, a language disorder where one has trouble vocalizing their words despite having full knowledge of what they are trying to say.
-->'''Sheriff:''' He deered to kill the King's dare.

** During the sene where the Achoo, Blinkin, John, and Will “fox” the rest of the Merry Men, using [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox 12th-Century Fox]] services [[note]] the Alfred Newman Fanfare even plays briefly [[/note]], the Fox itself is named [[Franchise/MickeyMouse Mickey]]. This takes on a whole new meaning 25 years later when Disney buys out Fox Studios.

** During the sene where the Achoo, Blinkin, John, and Will “fox” the rest of the Merry Men, using [[TwentiethCenturyStudios 12th Century Fox]] service [[note]] the Alfred Newman Fanfare even plays briefly [[/note]], the fox’s is named [[Franchise/MickeyMouse Mickey]]. This takes on a whole new meaning 25 years later when Disney buys out Fox Studios.

** This was Creator/DaveChappelle's first film. Who would have guessed he would later make a successful and over-referenced gag out of a guy named Creator/LilJon?

** Maid Marion uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny8-G8EoWOw The Clapper]] to turn on the lights in one scene. This was an invention in the late 80s / early 90s where you could turn lights on and off with a clap. Except ''any'' noise would set it off, leading to a lot of consternation on consumers' parts.

** This was Creator/DaveChappelle's first film. Who would have guessed he would later make a successful and over-referenced gag out of a guy named Lil Jon?
** Will Scarlett O'Hara is played by Creator/MatthewPorretta, who ''played'' Robin Hood later on in a TV series. [[note]]Which was riding on the popularity of Kevin Sorbo's ''Hercules'' series at the time, rather than any Robin Hood property. There was also a ''Sinbad'' series then.[[/note]] They replaced him in the role long before it was discontinued.

** Creator/DaveChappelle appears in his first role.

** For starters, the film owes its whole existence to the pop culture behemoth that was 1990's ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''; if you're not familiar with that film, a fair bit of the humour in this film loses its punch.

** During the training montage, pantyhose are passed out in plastic eggs. L'eggs, a prominent stocking company, used packages exactly like this during that era.
** Robin's Patriot Arrow is a reference to Patriot Missiles, used in the first Gulf War (To be fair, they are still in use in the 2010s, thought the technology has been updated since then and their visiblity as a weapons system has gone down since then because they were a high-profile piece of tech in the Gulf War and not regularly talked about in the press afterwards).

* WeirdAlEffect: With how many other Robin Hood movies there have been before and since, it can be easy to forget this movie was specifically a parody of then-recent ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''. While ''Prince of Thieves'' still enjoys a good reputation, it can get lost in the sea of other Robin Hood media, while ''Men in Tights'' is widely known by virtue of being "the comedy Robin Hood", a title that so far no other adaptation has challenged.

** Need to reach the villagers in a hurry? Fox them! A reference to fax machines, which were cutting-edge technology at the time.* WeirdAlEffect: With how many other Robin Hood movies there have been before and since, it can be easy to forget this movie was specifically a parody of then-recent ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''. While ''Prince of Thieves'' still enjoys a good reputation, it can get lost in the sea of other Robin Hood media, while ''Men in Tights'' is widely known by virtue of being "the comedy Robin Hood", a title that so far no other adaptation has challenged.

* TimeMarchesOn: Between the fact that fax machines have been supplanted by scanners and email and Disney buying out 20th Century Fox and renaming it 20th Century Studios, the "fox em" joke is starting to age.
* UglyCute: Latrine.
* WeirdAlEffect: With how many other Robin Hood movies there have been before and since, it can be easy to forget this movie was specifically a parody of then-recent ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''. While ''Prince of Thieves'' still enjoys a good reputation, it can get lost in the sea of other Robin Hood media, while ''Men in Tights'' is widely known by virtue of being "the comedy Robin Hood", a title that so far no other adaptation has challenged.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was the Sheriff all that bad? Was Robin Hood such a hero? Robin can seem like a real GoodIsNotNice hero several times through the movie, while the Sheriff is something of a PunchClockVillain just doing his job - at least until he tries to rape Maid Marian at the end.

** Will Scarlett O'Hara is played by Matthew Porreta, who ''played'' Robin Hood later on in a TV series. [[note]]Which was riding on the popularity of Kevin Sorbo's ''Hercules'' series at the time, rather than any Robin Hood property. There was also a ''Sinbad'' series then.[[/note]] They replaced him in the role long before it was discontinued.

** The ''Film/HomeAlone'' parody bit (with the kid running around and shouting) does ''not'' withstand the test of time and just comes off as odd now. Although for some, this left-field oddness makes the scene even funnier. If nothing else, the boy who plays the Young Lad is fantastic. It also helps that Robin is just as confused as the audience.

* TimeMarchesOn: Between the fact that fax machines have been supplanted by scanners and email and Disney buying out 20th Century Fox and renaming it 20th Century, the "fox em" joke is starting to age.