History YMMV / RobinHoodMenInTights

** For no reason more than slightly-extra silliness, the 12th century fox runs off with a message tied around it's neck to the sound of... a dolphin call?

* SoOkayItsAverage: Generally considered one of Creator/MelBrooks' weakest films and the penultimate sign that his prolific film career was coming to an end. But a weak Mel Brooks movie is [[TropesAreNotBad still a Mel Brooks movie]].

* [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Crowning Music of]]... [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny?]]: The musical switchups during Robin and Little John's staff fight. It gets faster and sillier the shorter their staffs get, then finally turns into a chirpy, cartoonish ditty when they're reduced to smacking each other's knuckles with sticks.

* SoOkayItsAverage: Generally considered one of Creator/MelBrooks' weakest films and the penultimate sign that his prolific film career was coming to an end. But a weak Mel Brooks movie is still a Mel Brooks movie.

* SoOkayItsAverage: Generally considered one of Creator/MelBrooks' weakest films and the earliest sign that his prolific film career was on it's last legs. But then again, a weak Mel Brooks movie is still a Mel Brooks movie.

** Creator/CaryElwes makes fun of [[Creator/KevinCostner Kevin Costner's]] terrible British accent in this film. Later, Elwes famously attempted an American accent in ''Film/{{Saw|I}}'' and failed spectacularly (oddly enough, his fake American accent in ''Film/LiarLiar'' was believable).

* WTHCastingDept: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] with Richard Lewis as Prince John. The whole joke of his character is just how poorly he fits into this story and setting.

* WTHCastingDepartment: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] with Richard Lewis as Prince John. The whole joke of his character is just how poorly he fits into this story and setting.

** Cary Elwes makes fun of [[Creator/KevinCostner Kevin Costner's]] terrible British accent in this film. Later, Elwes famously attempted an American accent in ''Film/{{Saw|I}}'' and failed spectacularly (oddly enough, his fake American accent in ''Film/LiarLiar'' was believable).

* SoOkayItsAverage: Generally considered one of Mel Brooks' weakest films and the earliest sign that his prolific film career was on it's last legs. But then again, a weak Mel Brooks movie is still a Mel Brooks movie.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: 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.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Blinkin runs into what is obviously a fake tree at one point.
** Then again, given that this is a Mel Brooks parody movie, this may very well have been intentional.

** Cary Elwes makes fun of [[Creator/KevinCostner Kevin Costner's]] terrible British accent in this film. Later, Elwes famously attempted an American accent in ''Film/{{Saw|I}}'' and failed spectacularly.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The ''HomeAlone'' parody bit (with the kid running around and shouting) does ''not'' withstand the test of time and just comes off as odd now.

** For some though, this left-field oddness makes the scene even funnier. If nothing else, the boy who plays the Young Lad is fantastic.
** It's HilariousInHindsight if you're a fan of ''[[Film/QuestOfTheDeltaKnights Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. Yep, that's [[Film/QuestOfTheDeltaKnights Tee]].

** The Young Lad. Though his scene is a cheap HomeAlone gag, the young actor's over-the-top performance makes it one of the funniest scenes in the movie.

** It's HilariousInHindsight if you're a fan of ''[[Film/QuestOfTheDeltaKnights Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''.

* 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.
** The Sheriff tried to force Marian into marriage, and later tried to rape her. Yes, he is evil. If anyone, Prince John is a more sympathetic villain; just a dopey man trying to relax and not lose his position of power.

** The Sheriff tried to force Marion into marriage, and later tried to rape her. Yes, he is evil. If anyone, Prince John is a more sympathetic villain; just a dopey man trying to relax and not lose his position of power.

* DontExplainTheJoke: When Robin appoints Ahchoo as the new Sheriff of Rottingham, the townspeople exclaim, “''[[Film/BlazingSaddles A black sheriff?]]''” Ahchoo responds by pointing out, “It worked in ''[[Film/BlazingSaddles Blazing Saddles]]'',” [[ViewersAreMorons just in case you didn’t catch the reference]].

** Cary Elwes makes fun of [[KevinCostner Kevin Costner's]] terrible British accent in this film. Later, Elwes famously attempted an American accent in {{Saw}} and failed spectacularly.

** Don Giovanni as well, who's only seen once, yet leaves a likewise memorable impression as the Sheriff's trusted cohort.

** Don Giovanni as well, who's only seen once, yet leaves a likewise memorable impression as the Sheriff's cohort.

** Rabbi Tuckman, who is one of the most iconic characters of the movie but appears in only two scenes

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The ''HomeAlone'' parody bit (with the kid running around and shouting) doesn't withstand the test of time and just comes off as odd now.

* HilariousInHindsight: This was [[DaveChappelle Dave Chappelle's]] first film. Who would have guessed he would later make a successful and over-referenced gag out of a guy named Lil Jon?