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[[caption-width-right:300:"How jolly can you get?"]]

"Robin Hood Daffy" is a 1958 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' Animated Short starring WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck which, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title implies]], casts the acerbic-but-always-lovable fowl in the role of the legendary bandit Myth/RobinHood. The plot involves Daffy's [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption inevitably inept]] attempts to prove his identity to an aloof friar (played by WesternAnimation/PorkyPig), by stealing a bag of gold from a wealthy traveller.

Not to be confused with another Looney Tunes short "WesternAnimation/RabbitHood" (1949), which stars Bugs Bunny, also directed for Creator/WarnerBros by the legendary Creator/ChuckJones. This is notable as the last Daffy Duck solo cartoon he directed for the original Warner Bros. studio.
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!!"TROPES! And awaaaaaayyyyyy!"

* ActuallyIAmHim:
-->'''Daffy''': Look no further, good friar, for I am he whomst thou seekest! I am Robin Hood!\\
'''Porky''': C-C-C-Cut it out, now, I-I-I'm serious. If you don't know where he is, just say so.\\
'''Daffy:''' But honest and truly, I '''am''' Robin Hood! ''[[[WatchOutForThatTree runs smack into a tree]]]''\\
'''Porky:''' Yeah. [[SarcasmMode Suuuuuuure you are.]]
* AmusingInjuries: Daffy crashing into the trees and rock, taking a staff to the beak, falling in water, being flattened by a drawbridge.
* AsideGlance: Porky gives an annoyed glance to the side when Daffy's stunt of repeatedly [[WatchOutForThatTree slamming into a tree while swinging through the forest]] [[OverlyLongGag has gotten too drawn-out]].
* ButtMonkey: Exaggerated with Daffy!
* CallingYourAttacks: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cuihrjLNAo Ho! Ha ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! THRUST!]]" ''(Beak Snap!)''
-->'''Daffy:''' Hmm, let's see now. Something amiss here... Hmph... I'll run through it. Ho, Ha ha, Guard, Turn, Parry, Dodge, Spin, Ha, Thrust! ''(Beak Snap!)'' Got it! ''(unsnaps beak)'' Now, then... Ho! Ha ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! ''(Porky takes a stick to Daffy's quarterstaff to make him spin and fall in the water.)''
* CarryABigStick: Daffy's trusty quarterstaff.
-->'''Daffy''': [[AsideGlance Actually, it's a buck and a quarter quarterstaff, but I'm not telling]] ''[[AsideGlance him]]'' [[AsideGlance that]].
* ContagiousLaughter: Daffy doesn't like Porky laughing at him, but eventually even he has to admit it's ActuallyPrettyFunny. At least until Porky climbs into his arms during their mutual giggle fit.
-->'''Daffy''': Oh, knock it off. How jolly can ya get?
* DeadpanSnarker: Both Daffy and Porky, really. Just look at this exchange:
** Friar Porky, after one of Daffy's failed attempts to steal the gold.
--->Oh, I don't know '''how''' I ever could have doubted you; shall we spend the gold all in one place?
** Daffy. This is his response to Porky's line:
--->Ho ho, very funny. Ha ha. It is to laugh.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: As a last resort, Daffy stands in front of a drawbridge to stop it from lowering. Big mistake.
* FailedASpotCheck: There are quite a few of the WantedPoster for Daffy in the forest, and yet Porky somehow manages to miss them all, as evidenced by his lack of any signs of recognition upon his initial meeting with Daffy.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: It's WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck. This is [[ForegoneConclusion not a spoiler, people]].
* HopeSpot: One attempt has Daffy try to swing down and swipe the traveller's gold only to be foiled by several trees. Daffy cuts the trees down, then swings away with a triumphant look only to splat against a rock.
* HugeRiderTinyMount: The wealthy traveller and his teeny tiny donkey.
* IAmSong: Daffy's little ditty that opens the cartoon.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Daffy in the last scene.
-->Never mind joining ''me'', I'll join ''you''. Shake hands with Friar Duck.
* MusicalisInterruptus: Daffy does this to himself by mistake during his intro song, while he sings about [[TemptingFate "tripping along merrily"]], he manages to trip down a slope and into a pond, interrupting his song. He manages to finish the line once he pops back up out of the water.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Daffy tries to kill the traveller with a giant spear. Not only does he miss, the spear actually ''helps'' the traveller by forming a bridge over a gully in his path.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Failing miserably to stop the traveller only convinces Porky that he isn't Robin Hood.
-->'''Porky:''' I'm sorry, but I can't join you. I'm convinced you're just ''not'' Robin Hood.\\
'''Daffy:''' [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Never mind joining me, I'll join you. Shake hands with Friar Duck.]]
* OverlyLongGag: [[WatchOutForThatTree Yoiks... and away! *CRASH*]] Repeat.
* RoadRunnerVsCoyote: Daffy and the traveller. Humorously, the traveller never seems to be aware of Daffy's exploits nor even his presence.
* RobinHoodlum: Daffy makes for a REALLY sucky Robin Hood.
* RuleOfThree: Daffy's beak. (It becomes "four" if you count the first time when he smacks himself in the face, but the beak snaps up three times on its own.
* RunningGag: The aforementioned upsnapping beak.
* ShadowOfImpendingDoom: As the boulder Daffy tied the rope to falls towards him.
-->'''Porky:''' I'm s-s-sorry, clown. I-I enjoy your hijinks, but I-I r-r-really mustn't tarry longer.\\
'''Daffy:''' Oh, no...\\
* WHAM!*\\
''(Porky walks away)''[[note]]'''Daffy:''' COME BACK HERE![[/note]]
* SplittingTheArrow: The opening credits have an arrow flying into the centre of a target, followed by a series of arrows each flying into the end of the one before it. The camera pulls back to reveal that Daffy is firing each arrow from less than an inch away.
* SquashedFlat: Daffy when he stands in front of a drawbridge. After it is raised back, he rolls up like a window shade.
* SwappedRoles: The two characters have more or less come full reverse from [[CharacterizationMarchesOn how they]] [[WesternAnimation/PorkysDuckHunt originally started]], here ''Porky'' is the cheerful heckler to ''Daffy'' acting as the frustrated ButtMonkey.
* WantedPoster: Daffy has several of them at the beginning. [[FailedASpotCheck Somehow Porky missed all of them and fails to recognize Robin Hood.]]
* WatchOutForThatTree:
** Daffy swings alongside Porky while trying to convince Porky he really IS Robin Hood, only to slam back-first into a tree.
** Daffy, in his first attempt to prove to Porky that he really IS Robin Hood, tries to fire an arrow, only to somehow end up launching ''himself'' instead of the arrow... with his body missing the traveler and planting himself into a tree ahead. The next scene where he and Porky talk to each other shows him somehow managing to uproot the tree while his body is still lodged in it.
--->'''Friar Porky''': [[DeadpanSnarker Oh, I don't know]] '''[[DeadpanSnarker how]]''' [[DeadpanSnarker I ever could have doubted you. Shall we spend the gold all in one place]]?\\
'''Daffy''': [[SnarkToSnarkCombat Ho ho, very funny. Ha ha. It is to laugh]].
** While trying to dramatically swing through the forest, Daffy [[OverlyLongGag seems to hit every tree in the way]].
--->'''Daffy:''' "Yoiks... and away!" *CRASH* "Yoiks... and... away!" *CRASH* "Yoeeks...and...uhhwaaay" *CRASH*
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Daffy slips into this when announcing "[[ActuallyIAmHim I am he for whomst thou seekest]]".
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