History Series / RobinOfSherwood

* AllMythsAreTrue: Primarily a weird mix of Myth/CelticMythology and Christian folklore. There are also episodes drawing from Myth/NorseMythology and Myth/ArthurianLegend, with another episode [[CrossOver featuring]] another legendary English outlaw named Adam Bell.

* BathtubBonding: PlayedForLaughs in "Alan-a-Dale," when the Sheriff and Gisburne share a bathtub - and yell at each other the whole time.

A 1980s television retelling of the RobinHood legend, with a large dose of Celtic mysticism. In this version, Robin is TheChosenOne, the spiritual son of pagan forest-god Herne the Hunter. Notable for being the first version to get away from the green-tights-and-hat-with-a-feather image in favour of something a band of 12th century outlaws might actually wear, for introducing the idea of a Saracen outlaw which was copied by later adaptations, and for portraying [[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart King Richard]] as just as bad as Prince John.

%%* BarBrawl: A couple of times.

%%* BoisterousBruiser: King Richard.

%%* TheButcher: Philip Mark, the Butcher of Lincolnshire.
%%* CatapultNightmare: Little John has one of these when he dreams of Meg being killed in "Cromm Cruac".

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: of a sort. Robert of Huntington's evil uncle Edgar frames his brother for contracting a witch to cast a spell on the king, picking Mad Mab, a crazy lady who tends pigs out in the woods as someone people would easily believe to be a witch. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode, his scheme having been revealed, Lord Edgar flees on horseback and it cuts back to Mab, who ''casts a spell to kill Edgar, then calmly casts another one to open the locked cell door'']]

* YouGotSpunk: Owen of Clun does the creepy version of this to Marion after he forcibly kisses her and she punches him (not a slap, a full punch) in the face.

** TheChick: Lady Marion (also an ActionGirl) or Much (who's [[TheLoad mostly useless]] until the third series).

* DudeNotFunny: In "The Time of the Wolf" one of Gulnar's warriors, who worship the mythical Norse wolf Fenris as a god, jokes that the stores of food in the abbey they've seized "should keep the [[{{Pun}} wolf]] from the door". The other men burst out laughing but stop abruptly when they see the DeathGlare Gulnar gives them. Apparently even an evil sorcerer and leader of a murder cult won't tolerate blasphemy.

* RodentCellmates: A recurring character, a nameless prisoner in the dungeon at Nottingham Castle, has gone completely insane down there and refuses to leave, claiming that he can't abandon his pet rat "Arthur". (It is implied that "Arthur" may simply be whichever rat happens to be nearest to him.) The character was originally intended to only appear in one episode, but the actor's performance was so funny that he was brought back every so often as a RunningGag.

* BarBrawl: A couple of times.

* BoisterousBruiser: King Richard.

* TheButcher: Philip Mark, the Butcher of Lincolnshire.
* CatapultNightmare: Little John has one of these when he dreams of Meg being killed in "Cromm Cruac".
* {{Cernunnos}}: The Horned God, also known as Herne the Hunter, is a cernunnos. He was a patron god of nature, and one of his rituals was the Wild Hunt. Robin sometimes experiences visions and messages from Herne, who seems to approve of the outlaws.

* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: in the two-part final episode "The Time of the Wolf", Gisburne, captured by the murderous wolf cultists, accepts their invitation to join them because he's finally fed up with being the Sheriff's flunky (the last straw was when the Sheriff tried to blame Gisburne for a failure of his own, which would get him executed). Later they capture the Sheriff as well, and eventually tell Gisburne to kill him. He [[spoiler:fails the test not because he's unwilling to kill the Sheriff but because [[EvenEvilHasStandards he insists on doing it cleanly with a sword rather than butchering him with a dagger]]. In the end they both escape and are reconciled]].
-->He joins them because he's being hunted down and has nowhere else to go. He's given the option of joining or dying, he accepts joining but is visibly scared and disgusted. The moment he refuses to kill De Rainault with the dagger, the order to kill him is immediately issued, making it clear having an opinion is not an option.

* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: in the two-part final episode "The Time of the Wolf", Gisburne, captured by the murderous wolf cultists, accepts their invitation to join them because he's finally fed up with being the Sheriff's flunky (the last straw was when the Sheriff tried to blame Gisburne for a failure of his own, which would get him executed). Later they capture the Sheriff as well, and eventually tell Gisburne to kill him. He [[spoiler:fails the test not because he's unwilling to kill the Sheriff but because [[EvenEvilHasStandards he insists on doing it cleanly with a sword rather than butchering him with an axe]]. In the end they both escape and are reconciled]].

-->He joins them because he's being hunted down and has nowhere else to go. He's given the option of joyning or dying, he accepts joining but is visibly scared and disgusted. The moment he refuses to kill De Rainault with the dagger, the order to kill him is immediately issued, making it clear having an opinion is not an option.

* HypnotizeThePrincess: Gulnar does this to Marion in "Herne's Son".

* AllMythsAreTrue: Primarily a weird mix of Myth/CelticMythology and Christian folklore. There are also episodes drawing from Myth/NorseMythology and [[KingArthur Arthurian legend]], with another episode [[CrossOver featuring]] another legendary English outlaw named Adam Bell.

* IronicName: The elderly protector of [[KingArthur Caerleon and the Round Table]] is a man called Lord Agrivaine, said to be the latest in a long line of Agrivaines dating back to the time of Camelot. Anyone who knows their Arthurian mythology will know that the original Agrivaine would have been the ''last'' person willing to guard the Round Table.

* KingArthur: Pops in for a brief cameo at the end of "The Inheritance", which centres around his original Round Table.