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* WeAllDieSomeday: His catchphrase is: "today is a good day to die", which essentially amounts to: "we're all gonna die someday, it may as well be today." Ironically, [[spoiler:he is one of only two original characters to survive the entirety of the show]].

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* OnlySaneWoman: She's more grounded and sensible than every other outlaw barring [[TeamDad Little John]]. When Allan starts [[TheMole passing on information]] to Guy of Gisborne in Series 2, it's obvious she knows something is up right from the start.



* WomenAreWiser: She's more grounded and sensible than every other male outlaw barring [[TeamDad Little John]]. When Allan starts [[TheMole passing on information]] to Guy of Gisborne in Series 2, it's obvious she knows something is up right from the start.

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* WomenAreWiser: She's more grounded and sensible than every other male outlaw barring [[TeamDad Little John]]. When Allan starts [[TheMole passing on information]] to Guy of Gisborne in Series 2, it's obvious she knows something is up right from the start.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Towards the end of Series 2, Little John complains that the outlaws have gotten so wrapped up in the political machinations of the Sheriff that they aren't helping the poor anymore. The same thing happened in the latter half of Series 3, though it went unremarked upon.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Every single depiction of Tuck up until David Harewood took the role portrayed him as a short, portly, aging man with a shaved tonsure. In comparison, this Tuck is tall, muscular, in his mid-forties, and missing the typical monkish haircut.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Every single depiction of Tuck up until David Harewood took the role portrayed him as a short, portly, aging man with a shaved tonsure. In comparison, this Tuck is tall, muscular, in his mid-forties, and missing the typical monkish haircut.



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* TheSheriff: Well, obviously.


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* TheSheriff: She becomes this at the end of the eighth episodes of the third series, and retains this position until the GrandFinale, when the original Sheriff returns.
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* 11thHourRanger: He is introduced as an adult in the third-to-last episode of the entire series, and joins the team only at the end of the ''second''-to-last episode.

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* 11thHourRanger: EleventhHourRanger: He is introduced as an adult in the third-to-last episode of the entire series, and joins the team only at the end of the ''second''-to-last episode.
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* 11thHourRanger: He is introduced as an adult in the third-to-last episode of the entire series, and joins the team only at the end of the ''second''-to-last episode.

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* OutdoorsyGal: It's not overt, but Marian clearly enjoys horse-riding and fighting to more indoorsy activities. She's seen gardening a couple of times, and practicing combat in the open air. When she joins the outlaws, she has no problems living rough in the forest (her issues are more to do with the way Robin is treating her).

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* OutdoorsyGal: It's not overt, but Marian clearly enjoys prefers horse-riding and fighting to more indoorsy activities. She's seen gardening a couple of times, and practicing combat in the open air. When she joins the outlaws, she has no problems living rough in the forest (her issues are more to do with the way Robin is treating her).


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* TillMurderDoUsPart: She stabs her abusive husband to death, largely in self-defense.
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* OutdoorsyGal: It's not overt, but Marian clearly enjoys horse-riding and fighting to more indoorsy activities. She's seen gardening a couple of times, and practicing combat in the open air. When she joins the outlaws, she has no problems living rough in the forest (her issues are more to do with the way Robin is treating her).
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* CulturalPosturing: Engaged in a little bit of this, notably when the outlaws come across Greek fire. She points out that her people were experimenting with the substance long before the Greeks got in on the act.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Every single depiction of Tuck up until David Harewood took the role portrayed him as a short, portly, aging man with a shaved tonsure. In comparison, this Tuck is tall, muscular, in his mid-forties, and missing the typical monkish haircut.
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* WildHair: By Series 3 especially, by which point it looks like the equivalent of a bird's nest.
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* LaResistance: Together, they are this to Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham's tyrannical rule.
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* NoodleIncident: Across the course of the show's thirty-nine episodes, we never actually how or why John became an outlaw in the first place.

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* NoodleIncident: Across the course of the show's thirty-nine episodes, we never actually discover how or why John became an outlaw in the first place.
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* FatalFlaw: Robin has a desperate need to be ''loved'', while simultaneously being very emotionally reticent. This leads to all sorts of drama with Marian and within the outlaw dynamic, and ultimately [[spoiler:his death]] when he completely mishandles Isabella. He comes on too strong to a woman who [[TheLostLenore looks very much like his late wife]]) but clearly has her own psychological issues. When he realizes a. it's getting too serious, b. he's not ready to move on, and c. she's ''not'' anything like Marian, it sets off DisasterDominos that eventually lead to her [[spoiler:successfully poisoning him]].

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* FatalFlaw: Robin has a desperate need to be ''loved'', while simultaneously being very emotionally reticent. This leads to all sorts of drama with Marian and within the outlaw dynamic, and ultimately [[spoiler:his death]] when he completely mishandles Isabella. He comes on too strong to a woman who [[TheLostLenore looks very much like his late wife]]) wife]], but clearly has her own complex psychological issues. When he realizes a. it's getting too serious, b. he's not ready to move on, on from his wife, and c. she's ''not'' anything like Marian, it sets off DisasterDominos DisasterDominoes that eventually lead to her [[spoiler:successfully poisoning him]].
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* FatalFlaw: Robin has a desperate need to be ''loved'', while simultaneously being very emotionally reticent. This leads to all sorts of drama with Marian and within the outlaw dynamic, and ultimately [[spoiler:his death]] when he completely mishandles Isabella. He comes on too strong to a woman who [[TheLostLenore looks very much like his late wife]]) but clearly has her own psychological issues. When he realizes a. it's getting too serious, b. he's not ready to move on, and c. she's ''not'' anything like Marian, it sets off DisasterDominos that eventually lead to her [[spoiler:successfully poisoning him]].
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* NoodleIncident: Across the course of the show's thirty-nine episodes, we never actually how or why John became an outlaw in the first place.


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* NonActionBigBad: Aside from one brief swordfight, he's a baddie who prefers manipulation to violence, and is more than happy to let others do the dirty work for him.
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* MysteriousPast: We learn very little about where he comes from, save for a few little comments made here and there. According to David Harewood, he was promised "a dark backstory" for his character, but it is never explored on-screen.

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