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* CannotSpitItOut: Robyn to Will Scarlet, which ends up being a big source of regret for her after [[spoiler:Will dies. Twice.]]




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* WouldHitAGirl: Well, for Cal it's "would brutally beat, gang-rape and cut out a girl's eye for no other reason than he wanted to". In another scene he's seen beating and torturing a prostitute before his father interrupts him and rescues her (not out of any sense of kindness, but because she was seen entering their house and if she disappeared afterwards there would be trouble for the family).
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* KarmicDeath: In ''Van Helsing vs the League of Monsters'', a vampire is overheard laughing about one of his victims, who, believing that the vampire would sire him, brought him "pretty much his entire family". The vampire cackles that he ate the guy first, after thanking him for "basically doing [his] meal prep for the next six months".

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The comic appears to take place in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, as the [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:ph%27nglui_mglw%27nafh_Cthulhu_R%27lyeh_wgah%27nagl_fhtagn Chtulu chant]] is used by several characters to perform magic.



* AbusiveParents: Robyn's adoptive father, [[spoiler:Guy of Gisbourne's mother]].



* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: [[spoiler:Guy of Gisbourne's mother has his horse killed and forces him to wear the skin as a cloak.]]
** In another issue, a young woman is shown neglecting and abusing a cat right before [[KarmicDeath she gets munched by a bunch of werewolves]]. Robyn and Marian end up taking this cat in, and he lives a much better life with them.



* TheCorpseStopsHere: ''Outlaw'' starts with Robyn returning home to find her apartment broken into and Captain Gingrich wounded and dying in her bathroom. Robyn is cradling Gingrich and trying to summon help when the police arrive; having been sent by Gingrich's real killer to catch Robyn in a compromising position.
* CowboyCop: Robyn comes out of the ongoing series as somewhat friendly with Gingrich, a captain in the NYPD, and occasionally consults on supernatural cases. As a direct result, as we find out in Liesel Van Helsing's book, "pulling a Locksley" has become a slang phrase in the NYPD for "completely ignoring orders and jumping headfirst into danger."
* CripplingTheCompetition: After raping her, Cal King cuts out Robyn's left eye to destroy her ability as an archer.

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* TheCorpseStopsHere: ''Outlaw'' starts with Robyn returning home to find her apartment broken into and Captain Gingrich Gengrich wounded and apparently dying in her bathroom. Robyn is cradling Gingrich Gengrich and trying to summon help when the police arrive; having been sent by Gingrich's real killer attacker to catch Robyn in a compromising position.
* CowboyCop: Robyn comes out of the ongoing series as somewhat friendly with Gingrich, Julia Gengrich, a captain in the NYPD, and occasionally consults on supernatural cases. As a direct result, as we find out in Liesel Van Helsing's book, "pulling a Locksley" has become a slang phrase in the NYPD for "completely ignoring orders and jumping headfirst into danger."
* CripplingTheCompetition: After raping her, Cal King cuts out Robyn's left eye to destroy her ability as an archer.
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* EyeScream: After Cal and his cronies gang-rape Robyn, one of his friends says they can't stand how she's staring at them. Cal scoffs before casually leaning down and cutting out one of Robyn's eyes with a piece of glass.



* FrameUp: In ''I Love NY'', the mysterious BigBad frames Robyn for the murder of a columnist who had been very vocal is his criticism of her.

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* FrameUp: In ''I Love NY'', the mysterious BigBad frames Robyn for the murder of a columnist who had been very vocal is in his criticism of her.her.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Guy of Gisbourne used to be a sweet kid who loved his horse, but his mother was obsessed with honor and forcing him into becoming a knight. To achieve this, she would physically and mentally abuse him, which has caused him to warp into the {{jerkass}} he is at the time of the comics' taking place.]]



* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nick does this by throwing himself at Death (yes, the Horseman of the Apocalypse) in an attempt to rescue Robyn. It works, and he is finally permitted to die (see WhoWantsToLiveForever below).]]



* ImportantHaircut: Once they're back from Myst, Robyn gives Marian one of these. Marian panics a bit at first, but after seeing the results, she is ecstatic.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Cal brags about having stabbed a gay classmate in the stomach and then forcing him to lie to the authorities it was a suicide attempt instead.



* RapeAndRevenge: Robyn extracts vengeance on Cal King and all those she holds responsible for her rape when she first returns from Myst.

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* RapeAndRevenge: Robyn extracts vengeance on Cal King and all those she holds responsible for her rape when she first returns from Myst. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Guy of Gisbourne and Avella manage to rescue a very badly burnt Cal from the fire Robyn left him to die in. This winds up backfiring ''massively'' on them when Cal proves to be a bigger monster than they had anticipated and turns on ''them''.]]



* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Realising that Robyn is suffering some serious psychological trauma, Brittany--who used to be a therapist herself--gives her a recommendation to a therapist. Although initially skeptical, Robyn does attend a session. When he offers to continue seeing her despite their first session being attacked by a monster, Robyn realises he is serious about helping her. She continues seeing him, and admits that it is helping her.

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Realising that Robyn is suffering some serious psychological trauma, Brittany--who used to be a therapist herself--gives her a recommendation to a therapist. Although initially skeptical, Robyn does attend a session. When he offers to continue seeing her despite their first session being attacked by a monster, Robyn realises he is serious about helping her. She continues seeing him, and admits that it is helping her. [[spoiler:It gets him killed by the Cabal, to Robyn's horror.]]


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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Nick, also known as the Rotter, who ran afoul of a very powerful magical being and was cursed to never age or die while his body slowly rots away.
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The family is not without its own problems and one day Robyn comes home to find her adoptive mother dead (likely at the hands of her adoptive father, though this is not identified explicitly). She is put into foster care and bounces around the system until she ends up in a normal high school. By this point in her life she has made a point of standing up to those that use power to intimidate or the corrupt and in so doing she confronts Cal King, the most popular guy in school, who is partially so because his father runs the town. She steals his car and and races away but she is eventually caught and he takes ugly revenge on her by raping her and cutting out her left eye. Meanwhile a group of people in Myst desire a protector, and eventually using magic they reach out to her and pull her into Myst.

In Myst, Robyn meets an undead woman who tells her that she will become what the people of the land require. She journeys through the kingdom of King John and discovers a wide range of poverty and despair. She begins to live off the land and after some time is confronted by Little John. She also soon meets his companions who become her group of Merry Men. They train for a while before deciding on a campaign of revenge, retribution and revolution against the evil King. She is captured after taking part in a contest but escapes and manages to kill the King, thus freeing the people from his tyrannical rule. She talks with a woman named Marian who directs her to a portal back to Earth.

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The Sadly, the family is not without its own problems problems. Robyn's adoptive father is a deadbeat drug dealer who abuses both her and one day her adoptive mother, including forcing a very young Robyn to do drug deals for him. Robyn's mother is also gravely ill, and Robyn eventually turns to petty theft in order to pay for her mother's medication. After her mother loses her job, she and Robyn are unceremoniously kicked out of the house by her father. A few years after this, Robyn comes home one day only to find discover that her adoptive mother dead (likely at the hands of has succumbed to her adoptive father, though this is not identified explicitly).illness. She is put into foster care and bounces around the system until she ends up in a normal high school. By this point in her life she life, Robyn has made a point of standing up to those that use power to intimidate or the corrupt and in so doing she confronts makes herself an enemy to Cal King, the most popular guy in school, who is partially so because his a sociopathic spoiled brat whose father runs the town. She Robyn steals his car in attempt to teach him a lesson, but Cal and his friends chase her down, forcing her to crash her car, and races away but she is eventually caught then proceed to brutally beat and he takes ugly revenge on gang-rape her by raping her and cutting out before Cal cuts her left eye. Meanwhile eye out. Meanwhile, a group of people in Myst desire a protector, and eventually using magic they reach out to her and pull her into Myst.

In Myst, Robyn meets an undead is greeted by a mysterious woman who tells her that she will become what the people of the land require.require, but the woman is murdered before she is able to elaborate. She journeys through the kingdom of King John and discovers a wide range of poverty and despair. She begins to live off the land and after some time is confronted by Little John. She also soon meets his companions who become her group of Merry Men. They train for a while before deciding on a campaign of revenge, retribution and revolution against the evil King. She is captured after taking part in a contest but escapes and manages to kill the King, thus freeing the people from his tyrannical rule. She talks with a woman named Marian who directs her to a portal back to Earth.
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Robyn returns to find the man that raped her, first killing his two best friends and then seemingly killing his father before confronting him. He shocks her by revealing that he had even forgotten who she was and that him raping her was not even worth remembering. She drags him outside and kills him as well. When leaving she confronts two police officers and attacks them, but realizes although they were complicit in her rape that they are not exactly guilty either. Instead she gets them to call the sheriff in for backup who was partially responsible for a lack of justice in her case. She kills him and then leaves, though it is revealed that the father did not die. She travels to New York City and steals from a bank on Wall Street and throws the money in the air before leaving to discover herself after she realizes that her campaign of revenge has not left her satisfied.

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Robyn returns to find the man that raped her, first killing his two best friends and then seemingly killing his father before confronting him. He shocks her by revealing that [[ButForMeItWasTuesday he had even forgotten who she was and that him raping her was not even worth remembering. remembering.]] She drags him outside and kills him as well. When leaving she confronts two police officers and attacks them, but realizes although they were complicit in her rape that they are not exactly guilty either. Instead she gets them to call the sheriff in for backup who was partially responsible for a lack of justice in her case. She kills him and then leaves, though it is revealed that the father did not die. She travels to New York City and steals from a bank on Wall Street and throws the money in the air before leaving to discover herself after she realizes that her campaign of revenge has not left her satisfied.

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* TakenForGranite: In ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales Photoshoot Special 2016'', Robyn fights fights a villainess called Madame Medusa, who uses a gorgon's eye to petrify actresses and models and turn them into [[WaxMuseumMorgue exhibits for her private gallery]]. She tries to do this to Robyn.



* WaxMuseumMorgue: In ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales Photoshoot Special 2016'', Robyn fights fights a villainess called Madame Medusa, who uses a gorgon's eye to petrify actresses and models and turn them into exhibits for her private gallery. She tries to do this to Robyn.

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* WaxMuseumMorgue: In ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales Photoshoot Special 2016'', Robyn fights fights a villainess called Madame Medusa, who uses a gorgon's eye to [[TakenForGranite petrify actresses and models models]] and turn them into exhibits for her private gallery. She tries to do this to Robyn.

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* ''Robyn Hood'' (limited series, 2012)
* ''Robyn Hood: Wanted'' (2013)
* ''Robyn Hood: Legend'' (2014)

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* ''Robyn Hood'' (limited series, (5 issues, 2012)
* ''Robyn Hood: Wanted'' (2013)
(5 issues, 2013)
* ''Realm Knights'' (4 issues, 2013)
* ''Robyn Hood: Legend'' (2014)(5 issues, 2014)
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* ShootTheRope: In ''Vigilante'' #1, Robyn is escaping from her former allies in the Underground in the Peacock's banquet hall. She shoots the rope holding up the ornate chandelier, [[FallingChandelier sending the chandelier plunging down on top of her pursuers]].

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* ''Robyn Hood: Outlaw'' (2019)

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* ''Robyn Hood: Outlaw'' (2019)
(6 issues, 2019)
* ''Robyn Hood: Vigilante'' (6 issues, 2019)
* ''Van Helsing vs. the League of Monsters'' (6 issues, 2020)
* ''Robyn Hood: Justice'' (6 issues, 2020)


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* FallingChandelierOfDoom: In ''Vigilante'' #1, Robyn is escaping from her former allies in the Underground in the Peacock's banquet hall. She [[ShootTheRope shoots the rope]] holding up the ornate chandelier, sending plunging down on top of her pursuers.


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* PineappleSurprise: in ''Vigilante'' #2, Robyn shoots an arrow that punctures one of the tear gass grenades on the SWAT cop who is tryying to arrest her; causing it to detonate.
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* ICallItVera: Robyn's magical bow is named Scarlett, after Will Scarlett: her LoveInterest who died helping her to liberate the magical land of Myst.
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* MasterArcher: Robyn is generally acknowledged as being the greatest archer in the world; able to effortlessly match the feats of legendary archers. None of the other heroes doubt her abilities to take on monsters, demons and other supernatural entities armed only with a bow and arrows.
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* PersonAsVerb: Because of Robyn's habit of impetuously throwing herself into dangerous situations, the NYPD know refer to charging into danger with a plan or backup as "doing a Locksley".

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* PersonAsVerb: Because of Robyn's habit of impetuously throwing herself into dangerous situations, "pulling a Locksley" has become a slang phrase in the NYPD know refer to charging for "completely ignoring orders and jumping headfirst into danger with a plan or backup as "doing a Locksley".danger."
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* PersonAsVerb: Because of Robyn's habit of impetuously throwing herself into dangerous situations, the NYPD know refer to charging into danger with a plan or backup as "doing a Locksley".
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* HijackedDestiny: [[spoiler: Robyn has her status as the prophesied "Child of Darkness" stolen by another archer, thanks to a ritual and a drop of our heroine's blood. Normally, this would be a relieve for Robyn, since then she would avoid getting constantly harassed by members of the Dark Horde that want her to turn to evil, and bring their organization to a complete dominion of the Five Realms. That, and get rid of all the guilt that knowledge brings to her. The problem is, the woman that has done this is definitely evil, is totally on board with making said prophecy true, and has a personal vendetta against Robyn. Planning to harm many of her loved ones along the way. She manages to beat the pretender by the end of the story, but is left unclear if the ritual has been undone.]]

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* HumanSacrifice: In ''The Curse'' #5, the BigBad performs an Aztec human sacrifice by the cutting the heart of his living victim, atop his new skyscraper (which is shaped like a pyramid) to open the gate between worlds and summon Quetzalcoatl

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* HumanSacrifice: In ''The Curse'' #5, the BigBad performs an Aztec human sacrifice by the cutting the heart of his living victim, atop his new skyscraper (which is shaped like a pyramid) to open the gate between worlds and summon QuetzalcoatlQuetzalcoatl.
* HungryJungle: TheAlcatraz Robyn is imprisoned in in ''The Hunt'' is a DeadlyEnvironmentPrison surrounded by a hungry jungle.
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* DeadlyEnviornmentPrison: The interdimensional prison Robyn is sent to in ''The Hunt'' is located on a FloatingIsland and surrounded by a HungryJungle.

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* DeadlyEnviornmentPrison: DeadlyEnvironmentPrison: The interdimensional prison Robyn is sent to in ''The Hunt'' is located on a FloatingIsland and surrounded by a HungryJungle.
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* DeadlyEnviornmentPrison: The interdimensional prison Robyn is sent to in ''The Hunt'' is located on a FloatingIsland and surrounded by a HungryJungle.
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* InTheHood: Robyn's outfit includes a green hood.
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* SuperHumanTrafficking: In ''I Love NY'', Natalya runs a slavery ring that captures Eastern European Highborns and smuggles them into the US were they are sold as sex slaves.

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* SuperHumanTrafficking: In ''I Love NY'', Natalya runs a slavery ring that captures Eastern European Highborns and smuggles them into the US were where they are sold as sex slaves.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Realising that Robyn is suffering some serious psychological trauma, Brittany - who used to be a therapist herself - gives her a recommendation to a therapist. Although initially skeptical, Robyn does attend a session. When he offers to continue seeing her despite their first session being attacked by a monster, Robyn realises he is serious about helping her. She continues seeing him, and admits that it is helping her.

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Realising that Robyn is suffering some serious psychological trauma, Brittany - who Brittany--who used to be a therapist herself - gives herself--gives her a recommendation to a therapist. Although initially skeptical, Robyn does attend a session. When he offers to continue seeing her despite their first session being attacked by a monster, Robyn realises he is serious about helping her. She continues seeing him, and admits that it is helping her.
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* UndergroundCity: In ''Outlaw'', Tatter introduces the on-the-run Robyn to a hidden undercity beneath New York tat is home to various supernatural creatures and other outcasts.
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* BareYourMidriff: Robyn's camo top leaves her impressively ripped abdomen bare.
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* ScopeSnipe: Robyn does this to a police sniper in ''Outlaw'' #1: non-fatally putting an arrow into his scope to spoil his shot, ruin his gun, and serve as a very effective warning.

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* ''Robyn Hood: Outlaw'' (2019)


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* TheCorpseStopsHere: ''Outlaw'' starts with Robyn returning home to find her apartment broken into and Captain Gingrich wounded and dying in her bathroom. Robyn is cradling Gingrich and trying to summon help when the police arrive; having been sent by Gingrich's real killer to catch Robyn in a compromising position.
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* BloodMagic: The BigBad in ''The Curse'' is a {{Mayincatec}} sorcerer who works his spells through the use of blood magic.


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* {{Mayincatec}}: In ''The Curse'', the BigBad is an Aztec sorcerer using a newly constructed pyramidal skyscraper as a temple to summon the Aztec gods through BloodMagic and HumanSacrifice.
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* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Robyn has no problems in using a bow (albeit a modern compound bow) against modern criminals armed with automatic weapons. She's just that good. (Of course, it helps that there is a mystical component to her skill.) However, many of her foes use magic, which tends to level the playing field somewhat.
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* ArcherArchetype: Robyn has trouble following orders, and even trouble asking for help. As a result she tends to operate as a lone wolf character
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* TearsOfBlood: In ''The Curse'' #6, Marian cries tears of blood when she pushes her magical abilities to the limit casting a spell to banish the two gods to the other side of the universe.
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* CivvieSpandex: Robyn wears an outfit that is identifiably a costume, but which looks like it could be put together in a sporting and hunting goods store (with maybe a little extra work with scissors and thread).

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