History Recap / RobinHoodS03E13SomethingWorthFightingForPartTwo

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Kate sneaks herself out of the besieged castle, intending to find King Richard's camp and promising that she'll be "back with an army". Turns out that Richard is currently being held hostage in Austria, and on returning to Nottingham to share this news with the outlaws, she's captured by the Sheriff's men and [[DistressedDamsel held hostage]] for the umpteenth time.

* OutOfFocus: After an entire season of being a one-woman SpotlightStealingSquad, Kate (in what is perhaps a concession to how deeply unpopular she was as a character) is wisely kept on the margins of this episode, spending a significant chunk of it off-screen in her failed attempt to bring King Richard's troops to the battle. She gets little dialogue, manages at least ''one'' more stint as a DistressedDamsel, is the only outlaw not to get an overt BigDamnHeroes moment, and is treated as little more than an afterthought by Robin, who isn't that concerned on learning she's sneaked out of the castle.

* TakeUpMySword: As Robin says to Archer before his death:
-->'''Robin''': You make sure this doesn't finish it. Because this is where you belong. And these men are your brothers now.

* TitleDrop: Robin uses the words "something worth fighting for" in his RousingSpeech to the people of Nottingham.

* TogetherInDeath: Robin and Marian

* DueToTheDead: The outlaws cremate Allan's body. {{Subverted}} with Guy, as they simply don't have time to remove his body from the castle before making their escape.

* MoodWhiplash: The outlaws going from exuberantly celebrating their victory to learning about Robin's imminent death within the space of a few seconds.

* TragicHero: Robin, whose FatalFlaw was [[EvilIsNotAToy underestimating Isabella's mental and emotional state]]. Their DestructiveRomance ends with Isabella deliberately scratching him with a dagger coated in poison, the culmination of his choice earlier in the series to end their relationship on the basis of being MarriedToTheJob and still being in love with his first wife. In a way, it's his love for Marian that dooms him, just as Marian's love for him doomed ''her''.

-->'''Vaisey''': DESTROY '''''EVERYTHING!!!'''''
* TrashTheSet: Nottingham Castle is reduced to rubble.
* TwirlOfLove: See page image.

** There are also several references to the very first episode: Robin brushing his hand over the grass as he makes his way to Sherwood (compared to brushing his hand through the grass as he returns to Locksley), and Robin "forgetting the last man", something he warned Much about in the first episode.

--> ''We have cheated death ''so many'' times.''

* DyingWish: As he says his goodbyes, Robin tells Archer: "don't let it end here", the request being that his half-brother take the mantle of leadership and continue fighting for the good of the people.

* BigDamnKiss: Interestingly, the kiss between Robin and Marian is pretty low-key –- it’s the embrace that immediately follows, complete with laughter and a TwirlOfLove, that really cements their relief and joy at being together again.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Robin, who in the body of legends is usually described as dying at Kirklees Abbey after the treacherous Prioress (the Sheriff's cousin) either poisons him or secretly submits him to too much bloodletting. Here, he's killed when Isabella nicks him with a dagger coated in poison, though in both cases he dies a. at the hands of a woman, and b. with poison.

* LastStand: Something of a {{subversion}}. This trope usually denotes a DoNotGoGentle stance on the part of the otherwise hopeless heroes; in ''this'' case the outlaws are deliberately trying to draw the enemy in by feigning a LastStand before escaping through a secret tunnel and blowing up the castle behind them.

* ActionGirl: In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, Kate actually manages to kill one of the Sheriff's soldiers by herself.

* EtherealWhiteDress: Marian is technically wearing an ethereal ''silver'' dress, but it otherwise fits the trope (denoting death and spirituality) perfectly.

* VillainousBreakdown: After Robin and the outlaws sabotage his war machines, Vaizey flies completely off the handle and orders his men to [[KillEmAll show no mercy to the defenders of Nottingham]].

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Robin, who in the body of legends is usually described as dying at the hands of the Abbess of Kirklees, the Sheriff's cousin. Here, he's killed when Isabella nicks him with a dagger coated in poison, though in both cases he dies a. at the hands of a woman, and b. with poison.