History Trivia / RobinHood

* OnSetInjury:

** The special edition DVD shows off [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpcSWqC3TA a reconstruction of an unused ending for the movie]], in which [[spoiler:Robin briefly becomes a DudeInDistress following an injury sustained from his fall during the climax: he would be left with Maid Marian at the church while Little John went off to find help. Prince John comes in while Robin is still knocked out, and is prepared to stab Marian to get to Robin, while she is prepared to stand in front of him to defend him. Of course, both are saved by the timely arrival of good King Richard]].

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Prince John has no mane, most likely due to him originally being a tiger and the animators not bothering with a new design. However, a lion who lacks testosterone does lose its mane and strength, a fitting imagery for the weak Prince John.

** At some point during early development, one of the proposed settings was in the Old West, with actors Pat Buttram (Series/TheGeneAutryShow), Andy Devine (Jingles from ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok''), Ken Curtis (Festus from ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''), and George Lindsey (''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}, Series/TheRifleman'', and ''The Real [=McCoys=]'' before playing Goober), all of whom had notable experience acting in Westerns. Writer Ken Anderson was interested in setting the film in the Deep South to evoke ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'', but concerned executives shot that down; Reitherman thus decided to simply keep the setting in England.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: The somewhat infamous BlackVikings type PoliticallyCorrectHistory that viewers often mocked, while no doubt done just for the sake of avoiding MonochromeCasting, is actually a fairly accurate look of how Medieval England would have looked. Africa was commonly known and immigration between Africa and Europe wasn't uncommon, particularly for those who were associated with the Catholic Church (such as a monk like Tuck). The utter lack of comment on this too, though again likely done because ColorBlindCasting is in play, is reflective of the fact there wasn't a concept of "race" yet, but rather nationality and religion were the big cultural dividers.

* ChristmasRushed: The first season was rushed into production to capitalise on the success of the BBC's revival of ''Series/DoctorWho'', and features multiple occasions of very obviously dubbed lines to try to bodge scenes together in the edit, scripts that were written in a rush, and questionable decisions regarding costuming, directing and editing (particularly of fight scenes) that might have been sorted out with more time.

* UnderageCasting: Creator/LucyGriffiths was nineteen when she played Marian, who is supposed to be twenty-one.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/SamTroughton once stated that he envisioned his character Much as being [[{UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} asexual]], presumably heteroromantic based on his {{Love Interest}}s.

* ChristmasRushed: The first season was rushed into production to capitalise on the success of the BBC's revival of ''Series/DoctorWho'', and features multiple occasions of very obviously dubbed lines and questionable direction (particularly of fight scenes) that might have been sorted out with more time.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/SamTroughton once stated that he envisioned his character Much as being [[{UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} asexual]], presumably [[{{RomanticAsexual}} heteroromantic]] based on his {{Love Interest}}s.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Prince John has no mane, most likely due to him originally being a tiger and animators not bothering with a new design. However, a lion who lacks testosterone does lose its mane and strength, a fitting imagery for the weak Prince John.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/SamTroughton once stated that he envisioned his character Much as being [[{UsefulNotes/{Asexuality}} asexual]], presumably [[{{RomanticAsexual}} heteroromantic]] based on his {{Love Interest}}s.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/SamTroughton once stated that he envisioned his character Much as being [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]], presumably [[{{RomanticAsexual}} heteroromantic]] based on his {{Love Interest}}s.

* FanNickname:
** Robin Who? - Robin, in reference to fans who tend to [[RootingForTheEmpire overlook/ignore him]] in favour of [[DracoInLeatherPants Guy of Gisborne]].
** Robin Hoodie - also Robin, a dig at his modern-style "hoodie" jacket (and the many other anachronisms in the show).
** Bobbin - Robin again, this time an affectionate nickname.
** Maz or Mazza - Marian.
** Will Harlot - jokey nickname for Will Scarlet, who's something of a LauncherOfAThousandShips in the fandom.
** Team Leather - Sheriff/Guy. Also included [[spoiler:Allan and Isabella]] at different points of the show.
** Gisabella - The Gisborne siblings, Guy and Isabella. Sometimes used as a name just for Isabella herself.
** Braid-Face - Kate, referring to her silly [[http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5300000/Cause-and-Effect-3x02-robin-hood-5392489-1280-720.jpg hairstyles]]. As TheScrappy, she was also known as "the Scofula Skank" (long story), "faux-Marian", and S.U.K. (Stupid Useless Kate).
** Preachy and Screechy - the combined force of Tuck and Kate.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was obviously an attempt to set up the show for a fourth season, what with the introduction of Archer as Robin's half-brother who was tasked with [[LegacyCharacter taking up his mantle]] and leading the remaining outlaws. [[https://twitter.com/mwrightwriter/status/1064819981622394881 According to BBC writer/producer Mark Wright]], Sally Wainwright had been brought on as showrunner, the entire production was set to move to Scotland, and some scripts had even been written before news of the show's cancellation. Given that the final scene depicted the outlaws preparing to raise King Richard's ransom money, and since it's a given that Isabella survived the castle explosion (the actress was signed on for multiple seasons), the proposed fourth season would have likely focused on finding funds for Richard and the unique set-up of the new Robin and the Sheriff of Nottingham being half-siblings.

!!!Trivia Tropes

** Eighteen year old Will Scarlett was played by twenty-two year old Creator/HarryLloyd.
** Twenty-eight year old Creator/CliveStanden played twenty year old Archer, and ''thirty'' year old Joanne Froggatt plays Kated, whose age is never specified, but who is clearly meant to be a young teenager judging by the way she behaves and is treated by other characters.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/SamTroughton once stated that he envisioned his character Much as being [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]], presumably [[{{RomanticAsexual}} heteroromantic]] based on his [[{{LoveInterest}} Love Interests.]]
* WrittenInInfirmity: Keith Allen lost a tooth during the filming of the final episode of the first series, which was written into the script. Accordingly the Sheriff now has a series of different false teeth, some leather or jewelled, which he plucks (there's more than one of them) from the skulls he has in his chamber.
* YouLookFamiliar: Several guest actors appeared multiple times for small parts due to the show being shot in Hungary; the actor playing Henry of Lewes also played a Locksley villager in ''Too Hot to Handle'' and turned up as a castle guard on half a dozen other occasions.

** At some point during early development, one of the proposed settings was in the Old West, with actors Pat Buttram (Series/TheGeneAutryShow), Andy Devine (Jingles from ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok''), Ken Curtis (Festus from ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''), and George Lindsey (''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}, Series/TheRifleman'', and ''The Real [=McCoys=]'' before playing Goober), all of whom had notable experience acting in Westerns.

** Eighteen year old Will Scarlett was played by twenty-two year old Harry Lloyd.

* DawsonCasting: Two inversions: In S1 and S2 twenty-one year old Marian was played by then-nineteen year old Creator/LucyGriffiths, and eighteen year old Will Scarlett was played by twenty-two year old Harry Lloyd.
** PlayedStraight in S3, in which twenty-eight year old Creator/CliveStanden plays twenty year old Archer, and ''thirty'' year old Joanne Froggatt plays Kate, whose age is never specified, but who is clearly meant to be a young teenager judging by the way she behaves and is treated by other characters.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was obviously an attempt to set up the show for a season four, what with the introduction of Archer as Robin's half-brother who was tasked with [[LegacyCharacter taking up his mantle]] and leading the remaining outlaws. [[https://twitter.com/mwrightwriter/status/1064819981622394881 According to BBC writer/producer Mark Wright]], Sally Wainwright had been brought on as showrunner, the entire production was set to move to Scotland, and some scripts had even been written. Given that the final scene depicted the outlaws preparing to raise King Richard's ransom money, and since it's likely that Isabella would have survived the castle explosion, the proposed fourth season would have likely focused on finding funds for Richard and the unique set-up of "Robin" and the Sheriff of Nottingham being half-siblings.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was obviously an attempt to set up the show for a season four, what with the introduction of Archer as Robin's half-brother who was tasked with [[LegacyCharacter taking up his mantle]] and leading the remaining outlaws. However, with all but two of the nine original characters either KilledOffForReal or PutOnABus, the BBC decided to end things at the conclusion of season three. Still, the final scene depicts the outlaws agreeing to raise King Richard's ransom money, and since it's likely that Isabella would have survived the castle explosion, the proposed fourth season would have had the unique set-up of "Robin" and the Sheriff of Nottingham being half-siblings.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://robinhood.wikia.com/wiki/ Robin Hood Wiki]]

* WordOfSaintPaul: Sam Troughton once stated that he envisioned his character Much as being [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]], presumably [[{{RomanticAsexual}} heteroromantic]] based on his [[{{LoveInterest}} Love Interests.]]

* DawsonCasting: Two inversions: In S1 and S2 twenty-one year old Marian was played by then-nineteen year old Lucy Griffiths, and eighteen year old Will Scarlett was played by twenty-two year old Harry Lloyd.

* UncreditedRole: The film only listed the actors playing the main character and key supporting characters; other actors like J. Pat O'Malley (Otto), John Fiedler (Deacon), Barbara Luddy (Deacon's wife), and all the child actors went uncredited.

** At one point, the animators considering playing with the AnimalStereotypes and make the Sheriff a goat; but, indicative of Disney's DorkAge in UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, director Wolfgang Reitherman rejected it because a wolf was more imposing. Furthermore, Robin Hood was going to have a full cast of Merrie Men for the story, but Reitherman shot that down too, because he was too enamoured of the idea of doing a funny animal medieval emulation of ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'' and had just Robin and Little John.

** Another alternate storyline involved Prince John setting another trap for Robin by sending fake love letters to him and Maid Marian so they will meet in Sherwood Forest where his guards will capture them.

** In the second Japanese-dubbed version, Creator/MikaDoi voiced both Maid Marian and Skippy.

** In [[http://www.animatormag.com/archive/issue-26/issue-26-page-24/ issue 26]] of the magazine "Animator", Creator/DonBluth expressed dissatisfaction with working on Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'';
--->''I drew with great excitement, thinking how good it was to work on a Disney feature. When Robin Hood was completed I decided it did not look the greatest of films. The heart wasn’t in it. It had technique, the characters were well drawn, the Xerox process retained the fine lines so I could see all of the self indulgence of the animators, each one saying, “Look how great I am,” but the story itself had no soul.''

* UncreditedRole: The film only listed the actors playing the main character and key supporting characters; other actors like J. Pat O'Malley (Otto), John Fiedler (Deacon), Barbara Luddy (Deacon's wife) and all the child actors went uncredited.

** At one point, the animators considering playing with the AnimalStereotypes and make the Sheriff a goat, but indicative of Disney's DorkAge in UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, the director, Wolfgang Reitherman rejected it because a wolf was more imposing. Furthermore, Robin Hood was going to have a full cast of Merrie Men for the story, but Reitherman shot that down too considering he was too enamoured to doing a funny animal medieval emulation of ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'' and had just Robin and Little John.
** At some point during early development, one of the proposed settings was in the Old West, with actors Pat Buttram (Series/TheGeneAutryShow), Andy Devine (Jingles from ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok''), Ken Curtis (Festus from Series/{{Gunsmoke}}), and George Lindsey (Series/{{Gunsmoke}}, Series/TheRifleman, and The Real [=McCoys=] before playing Goober), all of whom had notable experience acting in Westerns.
** Friar Tuck was originally conceived as a pig, but the filmmakers feared that the Catholic Church would be insulted (the Church didn't seem to care [[WesternAnimation/RobinHoodDaffy the last time this was done]], though this could be forgiven as Porky is an established character).

** The actress playing Forrest's wife in the second episode of the series had a twin sister who played Beatrice in the second season.
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** Friar Tuck was originally conceived as a pig, but the filmmakers feared that the Catholic Church would be insulted (the Church didn't seem to care [[WesternAnimation/RobinHoodDaffy the last time this was done]], though).

* ActorAllusion: Sam Troughton plays Much in the BBC series, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Creator/PatrickTroughton , who was the first ever Robin Hood on TV.
** In the episode ''Lardner's Ring'', Guy tells Marian that: "you're coming home with me." This is what Thornton says to Margaret Hale at the conclusion of ''Literature/NorthAndSouth''. Both characters were played by Creator/RichardArmitage.
*** In addition, both Richard Armitage and Gisborne have the same middle name: '[[EmbarrassingMiddleName Crispin]]'.

** Played straight in S3, in which twenty-eight year old Creator/CliveStanden plays twenty year old Archer, and ''thirty'' year old Joanne Froggatt plays Kate, whose age is never specified, but who is clearly meant to be a young teenager judging by the way she behaves and is treated by other characters.
* DeletedScene: According to the DVD commentary, the Season Two finale included a scene in which Djaq gives Allan the pigeon carrier that he is seen carrying in the final shot of the episode. This scene would have presumably given closure to the Will/Djaq/Allan LoveTriangle, but as it stands, the audience doesn't even get to see these three characters say goodbye to each other.

* TroubledProduction: Nobody is quite sure of what happened behind the scenes on series 3, but it seems to certainly fall under this.

!!!General Trivia
* ''Tattoo? What Tattoo?'' does not have a credited writer, with the line producer's name going where the writing credit would normally go in the opening credits. The episode was written by Julian Mitchell, and he was credited in pre-publicity and listings magazines, but (for unknown reasons) isn't on the episode itself.