History WesternAnimation / IvanhoeBurbankAnimation

* AristocratsAreEvil: Justified in-story, as most of the good ones are either away in the Crusades with King Richard, or have been stripped of their lands and titles by Prince John to reward his Norman lackeys, exploiting his brothers absence. Robin Hood is one good aristocrat who has suffered such a fate.

* BadassPreacher: Friar Tuck gets a non-speaking cameo as a participants in the battle for Torquilstone. What really sets this scene apart as a OneSceneWonder is that Tuck fights ''with his bare hands'', chastisises the enemy soldiers, knocks them out with a single knock on the head, then does a brief prayer of repentance, before repeating it with the next soldier.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Front-De-Bouef has Isaac and Lord Cedric tortured to force Rowena and Rebecca to agree to marry him and Bois-Guilbert. Thankfully, they dont manage to get very far before Ivanhoe and Robin Hood lead the assault on Torquilstone.

* DirtyCoward: Both Bois-Guilbert and Front-De-Bouef are rather cowardly, but the latter is by far the worst, as he delights in lording over anyone weaker than him, but begs for his miserable life and calls for assistance when King Richard turns out to be too tough for him. Even Bois-Guilbert didnt beg when Ivanhoe had him dead to rights.
* TheDogBitesBack: Like in the novel, Ulrica Torquilstone dishes out one hell of a bite. Having been kept as a slave by Front-De-Bouef since he killed her father, the original lord of Torquilstone, she escapes from the dungeons during the siege, and conronts Front-De-Bouef on the battlements, and places a curse on him; that he won't die a soldiers death, but will die like a fox in his den. To make sure this comes to pass, she sets fire to the castle while everyone else is caught up in the battle, and when a dazed Front-De-Bouef comes to after being knocked out by Ivanhoe, he discovers the fire and Ulrica. When he attempts to go after her for revenge, the walkway he's on collapses, plunging him into the inferno, fulfilling the curse. Ulrica then gleefully goes to her own death.
* TheEvilPrince: Prince John, true to form, having used King Richards absence to seize power for himself and enrich his tyrannical Norman yes-men.

* LeanAndMean: Unlike his FatBastard friend, Bois-Guilbert is very tall and lean, he towers over most of the other characters, even Ivanhoe, though he doesnt measure up to the latters HeroicBuild.

* VillainRespect: Unlike Front-De-Bouef, Bois-Guilbert willingly admits to his defeat at Ivanhoe's hands in the tournament held in Jerusalem, even when Ivanhoe himself (in disguise as a pilgrim, unbeknownst to everybody) tries to play down his victory. Of course, he also takes the opportunity to challenge Ivanhoe to the tourney at Ashbury, thinking than Ivanhoe is still away in the Crusades.

Having been exiled from his fathers home, the valiant Ivanhoe joins the Third Crusade and becomes known for his bravery and skill. After saving King Richards life from a Saracen ambush, Richard offers him the pick of any treasure he desires. However, Ivanhoe has only one request; to return to England and his beloved Rowena, over who's love he was cast out by his father, who hopes to marry her to the Saxon noble Athelstane, and create a new Saxon dynasty. With Richards blessing, Ivanhoe returns to England in secret under the guise of a pilgrim, only to find it under the yoke of Prince John and his Norman supporters, who have put themselves up as tyrants in King Richards absence. With the help of his old squire Gurth and Isaac of York, who Ivanhoe rescues from bandits, Ivanhoe takes part in Prince John's annual tournament as the Disinherited Knight in his quest to prove himself worthy of Rowena, but soon finds himself drawn into the struggle for the future of England.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Burbank Films own animated adaptation of The Adventures of Robin Hood and quite an improvement over both the former and it's own spiritual successor The New Adventures of Robin Hood.

Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars. He finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England. Will justice prevail and will all fair ladies in distress be rescued?

* TheDogBitesBack: Like in the novel, Ulrica Torquilstone dishes out one hell of a bite. Having been kept as a slave by Front-De-Bouef since he killed her father, the original lord of Torquilstone, she escapes from the dungeons during the siege, and conronts Front-De-Bouef on the battlements, and places a curse on him; that he wont die a soldiers death, but will die like a fox in his den. To make sure this comes to pass, she sets fire to the castle while everyone else is caught up in the battle, and when a dazed Front-De-Bouef comes to after being knocked out by Ivanhoe, he discovers the fire and Ulrica. When he attempts to go after her for revenge, the walkway he's on collapses, plunging him into the inferno, fulfilling the curse. Ulrica then gleefully goes to her own death.

* AdaptationDistillation: This adaption cuts several aspects and subplots, such as Bois-Guilbert's Templar Knight brethren, Rebecca being condemned as a witch by the Templar Grandmaster, the duel between Bois-Gilbert and Ivanhoe at the end, and the social issues facing Isaac of York in his role as an English Jew.

* ShipTease: For some odd reason, this version teases a romantic attraction between Ivanhoe's squire Gurt and Rebecca, after he attempts to save her from Bois-Guilbert.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Front-De-Bouef and Bois-Gilbert to Rowena and Rebecca respectively. Unlike the novel where Bois-Gilbert is fairly handsome and has at least ''some'' good in him, in this version, both knights are portrayed as repulsive, cruel bastards.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Front-De-Bouef and Bois-Gilbert to Rowena and Rebecca respectively. Unlike the novel where Bois-Gilbert is fairly handsome and has atleast ''some'' good in him, in this version, both knights are portrayed as repulsive, cruel bastards.

* AbhorentAdmirer: Front-De-Bouef and Bois-Gilbert to Rowena and Rebecca respectively. Unlike the novel where Bois-Gilbert is fairly handsome and has atleast ''some'' good in him, in this version, both knights are portrayed as repulsive, cruel bastards.

* AdaptationDistillation: This adaption cuts several aspects and subplots, such as Bois-Gilberts Templar Knight brethren, Rebecca being condemned as a witch by the Templar Grandmaster, the duel between Bois-Gilbert and Ivanhoe at the end, and the social issues facing Isaac of York in his role as an English Jew.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Bois-Gilbert loses every positive aspect of his character, such as his genuine love for Rebecca, which is portrayed as little more than cruel lust here.

* AnimalMotif: Raven for Bois-Gilbert, Bull for Front-De-Bouef.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To BurbankFilms own animated adaptation of The Adventures of Robin Hood and quite an improvement over both the former and it's own spiritual successor The New Adventures of Robin Hood.