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  • "Patriot Arrow?"
  • "You haven't seen the last of us!" (arrow outline) ".....you've seen the last of us."
  • Robin swordfighting that guard one-handed while drinking.
    Blinkin: (serving him the drink) Sounds like we're winning sir!
    Robin: Indeed we are. Carry on.
  • Blinkin of all people catching an assassin's arrow, saving Robin's life. As much of a Butt-Monkey as he is, that was pretty damn impressive. Doubles as a Funny Moment because what happens immediately afterwards:
    Blinkin: "I heard that coming a mile away!"
    Robin: Right-o, Blinkin, very good.
    Blinkin: Pardon? Who's talking?
  • Achoo cutting the noose around Robin's neck with an arrow. Even if he was aiming for the hangman. ESPECIALLY if he was aiming for the hangman.
  • Will shredding the arrow Robin shoots at him with two knives.
    Will: Fire an arrow straight at my heart.
    Robin: Are you serious?
    Will: Absolutely. (twirls knives.)
    Robin: Okay. Good-bye.
    • Later, he pins a Mook to the wall by throwing his daggers, then knocks him out with one punch. Followed by turning to the camera and saying "Am I good? I'm good!"
      Achoo: What part of Georgia you from? South Central?
  • Blinkin utterly destroying a wooden pillar. If that man could see, he would have liberated England by himself.
  • For the hangman, Brooks actually got the same actor who played the hangman in Blazing Saddles, in the same costume, almost two decades earlier.
  • Robin's delightfully casual Take That!.
    Sheriff: It is illegal to kill a wild pig in the king's forest!
    Robin: Is it not also illegal to sit in the king's throne and usurp his power in his absence?
  • The film's biggest Take That! is as awesome as it is hilarious:
    Prince John: And why should the people listen to you?
    Robin Hood: Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.
  • When the Sherriff slaps Robin across the face with a glove to challenge him to a duel, Robin calmly puts down his drink, picks up an armoured gauntlet that happens to be sitting on the table, and slaps him right back.
  • The fact that when the score isn't being ridiculous (the opening rap or "The Night is Young", or "Men in Tights") it's genuinely rousing 'adventure' music.

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