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Robin Hood (1973 film)

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Oh, the world will sing of an English king a thousand years from now
And not because he passed some laws
Or had that lofty brow.
While bonny good King Richard leads that great Crusade he's on
We'll all have to slave away for that good-for-nothin' John
Incredible as he is inept
Whenever the history books are kept
They'll call him "The Phony King of England"!

Robin Hood is an 1973 animated version of the English legend using the animals for the characters, was released by the Disney Studios on November 8, 1973. For instance, the main character in this well-known adaptation is a fox, as is his lover Maid Marian; his foe, Prince John, is a lion, and has a serpent sidekick named Sir Hiss.

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. Produced by Wolfgang Reitherman. Written by Larry Clemmons and Ken Anderson.
The way it really happened in Sherwood Forest! Taglines
"Oh, for heaven's sake, son! You're no outlaw! Why, some day you'll be called a great hero!"
"A hero? You hear that, Johnny? We've just been pardoned!"
"That's a gas, we ain't even been arrested yet!"
"Wait a minute. Is the safety on old Betsy?"
"You bet it is, Sheriff."
"That's what I'm afraid of. You go first."

Dialogue

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Alan A'Dale: [opening lines] Y'know, there's been a heap o' legends and tall tales about Robin Hood. All different too. Well, we folks in the animal kingdom have our own version. It's the story of what really happened in Sherwood Forest...
Robin Hood: Rob? Tsk, tsk, tsk. That’s a naughty word. We never Rob. We just… sort of borrow a bit from those who can afford it.
Little John: Borrow! Huh? Boy, are we in debt.
Robin Hood: That sounds like another collection day for the poor. Eh, Johnny boy?
Little John: Yeah. Sweet charity.
Prince John: One more hiss out of you, eh, er, uh, Hiss, and you are walking to Nottingham.
Hiss: [mutters] Snakes don't walk, they slither. Hmph. So there.
Little John: Aw, how about that for luck? It's only a circus! A peanut operation!
Robin Hood: Peanuts? Why, you dunce, that's the royal coach! It's Prince John himself!
Little John: The prince? Wait a minute, there's a law against robbing royalty. I'll catch you later.
Robin Hood: What? And miss this chance to perform before royalty?
Little John: [groan] Well... here we go again...
Robin Hood: [dressed as gypsy] Oo-de-lally! Oo-de-lally! Fortune tellers!
Little John: [also dressed as gypsy] Fortunes forecast, lucky charms!
Robin Hood: Catch the dope, with your horoscope!
Prince John: Fortune tellers, how droll. Stop the coach!
Hiss: Sssire, sire, they may be bandits.
Prince John: Oh, poppycock! Female bandits? What next? Rubbish. [to Robin Hood and Little John] My dear ladies, you have my permission to kiss the royal hands, whichever you like... first.
Robin Hood: Oh, how gracious - [kisses hand and removes large ring] - and generous.
[After being robbed by a disguised Robin Hood and Little John]
Prince John: [snivelling] No, no, no, no!
Hiss: I knew it. I knew it. I just knew this would happen. I tried to warn you, but no, no, no, you wouldn't listen, you just had to-- [Prince John raises his mirror in anger] Ah, ah, ah! Seven years' bad...[the prince hits him, smashing the mirror] luck. That's what it is. Besides, you broke your mother's mirror.
Prince John: [screams] Mummy! [sucks thumb] I've got a dirty thumb.
[Robin Hood brings back the farthing taken by the Sheriff]
Mother Rabbit: Oh, you have made his birthday a wonderful one. How can I ever thank you?
Robin Hood: I only wish I could do more. [hands her a small bag of gold] Here. And keep your chin up. Soon there'll be happiness in Nottingham again, you'll see.
[Little John arrives disguised as an English duke]
Hiss: And you... who might you be, sssir?
Little John: I am Sir Reginald, Duke of Chutney. [stuffs Hiss' hat over his mouth] And don't stick your tongue out at me, kid. [to the Prince] And now, Your Mightiness, allow me to lay some protocol on you. [stoops to kiss Prince John's hand]
Prince John: No, no, no, forgive me, but I lose more jewels that way. Please sit down.
Little John: [sits on Hiss] Thanks, PJ, you can't get a better seat than this, could you? The royal box...hey...what...who? [pulling out Hiss] Oh, uh, excuse me, Buster.
Hiss: Buster?! You, sir, have taken my seat!
Prince John: [laughs] Hiss, with you around, who needs a court jester? [laughs again] Now get out there and keep your snake eyes open for you-know-who.
Hiss: [humiliated] You... you mean, I... I'm being dismissed?!
Little John: You heard His Mightiness! Move it, creepy, get lost! Begone, long one!
Hiss: [slithering away crossly] What cheek! "Creepy"? "Buster"? "Long one"?! Who does that dopey duke think he is?
Friar Tuck: Oh, for heaven's sake, son! You're no outlaw! Why, some day you'll be called a great hero!
Robin Hood: A hero? You hear that, Johnny? We've just been pardoned!
Little John: That's a gas, we ain't even been arrested yet!
Prince John: ENOUGH, I AM KING, KING, KING! AH! ? [?; Little John grabs Prince John] STOP! EXECUTIONER, STOP! HOLD YOUR AXE.
Little John: [?] Okay, big shot, now tell 'em to untie my buddy, or I'll--
Prince John: ?
Robin Hood: And for our honeymoon? England?
Maid Marian: Yes!
Robin Hood: Normandy?
Maid Marian: Yes!
Robin Hood: Sunny Spain?
Maid Marian: Oh, why not?
Prince John: Hiss! You’re never around when I need you!
Sir Hiss: [stuck inside the barrel of ale] Coming! Coming! [singing drunkenly] For I’m a jolly good fellow, for I’m a jolly good fellow.... [Prince John removes the cork, letting him out] Oh! Oh, there you are, old boy! PJ, you won’t believe this, but the stork is really Robin Hood!
Prince John: [simmering with rage] Robin Hood. [Hiss nods happily; Prince John snaps and ties him in knots around a pole] AAAAAH! Get out of that if you can.
Lady Cluck: Down with that scurrrrvy Prince John!
Little John: Yeah!!! [sings] Oh, the world will sing
Of an English king
A thousand years from now,
And not because
He passed some laws
Or had that lofty brow.
While bonny good King Richard leads the great crusade he's on,
We'll all have to slave away for that good-for-nothing John!
Incredible as he is inept,
Whenever the history books are kept
They'll call him the Phony King of England!
Friar Tuck: A pox on the Phony King of England!
Little John: He stands alone
On a giant throne,
Pretending he's the King.
A little tyke
Who's rather like
A puppet on a string!
And he throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way,
And then he calls for Mom,
While he's sucking his thumb
You see, he doesn't wanna play.
Too late to be known as John the First,
He's sure to be known as John the Worst.
A pox on that Phony King of England!
Little John: While he taxes us to pieces and he robs us of our bread
King Richard's crown
Keeps slipping down
Around that pointed head
Ah, but while there is a merry man in Robin's wily pack
We'll find a way
To make him pay
And steal our money back.
A minute before he knows we're there,
Old Rob'll snatch his underwear...
[the Sheriff of Nottingham has just taken the only coin out of the church's Poor Box]
Friar Tuck:[horrified] Now, just a minute, Sheriff! Th-th-th-that's the Poor Box!
Sheriff: It sure is, and I'll take it for poor Prince John. [chuckles] Every little bit helps.
Female Church Mouse: Ooh, you put that back!
Sheriff: And His Majesty also blesses you, little sister.
Friar Tuck: You thieving scoundrel!
Sheriff: Now, take it easy, Friar, I'm just doing my duty.
Friar Tuck: Collecting taxes for that arrogant, greedy, ruthless, no-good Prince John?!
Sheriff: [starting to lose patience] Listen, Friar. You're mighty preachy, and you're gonna preach your neck right into a hangman's noose.
Friar Tuck: GET OUTTA MY CHURCH! [shoving the Sheriff out of the church] Out! Out! Out! Out!
[Outside, the Sheriff draws his sword but struggles to hold off Friar Tuck, who beats him repeatedly with a stick]
Friar Tuck: You want taxes?! I'll give you taxes!
Male Church Mouse: Give it to him! Give it to him, Friar!
[Swooping in, Trigger blinds Friar Tuck with the hood of his coat and the Sheriff puts a shackle around his neck]
Sheriff: You're under arrest for high treason to the Crown!
Hiss: Sssire...taxes are pouring in, the jails are full, and - OH! I have good news, sire... Friar Tuck is in jail!
Prince John: [exploding and throwing money everywhere] FRIAR TUCK?! IT'S ROBIN HOOD I WANT, YOU IDIOT! Oh, I would give all my gold if I could just get my hands on-- [pauses, turning to Hiss] Did you say Friar Tuck?
Hiss: Did I? Y-y-yes, I did.
Prince John: Ah! Hiss, I have it! I'll use that fat friar as bait to trap Robin Hood!
Hiss: Another trap?
Prince John: Yes, yes, you stupid serpent! Friar Tuck will be led to the gallows in the village square, don't you see?
Hiss: [shocked] B-B-But sire! Hang Friar Tuck?! A man of the church?!
Prince John: Yes, my reluctant reptile. And when our elusive hero tries to rescue the corpulent cleric, [chuckles] my men will be ready.
Nutsy: ONE O'CLOCK, AND ALL'S WELL!
[The castle clock - actually set at three o'clock - chimes]
Sheriff: [waking up] Nutsy, you better set your brains ahead a couple of hours.
Nutsy: Yes, sir. Uh... does that, uh, mean addin' or subtractin'?
Sheriff: Oh, let's forget it.
Nutsy: Yes, sir, Sheriff, sir! [salutes and walks away]
Sheriff: Nutsy, how can I sleep with you yelling "ALL'S WELL" all the time here?
Trigger: Sheriff, everything ain't "all's well". I got a feeling in my bones there's gonna be a jailbreak any minute--
Sheriff: [pushing his crossbow aside] Criminently, Trigger! Point that peashooter the other way!
Trigger: Don't you worry none, Sheriff. [patting it] The safety's on old Betsy--
[He accidentally launches an arrow, which they are both forced to dodge as it fires and bounces around]
Sheriff: What in tarnation you tryin' to do, you birdbrain?! [bops Trigger on the head]
Trigger: Just doin' my duty, Sheriff!
Sheriff: Oh, you and that itchy trigger finger of yours...
Sheriff: Wait a minute. Is the safety on old Betsy?
Trigger: [patting his crossbow again] You bet it is, Sheriff.
Sheriff: That's what I'm afraid of. You go first.

Taglines

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  • The way it really happened in Sherwood Forest!
  • Meet Robin Hood and his Merry Men-agerie!
  • Join the Merriest Menagerie in the world's best-loved legend.

Cast

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See also

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