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Robin Hood is an animated film produced by the Walt Disney Studios, first released in the United States on November 8, 1973. It is the twenty-first animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. The film is based on the legend of Robin Hood, but uses anthropomorphic animals instead of people.

King Richard of England departs for the Holy Land to take part in The Crusades, but during his absence his greedy and treacherous brother Prince John attempts to usurp the throne. He abuses the king's power in order to steal treasure from the peasants, who are left impoverished and losing hope. It is at this time that Robin Hood, along with his best friend and sidekick Little John, take up the mantle of assisting the oppressed population by taking back the riches the Prince stole and returning it to the poor. The peasants hail Robin as a hero, while a bounty is put on his head by Prince John who declares them both outlaws.

The story begins as Robin Hood and Little John run from the Sheriff of Nottingham, who has ambushed them with a team of archers. After narrowly escaping, Robin Hood and Little John happen upon the royal entourage which is taking Prince John and his counsellor, Sir Hiss, to Nottingham in order to tax the people there. Disguised as female fortune-tellers, Robin and Little John effectively steal all the gold they can carry and run off into the forest, leaving Prince John sucking his thumb in humiliation.

In Nottingham, Robin uses Friar Tuck to smuggle the stolen gold back to the peasants. Disguised as a blind beggar, Robin visits a poor rabbit family in the middle of a birthday celebration and gives a boy named Skippy a bow and arrow as a birthday present. Skippy runs outside to try it out, but points it too high and accidentally shoots the arrow over the castle wall. He sneaks in to retrieve it and meets Maid Marian. She reveals that she and Robin had once been sweethearts as children, but were forced to part ways when she moved to London. Now that she is back, she is worried that Robin has forgotten all about her.

But she is mistaken: Robin can't stop thinking about her. Little John doesn't see why Robin can't just "sweep her off her feet" and marry her, but Robin doesn't believe it will work so long as he is an outlaw. They are interrupted by Friar Tuck who brings word of an archery tournament Prince John is holding the next day. When Robin hears that the winner will receive a kiss from Maid Marian, he takes off in spirals of happiness to prepare for the tournament.

The next day, Robin enters the tournament disguised as a stork from Devonshire and takes his place among the archers, while Little John scopes out the crowd by getting a place next to Prince John's seat, disguised as a duke. Robin Hood manages to narrowly win the tournament, but unwittingly gives himself away to Prince John with his unorthodox skills. When Robin approaches the Prince to receive his prize, he is seized and tied up by the guards as Prince John orders him to be executed. Marian pleads for Robin's life, but it is only after Little John sneaks up behind the Prince and threatens him with a dagger that Robin is ordered to be set free. The Sheriff, sensing trouble afoot, discovers Little John. A huge fight breaks out, and in the confusion Robin Hood escapes with Marian into the forest. That night, they enjoy a sweet romantic moment and return to Robin's camp, where Robin proposes to Marian and she accepts. The villagers, Little John and Friar Tuck find them at the camp and assemble to celebrate their victory at the tournament. In a wild party, the villagers sing a fun song about how much they despise Prince John.

This leads to trouble later on, as the insulting lyrics eventually reach Prince John via the Sheriff and Sir Hiss (who also laugh their heads off about it until Prince John himself emerges). Seething with rage, John triples the taxes, making the bleak situation in Nottingham even worse. Things come to a head one night when the Sheriff steals money from the church and Friar Tuck attacks him in a righteous outrage. The Sheriff arrests him. Prince John plans to hang the friar, knowing that this will lure Robin into the castle to try and rescue him. Indeed, Robin Hood, disguised again as the beggar, learns of Tuck's fate and decides that a jail break is the only chance he will have to escape the gallows. Later that night, Robin and Little John infiltrate the castle and manage to free not only Tuck but all the other villagers as well who were imprisoned. As Little John leads them out of the castle, Robin slips into the treasury--Prince John's bedroom--and makes off with all the bags of gold. Prince John and Sir Hiss catch him in the act, and Robin is pursued all through the castle by the guards and the Sheriff, wielding a torch. In the ensuing chaos, the castle bursts into flames and Robin is trapped on the roof of one of the towers. He dives into the moat, followed closely by a volley of arrows. Little John and Skippy believe Robin to be dead, but then Robin emerges from the water, greatly upsetting Prince John. Later, one bright sunny day, King Richard returns and “straightens everything out.” Robin and Marian are finally married, while Prince John, Sir Hiss, and the Sheriff are sentenced to hard labor in the royal rock pile.

Grenada, 1982, The reward

Grenada, 1982, Prince John and the Sheriff

Grenada, 1982, Robin Hood and Little John

Grenada, 1982, Robin Hood and Little John disguised

Grenada, 1982, Maid Marian

Grenada, 1982, Archer's contest

Grenada, 1982, Robin fighting

Grenada, 1982, Robin Hood and Maid Marian

Grenada, 1982, Friar Tuck

Grenada, 1982, Robin Hood and Maid Marian

Guyana, 1999, Characters of «Robin Hood»

Guyana, 1999, Characters of «Robin Hood»

Tanzania, 1991, Letter R — Robin Hood