History Series / RobinHood

* TwangHello

* WarIsHell

* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Not exactly the ''very'' last episode, but Archer was introduced in the third-to-last episode as a future SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for the role of RobinHood. Cancellation put a stop to this.

The show ended after its third series due to the departure of much of its cast, most notably Armstrong, Griffiths and Armitage. Has a [[Characters/RobinHood Character Sheet]] and an [[Recap/RobinHood Episode Guide]].

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Sheriff of Nottingham is rarely called by his real name (Vaisey), and even is called "the sheriff" in the rare cases when he isn't.

** Played straight; Sheriff Vaizey, Guy, [[spoiler:his sister Isabella and the Black Knights]]

* BigBad: The Sheriff (Vaizey), then later Prince John. [[spoiler: Vaizey seemed like he'd become this again for the finale, but was actually working for Prince John too.]]

* BrotherSisterTeam: Sheriff Vaizey and Davina. Guy and Isabella, when they're not trying to kill each other.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Marian]] dies in Robin's arms, as do [[spoiler: Edward and Guy]]. [[spoiler:Davina]] dies in Sheriff Vaizey's arms. [[spoiler:Meg]] dies in Guy's arms.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Marian at the end of Series 1, and Vaizey in series three.]]

** Archer sold Guy and Robin out to Isabella for money, and also sold [[spoiler: Vaizey]] Byzantine fire. He ends up a member of the gang with little comment to him being untrustworthy. Admittedly, like Guy, he was thrown into the situation with them and they didn't really have much of a choice in the matter.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Sheriff of Nottingham is rarely called by his real name (Vaizey), and even is called "the sheriff" in the rare cases when he isn't.

* FinalSpeech: [[spoiler:Marian's father and then Marian herself. And Vaizey, even though he [[NotQuiteDead doesn't really die]]. Guy and Robin in the GrandFinale.]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Robin's father and Vaizey]].

* OhCrap: Vaizey gets an epic one in the series finale when he realizes what's in the barrels next to him.

* OperationBlank: Operation Shah Mat, for Vaizey's plot to kill Richard I. This is actually a MeaningfulName, as ''Shah Mat'' is Persian for "The King is Dead" and is the origin of the word [[TabletopGame/{{Chess}} checkmate]].

* TakingYouWithMe: Although this is not the direct intent of the characters involved, this is what [[spoiler:Robin, Guy, Isabella and Vaizey]] manage to do to each other in the GrandFinale. [[spoiler:Guy gives Isabella poison to kill herself with, which she instead uses to coat a dagger's blade. She tries to stab Robin with it, but Guy intervenes, opening himself up to a killing blow by the Sheriff (with an extra stab in the back by Isabella). However, Guy's sacrifice gives Robin enough time to escape and light the fuse that kills Vaizey and Isabella. ''However'', Isabella managed to nick Robin with her dagger, sending him to his own death via poisoning.]]

* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies]]: Series 2 ends with [[spoiler:Marian's death]]; Series 3 ends with [[spoiler:Robin himself being killed]].

** The Robin, Marian and Guy triangle plays an interesting twist on the [[TriangRelations type 4 love triangle]], with Marian not loving Guy, but playing along with it because it's a good political move, and allows her to easily play TheMole. Meanwhile, Marian and Robin are completely in love with one another yet separated because they are more effective apart.
*** In the third season this is stretched into a LoveDodecahedron: Much and Allan have a crush on Kate, who pines for Robin, who quite fancies Isabella, who flirts with Prince John, who is pretty much in love with himself.

* DeathBySex: Well, death by ''symbolic'' sex at least. Dominic Minghella is on record as stating that [[spoiler:Marian's death]] was "the consummation of [[spoiler:Guy and Marian]]." The death scene involved [[spoiler:Marian]] in a white dress and with loose hair, getting impaled in the lower abdomen with a sword, which is then pushed further into her as she throws her head back and gasps, before she looks into the eyes of her killer and slides down his body to the ground. In the background, a fountain gushes water from [[spoiler:Guy's]] direction toward her.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Possibly the only reason why Kate exists, as the TokenGirl of the outlaws.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: The first character to die in the series (who is not a nameless, faceless {{Mook}}) is De Fortenay, the Sheriff's Master of Arms. Played by a black actor. In 12th century England.

** The Sheriff: "La dee da dee da" and "a clue: no."

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: In a show with this many {{anachronism|Stew}}s, the average viewer might be forgiven for rolling their eyes when Prince John appoints Isabella as the Sheriff of Nottingham. However, Prince John (after he was crowned King) ''was'' actually responsible for appointing a woman in the position of Sheriff in Lincolnshire.

* DeadlyRinger: Averted: when each of the Merry Men gets an InstrumentOfMurder, Little John gets ordinary and very ''small'' bells, which he tacks on the end of his SimpleStaff.

* VisualInnuendo: In the episode "Treasure of the Nation," Little John meets one of the Queen's bodyguards, who carries [[SimpleStaff a staff]] that's bigger and longer than John's. Little John spends a good part of the episode eyeing it with suspicion, and the two men engage in a fair amount of dick-measuring.

* LargeHam: The Sheriff. Prince John turned it UpToEleven.

It should be noted that the Robin Hood mythos is a rich theme that British TV returns to, as if magnetically drawn, at periodic intervals. The first Robin Hood television series aired in on the Creator/{{BBC}} in 1953, and starred Creator/PatrickTroughton (grandfather of Sam Troughton, who played Much in the 2006-09 series) in the title role. However, that series is now [[MissingEpisode lost to time]], with only a few minutes of footage remaining. The earliest surviving example would therefore ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' (1955-60), which starred Richard Greene in the title role. It ran for several years , was much repeated, and is well-thought of as a show which in terms of script, acting and production values were many years ahead of its time.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Though some of the new characters are introduced late, or only stay for a few episodes, Series 3 is dominated by Isabella, Kate, Prince John, Tuck and Archer, leading to the marginalization of the original outlaws. Even Robin and Guy were short-changed to some extent as a result of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters the character overload]].

* MoralDissonance: Despite the fact that Guy killed Robin's wife, Robin teams up with Guy so that Guy can help Robin kill Guy's sister who has tried to kill each of them far fewer times than Robin and Guy have tried to kill each other. One would hope that this MakesSenseInContext, but it really, really doesn't.