That deleted ending is incredibly underrated. Prince John may be known for being a goofy kind of villain, but having him try to kill Robin Hood himself after all that happened really added an edge to his otherwise childish personality. Plus, him being defeated by King Richard just showing up was clever.

This movie was part of everyone's childhood, no one can ever dislike the movie

Say what you will about the quality of animation from early 60s and late 80s era of Disney, but I really love the sketchiness and pencil strokes of it, I really do. It gives it a very organic and tangible as it gives that sort of feeling and look as a way to say that they were actual drawings with life and personality. Also, like what AniMat says, Robin Hood is a lot of fun.

I admire the fact that some of the character designs from Robin Hood would be used for the ones in Zootopia, most notably with the title character and Nick Wilde.

On top of writing and performing songs for this movie, Roger Miller also wrote music for a Tony Award-winning musical, Big River, just seven years before his death. He even served in the Korean War, which he did so at only 17 and where he coined one of his favorite one-liners, “My education was Korea, Clash of '52.” He actually chose to enlist because he stole a guitar out of desperation to write songs, but turned himself in the next day and chose the Army route to avoid jailtime. His cousin's husband was Sheb Wooley and Wooley taught Miller his first guitar chords and bought him a fiddle. Wooley, Hank Williams, and Bob Wills were the influences that led to Miller's desire to be a singer-songwriter! And they didn't just retrace shots from the Jungle Book and the Aristocats, but Little John is Phil Harris, who also voiced Baloo and Thomas O'Malley respectively! For Robin Hood, he's voiced by Brian Bedford. Originally, Tommy Steele was chosen because of his performance in The Happiest Millionaire. However, Steele was unable to make his character sound more heroic, and his replacement came down to final two candidates which were Bernard Fox and Brian Bedford. Disney executives had first seen Bedford performing onstage in Los Angeles, in which they brought him in to test for the role in May 1971 and ultimately cast him.

To be fair, the slowness in this film kinda works and makes sense. Its slowness does make this film more relaxed. This film being slow serves its purpose a lot unlike the rescuers 1977.

One of my favorite Disney movie ever made with a charming lead, terry thomas as sir hiss and prince John as one of the funniest Disney villains ever made.

Fun Fact on the Movie: Disney refused to show their animated classics due to theatrical re-releases until the 1980s when Michael Eisner became the new ceo and wanted videocassette sold however when Robin Hood and Pinocchio became available they were stupidly overpriced so renting would be safer than buying the movies. The next year Frank Wells & Michael convinced the board to sell videos for a discounted price to target family and began the infamous Disney Vault deal

Robin Hood trivia: Initially, Disney considered a movie about the European fable Reynard the Fox. However, due to Walt Disney's concern that Reynard was an unsuitable choice for a hero, Ken Anderson used many elements from it in this movie. Originally, Friar Tuck was to be a pig, but was changed to a badger to avoid insulting religious sensibilities. The Sheriff of Nottingham was originally a goat, but was changed to a wolf as they seem better representing villains. The characters of the Sheriff of Nottingham (Pat Buttram), Friar Tuck (Andy Devine), Nutsy (Ken Curtis), and Trigger (George Lindsey) were all voiced by actors known for doing westerns. This is because at one point in the production, the setting was the Old West. A few months before release, the Disney animators needed Sir Peter Ustinov to come back to the Disney Studios to re-record some of his lines as Prince John. The animators made phone calls to New York City, London, Paris, Vienna, and Tokyo, trying to locate Ustinov, only to discover that he was working at the NBC Studios in Burbank that week, a half-mile down the street from them! Sir Peter Ustinov also voiced Prince John in the German dub of the movie, but not King Richard.

This is where the hamster dance was born.

The Pebble and the Penguin is next. I actually predicted that film to be the next Don Bluth movie to be reviewed next in AniMat’s Classic Reviews

Interesting facts about this film: Peter Ustinov, the voice of Prince John and Roger Miller, the voice of Alan-a-Dale were guest stars on episodes of The Muppet Show Louis Prima, known for performing King Louie in The Jungle Book, released an album based on the film called “Let’s ‘Hear’ It for Robin Hood” as compensation by the Disney company for not getting an opportunity to do a voice role. This film was the first Disney Animated film to be released in the Classics VHS line in 1984. The scatting of Roger Miller in the opening song “Whistle Stop” would be sped up and become the chorus of The Hamster Dance Song. The song “Love” was featured in the 2009 stop motion animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox and 2023 Amazon Super Bowl ad “Saving Sawyer”. This film was an inspiration to Byron Howard while making Zootopia. And last, but not least… This film inspired and mainly served as the basis for a KZfaq Poop by Hour of Poop titled “Friar’s Rubbing Wood: Fall of Nottingham”. Class dismissed.

It's hard to believe that we're going to celebrate this movie's 50th anniversary this year. Also, my mom saw this movie in the theater, and she always enjoyed it.

❤️💖 Fun fact - Don Bluth did worked on this film as a character animator on Robin Hood. He would use the same anthropomorphic character design in his films like the Secret of Nimh, An American Tail and Rock A Doodle. 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️

This movie was played everytime I want to my grandparents during the summer I think this movie helped me to respect animation it still holds up well 20 plus years later

This was one of those Disney films I never had a copy of when I was younger (I had a ton of Disney VHS tapes and DVDs but we were missing certain ones such as Mulan, all the packaged films from the 1940's, Cinderella, The Black Cauldron, and a few others) and never actually watched in entirety until I had Disney + in 2020 during the pandemic. Then I finally got to watch certain films I never had as a kid and this was one of them. It is an interesting film as an animalfied adaptation of the storyline and I'm sure it inspired a lot of animal artists out there. Not the mention, it was one of the first Disney animated films to be released on home videos when Disney was against home media.

Wow! Robin Hood did get a 7 out of 10. Awesome!

This was my childhood favorite that introduced me to the mythos legends of Robin Hood, Walt Disney's Robin Hood has always been my favorite along with Kevin Costner's Robin Hood.

I'm surprised he didn't talk about the songs. There are plenty of them. Also, it sounds like his next review is going to be the Pebble and the Penguin!

Also, it's funny how King John is painted as an evil villain who needs to be ousted for the sake of England when, after Richard dies, he rules the country again for 17 years.

Fun fact: Friar Tuck was originally supposed to be a pig but then Disney changed it to a badger because they felt like a pig would be a bit too offensive and a bit of a hidden message

Peter Ustinov was Incredible in this movie

This was one of my childhood favorites as a kid and even back then I knew some scenes looked exactly like ones from Snow White, The Jungle Book and The Aristocats. Judging by the word "chilly", I'm guessing The Pebble and the Penguin is the next classics review.

YES, IT FINALLY HAPPENED! Plus, another excellent review by yours truly! Well done AniMat!😎👍

Fun fact: The intro song for this version of Robin Hood has been sped up for the "HampsterDance" song. Remember that old song from the earlier days of KZfaq?

Fantastic review and honestly I love how you connected Prince John to certain authority figures of today! I, for one, will always appreciate how vocal you are regarding your views and appreciate you sharing them on your platform. Keep on being you, Animat!

Ah yes, the one movie that inspired arguably the best YTP ever made

“Robin Hood” is certainly a Disney film that I really enjoy. While it’s not in my top 10 favorite Disney films, I’d say it’s definitely in my top 20, with its fun characters, charming humor, and interesting portrayal of the Robin Hood legend. Also, if you’re confused if you should laugh at the jokes revolving around Sir Hiss or admire the creativity with how he was animated, I’m simply all, “why not do both?” They help in fleshing Sir Hiss out to be another fun and memorable part of the film, similar to what they did with Kaa from “The Jungle Book”. Also, if we’re about to get chilly with the next review, and if it’s for a Don Bluth film, then it looks like we’re about to go on an adventure with “The Pebble and the Penguin.” That’ll be an interesting one to look at, but here’s my advice: don’t make Drake laugh!

🎉🍰 🦊🐻🏹 Happy 50th Anniversary, Robin Hood! This year marks the 50th Anniversary when Disney's Robin Hood was released in theaters 🎥 back in November 8, 1973! Perfect time ⏲️ to review this underrated Disney gem! 🏹🐻🦊 🍰🎉

This movie may be pretty good but Hour Of Poop's YTP Friar Tuck's Rubbing Wood is a masterpiece

You can definitely tell Don Bluth worked on this, especially with the kid characters. And despite the recycled animation and the everything else, it's still easily one of my favorite Disney movies, even more than the Jungle Book. It's funny, has some good action scenes, great cast, and some super catchy tunes.

I never realized King John and Scar are basically the same type of villain. Except one of course is a murderer…

This movie was my childhood ;)

“Who’s DRIVIN’ this flying umbrella?”

I CAN LITERALLY HEAR THAT SONG IN THE BACKGROUND; cannot wait to check out the next review!!

Funny that someone in the comments said that Don Bluth once worked at Disney, Cause that's exactly what Mat will talk about, A film involving Penguins, Barry Manillow, And Tim Curry doing an American accent.

Robin Hood is one of if not the best film from Disney's Dark Age.

The next review is The Pebble and The Penguin

While it's no Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Lion King. But it is an entertaining classic that still holds up after 50 years later.

I wish the deleted scenes were in the final movie , that would have been more satisfying . 😊

11:38, So, is Disney just trying to rip-off their own Movies by having the Characters in Robin Hood move similiar in their other Films for "The Phoney King of England" song or something?? Because it seems weirdly ironic if that's somewhat the case.

Yeah. A favorite of mine. Maid Marian is my favorite Disney "princess". *Rolls eyes at the politics bit*

Let me guess: next is The Pebble and the Penguin?

I love this film, one of my childhood favorites! Robin Hood may not be one of the highest quality Disney films, but it is still very entertaining with its perfect voice casting, charming characters and the amount of comedy coming from them, and Prince John, one of my favorite Disney villains. I also love the music as well, it's stuck with me to this day.

I LOVED this movie growing up! (And still do!) It's a silly, clever take on the story, and I find the characters quite charming! Lol, to this day, it's a running gag in my house where we yell "NIIIIINE O' CLOCK, AND ALLLLL IS WELLL!!!" XD Also, who doesn't laugh at the prince going "MOMMY!!!" while sucking his thumb like a child.

Took me a while to realize that some scenes were recycled from previous movies, but I don't care. I grew up with this film. One thing I liked was Prince John using alliteration to describe Sir Hiss as insults - silly serpent, suspicious snake, stupid serpent, reluctant reptile, cowardly cobra, procrastinating python, etc.

For the “Re-used” animation I defend it because some don’t relies that animation takes a long time to make.

Damn, This movie was part of my childhood.

This film made me love projects with anthropomorphic animals

I'm guessing the next Classic Review is: The Pebble and The Penguin

This movie has some of my favourite Disney quotes. Little John's "Hey! Who's driving this flying umbrella?", Robin's "Rob? That's such a harsh word we never rob! We just...borrow from those who can afford it." and John's response "Borrow? Oh man are we in debt!" These quotes are recited often in my family, and this movie was always a fun, simple adventure.

Happy 50th Anniversary Of Disney's Robin Hood

I absolutely adore this movie even if it has a lot of recycled animation and a reused design of Baloo from The Jungle Book. This is definitely my favourite of Disney's so called dark age.

One of the many things I love about Disneys Robin Hood is that it's one of the masterpieces that famous animators like Floyd Norman took part in! Hell he probably might've even made the storyboard art for this movies deleted ending.

Funny that this review just got released on KZfaq today, because it's also the 10th anniversary of Disney Infinity. Oh, and last month, I actually visited Sherwood Forest in Nottingham.

Errol Flynn and Kevin Costner are what most people will say when thinking of Robin Hood. If you asked me to start naming Disney animated movies by themselves I would probably give you twenty titles before I got to this one.

Next review, “the pebble and the penguin”

Robin Hood is a very nostalgic movie to me as it was among the first Disney movies I have seen and remember as we had the VHS tape from 1989 when I was 6. I still like the movie to this day and while it has flaws and overshadowed by other Disney movies released before and after, it is a classic and has a place in my heart.

This and Sword in the stone were my favorite Walt Disney classics to watch on vhs. I adore the characters and storyline.

This is my dads favourite Disney movie (Alongside the Great Mouse Detective) He still using quotes from it.

Robin Hood was a good adaptation of the original tale, and I like the idea of giving it an animals twist so it can describe the plot in a nutshell towards families. The animation was really good with the action, expressions, and what Disney can do with many other animals. I also liked how Robin Hood was portrayed in this movie, and the phony king does represent of why far right nationalists are just terrible people. I need to go and check this movie out for myself

While it may not be Happy Feet, I’m quite excited that The Pebble And The Penguin is next.

Hiss, you're never around when I need you!!!

People did complain about the reuse animation in this movie on Tumblr back when Frozen was the newest Disney movie. It was like a short period where people jumped on this Disney hate bandwagon and criticizing the animation of some movies. Some of the criticism was that Disney has the money to make good animation and that they're constantly being lazy. Besides all that Tumblr nonsense this is one of my favorite Disney films. I love the voices for every character. They all seem perfectly matched to their designs.

Not only did the animators play around with Sir Hiss' body but in the German dub, Little John called him spaghetti.

The whistling song from this is such an earworm.

Words don't describe how I am for you to finally review this!!!

Happy 50th anniversary “Robin Hood”

❤️💖 I truly loved 😍 and enjoyed this movie 🎬 in my childhood! I always ♥️ watched this movie on VHS 📼 and I still owned the VHS copy of Robin Hood. True, it may not be Disney's perfect masterpiece films like Fantasia or the Lion King. But still an enjoyable fun family entertaining popcorn flick! 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️

Alright! NOW We're Talking! All to say I LOVED this movie, all the up to the day I was born! I mean that seriously my mom actually have stories how many times she would play this when I was little (More as a tool to calm me down when I would be grumpy). Even today I hold merits to know every scene, every line, every song, from beginning to end. In fact you know this is such a childhood favorite that even became a key inspiration for Zootopia if I'm not mistaken. In fact I even knew some people who still love doing the whistle stop bit, I even say it even taught me how to whistle. Honestly I'll say I might not handle some of the criticism consider it as a childhood favorite, but hey not everything is perfect, and I'm still glad how this turned out. I wouldn't even change a thing!

I still choke up a little every time I hear the song Robin Hood and Little John Running Through the Forest.

Ah, Robin Hood. A.k.a. One of my childhood movies. This flick was always a comfort to me whenever I was feeling down, helped by the great voice cast giving the characters a bit more depth than they would have in any other scripts. My favorite characters include Robin Hood, Little John, Prince John, Alan A'Dale, Friar Tuck, and especially Lady Cluck. Cluck and Tuck are especially high up, though, because the former is so unafraid of Prince John's actions that she manages to steamroll quite a bit of the guards during the archery brawl in the middle of the film. The latter reminds me of myself and to a degree my folks, as we too are done with the BS going on that hurts those with less power than them. Bottom line, this film is one of my absolute favorites from the characters and voice acting alone. Though to be fair, the animation is also really good.

I remembered back when I first saw Robin Hood on DVD I always wondered why some scenes (specifically The Jungle Book related scenes) looked so similar Especially Little John, he looked and sounded familiar since he looked like Baloo Also I'm excited for the live action Robin Hood remake

This movie was alright. But I wish Robin Hood and little John had more screen time in the film because they kinda feels underdeveloped in this version. But This movie did give us the hamster song. So that’s already a plus.

"That sounds like another collection day for the poor, eh, Johnny boy?" "Yeah. Sweet Charity."

Disney's Robin Hood is the most popular "kid-friendly" version of the legend. Though the real irony of the Robin Hood Legend: John actually did become king after Richard passed. John the first, last, only, and worst of his name.

Fun fact Peter Ustinov who plays Prince john, also plays King Richard.

Is Pebble and the Penguin next?! I've requested that one for such a long time!

Me: Wait. Is that Don Bloth + Chilly = The Pebble & The Penguin My Piplup: No way🤩 My Primearina ( Poppy ): it can't be 😳+😽 * faints for surprise *

The Pebble and the Penguin is Next.

Disney’s Robin Hood is another childhood classic of mine! The characters are a lot of fun and the slapstick is always entertaining. I always like seeing the recycled animation during certain scenes like “The Phony King of England.” I do wish that the deleted alternate ending was in the Final Cut however, it seemed to tie in the events better. Still, this film is always a pleasure to watch time and time again.

Ah yes, I remember this one. I used to watch it multiple times on VHS and really enjoyed it every time. Fun fact: During Christmas in Sweden, they show a clip from this movie along with other Disney films in a television special called "From All of Us To All of You" (Swedish title; Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul).

Best Robin Hood movie, 100% better than Robin Hood 2010 and Robin Hood 2018!

Who is more hateable? Prince John or the Sheriff?

The first time I heard about Roger Miller is when I listened to a song called “You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd”.

"Chilly with the next Don Bluth film" and "It's debatable weither it's one of the worst or best". Let's see....The Secret of NIMH is fantastic, An American Tail, Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Rock a Doodle, Anastasia, And Titan AE were already covered. But, when AniMat said Don Bluth and chilly, there can only be one thing....... THE PEBBLE AND THE PENGUIN IS COMING UP NEXT!!!! (phew) for a moment, I was worried that I thought he was going to suffer through Thumbelina. That movie is torture)

Listening to the Rooster whistle reminds of how my dad used to whistle like that.

I enjoy the movie as a kid when i watched it in 4th grade, it’s my favorite adaptations of the tale. The songs, while they’re not a big priority in the feature, are very nice, especially Love that it’s played in Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Whistle Stop, that inspires the catchy Hampsterdance Song.

If Walt wanted a heroic fox, they could have used Inari. They are know for being a benevolent (albeit mischievous) fox. Might have also helped improve relationships with Japan at the time.

In terms if the narrstive itself being kinda weak, that does kinda reflect the source material. Truth is there isn't actually any definitive single story of Robin Hood that was the primary source, but rather a collection of short stories, plays and poems all about the character (not unlike the whole scene with Robin and Little John robbing the Prince disguised as fortune tellers). Heck, even the oldest reference we have to Robin Hood is just that: a reference, and not the story itself. It wasn't until centuries later that writers started trying to create a single cohesive narrative about Robin Hood from all the short stories.

❤️💖 There is a Disney fan theory ✨️ that has been going on where Robin Hood is a prequel to Zootopia. Robin Hood was the influence and inspiration for Zootopia which is directed by Disney animator and director Byron Howard, who stated that Robin Hood was his favorite Disney childhood movie. 🦊🦊 Both Robin Hood and Nick Wilde are closely related to and Nick Wilde is Robin Hood's descendant. Both Robin Hood and Nick Wilde ironically dressed in light green 🟢. Mayor Lionheart maybe related to King Richard. Robin Hood takes place in Medieval times while Zootopia takes place in far future. 🦁🦁 Do you believed this theory? 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️

You’ve just made me love the movie much more than ever. Thank You!

“Ta da, da, da, whoo!” “I steal from the rich and give to the needy.”

I must point out some medieval stuff. 1. Maid Marian's outfit is completely historically accurate. Every piece existed and was worn together in the 1100s to 1250s. 2. Destroying pies would not go unpunished. The local Baker's Guild burned their hair off to make each individual one and they all got destroyed. Some heads will roll for that. 3. Anyone would be shot at for being in Sherwood Forest. That's the Royal Forest only the king can hunt in those woods. Yes, kings did abuse that power. They did make the entire 100 mile radius royal forest. They used it to control travel.

The problem with the plot of Robin Hood is not even the fact they skip directly to the Reinstablished Kingdom of King Richard, but the fact that it takes agency from the characters themselves. They just resisted to the tiranny of King John, but it was another character, that shows up at the ending of the story, to end it. Pre-90s Disney always had a problem with character agency, where the protagonists just let the story happen to them until it ends.

Here's a news flash Animat, most 20th century Fascists unfortunately for us Lefties were not greedy in the truest Capitalist sense. They were charitable too throughout Europe. European Far-Righters (Germany, Italy, and Spain and even Poland) were hated Free-Market Capitalism almost as much as they hated Communism or any left-wing politcs and economic systems.

Believe it or not, this movie was meant to be a level for an Epic Mickey game, where Mickey Mouse battled an army of rhino guards (plus the executioner) at Prince John's castle.

I used to watch this very often on VHS as a kid. Nowadays I prefer the greatest YTP ever, Friar's Rubbing Wood.

If I had a nickel for every time Disney created a scraggly animated lion with mommy issues, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

This is my #1 favorite retelling of *"ROBIN HOOD"* #2 is Mel Brooks' *"ROBIN HOOD: Men In Tights"* starring Cary Elwes & Eric Rees #3 is Kevin Reynolds' *"ROBIN HOOD: Prince of Thieves"* starring Kevin Costner & Alan Rickman