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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik''}}
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{{Infobox movie
{{Infobox movie
|image= [[File:.png|300px]]
|image= [[File:Robin Hoodnik ad.png|300px]]
|caption=  
|caption=  
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]
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|released= [[November 4]], [[1972]]
|released= [[November 4]], [[1972]]
|run_time= 43:28
|run_time= 43:28
|starring= [[Cynthia Adler]]<br />[[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Joe E. Ross]]<br />[[Hal Smith]]<br />[[John Stephenson]]<br />[[Lennie Weinrib|Len Weinrib]]<br />[[Janet Waldo]]
|starring= [[Len Weinrib]]<br />[[John Stephenson]]<br />[[Joe E. Ross]]<br />[[Cynthia Adler]]<br />[[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Hal Smith]]
|producers= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
|producers= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
|screenplay= [[Jack Mendelsohn]]
|screenplay= [[Jack Mendelsohn]]
|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera<br />[[Alexy Lovy]] (voices)
|animation_directors= [[Charles A. Nichols]]
|title_card= [[File:Robin Hoodnik title card.png|300px]]
|title_card= [[File:Robin Hoodnik title card.png|300px]]
}}
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'''''The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik''''' is an American animated television movie. It aired on [[November 4]], [[1972]] on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Jack Mendelsohn]], and produced and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the founders of [[Hanna-Barbera]].
'''''The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik''''' is an American animated comedy-adventure television movie, based on the English folklore of the legendary heroic outlaw [[Robin Hood]]. It aired on [[November 4]], [[1972]] on [[ABC]] who promoted it as a "Saturday Superstar Movie." It was written by [[Jack Mendelsohn]], produced and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the founders of [[Hanna-Barbera]], and voice directed by [[Alex Lovy]].
 
The anthropomorphized band of Merry Men led by Robin Hoodnik must save Maid Marian from the clutches of Lord Scurvy, who has forced her hand in marriage with a love potion.
 
A year later Walt Disney Pictures released ''Robin Hood'', their own more memorable and celebrated anthropomorphized reindition of Robin Hood, who was a fox, and humans did not co-exist with human-like animals.


==Detailed summary==
==Detailed summary==
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{{CastTop}}
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|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Oxx]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Robin Hoodnik]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Joe E. Ross]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Len Weinrib]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Sheriff of Nottingham]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Sheriff of Nottingham]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[John Stephenson]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[John Stephenson]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Deputy Oxx]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Joe E. Ross]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Lord Scurvy]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Len Weinrib
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Scounger]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Scounger]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Daws Butler]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Daws Butler]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Lord Scurvy]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Lennie Weinrib|Len Weinrib]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Alan Airedale]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Alan Airedale]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Len Weinrib
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Len Weinrib
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Robin Hoodnik]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Little John]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Len Weinrib
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Len Weinrib
|-
|-
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|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Cynthia Adler]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Cynthia Adler]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Little John]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Widow Weed]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Len Weinrib
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old lady
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Janet Waldo]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Janet Waldo]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Furnaila]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Prunella]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Kickstart (Robin Hoodnik)|Kickstart]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Kickstart (Robin Hoodnik)|Kickstart]]
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|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Man
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Santa Claus]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Town crier
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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==Organizations==
==Organizations==
*  
* [[Merry Men]]


==Locations==
==Locations==
* [[Earth]]
* [[Earth]]
** [[England]]
** [[England]]
*** [[Nottingham]]
*** [[Nottinghamshire]]
*** [[Sherwood Forest]]
**** [[Sherwood Forest]]
***** [[Robin Hoodnik Headquarters]]
***** [[Weed residence]]
**** Jail
**** [[Nottingham]]
***** [[Nottingham Castle|Scurvy Manor]]
** [[United States]] (indirectly mentioned)
*** [[Ohio]] (indirectly mentioned)
**** [[Cincinatti]] (mentioned)
*** [[Pennyslvania]] (indirectly mentioned)
**** [[Pittsburg]] (mentioned)
** [[New York]] (indirectly mentioned)
*** [[New York City]] (indirectly mentioned)
**** [[Queens]] (mentioned)
* [[Moon|The Moon]]


==Objects==
==Objects==
*  
* Love potion
* Giant toaster
* [[U-Turn Return Boomerang Bow]]


==Vehicles==
==Vehicles==
*  
* [[Robin's Band Wagon]]


==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===
===Filming===
===Filming===
It was copyrighted in 1972.
==Music==
==Music==
The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]], who was credited a musical director. Curtin had musical supervision from [[Paul DeKorte]].
 
==Crew credits==
* Associate producer: [[Lew Marshall]]
* Story editor: [[Ruth Brooks Flippen]]
* Story directors: [[Jan Green]], [[Jim Carmichael]]
* Animation director: [[Charles A. Nichols]]
* Production designer: [[Iwao Takamoto]]
* Production supervisor: [[Victor O. Schipek]]
* Character designer: [[Jerry Eisenberg]]
* Layout supervisor: [[Roman Arambula]]
* Background artists: [[Walt Peregoy]], [[Cathy Patrick]], [[Daniela Bielecka]], [[Don Watson]], [[Janet Brown]], [[Phil Lewis]], [[Bill Butler]], [[Rene Garcia]], [[Don Schweikert]]
* Titles artist: [[Iraj Paran]]
* Technical supervisor: [[Frank Paiker]]
* Ink and paint supervisor: [[Jayne Barbera]]
* Xerographer: [[Robert 'Tiger' West]]
* Sound directors: [[Richard Olson]], [[Bill Getty]]
* Supervising film editor: [[Larry Cowan]]
* Negative consultant: [[William E. DeBoer]]
* Post production: [[Joed Eaton]]
* Camera operators: [[George Epperson]], [[Cliff Shirpser]], [[Norman Stainback]], [[Dennis Weaver]], [[John Aardal]]


==Release==
==Release==
Dates are in order of release:
Dates are in order of release:


* United States: November 4, 1972 on ABC
* United States: November 4, 1972 at 9:30 am on ABC


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*  
* It has a canned laugh track.
* The act of bribing Scrounger with a treat to do a job and his delighted reaction has been done before:
** [[Quick Draw McGraw (character)|Quick Draw McGraw]] with [[Snuffles]] in the ''[[Quick Draw McGraw (segments)|Quick Draw McGraw]]'' segments. Scrounger and Snuffles will also work for either side just to get a treat.
** [[Dick Dastardly]] with [[Muttley]] in ''[[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]''. Scrounger also grumbles incoherently like Mumbly when he doesn't get his reward.
** [[Mystery Incorporated]] with [[Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo]] in ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (TV series)|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]''
* Real-world newspaper articles referred to Robin Hoodnik as Robin Hound.


==Errors==
==Errors==
*  
* In the first scene Robin's Band Wagon is seen, the sign is missing an apostrophe.
* When Oxxy is first seen back at the castle after pretending to be Robin Hoodnik, he is still in his Robin Hoodnik disguise, which must've been intended as it switched back to his regular uniform when the camera moved closer to him.
* Despite being called Scurvy Manor, a letter calls it Scurvy Castle, which is probably more accurate.


==Marketing and promotion==
==Marketing and promotion==
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Revision as of 22:10, 7 January 2024

The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik
Robin Hoodnik ad.png
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Release date November 4, 1972
Run time 43:28
Starring Len Weinrib
John Stephenson
Joe E. Ross
Cynthia Adler
Daws Butler
Hal Smith
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by Jack Mendelsohn
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Alexy Lovy (voices)
Title card
Robin Hoodnik title card.png

The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik is an American animated comedy-adventure television movie, based on the English folklore of the legendary heroic outlaw Robin Hood. It aired on November 4, 1972 on ABC who promoted it as a "Saturday Superstar Movie." It was written by Jack Mendelsohn, produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera, and voice directed by Alex Lovy.

The anthropomorphized band of Merry Men led by Robin Hoodnik must save Maid Marian from the clutches of Lord Scurvy, who has forced her hand in marriage with a love potion.

A year later Walt Disney Pictures released Robin Hood, their own more memorable and celebrated anthropomorphized reindition of Robin Hood, who was a fox, and humans did not co-exist with human-like animals.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Robin Hoodnik Len Weinrib
Sheriff of Nottingham John Stephenson
Deputy Oxx Joe E. Ross
Lord Scurvy Len Weinrib
Scounger Daws Butler
Alan Airedale Len Weinrib
Little John Len Weinrib
Friar Pork Len Weinrib
Maid Marian Cynthia Adler
Widow Weed Janet Waldo
Prunella N/A
Kickstart Hal Smith
Whirlin' Merlin Len Weinrib
Carbuncle John Stephenson
King Richard Daws Butler
Alligator N/A
Santa Claus
Town crier Unavailable
Marriage officiant Unavailable


Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1972.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited a musical director. Curtin had musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Crew credits

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: November 4, 1972 at 9:30 am on ABC

Behind the scenes

Errors

  • In the first scene Robin's Band Wagon is seen, the sign is missing an apostrophe.
  • When Oxxy is first seen back at the castle after pretending to be Robin Hoodnik, he is still in his Robin Hoodnik disguise, which must've been intended as it switched back to his regular uniform when the camera moved closer to him.
  • Despite being called Scurvy Manor, a letter calls it Scurvy Castle, which is probably more accurate.

Marketing and promotion

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

Trailers

References

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