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Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
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Maid Marian And Her Merry Men was a children's Sitcom made by The BBC, based on Robin Hood and written by Tony Robinson, who also played the Sheriff. Calling it a kids' version of Blackadder is trite, obvious and (to a certain extent) true. However, it's much more Denser and Wackier.The concept was that Robin wasn't a noble outlaw hero at all, but a clueless yuppie who had inadvertently got involved with the revolutionary schemes of Maid Marian, presented here as the real brains behind the operation. Joining them were Little Ron (a vertically-challenged bruiser), Rabies (a large and very stupid peasant) and Barrington (a Rasta, despite Rastafarianism not existing yet). Much to Marian's exasperation, none of them were particularly reliable, least of all Robin, who spent most of his time designing their outfits (except when he started believing the hype and thinking he was the leader).Prince John, technically the leader of the forces of oppression (or "Ye Baddies", as the credits had it), was usually portrayed as an unstable Psychopathic Manchild, leaving the actual scheming to his Dragon, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The Sheriff's two Mooks, Gary and Graeme, were almost as stupid as Rabies.Since Marian and the Sheriff were the only intelligent people within walking distance (the villagers were just as bad), they were usually the only ones the other felt they could talk sensibly with, even though they were on opposing sides. Somehow, this never made the Sheriff look like a Punch-Clock Villain; he was just biding his time until he could catch the whole gang.Later series added two new Baddies: Rotten Rose Scargill, Marian's Rival Turned Evil with a crush on Robin, and Guy of Gisbourne, John's childlike, and borderline deranged, nephew. | |
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Card-Carrying Villain | |
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Card-Carrying Villain: The Sheriff (whose hobbies include lying, cheating and poking small children with sticks) and Prince John. | |
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Terrible Trio | |
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Terrible Trio: The Sheriff, Gary and Graeme. | |
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Visual Pun | |
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Visual Pun: In one episode, the Sheriff is collecting taxes. This includes a large carpet (the carpet tacks) and a small mint (the Tic Tax). "Don't forget the VAT!" (value added tax) | |
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Those Two Guys | |
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Those Two Guys: Gary and Graeme. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: Marian for Ye Goodies and the Sheriff for Ye Baddies. | |
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Anachronism Stew | |
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Anachronism Stew: Despite the show being set in The Dung Ages, the show is packed to the brim with modern concepts and references right down to Marian having a Rasta in her gang. | |
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Limited Wardrobe | |
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Limited Wardrobe: Most of the characters, though Marian and the Merry Men get two wardrobe upgrades — after the third episode of the first series they begin dressing mainly in green to "coordinate with the trees," and from the second season on their outfits have become more detailed, distinct and individual. The one exception to the trope is Robin, who has lots of outfits, and from the second season onwards seldom wears the same one two episodes in a row. | |
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Previously on… | |
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The Previously on… song for "Rotten Rose Part 2" doubles as a song about how evil Rose is. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Sometimes even the Sheriff was disgusted by some of King John's characteristics. | |
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Minion with an F in Evil | |
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Minion with an F in Evil: Gary and Graeme. They're inept to the point that Marian and co quite like them when they're not pursuing them on Nottingham's orders. | |
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Gentle Giant | |
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Gentle Giant: Rabies | |
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The Smart Guy | |
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The Smart Guy: Marian is definitely the smartest of the group, but on occasion Barrington will play The Smart Guy. | |
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Namesake Gag | |
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Namesake Gag: The episode "A Game Called John" revolves around the invention of a game that involves moving balls around on a cloth-covered table, which is named in honour of Prince John until he decides he doesn't want it and gives it away, with all naming rights, to a random peasant — whose name turns out to be Snooker. | |
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Surrounded by Idiots | |
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In the first episode, the Sheriff displays a childish sadism that would be more typical of King John in later episodes — the later Sheriff typically acts villainous out of fear (for what the King might do to him), greed (for what he personally can get out of a situation) or sheer annoyance from being Surrounded by Idiots rather than gleeful For the Evulz. | |
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Important Haircut | |
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Important Haircut: Marian cuts her hair at the beginning of series four, in an attempt to look tougher. The DVD commentary states that the actress had cut her hair for a play in between seasons, and didn't have time to grow it again. | |
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Comedic Sociopathy | |
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Comedic Sociopathy: Since this was a kids' show, never actually shown, although there were plenty of threats of it happening (mostly from John to the Sheriff, or from the Sheriff to Gary & Graeme). | |
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Polar Opposite Twins | |
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Polar Opposite Twins: Subverted, everyone expects Richard the Lionheart to reclaim his kingdom and sort everything out but he turns out to be John's Just As Evil Twin. | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: The first season is the only one with a complete story arc (beginning with the band forming and ending with the return of Richard). It also has more references to familiar stories of Robin Hood; later on, as the characters developed, the series became less of a Robin Hood parody and more of a sitcom with a Robin Hood theme. In the first episode, the Sheriff displays a childish sadism that would be more typical of King John in later episodes — the later Sheriff typically acts villainous out of fear (for what the King might do to him), greed (for what he personally can get out of a situation) or sheer annoyance from being Surrounded by Idiots rather than gleeful For the Evulz. Episode 1 also depicts Nottingham Castle as being more heavily populated than usual: we see a doorman and there is a mention of torturers in the prison; later in the series, it appears that all of the castle's duties are handled by Gary, Graeme and the Sheriff. In the same episode, the Sheriff also makes references to a "Mrs. Nottingham," but there's no indication anywhere else in the series that he's married or has any sort of family. | |
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The Big Guy | |
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The Big Guy: Little Ron's the toughest and scrappiest of the group. Though Rabies is the physically biggest and strongest and will often share the role of The Big Guy with Little Ron. | |
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Celebrity Impersonator | |
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Celebrity Impersonator: Parodied in an episode where they discover there is a celebrity impersonator of Robin Hood, whom the Sheriff hires to frame Robin. That's right, professional celebrity impersonators in The Dung Ages. | |
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Kangaroo Court | |
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Kangaroo Court: King John's idea of justice involves having the charges read out to him and then immediately shouting "Guilty!" Lampshaded by Barrington, who winks at the fourth wall while giving ironic praise for the English judicial system. | |
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The Lancer | |
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The Lancer: Barrington, who's laid-back, easy-going and usually the closest thing to a second-in-command the Merry Men have — though sometimes Robin, who gets more starring roles, fulfils the role. | |
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The Leader | |
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The Leader: Marian takes up this role. She's the unquestioned leader of the gang, even if people occasionally think Robin is. | |
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Did You Get a New Haircut? | |
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Did You Get a New Haircut?: Marian did get a new haircut, but when she asked the boys if they noticed anything different about her, Barrington replied "Yeah, your bum's getting a bit big. You ought to diet." (Rabies: "What colour?") At the end of episode, when Marian is Covered in Gunge, Rabies asks if she's had her hair done again. | |
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Covered in Gunge | |
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Covered in Gunge: This tended to happen to people a lot | |
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Large Ham: John, who is something of a BRIAN BLESSED expy, sans beard. | |
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Stalker with a Crush. Rose again. | |
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Five-Man Band | |
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Five-Man Band: While the Merry Men do fit the traditional roles of the Five-Man Band, they tend to swap around the roles a little depending on the situation and story. In fact, the only character who sticks to one role is Little Ron, who's The Big Guy. The Leader: Marian takes up this role. She's the unquestioned leader of the gang, even if people occasionally think Robin is. The Lancer: Barrington, who's laid-back, easy-going and usually the closest thing to a second-in-command the Merry Men have — though sometimes Robin, who gets more starring roles, fulfils the role. The Big Guy: Little Ron's the toughest and scrappiest of the group. Though Rabies is the physically biggest and strongest and will often share the role of The Big Guy with Little Ron. The Smart Guy: Marian is definitely the smartest of the group, but on occasion Barrington will play The Smart Guy. The Load: Robin. He's cowardly, ineffectual, and self-centered, but he's also the friendliest and most soft-hearted. And occasionally Gentle Giant Rabies, who's very sweet-natured and loving, plays this role. | |
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Diseased Name: Rabies | |
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Big Bad: King John | |
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Tickle Torture | |
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Tickle Torture: Happens in the first episode. | |
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Screen-to-Stage Adaptation | |
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Screen-to-Stage Adaptation: The programme was adapted for a stage musical by Tony Robinson, Mark Billingham and David Lloyd. It toured several British theatres. The theatre programme for the production at the Bristol Old Vic featured new artwork by Paul Cemmick, showing Tony Robinson dreaming the production after being hit in the head by a football. The script for this production was later published in book format by Longman literature in 1992, as part of a series of BBC TV (and radio) plays to be used in classrooms at Key Stage 3 level (roughly ages 11–14). The book includes support material and activities for this purpose. | |
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Upper-Class Twit | |
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Upper-Class Twit: Robin. | |
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Stockholm Syndrome | |
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Stockholm Syndrome: King John's torture victims are horrified by the idea of leaving the torture chamber and going to live in the world with all its stress and fast carts and modern technology (like pointy sticks). | |
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Catchphrase | |
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Catchphrase: "UNDERSTAAAND?!" (King John as coda to his latest threat to do something nasty if the Sheriff fails in carrying out his orders.) "Wait a minute!" (The Sheriff's most-used phrase when he has an idea or notices that something's off. Often followed up by "Wait a <random adjective> minute!") | |
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Fourth Wall Psych: During the 'telethon' in the episode "Little Brown Noses". | |
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Everyone Meets Everyone | |
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Everyone Meets Everyone: The first episode is even called "How The Gang Got Together". | |
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Jive Turkey | |
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Jive Turkey: Barrington. Gladys, on occasion. | |
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"The Villain Sucks" Song | |
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"The Villain Sucks" Song: The Previously on… song for "Rotten Rose Part 2" doubles as a song about how evil Rose is. "Much the Mini-Mart Manager Son" in the episode of the same name is about how devious he is. | |
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Dreadlock Rasta | |
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Dreadlock Rasta: Barrington. Specifically described as a Rasta on several occasions, despite living centuries before Rastafarianism existed. He sometimes acts as a sort of narrator for the ongoing events. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: "Hang on! We're playing Chronic The Hedgehog! It's the first time we've ever got up to level four! And he hasn't been zapped by the crabs once!" In the same episode, Robin is DMing live action Dungeons & Dragons, and devises the Maze of Mystery. Which, for some reason, involves him shaving his head, wearing a leopard-print coat, and playing the harmonica. In the episode "The White-ish Knight", the mysterious knight gets his own theme tune which goes "Aah-ah, aah-ah, the White-ish Knight", in a way not completely dissimilar to CLANNAD's Robin of Sherwood theme. | |
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Silent Treatment | |
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Silent Treatment: Near the end of the episode "Tunnel Vision", Gary and Graeme decide to express their dissatisfaction with the mess the Sheriff got them into by collectively ignoring him. The Sheriff has coincidentally just come into possession of an artifact claimed to make its owner invisible, and thus is led to believe that the artifact actually works. | |
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Hyper-Competent Sidekick | |
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Hypercompetent Sidekick: The show features one in each camp, the titular heroine to Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Both double as the Only Sane (Wo)man of their respective sides. | |
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Cool Old Lady | |
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Cool Old Lady: Gladys | |
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Keep Away | |
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Keep Away: Used as a spoof of Rugby. Just to add to the spoof, they're using an actual egg. With running commentary by Graeme. | |
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Fake Ultimate Hero | |
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Fake Ultimate Hero: Robin Hood was mistaken for being the leader of the merry men, even though it was Marian. | |
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Action Girl | |
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The Dung Ages | |
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The Dung Ages: Mud is seen as both a currency and a dietary staple. | |
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Historical Villain Upgrade: King John gets this treatment, as per usual for Robin Hood adaptations, but in this case it also happens to Richard I. The two monarchs are portrayed as being as bad as each other, the only difference that Richard is more popular - and so goes about his evil in a smug, swaggering manner, as opposed to John's shady bullying. | |
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The Ditz | |
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The Ditz: Guy of Gisbourne. | |
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The Fool | |
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The Fool: Robin. Actually, most of the cast... | |
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The Load | |
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The Load: Robin. He's cowardly, ineffectual, and self-centered, but he's also the friendliest and most soft-hearted. And occasionally Gentle Giant Rabies, who's very sweet-natured and loving, plays this role. | |
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Purely Aesthetic Era | |
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Purely Aesthetic Era: Virtually everything that happens. Despite being set in The Dung Ages, it still manages to have (among many other examples) a Rastafarian (identified as such), a telethon, belief in space aliens and sell-by date laws. One episode contains numerous references to Paul McCartney and his then-wife Linda. | |
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Britain Is Only London | |
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Britain Is Only London: Averted, with the series being possibly the only example of Britain is Only Nottinghamshire. Throughout the course of Maid Marian there is a grand total of three locations: Nottingham Castle (apparently the most important place in England, as the king lives there), Worksop and Sherwood Forest. Justified, as sitcoms generally work better over limited spaces. | |
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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything | |
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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: For all Marian's preaching about being freedom fighters the merry men mainly spend their time doing school activities and dysfunctional flat sharing. Lampshaded by Little Ron. | |
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Anti-Climactic Parent | |
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Anti-Climactic Parent: Marian never admitted to her mother that she was an outlaw. This leads the main characters to keep up the charade of being The Merry Dentists. However, when Marian is captured, her mum leads the rescue effort and ultimately reveals she has her own geriatric gang of outlaws. | |
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Rival Turned Evil | |
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Rival Turned Evil: Rotten Rose. | |
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Crowd Song | |
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Crowd Song: At least Once an Episode, often with Lampshade Hanging. | |
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Medieval Morons | |
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Medieval Morons: Similarly present here, where Marian and the Sheriff are the only characters with two brain cells to rub together. | |
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YouMeanXMas | |
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You Mean X Mas: Invoked and parodied. The Sheriff of Nottingham and his henchmen, Gary and Graeme, invent a public holiday called "Bloopy" in order to get out of trouble with King John, and every single cynical thing ever said about Christmas applies to Bloopy as well. | |
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished | |
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Zig-Zagged Trope: Sometimes Marian escapes being Covered in Gunge evern when the other Merry Men don't, sometimes an episode opens with her getting mud thrown at her, and ends with her getting the biggest gunging of all. | |
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