![]() Though the sheriff is apparently a decent and respectable archer, making it to the final round, he resorts to cheating to defeat the disguised Robin Hood. He even carries on a conversation with the "stork" about how Robin Hood did not attend, and brags that he could always see through the disguises. Once again, he is unaware of the fact that a stork archer is actually Robin Hood in disguise. ![]() The Sheriff is one of the participants in Prince John's archery tournament. The Sheriff even stops so low as to take money from a blind beggar, while being completely oblivious to the fact that the beggar is Robin Hood in disguise. At Mother Rabbit's home, he takes the single farthing that was meant as a birthday present for Skippy. First, he takes them from Otto the blacksmith, by hitting Otto's leg until the coins that the dog hid in his cast come out, which causes obvious pain to Otto's broken leg. Later, he is shown traveling though the town for his daily tax collection. Despite his attempts, Robin Hood manages to escape by hiding in a tree. The Sheriff appears at the film's opening, sneaking up on Robin Hood and Little John as the two are swimming. He also speaks with a heavy Southern United States accent, which is likewise derived directly from British dialects which most characters speak in. Unlike most Disney villains, the Sheriff is a cheerful and polite character, but he seems to be tough, short-tempered, quarrelsome and cantankerous. The Sheriff commands a treacherous posse of archer wolves, and has authority over Trigger and Nutsy. In addition, he’s constantly fooled by Robin Hood's disguises, despite his claims to the contrary.ĭespite this, he is shown to be extremely brainy and shrewd, as he was baffled by Prince John's unexpected claim that Robin Hood should be released, and immediately grew suspicious of John's tyrannical and dangerous behavior, with his suspicions being confirmed when he found Little John holding the prince hostage via knife-back. Despite his constant attempts to capture Robin Hood, he fails at all times. He’s unsympathetic and thoughtless to the poverty of the townspeople, using immoral ways to collect taxes, such as forcing out the coins that Otto hidden in his leg cast, regardless of the pain the blacksmith would endure from his broken leg in the process, or taking the single farthing that was in the church's poor box and laughing as he did it.ĭue to this, he is hated by the people of Nottingham, who often derisively refer to him as "Bushel-britches", referring to the Sheriff's rather morbidly obese physique. In contrast to Prince John (who is the villainous mastermind behind the many plans to stop Robin Hood), the Sheriff is a more active antagonist, constantly fighting and attempting to capture Robin Hood. He was charged to collect the taxes by Prince John. Murdered the infant son of the man who Nottingham believed to be hisįather and replaced the infant with the Sheriff.The Sheriff was originally shown to be an honorable, otherwise stingy individual. In the uncut version, this is explicitly shown and it is also revealed that the Sheriff is the son of Mortianna - that she had kidnapped and It is implied several times in the film that the Sheriff is a devil worshiper (for which he had framed Lord Locksley of being). Eventually, Robin kills him with a dagger Maid Marian gave him, which ironically the Sheriff himself had given to her Robin and a few of the other outlaws who managed to avoid capture travel to Nottingham and Robin engages the Sheriff in a sword fight. The Sheriff later forces Maid Marian to marry him and plans to hang the outlaws on the same day. When Robin returns and joins the Sherwood outlaws, the Sheriff sends an army of Celts to raid, kill and capture the majority of them. He murders Robin's father after he refuses to join the Sheriff and sets his sights on taking the throne by wedding and then impregnating Maid Marian (though it's heavily implied he had feelings for her even before trying to marry her for the throne). He was portrayed by the late Alan Rickman.ĭuring the crusades, when Robin and the king are away, the Sheriff takes over England with the aid of his cousin, Guy of Gisbourne, Mortianna the witch, and the corrupt Bishop of Hereford. Sheriff George Of Nottingham is the main antagonist of Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.
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