Robin Hoodwinked

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Robin Hoodwinked
Directed By	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Produced by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Story By	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Music By	Scott Bradley
Animation By	Kenneth Muse Lewis Marshall Carlo Vinci James Escalante
Distributed By	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date	6 June 1958
Color Process	Technicolor CinemaScope Perspecta
Preceded By	The Vanishing Duck
Followed By	Tot Watchers

Robin Hoodwinked is a 1958 Tom and Jerry cartoon with backgrounds by Robert Gentle and layouts by Richard Bickenbach.

Plot

Hearing the news that Robin Hood has been captured, and is sure to hang, the Merry Men give up, as they feel that with Nottingham Castle tightly guarded, any attempt to storm it is futile. Tuffy, however, refuses to accept the seemingly hopeless situation ('Ere now, what's all this bloomin' "nothin'" talk? 'E's forgetting' us, 'e is! C'mon, Jerry, let's us 'ave a go at it!), and together with Jerry, decides to go and free Robin, who is imprisoned in the dungeons of Nottingham Castle, with Tom as guard. They break into the dungeon and find the cell where "poor old Robin is locked up tight, 'e is", but first they have to get past Tom, who guards the "bloomin' key".

They manage to the "bloomin' key" and grab it off Tom, but Tom stops Jerry and Tuffy from freeing Robin Hood by locking them in the cellar and swallowing the key. Jerry and Tuffy escape the cellar, and Tuffy is able to get the key for Robin Hood's cell by abseiling from a piece of string, into Tom's belly, whilst Tom is asleep. However, the string breaks, and Tom swallows Tuffy, waking him up in the process. Hiccuping, Tom drinks down a great deal of red wine, and then he goes back to sleep.

Tuffy emerges from Tom's mouth, singing while clearly inebriated. He almost escapes, but the prongs of the key get caught on Tom's mouth and he wakes up again. Tom snaps his mouth shut, trapping Tuffy. "Blimey! 'E locked me in, 'e did!". Tuffy breaks through Tom's teeth, using the key as a battering-ram. Tom then grabs Tuffy after they attempt to get away.

Jerry helps Tuffy escape Tom by hitting the cat in the head with a mace, and together they give the key to Robin Hood. However, Tom raises the alarm. A silhouette of Robin Hood is seen diving into the moat around the castle and he escapes, with arrows flying all around him. Jerry and Tuffy celebrate Robin's freedom, but Tuffy's diaper gets caught on a flying arrow and he is sent into a nearby tree. A still-inebriated Tuffy is carousing, whilst being carried on the arrow-shaft by Jerry.

Characters

Main Characters

• Jerry Mouse
• Tuffy Mouse
• Tom Cat (as the antagonist)

Minor Characters

• Robin Hood (silhouette only)
• Little John (silhouette only)

Voice Actors

• Lucille Bliss as Tuffy
• William Hanna as Tom, Jerry
• Bill Thompson as Little John

Notes

• Robin Hoodwinked is reminiscent of the "Mouseketeer" cartoons, except here, Tuffy (Nibbles) speaks in a hybrid of Saxon/Cockney English (with a very poor accent), voiced by Lucille Bliss. In earlier Mouseketeer shorts, he spoke in French, as voiced by Francoise Brun-Cottan.
• The cartoon was Tuffy's final appearance in the Tom & Jerry shorts at the time of the Golden Age of American Animation.
• This short was considered for an Academy Award in 1958, but was not nominated.
• This is the final Hanna-Barbera cartoon which Tom acted as an antagonist.

Availability

The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume II (LaserDisc)

Tom and Jerry: Classic Collection Volume 5 (DVD)

Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection, Vol. 3 (DVD)

Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures - Volume 1 (DVD)

Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (DVD)

Tom and Jerry: Pint-Sized Pals (DVD)

Tom and Jerry: Once Upon A Tomcat (DVD)

Tom and Jerry: Merry Mice (DVD)

Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)

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