The New Adventures of Robin Hood



The New Adventures of Robin Hood was a 1997-1998 live action TV series on Turner Network Television. It was filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania. The tone of the series resembled its contemporaries Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.

The series contains examples of:

 * Action Girl: Marion
 * Air Vent Passageway
 * Anachronism Stew
 * California Doubling: Scenic Lithuania doubles for Merrie Olde England.
 * Five-Man Band
 * The Hero: Robin
 * The Lancer: Kemal
 * The Big Guy: Little John
 * The Smart Guy: Friar Tuck
 * The Chick: Marion
 * Green Lantern Ring: In one episode, Rob acquires a unicorn horn to fight the Big Bad. He can command it to turn into anything from a weapon, to a ladder, to a length of rope. Towards the end he's flailing a bit, and just yells, "Give me what I need!"
 * Historical Villain Upgrade: Rather than merely being a bad king as in most versions, this Prince John gleefully sacrifices peasants to Celtic goddesses.
 * How Unscientific: "Marion Saves the Day" was about an alien crash-landing in Sherwood and repairing his space-ship in time before the Sheriff dissected him.
 * Laser Blade: No, really. When Marion is kidnapped to be a demon god's bride, Robin shows up with an Unicorn horn that can changed into different energy weapons, one of which is a energy sword. This dissolves into a light saber duel when the lead worshiper possessed by the god reveals his own energy sword.
 * Mini-Dress of Power: Marian wears a red one.
 * The Other Darrin: Barbara Griffin replaced Anna Galvin as Marion in Season 2. John Bradley replaced Matthew Poretta as Robin in Season 3.
 * Robin Hood
 * Whip It Good: Marian
 * Xenafication: Marian