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Never dreaming that a scheming sheriff and his posse was a-watching them and gathering around.
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~ Alan-A-Dale, as the Sheriff of Nottingham attacks Robin Hood and Little John.noicon
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You're under arrest for high treason to the Crown!
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~ The Sheriff of Nottingham arresting Friar Tuck.noicon
The Sheriff of Nottingham is the secondary antagonist of Disney's 21st full-length animated feature film Robin Hood, which is based on the legendary heroic outlaw of the same name.
As his title implies, he is a sheriff in Nottingham who works under Prince John's rule. His main task is to capture the titular character for his thieving ways. However, belies his dutiful position is his own corrupt side.
In the original film, he was voiced by the late Pat Buttram, who also voiced Chief in Disney's The Fox and the Hound. In House of Mouse, he was voiced by Bill Farmer, who also played Stanley in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
The Sheriff is an obese bellied gray anthropomorphic wolf with yellow eyes, thick black eyebrows, a black nose and wears red sheriff's clothing, a hat with purple stripes and a feather, crimson shoes, puffy purple sleeves with magenta stripes, a gold star badge, and a brown necklace with a gold medallion around his neck.
At the end of the film, he was stripped and changed to prison uniforms and hat with black and white stripes, ball and chain on his leg.
Personality[]
The Sheriff was originally shown to be an honorable, otherwise stingy individual. He was charged to collect the taxes by Prince John. 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’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.
Due 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. Despite his constant attempts to capture Robin Hood, he fails at all times. In addition, he’s constantly fooled by Robin Hood's disguises, despite his claims to the contrary.
Despite 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. The Sheriff commands a treacherous posse of archer wolves, and has authority over Trigger and Nutsy.
Unlike most Disney villains, the Sheriff is a cheerful and polite character, but he seems to be tough, short-tempered, quarrelsome and cantankerous. He also speaks with a heavy Southern United States accent, which is likewise derived directly from British dialects which most characters speak in.
Biography[]
Robin Hood[]
The Sheriff appears at the film's opening, sneaking up on Robin Hood and Little John as the two are swimming. Despite his attempts, Robin Hood manages to escape by hiding in a tree.
Later, he is shown traveling though the town for his daily tax collection. He uses several methods to get them. 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. At Mother Rabbit's home, he steals the single farthing that was meant as a birthday present for Skippy. The Sheriff even stoops so low as to steal money from a blind beggar, while being completely oblivious to the fact that the beggar is Robin Hood in disguise.
The Sheriff is one of the participants in Prince John's archery tournament. Once again, he is unaware of the fact that a stork archer is actually Robin Hood in disguise. 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. 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. First he has one of the two vulture henchmen named Nutsy, hide in the target, and the vulture adjusts the target so that the Sheriff gets a bull's eye. When the "stork" shoots, he nudges the stork's bow, in an attempt to have him miss. He loses anyway, thanks to Robin Hood's skill. After Prince John unmasks Robin Hood and sentences to beheading, the Sheriff becomes suspicious when the prince suddenly orders Robin to be released. He then discovers Prince John being choked and held at knifepoint in the back by Little John and attacks him, freeing the prince and resulting in the following battle against Robin Hood. He tries to arrest Lady Kluck, causing her to judo throw the Sheriff over her, knocking him out.
Despite his supposed loyalty to Prince John, he is not above making fun of him when the latter is not around, as the Sheriff is next seen singing a mocking song about Prince John that the villagers had made up, while sharing it with Sir Hiss, much to John's outrage. Later, he presumably imprisons most of the townspeople on the Prince's orders for not paying the dramatically increased taxes that Prince John imposed as punishment for the mockery, steals money from the poor box in the church which is the last straw for Friar Tuck who attacks him, he then arrests Friar Tuck for high treason. On Prince John's orders, he prepares the gallows to hang the Friar, knowing that Robin Hood would no doubt come to stop the execution and lead to his capture. While he and his two vulture henchmen are working, they are approached by a blind beggar, who is once again Robin Hood in disguise. Trigger gets suspicious when the beggar begins asking too many questions about Friar Tuck's execution, but the Sheriff ignores him, believing that he is harmless.
The Sheriff and his men are then seen guarding the jail, but the Sheriff had fallen asleep on duty. He gets annoyed by Trigger when his crossbow accidentally fires. When he and Trigger hear the sounds of Nutsy being ambushed by Robin Hood and Little John, they investigate, and find what they believe is only Nutsy, but really Robin Hood. The disguised Robin Hood then puts the Sheriff back to sleep with a lullaby and take his keys and opens the door to the jail, allowing Little John to enter. When Trigger hears the door shut, he accidentally fires his crossbow again, waking the Sheriff up, who fails to see Little John getting in and then reprimands Trigger for making another false alarm.
Falling back asleep, he is awoken again when coins from one of the bags overhead that was being pulleyed from the royal treasury to jail cell fell on him. He was then subdued by Little John who stole his clothes to use a disguise to keep Trigger from alerting anyone. The Sheriff is then seen again (in his underwear) chasing Robin Hood when he attempts to escape. The Sheriff corners him in Prince John's chambers and lunges at him with his torch, setting the room on fire. After a brief fight, Robin Hood escapes when the flames cut the Sheriff off from chasing him. It is unknown how he managed to escape the burning room. The Sheriff is finally seen at the end of the film, having been stripped of his title and position by King Richard, who returned from the crusades, and is sentenced to working in the Royal Rock Pile alongside Prince John and Sir Hiss, where all three villains were heard from no more.
House of Mouse[]
Like many others characters created by Disney, the Sheriff of Nottingham appears as a guest character in this series. Some of the episodes that the Sheriff appears in include "The Stolen Cartoons", "Pete's House of Villains", "Goofy's Valentine Date", and Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse. He also makes a possible cameo appearance in Mickey's House of Villains, but he does not take part in the takeover.
Disney Parks[]
The Sheriff makes occasional appearances in the Disney Parks as a meetable character.
40 years later in September 13, 2013, the Sheriff was joined with other Disney Villains for the "Unleash the Villains" Halloween event hosted by Hades from Hercules, at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Quotes[]
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It sure is and I'll just take it for poor Prince John.
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~ The Sheriff of Nottingham stealing a coin from the poor box.
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Listen, Friar, you're mighty preachy and you gonna preach your neck right into a hangman's noose.
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~ The Sheriff of Nottingham to Friar Tuck.
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There's something funny going on around here.
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~ The Sheriff of Nottingham.
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Criminently Trigger, point that peashooter the other way.
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~ The Sheriff of Nottingham to Trigger.
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Why you...
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~ The Sheriff of Nottingham.
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Now, for the last time, no more false alarms!
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~ The Sheriff of Nottingham to Trigger.
Trivia[]
Nine animations of the Sheriff are reused in the film, five when he walks down, two when he tosses the coin, and two when he says "There's something funny going on.". This was done to save money. Today, however, this technique has been one of the reasons for which Robin Hood has received criticism, despite being now a cult film.
The character was originally intended to be a dimwitted goat, but this was dropped by the director who wanted to keep the villainous stereotype of a wolf.
This character was animated by both the late Milt Kahl and John Lounsbery.
Even though he seems to be fearless, the Sheriff is shown to be afraid of Prince John and obeys his every command. However, he still likes to make fun of him by singing the mock song.
While Robin Hood was in his "old man" disguise and talking to the Sheriff, the Sheriff smiles at the camera.
Just like his boss Prince John, the Sheriff abuses his sidekicks (John with Sir Hiss and the Sheriff with Trigger and Nutsy).
In the alternate ending, the Sheriff was shown crying at Robin and Marian's wedding, indicating that he did not suffer the same fate as Prince John and Sir Hiss at this point.
There was a scene deleted from the final film that showed the Sheriff collecting taxes in a tent in the town square. Additionally, the Sheriff was featured in an unused subplot that involved Prince John sending forged love letters to both Maid Marian and Robin Hood in order to lure them into another trap.
He is the only wolf in the film who is seen speaking, whereas the wolf archers are mute in the entire movie.
He is the first villainous Disney character to be voiced by Pat Buttram.
He speaks in a southern accent, which sharply contrasts with most of the other characters with slightly British accents.
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