The Rhino Guards are supporting antagonists of the 1973 animated feature film Robin Hood. They are henchmen ruled by Prince John and are known to be gruff and rather stupid, but underneath their hard exterior, they are fun-loving and like to play jokes on each other.
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Robin Hood[]
The Rhino Guards are first seen during the film's opening credits. Later during the movie, they are seen marching in a procession in back of the lead crocodile (who could presumably be Captain Crocodile, as he looks just like him except for wearing red shoes instead of green ones) along with some elephants and hippos.
In one scene, four Rhino Guards are seen guarding a treasure chest filled with gold farthings. Robin Hood (disguised as a woman fortune teller) manages to distract Prince John long enough for Little John (disguised as a maid) to steal the gold from the chest without being spotted by the Rhino Guards. One Rhino Guard notices the disguised Little John and, believing he is an attractive lady, wolf-whistles to him. When Prince John finds out that he has been robbed by the two outlaws, he commands the Rhino Guards to go after them, which they do. However, Robin Hood and Little John manage to escape the Rhino Guards.
In another scene, Rhino Guards are seen on either side of Prince John's throne during an archery tournament that soon commences. One guard is also seen marching with other animals as a contestant in the tournament. Robin Hood (now disguised as a stork) manages to win the archery tournament. However, Prince John somehow sees through Robin Hood's disguise and gestures to Captain Crocodile, who whispers something in one of the Rhino Guards' ears. The Rhino Guards follow Robin Hood as he steps up to Prince John for him to declare him the winner. Unfortunately, the prince instead rips off Robin Hood's disguise and commands the Rhino Guards to seize him and tie him up. When Robin Hood proclaims that King Richard is the rightful king, Prince John furiously calls the Rhino executioner to behead Robin Hood. Before the Rhino executioner can do so, Little John holds a small sword behind Prince John's back and forces him to set Robin Hood free.
After the Rhino Guards release him, however, Prince John demands them to kill Robin Hood (due to the fact that the Sheriff of Nottingham discovered Little John and engaged him in battle), and the Rhino Guards give chase once again. Little John fights a few of the Rhino Guards and manages to poke one of them in the ribs with a staff, causing him to groan. One Rhino Guard is seen attacking Robin Hood off-screen. Lady Kluck then jabs the Rhino Guard in the buttocks with the Golden Arrow, causing him to scream in pain and run off. Later, a number of Rhino Guards who are chasing after the innocent citizens of Nottingham can be seen crashing through a tent with hippos. When Lady Kluck attacks Prince John as well, the prince demands the Rhino Guards to "seize the fat one." They then try to tackle Lady Kluck as if they were playing football, but she manages to defeat them all and escape. A particular Rhino Guard almost caught Lady Kluck while she was in midair, but missed and slid until he crashed headfirst into a rock.
The Rhino Guards are later seen chasing the citizens of Nottingham when they attempt to escape from jail with all of the gold in the castle. Prior to them giving chase, Prince John says, "Guards! To the jail!" However, the Rhino Guards come pouring out faster than Prince John expected and unintentionally run into the prince as they crash through the gate and the whole jail right through a wall, despite Prince John telling them to cease and desist. A group of Rhino Guards can later be seen knocked over like bowling pins when Robin Hood releases several barrels of wine that run the Rhino Guards down.
Several of the Rhino Guards follow the Sheriff of Nottingham as they pursue Robin Hood, only for the latter to kick the obese wolf into 3 of the guards, before the last 4 are seen throwing spears at Robin. It is unknown what happens to them after King Richard returns; they either got imprisoned or changed their alliance to him. Storyboards for the movie suggest at least some of them switched to sides King Richard as they are seen saluting Robin Hood and Maid Marian during their wedding.
House of Mouse[]
The Rhino Guards made occasional cameos as guests. In several episodes, a pair of them are usually seen in a piece of stock animation running with other Disney characters, usually in and/or out of the club (the Rhinos are located between Grumpy before them and Captain Crocodile at the very end).
For example, in the episode "Dining Goofy", the Rhino Guards are seen running out of the titular night club with various other Disney characters from the House of Mouse, without noticing that they're trampling over Donald Duck, due to Goofy's "helping" and especially his annoying Hawaiian music playing. Sooner or later, they are seen coming back with the same various Disney characters to the House of Mouse, again without noticing Donald who gets trampled.
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse[]
In "The Brave Little Squire", a group of Rhino Guards were present at the honoring of Sir Mortimer Mouse. The Rhino Executioner (who has the same color scheme as the other Rhino Guards in this episode) was later shown among the Robin Hood characters that were displeased at Mortimer's cowardice. They later trampled over him while celebrating Mickey's victory when he defeated the dragon. Another Rhino Guard was shown enjoying Mortimer's shaming at the end.
Other Appearances[]
In Disney's Phonics Quest, during the Goofy's Metalworks activity, every time the player completes an order by putting the shields or swords on the wall, the Rhino Guards come by and take them off the wall to start a new order. Their color scheme in the game is red and blue, as opposed to magenta and blue in their first appearance.
In Disney Sorcerer's Arena, the Rhino Guards act as Kingdom villain enemies of the Hero Campaign.
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