More observations from just one watch-through of Robin Hood. I keep on getting déjà vu each and every time I post this up, and I don't know why.
The Crusades were caused by Sir Hiss hypnotizing King Richard just so his brother John could usurp the crown. Hundreds of years of sad and confusing history, explained away like that.
Arrow cel in foreground on one frame- since animation is done frame-by-frame, there's no way they didn't notice this. It's not like a miscolored frame or something that can slip past placing it down one frame at a time, that's clearly there. But, as a fan of animation, I've got to say you'd be surprised what level people can go to of just not caring about individual frames.
Ouch.
I can't unsee the reused animation in the "phony king of England" segment. You know what I'm talking about. And I can't unsee that. To be fair, Robin Hood was the first Disney animated picture after Walt's death, so it was bound to be lower-budget. It's still got some fantastically high-quality animation, though, but I'm not sure if it's because of that.
Robin is inordinately fond of dressing up as a bird. Pervert! Maybe. When he does, though, his tail seems to magically disappear.
Alan a Dale's "knees" are usually shown bending backwards, which is correct for a bird, but they bend forwards when he has to sit down such as in the "Not in Nottingham" musical sequence.
The male church mouse is voiced by the same guy who did the porcupine on Fox and the Hound and Piglet in Winnie the Pooh.
At the archery tourney, they did some really clever stuff with some character design more or less exclusive to that segment.
That turtle there is Toby's father. Either he's a widower, divorced, or there's some kind of adultery with the prize being a kiss from Marian.
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