

Marion interrupts the marriage when she sees that her lover is free. Surprised, Lady Marion asks the sheriff what this is supposed to mean, and he replies, "That's in case you change your mind." Fortunately, Apsik frees Robin with a well-targeted shot. During the ceremony, the executioner adjusts Robin's neck strap. Desperate, Marion promises the sheriff herself and her hand in return for not showing her beloved. He also foils an assassination attempt made by Don Giovanni, a mobster hired by the Sheriff to get rid of him. Of course, the hero wins, unfortunately he is also taken. He organizes an archery competition, where Robin introduced himself as he expected. Prince John imagines a ploy to finally capture Robin Hood. Overjoyed, Latrina comes off strongly at him but he manages to flee. When he explains the functionment, one of the guards mistakenly understands the Sheriff ordered the test so he cuts the rop, propulsing the Sheriff in Latrina's house while she prays for him. One day, the Sheriff shows to his sovereign his secret project: a catapult. The Sheriff calls his guards to fight Robin Hood but he defeats them and escapes from the castle. There he also meets the beautiful Marion. Robin Hood arrives at a banquet hosted by the prince to declare war on him. Prince John visits the witch Latrina, who warns him of the new arrivals.

The Sheriff reports to his superior about the meeting with Robin Hood. After defeating him, they head for the forest. The Sheriff asks Robin to deliver the boy to him but he refuses. In line with the film's comedic tone, the Sheriff is both incompetent and cowardly a departure from most depictions of the original character.Īlong the way, Robin and his companions meet the Sheriff of Rottingham who chases a young boy to arrest him. He is the corrupt right-hand of Prince John who enforces his unjust rule and seeks to kill Robin Hood and the Merry Men. Mervyn, better known as the Sheriff of Rottingham, is the secondary antagonist of the 1993 comedy film Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
