Robin Hoodwinked

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Robin Hoodwinked Tom and Jerry series
The title card of Robin Hoodwinked.
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Produced by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Story by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Voices by	Lucille Bliss as Tuffy (uncredited)
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Kenneth Muse Carlo Vinci Lewis Marshall James Escalante
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	June 6, 1958
Color process	Technicolor, CinemaScope, Perspecta Stereo
Running time	6 minutes 15 seconds
Preceded by	The Vanishing Duck
Followed by	Tot Watchers
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Robin Hoodwinked is a Tom and Jerry cartoon, copyrighted 1957 and released in 1958 after the MGM cartoon studio had effectively closed down. It was the penultimate Tom and Jerry cartoon that was directed (and produced) by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It also marked the final appearance of Tuffy, who first appeared in The Milky Waif, then and until 1954 known as Nibbles. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Carlo Vinci, Lewis Marshall and James Escalante. The music was composed by Scott Bradley, and the backgrounds drawn by Robert Gentle.

Robin Hoodwinked is reminiscent of the Mouseketeer cartoons, except here, Tuffy speaks in a hybrid of Saxon/Cockney English (with a very poor accent) as opposed to French.

[edit] Plot

Hearing the news that Robin Hood has been captured, and is sure to hang, Jerry and Tuffy decide to go and free Robin, who is in imprisoned in a castle with Tom as guard. They break into the prison and find the cell where "poor old Robin is locked up tight, 'e is", but first they have to get past Tom.

They find the "bloomin' key" and grab it off Tom, but Tom locks Jerry and Tuffy in the cellar and swallows the key.

Jerry and Tuffy escape the cellar, and Tuffy is able to get the key for Robin Hood's cell by abseiling from a piece of string, into Tom's mouth, whilst Tom is asleep. However, the string breaks, and Tom swallows Tuffy, waking him up in the process. Hiccuping, Tom drinks down a great deal of punch. He goes back to sleep.

Tom was hiccuping

Tuffy emerges from Tom's mouth, clearly drunk. He almost escapes, but the prongs of the key get caught on Tom's mouth and he wakes up again. Tom closes his mouth, trapping Tuffy. "Blimey! 'E locked me in, 'e did!". Tuffy breaks through Tom's teeth, using the key as a battering-ram.

Jerry helps Tuffy escape Tom, and together they give the key to Robin Hood. However, Tom raises the alarm. A silhouette of Robin Hood is seen diving into the moat around the castle and he escapes, with arrows flying all around him. Tuffy celebrates Robin's freedom, but his nappy gets caught on a flying arrow and he is sent into a nearby tree.

The cartoon ends with a still-drunk Tuffy carousing, whilst being carried on the arrow-shaft by Jerry: "We took the blinkin' key, then Robin Hood went freeeee.... And it was you and me, what done it! (Hic!)"