| rdfs:comment | - The film features Daffy Duck in the role of legendary outlaw Robin Hood, and opens to the strains of his playing a song on an instrument similar to an archlute or bouzouki. As he prances along singing, he trips and tumbles down a hill (still singing), off a bank and into a river. Having given up trying to impress the friar, Daffy attempts to leave, but Porky follows and asks the "traveling clown" if he knows the whereabouts of Robin Hood's hideout as he "wouldst fain join up with his band of jolly outlaws". Daffy proudly announces that he is Robin Hood, but Porky disbelieves him.
- Daffy Duck is the legendary outlaw Robin Hood, playing a lute. As he plays and sings, he trips down a lake bank. Porky Pig as Friar Tuck is watching and laughing. Daffy tries to prove his skill with a quarterstaff, "Ho! Ha ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!" but strikes himself in the bill. He revisits the routine in his head and when he reaches "Thrust" again, his bill snaps upwards again. He tries his staff routine again, but while he is spinning, Porky stops it with a small stick, spinning Daffy back into the lake.
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| abstract | - The film features Daffy Duck in the role of legendary outlaw Robin Hood, and opens to the strains of his playing a song on an instrument similar to an archlute or bouzouki. As he prances along singing, he trips and tumbles down a hill (still singing), off a bank and into a river. Watching is Porky Pig, as a Friar Tuck figure, who laughs uproariously at Daffy's inglorious plunge. The annoyed Daffy tries to prove his skill with a quarterstaff ("Actually, it's a buck-and-a-quarter quarterstaff, but I'm not telling him that!") on a tree-trunk bridge, but manages to hit himself in the face with it, bending his bill in what becomes a recurring visual gag throughout the film. Undeterred, Daffy tries again, but while he is spinning his quarterstaff, Porky stops it with a wooden dowel, resulting in Daffy himself spinning around and falling back into the river. Having given up trying to impress the friar, Daffy attempts to leave, but Porky follows and asks the "traveling clown" if he knows the whereabouts of Robin Hood's hideout as he "wouldst fain join up with his band of jolly outlaws". Daffy proudly announces that he is Robin Hood, but Porky disbelieves him. In order to prove that he is Robin Hood, Daffy informs Porky that he will attempt to rob a rich traveler on a bouncing mule and give his money "to some poor unworthy slob". Watched by Porky, Daffy pitifully fails in each and every attempt he makes to stop the traveler, usually injuring himself in the process, be it accidentally firing himself from his own bow, slamming into a succession of trees while trying to swing on a rope (repeatedly crying "Yoiks! And awa-aaay!!!" with each launch) and after chopping the trees down to clear a path (his final attempt results in him slamming face-first into a boulder) or trying again to swing down from a rope (this time attached to a huge iron ball) and slamming face-first into the side of a cliff (causing the iron ball to drop down on top of him). Eventually the rich traveler, oblivious to Daffy's increasingly desperate attempts to rob him, reaches his castle unharmed. The frustrated Daffy finally gives up, and in the final scene walks on with a tonsured head and wearing a habit, having decided to become a friar himself, he tells Porky; "Shake hands with Friar Duck!" As the film closes, Daffy's bill bends back up one more time.
- Daffy Duck is the legendary outlaw Robin Hood, playing a lute. As he plays and sings, he trips down a lake bank. Porky Pig as Friar Tuck is watching and laughing. Daffy tries to prove his skill with a quarterstaff, "Ho! Ha ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!" but strikes himself in the bill. He revisits the routine in his head and when he reaches "Thrust" again, his bill snaps upwards again. He tries his staff routine again, but while he is spinning, Porky stops it with a small stick, spinning Daffy back into the lake. A humiliated Daffy leaves, but Porky follows him and asks if he knows the whereabouts of Robin Hood's hideout as he wants to join his band of outlaws. Daffy proudly announces that he is Robin Hood, but Porky refuses to believe him. To prove himself, Daffy will rob a rich traveler and give his money "to some poor unworthy slob." Daffy fails in each attempt to stop the traveler, usually injuring himself in the process, be it accidentally firing himself from his own bow, or slamming into a succession of trees while trying to swing on a rope. Eventually the rich traveler, oblivious to Daffy's failed attempts to rob him, reaches his castle unharmed. The frustrated Daffy gives up and, with a shaven head and wearing a habit, joins Porky, calling himself Friar Duck. As the film irises out, Daffy's bill snaps back up yet again.
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