Robin Hood in popular culture Robin Hood novel, standing at almost half-a-million words, is Pierce Egan the Younger's "Robin Hood and Little John; or, The Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest" (serialised 1838-1840). As in "Ivanhoe", Robin is a Saxon, although he is not actually outlawed in the novel until nearly the end of the first book. The novel traces Robin's life from birth to death. Egan's text was translated into two French books, "Le prince des voleurs (The Prince of Thieves)," and "Robin Hood le proscrit (Robin Hood the Outlaw)", by Alexandre Dumas, between 1863–64. Dumas' works were then retranslated back into English by Alfred
Rabbit Hood shorts included as special features on the 2014 DVD release of Rankin/Bass Productions' animated version of "The Hobbit" (along with "Knight-mare Hare" and "Knighty Knight Bugs"), made possible by Warner Bros.' acquisition of much of the Rankin-Bass home video library. "Robin Hood Daffy" (1958), in which Daffy Duck played Robin Hood with Porky Pig as a Friar Tuck-like character. "Wagon Heels" (1945), another cartoon (also a Merrie Melodies cartoon) [but featuring Porky Pig instead of Bugs Bunny] which has a reference to "London Bridge Is Falling Down" (Sloppy Mo singing 'I know something I won't tell' to the tune of