The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood first published by Scribner's in 1883, and met with immediate success, ushering in a new era of Robin Hood stories. It helped solidify the image of a heroic Robin Hood, which had begun in earlier works such as Walter Scott's 1819 novel "Ivanhoe". In Pyle's wake, Robin Hood has become a staunch philanthropist protecting innocents against increasingly aggressive villains. Along with the publication of the Child Ballads by Francis James Child, which included most of the surviving Robin Hood ballads, Pyle's novel helped increase the popularity of the Robin Hood legend in the United States. "The Merry Adventures" also had
Friar Tuck Scott's "Robin Hood" (2010). In the film, his hobby is beekeeping, which he uses to make mead and as a weapon against the French. Data impersonates Friar Tuck in the episode "Qpid" (1991) from Gene Roddenberry's "" series (4th season, episode 20). He was portrayed by Michael P. Northey in the TV series "Once Upon a Time" and its spin-off "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland". He was portrayed by Trevor Cooper in the "Doctor Who" Series 8 episode, "Robot of Sherwood". In the "VeggieTales" show, "Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men", Archibald Asparagus portrays a version of him named