It's the days of knights and castles and immediately we see this fantastic castle surrounded by a moat. Two snarling knights with lances come riding out with banners that say, "Your Friendly Tax Collectors" smashing some poor little guy. They actually are the henchman for the tax collector, who is a little guy. He goes to two houses and takes everything the poor peasants have. At the third house, the guy can't buy so he's thrown into a dungeon.
The Pink Panther, complete with Robin Hood hat, is nearby observing all of this. Our goodhearted hero then writes not, makes a paper airplane out of it and sails it through the jail window bars. Unfortunately, the paper plane sails through the jail and out the little window in the jail door. The guard sees it, reads the Panther's note which says, "Don't worry! Will rescue you at 2 o'clock. Signed, The Merryman."
What trouble is the Panther in for now? Plenty, and the same with the guy in the jail already. This guard is not stupid. The battle between guard and prisoners is very funny at first, but the ending involves kind of a dumb chase scene, not the clever stuff in the first two-thirds of the animated short. Still, in all, it's humorous and recommended and at the very end is a clever twist involving the real Robin Hood.
The Pink Panther, complete with Robin Hood hat, is nearby observing all of this. Our goodhearted hero then writes not, makes a paper airplane out of it and sails it through the jail window bars. Unfortunately, the paper plane sails through the jail and out the little window in the jail door. The guard sees it, reads the Panther's note which says, "Don't worry! Will rescue you at 2 o'clock. Signed, The Merryman."
What trouble is the Panther in for now? Plenty, and the same with the guy in the jail already. This guard is not stupid. The battle between guard and prisoners is very funny at first, but the ending involves kind of a dumb chase scene, not the clever stuff in the first two-thirds of the animated short. Still, in all, it's humorous and recommended and at the very end is a clever twist involving the real Robin Hood.