[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I don't remember any version of Robin Hood where Marion is Richard's niece. And in the Disney version, Marion is a vixen, while King Richard the Lionheart and his brother John are, appropriately, lions. So, unless there's some cross-species adoption going on . . . .

According to this site....

The main difference in this Disney feature is that the characters are all depicted as different forest animals. Both Robin Hood and Maid Marian are foxes, Little John is a bear, Prince John and King Richard are lions, and Friar Tuck is a large badger. Other animals rounding up the cast include snakes, rabbits, chickens, roosters, turtles, alligators, vultures, elephants, rhinos, dogs, and wolves. While most families remain within the same species (such as the rabbit family), not all of the relationships make sense. For example, Maid Marian, a vixen, is the King Richard’s, a lion’s, niece. All of the animals live in the city of Nottingham where Prince John is passing by on a tour of the countryside. Robin Hood, in turn, hides out in Sherwood Forest with his best friend Little John and his band of merry men. Most of the time they are trying to find new ways to steal from the nobility, or running away from the law, but when Prince John comes to town, bringing Maid Marian, things change.

Plus, remember the line "King Richard is going to have an outlaw for an in-law"....