When Spider-Man re-used a plot from Rocket Robin Hood

[AGXStarseed]

I came across this by accident and it got some chuckles out of me, so I thought I'd share this.

This video details how a plot from the 1960's animated show Rocket Robin Hood ended up re-used almost entirely for an episode of the 1960's Spider-Man cartoon (the one with the catchy theme song that has been the subject of many memes); complete with Spider-Man been drawn over the future versions of Robin Hood and Little John to save on animation while adjusting the script to try and make it fit.
The video also details the behind the scenes action on Rocket Robin Hood that led to it - including how American animator Ralph Bakshi had to try to make it back across the border to America, all while been pursued by the Canadian Police due to a warrant having been put out for his arrest.

I hope you find it informative or at least get a laugh out of it:

 

[Kayla55]

Do you like red blue classic Spidey suit or black one?
I think of a ninja hidden in black suit, a spider man we've never seeing before

 

[Kavigant]

The old animated Marvel shows (which I loved when I was a kid), were produced with so little money that sometimes they just used art right out of the comics, just moving still images around.
The Spider-Man cartoon had higher production values than the others, such as Captain America, but it was still produced back when cartoons were just for kids.
So I'm not surprised by this plagiarism.

Back in the 70s, Disney even plagiarized themselves:

It was pretty much the nadir of American animation.

 

[AGXStarseed]

Funnily enough, apparently Spider-Man even ripped himself off, with two episodes of the two 1980's Spider-Man cartoons (the one with Spider-Man on his own and the one where he was partnered with Iceman and Firestar) sharing a very similar plot:

 

[Kavigant]

Ah, I found this on Wikipedia, re: the link between Rocket Robin Hood and Spider-Man:

Season one's stories mainly involved classic Spider-Man villains from the comic-book series, whose captures were often accompanied by a note signed by "your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man." Stan Lee was the story consultant for this season. Seasons two and three, produced by Ralph Bakshi, almost entirely eliminated villains from the comic book as a cost-cutting measure in favor of generic, green-skinned, magical monsters; this enabled the reuse of stock footage from Rocket Robin Hood, another animated series produced by Bakshi.

 

[AGXStarseed]

Ah, I found this on Wikipedia, re: the link between Rocket Robin Hood and Spider-Man:

Season one's stories mainly involved classic Spider-Man villains from the comic-book series, whose captures were often accompanied by a note signed by "your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man." Stan Lee was the story consultant for this season. Seasons two and three, produced by Ralph Bakshi, almost entirely eliminated villains from the comic book as a cost-cutting measure in favor of generic, green-skinned, magical monsters; this enabled the reuse of stock footage from Rocket Robin Hood, another animated series produced by Bakshi.

It does make it interesting to compare the differences when you see the same story been used by two different characters.
Here's another of the times a Rocket Robin Hood episode was used for Spider-Man - with him this time going up against Dr. Manta and the show making more changes to try and make it work; albeit with some mistakes and weird decisions here and there:

Spider-Man copies Rocket Robin Hood...Again.

 

[Kayla55]

Yip, true.

Temple Grandin has noted French have appreciation of emotions and art.... Which I tend to agree that generally autism is opposite, unsocial and intellect. Arts has always being plagued with those who borrow a little too much influence to be considered true unique expression, but some permit it if the representation is good. I'm tired of people picking my brain and so I say no, no you are not an artist. Get your own ideas or get another job.