Prince John

Name: John Species: Lion Eyes: Amber Features: Prince John is a muscularly toned, slender lion. Unlike his older brother, he does not have a mane but a small goatee instead. Prince John’s head is notably much smaller than his brother’s as well, and so King Richard’s crown droops down a bit when on John’s head. Personality: Prince John is a coward and crybaby who rules without the best interests of his people and country, opting to rule through fear instead. It is heavily implied that his more negative character was the direct result of at the very least his mother neglecting him in favor of his elder brother King Richard, leading him to bitterly state that his mother "loved Richard best" even while whimpering about her. On a more humorous note, and owing to his love-hate relationship with his deceased mother, he cries out in agony whenever she is mentioned, especially when he does something that dishonors her memory. He has the bad habit of sucking his thumb intensely at the most inappropriate times whenever someone mentions his mother to him, making him appear childish and immature, ergo, a mama's boy, but also making him a tragic character because of his flaws.

John is greedy and loves money more than anything else in the world, perhaps even more than his own life, and continually finds ways to rob and swindle his people in the pursuit of wealth. He is also very possessive of whatever gold he owns as seen when Robin Hood robs him. As Robin Hood enters his castle he hears his voice, but fortunately, the sleepy Prince turns over and is seen to be clutching tightly on a bag of coins. However, in one of his rages, he declared that he would give all his gold if he could 'just get [his] hands on [Robin Hood]'.

John also has an extremely short temper, often being set off at the slightest criticism, or when he is humiliated and lashes out at anyone nearby. This is especially evident with his abusive and often violent treatment of his majordomo, Sir Hiss.

John also seems to be ticklish, as when Sir Hiss hisses in his ear and Hiss's snoring causes his tongue to wiggle across John's foot, he is shown at both times to be laughing. He is also shown to be a cheerful character according to Sir Hiss who at one point said he "wasn't his usual cheerful self". When it comes to taxes, Prince John is just as unsympathetic as the Sheriff (who presumably acts the way he does because of it) and merely jokes on the people's poverty "Rob the poor to feed the rich". He is also seen in his first scene in front of a large bag of coins bringing them up and dropping them childishly lamenting that his taxes are beautiful and lovely and laughing. He is also outraged about news of what his subjects really think of him; when the Sheriff reports to work humming and singing "The Phony King of England" and the prince asks what it means, the Sheriff says it is the latest hit song. In his rage, John retaliates with an order to "double the taxes; triple the taxes!" and orders the Sheriff to squeeze every last coin from the peasants. Prince John likely knew the result of this; he was not seeking to get even more money, rather he wanted to get back at the citizens of Nottingham for mocking him, as he was aware that most, if not all of them would be sent to the dungeon as they could not afford such a crushing tax rate. He remarks "They will be singing a different tune", causing the Sheriff and Sir Hiss to crudely smile in agreement, arguably fully understanding the end result. Despite his cowardice and immaturity, John can be clever at times, coming up with ways to bring Robin Hood out of hiding. Clothing: John wore before a red royal robe, which was stolen. He wore long, blue underwear underneath his robe. He then wore a blue robe, which is clearly less important than his red one, but having lost his red robe, he wears this from then on. Backstory: Not much is known of Prince John's past, other than the fact that he is the younger brother of King Richard. He seems to have had a love/hate relationship with his possibly deceased mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom he claims favored Richard over him but cries out in agony whenever he insults her memory.

After Richard is hypnotized, thanks to Sir Hiss, into joining the Crusades, John assumes the crown and abuses the power to become somewhat of a despot. His main interests as king seem to be the trappings of power and taxation. His taxes are impoverishing his subjects, but he pays this no mind.