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And here’s thirty pieces of silver to pay the Devil on your way to Hell!
— Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ‧ 1991
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The joke is biblical: thirty pieces of silver is what Judas was paid for betraying Christ, so Tuck pays the corrupt churchman the traitor's fee for his trip to hell. A holy man turns the Bishop's hypocrisy back on him, and the film makes it the crowd-pleasing comeuppance.
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In context
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This is the climax of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991, directed by Kevin Reynolds), on the day of the Sheriff's forced wedding to Marian. Friar Tuck finds the corrupt Bishop of Hereford fleeing with gold. He accuses him of selling his soul to Satan and of letting innocent men die as witches. When the Bishop pleads that he is a fellow man of the cloth, Tuck says he will help him pack, loads him with more treasure and shouts the line as he throws him out of a window.
Sources (2)
- Wikipedia: Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesPlotReference checked
- Springfield! Springfield! transcript, Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesBishop and Tuck exchangeReference checked
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