Mervin, the Sheriff of Rottingham, was the secondary antagonist of the comedy film "Robin Hood: Men In Tights" which was notable for being one of a relatively small number of films to take the traditional tale of Robin Hood and turn it into an off-the-wall slapstick-style farce. At the end of the film, Robin Hood accidentally impales him with his sword, but Latrine, the castle cook who is often mistaken for a witch, gives him a magic pill that saves him, but then he is forced to become her husband, much to his horror.