Sir Hiss

Sir Hiss is Prince John's fictional sidekick in the 1973 animated Disney movie Robin Hood, voiced by English comedian Terry-Thomas & modeled after Kaa of Walt Disney's The Jungle Book. He is a snake, and unlike other characters in the film he is not anthropomorphised and remains serpentine. Like other characters, though, he does talk and wear clothes (just a cape and hat, in his case). As well, he is one of the few characters in the film who is not based on a real character from the original Robin Hood story, though he is somewhat comparable to Guy of Gisbourne. In the movie, Sir Hiss provides comic relief as a sycophantic lackey to Prince John, who simply calls him "Hiss". He is often the victim of the Prince's temper tantrums, which...