Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin, in some countries titled Winnie-the-Pooh's Most Grand Adventure, was a 1997 direct-to-video film about Pooh and company searching for Christopher Robin.

Christopher Robin spends the "last day of a golden summer" with his best friend, Winnie the Pooh, all the while keeping a secret from him. He leaves Pooh with some cryptic advice: "You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think... I'll always be with you." When Pooh wakes the next day (on the first day of autumn) he discovers a note from Christopher Robin attached to a pot of honey. Pooh collects the gang and they all go to Owl to decypher the message, which had been splattered with honey. Owl informs them that Christopher Robin has been taken to a horrible place called the Skull by the monstrous Skullosaurus. Owl equips the gang with a map and they set off on a treacherous adventure to save their friend. But they have no idea that, along the way, they will encounter dangers from all around, and even from within...

Pooh's Grand Adventure provides examples of:
""End of the road... nothing to do... and no hope of things getting better. [Beat] Sounds like Saturday night at my house.""
 * Arc Words: Christopher Robin: "You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
 * Balloonacy: Not balloons, but apparently Piglet and Pooh can be carried through the air supported by a handful of butterflies.
 * Chain of People: Let's see... Eeyore bites a root, Rabbit grabs his tail with one hand and Piglet's feet with the other, Piglet holds Pooh, and Pooh saves Tigger. They all dangle off the edge of a cliff until Eeyore says "ouch."
 * Darker and Edgier: One of the biggest criticisms of the film was the fact that it was indeed a darker and edgier take on Winnie the Pooh and friends, with some parts verging on downright scary. Not to mention the fact that it was an absolute Tear Jerker at some parts, even for a Disney film. Its PG rating for a normally G franchise didn't help.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Eeyore has his moments.

"Pooh: Maybe we should... split up?
 * Disney Acid Sequence: Naturally. Owl's song, "Adventure is a Wonderful Thing".
 * Disney Death: Played with: the audience knows Pooh's alive, but Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore don't.
 * The Eeyore: Obviously. "Not much of a house. Just right for not much of a donkey."
 * "It isn't mine. Then again, few things are."
 * "Thanks for noticin'."
 * Fatal Flaw: Piglet's crippling fear, Tigger's overconfident strength, Rabbit's by-the-book knowledge, and Pooh's faith in Christopher Robin are all exposed, picked apart, and exploited (except for Eeyore).
 * Five-Man Band:
 * The Hero: Pooh
 * The Lancer: Tigger
 * The Smart Guy: Rabbit
 * The Big Guy: Eeyore
 * The Chick: Piglet
 * Genre Blind: The main gang, as illustrated by this quotation:

Rabbit: What a wonderful idea, Pooh!"

"Owl: [As he's waving goodbye to the gang] I salute you! And for those of you doomed to never return, I salute you twice!"
 * Genre Savvy: Owl, to the point that he gets his own song about his very genre savvy ideas of Adventure.

"Tigger: Don't worry, Piglet ol' pal. There's no difference between falling a thousand feet to the jagged rocks below and tumbling out of bed.
 * Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress:
 * When the log Tigger is bouncing on collapses, he has time to look at the audience in contemplation as his tail starts to fall first, then his body, then finally his head. Turns into a Mind Screw when you consider that, later in that very scene, another log collapses beneath him, gravity affects him the way it would in the real world: immediately.
 * When Eeyore lets go of the root preventing the gang from falling into a pit, he has time to say, "I said, 'Ouch'." before gravity comes into play.
 * Growling Gut:.
 * Heroic BSOD: See Fatal Flaw above. This trope in evoked when they realize they simply don't have what it takes..
 * Let's Split Up Gang: Played straight, to increase the search area.
 * The Nineties: Mostly unseen, but "Wherever You Are" does get a '90s pop ballad remix during the end credits.
 * Not the Fall That Kills You: Lampshaded when Tigger tries to comfort Piglet with this cheery exchange:

Piglet: Oh. Really?

Tigger: Sure. [Beat] Except for the splat at the end they're practically similar."


 * Nothing Is Scarier: None of the characters ever actually see the Skullosaurus, but that's part of what makes it so scary to them.
 * Poor Communication Kills:.
 * The Quest: Played straight; they even have a parchment map!
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: Kanga and Roo are completely absent from the film, despite being major characters in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
 * You Are Better Than You Think You Are: See Arc Words above.