Winnie the Pooh/Characters: Difference between revisions

=== '''Winnie The Pooh''' ===

 

 

 

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Despite his rather clueless and docile demeanor, he cares a lot about Piglet.

* [[Big Eater]]: Especially if honey's involved, though anything sweet will do.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: In 1924, one full year before the first Pooh story was written (and two years before the first full book was published), Pooh appeared in the book ''When We Were Very Young,'' as the main character in the poem ''[http://allpoetry.com/poem/8518985-Teddy_Bear-by-A.A._Milne Teddy Bear].'' Throughout most of the poem, he's simply referred to as "Teddy Bear" or "Teddy," but in the later stages of the poem, he's directly addressed as "Mr. Edward Bear," which of course is Pooh's original name.

* [[The Hero]]

* [[Kindhearted Simpleton]]: Most of the supporting cast aren't far off, but Pooh is the most noticable as being an equally brainless and sweet-natured character.

* [[The Klutz]]

* [[Ping-Pong Naivete]]: Often completely clueless of the goings on around, other times however he is well aware of the stupidity of his friends.

* [[The Pollyanna]]

* [[Serious Business]]: "Hunny".

* [[Smart Ball]]: Of all the inhabitants of the Forest, Pooh is by far the most likely to get sudden flashes of brilliance. For someone who is so consistently portrayed as dull and slow-witted, he has surprisingly many good ideas when they're needed, to the point where he almost borders on [[Genius Ditz]] at times. This is mostly prevalent in the original novels, but the Disney version definitely has his moments as well.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Again, "Hunny."

 

=== '''Christopher Robin''' ===

 

 

The only human character to appear in the books, Christopher Robin is the storybook allusion to the [[Real Life]] boy Milne wrote the stories for. He is a young boy who spends time with his stuffed animals in the distant Hundred Acre Wood and acts as a mentor and leader most of the time. Later in the series, he attends boarding school.

* [[Children Are Innocent]]

* [[Cultural Translation]]: Has an American accent in ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Christopher Robin was originally the star of the books; in the poetry books he appears often and has several poems dedicated to him (as opposed to Pooh, who only appears in one poem in ''When We Were Very Young'' and only appears occasionally in ''Now We Are Six''), and while he was moved [[Out of Focus]] for the Pooh stories he remained a central character. In the first Disney featurettes he was also a major character, but in later productions he got smaller and smaller roles, quite often being left out entirely.

* [[The Everyman]]

* [[Full-Name Basis]]: At least if you go by ''New Adventures'' canon, where "Robin" is hinted to be his surname. Rarely, if ever, is he called just "Christopher."

=== '''Tigger''' ===

 

 

Hyperactive stuffed tiger with a fondness for bouncing. Known to grate on others' nerves (especially Rabbit) with his tendency to bounce head on into others as a form of welcome. Initially found somewhat intimidating or annoying by the other members of the Hundred Acre Wood upon his arrival, Pooh and the others eventually warmed up to him and consider him a close friend, especially Roo.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: To Roo, especially in later features.

* [[Brooklyn Rage]]: Sorta, Disney's Tigger is voiced with a Brooklyn accent (Paul Winchell [[Vocal Evolution|emphasized it more in his later years]] though it was toned back down when [[The Other Darrin|Jim Cummings took over]]), while slightly more obnoxious and rambunctious than most of the other residents, he's rather [[The Pollyanna|cheerful and harmless overall]].

* [[Cartoony Tail]]: In the Disney version.

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: At least at first.

* [[Happily Adopted]]: By Kanga, in the original novels. In the Disney version, he lives on his own.

* [[The Lancer]]

* [[Last of His Kind]]: "But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I'm the only one!" Only in ''The Tigger Movie'' does he show any true concern over this.

* [[The Nicknamer]]: In the Disney version, he's got a nickname for everyone, and ''loads'' of them for Rabbit.

* [[Picky Eater]]: In the original novel, this is actually one of his defining traits, combined with his usual [[Miles Gloriosus]] over-enthusiasm. His introduction chapter has him and Pooh searching for something that Tiggers actually like to eat. Tigger cheerfully claims that Tiggers like everything, and whatever Pooh suggests, he'll say it's his very favorite... that is, until he actually tastes it, after which he'll say that Tiggers like everything in the world ''except'' what he just had. The list of exceptions to what Tiggers like keeps growing all through the chapter, until he finally comes across the one thing he ''does'' likes to eat: extract of malt, Roo's "strengthening medicine."

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Rabbit's blue.

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Bragging's what Tiggers do best.

=== '''Piglet''' ===

 

 

Extremely timid stuffed piglet. Being someone of such little size makes Piglet rather paranoid and fearful often needing the support of his friends, nevertheless he's very gentle and caring little guy all in all and will face his fears for the sake of others.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: In the books, acorns, also called "haycorns" by Pooh.

 

=== '''Eeyore''' ===

 

 

Stuffed donkey with a deeply cynical and borderline mentally depressed view of life. Often around to share a negative view of things, though is also rather philosophical and can give great wisdom at times.

* [[Peter Cullen]]: Voice actor from ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' onwards, until Bud Luckey in the 2011 film.

* [[The Stoic]]: Ironically enough. Despite his trademark depressive personality, Eeyore is usually the least likely to become highly fearful or upset in a dire situation, his usual emotional range usually never straying past being somewhat glum and negative. Whatever makes his life is so miserable, he is at least accustomed to it.

'''Eeyore:''' Been better. Been worse too. }}

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Thistles. This is mostly prominent in the original novels, but the Disney version has been known to chow down on a thistle or two as well.

 

=== '''Rabbit''' ===

 

 

 

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Weirdly enough, he's a light ''green'' color in ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'', as opposed to yellow in all the other Disney productions.

* [[The Chew Toy]]

* [[The Comically Serious]]

* [[Control Freak]]

* [[Grumpy Bear]]

* [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]: Perhaps best summed up by Pooh and Piglet in the original novel:

"I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything." }}

* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Rabbit]]: [[Not So Above It All|Though admittedly he himself has rather hair brained ideas at times.]]

* [[The Smart Guy]]

* [[Super OCD]]: Rabbit is obsessed with order and tidiness and can turn almost any minor fun activity into a highly regimented work routine (usually resulting in a nervous breakdown when the others screw it up).

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: To an extent. He is much more antagonistic than the other residents, however by normal standards, he's just a bit of [[Jerkass]], redeeming himself rather frequently and even plays the [[Straight Man]] on occasion.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Merely wants to maintain order in the Hundred Acre Wood, but resorts to somewhat extreme measures such as kidnapping or traumatizing residents in order to do so (granted however, it hardly ever works).

 

=== '''Kanga''' ===

 

 

Docile mother kangaroo. Often acts a gentle mother figure to the others.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Much more gentle than usual examples, but obviously is rather protective of her son.

** The trope is even pointed out by Piglet in the original novel:

** This is toned down in the Disney adaptation of their meeting, where Kanga knows full well how harmless the other residents are and ultimately shows mercy on Piglet (with "a cookie and a kiss"), at which point he realises Kanga isn't scary at all.

* [[Positive Discrimination]]: The Disney version arguably. She does at least seem to be the one character lacking a personality-establishing flaw.

=== '''Roo''' ===

 

 

Hyperactive joey of Kanga. Shares Tigger's fondness for bouncing and looks up to him like a big brother. Later befriends heffalump Lumpy.

* [[Breakout Character]]: In later features.

* [[Character Development]]: Initially a [[Keet|mindless infant]] similar to his novel counterpart, his upgraded role in the Disney adaptions has led to stories being played a lot more from his perspective, [[Ascended Fanboy|his idolization of Tigger being expanded upon and even gaining a surrogate "little brother" of his own]]. He has also became more emotional and aware of the surrounding issues, even acting as a [[Cowardly Lion]] on occasion.

* [[Kid Appeal Character]] - the reason for his ascended role in the Disney canon.

* [[Motor Mouth]]: Again, in the original novels. The Disney adaptions use this for occasional gags.

* [[Tagalong Kid]]

* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]: Tigger plays a light example. While he [[Big Brother Instinct|genuinely tries to look out for Roo]] (and has saved his life at least once) the other residents show awareness that he is [[Cloudcuckoolander|not the]] [[Adult Child|most ideal]] [[Small Name, Big Ego|role model]] for him at times.

'''Rabbit:''' That explains a lot. }}

 

=== '''Owl''' ===

 

 

Scatterbrained elderly owl. Usually shares knowledge and wisdom to the other residents of the Hundred Acre Wood, oblivious to the fact he has as little idea of such aspects as they do. Also likes to share rather frequent (and long) amusing stories about his somewhat eccentric family.

*** Although in the 2011 movie adaptation, he became frustrated with the simple-minded residents, and having [[Idiot Plot|is started the main conflict in the film unknowingly]]

* [[In the Blood]]: His family is often implied to be as scatterbrained as he is.

* [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]

* [[Motor Mouth]]

* [[Old Windbag]]

=== '''Gopher''' ===

 

 

Full name Samuel J. Gopher, usually littering the Hundred Acre Wood with his endless burrows, often for someone (usually himself) to fall into. Exclusive to the Disney adaptions.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I'm not in the book, you know!" in the first featurette; a [[Double Entendre]] that neatly [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades]] his [[Canon Immigrant]] status.

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: He seems to have all but vanished from the franchise in later years (he appeared in the recent ''Pooh's Heffalump Holloween Movie'', albeit via recycled footage).

* [[Funny Animal]]: The Saturday-morning TV series gave him a miner's helmet, making him alternate between this trope and a less anthropomorphic animal.

* [[Motor Mouth]]: When engrossed in his work anyway.

=== '''Lumpy''' ===

 

 

Roo's new best friend, possibly the only character in the franchise who's younger than him, and one of the elusive Heffalumps -- though unlike previous depictions of these largely unseen monsters he's not the least bit menacing. Another Disney adaptation exclusive, though a much more recent addition than Gopher.

* [[Children Are Innocent]]

* [[Lovable Coward]]: Roo even notes his similarities to Piglet on one occasion.

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Even by Pooh standards, he's ''adorable.''

 

=== '''Lottie''' ===

 

 

A female otter, and the single new character to appear in David Benedictus's ''Return to the Hundred Acre Wood.'' Slightly snobbish and haughty, and so scatterbrained that she makes Tigger look sensible, but ultimately kind and helpful.

 

* [[Closer to Earth]]: Perhaps the one female character in all depictions to subvert this trope.

* [[Motor Mouth]]: Not quite as extreme as Owl, but still able to talk rings around Rabbit.

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: The illustrations by Mark Burgess shows her to be wearing a pearl necklace.

=== '''Kessie''' ===

 

 

A baby bird rescued and for a while cared for by Rabbit, whom she calls "Rabbee." A Disney-only character, she appeared only in a couple of episodes of ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'', but was brought back as a major recurring character for ''The Book Of Pooh.''

* [[Ascended Extra]]: In ''The Book Of Pooh.''

* [[Canon Foreigner]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: In ''New Adventures.'' She only starred in one episode (and made a [[Special Guest]] return appearance in another, as well as a surprise cameo in the ''Seasons of Giving'' video compilation), but that one episode is regarded as one of the best of the series, and Kessie remains one of the most fondly remembered bit characters of the franchise.

 

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Heff

* [[Harmless Villain]]: They sneak into your house at night and rob you dry...[[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|of all your honey]]!!!

* [[Real After All]]: Heffalumps and Woozles were suggested to be mere imaginary threats thought up by Pooh and the others in the original books and Disney material preceding this.

* [[Schemer]]: Stan

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