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{{quote|''"This could be the room of any small boy, but it just happens to belong to a boy named Christopher Robin. Like most small boys, Christopher Robin has toy animals to play with, and they all lived together in a wonderful world of make-believe. But his best friend is a bear called Winnie-the-Pooh — or, "Pooh" for short. Now Pooh had some very unusual adventures, and they all happened right here in the Hundred Acre Wood."''|[[Opening Narration]] for Disney's original ''Winnie the Pooh'' films.}}
'''''Winnie the Pooh''''' -- a franchise based on the children's book ''[[Winnie
A good example of [[Adaptation Displacement]] as a result of [[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
[[Soviet Winnie the Pooh Shorts|Russian cartoons]] were independently released and contained a totally different art style.
Kenny Loggins gave the characters a [[Shout
In 1991 it was [[Altum Videtur|translated into Latin]] and published under the title ''Winnie Ille Pu''.
In 2009, a sequel by other hands was published: ''Return to the Hundred Acre Wood'' by David Benedictus.
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'''[[Disney Animated Canon]]'''
* ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' (1966), ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day'' (1968), ''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Too'' (1974) -- the original animated featurettes Disney made with the characters. In 1977 these were incorporated into a [[Compilation Movie]], ''[[
* ''[[Winnie the Pooh (Disney film)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' (2011) -- Continuation of the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise, which goes back to A.A. Milne's books to animate stories that weren't done in the original.
'''Other theatrical films'''
* ''[[The Tigger Movie]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Christopher Robin (film)|Christopher Robin]]
There are also numerous [[Direct to Video]] movies that share canon with the movies above, too many to list here -- [
* ''[[
'''Television'''
* ''Welcome to Pooh Corner'' -- a live-action/puppet show that ran from 1983 to 1986 and in reruns for years after on various networks.
* ''[[
* ''The Book of Pooh'' -- a live-action series in the style of ''Welcome to Pooh Corner'' run on the Disney Channel from 2001 to 2002.
* ''My Friends Tigger and Pooh'' -- an [[All CGI Cartoon]] run by Playhouse Disney, 2007-2010.
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* ''Winnie-the-Pooh: Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood'' ([[Game Boy Color]]) -- a series of board games, not unlike Mario Party, just without the minigames and powerups. It had "Stories" that followed Many Adventures and could be unlocked with Good or Bad endings.
* ''Tigger's Honey Hunt'' (2000, N64, [[PS 1]], PC) -- Movie Game for ''The Tigger Movie'' in which Tigger is the only playable character. A pretty solid platformer, can give even experienced players a challenge if they wish to get 100% even if it is short.
* ''Piglet's Big Game'' (2003, GCN, [[
* ''Winnie The Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure'' (2005, GCN, [[
'''Fanon'''
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* ''[[The New Abridged Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''
==== ''Return to the Hundred Acre Wood'': ====
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* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Okay, it's ''Winnie-the-Pooh.'' so it's still pretty [[Lighter and Softer|Light And Soft]], but compared to the original books there ''is'' a subtle undercurrent that wasn't there in the original books, mostly concerning Cristopher Robin growing older.
* [[Growing Up Sucks]]: It's ''very'' subtle, but Christopher Robin doesn't seem to be ''quite'' as home among the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood as he once was.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Rabbit, of all people, suffers one when everything goes completely wrong for him, and in a ironic temporary [[Swapped Roles|role swap]] ends up eating nearly all of Pooh's honey when Pooh tries to comfort him.
* [[Leaning
* [[Shout
* [[Vague Age]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and played with; Rabbit tries to hold a Census and tries takes down personal notes about the other characters -- ''none'' of them give a straight answer when asked about their age, and even Rabbit eventually realizes that ''he'' has no idea how old he is either.
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Even by Pooh standards, they ''flourish'' in this book.
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==== Disney Canon: ====
::''[[
::''[[Winnie the Pooh (Disney film)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' (2011 film)
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Though admittedly much more loyal to the original works than usual [[Disneyfication|Disney adaptations]] a few odd plot elements and characters from the original book adaptions are absent (e.g., ''Many Adventures''). Once could argue this is balanced by a huge amount of original stories and character complexities made from newer works. It is debatable whether the original books or Disney interpretations are more expanded and complex.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Pooh, despite his rather clueless and docile demeanor, cares a lot about Piglet. Tigger also acts this way to Roo (though this came into play ''a lot'' more in later features).
* [[Black Bead Eyes]]: Most of the characters.
* [[The Blind Leading the Blind]]: Used very often due to the [[Gullible Lemmings|sheer]] [[Ping
* [[Book Dumb]]: Arguably the highest form of intelligence in the Hundred Acre Wood. Eeyore and Kanga have the most plausible in regards to wisdom and basic common sense, but in terms of general knowledge seem near equally childlike and convinced of [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All|Rabbit and Owl's]] superiority as [[The Ditz|Pooh]].
* [[Breakout Character]]
** Tigger wasn't really a major character in the books, appearing only in the second book, ''The House at Pooh Corner''. In the Disney adaptations, he got bigger and bigger roles until he ended up as the franchise's main star apart from Pooh himself.
** Also Roo later.
* [[Canon
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Plenty. Disney loves throwing this trope into the Pooh franchise every now and then. In order of introduction:
** Gopher, made for ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree''. He's *whistle* not in the book.
** Kessie the bluebird. First appeared in ''The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh''. Also introduced in the series were the villains Stan Woozle and Heff Heffalump. [[
** Lumpy and Mama Heffalump from ''Pooh's Heffalump Movie''.
** Heffalumps and Woozles in general. While they are mentioned in the book, they're never shown. In fact, they're implied to be imaginary creatures and don't exist at all (even within the imaginary world of Pooh).
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** Rabbit is somewhat sane and has a functional work ethic, but comes up with his share of hare-brained schemes. Though some are in response to his garden being ravaged ''yet again''.
* [[Control Freak]]: Rabbit, while merely interested in order and sanity in the wood, has very domineering and forcive methods of planning it out. In ''Springtime with Roo'', a terrifying dream sequence depicted his attitude becoming so unbearable that everyone abandons the Hundred Acre Wood.
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* [[Depending
** Is Tigger something of a [[Miles Gloriosus]] or [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|too oddball to really care about his own well-being]]? His dislike for honey also varies.
** Also, is Rabbit merely a somewhat neurotic [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Stuffed Toy]] or an embittered [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]?
** Does Roo walk/hop about on his own, or does he sometimes ride inside Kanga's pouch? It seems to vary depending on the writer.
* [[Detectives Follow Footprints]]: In one story, Pooh is following a set of tracks on the snow, wondering who or what made them. Piglet joins him, and soon discover a second set of tracks. Then they keep going and find ''two more'' set of tracks. What they don't realize is that they've been walking in circles, following their own tracks.
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]
* [[Grumpy Bear]]: Rabbit is much more cynical and open about the others' idiocy (especially Pooh and Tigger's) compared to the other residents of the wood. Eeyore also seems more aware of the haplessness going on, even if he is more recessive and "matter-of-fact" about it than his original novel counterpart.
* [[If You Can Read This...]]: You can usually find some interesting bonus content by reading the ''Pooh'' storybook pages seen in both the films and ''The Book of Pooh''. They're seen in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' games too.
* [[Indecisive Medium]]: The first Disney movie is a cartoon about the book. It starts with a [[Storybook Opening]] and ''stays that way'', with letters of the story getting blown onto the screen, and the characters having [[Medium Awareness]] about being in a book.
* [[Interactive Narrator]]: "Mr Narr-at-tor" very often intervenes with the goings on of the story or assists the characters in some dispute or peril.
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Roo, arguably the reason for his [[Ascended Extra|upgraded role]].
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* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: For any sort of fall that would be fatal, possibly because they're stuffed with fluff. [[Rule of Funny]], since many high velocity threats are treated as dangerous climaxes as well, especially in [[Darker and Edgier|later features]].
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Notable in which the characters regularly talk to the narrator.
** In "And Tigger Too!", Tigger jumps out of the book, and eventually gets narrated down by [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Bagheera/Sebastian Cabot]], himself.
** And again in "And a Day for Eeyore", the Narrator steps in and settles a dispute between Tigger and Eeyore.
** Yet again in "The Tigger Movie", Tigger interrupts the movie when he hears it stars Pooh, rather than someone else, and reveals his own [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Tail to tell]].
** Again, in "Springtime With Roo", with Roo interrupting the introduction this time. In addition throughout the movie, the Narrator and Rabbit talk amongst themselves, while Rabbit and Tigger explore the book's pages, again, by the narrator's suggestion.
** The 2011 reboot is filled with this, characters interacting with letters, such as Pooh climbing out of the illustration and into the next paragraph, and the narrator, [[
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* [[No Hugging, No Kissing]]: Sweet friendship moments? By all means. Actual romantic implications? ...It's frowned upon, at least by the fans. But justified; it just wouldn't seem right for a series about childhood innocence to dive into anything too serious.
** Played with in an episode of ''New Adventures'' where Tigger and Kanga are intended to play lovers in a Valentine's Day play. Tigger would much rather bounce Kanga than kiss her.
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* [[Positive Discrimination]]: Arguably with Kanga. She does at least seem to be the one character lacking a personality-defining flaw. That said, [[Out of Focus|she rarely appears long enough for such development]].
* [[Punctuated!
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* [[Real After All]]: Heffalumps and Woozles, in comparison to the original novels, where they are implied to be little more than the creations of Pooh and the other's imagination, appear as occasional recurring characters in the later Disney features (eg. Lumpy, Stan and Heff)
* [[Retcon]]: The original movies followed the books to an extent: Owl's house gets blown down by the wind, and Eeyore decides that Piglet's house should be Owl's new home. Piglet then ends up being Pooh's housemate. All the subsequent Disney works ignore this and Owl's house is presented as if it never blew down.
** ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' Chain of Memories onward credits Tigger as having appeared in ''The Honey Tree'', instead of ''The Blustery Day''.
*** Though likely an research blunder, this may chain into the fact that Tigger appears in flashbacks prior to ''The Blustery Day'' in later features. According to ''Piglet's Big Movie'' he was friends with Pooh before Kanga and Roo moved in, despite appearing in ''The Honey Tree'' before Tigger debut.
* [[Serious Business]]: Honey to Pooh, and to extent the rest of the Hundred Acre Wood (par Tigger [[Depending
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Even later more original works have occasional references to Milne's books, ''New Adventures'' occasionally refers to a few unused plot points for episode stories, ''Piglet's Big Movie'' adapts three previously unadapted stories, ''My Friends Tigger and Pooh'' even features a cameo from Small the insect.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Tigger and Rabbit.
* [[Sneeze of Doom]]: Present in at least ''Blustery Day'', the ''NAoWtP'' episode "A Bird in the Hand", and ''Springtime
* [[Speech Impediment]]: Several characters. Tigger lisps, Piglet [[Porky Pig Pronunciation|stutters]], and Gopher whistles through his teeth when he speaks.
* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]: Sometimes used, given that it is a kids show. The best example, though, is probably the book release ''Use Your Words'', which is all about Roo learning to express how he feels out loud, rather than keeping his feelings bottled up inside.
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'''Roo:''' I'm mad because I had to come back inside!
'''Kanga''': All right. But you still need to wear your scarf. }}
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Rabbit's relationship with Pooh and Tigger, even more so for that matter.
* [[White and Grey Morality]]: For the most part the entire cast is rather harmless and friendly, the nearest to an actual antagonist usually being [[Jerk
==== ''Welcome to Pooh Corner'': ====
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* [[Puppet Shows]]
* [[Too Smart for Strangers]]: [[Trope Namer]]. Wait, ''what!?''
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: What [[Special Effect Failure | Idiot]] thought it was a good idea to give Pooh ''Eyelids''?
==== ''The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh'': ====
::''[[
==== ''The Book of Pooh'': ====
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* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: At one point, Piglet, Rabbit, and Tigger lampshade how Pooh's honey pots spell H-U-N-N-Y, when it's spelled H-O-N-E-Y. Rabbit concluded that maybe it's because Pooh spelled it on how it sounds.
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Fairly regularly, again with the narrator. The characters regularly talk to the narrator, and the narrator even becomes the subject of one of the stories, "Mr. Narrator."
* [[Puppet Shows]]: And the puppets are of [[Visual Effects of Awesome | high quality]], being made by Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop.
* [[
==== ''My Friends Tigger & Pooh'': ====
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* [[Broken Aesop]]: In "Super Duper Super Sleuths", it seemed that the message they wanted to convey was that it's important to use your brain to solve a problem same as any other episode of the show. Yet, when the Super Sleuths get superpowers, they suddenly have a much easier time solving all of their cases. It's only ''after'' they lose their superpowers that they're forced to start truly thinking again.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: "Pooh's Super Sleuth Christmas Movie"
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Sometimes used and it makes ''no sense whatsoever'' when combined with [[Non
* [[Every Episode Ending]]: "This Mystery Is History!"
* [[Fantasy Helmet Enforcement]]
* [[I Read It for
* [[The Musical]]: "Tigger & Pooh and a Musical, Too"
* [[Non
* [[Power Glows]]: In the special "Super Duper Super Sleuths", a [[Applied Phlebotinum|glowing rock]] that fell from the sky causes Rabbit's vegetables to grow huge. When the Super Sleuths eat the vegetables, they gain superpowers. Tigger gets super-strength, Pooh gets super-sight, Darby is able to fly and Buster has super digging powers. When the rock stops glowing, it signifies that its power is gone. All of the vegetables shrink back to normal size, and the Super Sleuths lose their powers.
* [[Precious Puppy]]: Buster.
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* [[Spotlight-Stealing Title]]
* [[This Is My Side]]: Down with the entire Hundred Acre Wood by Tigger and Rabbit in "Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too" forcing everyone but Darby and Buster to pick sides.
* [[Wasn't That Fun?]]: In "Buster's Bath", when the group can't persuade Buster to take a bath, they decide to try hosing him down. This results in a madcap scenario in which the water builds up because Eeyore is sitting on the hose, then when it all gets released, Piglet goes up in the air with the hose and it sprays around wildly. At the end of the whole thing, Roo exclaims, "Let's do that again!"
==== Full-Length Features: ====
* [[Aren't You Forgetting Someone?]]: Roo in ''The Tigger Movie'', constantly trying to get Tigger's attention and love, until about the final two minutes of the movie.
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Roo is a minor character in most incarnations of the franchise, but in the more recent movies, he tends to get bigger and more important roles.
* [[Chain of People]]
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: A large amount of characters do this at least once (usually Tigger). Special note goes to ''Springtime
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Here it comes, a great big sneeze... }}
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: In 2005, Disney released "Pooh's Heffalump Movie" introducing Lumpy [a Heffalump] and his mother to the world. Mama Heffalump is more down to earth and sane, much like Kanga. Her son, however, could give even Tigger a run for his money.
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* [[Compilation Movie]]
** ''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' was assembled from the first three theatrical shorts. ''Seasons of Giving'' is a ''New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' episode + a Thanksgiving special + another ''NAoWtP'' episode. ''A Very Merry Pooh Year'', likewise, is "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas, Too" (another ''NAoWtP'' episode) + a New Year's special called "Happy Pooh Year".
** The new 2011 movie has been confirmed to follow in the footsteps of ''Many Adventures''.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: While the original stories and featurettes were more amusing slapstick, some of the recent follow ups take on more serious narrative, with more emotional drama (and even the occasional [[Heroic BSOD]]) and [[Actionized Sequel|some genuine life threatening climaxes]]. ''Pooh's Grand Adventure'' and ''The Tigger Movie'' are key examples.
* [[A Day in
* [[Determinator]]: Pooh and Tigger, in ''Pooh's Grand Adventure'' and ''The Tigger Movie'' respectively.
* [[Disney Acid Sequence]]
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** Parodied in ''Springtime With Roo'', with the camera constantly panning between Tigger and Roo singing in Rabbit's house and Rabbit in his garden, oblivious to the oddities going on inside, such as the gang morphing into balloons or magically coloring his living room in rainbow patterns.
** Also "The Horribly Hazardous Heffalumps" in the Heffalump movie.
** The trailer for the 2011 film shows that one will be included involving Pooh and honey, complete with a [[Shout
** This goes back to one of the originals, with "Heffalumps and Woozles".
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Inverted in both ''Pooh's Grand Adventure'' and ''The Tigger Movie'' after all the trials and efforts the character's go through to reach their loved ones, they discover what they want to be safe at home anyway.
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* [[Out of Focus]]: Ironically Pooh himself, [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|due to more character centric stories]], appears as a mere side character in some features, often with [[Breakout Character|Tigger or Roo]] taking center stage instead.
* [[Through a Face Full of Fur]]: Several times, Piglet (who is presumably made of cloth) is described as "turning pink".
* [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]]: Rabbit plays what is essentially an Easter variant of this in ''Springtime
* [[You! Get Me Coffee!]]: In ''Springtime
==== ''[[Vinni Pukh]]'' (Soviet shorts) ====
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==== Comic Strip ====
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Besides Gopher, the newspaper strip added the characters of Sir Brian (probably a [[Shout
* [[Medium Awareness]]: One Sunday strip has Tigger attempt his Biggest Bounce Ever -- only to bang his head against the panel border and then lament how he always forgets that these comic panels are too small for him to bounce properly.
* [[Took a Level
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