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* PoorCommunicationKills: In this case, its Rabbit's lie getting more and more muddled as it passes from person to person. It gets to the point that even Rabbit believes that a monster is coming to the wood.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: In this case, its Rabbit's lie getting more and more muddled as it passes from person to person. It gets to the point that even Rabbit believes that a monster is coming to the wood.wood.
* StartXToStopX: Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger decide that, in order to scare the supposed monster away from Rabbit's garden, ''they'' should pretend to be a monster. It works a little too well -- Rabbit, on seeing them approaching, thinks they're the ''actual'' monster.
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'''Production code:''' 114

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'''Production code:''' 114114\\
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* {{Irony}}: Rabbit believed he was only protecting his garden when he told Tigger the lie about his spaghetti squash, as Tigger had bounced into his garden and squished some of them. But in the end, the chaos caused by his lie ends up ruining more of his garden than Tigger did.

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* {{Irony}}: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Rabbit believed he was only protecting ends up paying for his garden fib when he told Tigger the lie about his spaghetti squash, as Tigger had bounced into his garden it grows out of control, and squished some of them. But in the end, the chaos caused by his lie this ends up ruining doing more of damage to his garden than Tigger did.Tigger's bouncing did to begin with.
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!! "Please and Thank-You's" contains examples of:

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!! "Please Please and Thank-You's" Thank-You's contains examples of:



!! "The Rumor Millstone" contains examples of:

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* Irony: Rabbit believed he was only protecting his garden when he told Tigger the lie about his spaghetti squash, as Tigger had bounced into his garden and squished some of them. But in the end, the chaos caused by his lie ends up ruining more of his garden than Tigger did.

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* Irony: {{Irony}}: Rabbit believed he was only protecting his garden when he told Tigger the lie about his spaghetti squash, as Tigger had bounced into his garden and squished some of them. But in the end, the chaos caused by his lie ends up ruining more of his garden than Tigger did.

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'''The Rumor Millstone:''' Rabbit tells a fib about spaghetti squash to keep Tigger out of his garden, which quickly spirals out of control.

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'''The Rumor Millstone:''' Rabbit tells a fib about spaghetti squash to keep Tigger out of his garden, which but the fib quickly spirals out of control.
grows into something much bigger.



** "The Rumor Millstone:" Telling even a small lie can have massive consequences.

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** "The Rumor Millstone:" Telling even a small lie can have massive consequences.consequences and the truth will come out in the end.



!! "Please and Thank-You's" contains examples of:
* LiteralMinded: Tigger takes the idea of "please" being "the magic word" too literally, to the point where he tries to ''fly'' and Kessie has to stop him.



* GossipEvolution: Rabbit tells a fib to Tigger about spaghetti squash being bad for his bounce to keep him out of his garden. But the fib changes every time it's passed on, until it becomes a story of a giant monster coming to "squash" the entire wood.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The end result of Rabbit's lie is that, in trying to protect his garden, he ends up destroying more of his crops than Tigger did. Rabbit quickly feels remorseful and regrets starting the rumour.

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* GossipEvolution: Rabbit tells a fib to Tigger about spaghetti squash being bad for his bounce to keep him out of his garden. But the fib changes every time it's passed on, until it becomes a story of a giant monster coming to "squash" the entire wood.
wood. It's only when everyone compares notes at the end that the truth comes out
* Irony: Rabbit believed he was only protecting his garden when he told Tigger the lie about his spaghetti squash, as Tigger had bounced into his garden and squished some of them. But in the end, the chaos caused by his lie ends up ruining more of his garden than Tigger did.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The end result of Rabbit's lie is that, in trying to protect his garden, he ends up destroying more of his crops than Tigger did. Rabbit quickly feels remorseful after he realizes that everything in the episode was caused by his lie. Even when Tigger tries to take part of the blame for not listening to Rabbit the first time, the latter still admits that he shouldn't have started the rumor to begin with.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In this case, its Rabbit's lie getting more
and regrets starting more muddled as it passes from person to person. It gets to the rumour.point that even Rabbit believes that a monster is coming to the wood.

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** "The Rumor Millstone:" Telling even a small lie can have massive consequences.

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** "The Rumor Millstone:" Telling even a small lie can have massive consequences.consequences.
* CentralTheme: Politeness and honesty. "Please and Thank-You's" teaches the importance of saying "please", but also to not use it as a means of getting your own way. "The Rumor Millstone" shows how telling even a tiny fib can cause massive trouble and that it's better to be truthful.

!! "The Rumor Millstone" contains examples of:
* GossipEvolution: Rabbit tells a fib to Tigger about spaghetti squash being bad for his bounce to keep him out of his garden. But the fib changes every time it's passed on, until it becomes a story of a giant monster coming to "squash" the entire wood.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The end result of Rabbit's lie is that, in trying to protect his garden, he ends up destroying more of his crops than Tigger did. Rabbit quickly feels remorseful and regrets starting the rumour.
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'''Production code:''' 114
'''Original air date:''' February 21, 2001

'''Please and Thank-You's''': Owl teaches Tigger the importance of saying "please", but Tigger takes the idea of it being "the magic word" too literally.

'''The Rumor Millstone:''' Rabbit tells a fib about spaghetti squash to keep Tigger out of his garden, which quickly spirals out of control.

!! This epiode contains examples of:
* AnAesop:
** "Please and Thank-You's:" "Please" may be an important word to use, but don't expect to get your own way just because you use it.
** "The Rumor Millstone:" Telling even a small lie can have massive consequences.

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