Line #9 Animation/VinniPukh


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3	''Winnie-the-Pooh'' (Russian: Винни-Пух) is a [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet]] series of animated shorts by Fyodor Khitruk based on Creator/AAMilne's ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' books. This series is universally beloved and [[MemeticMutation cited]] throughout all of the former Soviet Union, and is the definitive version of Winnie there.
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5	The biggest differences with [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's version]] is that the Soviet Winnie is not TheDitz, nor is he cutesy. He's kinda on a rough side, has a raspy voice, orders Piglet around and has a poetic and cunning side to him. Also, while Christopher Robin is present in Boris Zakhoder's translation/adaptation of the book, his role in the shorts is assumed by other characters.
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7	All three shorts are available with English subtitles:
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9	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqdiEUp6s4E Winnie-the-Pooh]], 1969
10	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdogzjfzKTM Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting]], 1971
11	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73uIn56G1YE Winnie-the-Pooh and the Day of Concerns]], 1972
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14	!!Series provides examples of:
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16	* AdaptationDistillation:
17	** Khitruk made quite a big change to the original material. First, he based it on Boris Zakhoder's translation which itself was more like re-telling of the original (which [[{{Woolseyism}} still worked]]) and Zakhoder was directly working with him on the script. There were other changes that even Zakhoder felt were too much though, like the removal of Christopher Robin.
18	** Eventually major CreativeDifferences made Zakhoder leave the series, and it ended after just three shorts, while they were supposed [[WhatCouldHaveBeen to do more]].
19	%% * BigEater: Winnie.
20	* CloudCuckoolander: Winnie's not ''stupid'', per se, but he is pretty eccentric when compared to the likes of Piglet and Rabbit. It takes a special combination of imagination and insanity to try to disguise yourself from bees using only [[NoodleImplements some mud and a blue balloon]].
21	* TheEeyore: Eeyore is as depressed as he always is.
22	* FloatingLimbs: Downplayed. Winnie's feet are not directly attached to his body, but this is only noticeable when he's walking or running, never when he's standing still.
23	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Winnie. Yes, Winnie acts quite jerk-ish in these shorts (towards Piglet and Rabbit). On the other hand, he still rushes to give Eeyore the present on his birthday.
24	* NoIndoorVoice: Winnie spends most of the scenes where he is traveling from place to place straddling the line between singing and screaming.
25	* TheOwlKnowingOne: Just like in the [[Literature/{{WinnieThePooh}} original work]], this trope is basically subverted. But instead of being KnowNothingKnowItAll student parody, Owl in this cartoon is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} [[GenderFlip lady]].
26	* RunningGag: When Winnie and Piglet go walking together and singing, it's always Winnie walking first and Piglet hurrying after him. Winnie has a tendency to pause in the middle of a song to make a comment or go off on a small tangent... when he does he'll immediately stop walking, which nine times out of ten means Piglet crashes into him. Since Piglet is so small, Winnie doesn't even notice.
27	* ShesAManInJapan: Owl is an old lady here instead of a male character in the original. It's because the Russian word for "owl" is intrinsically feminine, so using male pronouns could sound grammatically unusual.
28	* StageWhisper
29	-->'''Piglet:''' Why do you need a balloon?
30	-->'''Winnie:''' ''(motions for him to move closer for absolutely no reason, then whispers in a fierce voice)'' Honey.
31	-->'''Piglet:''' What?
32	-->'''Winnie:''' ''(immediately switches back to normal voice)'' Honey!
33	* ThePhilosopher: Winnie.
34	--> "And why do bees exist? To make honey, I guess. And why does honey exist? [[MundaneSolution For me to eat it]] -- I think so."
35	* SpectacularScenery: The shorts’ backgrounds are drawn in crayon.
36	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Like in Zakhoder's translation of the book, Winnie assures the bees that he is a cloud and "not a bear at all".
37	* YouDontLookLikeYou: Except for Eeyore, most of the characters look radically different from the Shepard/Disney versions. Owl unintentionally looks like the Disney version, only more feminine.

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