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1	* ActingForTwo: Seen in the third and fourth seasons when Jim Cummings, already voicing Pooh, took over voicing Tigger. Besides this, some of the minor characters are also voiced by Cummings, usually the one shot characters such as Crud, Wooster, or Nasty Jack. Most of the other voices are sped up much like Chip 'n' Dale, including the bees, the bugs, and the Pack Rats, and the one instant that isn't being the Crows, after a single performance in the first season.
2	* CrossDressingVoices: Patricia Parris voices Junior Heffalump in "There's No Camp Like Home" and "Trap As Trap Can".
3	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A few episodes are available on the ''Growing Up With Winnie The Pooh'' [=DVDs=] and many VHS tapes and [=LaserDiscs=] contained episodes of the series back when those two formats was commonplace, but the vast majority of the series remains difficult to find. For those that have thrift stores, Goodwills or swap meets in their area, the VHS tapes are not uncommon finds there, along with a VCR to play them if you don't have one, often selling for $5 or less.
4	** Some miscellaneous ''Winnie the Pooh'' [=DVDs=] have episodes of ''The New Adventures'' as bonus features, but at least one of those [=DVDs=] -- ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'' 10th Anniversary Edition, usurped in 2012 by the DVD included in the "Bounce-a-Riffic Special Edition" Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack -- has gone out of print.
5	** Two episodes, "Pooh Oughta Be in Pictures" and "Cleanliness is Next to Impossible", are only available on long-out-of-print Region 2 videotapes, and another three, "Fast Friends", "To Bee or Not to Bee" , and "Sorry, Wrong Slusher", are unavailable on home video in any format, the latter most likely due to its [[DarkerAndEdgier disturbing subject matter]].
6	** With some searching, the entire series can be found online via [=YouTube=] or [=DailyMotion=], and other video sharing sites.
7	** The entire series has in fact been remastered in a widescreen HD format, though only particular countries such as Russia, Japan and Germany have saw a proper rerelease. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OgXKu_238c As shown here.]]
8	** The only way you can watch the ''Christmas Too'' special on DVD is through the DirectToVideo film ''A Very Merry Pooh Year''. While the special is remastered for the film, Rabbit's fur was [[DigitalDestruction painted yellow]] as commonly portrayed, while Christopher Robin's voice [[TheOtherDarrin was re-dubbed]] by the actor who voiced the character in the new bridging sequences. The original special returned to television in 2007 on Creator/{{ABC}}, but several scenes were cut for commercial time. This version was the basis for the Creator/{{Freeform}} airings as part of their ''25 Days of Christmas'' block from 2008 until 2013. The special returned to Freeform in 2018 and restored some scenes (notably Pooh's friends wishing him well when he unsuccessfully attempts to deliver the letter to Santa personally) but cuts others like Gopher helping Tigger and Rabbit set up their Christmas tree and subsequently decorating it, and uses Christopher Robin's voice track from ''A Very Merry Pooh Year''. So far, the 1994 VHS and 1995 [=LaserDisc=] releases of the special remain the only way to watch it in its original form.
9	** Rescued in fall 2019 when the series was made available on Creator/DisneyPlus. It's even shown in its remastered high-definition format! (albeit in fullscreen) ''Christmas Too'' is not available in standalone format, instead repackaged as part of ''A Very Merry Pooh Year''.
10	* LongRunner: It actually lasted longer in reruns than it did during its first run. It started on [[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]] on January 17, 1988 and ran until April 10, 1988. It then moved to Creator/{{ABC}} in first-run from September 10, 1988 until October 26, 1991 (during the 1989-90 season it was paired up with the newly-moved-networks ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Gummi Bears]]'' as the ''Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour''), then aired reruns until September 4, 1993. Reruns then started airing on ABC again on December 9, 1995, lasting through the entirety of the ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' block (mostly to fulfill E/I requirements, however), continuing until that block's end on September 7, 2002 (with only a small break during the fall of the 1996-97 season). And of course there were the seemingly endless amounts of Pooh-related VHS tapes released during the 90s, reruns on the Disney Channel from October 3, 1994 until September 1, 2006, and on Creator/ToonDisney from April 1998 until November 2007, and multiple package films made of spliced together episodes of the show released up till the early 2000s, to the point it probably made more than one casual observer think the show lasted '''way''' longer than it actually did.
11	* NewbieBoom: The popularity of this show resulted in renewed interest in the ''Winnie the Pooh'' franchise in the 90's, leading it to become one of Disney's biggest [[CashCowFranchise cash cows]] of that decade.
12	* NoExportForYou: Believe it or not, the show actually got a ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_DF7WjKE2o full HD remaster]]'' (two versions, one with a 16:9 crop and the other in its original 4:3 aspect ratio)...which Disney has been shockingly quiet about. It's aired in a few foreign markets including Germany, Japan, Croatia, and the Czech Republic, but it took a few years for it to show up in ''its own country''... at least until Creator/DisneyPlus started up and included the restored version of the series. Regardless, it's pretty shocking that they would be so quiet and secretive over such a restoration.
13	* TheOriginalDarrin:
14	** After being voiced by Phil Baron in ''Series/WelcomeToPoohCorner'', John Fiedler returns to voice Piglet from here until his death in 2005.
15	** Creator/PaulWinchell returns to voice Tigger after Will Ryan voiced him in ''Welcome to Pooh Corner'' (though as noted below, Jim Cummings would fill in for Winchell later on).
16	* TheOtherDarrin: By the time the third season began production, Creator/{{Jim Cummings\|1952}}, already voicing Pooh, replaced Creator/PaulWinchell as Tigger, reportedly due to Winchell's declining health[[note]]Winchell returned to voice Tigger in both ''Winnie the Pooh, and Christmas Too!'' and ''Pooh's Grand Adventure'', and continued voicing Tigger on occasions until his retirement in 1999 as his health worsened[[/note]]. Cummings also filled in for Winchell in odd episodes of the previous seasons starting with "King Of The Beasties", so that (according to Cummings) Winchell could continue his humanitarian work in Africa.
17	** Cummings, meanwhile, starting with this series, inherited the role of Pooh from Creator/SterlingHolloway (who voiced Pooh in the original featurettes), who declined to reprise his role for retirement and health reasons (Holloway would die in 1992, the year after ''New Adventures'' aired its last episode). He also replaces Creator/HalSmith as well (who had did Pooh from 1978 to 1987).
18	** Ken Sansom replaces Will Ryan as Rabbit and Creator/PeterCullen replaces Ron Gans as Eeyore.
19	** Patricia Parris replaces Julie [=McWhirter=]-Dees and Diana Hale as Kanga.
20	** Voice actor Creator/MichaelJGough (not to be confused with another Creator/MichaelGough) was brought in to replace Howard Morris as the voice of Gopher, as Morris was under contract to ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''. When Morris decided to retire from voice acting altogether, Gough became Gopher's permanent voice.
21	** Minor example with Christopher Robin: he was voiced by Timothy Hoskins for the show's entire run, but in the ''Christmas Too'' special he was replaced by Edan Gross. When the special was edited into ''A Very Merry Pooh Year'', Gross' voice was dubbed over by William Green, who voiced Christopher in the bridging sequences.
22	* RecycledPremise: A few plot points from the novels are loosely adapted in the series. "The Old Switcheroo" for example reuses the premise of Piglet taking Roo's place in Kanga's pouch, and getting trolled by Kanga as payback. Other way round, a few story ideas from the series were loosely reused in ''The Book of Pooh'', while the episode "Owl In The Family" even seems close in concept to ''The Tigger Movie''.
23	* TheResolutionWillNotBeIdentified: The final produced episode of the series proper "Owl's Well That Ends Well" plays out like any other episode, though it does end on a rather beautiful sunrise that functions as a nice enough send-off. The fourth season also featured several episodes dealing with heavier themes of growing up and Christopher Robin's relationship with the cast, providing him some closure and character development.
24	* RoleReprise: John Fiedler, Paul Winchell, and Hal Smith all reprise their roles as Piglet, Tigger and Owl respectively from the original shorts and original film almost two decades before. Smith does not reprise his previous role as Pooh from ''A Day for Eeyore'' and ''Series/WelcomeToPoohCorner'', however, the role inherited by Jim Cummings from this show onward.
25	* SimilarlyNamedWorks: ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', and ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' all also have an episode titled "Fish Out of Water".
26	* StarMakingRole: Creator/{{Jim Cummings\|1952}} had been doing voice work for several years by now, but this marked his first starring role in a cartoon. Pooh and (trading off with Paul Winchell) Tigger, along with his roles as [[WesternAnimation/TaleSpin Don Karnage]] and WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck in the next few years, would catapult him to A-List voice actor status.
27	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
28	** Before the pilot episode, ''Pooh Oughta Be in Pictures'', was broadcast, there were plans for a Winnie the Pooh movie, its script penned by Linda Woolverton. For reasons unknown, the project was ultimately shelved. Funnily enough, the aforementioned episode was about the characters going to a movie theater and deciding to make their own movie.
29	** According to Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation developer Michael Peraza, [[ExecutiveMeddling higher ups]] suggested a series where Pooh and co. live in New York City and solve mysteries. Peraza's [[SarcasmMode response]] was, "Does he have a [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby van]] or something to go with it?"
30	** The show's team sought out as many reprises from the original featurettes as they could. Sterling Holloway (Pooh's original voice actor) did an early try-out, but was deemed too aged to replicate the voice anymore.
31	** "Pooh Skies" was to be a bonus feature to the 2006 Special Edition of ''WesternAnimation/PoohsGrandAdventure'', even being advertised in the edition’s trailer, but it was ultimately replaced by ''Winnie the Pooh and a Blustery Day''.

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