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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In "Piglet Meets a Heffalump", Christopher Robin is so tickled by the sight of Pooh with a jar stuck on his head, which Piglet mistook for a heffalump, that he lapses into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. He's ''still'' laughing by the time Pooh gets his head free.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In "Piglet Meets a Heffalump", Christopher Robin is so tickled taken by the sight of Piglet to see what he thinks is a heffalump, only to see it's Pooh with a jar stuck on his head, which Piglet mistook for a heffalump, that head. The sight tickles him so much he lapses into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. He's ''still'' bursts out laughing, and he's still laughing by the time Pooh gets his head free.



* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Rabbit delivers this to Eeyore after the latter complains about nobody paying attention to him. Rabbit pointedly tells Eeyore that he essentially brings his depressed state on himself because he's not trying. Eeyore has to make an effort to see others instead of expecting them to come to him. Eeyore surprisingly takes this to heart.

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* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Rabbit delivers this to Eeyore after the latter complains about nobody paying attention to him. Rabbit pointedly tells Eeyore that he essentially brings his depressed state on himself because he's not trying. Eeyore trying - he has to make an effort to see others instead of expecting them to come to him. him all the time. Eeyore surprisingly takes this to heart.heart, and in later stories we see him outside of his gloomy place and interacting with others more often.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In "Piglet Meets a Heffalump", Christopher Robin is so tickled by the sight of Pooh with a jar stuck on his head, which Piglet mistook for a heffalump, that he lapses into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. He's ''still'' laughing by the time Pooh gets his head free.



* GoingInCircles: In one story Pooh thinks he is tracking the footprints of a monster, when he is actually following his own footprints in the snow.

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* GoingInCircles: In one story Pooh thinks he is tracking the footprints of a monster, when he is actually following his own footprints in the snow.snow around a spinney. Christopher Robin even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]], asking Pooh what on earth he was doing.


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* HelpImStuck: Pooh gets stuck in Rabbit's front door in "Pooh Goes Visiting" due to eating too much honey. In "Piglet Meets a Heffalump", he gets his head stuck in a honey jar.
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Both books are in the public domain in the U.S. The first one can be read [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm here]], and the second one [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm here]].

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Both books are in the public domain in the U.S. The first one can be read [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm here]], and the second one [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm org/cache/epub/73011/pg73011-images.html here]].
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Both books are in the public domain in the U.S. The first one can be read [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm here]].

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Both books are in the public domain in the U.S. The first one can be read [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm here]], and the second one [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm here]].
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* AccidentalGoodOutcome:
** In "In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents", Pooh tries to give honey to Eeyore for a [[BirthdayEpisode birthday present]], while Piglet tries to give him a balloon. However, the balloon pops and Pooh eats the honey. Despite this, however, Eeyore likes the burst balloon and the pot, since he enjoys [[IncrediblyLameFun putting the balloon in the pot and taking it out again over and over]].
** In "In Which a House is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore", Eeyore tries to build himself a house, but doesn't do a very good job, so Pooh and Piglet mistake it for a random pile of sticks. They use said sticks to build him another house, thinking he's still homeless, and this ends up being better than the original house since it's in a warmer part of the forest.
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The first book is in the public domain in the U.S. and can be read [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm here]].

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The first book is Both books are in the public domain in the U.S. and The first one can be read [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm here]].
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[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Chapter 1: In which we are introduced to Winnie the Pooh and his friends, and the topic begins]].


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[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Chapter 1: In which we are introduced to Winnie the Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, and the topic begins]].

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* UnwiseOwl: As depicted in Creator/{{Disney}}'s [[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh numerous]] [[WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh animated]] [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011 adaptations]] of the ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' stories, Owl's advice often makes absolutely no sense, subverting TheOwlKnowingOne.
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** In France, "Pooh" is how the word "Pou", meaning "Louse" is pronounced. Now, nowadays, this is inconsequential, since he's mostly known under the alias of "Winnie l'ourson", but there was a time where some "Winnie the Pooh" merchandise (mostly toys) were branded under the name "Winnie LE Pooh" (Not even "Winnie the Pooh" mind you, it really was "le pooh"). Who wouldn't want a cute plushie of Winnie the Louse?

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** In France, "Pooh" is how the word "Pou", meaning "Louse" is pronounced. Now, nowadays, this is inconsequential, since he's mostly known under the alias of "Winnie l'ourson", but there l'ourson". In the early French translations of the books, he was a time where some "Winnie the Pooh" merchandise (mostly toys) were branded under the name "Winnie LE Pooh" (Not even "Winnie the Pooh" mind you, it really known as "Winnie-le-Pouh", which was "le pooh"). Who wouldn't want a cute plushie of Winnie the Louse?changed in later printings.
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* YouSayTomato: Being based on the playacting of a little boy, this is rather common. Notable examples include Woozles (weasels), Heffalumps (elephants), Jagulars (jaguars), Eeyore (Onomatopoeia for the braying of a donkey), Tigger (tiger) and Winnie the Pooh himself (based on Winnipeg, a bear at the London Zoo).

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* YouSayTomato: Being based on the playacting of a little boy, this is rather common. Notable examples include Woozles (weasels), Heffalumps (elephants), Jagulars (jaguars), Eeyore (Onomatopoeia for the braying of a donkey), Tigger (tiger) and Winnie the Pooh himself (based on Winnipeg, a bear at the London Zoo).Zoo, and a swan in a pond Christopher called "Pooh").
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* MythologyGag: In ''Winnie-the-Pooh Meets the Queen'', Christopher Robin, Pooh, and his friends travel to London to meet Queen Elizabeth II for her 90th birthday. At one point, on a bus tour, they pass by Harrods and Pooh feels something familiar about the store. The original Edward Bear doll given to Christopher Robin Milne was from Harrods.

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** Various characters/the narrator about Pooh: "[[PhraseCatcher A bear of very little brain]]".


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* PhraseCatcher: Pooh is called by various characters and the narrator "a bear of very little brain."
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%%* CrypticBackgroundReference: "Don't you know what ''ther'' means?"

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->"What about a story?" said Christopher Robin.\\
''What'' about a story? [[Creator/AAMilne I]] said.\\
Could you very sweetly tell Winnie-the-Pooh one?"\\
"I suppose I could," I said. "What sort of stories does he like?"\\
"About himself. Because he's ''that'' sort of Bear."\\
"Oh, I see."\\
"So could you very sweetly"\\
"I'll try." I said.\\
And so I tried.
-->-- '''Prologue'''

[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Chapter 1: In which we are introduced to Winnie the Pooh and his friends, and the topic begins]].

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%%* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: See ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

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%%* IronicEcho: "Oh, Tigger, I ''am'' glad to see you," cried Rabbit.

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%%* * IronicEcho: "Oh, Tigger, I ''am'' glad to see you," cried Rabbit.


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* ShooOutTheClowns: The final chapter of ''The House at Pooh Corner'' does away with the lighthearted narrative, opening with [[WhamLine “Christopher Robin was going away”]]. The only aspect of levity comes from Eeyore's “Goodbye” poem, which degenerates into an absentminded ramble. When Christopher Robin is given the poem, Eeyore storms off, and everyone except Pooh quietly disappears. Children listening to the story, like Pooh, will likely not understand the implications of what Christopher Robin is talking about, but the adults will be moved by it.

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