History WesternAnimation / TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh

After debuting on [[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]], ''The New Adventures'' would move to Creator/{{ABC}}'s Saturday morning lineup in September 1988[[note]]That season, its second, joining up with the fifth of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' for ''The Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour''[[/note]]. Despite ending its run after four seasons on October 26, 1991, the show was kept alive for more than a decade and a half afterward through reruns which aired until September 4, 1993 and again from December 9, 1995 until September 7, 2002 (except for a brief period from September-December 1996), including a spot on Disney's Creator/OneSaturdayMorning and also on Disney's Playhouse Disney block; a number of VHS and [=DVD=] releases; as well as package films consisting of footage from the show, along with standalone episodes making ideal extras for many video and DVD releases of later Pooh featurettes.

After debuting on on [[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]], ''The New Adventures'' would move to Creator/{{ABC}}'s Saturday morning lineup in September 1988[[note]]That season, its second, joining up with the fifth of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' for ''The Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour''[[/note]]. Despite ending its run after four seasons on October 26, 1991, the show was kept alive for more than a decade and a half afterward through reruns which aired until September 4, 1993 and again from December 9, 1995 until September 7, 2002 (except for a brief period from September-December 1996), including a spot on Disney's Creator/OneSaturdayMorning and also on Disney's Playhouse Disney block; a number of VHS and [=DVD=] releases; as well as package films consisting of footage from the show, along with standalone episodes making ideal extras for many video and DVD releases of later Pooh featurettes.

** "[[Recap/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePoohS2E6bTheMonsterFrankenpooh The Monster Frankenpooh]]",
"[[Recap/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePoohS1E14b Things That Go Piglet in the Night]]", and "[[Recap/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePoohS2E10aPoohMoon Pooh Moon]]" were bundled for the ''Frankenpooh'' VHS/DVD. The first episode revolves around the gang telling scary stories, the second has them scared silly of a supposed ghost in the middle of the night, and the third is about the group thinking a monster is hunting them.

* {{Balloonacy}}: Done in, well, "Balloonatics."

''The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh'' depicts mostly original new stories based on Pooh and his friends, learning lessons of friendship, growing up, and having fun at playtime. Piglet often finds himself facing his fears and anxieties, Tigger's loquaciousness often grates on Rabbit, whose garden is often at the mercy of whatever shenanigans are running amok in the wood, Eeyore is there to be TheEeyore as always, and Gopher's madcap quests to dig the best tunnels in the wood often wreak their own form of havoc. Add in Kanga, Roo, and Owl, and you've got a wood full of the same lovable characters still doing what they love.

What sets apart ''New Adventures'' from the franchise's prior entries is, surprisingly for the source material, this was a DarkerAndEdgier installment by ''Pooh'' standards, with real villains and peril for Pooh and friends in some episodes and diving into heavy, mature themes. It's also noted for having the occasional StoryArc such as the story of Kessie, a bluebird who Rabbit finds and adopts, and for expanding the scope beyond the Hundred-Acre-Wood, sometimes to Christopher Robin's world outside the wood, and even fantastical locales that are completely new. And at the heart of it all remains the bond between the silly old bear and Christopher Robin, who is often along for the ride and ready to spend time with his best friend at the end of the day.

->''"Pooh Bear, Winnie the Pooh Bear!"'' \\
''"Wherever you go, oh won't you take me please?"'' \\
''"Pooh Bear, I gotta be there!"'' \\
''"It's me and it's you, a silly old Winnie the Pooh!"''
-->-- '''Opening theme song'''

''TheNewAdventures of Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' is a Disney animated TV series in the style of the original Winnie the Pooh shorts that were compiled into the film ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh''. It is the second ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' television series after the puppet-based ''Series/WelcomeToPoohCorner'', and began airing on January 17, 1988.

''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' depicts mostly original new stories based on Pooh and his friends, learning lessons of friendship, growing up, and having fun at playtime. Piglet often finds himself facing his fears and anxieties, Tigger's loquaciousness often grates on Rabbit, whose garden is often at the mercy of whatever shenanigans are running amok in the wood, Eeyore is there to be TheEeyore as always, and Gopher's madcap quests to dig the best tunnels in the wood often wreak their own form of havoc. Add in Kanga, Roo, and Owl, and you've got a wood full of the same lovable characters still doing what they love.

-->''"Pooh Bear, Winnie the Pooh Bear!"'' \\

-->--'''Opening theme song'''

With its' often feature film-quality animation, stronger writing and character development, top-notch voice acting, and aforementioned extended lifespan, ''The New Adventures'' is often considered the definitive installment of ''Winnie the Pooh'' by an entire generation of fans. This was also the debut of [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]] in the roles of both Pooh and Tigger, simultaneously marking the gradual bowing out of Creator/PaulWinchell as Tigger as he began preparing for retirement. The show also won back-to-back Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program twice in 1989 and 1990. The next ''Pooh'' series would be 2001's ''Series/TheBookOfPooh''.

* RearrangeTheSong: The same theme was used throughout the series, however Season Two onwards rerecorded it with a ''slightly'' different instrumentation. The theme everyone is familiar is actually the rerecorded version. [[https://youtu.be/5R8ygARofzk here's the original]] Curiously the ending credits, which played a short orchestral version of the theme in Season One, were lengthened to play a full mostly instrumental edit of the opening theme proper, subverting the trope.
** One later version of the theme song (reportedly used on Disney Channel reruns circa 1994) seems to be sung by Jim Cummings instead of Steve Wood.

'''Rabbit:''' I'm sorry! It was just a joke! It was just a joke! '''''[[BigWordShout A JOOOOOOOOOOKE!!!]]''''' ''(wakes up from his nightmare)'' It was just a joke... just a... just a... [[CatchPhrase Oh, my]], it was just a bad dream!

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The episode "Cloud, Cloud Go Away" features not only a tangible cloud that apparently feels "softer than fluff", but also a climbable (or bounceable, in Tigger's case) rainbow that the cloud produces.

* AsideComment: Tigger frequently does this with an accompanying glance to either the viewer.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Comparing this one to the original featurettes, and more to the later movies and shows such as ''My Friends Tigger and Pooh'' this show surprisingly has many dark, mature and scary moments, even if most of them have a distinct comical undertone. While it's all still thoroughly light hearted and cutesy, this is probably as Dark And Edgy as you'll ever see Winnie the Pooh, aside from ''Pooh's Grand Adventure'' and later ''Film/ChristopherRobin''.

''TheNewAdventures of Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' is a Disney animated TV series in the style of the original Winnie the Pooh shorts that were compiled into the film ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh''. The second ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' television series after the puppet-based ''Series/WelcomeToPoohCorner''.

What sets apart ''New Adventures'' from the franchise's prior entries is, surprisingly for the source material, this was a DarkerAndEdgier installment by ''Pooh'' standards, with real villains and peril for Pooh and friends in some episodes and diving into heavy, mature themes. It's also noted for having the occasional StoryArc such as the story of Kessie, a bluebird who Rabbit finds and adopts. And at the heart of it all remains the bond between the silly old bear and Christopher Robin, who is often along for the ride and ready to spend time with his best friend at the end of the day.

''The New Adventures'' originally started airing on January 17, 1988 on [[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]], moving to Creator/{{ABC}}'s Saturday morning lineup in September of that same year[[note]]That season, its second, joining up with the fifth of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' for ''The Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour''[[/note]] and airing new episodes until October 26, 1991, while reruns aired until September 4, 1993 and again from December 9, 1995 until September 7, 2002 (except for a brief period from September-December 1996), including a spot on Disney's Creator/OneSaturdayMorning and also on Disney's Playhouse Disney block. It also had a number of VHS releases and was also featured on a number of [=DVDs=]. The show also won back-to-back Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program twice in 1989 and 1990.

Despite ending its run after four seasons, the show was kept alive for more than a decade and a half afterward through reruns, package films consisting of footage from the show, along with standalone episodes making ideal extras for many video and DVD releases of later Pooh featurettes.

* AsideComment: Tigger frequently does this with an accompanying glance to either the viewer, or the narrator.

* BigBallOfViolence: One occurs with the angry toys in the store in Episode 13. Episode 15 had the two teams in a slightly different one while playing ice hockey.

** Rabbit says another in "Un-Valentine's Day", preceded by a LittleNo when Tigger opens the closet of used valentines.

* BorrowedCatchphrase: In one episode, Rabbit utters Christopher Robin's "Silly old bear."

* CarnivoreConfusion: In "A Very, Very Large Animal," Piglet's picnic includes a ham.

** One episode says that Pooh is a pro at doing "nothing," a reference to the end of the film.
* CoolCar: Rabbit drives away in one of these (called the carrot ala cart) in a bad dream Piglet has.

** Also the babysitter in "Babysitter Blues" and the store manager in "A Pooh Day Afternoon", though we get a brief glimpse of his face when Skippy the dog rushes past.

* IJustWantToBeYou: Tigger tries to teach Eeyore how to be more cheerful. Eeyore interprets his lessons as "being just like Tigger", and soon he's painted himself in orange and black stripes and bouncing the others.

* NoirEpisode: In ''Eeyore's Tail Tale'', Tigger takes the role of 'Private Ear' to investigate the mystery of Eeyore's missing tail, complete with PrivateEyeMonologue and black-and-white scenes.

* RemovableAnimalMarkings: In one episode, Tigger loses his stripes during a bath. With his stripes gone, he is convinced he is no longer a Tigger.

-->'''Opening theme song'''

''TheNewAdventures of Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' is a Disney animated TV series in the style of the original Winnie the Pooh shorts that were compiled into the film ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh''. The second ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' television series after the puppet-based ''Series/WelcomeToPoohCorner'', it ran originally started on January 17, 1988 on [[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]], moving to Creator/{{ABC}}'s Saturday morning lineup in September of that same year[[note]]That season, its second, joining up with the fifth of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' for ''The Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour''[[/note]] and airing new episodes until October 26, 1991, while reruns aired until September 4, 1993 and again from December 9, 1995 until September 7, 2002 (except for a brief period from September-December 1996), including a spot on Disney's Creator/OneSaturdayMorning and also on Disney's Playhouse Disney block. It also had a number of VHS releases and was also featured on a number of [=DVDs=]. The show also won back-to-back Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program twice in 1989 and 1990.

Surprisingly for the source material, this was a DarkerAndEdgier installment by Pooh standards, with real villains and peril for Pooh and friends in some episodes and diving into heavy, mature themes. It's also noted for having the occasional StoryArc such as the story of Kessie, a bluebird who Rabbit finds and adopts.

''TheNewAdventures of Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' is a Disney animated TV series in the style of the original ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', the second ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' television series. It ran originally started on January 17, 1988 on [[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]], moving to Creator/{{ABC}}'s Saturday morning lineup in September of that same year[[note]]That season, its second, joining up with the fifth of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' for ''The Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour''[[/note]] and airing new episodes until October 26, 1991, while reruns aired until September 4, 1993 and again from December 9, 1995 until September 7, 2002 (except for a brief period from September-December 1996), including a spot on Disney's Creator/OneSaturdayMorning and also on Disney's Playhouse Disney block. It also had a number of VHS releases and was also featured on a number of [=DVDs=]. The show also won back-to-back Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program twice in 1989 and 1990.

''TheNewAdventures of Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' is a Disney animated TV series in the style of the original ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', the second ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' television series. It ran originally started on January 17, 1988 on The Disney Channel, moving to ABC's Saturday morning lineup in September of that same year[[note]]That season, its second, joining up with the fifth of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' for ''The Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour''[[/note]] and airing new episodes until October 26, 1991, while reruns aired until September 4, 1993 and again from December 9, 1995 until September 7, 2002 (except for a brief period from September-December 1996), including a spot on Disney's Creator/OneSaturdayMorning and also on Disney's Playhouse Disney block. It also had a number of VHS releases and was also featured on a number of [=DVDs=]. The show also won back-to-back Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program twice in 1989 and 1990.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Rabbit has his own theme, heard in many, many episodes throughout the series, usually played whenever he gets upset with another character. The theme can even be heard in episodes that do not feature Rabbit, such as "A Pooh Day Afternoon".

* InterspeciesAdoption: In "Find Her, Keep Her," Rabbit becomes an adoptive parent to a baby bird. He turns out to be an OverprotectiveDad.

** Papa Heffalump's ImprobableAllergy sneezes cause mishaps in both of his two appearances, with their ill-timing enhanced by their [[SneezeOfDoom sheer power.]]

* IllTimedSneeze: In "The Wishing Bear," Pooh tries to make Piglet think his wish for a snowman has come true by covering himself with snow. But this backfires when Piglet gives the "snowman" a false mustache, which makes Pooh sneeze, literally blowing his cover.

* SneezeOfDoom:
** In "There's No Camp Like Home" and "Trap as Trap Can," a family of heffalumps are introduced with the papa Heffalump being allergic to pretty much ''anything'', such as deep dark pits, heights, marshmallows, and furry woodland creatures. He lets out a mighty sneeze once someone reminds him about his allergies.
** In "A Friend, In Deed," Piglet is disguised as a big flower to distract the bees so Pooh can get their honey, but when the bees swarm around him, they tickle his nose and he sneezes, blasting the bees away and destroying his costume.
** In "A Bird in the Hand," Rabbit and the others are getting ready for Kessie's welcome-home party, when Piglet mistakenly brings dandelions instead of daffodils. Rabbit is allergic to dandelions, and his resulting powerful sneeze trashes the party decorations.
** In "Piglet's Poohetry," during the fantasy sequence depicting Piglet's poem where Tigger shrinks to the size of an insect and is tossed around by various mishaps, he lands on Rabbit's nose at one point, and Rabbit sneezes, launching him once again into the air.

** The first episode "Pooh Ought to be in Pictures" helps set the scene for how dark the series can get as it opens with a dream sequence of Christopher Robin, Pooh, Tigger, and Piglet being chased by [[IncrediblyLamePun the mummy]] in a haunted castle. They later go see a monster movie at a local cinema and are inspired to make their own, with Tigger's own costume being ''too'' effective at scaring the others and Rabbit. Pooh even ends up in real danger thanks to the costume.

* AndStarring: When Paul Winchell was still a part of the series, he received the credit "And Paul Winchell as Tigger."

* GeniusBonus: In "The Masked Offender," during the opening sequence where Christopher Robin is reading his story while the characters are acting it out, the name of the bandit Rabbit plays, "El Conejo," is actually Spanish for "the rabbit."

%%* YankTheDogsChain: Happens often to Rabbit.