History Trivia / WinnieThePooh2011

** Creator/PeterCullen voiced Eeyore in most previous Pooh media, but since he was busy voicing Optimus Prime in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', the character is played here by [[Creator/PixarRegulars Bud Luckey]].

* DescendedCreator: In addition to co-writing the film's songs, Kristen Anderson-Lopez is the voice of Kanga.

* GenreKiller: While a modest success, breaking even on a $30 million budget, it was nowhere the runaway success that their recent CGI features had been and, along with the somewhat more successful ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', saw Disney's attempts to alternate between 2D and 3D with each feature flounder. Glen Keane, one of the studio's star animators, left shortly thereafter, closing off the original 2D production pipeline for good and then-studio head John Lasseter, while never "officially" announcing it, allowed his "every other movie is 2D" plan to quietly die. It's not all bleak though, as hand-drawn animation still lives on through their television shows and they have stated that they're at least [[https://insidethemagic.net/2019/10/disney-hand-drawn-animation-ro1/ open to the idea of traditionally animated films again in the future if it's right for the film]], with Disney animator Goldberg later confirming in April 2022 that Disney is planning [[https://screenrant.com/disney-animated-movies-future-2d-animation-updates/ a proper return to traditional animation]].

** In the European French dub, this is the first time Pooh and Rabbit aren't voiced by Creator/RogerCarel, as he retired before the movie's release (although he did voice Pooh in the trailer). Since this movie, Pooh has been voiced by Jean-Claude Donda (who has been [[NonSingingVoice Pooh's singing voice]] since ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie''), while Rabbit has been voiced by Michel Mella.

* PromotedFanboy: Creator/AndreasDeja was a big fan of [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Milt Kahl's]] animation of Tigger in ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', and later got to animate Tigger himself in this film.

* RoleReprise: Jim Cummings and Travis Oates are the only actors to reprise their roles, as Pooh & Tigger and Piglet respectively.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} and Creator/TomKenny, who voice Pooh and Rabbit respectively in the film, are perhaps best known together for being the respective voices of the titular characters from ''WesternAnimation/CatDog''. Funnily, their roles in the film are somewhat of a role reversal to the ones they played in ''[=CatDog=]'', with Jim Cummings playing the KindheartedSimpleton to Tom Kenny's DeadpanSnarker as opposed to vice-versa.

** Creator/PeterCullen voiced Eeyore in most previous Pooh media, but he is played here by [[Creator/PixarRegulars Bud Luckey]].

* PromotedFanboy: Creator/AndreasDeja was a big fan of [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Milt Kahl's]] animation of Tigger in the ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', and later got to animate Tigger himself in this film.

* CreatorBacklash: Of a more sad and bittersweet note, Creator/PeterCullen was dismayed that he would not be voicing Eeyore, and acted out a sad, but awesome meeting between [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] and Eeyore. Ken Sansom also reportedly was dismayed since he had not been asked back for the 2011 film to reprise his role as Rabbit, claiming he was still under contract. Sansom passed away a year after the film's release.

** The movie originally planned to adapt 5 stories from A. A. Milne's books if [[https://www.today.com/popculture/disney-going-old-school-new-winnie-pooh-movie-1C9495181 early interviews are any indications]]. Only 3 stories were adapted in the final film.

** Before settling on the generic final title, the movie was originally going to be called "Winnie the Pooh And The Day In Which Many Things Happened"

* SequelGap: The film came out 6 years after the last theatrical ''Winnie the Pooh'' film, ''WesternAnimation/PoohsHeffalumpMovie'' (2005). The gap is far longer if one only counts the productions by Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationStudios, in which there was a 28 year gap between their last Pooh production, ''Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore'' (1983) and this film (2011).

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Creator/JimCummings and Creator/TomKenny, who voice Pooh and Rabbit respectively in the film, are perhaps best known together for being the respective voices of the titular characters from ''WesternAnimation/CatDog''. Funnily, their roles in the film are somewhat of a role reversal to the ones they played in ''[=CatDog=]'', with Jim Cummings playing the KindheartedSimpleton to Tom Kenny's DeadpanSnarker as opposed to vice-versa.

* SequelGap: The film came out 6 years after the last theatrical ''Winnie the Pooh'' film, ''WesternAnimation/PoohsHeffalumpMovie'' (2005). The gap is far longer if one only counts the productions by Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationStudios, in which there was a 28 year gap between their last Pooh production, ''A Day For Eeyore'' (1983) and this film (2011).

* AcclaimedFlop: As with [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Disney's previous 2D film]], it made a profit and got rave reviews[[note]]On Rotten Tomatoes, it sits at an impressive 91%; the only Disney Revival films that scored equal or higher being ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}''[[/note]], but its release during a very busy summer movie season hurt its financial success. It didn't help that it was released on the same day as the highly anticipated and hyped ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart2''.

* GenreKiller: While a modest success, breaking even on a $30 million budget, it was nowhere the runaway success that their recent CGI features had been and, along with the somewhat more successful ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', saw Disney's attempts to alternate between 2D and 3D with each feature flounder. Glen Keane, one of the studio's star animators, left shortly thereafter, closing off the original 2D production pipeline for good and then-studio head John Lasseter, while never "officially" announcing it, allowed his "every other movie is 2D" plan to quietly die. As of this writing, Disney has not made, nor is it implied that it will make, any more hand-drawn movies in the near future. It's not all bleak though, as hand-drawn animation still lives on through their television shows and they have stated that they're at least [[https://insidethemagic.net/2019/10/disney-hand-drawn-animation-ro1/ open to the idea of traditionally animated films again in the future if it's right for the film]].

* RealitySubtext: When Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez auditioned to write the songs, they were having some trouble with their four-month-old infant. So in "The Backson Song", they had Kanga claim the Backson "wakes up babies at two or three" from experience.