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3''Welcome to Pooh Corner'' is a show based off of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' and the first of many TV shows from the franchise.
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5In contrast to later ''Pooh'' shows, which were mostly animated, ''Welcome to Pooh Corner'' is a live action show that uses puppets and state of the art (at the time) animatronic costumes portrayed by human actors, filmed to a blue screen background as opposed to a traditional set, as the show centers around the antics of Pooh and friends in the Hundred Acre Woods, with music being written by Music/TheShermanBrothers.
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7Outside of normal episodes, several holiday specials and DirectToVideo educational specials would be produced based on the show as well.
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9The show is one of the first programs to be made for the Creator/DisneyChannel and would air on the network from 1983 to 1986, with reruns of the show airing til 1997. While it has since fallen into obscurity and has never been acknowledged again after it stopped, it continues to have a cult following to this day and is well regarded by those who grew up watching it.
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11!!The show contains the following examples:
12* AdaptationDyeJob: Tigger’s nose is black like it is in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks as opposed to his usual pink.
13* AdaptationalIntelligence:
14** Pooh is noticeably a lot more intelligent in the show compared to his usual depiction of being a bear of little brain.
15** Owl while his usual TalkativeLoon self, is also more genuinely insightful here, not as frequently the KnowNothingKnowItAll he was in the books and earlier Disney works.
16* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Rabbit is slightly more cheerful and less of a [[TheComicallySerious comically serious]] fussbudget than in other installments, even sometimes performing as a [[RabbitMagician magician]], which other incarnations of the character would never waste time on.
17* AdaptedOut:
18** Christopher Robin is nowhere to be seen in the show, only getting mentioned in ''Pooh’s Great School Bus Adventure''.
19** Gopher doesn’t appear at all in the show.
20* AgeLift: Roo is portrayed as a toddler early on as opposed to a young child. He would later grow up to be closer to his typical age in later episodes.
21* AssumingTheAudiencesAge: In the special "TooSmartForStrangers", Pooh believes the viewers are children and tells them what to do if they run into a stranger. One of his pieces of advice is to tell an adult, such as a parent. Later, Tigger tells the audience, "Howdy-roo, kids!" and informs Roo that they have to tell the kids about how to stay safe when they're out and about.
22* TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed: In "Too Smart for Strangers", Pooh calls genitals "bathing suit parts".
23* CanonForeigner: Rabbit’s brother, Robert Rabbit, is a character made exclusively for the show.
24* CheatersNeverProsper: Deconstructed in "The Fastest Does Not Win The Race", where Piglet, desperate to win a sport for once, takes multiple short cuts to win a race. He gets away with it, but finds the victory incredibly empty.
25* CluelessAesop: The Creator/DisneyChannel [[VerySpecialEpisode Special Presentation]], ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh: [[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Too_Smart_for_Strangers Too Smart for Strangers]]''. Seeing the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood dole out advice to the kiddies on how to avoid being kidnapped and molested is pretty questionable in itself, because Winnie the Pooh and his friends shouldn't be aware of stuff like that due to the innocence of their world and the fact that their leader is six years old. The fact [[TooSmartForStrangers its intended message]] has since been {{discredited|Trope}} because child safety experts have [[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/stranger-danger-lesson-does-more-harm-than-good-warns-charity-10280789.html largely dismissed it]] as overly simplistic, [[JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs dangerously naïve]] ParanoiaFuel with the potential to put children in more danger[[labelnote:why?]]the vast majority of victims of kidnapping and child abuse ''know and trust their victimizer'', rendering the very premise of Stranger Danger nonsensical; in addition, Stranger Danger lessons - albeit not this particular one - often fail to make exceptions for people who are blatantly trustworthy, which ''has'' caused lost children to avoid rescuers for fear of being kidnapped[[/labelnote]], leading to it being downplayed in favor of the more nuanced Tricky People, doesn't help one bit.
26* DigitalDestruction: On the "Disney Safety Hits, Vol. 2" DVD, the "Too Smart for Strangers" special has an uneven audio mix with the vocal track slightly decreased. This is especially evident in the song numbers, which make it hard for viewers to understand what the characters are saying.
27* EnsembleCast: As a trend later Pooh works would continue, the show frequently rotates ADayInTheLimelight for each character, with the roll call in the intro making clear every character is as much a star as Pooh himself. There are in fact several episodes where Pooh does not even appear.
28* GracefulLoser: In "The Fastest Does Not Win The Race", Piglet is getting frustrated from not winning any games, though he does ''try'' to be a good sport at first.
29-->'''Piglet:''' Congratulations to you Pooh on coming third place.
30-->'''Pooh:''' ''*with complete sincerity*'' And congratulations to you Piglet on coming ''last'' place.
31-->''*Piglet storms off frustrated, leaving Pooh confused*''
32* HiddenDepths:
33** Eeyore of all characters is revealed to have a talent for dancing.
34** Tigger is shown to have a talent for art in the show, which he doesn’t display in the rest of the franchise.
35** Rabbit is portrayed as being a talented magician outside of his usual role as a gardener.
36* InnocentlyInsensitive: While he's a bit smarter this time round, there's still a few times Pooh characteristically puts his foot in his mouth.
37* LiveActionAdaptation: The series is done in live action with [[StarringSpecialEffects costumed characters]] as opposed to animation like most other Pooh works, being the only Pooh show besides ''Series/TheBookOfPooh'' to be live action.
38* OutOfFocus: As would be a trend throughout the 80s and 90s, Kanga and Roo appear the least out of the Pooh cast, though Roo at least still gets ADayInTheLimelight every now and then.
39* TheOwlKnowingOne: Owl, of course; he even wears [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses glasses]] in the show.
40* RabbitMagician: Rabbit, of course!
41* TooSmartForStrangers: The educational special, ''Too Smart for Strangers'', is the trope namer and teaches to watch out for strangers who want to molest you, with tips such as not answering sketchy phone calls when you are home alone. To the special's credit, they also acknowledge that sexual abuse can also come from someone you trust and that not all strangers are predators who are to be avoided at all costs.
42* TruerToTheText: Unlike the cartoons, which usually show Tigger living in his own treehouse, in this series he lives with Kanga and Roo, as in ''[[Literature/WinnieThePooh The House at Pooh Corner]]''.
43* UnseenNoMore: The narrator, who is normally just TheVoice, is actually shown for the first and only time in this show.

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