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Recap / The New Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh S 1 E14a The Masked Offender

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Inspired by a bedtime story Christopher Robin reads, Tigger becomes a Zorro-styled masked hero and makes Piglet his sidekick. But the "Masked Offender" ends up causing more problems than he solves with his "heroics".

This episode contains examples of the following tropes.

  • 10-Minute Retirement: Tigger sadly gives up crimefighting after the others play a trick on him, but Piglet talks him into becoming the Masked Offender again when the others get into danger for real.
  • Big Damn Heroes: When the other animals are about to fall into the chasm, Tigger as the Masked Offender shows up to save them.
  • Bolivian Army Ending: Played for Laughs. The episode ends on a freeze frame just as Owl's tree is about to fall onto an oblivious Tigger.
  • The Cameo: Eeyore only appears in the fantasy sequence.
  • Dirty Coward: El Conejo is an intimidating villain, but when the Masked Avenger arrives to the rescue, he immediately turned tail and ran.
  • The End... Or Is It?: The episode ends with the words "The End?", hinting that the Masked Offender would return.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: El Conejo takes some time to complain about the aristocratic carriage being driven by a Sunday driver before menacing the aristocratic party.
  • The Freelance Shame Squad: The others laugh at Tigger when he falls for their prank, at least until his disguise comes off.
  • Gilligan Cut: After Tigger's 10-Minute Retirement, Piglet decides he must save the day himself (which is enough to jog Tigger's concern back). Cut to Piglet now stuck in the glue monster dangling on the bridge with everyone else.
  • Gone Horribly Wrong: Pooh, Rabbit, Gopher, and Owl end up getting stuck on their own sticky monster, which then ends up upside down on a bridge over a chasm.
  • Lady Mondegreen: In-universe. Christopher Robin reads Tigger a story about the Masked Avenger, which Tigger mishears as the "Masked Offender".
  • Laser-Guided Karma: Tigger's forced to fix all the things he broke as the Masked Offender as punishment at the end.
  • Lord Error-Prone: The Masked Offender's attempts to help actually makes things worse. He ends up being a real hero when he saves the others after they get stuck on their sticky monster.
  • Meaningful Name:
    • Tigger, as the "Masked Offender", causes more problems than he solves.
    • The bandit in Christopher Robin's story is named, "El Conejo", which means "the rabbit". No points for guessing who plays him in the fantasy sequence.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: Downplayed. The other animals are shocked to discover that Tigger was the Masked Offender all along after he falls for their prank. While Pooh, naturally, feels sorry for him afterwards, Rabbit remains a bit unsympathetic, since Tigger still caused a lot of damage and inconvenience with his "heroics".
  • Mythology Gag: Semi Negative Continuity example. This isn't the first time Owl's house collapses with Pooh inside. Not only does it fall in the same manner, it even shows Owl's table AND cupboard sliding, complete with dishes beginning to fall out! Although, this time, the cause was artificial and no one needed to give up their house for Owl. Incidentally, the entry of "The Many Adventures" where this happened were Tigger and Piglet's first proper appearance in Disney media (not counting Piglet's appearance in the theme song).
  • Rearrange the Song: From this episode onwards, a revision of the opening is used, with a different clip montage and arrangement of the theme song. The closing credits are also extended with a fade to nighttime, with a full instrumental of the new rendition of the opening theme replacing the orchestral remix.
  • Secret-Keeper: The Masked Offender makes Piglet his. However, Piglet didn't know his secret identity yet.
  • Sticky Situation: Rabbit, Owl, Pooh and Gopher create a monster out of various sticky substances as part of a prank on the Masked Offender.

 
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Tigger and the Tablecloth

Tigger successfully pulls off the trick but then ruins it by slamming a door.

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