A mysterious noise in the middle of the night causes the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood to panic.
This episode contains examples of:
- An Aesop: Don't jump to conclusions about mysterious noises. Also, be sure to let everyone have a turn on something fun or it could cause problems down the line.
- The Cameo: Roo makes a brief appearance sharing a bed with Tigger, but stays asleep and doesn't come along on the adventure.
- Climax Boss: The confrontation between Piglet and Pooh, Rabbit, Gopher, and Owl is the climactic event of the episode, after which they realize there was seemingly no ghost and the plot starts to wrap up. The ending of the episode resolves Eeyore's subplot of learning to swing.
- "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: The episode's mayhem could've been avoided if Eeyore had tried to ask for a turn on the swing during the daytime, even if he felt like the others were hogging it.
- Create Your Own Villain: Subverted. Eeyore isn't a villain by any means, but the plot starts because he gets left without a turn during the day so he tries to swing at night, which causes a commotion that wakes up the whole wood. Piglet also ironically ends up becoming the suspected ghost when he gets tangled in his pillow case and begins running around in a panic.
- Cue the Sun: The episode wraps up as the sun rises, after Piglet has been unmasked as the unwitting ghost and Eeyore finally seems to get the hang of swinging.
- Deadpan Snarker: Pooh gets a moment to close the episode on, dryly noting that he hopes Eeyore doesn't cause a ruckus in the middle of the night every time he wants a turn.
- Dramatic Irony: We the audience are shown that there is no ghost, as the noises are only from Eeyore trying to swing. We also are shown how Piglet gets tangled in his pillowcase, becoming the ghost that the others run away from in the cilmax.
- Ending by Ascending: The episode ends with the group all jumping on Eeyore's parachute to ride off into the sunrise, signifying the end of their ordeal.
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Rabbit and Gopher declare their intent to deal with the ghost when they find it... but Pooh points out that's just it, they have to find it, unless it finds them first.
- Foreshadowing: Eeyore's part in the plot is foreshadowed when in the episode's first scene, he's shown longing for a turn on the swing.
- Halloween Episode: Subverted. The episode has nothing to do with Halloween but due to its themes revolving around being scared silly and the apparent threat of a ghost, it was bundled in the Frankenpooh VHS released in the 1990's and 2000's as part of Disney's Halloween fare.
- Innocently Insensitive: The rest of the group has apparently been hogging the swing, causing Eeyore to think he's only able to swing at night. Eeyore himself accidentally causes everybody to go into the mad panic they're in most of the episode when his crying out while trying to swing scares everybody.
- Internal Reveal: The other animals learn that the noise they heard was Eeyore using the swing after the audience does.
- Mythology Gag: Tigger is notably sleeping over at Kanga and Roo's place instead of the house he's been established to have. While he probably is just sleeping over for the night, in the original books, he does indeed live there, having been adopted by Kanga.
- Pun-Based Title: The title references the phrase "Things that go bump in the night".
- Riding into the Sunset: Gliding/swinging, actually. The episode's happy ending takes place as the group jumps onto Eeyore's parachute to ride it out, going towards the rising sun in the process.
- Sink or Swim Mentor: Tigger's attempts to teach Eeyore to swing often involve sending him flying from extreme heights.
- This Is Gonna Suck: Eeyore reluctantly accepts Tigger's help and understandably increasingly dreads each attempt to teach him.
