- In general, just the idea of Tigger discovering the actual implications of being "the only one": He has no family.
- Roo's role in the story is even more heartbreaking, spending the entire movie trying to cheer up Tigger and get his idol to notice and love him like a 'big brother', though is either ignored in Tigger's obsession to find his family, or makes things worse. This hits even harder during the climax where he repeatedly attempts to just hug Tigger though is distracted or ignored each and every time, until about the final two minutes when Tigger finally accepts his friends as his real family and thus gives special notice to his "bestest little brother". Having been mostly a side character in previous Pooh features, an enormous Woobie role was a good way to start Roo's ascension as a Breakout Character, suitingly just like Tigger himself.
- Tigger's reaction when he finds out that his "family" is really his friends in disguise and thinks that they see his family as a joke.Tigger: (furious and heartbroken) Oh. Oh... now, I understand. It was all a big joke. Well... that's alright. 'Cause somewhere out there, there's a tigger family tree, full of my REAL tigger family! I've got a letter to prove it! ...And I'm gonna find them. (steps out of the door, into the approaching snowstorm) So...T-T-F-E. Ta-ta... FOREVER! (leaves, slamming the door behind him)
- Plus, Pooh, who is the last to be revealed, takes off his own mask — unlike the others, who had theirs removed by Tigger — and sounds on the edge of tears when he says the line below.Pooh: We only wanted to help, Tigger...
- What makes it so much worse is that, as Pooh's line above demonstrates, none of them were trying to hurt Tigger at all. They were all legitimately trying to help him and cheer him up, but when the masks come off — in more ways than one — Tigger gets the wrong idea and storms off, feeling utterly betrayed and heartbroken at their perceived mockery. Everyone needs a hug after that scene.
- And the fact that it's Tigger tops it off. Seeing a character everyone is so used to seeing active and excited and happy in every bounce he takes through the wood actually go through grief and suffer doubt in both his own identity and his relationship with his closest friends is a very gut-wrenching sight.
- When Tigger goes walking into the snowstorm to find his real family, we get shots of him looking back at his home. You see the pain and devastation on his face before becoming determined to find his family. Then you see his friends looking at him through the window, heartbroken for having hurt him when they were just trying to help him feel better. All of this is animated without a word of dialogue.
- Just the one heart-wrenching close-up shot of Roo, looking out the window with tears streaming down his face, utterly crushed from knowing his idol never wants to see him again.
- The scene where Roo comes to Pooh begging him to help him find Tigger.Roo: (tearfully) Pooh! You've gotta help me find Tigger! It's All My Fault! He never would've left if it wasn't 'cause of me! I didn't mean to make him feel bad... I just... I-I just wanted him to be my big brother. (cries) We gotta go find him — we just gotta!
- And if you look at Roo's face during this scene, you'll notice his face is all wrinkly like how one does during Inelegant Blubbering.
- Luckily, Piglet's Big Movie reveals that Tigger had come to terms with what his friends were doing as he bursts into tears seeing a picture of the gang dressed up as Tiggers and calls it the "bestest best family reunion I ever had!" no longer feeling tricked.
- Plus, Pooh, who is the last to be revealed, takes off his own mask — unlike the others, who had theirs removed by Tigger — and sounds on the edge of tears when he says the line below.
- Near the end, when, certain that his non-existent family is coming back for him, Tigger ventures deep into the woods during a snowstorm. The sheer heartbreak on his face and in his voice as he suddenly realizes no one's there is just so painful to watch.Tigger: I thought you were always there for me...
- And then it just keeps piling on the angst. Tigger's friends go after him in said perilous snowstorm and beg for him to come home and out of danger. The way Tigger painfully shouts "NO!" can make others feel what both sides are experiencing in that scene.Rabbit: Are you crazy!? It's not safe out here!Tigger: Exac-ti-cally! That's why you should all go home, where it is safe! But I've got to wait here in my family tree for my! Real! Family!
- If you're familiar at all with the Pooh series, Rabbit has always been the first one to express irritation at Tigger's bounciness and he's always taken it in stride; so hearing Tigger actually raise his voice at Rabbit is incredibly jarring.
- Just after the above "NO!" scene, an avalanche starts. Everyone runs for the nearest object, the tree Tigger believed to be his family tree. Tigger starts bouncing with all his might to get everyone else to safety, and as soon as he tosses up his last friend, Rabbit, he gets swept away by the avalanche. Roo then goes in to rescue him. A Scare Chord can be heard when Tigger reaches his limit and gets caught up, adding to the fear and sadness of the scene... and making it even worse, who's the person giving the most shrill and horrified reaction to Tigger's supposed demise? Rabbit.
- When he goes for Rabbit and the latter glomps him, Tigger embraces it with a very sad gaze at the avalanche approaching, and then shuts his eyes and throws Rabbit up as hard as he can. Even without words, you can tell he knew he wouldn't make it up in time himself.
- Right after he celebrates everybody making it out okay, he starts explaining how Roo was able to bounce just as good as any other... "Tigger family member." It really hits him that there won't be any other Tiggers, which prompts him to start staring off into the distance. Made even worse with Roo begging Tigger to not leave him.
Roo: Tigger? Please don't go... - And then it just keeps piling on the angst. Tigger's friends go after him in said perilous snowstorm and beg for him to come home and out of danger. The way Tigger painfully shouts "NO!" can make others feel what both sides are experiencing in that scene.
- And then there's the end credits song, "Your Heart Will Lead You Home" by Kenny Loggins. In fact, the actual end credits themselves; with still drawings replicating events of the story in the style of E. H. Shepard, the original illustrator of the Winnie the Pooh novels. It's the same heart-breaking story with an added nostalgic tear for fans of the original A. A. Milne books.
- There's also the line "If you feel lost and on your own and far from home...", which pretty much embodies the loneliness Tigger must have felt.
- This heartbreaking promotional art piece
◊ used for some movie posters or OST covers, with Tigger just staring wistfully at a tree while Pooh comforts him.
