History Series / WelcomeToPoohCorner

* EnsembleCast: As a trend later Pooh works would continue, the show frequently rotates ADayInTheLimelight for each character, with even the roll call in the intro making clear every character is as much a star as Pooh himself.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Pooh is noticeably a lot more intelligent in the show compared to his usual depiction of being a bear of little brain

-->'''Pooh:''' ''with complete sincerity*'' And congratulations to you Piglet on coming ''last'' place.

* 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}}[[invoked]] 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.

* 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.

* CluelessAseop 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.

* TooSmartForStrangers: The educational special ''Too Smart for Strangers'', Is the trope namer and teaches StrangerDanger.

The 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 remains to have a cult following to this day and is well regarded by those who grew up watching it.

The show is one of the first programs to be made for 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 remains to have a cult following to this day and is well regarded by those who grew up watching it.

** Christopher Robin is nowhere to be seen in the series, only getting mentioned in ''Pooh’s Great School Bus Adventure''.

** Christopher Robin is nowhere to be seen in the series, only being limited to being mentioned in ''Pooh’s Great School Bus Adventure''.

''Welcome to Pooh Corner'' is a series based off of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' and the first of many TV shows from the franchise.

In contrast to later ''Pooh'' shows, which were mostly animated, ''Welcome to Pooh Corner'' is a live action show that uses state of the art (at the time) animatronic costumes portrayed by human actors (aside from Roo), 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 the Music/TheShermanBrothers.

Outside of normal episodes, the series would also go on to produce several holiday specials and DirectToVideo educational specials as well.

Outside of normal episodes, the series would also go on to produce several holiday specials and educational specials as well.

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Outside of normal episodes, the series would also produce several holiday specials and educational specials as well, one of the latter (''Too Smart For Strangers'') becoming infamous for tackling '''[[PaedoHunt child molestation]]''', which was on the rise at the time.

* TooSmartForStrangers: The special ''Too Smart for Strangers'', Is the trope namer and it covers the dangers of dealing with strangers.

* UnseenNoMore: The narrator, who is normally TheGhost, is actually shown for the first and only time in this show.

* LiveActionAdaptation: The series is done in live action with costumed characters as opposed to animation like most other Pooh works, being the only Pooh show besides ''Series/TheBookOfPooh'' to be live action.

* AdaptationDyeJob:
** Piglet’s torso is colored green like in the original books as opposed to the pink he has normally.
** Tigger’s nose is black like it is in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks as opposed to his usual pink.

Outside of normal episodes, the series would also produce several holiday specials and educational shorts, one of the latter (''Too Smart For Strangers'') becoming infamous for tackling '''[[PaedoHunt child molestation]]''', which was on the rise at the time.

The show is one of the first programs to be made for 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 gotten acknowledged again after it stopped, it remains to have a cult following to this day and is well regarded by those who grew up watching it.

** Piglet’s Torso is colored green like in the original books as opposed to the pink he has normally.

!!The show contains the following examples

Welcome to Pooh Corner is a series based off of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' and the first of many TV shows from the franchise.