History WesternAnimation / WinnieThePooh2011

* TookALevelInJerkass: Downplayed. Pooh is still his lovable self but he is a bit more self-serving than in previous films. His main goal is to get some honey and it seems to be his number one priority, even when he is suppose to help plan a trap that will save his best friend. The best example of this is when he launches Piglet into a bee hive, beats the hive with a stick ''with him in it'', rides on his shoulders while the bees are chasing them, and tells ''Piglet'' he needs to run faster. Pooh does get better by the end of the film though as he puts Eeyore's need for his tail back before his want for honey.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Downplayed. Pooh is still his lovable self but he is a bit more self-serving than he was in previous films. His main goal in the film is just to get some honey and it seems to be his number one priority, even when he is suppose to help plan a trap that will help save his best friend. The best example of this is when he launches Piglet into a bee hive, beats the hive with a stick ''with Piglet in it'', rides on his shoulders while the bees are chasing him, and tells ''him'' he needs to run faster. Pooh does get better by the end of the film though as he puts Eeyore's need for his tail back first before his need for honey.

* TookALevelOfJerkass: Downplayed. Pooh is still his lovable self in this film but he is noticeably a bit more self-serving than he was in previous films. His main goal in the film is just to get some honey and it seems to be his number one priority, even when he is suppose to help plan a trap that will help save his best friend. The best example of this is when he launches Piglet into a bee hive, beats the hive with a stick ''with Piglet in it'', rides on his shoulders while the bees are chasing him, and tells ''him'' he needs to run faster. Pooh does get better by the end of the film though as he puts Eeyore's need for his tail back first before his need for honey.

* DenserAndWackier: Than even the original three featurettes! Given the writing and the animation, this was wholly intentional by the directors!

* LighterAndSofter: This film is ''much'' less dramatic [[DarkerAndEdgier than the Pooh films of the 1990s/2000s]], instead taking a more breezy, comedic approach to the material similar to the original [[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh 1977 feature film]]. Makes sense since this film is also based on the original A.A. Milne stories.

* TruerToTheText: The film reverts back to ''Many Adventures'' format of adapting stories from the books. Perhaps even more than ''Many Adventures'', there's a lack of any original characters, and the humour and character portrayals are more playfully sardonic like the books were (compared to most Disney works, where nearly every character besides Rabbit is InnocentlyInsensitive at worst).

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Owl, like in the original films, taken UpToEleven. The whole plot is kickstarted by him deciphering Christopher Robin's message that he'll be "back soon" as a horrific monster called the "Backson" having captured him.

%%* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Owl, like in the original films, taken UpToEleven.

To compensate for its short runtime, the theatrical release opened with the [[WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts short cartoon]] ''The Ballad of Nessie''.

* AbsenteeActor: Gopher is nowhere to be found. This is also the first main work since Lumpy's first appearance where he does not appear.

* InteractiveNarrator: This time it's Creator/JohnCleese. He doesn't just report the events of the story but often actually incites them, such as his "just then, Pooh spotted a note" being the trigger for Pooh actually spotting it, and offers help and guidance to the characters, like when Pooh inquires as to what a "paragraph" is and he defines it as "a group of sentences that form a complete thought"[[note]]which of course isn't actually what a paragraph is; that would be a "pericope"[[/note]].

* MusicalisInterruptus: The musical "Honey Pot" sequence gets cut off abruptly as Kanga requests that they celebrate her giving Eeyore a tail with silence. Which is [[{{Irony}} ironic]] considering the voice of Kanga is the [[CreatorCameo co-songwriter]] of the film.

* AdultFear: PlayedForLaughs. One of the Backson superstitions listed down by the group (expectedly [[TeamMom Kanga]]) is waking up babies.

->'''Eeyore:''' Every day.

* {{Hallucinations}}: While suffering from a lack of hunger, Pooh hallucinates his friends saying "honey" (even the narrator) and their heads turning into honey pots, and enters a fantasy world coated entirely with honey.

* InternalReveal: When Christopher Robin returns in the climax, he reveals to the animals they misinterpreted his letter; he wasn't captured by the Backson, he had gone to school and would be back ''soon''. Of course, the audience had known since Pooh first found it.

* {{Narrator}}: Creator/JohnCleese narrates the film this time around.

* TakeThat: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6GMxyYdcpU These two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMeTL1seIWo&feature=relmfu trailer spots]], which poke fun at ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows: Part 2'', which was released on ''the same day'' as this film.
* TrailerSpoof: The film came out the same weekend as ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', and thus some Pooh ads started out with lighting text on a cloudy sky (like the Harry Potter movies) with taglines such as "Get ready for the final battle" and "How do you spell adventure?" ...with cuts to Pooh running from bees and inverting a set of blocks from "[[TakeThat POTR]]" to "POOH".

* {{Mondegreen}}: Christopher Robin's letter reads, "Gone out, busy. Back soon. - C.R." Owl misreads the last part as "Backson", setting up the conflict for the film.

The 51st film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon.[[note]]Except in the United Kingdom where it's excluded altogether, going straight to ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''[[/note]] ''Winnie the Pooh'' is a direct sequel to the 1977 film ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh''. It is based on three previously unadapted Pooh stories from [[Literature/WinnieThePooh the book]] ("In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One" and a fusion of "In Which Rabbit Has a Busy Day and We Learn What Christopher Robin Does in the Mornings" and "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump").

* TheDoorSlamsYou Upon entering Owl's home, Tigger slams the top half of the front door in Rabbit's face.

** This also applies to its placement with the Disneytoon Pooh sequels and ''Christopher Robin'', the majority of which were more earnest CharacterDevelopment pieces with relatively more poignant moments and serious issues to resolve.

--> '''Everyone but Owl:''' ''[singing]'' ...we'll be back sooooon!
-->'''Owl:''' "Back soon."
-->'''Everyone but Owl:''' ''[singing]'' Back sooooon!

-->'''Everyone but Owl:''' ''[singing]'' Back sooooooooooon!

* RevisitingTheRoots: In contrast to previous ''Pooh'' films, the film harkens back to the more lighthearted tone and style of the original short films. It’s also the first Pooh film since the original shorts to adapt the original stories from the books as opposed to telling its own story as previous films have done.

%%* {{Gesundheit}}: The "issue" gag.