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2	->''In The Hundred Acre Wood''\
3	''We gather round with friends''\
4	''And pass the cup of honey round''\
5	''Until the old year ends''\
6	''For Auld Lang Syne, my friends''\
7	''For Auld Lang Syne''\
8	''We'll pass the cup of honey round''\
9	''For Auld Lang Syne''
10	-->—- Music/CarlySimon
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12	''Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year'' is a 2002 DirectToVideo Christmas/New Year's film based on the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' franchise. It was directed by Gary Katona and Ed Wexler, with new original music by Carly Simon.
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14	Pooh invites his friends over to celebrate Christmas and eventually New Year's Eve, but when a series of mishaps ensue, Rabbit is frustrated with their antics and vows to move away. To get him to stay, the animals vow to make a resolution to "change", which results in them suffering a temporary PersonalitySwap, and HilarityEnsues.
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16	The film features the special ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePoohAndChristmasToo'', its entirety told in flashback, though digitally remastered to match the animation of the film and Christopher Robin's voice redubbed by this feature's voice actor, William Green. The back half of the film, ''Happy Pooh Year'', is newly produced. Effectively, ''A Very Merry Pooh Year'' is a direct sequel to 1999's ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePoohSeasonsOfGiving'', which covered the fall and winter season leading up to Christmas in a very similar fashion. It is also the final Pooh special to reuse footage from ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh''.
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18	Followed by ''WesternAnimation/PigletsBigMovie'' in 2003, and seasonally by 2004's ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePoohSpringtimeWithRoo'', which placed ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' in an Easter-time context. Pooh and friends next celebrated Christmas in the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'' film ''Super Sleuth Christmas Movie''.
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21	!!''A Very Merry Pooh Year'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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23	* BeYourself: Pooh and the gang learn this in the end, with Christopher Robin adding it will help them become more of who they truly are.
24	* BorrowedCatchphrase: Due to the SwappedRoles issue, Piglet steals Tigger's "Hoo hoo hoo" laughter, Tigger begins stuttering like Piglet to the point of saying "Oh, d-d-dear!", Eeyore begins using some of Pooh's phrases like "a smackerel of honey", and Pooh also steals Eeyore's "Thanks for noticin' me" at one point.
25	* CallBack: Like in ''Christmas Too'', Pooh once again dresses up as Santa Claus once the flashback ends.
26	* ChristmasEpisode: The first half of the movie.
27	* CrowdSong: The film ends with Pooh and the gang singing "Auld Lang Syne", accompanied by Music/CarlySimon.
28	* DullSurprise: Pooh starts speaking in Eeyore's gloomy manner when he experiences a HeroicBSOD due to not eating honey.
29	* TheEeyore: Eeyore as usual, but Pooh becomes this when he stops eating honey for long enough.
30	* FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin: The ''Christmas Too'' sequence completely redubs Christopher Robin's voice with that of the film. Oddly, Creator/PaulWinchell's voice for Tigger is kept in the ''Christmas Too'' segment despite Creator/{{Jim Cummings\|1952}} voicing Tigger in the rest of the film.
31	* HeroicBSOD: Not eating honey long enough takes a big hit on Pooh, causing him to turn into a gloomy grump like Eeyore. He even speaks in Eeyore's DullSurprise and uses his catchphrases, especially "Thanks for noticin'".
32	* LogoJoke: The Disney logo has snowflakes.
33	* NewYearHasCome: The second half of the movie revolves around New Year's Eve.
34	* OhCrap: Pooh when he begins eating honey again, realizing he broke his resolution.
35	* OutOfFocus: Kanga, Roo, and Gopher don't have as much focus as Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and Rabbit, only appearing during the party scenes. Christopher Robin also does not appear until the second half of the movie, outside of his appearance in the 'Christmas Too'' sequence. They're also the only characters in the movie aside from Rabbit who do not change their personalities.
36	* ThePollyanna: What Eeyore ends up becoming after eating Pooh's honey and wearing his red shirt, to the point he's even more jolly than Pooh would normally be.
37	* PopStarComposer: Folk singer-songwriter Music/CarlySimon performed "Winnie the Pooh" as well as "Auld Lang Syne".
38	* RoleSwapPlot: What happens to Pooh and the gang (except Kanga, Roo, and Gopher) to stop Rabbit from moving away.
39	* RunningGag: Tigger playing with the bells.
40	* SwappedRoles: When the gang decides to change, they suddenly end up as whoever's talent they try out:
41	** Piglet becomes a brave and goofy {{Cloudcuckoolander}} when he bounces like Tigger.
42	** Tigger stops bouncing and becomes the NervousWreck like Piglet.
43	** Pooh abandons the honey causing him to grow gloomy and sad like Eeyore.
44	** Eeyore starts eating honey and becomes increasingly happy like Pooh.
45	* WhatIsThisFeeling: When Eeyore starts eating Pooh's honey and begins acting consistently happy, he tries to ask Pooh what this funny feeling is, which Pooh does not care due to ''him'' becoming Eeyore. Eeyore soon realizes he's feeling glad.
46	* WithAFootOnTheBus: The antics of Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger nearly result in Rabbit moving out of the wood. He changes his mind once Christopher Robin arrives and everyone apologizes.

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