Production code: 118
Original airdate: August 6, 2001
Piglet's Perfect Party: Piglet tries to put on a party for his friends, but struggles to make it "perfect" for all of them.
A Wood Divided: Following an accident on the bridge, Rabbit and Tigger get into a feud that escalates as they keep making each other angry.
This episode as a whole contains examples of:
- Central Theme: Friendship. "Piglet's Perfect Party" is about not trying to please everyone and just being as good a friend as you can, while "A Wood Divided" discusses what happens when friends fall out and the pointlessness of holding grudges.
"Piglet's Perfect Party" contains examples of:
- Alliterative Title: Piglet's Perfect Party.
- An Aesop: Just being with your friends is enough to make anything perfect, and you shouldn't waste time and energy trying to please everybody.
"A Wood Divided" contains examples of:
- An Aesop: If you're angry with somebody, talk to them about it. Holding grudges only hurts yourself and your friends.
- Backhanded Apology: This episode has a song called "If We Were Talkin'," which consisted of Rabbit and Tigger doing this to each other after an argument, at least until Piglet suggests that they could work things out. Such lyrics from the song from Rabbit in particular include "If we were talking, which were aren't since that nasty somersault / I'd say I'm sorry that our accident was totally his fault." and "If we were talking, I'd say sorry his world record was a bust."
- Cycle of Revenge: Part of the episode's lesson. Tigger and Rabbit keep taking bigger and more petty acts of revenge against each other as their feud escalates and they continue to needle each other. As Pooh himself puts it:"Getting angry is a lot like eating honey, because once you start, it's awfully hard to stop."
- Feud Episode: Rabbit and Tigger start a feud due to an accident on the footbridge. The episode’s moral is about how bad these can be and how holding grudges isn’t worth it.
- Quarreling Song: "If We Were Talking" is both this and a make-up song. Tigger and Rabbit initially refuse to talk, as they believe that they'd just argue again. But as the song progresses, they let out what they want to say, which allows them to reconcile.
- Rage Breaking Point: Tigger squashing his prize tomato was one thing, but having it dismissed as "silly" is the last straw for Rabbit. By the same token, Rabbit dismissing Tigger’s attempt at breaking his tail-bouncing record is this for Tigger.
- Tell Him I'm Not Speaking to Him: Rabbit and Tigger's feud escalates to this point, with both of them sitting on opposite sides of a picnic and with poor Piglet as their mouthpiece in the middle.
- This Is My Side: Rabbit and Tigger's feud eventually reaches an extreme version of this. Rabbit paints a massive yellow line down the middle of the entire Hundred-Acre Wood, with one side for himself and one side for Tigger. Mr. Narrator sadly informs the audience that this lasts for several days and upsets everyone else in the Wood. In the end, after Tigger and Rabbit reconcile, the episode ends with everyone agreeing to erase the line.
- Watch Where You're Going!: Played for Drama. This is the inciting incident that kicks of Rabbit and Tigger's feud, with Rabbit's prize tomato and Tigger's bouncing record being victims of it.
