Tigger

Tigger is a fictional, anthropomorphic tiger who originated in A.A. Milne's book, The House at Pooh Corner. He has starred in his own 2000 film, The Tigger Movie along with his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood.

Some of Tigger's friends include Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Roo, Kanga, Owl, Gopher and Christopher Robin.

He is easily recognized by his orange and black stripes, beady eyes, long chin, springy tail and bouncy personality. As he says himself, "Bouncing is what Tiggers do best".

Tigger is very confident and has quite an ego; he often thinks of himself as being handsome and some of his other comments suggest that he has a high opinion of himself. Also, he often undertakes tasks with gusto, only to later realize that they were not as easy as he had originally imagined. When Pooh met Tigger in the book, he had trouble finding food that Tigger would eat - however the problem was soon solved when Tigger tasted extract of malt, which Kanga gave to Roo as medicine. Tigger is also known to hate honey unlike his friend Winnie-the-Pooh (hyphenated).

An interesting quirk about Tigger is that, according to his theme song, the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is he's the only one. This song leads to his search for his family in The Tigger Movie.

In the Disney presentations, Tigger was originally voiced by Paul Winchell. Since the late 1990s, he has been voiced by Jim Cummings who is also the voice of Pooh. Winchell died June 24, 2005; John Fiedler, the voice of Piglet in some of those films, died the next day.

Tigger's "birthday" is believed to be in October 1928, the year that The House at Pooh Corner was first published. On Tigger-related merchandise, Disney often indicates Tigger's birthyear as 1968, a reference to the first year that Tigger appeared in a Disney production, namely Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.

Trivia

 * Tigger has his own theme song, The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers, written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.


 * When Tigger introduces himself he often says the proper way to spell his name is: "T-I-double-guh-err, that spells Tigger."


 * Tigger's depating comment of "TTFN" or "Ta-ta for now" has become widely used internet shorthand for users departing chat rooms and other live discussions.