Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh is a Disney character and media franchise based on the books by A.A. Milne.

Pre-Disney
"Winnie-the-Pooh" as he was orignally called first appeared in a story written by A.A. Milne, he based the characters off his young son, Christopher Robin and the boy's stuffed animals. The original toy bear was named after Winnie (short for "Winnipeg"), a bear that had been adopted as a cub by a Canadain soilder during World War I, who was popular attraction at the London Zoo.

Personality
Pooh is a very kind character and one of the kindest Disney characters of all time. He is very brave in very discouraging hours and is able to pull everyone together. Also, when things go wrong, the members of the Hundred Acre Wood family would go to him for advice and assistance, even if he's only a bear of "very little brain". He loves honey, and as such, is quite plump (a trait he's proud of), and is always hungry for more.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
In Pooh and Friends' first film, Pooh plays as the main role and usually out to get honey. He appears in all stories dealing with different problems such as getting honey, saving honey from heffalumps and woozles or even helping Tigger get out of a tree. In the end Pooh and Christopher Robin say thier goodbyes as Christopher prepares to grow up.

Pooh's Grand Adventure
In the sequel of the film, Pooh is portrayed more as a hero and leader than just an innocent citizen. He is out to seek Christopher Robin along with Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore and Rabbit. They go seeking him on a journey through the Great Unknown, thanks to Owl's reading the word 'School' as a dangerous place of 'Skull'. Pooh and friends find Christopher who explains he did not go missing but just went to school for the day.

The Tigger Movie
In this film, Pooh is not the main character, he is more like the secondary main character. here he helps Tigger find his Family. Pooh and friends put on Tigger costumes in order to make Tigger happy. Unfortunatly Tigger found out and ran away. Pooh and friends went to find Tigger in a deadly storm. Pooh and friends find him but end up in a avelanche. Everyone survies and celebrate thier first family reuinion.

House of Mouse
In the Disney series House of Mouse, Pooh doesn't have any lines and is mostly seen on the background. In one episode Mickey mentions "Sombebody with a little brain!". After this line there is a shot of Pooh sitting on his table and waving to Mickey since he thinks that Mickey mentioned him. Mickey responds to it with "I was just kidding, Winnie!".

Piglet's Big Movie
In this film, Pooh once again appears as he accompanies Rabbit, Roo, Tigger and Eeyore find Piglet.

Pooh's Heffalump Movie
In this film, the spotlight goes to Roo. Pooh goes along with Rabbit, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger to find and capture a Heffalump. In the end Pooh realizes Huffalumps are not dangerous creatures but kind and inoccent kind. Pooh and friends make peace with the heffalumps and welcomes the young heffalump Lumpy to thier family.

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
In the sequel to Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Pooh and friends try to help Lumpy enjoy the fun of Halloween.

Winnie the Pooh
Pooh is set to appear in an all new film. The film is set to open in theaters and will feature every Pooh character. Pooh will be animated by Mark Henn who is know for animating Disney Princesses such as Ariel, Belle, Princess Jasmine and more.

Disney Parks


Pooh is a common character in the Disney parks and the most common in the Winnie the Pooh franchise. He is usually seen in parades and as a meetable character. He is also usually seen with Tigger and Eeyore, and occasionally Piglet. Pooh is also the most requested character in Disney Parks second only to Mickey Mouse himself.

Fantasmic!
Pooh appears riding the Mark Twain Riverboat or Steamboat Willie in the nightime spectacular.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Winnie the Pooh makes his first chronological appearence in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep as a Command Board character, him and Tigger playing with Terra, Aqua, and Ventus.

Kingdom Hearts
10 years later in Kingdom Hearts, Cid asked Sora to deliver a very special book that he had repaired to his friend, Merlin. After Sora did so, Merlin revealed that the book had special properties, and suggested that Sora take a closer look at it. Upon doing so, Sora found himself standing on the pages of the book, considerably smaller than his usual size. Walking over to one of the book's drawings, Sora ended up in a meadow, where Pooh sat on a log talking to himself. Once Sora introduced himself to Pooh, the bear detailed his sad news to Sora that all of his forest friends had disappeared, nor that Sora had so much in common with Ven who he hadn't seen in a decade. Along with his favorite honey tree (among other locations), and that he had been left all alone (and very hungry) in the Hundred-Acre Wood. As Sora journeyed to other worlds, he found additional pages of Pooh's book, which the Heartless (for unknown reasons) had torn out of the book. When Sora added the last page to the book, reuniting Pooh with all of his friends, Pooh expressed his wish for Sora to stay with him. Sora explained as best he could to Pooh that they would always be linked through their hearts and memories of each other, which Pooh accepted, allowing Sora to depart the book.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
A facsimile of Pooh created by Naminé was featured in this game as a memory to Sora.

Kingdom Hearts II
Prior to events in Kingdom Hearts II, Merlin apparently lost Pooh's book, but found it in one of the districts of Hollow Bastion. Sora eagerly jumped in to visit Pooh while Merlin was away, leaving Goofy and Donald to watch over the book from the outside world. As Pooh asked Sora to join him in his exercises, he suddenly froze in mid-action, leaving Sora momentarily confused before he was forced out of Pooh's book. It was soon revealed that Donald and Goofy had summoned Sora out of the book, needing his help as they were under attack by the Heartless. As Sora exited Merlin's house to assist his friends, a group of Soldier Heartless made to steal Pooh's book, ripping pages out in the process and leaving slash marks on the book's cover. However, Sora managed to take the damaged book back from the Heartless. When Sora returned to the Hundred-Acre Wood to check on Pooh, he discovered that the traumatic forces that had been imposed on the book had given Pooh amnesia. To remedy this, Sora once again collected the scattered pages of the book and assisted Pooh's friends in helping Pooh gain back his memories of them. Certain actions in each area triggered Pooh's memories, but he did not remember Sora until nearly all the pages were recollected. And, as was the case in the ending of Kingdom Hearts, Pooh begged Sora to stay with him, and again Sora explained that he had to leave but that he and Pooh would always have a special connection through their hearts.

Popularity
Pooh and his gang of friends are the most popular and famous set of Disney characters second only to Mickey and Friends. The Winnie the Pooh merchandise has over the years made as much money as Mickey and Friends.

Trivia

 * Disney's Winnie the Pooh character was amortized several times by Sears.


 * All Winnie the Pooh media projects are combined at #4 of the "100 Greatest Cartoons of All Time."
 * On April 11, 2006, Pooh recieved a star on the walk of fame in Hollywood.