Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin

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Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
The Special Edition DVD
Directed by	Karl Geurs
Produced by	Karl Geurs Gina Shay
Written by	Carter Crocker Karl Geurs
Starring	Jim Cummings Brady Bluhm Paul Winchell
Music by	Alan Menken Tim Rice Stephen Schwartz
Distributed by	Walt Disney Home Video
Release date(s)	August 5, 1997
Running time	70 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Followed by	The Tigger Movie (2000)
IMDb profile

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (also known as Winnie the Pooh's Most Grand Adventure in some countries) is Disney's second Winnie the Pooh animated feature. It is also Disney's third direct-to-video animated sequel.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Trivia 3 Quotes 4 External links

[edit] Plot

The first day of Autumn has arrived; to Winnie-the-Pooh its another fun filled season to be with his very best friend Christopher Robin. However, he is no where to be found, which causes Pooh to worry what happened to him. After finding a (sticky) note revealing his whereabouts, Pooh and his friends misinterpret the note as a desparate cry for help, and set out on an adventurous journey to rescue their young friend, as bad luck has set upon the wood. Along the way, Piglet must find his courage, Tigger must re-discover his bounciness, and Rabbit must find his true intelligence.

[edit] Trivia

• This movie was one of the last times Paul Winchell would voice the character of Tigger.
• Although not part of the video series, the original 1997 video copies of this film feature the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo before the film, which might have been an editing mistake, since this movie is a direct-to-video film. However this could be wrong, as the cover for the European versions has the print logo too.
• When it came out, analysts and parents criticized the film, claiming that all of the mild horror content (such as the long fall into the muddy marsh, the biting plants in the forest of thorns, the monsters in the map/quest scene, and the spills and chills in the skull cave) was not suitable for young children.
• Kanga, Gopher and Roo are absent in this film.
• The note Christopher Robin writes to Pooh on the Honey Pot reads: "Dear Pooh: Don't worry about me. I'm not going far away; just to school. Be back this afternoon. Help yourself to this honey. Christopher Robin". Owl interprets the note like this: "Dear Pooh: Don't worry about me. I'm not going far away; just to school. Be back this afternoon. Help yourself to this honey. Christopher Robin".
  

The crossed out words were covered with honey, and Owl pronounced "school" as "skull".

• The tree where Pooh sings Wherever You Are looks suspiciously like the same tree where he and Christopher Robin hang out at the beginning and the end of the film, as it overlooks a soil cliff.
• The final lines in the film with Christopher Robin and Pooh on the tree are recycled from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the book the quotes originally came from, The House at Pooh Corner.

[edit] Quotes

• Owl (gasps): He [Christopher Robin] has gone to S-C-H-O-O-L...skull!
  Pooh: Skull?

• Tigger (as Piglet is hanging perilously from the top of a cracked limb on his beech tree): There's no difference between falling 10,000 feet to the jagged rocks below, and... tumblin' out of bed.
  Piglet (opens his eyes and smiles in relief): Oh, really?
  Tigger: Sure... well, except for the splat at the end that's practically similar.
  Piglet (becomes fearful again):CHRISTOPHER ROOOOOBINNNNNNNN!!!!!!

• Christopher Robin: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

• Tigger (as he is hanging for dear life on an unsteady tree limb wedged in a deep gorge, seeing Pooh dangling down to rescue him): Look at the biceps on that bear! I don't deserve to dangle from the same precipice!

[edit] External links

• Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin at the Internet Movie Database
• Pooh's Grand Adventure DVD Review and Pictures at UltimateDisney.com

v • d • e Disney direct-to-video animated features
Sequels, Prequels and Midquels
The Return of Jafar (1994) • Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) • Belle's Magical World (1998) • Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) • The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) • Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) • Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) • 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Mulan II (2005) • Tarzan II (2005) • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) • Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) • Kronk's New Groove (2005) • Bambi II (2006) • Brother Bear 2 (2006) • The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006) • Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) • The Little Mermaid III (2007)
Films based on TV series
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) • Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) • Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001) • Mickey's House of Villains (2002) • Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) • Tarzan & Jane (2002) • Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003) • Recess: All Growed Down (2003) • Leroy & Stitch (2006)
TV Pilots
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken (1995) • Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (1997) • Hercules: Zero to Hero (1998) • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) • Stitch! The Movie (2003) • Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003)
Other
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) • Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) • Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) • Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) • Tinker Bell (2007)