When it comes to debating what Winnie the Pooh Television Series is the best. I feel this one holds up the most in my opinion. For starters it's got pretty good animation, the style's pretty similar to the theatrical shorts, and the movements pretty good. The characters are still as colorful, loveable, and charismatic as they've always been. The show in general is just simply Pooh and his friends going on adventures and learimg seemingly real lessons. Some of the show's episodes are weird, some of them are imaginative, some of them are relatable, and some of them are pretty out there. The show has a tendency to take normal everyday situations and sometimes make weird, crazy, out of nowhere, yet fun adventures out of them. Even some of the simplest this like Pooh reading the story of the Three Little Pigs or Piglets get turned into a whacky, funny, adventure. Some of the stories present the characters in pretty relatable situations. Like Rabbit trying to protect his property (his garden), Piglet feeling like as long as he's small he dosen't matter, and et cetera. I love how Pooh and his friends all have episodes souly focusing on them, because that is genius. Giving a character a centric episode is a great way to flesh them out, and it allows the viewer to be familiar with them, relate to them, and admire them sentimentaly. One of the episodes that always got me was the episode "Find her, Keep her". In the episode Rabbit rescues a baby bird, names her Kessie, and decides to keep her as if he was his own child. It's all light hearted enough in the begining, But then, Kessie decides she wants fly south for the winter, but Rabbit forbidds her from doing so saying "flying will only lead to no good". He may be just trying to protect her, but what he dosen't realize is that he's acting more out of selfishness then love for her. This Cultivates in an emotional climax where Kessie finally flies south for the winter, and when Rabbit thinks he's too late to sat goodbye, Kesdie returns for moment to say goodbye, and Rabbit realizes his behavior to Kessie was toxic and that if he really loves her, he should set her free. That's character development at its finest. Sure it sometimes gets thrown away by the next episode, but it's still satisfying to see a side of a certain character we've never seen before. All in all this is the quintessential Winnie the Pooh TV Series and I love and admire it so much.
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The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
(1988–1991)
The Perfect Winnie the Pooh Television Series
2 February 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Toot & Puddle
(2008–2011)
This Show Deserved better
20 January 2023
Toot & Puddle is one of the most mistreated shows from my childhood. While I can say the premise isn't entirely original, this shows writing and characters still makes it enjoyable. First of all it has a very well done animation style. Granted, it's not Disney Movie level quality (because let's be real, you can't get away with that on a regular basis) but it's still pretty good. It has it's own style, the character designs are decently intriguing, and the movements are pretty good. There's also the characters, and while they're not super fleshed out, but they're surprisingly pretty good. Can you really be considered a character if you don't have personality? Toot is an ambitious and sometimes arrogant adventurer, while puddle is more down to earth and neaty, and wants everything to go perfectly. And those are things that both kids and adults can easily relate to.
On their own they're decent enough, but their dynamic is what pushes them into excellence, they have some good chemistry, no matter the occasion. They also rarely have out-of-character moments, mainly because everything's always just so fine tuned, Toot & Puddle are just always so charismatic together, whether they're just having good time on one of their around the world trips, or having idle conversations amongst each other, or even getting ready for their trips, it's all so endearing. They feel like real friends above all else and they're always gonna be there for each other. How are the lessons? They're taught decently well, even the more juvenile ones (e.g. Sharing, patience and et cetera, they're the kind of lessons Caillou would teach), Unlike most other kids shows they don't talk down to kids, or just poorly shove in a lesson at the last minute, No. They actually get down on their level, every lesson is in the context of each episode, and it's pacing really helps, and stuff like that is effective. How's about the humor? While it's not Gut-busting hilarious, it got some solid writing from time to time. Some of my personal favorite episodes are "Doors, Drawers, and Floors", "Astronaut Camp", "The Great Cheese Chase", "Opal's Big Move", "Puddle's Poison Ivy" and a few others. So overall, it's a pretty good show, and I recommend you check this show out. It really needs more love.
On their own they're decent enough, but their dynamic is what pushes them into excellence, they have some good chemistry, no matter the occasion. They also rarely have out-of-character moments, mainly because everything's always just so fine tuned, Toot & Puddle are just always so charismatic together, whether they're just having good time on one of their around the world trips, or having idle conversations amongst each other, or even getting ready for their trips, it's all so endearing. They feel like real friends above all else and they're always gonna be there for each other. How are the lessons? They're taught decently well, even the more juvenile ones (e.g. Sharing, patience and et cetera, they're the kind of lessons Caillou would teach), Unlike most other kids shows they don't talk down to kids, or just poorly shove in a lesson at the last minute, No. They actually get down on their level, every lesson is in the context of each episode, and it's pacing really helps, and stuff like that is effective. How's about the humor? While it's not Gut-busting hilarious, it got some solid writing from time to time. Some of my personal favorite episodes are "Doors, Drawers, and Floors", "Astronaut Camp", "The Great Cheese Chase", "Opal's Big Move", "Puddle's Poison Ivy" and a few others. So overall, it's a pretty good show, and I recommend you check this show out. It really needs more love.
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