''My Friends Tigger & Pooh'' is an American computer-animated

children's television series Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television show, television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during ...

on Disney Channel as part of the

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block. It was inspired by

A. A. Milne Alan Alexander Milne (; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winni ...

's ''

Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The first collection of stories about the character was the book ''Win ...

''. The series was developed by

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, and was executive produced by

Brian Hohlfeld Brian Hohlfeld (born March 30, 1957) is an American screenwriter who is best known for writing '' He Said, She Said'' and work with Disney's ''Winnie the Pooh'' franchise. Hohlfeld is responsible for numerous uncredited feature rewrites including ...

. 63 episodes were produced. The show aired from May 12, 2007 to October 9, 2010 in the United States. The show became available on

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on November 12, 2019.

Overview

The series featured Pooh and other characters from the book and prior film and television adaptations and introduces two new characters: an imaginative 6-year-old red-headed girl named Darby and her dog Buster. Darby is the main protagonist and an amateur sleuth. Her older best friend is

Christopher Robin Christopher Robin is a character created by A. A. Milne, based on his son Christopher Robin Milne. The character appears in the author's popular books of poetry and ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' stories, and has subsequently appeared in various Disney ...

, who has grown up and makes two appearances over the course of the series. Darby teams up with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger to form the trio of Super Sleuths, and they investigate mysteries in the Hundred Acre Wood.

Episodes

Voice cast

Major

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as Darby *

Dee Bradley Baker Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. Much of Baker's work features vocalizations of animals and monsters. Baker's roles include animated series such as ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', ...

as Buster * Jim Cummings as

, and

Tigger Tigger is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic stuffed tiger. He was originally introduced in the 1928 story collection '' The House at Pooh Corner'', the sequel to the 1926 book ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' by A. A. Milne. Like other Pooh char ...

Recurring

* Travis Oates as Piglet *

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Eeyore Eeyore ( ) is a fictional character in the ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' books by A. A. Milne. He is generally characterized as a pessimistic, gloomy, depressed, anhedonic, old grey stuffed donkey who is a friend of the title character, Winnie-th ...

Ken Sansom Frank Kenneth Sansom (April 2, 1927 – October 8, 2012) was an American actor. Among his best known roles, Sansom voiced Rabbit in animated television series, television specials, and films for Disney's ''Winnie the Pooh'' franchise from 1988 to ...

as Rabbit *

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as Kanga *

Max Burkholder Maxwell Henry Wolf Burkholder (born November 1, 1997) is an American actor most notable for his role as Max Braverman in the comedic television drama on NBC, '' Parenthood''. Prior to that, he became known as a voice actor for his roles as Chomp ...

Roo Roo is a fictional character created in 1926 by A. A. Milne and first featured in the book ''Winnie-the-Pooh''. He is a young kangaroo (known as a joey) and his mother is Kanga. Like most other Pooh characters, Roo is based on a stuffed toy an ...

Oliver Dillon Oliver Nicholas Anthony Dillon (born 11 April 1998) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Huffty in the CBeebies shows '' Raa Raa the Noisy Lion'' since 2011-2018 and Waybuloo. Dillon also voiced Lumpy the Heffalump in '' My Frien ...

as Lumpy * Brenda Blethyn as Mama Heffalump

Minor

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as Porcupine and Vixen * Rob Paulsen as Raccoon *

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as Skunk * Mark Hamill as Turtle * Sydney Saylor as Possums * Dee Bradley Baker as Woodpecker * Struan Erlenborn as

* Jim Cummings as Beaver

Production and broadcast

Developed by

with animation from Japanese company

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, ''My Friends Tigger & Pooh'' was executive produced and story edited by

. It premiered on Disney Channel's

block on May 12, 2007. The series was renewed for a second season in June 2007. After voicing him in ''

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie ''Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie'' (also known as ''Pooh's Heffalump Halloween: The Movie'') is a 2005 American direct-to-video animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and DisneyToon Studios, featuring the characters from Winnie t ...

'', Travis Oates reprised the role of Piglet, taking over for

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, who died on June 25, 2005, two years prior to the debut of the series. It also marked the final time

and

provided the respective voices of Eeyore, Rabbit and Kanga, as all three of them would be recast in 2011's ''

Winnie the Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The first collection of stories about the character w ...

'' and Sansom died the following year. Cullen would later reprise Eeyore in the 2017 ''

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'' special "Into the Hundred Acre Wood". It was renewed for a 35-episode third season in March 2008.

DVD releases

* '' The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Friendship Edition'' (June 19, 2007) :''Rabbit's Ruta-Wakening'' / ''Tigger's Shadow of a Doubt'' * '' Super Sleuth Christmas Movie'' (November 20, 2007) :''Super Sleuth Christmas Movie'' :''Symphony for a Rabbit'' / ''Tigger Goes Snowflaky'' * ''Friendly Tails'' (March 4, 2008) :''Darby, Solo Sleuth'' / ''Doggone Buster'' :''Darby's Tail'' / ''Tigger's Delivery Service'' :''Pooh-Rates of the Hundred Acre Wood'' / ''Tigger's Hiccup Pickup'' * ''Hundred Acre Wood Haunt'' (September 2, 2008) :''Super-Sized Darby'' / ''Piglet's Lightning Frightening'' :''Eeyore's Trip to the Moon'' / ''The Incredible Shrinking Roo'' :''Eeyore's Home Sweet Home'' / ''Rabbit's Prized Pumpkin'' * '' Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too'' (April 7, 2009) :''Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too'' * ''Super Duper Super Sleuths'' (April 6, 2010) :''Super Duper Super Sleuths'' :''Darby Gets Lemons, Makes Lemonade'' / ''Dancing with Darby'' * ''Bedtime with Pooh'' (August 17, 2010) :''Eeyore's Sad Day'' / ''Tigger's Bedtime for Bouncer'' :''Buster's Bath'' / ''Once in a Pooh Moon'' :''Pooh's Double Trouble'' / ''Eeyore Sleeps on It''

Reception

''My Friends Tigger & Pooh'' was the number 1-ranked television series in kids 2–5 during its first season, earning a 5.2 rating. It also ranked as the top kid series with women 18–49 (0.7 rating), according to Disney Channel. The series continued to be the top-ranked show in kids 2–5 during its second season. Marilyn Moss of

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reviewed the show favorably, calling it "a charming series", adding that the "animation is splendid, and, of course, the characters retain their charm". The series and Brian Hohlfield won a

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for its first season segment, "Eeyore’s Sad Day". Further, the series was nominated for six Daytime Emmy Awards in 2008 and 2009, three for each year.

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