Winnie the Pooh

This redirect is about the fictional character. For the Disney animated movie, see Winnie the Pooh (movie).

Winnie the Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear. He was created by A. A. Milne. He is based on a stuffed toy that belonged to Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne. The toy was named after "Winnipeg" ("Winnie" for short), who was a black bear at the London Zoo, and "Pooh", which was a nickname Milne and his son had given to a swan. The first book was published in 1926. Other books were published later. Walt Disney made a series of cartoons based on the books. The Walt Disney Company still owns the character.

Winnie the Pooh
First appearance	When We Were Very Young (1924)
Created by	A. A. Milne
Voiced by	Sterling Holloway (1966-1977) Hal Smith (1983-1986) Jim Cummings (1988-) Brock Baker (South Park)
Information
Species	Teddy bear
Gender	Male

Pooh is a small yellow bear. He is nearly 22 inches (560 mm) tall. He wears an old red t-shirt. His favorite food is honey. The first thing he says when he gets up in the morning is "What's for breakfast?". He invented the game "Poohsticks".

The original Winnie the Pooh stuffed animals.

Pooh has several friends. Their names are Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo, Owl, Gopher, and Christopher Robin. Piglet is a small timid pig. Eeyore is an old grey donkey. Tigger is an energetic tiger. Rabbit is a kind-hearted rabbit. Kanga is a female kangaroo. Roo is Kanga's son.

Books, adaptations and/or mainstream series

The first book, Winnie-the-Pooh, was published on October 15, 1926 by Methuen & Company. The second book was The House at Pooh Corner, which was published on October 11, 1928. The poetry book When We Were Very Young was published in 1924 and Now We Are Six was published in 1927. Return to Hundred Acre Wood was written by David Benedictus and published on October 5, 2009. The Best Bear in All the World was published in 2016 to mark the 90th anniversary of the first Winnie-the-Pooh book.

There have been quite a few series created by Walt Disney based on these books. The stories are translated into many languages. A Disney movie about Pooh, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, was made in March 1977. Winnie the Pooh was made in July 2011. A live-action movie directed by Marc Forster and based on A. A. Milne's books, entitled Christopher Robin, was released in 2018.

Characters	Films
	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)	Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)	The Tigger Movie (2000)	A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)	Piglet's Big Movie (2003)	Springtime with Roo (2004)	Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)	Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)	Winnie the Pooh (2011)	Christopher Robin (2018)
Winnie the Pooh	Sterling Holloway	Jim Cummings
Piglet	John Fiedler								Travis Oates	Nick Mohammed
Eeyore	Ralph Wright	Peter Cullen							Bud Luckey	Brad Garrett
Kanga	Barbara Luddy		Kath Soucie						Kristen Anderson-Lopez	Sophie Okonedo
Roo	Clint Howard Dori Whitaker		Nikita Hopkins			Jimmy Bennett	Nikita Hopkins	Jimmy Bennett	Wyatt Hall
Tigger	Paul Winchell	Jim Cummings
Rabbit	Junius Matthews	Ken Sansom							Tom Kenny	Peter Capaldi
Owl	Hal Smith	Andre Stokja			Andre Stokja				Craig Ferguson	Toby Jones

Characters	Short films
	Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)	Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)	Winnie the Pooh Discovers the seasons (1981)	Winnie the Pooh and A Day for Eeyore (1983)
Winnie the Pooh	Sterling Holloway			Hal Smith
Piglet		John Fiedler
Eeyore	Ralph Wright			Ron Feinberg	Ralph Wright
Kanga	Barbara Luddy				Julie McWhirter Dees
Roo	Clint Howard		Dori Whitaker		Dick Billingsley
Tigger		Paul Winchell			Paul Winchell
Rabbit	Junius Matthews			Ray Erlenborn	Will Ryan
Owl	Hal Smith			Hal Smith

Characters	Television shows
	Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983-1986)	The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988-1991)	The Book of Pooh (2001-2003)	My Friends Tigger and Pooh (2007-2010)
Winnie the Pooh	Hal Smith	Jim Cummings
Piglet	Phil Baron	John Fielder		Travis Oates
Tigger	Will Ryan	Paul Winchell (1988-1989; 1990) Jim Cummings (1989; 1990-1991)	Jim Cummings
Rabbit	Will Ryan	Ken Sansom

Characters	Television specials
	Winnie the Pooh and a Christmas too (1991)	Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996)	A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998)	Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999)
Winnie the Pooh	Jim Cummings
Piglet	John Fiedler
Tigger	Paul Winchell	Jim Cummings	Paul Winchell (Speaking Voice) Jim Cummings (Singing Voice)
Rabbit	Ken Sansom

Characters	Educational Films
	Winnie the Pooh 123s (2004)	Winnie the Pooh ABCs (2004)	Winnie the Pooh: Shapes and Sizes (2006)	Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure (2006)
Winnie the Pooh	Jim Cummings
Piglet		John Fiedler	Travis Oates
Tigger	Jim Cummings
Rabbit	Ken Sansom
Eeyore	Peter Cullen
Owl	Andre Stokja

Characters	Video Games
	Tigger's Honey Hunt (2000)	Piglet's Big Game (2003)	Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure (2005)
Winnie the Pooh	Jim Cummings
Piglet	Steve Schatzberg	John Fiedler
Tigger	Jim Cummings
Rabbit	Ken Sansom
Christopher Robin	Brady Bluhm	Tom Wheatley
Eeyore	Gregg Berger	Peter Cullen	Gregg Berger
Kanga	Tress MacNeille	Kath Soucie	Tress MacNeille
Roo	Nikita Hopkins		Jimmy Bennett
Owl	Andre Stojka
Gopher	Michael Gough
Mr. Narrator	Sebastian Cabot	Laurie Main	David Ogden Stiers

Characters	Attractions
	Magic Kingdom Version (1999)	Hong Kong Disneyland Version (2005)	Disneyland California Version (2003)
Winnie the Pooh	Jim Cummings
Piglet	Steve Schatzberg		John Fiedler
Eeyore	Gregg Berger		Peter Cullen
Kanga	Tress MacNeille		Kath Soucie
Roo	Nikita Hopkins
Tigger	Paul Winchell		Jim Cummings
Rabbit	Ken Sansom
Owl	Andre Stojka

Other creative works

In 2019, a Winnie the Pooh doll was used to symbolise Xi Jinping.

An Horror Film made By Rhys Frake-Waterfield titled Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey Premiered on February 15, 2023.

Other websites

Media related to Winnie The Pooh at Wikimedia Commons
Quotations related to Winnie-the-Pooh at Wikiquote
Xi Jinping