"Things That Go Piglet in the Night" is the second segment of the fourteenth episode of the first season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Plot[]
The episode begins in a late afternoon, Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Tigger and Owl are all playing on the swing. The only ones not there are Eeyore, who is just watching, and Gopher, who pops out in his pajamas complaining about the noise and saying that it is too late and they should all be sleeping. Upon hearing this, Tigger stops the swing abruptly, causing everyone else to fall, Especially Gopher, and enthusiastically states that they must go to bed early in order to wake up early in the next morning and play more. The others follow him, and when Piglet withdraws a little, Tigger tells him that he wouldn’t want to stay awake in the night anyway, as there are monsters in the forest. This promptly convinces Piglet to run to his house and go to bed.
Deep in the windy night, the forest seems to be full of strange howls and shadows appearing on the windows. Piglet is scared and hides inside a pillow case, alleviated by the fact that now he won’t be able to see the ghosts. Tigger realizes the problem is not keeping Eeyore on the swing, so he decides to build an improvised parachute for Eeyore. This actually works. The Episode ends with Winnie the Pooh and the gang on a Parachute.
Characters[]
- Winnie the Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings)
- Piglet (voiced by John Fiedler)
- Tigger (voiced by Paul Winchell)
- Rabbit (voiced by Ken Sansom)
- Gopher (voiced by Michael Gough)
- Owl (voiced by Hal Smith)
- Roo (cameo)
- Eeyore (voiced by Peter Cullen)
Trivia[]
- Roo makes a non-speaking cameo appearance when Tigger was sleeping over at his house.
- Christopher Robin and Kanga are the only characters who don’t make an appearance in this episode.
- In shots of the woods involving either Piglet or Pooh’s hunting party, ghostly voices can be heard moaning Piglet’s name.
- When Tigger Said His First Lines Paul Winchell Dubbed His First Lines and Voiced Him For The Rest Of The Episode.
- The title of this episode is a reference to the phrase “Things That Go Bump in the Night”.
- Paul Winchell does all the Dialogue Including His First Lines Dubbed.
Credits[]
Produced by
WALT DISNEY
TELEVISION ANIMATION
Producer/Director
KARL GEURS
Story Editor
MARK ZASLOVE
“THE MASKED OFFENDER”
Story by
MARK ZASLOVE
Teleplay by
CARTER CROCKER
“THINGS THAT GO PIGLET IN THE NIGHT”
Story by
MARK ZASLOVE
Teleplay by
BRUCE TALKINGTON
With the Talents of
JOHN FIEDLER
KEN SANSOM
HAL SMITH
PETER CULLEN
MICHAEL GOUGH
TIM HOSKINS
JIM CUMMINGS
as Winnie the Pooh
and
PAUL WINCHELL
as
Tigger
Animation Director
TERENCE HARRISON
Assistant Producer
BARBARA FERRO
Assistant Story Editor
CARTER CROCKER
Art Director
ED GHERTNER
Storyboard Designers
HOLLY FORSYTH
GEORGE GOODE
Character Design
LEONARD SMITH
Background Stylist
PARO HOZUMI
Color Stylist
JILL STIRDIVANT
Timing Directors
DAVE BRAIN
RICK LEON
JAMIE MITCHELL
MITCH ROCHON
JAMES T. WALKER
Track Reader
SKIP CRAIG
Overseas Animation Supervisors
KEN KESSEL
JAMIE MITCHELL
Talent Coordinator
OLIVIA MINER
Archives Administrator
KRISTA BUNN
Artwork Coordinator
KAREN SILVA
Post Production Manager
SARA DURAN
Post Production Coordinator
BARBARA BECK
Production Assistants
JEFFREY ARTHUR
PEGGY BECKER
STEPHANIE ELLIOTT
LEONA JERNIGAN
VITELLO & ASSOCIATES:
Supervising Editor
ELEN ORSON
Sound Effects Editor
ROY BRAVERMAN
Music Editor & Re-recording Mixer
ED BARTON
Songs Written and Produced
by
STEVE NELSON
Music by
STEVE NELSON
&
THOM SHARP
Animation Production by
TMS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
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© 1989 THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Walt Disney
Television
Distributed by
Buena Vista International, Inc.