Tigger
Tigger | |
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E.H. Shepard illustration, coloured, of Pooh meeting Tigger outside his front door in The House at Pooh Corner. | |
First appearance | The House at Pooh Corner (1928) |
Created by | A. A. Milne |
In-universe information | |
Species | Tiger toy |
Gender | Male |
Tigger is a fictional character in
He is known for his distinctive orange color with black stripes, large eyes, a long chin, a springy tail, and his love of bouncing. As he says himself, "Bouncing is what Tiggers do best." Tigger never refers to himself as a tiger, but as a "Tigger". Although he often refers to himself in the third person plural (e.g. "Tiggers don't like honey!"), he maintains that he is "the only one".
In literature
Subsequently, Tigger resides with Kanga and Roo in their house in the part of the Hundred Acre Wood near the Sandy Pit. He becomes great friends with Roo (to whom he becomes a sort of older sibling figure), and Kanga treats him in much the same way she does her own son. Tigger also interacts enthusiastically with all the other characters — sometimes too enthusiastically for the likes of Rabbit, who is sometimes exasperated by Tigger's constant bouncing, Eeyore, who is once bounced into the river by Tigger, and Piglet, who always seems a little nervous about the new, large, bouncy animal in the Forest. Nonetheless, the animals are all shown to be friends.
In addition to chapter II, Tigger also appears in Chapters IV, VI, VII, IX, and X of The House at Pooh Corner, and is mentioned and seen in Chapter V. He is the only new major character to be introduced in The House at Pooh Corner; all of the others had been established in the earlier book, Winnie-the-Pooh.
Depiction and personality traits
In
Like most of the characters in Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger was based on one of Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed animals, in this case a stuffed-toy tiger. However, the word "tiger" is never actually used in the book. The term "Tigger" is used instead, both as the character's name and as a description of his type of animal. No other "Tiggers" appear in the story, and at one point Tigger (who has just seen his reflection in a mirror and mistaken it for another individual) comments he thought he was the only one. Despite that belief, he constantly uses the term in the plural, as in "Tiggers don't like honey." and "So that's what Tiggers like!", etc. The term is always capitalized.
Adaptations
In 1960, HMV recorded a dramatised version with songs (music by Harold Fraser-Simson) of two episodes from The House at Pooh Corner (Chapters 2 and 8), with Hugh Lloyd as Tigger, which was released on a 45 rpm EP.[5]
Disney adaptations
Tigger (Disney version) | |
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First appearance | Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) |
Created by | A. A. Milne |
Voiced by | Paul Winchell (1968–1999) Sam Edwards (record release) Will Ryan (Welcome to Pooh Corner) Jim Cummings (1989–present) Ed Gilbert (Read-Along books) Marc Silk (Bounce Bounce Tigger)[6] Gracen Newton (Playdate with Winnie the Pooh) |
In-universe information | |
Species | Tiger (or "tigger") |
Gender | Male |
Tigger appears in the Disney cartoon versions of the Winnie the Pooh stories, beginning with Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day in 1968. He starred in his own film, The Tigger Movie (Disney, 2000), along with his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood.
From 1968 to 1999, Tigger was voiced by
Since 1989, Tigger has been voiced by
In the movies, Tigger sings his own theme song, "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers",
In The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and subsequent cartoons, Tigger lives in a large treehouse. A tire swing hangs prominently from a branch of the tree. In The Tigger Movie, Tigger builds a makeshift addition (gluing the shingles on with bubble gum, using honey as brick mortar) in anticipation of a hoped-for visit by members of his family. This "family room" is eventually relocated to serve as a replacement for Eeyore's collapse-prone house of sticks.
The Disney version of Tigger appeared in both the TV special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and the TV series House of Mouse. Tigger also made recurring appearances in the live-action wrap-around skits television series The Mouse Factory, alongside the other costumed characters and celebrity guests.
Personality traits
Tigger's personality in the cartoons is much like his personality in the book. He is always filled with great energy and optimism, and though always well-meaning, he can also be mischievous, and his actions have sometimes led to chaos and trouble for himself and his friends. He is very confident and possesses high self-esteem to the point of egotism. Also, he often undertakes tasks with gusto, only to later realize they were not as easy as he had originally imagined. As in the books, Tigger never refers to himself as a tiger, but as a "Tigger". When Tigger introduces himself, he often says the proper way to spell his name and that is "T-I-double-Guh-Er", which spells "Tigger".
Tigger's language is full of
A declaration often made, is that "Tiggers are wonderful things. Their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs." In cartoon, he's often depicted bouncing around in ways which would make such a statement appear to be valid.
In The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger is often well-meaning but usually does more harm than good. In the episode "Tigger is the Mother of Invention", he invented a bulldozer-like contraption intended to provide convenience for Pooh, Piglet, and Rabbit, but the invention proved to have disastrous results, and Rabbit insisted that Tigger shut it down; however, in the winter, a depressed Tigger accidentally started the machine up, and it proved to be useful by plowing snow around Piglet's house before malfunctioning. On another occasion, Tigger attempted to mimic a superhero, "The Masked Offender", bringing mayhem to the Hundred-Acre Wood. In response, Pooh, Rabbit, Gopher, and Owl (unaware that the Masked Offender was actually Tigger) staged a hoax in which they made an inanimate monster from a sticky glue-like material. The plan worked, revealing Tigger as the Masked Offender, but the fake monster (which was on wheels) turned on its makers, ultimately resulting in Pooh, Rabbit, Gopher, and Owl hanging by the glue from a rickety bridge. Subsequently, Tigger resumed his role as the Masked Offender, and saved his friends.
It's also shown that Tigger will jump in to help without thinking about the danger to himself. On at least three occasions, he has nearly fallen off a cliff, and has fallen two of those times, to retrieve something important (Half of the map in Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin, his locket in The Tigger Movie, and a page of Piglet's scrapbook in Piglet's Big Movie).
Tigger's birthday is believed to be in October 1928, the year The House at Pooh Corner was first published. However, on Tigger-related merchandise, Disney often indicates Tigger's birthyear is in December 1968, a reference to the first appearance of Tigger in a Disney production, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.
Disney's Tigger is also remembered for his song "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" when he made his first appearance. However, he wasn't included in the "Winnie the Pooh" theme song until the 2011 film.
Appearances
Theatrical episodes
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) – Paul Winchell
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) – Paul Winchell
- Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983) – Paul Winchell
- ‘’Once Upon a Studio’’ (2023)
Feature-length films
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) – Paul Winchell
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) – Paul Winchell
- Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) – Paul Winchell and Jim Cummings (singing voice)
- Seasons of Giving (1999) DVD – Jim Cummings (new footage) and Paul Winchell (archival footage)
- The Tigger Movie (2000) – Jim Cummings
- The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (2001) DVD
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) – mentioned only
- A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) DVD – Jim Cummings
- Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) DVD – Jim Cummings
- Mickey's House of Villains (2002) DVD – Jim Cummings
- Piglet's Big Movie (2003) – Jim Cummings
- Springtime with Roo (2004) DVD – Jim Cummings
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) – Jim Cummings
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) DVD – Jim Cummings
- Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007) DVD – Jim Cummings
- Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too (2009) DVD – Jim Cummings
- Super Duper Super Sleuths (2010) DVD – Jim Cummings
- Winnie the Pooh (2011) – Jim Cummings
- Christopher Robin (2018) – Jim Cummings[14] (originally by Chris O'Dowd[15])
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) - Jim Cummings (bootleg version)
- Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (2024)[16]
Television series
- Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961, Non-Disney version of Tigger, in the episode Winnie-the-Pooh) – Carl Harms
- The Mouse Factory (1972–1974, as recurring guest) – Paul Winchell
- Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–1986) – Will Ryan
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) – Paul Winchell (1988–1990; 1991) and Jim Cummings (1989; 1990–1991)
- House of Mouse (2001–2003, cameo appearances)
- The Book of Pooh (2001–2003) – Jim Cummings
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007–2010) – Jim Cummings
- Doc McStuffins (2017 as guest star) – Jim Cummings
- The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (2022, cameo appearance)
- Playdate with Winnie the Pooh (2023–present) – Gracen Newton
In popular culture
- Tigger appears in four segments of the Cartoon Network show MAD: "Pooh Grit", "Fast Hive", "Adjustment Burro", and "Frankenwinnie", voiced by Fred Tatasciore in "Pooh Grit" and Kevin Shinick in all other appearances.
- In the Aladdin episode "As the Netherworld Turns", the Genie briefly turns into Tigger.
- In Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, he asks whether one should live their life as a Tigger or as an Eeyore. Pausch indicated that he was a "Tigger".[17][18]
References
- ^ OCLC 248534060.
- ^ The Tigger Movie (Motion picture).
- ISBN 0525462309.
- ^ Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Motion picture).
- ^ "Ian Carmichael And Full Cast – The House At Pooh Corner – HMV Junior Record Club – UK – 7EG 117". 45cat. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Marc Silk - voice of Tigger". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Hill, Jim (3 April 2001). "Legacy Content: Jim Hill: From the Archives". LaughingPlace.com. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" at Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger" at Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ Though Paul Winchell voiced Tigger in these projects, he believed that his voice was too weak from old age to sing anymore. Because of this, Cummings provided the character's singing voice.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Tigger - The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers. Disney (Entertainment). June 29, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ^ "Disney's Tigger voice dies at 82". BBC News. 2005-06-26. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Christopher Robin Press Kit" (PDF). Walt Disney Studios. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ Mescobar, Aaron (27 May 2018). "Chris O'Dowd Replaced As Tigger In 'Christopher Robin' By Original Voice Actor Jim Cummings". Geeks of Color. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Chris O'Dowd Is No Longer Playing Tigger In Disney's 'CHRISTOPHER ROBIN' – Here's Why. (EXCLUSIVE)". Discussing Film. WordPress. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ Plant, Logan (2023-09-11). "Exclusive: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2's First Look at Tigger Revealed". IGN. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ^ "Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" Legacy". Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ Randy Pausch (2007-09-18). "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" (PDF). Carnegie Mellon University: 19. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
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External links
- About Tigger Archived 2014-04-15 at the Disney
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh, official Disney website.