Tigger

Tigger (voiced by the late Paul Winchell until 1999, currently by Jim Cummings from 2000) is an energetic, anthropomorphic stuffed tiger belonging to Christopher Robin who first appeared in Disney's 1968 short film Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. He is one of Winnie the Pooh's best friends, with an affinity for bouncing.

He is the third main character in the Pooh's Adventures series. Tiggers are striped and bouncing animals who live in the Hundred Acre Wood. Unlike Pooh Bears, they don't eat honey (they prefer to popcorn, ice cream, and candies) but they do rub it on their bodies to stop itching according to Cars 2. Tigger is introduced in the book The House at Pooh Corner. In the book, he lives in the kangaroos' house, but in the cartoons he lives in a tree-house of his own. Tigger loves to bounce through the forest and to call everyone "Buddy". He also gives nicknames to some of his friends, like Rabbit, whom he often calls "Long Ears". He believes Tiggers can do everything and describes almost every activity as "That's what Tiggers do best!". He often mispronounce words and sometimes create neologisms like "Tiggerific". In the LionKingHeart Fantasy Films projects, he is married to Bruma and has twin daughters Tiana and Danielle. In Pooh's Adventures of The Lion Guard, Tigger is the adoptive uncle of Kion and Kiara.

Appearance[]

Tigger is an slender orange tiger, who enjoys bouncing. He has a white upper face with ear innards,a muzzle and a belly. He also black stripes, a pink nose, beady black eyes and three whiskers (four in the 2011 film).

Personality[]

Tigger is arguably the most eccentric member of the Hundred Acre Wood. Overly energetic, reckless, and fairly thoughtless, Tigger is somewhat of a trouble-maker and causes a fair share of mishaps for both himself and his friends. To his core, however, Tigger is extremely loving and friendly; he means well and tries his best to be of support toward his friends, even if his efforts end in some form of misfortune, such as in Christopher Robin, in which he takes Christopher Robin's papers from his briefcase and replacing them with things from the Hundred Acre Wood to remember him and his friends. He can also be considered the most social of the animals and is exceptionally eager to have his friends join in on his personal joy.

Tigger notably prides himself on being the only "tigger" in existence. This title has given him quite an ego, and he considers himself significantly handsome, debonair, the "greatest bouncer" in the Hundred Acre Wood. Such egotism is never meant to be malicious, but it often drives Tigger to act without much consideration toward others and it often frustrates people. In Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, for example, he bursts into Pooh's home uninvited, takes and eats his food (claiming he enjoys honey, only to rebuff after actually tasting it and realizing how sticky it is) and absentmindedly leaves Pooh in the state of fear over the mention of honey-stealing Heffalumps and Woozles.

Tigger's rambunctiousness is also directly linked to his relationship with Rabbit, who openly dislikes Tigger's various quirks and even works to knock the latter's ego's down a few times. Rabbit's aggression is often expressed without much notice, but in some cases (such as Piglet's Big Movie and Pooh's Heffalump Movie) Tigger has taken note and this leads to mild contention.

With his fun-loving nature and general innocence, Tigger is about as optimistic and carefree as Pooh himself. Rarely ever upset or depressed, Tigger tends to look on the brighter side of a situation; so much so, that he is somewhat obvious to the problems surrounding him. Nevertheless, he is not incapable of falling into a heavy state of vulnerability. His only significant phobia is that of heights—a crippling fear, and one that renders him incapable of even bouncing. He can also be rather insecure at times, with the confidence in his various assets simultaneously acting as his greatest weakness; when he's unable to perform his usual antics with a usual (if not greater) amount of ease, he instantly becomes emotional and openly self-loathing.

For all of his shortcomings, Tigger is very much the heart of the Hundred Acre Woods' social circle. While exuberant and boisterous, he gives levity to the fearfulness of Piglet, or the gloominess of Eeyore, by providing a sense of confidence, joy, and optimism.

Rivalry with Shere Khan[]

Tigger's rival is another tiger named Shere Khan who had a rivalry since they were children.

Friendship with Barney[]

Before moving into the Hundred Acre Wood, Tigger has been best buds with Barney and they're usually like each other's brother. In fact, the latter's the reason the former first came to the Wood.

Trivia[]

Tigger has his own theme song, "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers", written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
In Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, Pleakley is wearing a Tigger slipper.
Walt Disney originally intended for Tigger to be voiced by Wally Boag, though after Walt's death in 1966, the part ended up going to Paul Winchell.
- Other actors who were considered for the role were Paul Frees, Don Messick, and Daws Butler.
In animation, Tigger's nose is pink. In his walkaround costume, his nose is black, though the Disney Live! version (also currently seen in Disney on Ice) is pink also, and in puppetry, it's red.
Tigger's departing comment of "T.T.F.N." or "Ta-ta for now" has become widely used as Internet shorthand for users departing from chat rooms and other live discussions.
In the pre-1997 Disney presentations, Tigger was originally voiced by Paul Winchell, who died June 24, 2005; John Fiedler, the voice of Piglet in most of those films, died the next day.
Tigger's "birthday" is believed to be in October 1928, the year that The House at Pooh Corner was first published. On Tigger-related merchandise, Disney often indicates Tigger's birth year as 1968, a reference to the first year that Tigger appeared in a Disney production.
Tigger also makes an appearance in the anti-drug movie Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue with many other 1980's animated stars.
It is ironic that Tigger appeared in two Disney on Ice shows, Great Ice Odyssey and Snow White as well as skating in "Round My Family Tree" as he didn't like ice-skating at those times.
The My Friends Tigger & Pooh episode "How the Tigger Lost His Stripe" reveals he named the stripes on his tail, in order:
- "Springy" (second stripe)
- "Whirly" (sixth stripe)
- "Swirly" (fourth stripe)
- "Curly" (top stripe)
- "Bouncy" (bottom stripe)
- "Flouncy" (fifth stripe)
- "Leapy" (seventh stripe)
- "Oomphry" (third stripe)
Tigger's current voice actor, Jim Cummings, also provides the voice of Pooh himself.
In "A Pooh Day Afternoon", it's revealed he can do an impression of a horn honk and a bottle of pop.
Paul Winchell created Tigger's voice by using his ventriloquist dummy, Knucklehead Smiff, as he stated in recent interviews he did in 2004.
Tigger, alongside Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Rabbit will make their first appearance in Team Robot's Adventures of Barney's Imagination Island and will join be guest starring In Team Robot & Mr. Conductor's Adventures Of Timmy The Tooth
In Winnie the Pooh Meets Raya and the Last Dragon, Tigger will have a close friendship on Sisu.
In Pooh's Adventures of Bubble Guppies, Tigger refers to Gil as "Gilly Boy".
In Pooh's Adventures of The Lion King, Tigger and Simba have a kingly relationship.
In Pooh's Adventures of The Lion Guard, Tigger refers Bunga as "Bunga boy" and Binga as "Binga Girl".
In Pooh's Adventures of The Karate Kid, Tigger sometimes refers to Daniel LaRusso as "Danny boy".
In Winnie the Pooh Meets Thumbelina, Tigger refers to Danny as "Danny boy", too.
In the Winnie the Pooh/Pokémon movies, Tigger refers to Ash Ketchum as "Ashy boy".
In Pooh's Adventures of Jetsons: The Movie, he sometimes refered Astro the Dog as "Astro boy".
In Pooh's Adventures of Robin Hood, he once referred Robin Hood as "Robby Boy".
In Pooh's Adventures of The Rescuers, he onced refered Bernard as "Berny Boy".
In Pooh's Adventures of Osmosis Jones, he sometimes refered Drix as "Drixy Boy".
In Pooh's Adventures of Young Sherlock Holmes, he sometimes refered Watson as "Watsy-Boy".
In Winnie the Pooh Meets Alakazam the Great, he sometimes refered Alakazam as "Aly-Boy".
In Pooh's Adventures of The Good, The Bad, and the Huckleberry Hound, Tigger refers to Huckleberry Hound as "Hucky Boy".
In Pooh's Adventures of The Three Caballeros, Tigger refers to Donald Duck as "Donald-Boy" and in Winnie the Pooh and the Legend of the Three Caballeros, Tigger also refers to Jose as "Jose-Boy" and Panchito as "Panchito-Boy".
In the Winnie the Pooh/Yogi Bear films, Tigger refers to Yogi Bear as "Yogi-Boy".
In the Winnie the Pooh/Winx Club series, Tigger refers to Kiko as "Kiko-Boy"
In the Winnie the Pooh/Monster High films, Tigger refers to Frankie Stein as "Stitches", Draculaura as "Vampy-ira", .
in Pooh's Adventures of Crayola Presents: The Ugly Duckling, Tigger refers to Ugly and Scruffy as "Ugly-Boy" and "Scruffy-Girl."
In the Winnie the Pooh/Land Before Time series, Tigger refers to Chomper as "Chompy Boy".
In the Winnie the Pooh/Puss in Boots films and TV series and Winnie the Pooh/Shrek films, Tigger refers to Puss in Boots as "Pussy Boy" and Kitty Softpaws as "Kitty Girl". And in Pooh's Adventures of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Tigger also refers to Perrito as "Perry Boy".
In Winnie the Pooh Gets Tangled: The Series, Tigger refers to Varian as "Vari-boy" and has a habit of pouncing on him.
In the Pooh and Tino's Adventures of Trolls franchise, Tigger refers to Poppy as "Poppy-Girl" and Branch as "Branchy-Boy".
In the Winnie the Pooh/DuckTales franchise, Tigger refers to Scrooge McDuck as "Scroogey Boy".
In the Winnie the Pooh/Frozen franchise, Tigger refers to Olaf as "Olaf Boy".
In Pooh's Adventures of Jonah: A Veggietales Movie, Tigger refers to Jonah (Archibald Asparagus) as "Jonah boy".
In the Winnie the Pooh/Cars films, Tigger refers to Lightning McQueen as "Lightning-Boy", Mater as "Mater-Boy" and Sally Carrera as "Sally-Girl". In Pooh's Adventures of Cars 2, he refers to Finn McMissile as "Finny-Boy" and Holley Shiftwell as "Holley-Girl". In Pooh's Adventures of Cars 3, Tigger refers to Cruz Ramirez as "Cruzy-Girl".
In the Winnie the Pooh/Planes films, Tigger refers to Dusty Crophopper as "Dusty boy".
In Winnie the Pooh Meets Turbo and Pooh's Adventures of Turbo F.A.S.T., Tigger refers to Turbo as "Turbo boy".
In Winnie the Pooh Meets Wheely, Tigger refers to Wheely O'Wheels as "Wheely boy".
In Winnie the Pooh Meets Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly, Tigger refers to Tugger as "Tuggy boy" and Shorty as "Shorty boy."
In Pooh's Adventures of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, Tigger refers to Fife as "Fifey boy".
Tigger refers to Twilight Sparkle as "Twily-Girl", Fluttershy as "Flutter-Girl", Pinkie Pie as "Pinkie-Girl", Rainbow Dash as "Dashie-Girl", Applejack as "Apple-Girl", Rarity as "Rari-Girl", Spike as "Spikey-Boy", and Starlight Glimmer as "Starly-Girl".
In the Winnie the Pooh/TMNT films and so on, Tigger refers to Leonardo as "Leo-Boy", Raphael "Raph-Boy", Michelangelo as "Mikey-Boy", and Donatello as "Donnie-Boy".
It is likely that Tigger will call his wife "Broomy girl".
In Pooh's Adventures of LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers, Tigger refers to Clutch as "Clutch-Boy."
In Winnie the Pooh/Barney films, Tigger sometimes refers to Barney as "Barney-Boy"
- It's revealed in Barney's Adventures of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh that Barney's known Tigger since before he came to the Hundred Acre Wood, and they have a brotherly relationship. Barney reminds him of it in Barney's Adventures of The Tigger Movie.
In Winnie the Pooh/The Fairly OddParents Film/TV Series, Tigger refers to Timmy as "Timmy-Boy"
In Winnie the Pooh goes to Barnyard: The Original Party Animals and Winnie the Pooh goes back at the Barnyard (TV Series), Tigger refers to Otis as "Otis-Boy".
Tigger is called "uncle" by Frankie Stein.
Tigger is a best friend of Pinkie Pie and Niblet.
Tigger has a rivalry with Shere Khan.
Genie imitated Tigger in an episode of Aladdin.
Usually, when Tigger says, "TTFN, Ta Ta for now," it means he's going on his merry bouncing way, but in adventures like these, perhaps it means that he and his friends have to go help another character in trouble.
In Ryan's Adventures Series, Tigger never abandons Pooh and Rabbit along with Piglet and is a pal to Ryan. Tigger even refers to Ryan Freestar as "Hero-Ryany Boy".
- He even called Pinkipoo "Pinkie-Boy" and Foiletta "Foiley-Girl" respectively as shown in Ryan F-Freeman's Adventures of The Tigger Movie.

Quotes[]

"T.T.F.N.! Ta-ta- for now!"
"Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!"