March 9, 2004
Springtime with Roo (also known as Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo) is a 2004 American animated direct-to-video Easter musical film produced by Disneytoon Studios, and animated by Toon City Animation
The film features characters from Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise, based on the original characters from the books by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard. The story is loosely based on Charles Dickens' classic 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.
Unlike the previous Winnie the Pooh direct-to-video animated films A Very Merry Pooh Year and Seasons of Giving, Springtime with Roo does not reuse any footage or episodes from the animated television series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Storyline
On Easter day in the Hundred Acre Wood, Roo and his friends Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore visit Rabbit's house, where they expect to celebrate Easter. Upon arrival, the friends discover that Rabbit has replaced the Easter celebration with a Spring Cleaning Day. In Rabbit's absence, the group discover that all of their Easter ornaments had been hidden in Rabbit's closet. Assuming that Rabbit had simply forgotten about Easter, the gang decide to surprise Rabbit by decorating his house with the ornaments, but once Rabbit discovers this, he angrily kicks everyone out of his home for disobeying his orders.
Seeing Roo saddened over the events, Tigger returns to Rabbit's house to try reasoning with him. Still upset with his friends, Rabbit insists that Easter will never be celebrated in the Hundred Acre Wood again. Confused as to why Rabbit no longer likes Easter, Tigger and the story's narrator take Rabbit back through the book to last Easter's celebration, which was sometime after Kanga and Roo had moved to the Hundred Acre Wood. On that day, Rabbit had insisted on an organised Easter party, but his strict behaviour annoyed everyone to the point that Tigger led the group into sneaking away to celebrate Easter without Rabbit, leaving him feeling left out. Embittered by the past, Rabbit refuses to forgive his friends.
Tigger returns to the present and informs his friends of the reason behind Rabbit's banning of Easter, causing Roo to sympathise with Rabbit. Meanwhile, Rabbit also returns to the present, but the Narrator purposefully stops on the wrong page, where Rabbit finds Kanga and Roo's house and overhears Roo stating his wish to cheer Rabbit up, though this fails to change his mind. Still unconvinced, Rabbit returns home and puts all the Easter things in the trunk before going to sleep.Frustrated with Rabbit's stubbornness, the Narrator transports him to the pages of the book that have yet to be written (the future of the Hundred Acre Wood), where Rabbit's Spring Cleaning Day celebration has been organised just as he wanted. However, Rabbit is horrified to learn that all of his friends have moved away, causing him to realise the consequences of his selfishness.
Rabbit wakes up the next morning to realise that the events were only a dream and that he still has a chance to change the future. Meanwhile, Roo decides to cheer Rabbit up by repairing his Easter hat, which the latter had damaged yesterday in his frustration. While Roo and his friends work on their surprise, Rabbit arrives at Roo's house to reveal that he has prepared a bigger and better Easter celebration, thrilling everyone as they all participate in the festivities. The spirit of Easter is now restored, and Roo pops out of the book and says, "B.B.F.N., Bye-bye for now!", ending the film.
Also See
- Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) (Trailers)
- Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) (DVD Promos)
- Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo: Decorating Rabbit's House
Sound Effects Used
- Advantage Audio Fall Sound
- Advantage Audio Siren Whistles
- Advantage Audio Whip Crack
- H-B BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S LITTLE BOING
- H-B PLINK, CARTOON - HIGH PLINK
- H-B SLIDE, CARTOON - LOW SLIDE UP
- Hollywoodedge, Airy Bubbles Wwet Po CRT018601 (pop only; high pitched)
- Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057901
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Sparrow Singing PE021801
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Vulture Two Very PE021901 (Heard in various pitches.)
- Hollywoodedge, Bounce Boing Drum CRT016901/Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - TIMP DOINK (edited)
- Hollywoodedge, Bounce Jews Harp CRT015802
- Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601/Whistling Wind Stead PE033301
- Hollywoodedge, Jews Harp 9 Various Je AC020101
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057501
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057502
- Hollywoodedge, Short Bulb Horn Honk CRT020701 (high and normal pitches)
- Hollywoodedge, Various Swishes Imp CRT054301 (Swish only.)
- Hollywoodedge, Violin Gliss Double U AC050501
- Hollywoodedge, Wet Splats Various CRT052303
- Hollywoodedge, Whind Up Toy Click CRT036302
- Hollywoodedge, Whistle Wbulb Horn CRT020801
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCKnob Ratt PE180201
- Sound Ideas, BLINK, CARTOON - XYLO EYE BLINKS
- Sound Ideas, BUBBLES, MUD - HEAVY, THICK MUD POT BUBBLES, BOIL
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BIRD - LIGHT TWITTERING OF BIRDS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - MANY WHIPPY SWISH BYS (2nd swish; heard in a high pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TEETH - RAPID TEETH CHATTERING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - LONG ZIP BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: FAST SLIDE UP, ZIP 03
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: QUICK ZIP UP
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - TONY'S BASS, DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - SINGLE RICOCHET, BULLET 05/RICOCHET - SLICK RICCO 02
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BIG HEAD HIT
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HOLLOW METALLIC HEAD KONK AND HORN
- Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP
- Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - SQUISH POP
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - BLOP GALLOP, LONG/SHORT
- Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - WIND WHISTLE SCAT (high pitched)
- Sound Ideas, TEETH, CARTOON - SCOOBY'S TEETH CHATTER, LONG/SHORT (high pitched)
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT, HIGH (very high pitched)
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - SHARP WHISTLE ZIP
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - SHARP ZIP
- WB CARTOON, THUNK - SMALL THUNK (low pitched)