The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh "Balloonatics" |
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| Season 1, Episode 3b, Overall 5 | |
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| Production Information | |
| Director |
Karl Geurs David Block (Animation Director) |
| Writer |
Mark Zaslove (story) Bruce Reid Schaefer (teleplay) |
| Prod code | 103b |
| Airdate | January 31, 1988 |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous | There's No Camp Like Home |
| Next | Find Her, Keep Her |
Balloonatics is the second segment of the third episode of the first season episode of the first season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It originally aired on January 31, 1988.
Synopsis[]
Christopher Robin lets Pooh borrow his red balloon, and Pooh swears to keep it safe, no matter what.
Plot[]
Pooh walks up to Christopher Robin’s house and is greeted by Christopher Robin with a red balloon over his face. Pooh initially thinks it is someone else until Christopher reveals himself. Pooh asks to borrow the balloon for a walk and Christopher agrees, thinking it will be in good hands. Pooh promises to keep it safe and floats through the forest singing a song.
Meanwhile, Rabbit is having trouble keeping the crows out of his garden. When he sees Pooh with the balloon, he asks to borrow it himself, giving Pooh a fresh pot of honey in exchange. Pooh lets him have the balloon and reminds him to be careful with it. Rabbit paints a scary face on the balloon to use for a scarecrow, which works at scaring the crows. Piglet comes by and thinks the scarecrow is a friend of Rabbit’s. When its face is revealed, he runs off thinking that it is a monster. He bumps into Tigger, who goes to pick a fight with the scarecrow. When the scarecrow appears to fight back, Tigger tosses Piglet at it, which ends up accidentally untying the balloon and letting the air out. Rabbit runs outside and finds Piglet and Tigger have broken his scarecrow, then panics when he finds the balloon deflated, thinking that it has been popped.
When Pooh returns to retrieve the balloon, Rabbit and the others try to convince him that it is napping, claiming it shrank to fit in the bed. However, Pooh thinks it is not sleeping since its eyes are open, but wonders why it is not at its normal size. Rabbit admits what he thought happened and Pooh decides to tell Christopher Robin, but Rabbit worries he will never talk to them again if he finds out and makes them all swear never to tell Christopher Robin what happened. However, Pooh feels guilty and has a nightmare about being put on a balloon trial for letting the balloon get popped and upsetting Christopher Robin. The Judge balloon asks Pooh how does he plead, to which Pooh couldn't answer that made him sentenced of being guilty and put in bars. Pooh's cry for Christopher Robin when he woke up and wakes his friends up, who knew in horror that he was going to go tell Christopher Robin the truth.
The next day, Rabbit, Piglet and Tigger all try to cover up the events - Rabbit paints a large rock red and tying a string around it to disguise it as the balloon, Piglet puts on a balloon costume, and Tigger tries blowing a big bubble gum bubble, which pops and covers all three in bubble gum. When Christopher Robin comes by, they all confess to popping the balloon, as does Pooh when he shows up with the actual balloon. Christopher Robin tells them it is actually only been untied and deflated. He promptly re-inflates the balloon back to its original size and ties a new string to it, making Pooh happy again as he floats away on the balloon. Piglet, Tigger and Rabbit all grab onto Pooh and float with him, to which Christopher jokingly calls them Balloonatics.
Characters[]
- Winnie the Pooh
- Piglet
- Tigger
- Rabbit
- Christopher Robin
- Crows
- Balloon
- Nightmare Balloons
Locations[]
Trivia[]
- This episode was recorded on January 6, 1988.
- This episode marks the debut of crows in the Winnie the Pooh franchise.
- The title is a portmanteau of “balloon" and “lunatics".
- This is the first episode of Bruce Reid Schaefer, Ken Boyer and Jan Green.
- This episode has similarities to the Spongebob episode ‘Life of Crime’ where a red balloon is borrowed, but then broken and the main characters try to hide their mistakes but then fess up at the end, with everything turning out alright.
- The Nightmare Balloons chant and taunt to Pooh: "Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!"
- Christopher Robin is shown to have the ability to breathe out helium.
Interval Title Card[]
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Jim Cummings | Winnie the Pooh |
| John Fiedler | Piglet |
| Paul Winchell | Tigger |
| Ken Sansom | Rabbit, Nightmare Balloons |
| Tim Hoskins | Christopher Robin |
| Frank Welker | Crows |
Songs[]
Credits[]
Produced by
Producer/Director
Story Editor
“THERE’S NO CAMP LIKE HOME”
Story by
Teleplay by
“BALLOONATICS”
Story by
Teleplay by
With the Voice Talents of
and
as
Animation Director
Assistant Producer
Art Director
Associate Story Editor
Storyboard Designers
Character Designer
Additional Character Design
Background Stylist
Additional Background Styling
Color Stylist
Additional Color Styling
Timing Directors
Artwork Coordinator
Overseas Animation Supervisor
Post Production Coordinator
Production Assistants
Track Reader
Managing Film Editor
Supervising Editor
Editor
Assistant Editor
Songs Written and Produced
by
Music by
&
Performed by
Animation Production by
*.
©1988 THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Distributed by
Buena Vista International, Inc.
Gallery[]
Video Releases[]
- Pooh Wishes
- Winnie the Pooh: Up, Up and Away (U.K. Release)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Volume 4: There's No Camp Like Home