Oh, Bottle

"Oh, Bottle"
Season 3, Episode 1a, Overall 54 (33a)
Production Information
Director	Terence Harrison; Jamie Mitchell; Ken Kessel (supervising director)
Writer	Bruce Talkington; Carter Crocker; Mark Zaslove (story); Stephen Sustarsic (story and teleplay)
Prod code	301a
Airdate	August 18, 1990
Episode Chronology
Previous	Caws and Effect
Next	Owl in the Family

Oh, Bottle is the first segment of the first episode of third season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It was originally broadcast on August 18, 1990 and was later included on the DVD release All For One And One For All.

Synopsis[]

The Pack rats are back again! Pooh and Christopher Robin are playing pirates, and they make a fake map, but the rats thinks it’s real. When the bottle is lost, Piglet finds it and shows it to Pooh. Pooh thinks that it is from Christopher Robin, and that he is lost. But when the Pack rats steal the bottle, will they be able to get it back and “find" Christopher Robin?

Plot[]

The story begins with Pooh and Christopher Robin playing as pirates. Christopher Robin plays the game well, but there is a uninvited visitor that steals the things Christopher Robin tells Pooh to bring to him. They are the Pack Rats. Christopher tells Pooh about a treasure map, which the Pack Rats are attracted to. Pooh writes something on the map. Christopher asked what is it and Pooh said he don’t know. Christopher puts the map in a bottle and the rats try to catch it. Meanwhile, while fishing, Piglet catches the bottle as the rats try to get it. Piglet struggles thinking it is a big fish. The tree where the pack rats stand is pulled and Piglet gets the bottle, but the rats steals it from him. He tells Pooh about it, who thinks Christopher Robin need help and decides finding the bottle. Meanwhile, Tigger is walking in the Woods and finds the bottle thinking he’s lost and says he is done for. He cries and hold the bottle up, which attract the rats, but they fail. Rabbit is gardening as Tigger asked him if he is lost. He says no, which makes Tigger excited and say he doesn’t need the bottle. Rabbit asks why bottle. They decide to go to Owl's house where Pooh asks Owl, who says he must find the bottle so Owl can read it. Suddenly, Tigger brings “another” bottle, but Piglet realize that is the bottle he found. Owl says it is a old forgotten language that is thousands of years old from the Lower Lumbar Region, but Pooh thinks it is Christopher Robin calling for help. Tigger thinks Christopher is calling for help from Tigger sharks and spookables. The rats try to get it by climbing but Tigger] those the walnut the ray’s using to get the map. The rats get the bottle and put it in their collection, but Pooh accidentally breaks it after catching it. Feeling sorry for Pooh and his friends, the rats decide to give them a replacement bottle from their collection and make them a boat to save Christopher Robin. They beach to land because a waterfall, but lose the bottle too. Then, Christopher finds them and asks how they are doing. Piglet says they are trying to save him from Tigger sharks and spookables. Christopher thinks they are playing a pirate game and say it would be so much fun. Rabbit asks if he is not in trouble. He say he is because he cannot put the flower for his mother. The flower is stolen and traded with a walnut by the rats. Christopher says his mom likes walnuts too. Pooh says he remembers something about the walnut and the episode ends.

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Cast[]

Voice actor	Character
Jim Cummings	Winnie the Pooh
John Fiedler	Piglet
Paul Winchell	Tigger
Ken Sansom	Rabbit
Hal Smith	Owl
Tim Hoskins	Christopher Robin

Trivia[]

This episode marks the last appearance of the Pack Rats, as well as their only appearance in the third season and outside the first season.
The title of this episode comes from one of Pooh's catchphrases, “Oh Bother.” It is also to a response to a quote Oh Brother.
This is not the only episode from the third season to feature Paul Winchell as the voice of Tigger.