Party Poohper

"Party Poohper"
Episode no.	Series 1 Episode 22a
Directed by	Karl Geurs Terence Harrison (Animation Director)
Written by	Mark Zaslove (Story) Carter Crocker (Teleplay)
Produced by	Karl Geurs Barbara Ferro (Assistant Producer)
Original air date	March 4, 1989

"Party Poohper" is the thirty-fourth episode of the first season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Plot summary

Rabbit checks off his to-do list. He then realizes that NO. 3 says: "Prepare for party" overcome with shock, he dashes out of the room and into the kitchen. He remembers that he has 500 relatives coming at 6:00. Realizing he cannot do everything at once, he decides to make a schedule. Tigger objects to the schedule, saying that at parties, everyone should have fun, but having a schedule is not fun. Rabbit yells, "This is a party! Who said anything about fun?". Rabbit explains to Pooh how to make a cake, but of course he says this too quickly and confuses Pooh. Meanwhile, Piglet tries various decorations for the party, but they are all holiday based (since he couldn't think of normal decorations for the party). Also, Tigger is cleaning the house with a broom (But he does this overtime which causes Rabbit to say "You're falling behind schedule!".) Before they can finish, however, Rabbit's relatives arrive two hours early ready to party. Rabbit tries to get them to leave but to no avail he instead loudly blows a whistle to get their attention. Upon getting their attention, Rabbit tells the bunnies to go to the bedroom with Piglet to read them a story for the next two hours. Piglet then begins to read the story to the 500 bunnies. Pooh is now mixing the cake in a bowl but Rabbit believes he is taking too long so he takes it and puts it in the oven (Unknown to him that Pooh put in all the wrong ingredients) Gopher then arrives to see how everything's doing. While the cake is in the oven it begins to grow larger and eventually it explodes covering the entire house (excluding Rabbits bedroom) with cake mix. Realizing Pooh has eaten all the honey Rabbit sends Gopher out to get more honey in 15 minutes and demands Pooh to make another cake. Meanwhile, Piglet finishes reading the story with a sad ending (which could've thought to have a happy ending instead) which causes the bunnies to wail in sadness. Rabbit hears this. Piglet tries to apologize, but now knowing he cannot prepare for the party with the gang or the bunnies in the house, Rabbit swings open his door and throws out the gang shouting: "There's no time for sorry!" and demands that they keep the bunnies under their control for the next hour so he can prepare for the party without distractions. He continues to prepare for the party knowing it's the right thing to do. Pooh, Tigger, and Piglet take the bunnies for a walk like Rabbit instructed them to, but later Unbeknownst to them, while passing around Gopher's house, the bunnies go into it. Pooh then demands to halt stating that if they go too far they will be late for the party. They then notice the remainder of the bunnies going into Gophers house. Looking down it, Pooh says: "Oh, bother" knowing what they must go down there and search for the bunnies. Rabbit goes outside to tell everyone the party is about to begin only to find his front yard empty. Rabbit is angered that the gang did not arrive on the right time like instructed. Meanwhile, Gopher is gathering dynamite to blow down the tree and get the honey. Rabbit returns home tired of searching for the gang and the bunnies. He goes inside telling himself that he planned the party for 6:00. (It is currently 6:00) He celebrates the party with stuffed puppets of Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore and Roo but soon notices the it's the schedule that was causing the problem, not his friends. The bunnies realized it is not as fun and realizes that schedules are not fun when it comes to parties. Meanwhile, Pooh, Tigger and Piglet finally locate the bunnies and begin to lead them out of the tunnel and into Rabbit's house. (Unbeknownst to them the bunnies are landing on a lever which will blow up the dynamite Gopher is setting) Eventually, the bunnies are finally all out of the tunnel. A tired Piglet informs Pooh that that was the last one but he leans his arm on the lever and sets off the dynamite by accident. The resulting explosion finally gets the rest of the gang and the bunnies to the party, and in spite of them being late, the party continues. Rabbit claims that there is no need for a schedule and parties should be fun and joins in.

Party Poohper

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