"Sorry, Wrong Slusher" |
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Season 4, Episode 1 | |
Production Information | |
Director |
Terence Harrison Ken Kessel (Supervising Director) |
Writer | Stephen Sustarsic |
Prod code | 401 |
Airdate | September 7, 1991 |
Episode Chronology | |
Previous | A Bird in the Hand |
Next | Grown But Not Forgotten |
Sorry, Wrong Slusher is the first episode of the fourth season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It originally aired on September 7, 1991 on ABC.
Synopsis[]
After watching a scary movie, Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Christopher Robin become scared of “The Slusher”.
Plot[]
Christopher Robin's mom makes Christopher Robin go to bed, much to Christopher’s dismay. He decides to sneak downstairs. Tigger, Pooh, and Piglet come to keep him company, and decide to watch T.V. However, Tigger is just flipping through the channels until he finds one, and everyone falls asleep.
Later the gang watches a night-spy-tickling slusher film named The Slusher Who Slushed Everyone And Then Went Back to Slush Them Again, and order pizza, but thanks to Tigger, Christopher Robin gives the wrong address doing the one next door. Then Tigger ends up giving away their address to a stranger. Then panic begins. However they decide to come up with a plan, using Piglet as bait. Later, Eeyore comes to visit and notices Piglet which scares him off. This causes everyone to mistake Eeyore as the slusher. The door to the bathroom, which has flooded after a hose trap went wrong, unknown to the animals and Christopher Robin, gives way and the flood spreads to the rest of the house. The water takes everyone into the pit that they dug as a trap, then flows away. Then everyone dries off, discovers that Eeyore is not the slusher and changes. They decide to form another plan, again, with Piglet as the distraction, however he takes cover at a dog house, and Skippy the sheepdog, scares him. Skippy catches Pooh and licks his face, but then the police turn up and arrest Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore. Christopher Robin notices and comes out, only to be arrested as well. After an argument with the blame jumping from animal to animal during interrogation, the judge convicts the group of causing noise in the first degree. Luckily, Christopher Robin confesses to his role in the case, and repeatedly apologizes. Then he wakes up and Mom comes down the stairs and says he was having a nightmare. Everyone realizes that there is no slusher, until they hear someone at the door. It appears to be a pizza delivery man who asked Christopher Robin if anyone have ordered pizza.
This episode ends with Pooh stating to the viewers about the dream he and his friends had by making in the review of the episode: On March 16th, Christopher Robin was found guilty of leaving his bed when he should not have and placed in the custody of his friends; everything the viewers have seen was a dream; only the names of his friends have been changed to protect the innocent. Christopher Robin is seen wearing a prison uniform with a prison number around his neck that is numbered “2513079812”. Maybe it was just a dream.
Characters[]
- Winnie the Pooh
- Piglet
- Tigger
- Eeyore
- Christopher Robin
- Christopher Robin's Mom
- Skippy
- The Neighbor
- The Pizza Delivery Guy
- The Man on TV
- The Judge
Interval Title Card[]
Cast[]
Voice actor | Character |
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Jim Cummings | Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and Skippy |
John Fiedler | Piglet |
Peter Cullen | Eeyore and the Man on TV |
Tim Hoskins | Christopher Robin |
Nicholas Omana | The Neighbor and the Pizza Delivery Guy |
Patricia Parris | Christopher Robin's Mom |
Ken Sansom | The Judge |
Credits[]
Produced by
WALT DISNEY
TELEVISION ANIMATION
Producer/Supervising Director
KEN KESSEL
Co-Producer/Story Editor
MARK ZASLOVE
Story Editor
DAVID WEIMERS
Director
TERENCE HARRISON
Written by
STEPHEN SUSTARSIC
With the Voice Talents of
PETER CULLEN
JOHN FIEDLER
TIM HOSKINS
NICHOLAS OMANA
PATTY PARRIS
KEN SANSOM
FRANK WELKER
as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
Associate Producer
DONNA ALCOCK SMITH
Storyboard Designer
Storyboard Revisions
Key Layout Design
Character Design
Prop Design
Background Styling
Color Stylist
Supervising Timing Director
Timing Directors
Continuity Coordinator
Track Reader
Script Coordinator
Archives Supervisor
Art Coordinator
Talent Coordinator
Post Production Manager
SARA DURAN
Post Production Supervisor
JOSEPH HATHAWAY
Sound Dubbing Supervisor
CHRISTOPHER KEITH
Post Production Coordinators
JEFFREY ARTHUR
JOHN ROYER
Post Production Assistant
Production Assistants
Shipping Coordinator
Post Production Services by
Supervising Sound Editor
Supervising Picture Editor
Dialogue Editor
Re-Recording
Songs Written and Produced by
Music by
&
Animation Production by
WANG FILM PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD.
Animators
THIS MOTION PICTURE MADE UNDER
THIS JURISDICTION OF
*.
AFFILIATED WITH
A.F.L. C.I.O.
©1991 THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Internationally[]
In Japan, the Slusher was referred to as the Splut(ter).
Quotes[]
- Christopher Robin: She said for my head not to leave the pillow, but she never said anything about the pillow leaving the bed..
- Tigger: [during interrogation]: Me?! It was all Pooh's idea!
Pooh: Uh, the night of the 32nd? I was sleeping, I believe...
Tigger: Then it was Piglet's idea!
Piglet: I don't remember a thing. I was young and foolish. I blame society!
Tigger: Eeyore! Eeyore's the one!
Eeyore: Might as well confess. Got one of those guilty faces anyway.
Tigger: No, no! it was Tigger! It was Tigger! It was Tig...ger. [stunned] I want my lawyer.
(scene switches to the courtroom)
Judge: I find you guilty of first-degree causing noise! And I'm throwing the book at you! (he literally does so)
Pooh: It's too bad I can't read. - Pooh: [off-screen] On March 16th, Christopher Robin was found guilty of leaving his bed when he shouldn't have, and was placed in the custody of his friends. Everything you've seen was a dream; only the names of the animals have been changed to protect the innocent.
- Eeyore: Didn't know slushers used the doorbell.
- Tigger: Oh, yeah. They can be awful tricky.
Trivia[]
- This episode is a response to the term, “Sorry wrong number”.
- This is the only season 4 episode that has not been released on VHS to date.
- In the Welcome to Pooh Corner episode, “Too Smart for Strangers”, which aired before this episode, Tigger tells Roo to never give your address to a stranger. However, despite this, Tigger gives the address to the man on the phone.
- Slusher is probably a reference to Slasher as in a Slasher film.
- First Episode that has Wang Film Productions.
- First Episode of David Weimers, Donna Alcock Smith, Michael Fallows, Kathleen Carr, Elizabeth Chapman, Albert Ring, Bill Lorencz, Robin Draper, Woody Yocum, Myrna Bushman, Lynne Batchelor, Christopher Keith, Michelle Robinson, Johanne Beaudoin, Craig Simpson, Exploding Bunny, Peggy McAffee and Jon Bavin/Studio 56.
- First Episode of Wang Film Productions with Animators Chen Shichang Bunis Yang.
- First appearance of Skippy the Sheepdog.
- The first episode of the fourth season to take place in the real world.
- This is the 5th episode without Rabbit, and the only episode in which Eeyore appears without Rabbit.
- Only Episode of Nicholas Omana.
- As Tigger is changing the channels on the tv at the beginning sounds from Eeyore's Tail Tale, Paw and Order, Caws and Effect, and The Good, the Bad, and the Tigger can be heard on the tv.