Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999)

[bunniefuu]

[ Narrator ] this could be
the room of any small boy,

But it happens to belong
to christopher robin.

Like most small boys,
christopher robin...

Has many
stuffed animal friends.

And together, they have
many remarkable adventures...

In an enchanted place
called the hundred acre wood.

Now, his best friend
is a certain little bear,

And one of the grandest of
their many grand adventures...

Began around and about
this day.

A most delightful time
of candies and cards,

A day of valentines.

[ Owl hooting ]
but happy as it was,

The day brought with it
a certain uncertainty,

For this was also
a time of change,

And change does not
come easily for some bears,

Especially a bear
named winnie the pooh.

Christopher... Robin?

Bother. He's always here...

Except for those occasions
when he isn't.

Which must mean he is...

[ Gasps ] elsewhere!

- [ Knocking on door ]
- piglet!

Piglet, are you there,
or thereabout?

[ Stammering ] oh, no, pooh.

I-i-i mean, uh, yes, pooh.
I mean...

[ Stammering ]
perhaps I'll be in later?

Whoops! [ Stammering ]
oh, dear! D-d-d-dear!

Have you seen christopher
robin this morning?

Oh, n-no, pooh bear.
Not this morning.

Or the morning before. Or the
afternoon after the day before.

Yes, it's true.

He hasn't been by much
at all lately, has he?

I do wonder what
might be the matter.

Perhaps he's
busy with something.

Maybe... A surprise?

[ Thud ] maybe. Maybe not.
Depending.

- On what?
- Yes, on what.

And what is it that you
have there, piglet?

Where? I-i mean, uh, where?

[ Stammering ] I don't seem
to see anything. [ Chuckles ]

There. This? Oh, this.

[ Chuckles ] well, i, uh...

I was making a valentine's
card, pooh bear. For you.

Oh, that's quite nice
of you, piglet.

- But valentine's isn't till...
- Tomorrow.

You mean valentine's falls
on tomorrow this year?

Well, perhaps that is what
christopher robin is up to.

He must be making
valentines for us all.

[ Narrator ] and so pooh and
his friends went to find the
boy.

But what they found
was very strange indeed.

[ Grunting ]

Um, excuse me.
I beg your pardon.

What do we see?
What's happening now?

Ohh, would you take
a look at that?

What is it? What's he doing?

Oh, my.

Look now.

Did you ever see such a thing?

Wha... Such a thing as what?

By dinghy, he's
writing something.

Um, which particular
something is he writing?

Dear... - [ Gasps ]
he's writing to a deer!

I'll bet you a buck
he's fawning over some doe.

[ Chuckles ]

Uh, more letters. "W..."

"I." "N."

- [ Gasps ]
- oh, what could it be?

It's your name.

He's spelling w-i-n-n...

Uh, the pooh. [ Clears throat ]

Oh. [ Chuckles ] that's
how I spell it too.

"Dear winifred."

- W-winifred?
- Winifred?

- Winnie the who?
- Winnie fred.

But... What precisely...

Is a winifred, exactly?

A winifred, my dear friend,

Is a girl.

A girl? A g-girl.

- A g-g-g-girl?
- A what?

A girl! It's like a boy,

Only not, if you see
what I mean.

Oh. [ Chuckles ] no.

♪ Girls are like boys except
they're quite different ♪

♪ And even their differences
are not the same ♪

♪ A boy sputters and squawks ♪

♪ A girl putters and preens ♪

♪ And each wants to say what the
other one means ♪ eh, so to
speak.

♪ Girls are like boys except
they're quite different ♪

♪ Because of their differences
each is unique ♪

♪ A girl sees what she likes
a boy likes what he sees ♪

♪ He ruffles her feathers
she wobbles his knees ♪

A-a-any questions, please?

♪ In some certain way
a boy looks at a girl ♪

♪ A girl looks at a boy
in a similar way ♪

♪ A girl and a boy well,
what more can I say ♪

♪ They're as different as
dawn is to morning each day ♪

♪ They're really quite
different in every way ♪♪

But does that mean
christopher robin...

Will no longer
be interested... In us?

Oh, piffle.
Don't you understand?

Christopher robin's
been bitten by a smitten.

Its bite can cause lovesickness.

[ Huffs ] well, then we
must get him to a doctor!

Oh, my dear bear.

The smitten is merely a member
of the love bug family.

Oh, d-d-d-dear.

- Whatever shall we d-do?
- We must proceed with caution.

Lovesickness, so I've heard,

Is very serious
and highly catching.

Then we gotta do something,
and do it fast!

I got it! We gotta go and get
another smitten to unsmite him!

Nonsense, tigger. That's absurd.
That's ridic...

That's... That's... Hey!
That's not a bad idea.

If a second smitten smites him,

It should cancel the first.

Then we shall get him one.
Let's go!

Easy, pooh boy. Not so fast.

If you want to snare a smitten,

The first thing you need is
bait.
[ Chuckles ]

Picture perfecto.

But, tigger, where is the bait?
Right there, buddy bear.

What self-respecting smitten...

Could resist
a lovely young lad...

Standing on a hilltop holding
a bouquet of forget-me-nots?

[ Pooh ] isn't that
hilltop an anthill top?

Oh, d-d-d-dear!

No matter. Them
forget-me-nots is poison ivy.

Oh! D-d-d-d-dear!

[ Chuckles ] it's the best I
could do on short notice.

Bother. Somebody or something
has found my honey.

Oh, my. I've never seen...

Such a strange and peculiar
w-w-whatever it is.

You don't suppose it's a... [
Gasps ] could it be the...

[ All together ] the smitten!

Oh, no! It's going!

[ Pooh ] it's going. It's gone.

We must find it, or christopher
robin will never again...

Be as he was.

[ Narrator ] and off they went
in search of the creature.

And they searched...

And they searched,
until at last,

They found themselves
deep in the unknown heart...

Of the hundred acre wood.

Ooh. Oh, it's
almost valentine's,

And I don't think we shall
ever find this smitten.

Why, it could be in most
any part of anywhere.

I do hope these s-s-smittens...

Aren't f-f-f-fierce creatures.

[ Owl hooting ] aah!

Oh, smittens are monstrous
thingys, all right.

One bite and then... Aah! Aah!

And, uh... And, uh... I don't
want to talk about it.

It's too all-fired awful!

But why? What happens?

♪ When the love bug bites
you feel a little itch ♪

♪ You scratch and scratch
and scratch it ♪

♪ But the itch
becomes a twitch ♪

♪ When the smitten smites ♪

♪ Everything's a blur ♪

♪ Topsy turns out turvy and
you isn't what you were ♪

[ Together ]
♪ when the love bug smites ♪

♪ You'll shake in disbelief ♪

- ♪ Your head gets all balloony
♪
- ♪ With humongous hairy teeth ♪

♪ When the smitten bites ♪

♪ You make blibberin'
blabberin' sounds ♪

♪ You get all googly-woogly ♪ -
♪ smashing, crashing all around
♪

♪ When the light takes flight ♪

♪ You go screaming
through the wood ♪

♪ I'm not quite sure what
happens
but it can't be very good ♪

♪ W-when the love b-b-bug
b-b-bites ♪♪

[ Gasps ] look! Look!

It's him! Him's it!

I-i mean, follow that smitten!

[ Springing sound ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Piglet ] oh, d-d-d-d-dear!

Oh, here. Oh, bother.

Oh, there he is. Oh, I almost...

There!

Now, pooh bear, wait!
Don't go running off and...

Oh, my! No! This way, everyone!

But w-w-which way is this way?

That way is this way.

No way! It's that way!

The one thing we know...

Is nobody knows.

Oh, d-d-d-d-d-dear.

I have it!

Now christopher robin
will be quite all right.

Look, piglet! [ Owl hooting ]

Rabbit?

Tigger?

Gopher?

Eeyore?

Anyone?

Bother.

Hello?

Hello?

[ Gasps ]

Oh, if only christopher
robin were here...

To show us the way.

But he is not.

And I'm afraid we are very lost.

Hmm. Don't worry,
piglet, old pal.

[ Chuckles ] we'll find our way.

Just keep a tight hold of...
[ Screams ]

Aah! What was that?

[ Screams ]

[ Shuddering ]

Being all by
their lonely lonesomes...

Is not something
tiggers like best.

[ Whistling sound ] aah!

[ Owl hooting ]

Oh, my.

[ Chuckles ]

Ohh, oh, my.

[ Shuddering ]

Huh? Ohh.

Just look at it,

A-winkin' and a-blinkin'.

It is a smitten, isn't it?

Oh, whatever it is, it brought
us out of the dark...

And back together.

Yeah, the smitten's shining
its light on all of us.

He certainly is.

And now we can get this back
to christopher robin...

So's christopher robin can get
back to being christopher robin.

[ Tigger chuckles ] and then he
can get back to being with us.

I've been looking everywhere.
Where have you all been?

[ Chuckles ]
where haven't we been?

Go on, pooh. Debug the boy.

Pooh?

Uh, yes, christopher?

There's something I wanted
to show you, all of you.

Go on, buddy bear,
let him have it.

I made this card for a...

Well, a friend, a new friend.

And I wonder, what do
you think of it?

Oh, it's very nice indeed.

Do you suppose she'll like it?

Oh, certainly. No doubt.
You betcha.

I am most sure of it.

Oh, I'm awfully
glad to hear that.

Well, what are you waiting for?

- Pooh bear, no!
- How are we ever gonna get the
kid back to his old self?

Oh, why did you let it go?

Because christopher robin...

Is happy as he is,

And I shouldn't want it
any other way.

This is the saddest happy
valentine's I can recall.

Oh, what have we here?

Hmm. Hmm.

Z-x-l-q-m.

Yep, yes siree, it's for me.

Oh, what's this?

Well, look at this!
For little old me.

Mistake, no doubt.

Mmm.

Christopher! Christopher robin!

It's a card from you!
[ Chuckles ]

Is it really
for me, christopher?

It really is.

But... [ Sighs ] but i...

- But what, pooh?
- [ Sighs ]

But we thought you found a...
A new friend.

Oh, pooh.

♪ There's a place right here ♪

♪ And it's really rather small ♪

♪ But this rather small place ♪

♪ Knows the grandest
thing of all ♪

♪ It knows when understanding ♪

♪ Can be hard to understand ♪

♪ It knows that words
aren't needed ♪

♪ When you take somebody's
hand ♪ like mine?

♪ It knows that you
are with me ♪

♪ In everything I do ♪
[ chuckles ]

♪ It's that special
corner of my heart ♪

♪ The place that I call pooh ♪

Oh, christopher.

♪ There are places
in the heart ♪

♪ That always know a friend ♪

♪ In good and glad
and sad times ♪

♪ The heart remembers them ♪

♪ There are new friends
yet to meet ♪

♪ There's a place
for them to start ♪

♪ But old friends
always keep them ♪

♪ Places in the heart ♪

- Old friends like...
- [ Together ] us.

Oh, pooh.

I care just as much about you
as I always have.

Ah, yes. I thought that too.

[ Chuckles ] still,

It's very nice to hear it said.

[ Chuckles ] silly old bear.

[ All ] ♪ there are
places in the heart ♪

♪ That always know a friend ♪

♪ In good and glad
and sad times ♪

♪ The heart remembers them ♪

♪ There are new friends
yet to meet ♪

♪ There's a place
for them to start ♪

♪ But old friends
always keep them ♪

♪ Places in the heart ♪♪

[ Pooh chuckling ]

[ Christopher robin ]
I love you, pooh.

[ Narrator ] and so, as
winter changes into spring,

Which changes into summer,

There are things which go on
forever, unchanging.

Such as the way a certain boy
cares for a certain bear.

And we will know for as long
as we care to remember...

That somewhere in that
enchanted
place on top of the forest,

A boy and his bear...

Will always be playing.