8.0/10147 votes#1 - Pooh Oughta Be in Pictures
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1988
As a reward for Christopher Robin eating all his vegetables, he along with Pooh, Piglet, and Tigger go to the theater to watch Birdzilla, a scary monster movie. During the film, Piglet gets scared and thinks the movie is real and the monster will get him. The gang tries to convince him that it is only make-believe and proceed to make their own monster film to prove it.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: Bruce Talkington, Mark Zaslove
8.7/10123 votes#2 - Friend in Deed
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1988
Pooh has been borrowing too much honey from Rabbit lately. This makes Rabbit mad to the point where he says that Pooh is "eating him out of house and honey". Desperate, Pooh and his friends try to retrieve honey from a beehive, so Rabbit will not have to move away. Nevertheless, this proves to be a daunting task.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
7.9/10107 votes#3 - Donkey For a Day
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1988
Piglet, feeling sorry for Eeyore, who always seems to be depressed, convinces the others to spend a whole day trying to cheer him up.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.7/10165 votes#4 - There's No Camp Like Home
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/1988
When the gang goes camping, Piglet is frightened by Tigger's stories and comes up against one of his greatest fears: Heffalumps.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.0/1098 votes#5 - Balloonatics
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/24/1988
Pooh borrows a balloon from Christopher Robin and the gang all panics when Rabbit causes it to become deflated.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.4/10103 votes#6 - Find Her, Keep Her
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/1/1988
Rabbit rescues a little bird named Kessie and finds himself in the role of parent. His overly-protective tendencies cause trouble when Kessie begins to feel an urge to fly, which Rabbit expressly forbids for fear of losing her.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.5/1096 votes#7 - The Piglet Who Would Be King
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/8/1988
Piglet sets out with Tigger and Rabbit to the Land of Milk and Honey, hoping to get some honey for Pooh as a gift after Piglet gets an unexpected gift from Pooh. They discover a tiny race of Piglet lookalikes called "Piglies" who elect Piglet their king, which causes him internal conflict--especially when Tigger and Rabbit abuse the Piglies' hospitality.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.2/1089 votes#8 - Cleanliness Is Next to Impossible
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/15/1988
Tigger encourages Christopher Robin to clean his messy room by throwing everything he owns under the bed. This proves troublesome when the gang discovers that the evil Crud and his sneezing minion, Smudge occupy a land beneath the mattress and plan to spread messiness everywhere.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.1/1081 votes#9 - The Great Hunny Pot Robbery
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/22/1988
All the honey in the Hundred-Acre Wood has disappeared and it appears to be the work of a Heffalump and a Woozle named Heff and Stan. When the gang successfully recovers the honey, Stan decides to get backup in the form of a giant Woozle named Wooster--but Pooh's offer of friendship provides a surprising resolution to the conflict.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.4/1092 votes#10 - Stripes
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/29/1988
When Rabbit forces Tigger to have a bath, the bounce-happy tiger's stripes come off. The gang believes that this "new" creature isn't Tigger, as all Tiggers have stripes, prompting an identity crisis in the sad tiger. Eventually, Eeyore solves the problem by pointing out that it is Tigger's heart, not his stripes, that make him who he truly is.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
7.9/1083 votes#11 - Monkey See, Monkey Do Better
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/29/1988
The gang meets a wind-up monkey toy named Bruno, who claims to be the "best toy a kid could get," in Christopher Robin's closet. Bruno boasts that he is better than all of Christopher's old toys, making them fear that they will be replaced.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.4/10101 votes#12 - Babysitter Blues
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/5/1988
Christopher Robin and the gang get into mischief while a babysitter tries to look after them.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
7.8/1070 votes#13 - How Much Is That Rabbit in the Window?
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/12/1988
After a calendar mishap leads Rabbit to believe that his birthday has been forgotten, he decides to run away from the Hundred-Acre-Wood, only to found by a secondhand shop owner who puts him up for sale. While the gang tries to find Rabbit, the bunny himself must fend off some thuggish toys who are out to make trouble.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.3/1085 votes#14 - Gone with the Wind
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/19/1988
After being buffeted about by the wind, Piglet becomes afraid of going outside.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.3/1079 votes#15 - Nothing But the Tooth
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/19/1988
Pooh believes he can no longer enjoy honey when he loses his "sweet tooth," which has been stolen by pack rats.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: Bruce Talkington
8.6/1084 votes#16 - Paw and Order
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/3/1988
Pooh and the gang pretend to be in the Wild West during a play.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
7.6/1078 votes#17 - Honey for a Bunny
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/10/1988
When Rabbit throws away a lone bunny-shaped bookend, it finds its way all around the gang.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.1/1065 votes#18 - Trap as Trap Can
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/10/1988
Pooh and Piglet help a young heffalump who is having difficulty learning trapping from his father.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.0/1068 votes#19 - The Masked Offender
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/17/1988
Tigger takes on the identity of "The Masked Offender" in order to help people, but causes more trouble than he fixes.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.2/1071 votes#20 - Things That Go Piglet in the Night
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/17/1988
The gang is in a state of panic because they think they are being haunted by a ghost which was just Piglet running scared silly.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.4/1074 votes#21 - Luck Amok
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/24/1988
When Tigger breaks a mirror Rabbit was using, Rabbit believes he has bad luck, and so do the others, but it turns out Tigger has the bad luck.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
8.1/1070 votes#22 - Magic Earmuffs
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/24/1988
Christopher Robin gives Piglet "magic earmuffs" to help give him confidence in his ice skating. After losing the earmuffs, Piglet has a crisis of belief, only to discover his own skill when he must save the gang from the perils of an icy river.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#23 - The Wishing Bear
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/31/1988
When Christopher Robin shows Pooh a wishing star, Pooh tells Piglet, Tigger and Rabbit about it, and they all wish for something. But, when Pooh thinks he wished out the wishing star, and that the others' wishes will not come true, he tries his best to fulfill them all.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#24 - King of the Beasties
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/7/1989
Tigger thinks his great uncle is a lion and declares himself, "King of the Beasties" with chaotic results.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#25 - The Rats Who Came to Dinner
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/7/1989
Pooh and the gang try to deal with the pack rats during a flood.
Director: Karl Geurs
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Season 1
Every episode of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Season 1!
An American animated children's television series inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
Genres:FamilyAnimationComedyKids
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pooh Oughta Be in Pictures" is the best rated episode of "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 147 votes. Directed by Karl Geurs and written by Bruce Talkington, Mark Zaslove, it aired on 9/10/1988. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Friend in Deed".