Is there Something Wrong With Piglet?

[Prudence]

oddly enough i related so much to these characters when i was younger;
but i know for sure that is not the case of the great majority of kids.

My childhood basically sucked.
At any rate, there was a boy in my preschool class who reminded me of Piglet. He was small, shy, and spoke like Piglet. I never called him Piglet to his face, but he always reminded me of him. (Meanwhile, I was the girl who said, "We're playing Castle. You're the servants, and I'm the boss of you," and "NO, NO, NO! Put the RED beanbag in the RED hole and the YELLOW beanbag in the YELLOW hole!")

[jeremy88]

Uh, YES! everything is wrong with piglet for one particular reason...(but his character design is really good! I like his original look too)

But yeah, I never really liked the pooh characters...well not after I recently watched the movie again...

Here is what I think of all of them. (I apologize to the fans of these movies...and this just my harsh opinion of them...*highlight only if you don't mind a negative thought towards these cute & cuddly characters...)

Pooh is an inconsiderate jerk.

Rabbit is a big stiff.

Eeyore is manically depressed which is a real thing for people so maybe he's relatable in a way...thats really sad though...

Piglet is too shy and afraid of everything.

Tigger is too hyper and kind of annoying.

and Owl is a tad senile, but I still like him. He sort of reminds me of my Grandpa...

The only ones I don't have an issue is Roo and Kanga...everyone else just sort of irk me...THEY ALL LOOK ADORABLE THOUGH!

I'm sorry, I really tried to be open with Winnie the Pooh, but I guess I was brain washed from all the happy sappy crap I see thats usually drenched into the cast of that movie and it totally ruined it for me...I do still like the movie somewhat...but its dropped a lot on my list of favorites...

[Ariel'sprince]

Kanga, of course, is the most boring and bland character I think I've ever laid eyes on

Kanga is like those mothers in American Soup Opearas where everyone believe in god and allways nice to everyone.
About Eeyore-that's what so cute about him,he and Pooh are my favorite character,maybe Tigger,too.
About other characters-i think Owl had a plush,and i bet that Rabbit has a plush.

[Siren]

Piglet looks like an armadillo. Never liked him much. Annoyed me with how frightened he was of everything.

I like the positively pessimistic manic depressant Eeyore much better.

[Ariel'sprince]

Piglet looks like an armadillo.

Actually,he does look like a pig,and 2099Net-i see what you mean,maybe small kids like Pooh and Tigger better.

[Prudence]

Kanga, of course, is the most boring and bland character I think I've ever laid eyes on

Kanga is like those mothers in American Soup Opearas where everyone believe in god and allways nice to everyone.

Don't you mean American soap operas? I can't think of a single soap opera where everyone believes in God and is always nice to everyone. In fact, if I did come across one, I would watch it as much as possible for the laughs.
I think you're referring to classic sitcoms, instead, Ariel'sprince.

[Siren]

Piglet looks like an armadillo.

Actually,he does look like a pig,

Actually, that's your opinion and your entitled to it. And actually, I still think he looks like an armadillo more than a pig.

[Prudence]

Actually,he does look like a pig,

Actually, that's your opinion and your entitled to it. And actually, I still think he looks like an armadillo more than a pig.

Actually, for an Ariel'sprince thread, we managed to have fairly deep conversations.

[rs_milo_whatever]

i agree; the only pig thing about piglet is his name, and he always did look like an armadillo to me.
when i was little living in mexico a lot of people missunderstood what he was.

[Escapay]

Don't you mean American soap operas? I can't think of a single soap opera where everyone believes in God and is always nice to everyone. In fact, if I did come across one, I would watch it as much as possible for the laughs.

There was (believe it or not) a Christian soap opera from the early 80s called "Another Life" (June 1981 to October 1984), which aired on CBN aka Christian Broadcasting Network. They actually advertised it as the "soap with hope", as storylines were religious-based and many characters' trials and tribulations were met with prayers and the occasional "baptism by fire". For example, an unfaithful husband is "punished" with cancer, and when he turned to religion, he was cured (and once again, faithful). And the town playboy had a near-death experience, saw glimpses of Hell, and became good.

Lot of hokey storylines, it was a bit more far-fetched than even the most traditional soap operas, which in most cases, started out as religious-based dramas. "The Guiding Light" began on radio in January 1937 and a staple of the daily 15-minute series was the sermons delivered by Reverend Rutledge (Arthur Petersen Jr., best known for his role as the Major on "Soap"). Also, the earliest soap operas on television, "Search for Tomorrow" and "Love of Life" presented "highly moral women" like Joanne Barron and Vanessa Dale. And even though I refuse to acknowledge the series as a legitimate soap opera (it's more a soap parody), "Passions" has had several religious-based storylines that involve the supernatural, and one of its longest-running characters was the blind priest, Father Lonigan.

And let's not forget the memorable death sequence for former nun, Sister Mary Duvall McCormack (Harley Jane Kozak). She was on the roof of the Capwell Hotel with Mark and Julia when particularly high winds made the "C" from the sign fall on her. (click here to see the events leading up to it and here to see the aftermath.) Was it punishment from God for leaving the convent and choosing to be a single mother, or just a freak mishap?

And to keep this thread on-topic, I always loved Piglet as a kid, though my favorite characters will always be Eeyore and Rabbit. Something about a depressing ass and an uptight bunny really gets to me.

Scapsta

[Pasta67]

It's due to his personality. He isn't a villain, but he does... have OCD traits, for lack of a better description. His type of character makes for a good antagonist, and children typically do not prefer characters that remind them of a strict teacher or someone of the like.

Yeah, I understand that.

It just always irked me, y'know? Pooh and the gang show up at Rabbit's house while he's busy decorating for the Easter party. Immediately they're all "Easter-fun-time-LOLZ!!" and start messing with and touching everything while Rabbit's trying to keep order by telling them to calm down and wait a little while longer. They accuse him of being a kill-joy, even after Rabbit points out that he's only being OCD about the situation because he wants Roo's first Easter to be perfect. But no, they all keep messing with everything, so Rabbit takes his stuff away from them, and all of a sudden he's the bad guy who needs to learn the lesson in the end?

Bwah? How does that make any sense? I realize that there has to be some kind of problem for the movie to be interesting, but making Rabbit the bad guy always seemed kind of stupid, at least to me.

He's not always cast as the antagonist. Remember his adoption of Kessie?

Oh, I know. I was only talking about Springtime with Roo.

[Prudence]

:: laughs ::
I haven't seen Springtime With Roo, but I completely understand your point!

[Siren]

i agree; the only pig thing about piglet is his name, and he always did look like an armadillo to me.
when i was little living in mexico a lot of people missunderstood what he was.

Same thing in Florida. I remember at school people said he was an armadillo all the time, lol