Gopher

Michael Gough (1988-present)

Frank Welker (Goof Troop)

Austin Pendleton (Christopher Robin)

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

Piglet’s Big Game

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (flashback)

**Gopher** is a character from Walt Disney Animation Studios's *Winnie the Pooh* franchise, first appearing in *Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree*.

## Appearance

Gopher is a grey gopher. He has six whiskers, a black nose, and he has two buck teeth. And he's mostly seen wearing his mining helmet.

## Personality

Gopher has a very plain personality; he is rarely seen outside of his burrow, so not much is known about him socially. He is generally a hard-worker, especially in his mine shafts (tunnels) and spends most of his time tediously working on them. Despite his low social life, Gopher is not a silent character, while talking to the other animals he has a habit of whistling out his sibilant consonants.'

## Trivia

* Gopher is the only major animal character not once seen as a stuffed toy in Christopher Robin's room.
* Gopher's lack of roles in future films such as the 2011 film could be due to Disney's intention to adapt A.A. Milne's stories more closely (Gopher was to appear in the stories but was turned down, hence his "I'm not in the book" comment in *Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree*).
* A recurring joke in the Winnie the Pooh shows and films is that Gopher always falls down his own hole. But Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore and Rabbit have fallen down it a few occasions.
* *Kingdom Hearts III* ended the 13-year long absence of Gopher since *Pooh's Heffalump Halloween*. Notably, the character appears alongside Lumpy, marking the first time that the two have been seen together within the *Pooh* franchise.
* Gopher's design is actually a modified Mr. Busy the beaver from *Lady and the Tramp*, and he even has the same accent. When Gopher talks about the possibility of using dynamite in *Honey Tree*, some animation of the Beaver is reused for this.
* In *My Friends Tigger and Pooh*, Tigger asked Beaver (who was designed after both Gopher and Mr. Busy) to guess a password believing he wouldn't know. He guessed it correctly and Tigger responded by sadly saying, "I miss Gopher."
* Although he didn't appear in the 2011 film or any appearances after *Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie* to date, he makes an appearance on one of the newly-made spell cards for *Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom* and is seen in one of the re-dubbing series, *The Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh*. Strangely, Gopher isn't redubbed by his current voice actor, Michael Gough, similar to Kanga.
* On Gopher's mailbox, his name is spelled GOFUR.
* According to the Little Golden Book *Winnie the Pooh Meets Gopher*, his full name is Samuel J. Gopher.
* Also in the book, Gopher is colored brown rather than grey.
* Gopher couldn’t make an appearance in *Christopher Robin*, despite being a sequel to the animated franchise. This could be due to his hard-working nature, which would be against the film's message of expending more time with family and friends instead of working, to stay more true to the books, or because gophers aren't native to England.
* On May 14, 2019, there was a rumour that made fans think that Gopher would star in a live-action film of the same name.

## Quotes

* **"I'm not in the book.."**
* **"By Dinghy!"**
* **"Say, what's wrong Sonny?"**
* **(When falling down a hole) "AHHHHHHHHHH!"**