Whinne The Pooh Interview

**Whinne The Pooh Interview** is the sixth episode of *Pbandjist* and the first of the short-lived "Pbandjist Interview" sub-series. The episode centers around an interview with Whinne The Pooh, the bodyguard and protector of the *Castle*, the location where many of the early episodes of series take place just outside of.

While it is notable for introducing the titular character, it is much more notable for subtly introducing the audience to Eric, Halen Star-Dar's assistant who proves to be a very important character in the latter half of the series and goes onto be OMG's best friend and a pivotal character of *Pbandjist 2000*. Additionally, Phil, another important character later in the series can be seen guarding the Castle area in the background of the video.

## Plot

The episode begins with Halen Star-Dar introducing himself in a very over the top fashion, drawing criticism from an unseen presence (likely Star-Dar's assistant producer, Eric). Star-Dar quickly moves past this and introduces the subject of his interview - Whinne The Pooh.

Whinne The Pooh, who shall be referred to as Pooh for short appears very excited for his chance to appear on Pbandjist Television, introduces us to himself and very briefly describes his occupation as bodyguard/protector of the Pbandjist Castle. He then asks Star-Dar, the interviewer if he has any questions in a very matter-of-fact manner.

Star-Dar blankly stares at the camera for a moment as if to build dramatic tension, before completely ignoring Pooh's question and asking the audience if they want to see the Castle. The Camera then pans over to reveal the Castle, a rather unimpressive small building and offers a brief glimpse at Star-Dar's assistant. The camera goes pans back to the stage as Pooh says proudly that he's responsible for protecting it every day.

Pooh casually pulls out his shotgun to show the audience what he must use in his daily duties. Star-Dar is excited by this and remembers an incident where Pooh had his own weapon turned on him by an attacker. The entire event was recorded by the security cameras outside the castle and without thinking a second further, Star-Dar presents the graphic footage of Pooh getting shot to his television audience.

The footage shows Pooh guarding the castle before a rather stereotypical Australian man approaches him, grabs the gun from Pooh's hand, turns it on pooh and yells "Crikey!" as he shoots in him in the side of the head. The footage cuts as Pooh hits the floor.

Pooh somehow seems un-phased by the footage of this event, likely due to years of repression and continues to talk about his duties protecting the residents of the Castle (Memo, Floppy, The Love Babies, The Hamster, and Belle. Pooh somehow forgets to mention the most important people he protects, namely The King.) Pooh then invites all these residents to the stage.

One by one The Love Babies, a numerous group of baby bears, begin bouncing onto the stage and each approach the camera. However, Love Baby himself is nowhere to be seen, so Star-Dar's producer searches the backstage for the uncharacteristically shy baby. OMG pops on camera for a quick moment to express his concern over the babies disappearance, however the baby bear is quickly escorted to the camera by the producer.

Floppy, an overly floppy bunny is next to enter stage, simply flopping over as Pooh introduces her. She's quickly followed by Memo, a small bear and member of The King's royal advisers. The Hamster and Belle do not approach the stage, likely in fear of Star-Dar's antics. Pooh dismisses the group without another word and sends them all back inside the Castle.

Pooh reveals to the audience that he has a pet named Hagrid, a snow-white tiger who aids him in his quest of protection. Halen Star-Dar shows affection for the Tiger, stating "She's real cute ain't she".

Pooh then asks if Star-Dar has any more questions and this time the interviewer happily jumps at the at chance. Evidently still focusing on Pooh's tragic past, he happily asks what it felt like to be shot, to which Pooh responds "It felt like pudding". In a twist of events, Halen Star-Dar grabs Pooh's gun which he had foolishly laid on the ground and says "You mean like this? It's Pooh season!" with a crazed smile, pointing the gun at Pooh and getting ready to fire. Pooh acts reasonably startled and starts screaming, but then grabs the gun from Star Dar, turns it on him and says "No! It's Halen season!" and begins firing at him. Halen Star-Dar runs away as Pooh continues to fire at him, now switching the gun to an automatic firing mode.

Halen Star-Dar gets away, living to interview another day as Pooh throws his gun to the ground in frustration. OMG enters the screen, of course shouting his famous catchphrase (Oh my god!) but is mistaken for Star-Dar for Pooh, who begins beating and mauling him.

## Notes

* Halen Star-Dar quotes Dumb Spider-Man in Pbandjist Battle 1 by saying "Don't shoot the messenger" in response to criticism from the unseen producer, who then goes on to mockingly point this out.
* Halen Star-Dar mistakenly refers to himself as the floating head who stared in Pbandjist Battles. Although these characters look exactly the same, and even shared the same wardrobe for many early episodes they are most certainly NOT the same character.
* In a very in-character move for the original series, the series own title was misspelled as "pbanjist" in it's original YouTube description.
* "OH MY GOD" counter: 1.