Pooh's Adventures of Tinocchio

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**Pooh's Adventures of Tinnochio** is the 2nd episode of the series. It is based on *Pinocchio.*

## Synopsis

While Pooh visits the city of Osmeo, in the planet Computra with Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup, on a magical starlit night, the mystical Anna Conda brings inventor Otis's beloved robot Tinocchio to life, beginning a fantastic adventure that will test his bravery, loyalty and honesty, virtues he must learn to become a real man. Despite the warnings of Pooh, the Powerpuffs, and the wise conscience Chip the Chameleon, Tinocchio gets entangled in one humorous predicament after another, leading to his valiant quest to battle the wicked alien Randy and save the galaxy.

## Plot

After singing the film's opening song "*The Second Star to the Right*", Chip the Chameleon explains that he is going to tell a story of a wish coming true. His story begins in the Osmeo workshop of an inventor named Otis.  As Chip, the Pooh gang, Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup arrive on the scene, Otis finishes work on a robot whom he names Tinocchio. Before falling asleep, Otis makes a wish on a star that Tinocchio would be a real man. During the night, Anna Conda visits the workshop, about to cast a fateful spell, and brings Tinocchio to life, although he still remains a robot. She informs him that if he proves himself brave, truthful, and unselfish he will become a real man and assigns Chip, Pooh & the girls to be his consciences. (*Put one Foot in Front of the Other*)

Otis discovers that his wish has come true and is filled with joy. However, on his way to school, Tinocchio is led astray by a mysterious clawed alien named Randy, a former member of Otis's workshop before being banished. Randy hates Otis with a passion for his atrocities towards the crook, and constantly schemes of ways to exact revenge. He poses as a travel agent and convinces Tinocchio to join Edgar's arena, and he also sends Pooh and the girls to roam Edge City, despite Chip's objections. (*Let's Talk About Me*) Tinocchio thinks that Randy was there to help him, but all Randy cares about is returning to Osmeo and revenge. Pooh and the Powerpuffs reluctantly walk away towards Edge City.

While the gang was away, Tinocchio becomes Edgar's star attraction as a robot who can wrestle without a remote while performing with other rumbling robots. (*I Will Survive*) However, when Tinocchio wants to go home for the night, Edgar locks him up in a cage. Chip arrives to see Tinocchio and is unable to free him. Anna then appears and asks Tinocchio why he wasn’t at school, and the gang was missing. Chip urges Tinocchio to tell the truth, but instead he starts telling lies, which causes his antenna to grow longer and longer. Tinocchio vows to be good from now on and Anna restores his antenna back to its original form and sets them free, while warning him that she can't help them again. And with those words, she vanishes. They leave Edgar's arena safe and sound.

Meanwhile Randy sends the evil knight Sir Ruber to take care of Pooh, while the gang trudge along towards Edge City, "according to the play." Ruber pounces on them, and sends them toppling into a deep ravine. They crawl out of the muddy debris and continue.

Back in their path, the Powerpuffs are in Edge City, confronted by Ruber as well.  It had been a trap all along!  Luckily, Pooh and friends come to the rescue and engage Ruber in an all-out lightsaber duel. But before he could strike the final blow, Pooh thinks of a strategy to get rid of him, and reminds him of the phrase, "'tis beauty that kills the beast." Ruber denies this, as he was already dead. Pooh then warns, "Really? We'll see about that." On Pooh's finger snap signal, Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup forgo their fists in favor of flirtatious looks, confusing their foe long enough for them to each plant a kiss on the knight's cheek. Overcome with disgust and horror, Ruber disintegrates to his death. Tigger calls out, "come back anytime!" Then, Blossom adds that they should check back with Tinocchio, which they do.

The group reorganizes, and were on their way home, when Randy convinces Tinocchio that he needs a vacation on Pleasure Planet, and the others need a wish in Wishland. The group separates again. Once at Pleasure Planet, he befriends Sid, a goofy man. With no rules or authority to stop them, Tinocchio and the other men soon enjoy gambling, smoking, getting drunk, shooting lasers and taking wooden nickels, much to Chip's dismay. (*Life is a Party*) Later, the chameleon discovers that the planet harbors a terrible curse. The visiting men all make apes of themselves by becoming real monkeys to work in zoos and circuses. Chip runs back to warn Tinocchio, only to find that Sid transformed into a terrified monkey, but Tinocchio manages to escape with only a monkey's hands and tail.

Meanwhile, Randy sends another close enemy, Cruella De Vil to take care of the Powerpuffs, and the girls end up being hit by her car and are severely injured, though not killed. When Cruella drives off they regain consciousness, realize who she is, and take off for their group,

All the while, Pooh stumbles into Wishland, a magical realm below a wishing well, powered by a giant cake. Eventually, Cruella emerges and reveals the land to be another trap, so she would use it to buy more coats, and probably to sell our heroes!  Luckily, the girls arrive on the scene. Enraged to see them alive, Cruella asks why she can't have the last laugh. Blossom tells her it's because she's just a spoiled brat. She continues by saying that being a Powerpuff Girl is not about getting one's way, having the best stuff, being popular or being powerful, but about using one's own unique abilities to help people and the world they all live in. This does the trick, and the vengeful Cruella drives in hot pursuit. All the while, the girls rescue the gang, the same way the gang saved the trio from Ruber, and after a scary car chase, Cruella crashes to the ground below.

Upon returning home, the group reorganizes with Tinocchio & Chip, and they find the workshop empty and learn (through a message from a horseshoe) that Otis had ventured out to rescue Tinocchio from Pleasure Planet, but was kidnapped by Randy, and is now on the planet Drizzle.  Understanding that Randy was not a travel agent at all, but merely an evil crook, Tinocchio realized that the kidnapping was his own fault, he became determined to rescue his father and leaves the planet Computra on a space shuttle, with Chip and the others accompanying him. All the while, Piglet is concerned about how the play would end. Christopher Robin assures him that it would end nicely, and Piglet agrres. While mentioning it wasn't a game anymore, because Randy meant business, Pooh & Blossom were grateful to have rescued each other, so they believed this would be a "piece of cake." With that, they were on their way. (*Proud of Your Boy*)

Once there, they free Otis from his imprisonment, and start to escape, when Randy confronts them, ready for a final showdown.  Pooh suggests a hug, but the alien swipes him aside. The girls immediately join the battle too. Blossom and Buttercup retreat, and Randy closes in on Bubbles, who cowers and cries at first, but then remembers Anna's words, that she must always let her conscience be her guide, and continues straight to the fight. Randy prepares to destroy Bubbles, but Blossom and Buttercup come back at the last moment, firing lasers that set the shuttle rolling. Tinocchio thanks them, and prepares for "the biggest battle in space history," claiming it was for his father.

Finally, Tinocchio engages Randy into a fight to get back the hammer.  Nearby, a fiery supernova ignited, and Randy corners Tinocchio onto one shuttle wing and threatens to kill Anna, but the robot replies that only Randy is going down, obvious that he was too dangerous to be left alive. As Tinocchio traps Randy onto the falling wing, the robot clings onto the shuttle, and Randy falls into the supernova and burns to death once and for all. Tinocchio drives the shuttle to safety in the launchpad before the nova rams into it. They are all washed up on solid ground. Otis, Chip, Pooh and the girls survive, but Tinocchio lies motionless face down in a heap of debris.

Back home, the group mourns for him. Anna, however, decides that Tinocchio has proven himself brave, truthful, and unselfish, and he is reborn as a real human, to the group's delight. Chip then tells Tinocchio that he, Pooh and the Girls are leaving to help more innocent creatures in need of a straight and narrow path, on the condition that they be with him in spirit, no matter what. Tinocchio tells them goodbye, and thanks them. Chip steps outside to thank Anna and is rewarded by a solid gold badge that certifies him as an official conscience.  As Chip leaves with his new badge, the Wishing Star still shines in the sky, protecting and illuminating the city of Osmeo forevermore. Pooh, his gang, Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup part ways, until the next adventure.

## Trivia

### Story Behind the Story

I had been to Disneyland, and its ride Pinocchio's Daring Journey. Along the way, I was sure that Pleasure Island was a ripoff of Treasure Island, but then there was Treasure Planet, which was a ripoff too, so in honor, I created Pleasure Planet. As for the transforming curse, I made it so goofy men would turn into monkeys, resulting in a 'Planet of the Apes' effect.

### Pooh's side

A popular Sci-Fi team, the Powerpuff Girls, make their guest star debut, and so does the evil knight, Sir Ruber, while Cruella De Vil is another close enemy of Pooh.

### Early concept

The movie was originally written to guest star Darkwing Duck, Gosalyn, and Taurus Bulba, have underscore by John Debney, and have the Midnight Sons' song, *If Only Tears Could Bring You Back* for the end credits. It was later declared that the movie be changed to focus on Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Ruber & Cruella as the guest stars, Jerry Goldsmith underscore, and Celine Dion's song, *If You Asked Me To* for the end credits, because it made no sense to waste such a grand sci-fi story on otherwise unimportant characters and/or music. However, Blossom is slightly similar to Gosalyn, as both are cute, orange haired, smart, laser blasting heroines.

### Connections

* During the Edge City sequence, the catchphrase, "I know you are, but what am I" is used in *Pee-wee's Big Adventure,* which also starred E.G. Daily, who voiced Buttercup.
* Eric Idle starred in *102 Dalmatians (live-action)* and *Quest for Camelot.*
* Justin Timberlake, Eric Idle, Rupert Everett and Julie Andrews have all co-starred in *Shrek the Third.*
* 1998 was the same year that *A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving* and *The Powerpuff Girls* were released on TV, *Quest for Camelot* was released in theaters, and Jerry Goldsmith composed the underscore for *Mulan.*
* Jim Cummings voiced both Pooh in this series, and Fuzzy Lumpkins in the main *Powerpuff Girls* continuity.
* When Randy talks to Cruella on the phone, he says, "Am I going mad, or did the word 'think' escape your lips?" This line is used in *The Princess Bride,* whose main character is also named Buttercup.
* The real *Pinocchio* has the villain song, *Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life For Me)*, which has been reused in an episode of *The Muppet Show*. The full length movie *The Muppets* has used the villain song *Let's Talk About Me,* which has been reused in this movie, this time with longer lyrics.
* The PPG sketch *Crime 101* and the live-action *101 Dalmatians* are both released in 1996, while the PPG TV special *'Twas the Fight Before Christmas* and *101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure* are both released in 2003.

## Cast

Jim Cummings as Winnie the PoohJohn Fiedler as PigletPaul Winchell as TiggerKen Samson as RabbitPeter Cullen as EeyoreHal Smith as OwlMichael Gough as GopherTim Hoskins as Christopher RobinCathy Cavadini as BlossomTara Strong as BubblesE.G. Daily as ButtercupGary Oldman as RuberBetty Lou Gerson as Cruella De VilJustin Timberlake as TinocchioEric Idle as ChipGene Wilder as OtisRupert Everett as RandyWayne Knight as EdgarWallace Shawn as SidFrank Welker as MikeyJulie Andrews as Anna Conda

### Songs:

* The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh theme
* The Second Star to the Right
* Put one Foot in Front of the Other
* Let's Talk About Me (Sir Randy)
* I Will Survive
* Life is a Party
* Proud of Your Boy
* *No Chance*
* *Legend has been Told*
* End Title Song: If You Asked Me To by Celine Dion
* Exit Music: Soarin' by Jerry Goldsmith

## Full Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5vg7cKMwyM|credits