Editing Christopher Robin

{{short description|Fictional character created by A. A. Milne}}
{{About|the fictional character|the son of the author A. A. Milne, on whom the character was based|Christopher Robin Milne|the film|Christopher Robin (film)}}
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{{Infobox character
| name          = Christopher Robin
| series        = [[Winnie-the-Pooh]]
| first         = ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh (book)|Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' (1926)
| creator       = [[A. A. Milne]]
| gender        = Male
| nationality   = [[English people|English]]
| image         = File:Winnie-the-Pooh 16.png
| image_upright = 1
| caption       = Christopher Robin, walking down the stairs with his plush bear [[Winnie the Pooh]], as seen in ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh (book)|Winnie-the-Pooh]]''
| based_on      = [[Christopher Robin Milne]]
}}
'''Christopher Robin''' is a character created by [[A. A. Milne]], based on his son [[Christopher Robin Milne]]. The character appears in the author's popular books of poetry and ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' stories, and has subsequently appeared in [[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|various Disney adaptations]] of the Pooh stories.

==Christopher Robin Milne==
Christopher Robin was based on the author A. A. Milne's son, [[Christopher Robin Milne]], who later in life became disappointed about the use of his name. Christopher Milne wrote in one of a series of [[autobiography|autobiographical]] works: "It seemed to me almost that my father had got where he was by climbing on my infant shoulders, that he had filched from me my good name and left me nothing but empty fame," One of the poems, "[[Vespers (poem)|Vespers]]" – which describes young Christopher Robin saying his evening prayers – was said by Christopher Milne as "the one work that has brought me over the years more toe-curling, fist-clenching, lip-biting embarrassment than any other."<ref>[[Julia Eccleshare|Eccleshare, Julia]]. 2002. ''Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter: portraits of children's writers''. National Portrait Gallery. {{ISBN|9781855143425}}. p. 33</ref>

==In the books==
Christopher Robin appears in Milne's poems and in the two books: ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh (book)|Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' (1926) and ''[[The House at Pooh Corner]]'' (1928). In the books he is a young boy and one of [[Winnie-the-Pooh]]'s best friends. His other friends are [[Eeyore]], [[Kanga (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Kanga]] and [[Roo]], [[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Rabbit]], [[Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Piglet]], [[Owl (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Owl]], and [[Tigger]]. In the second book, there are hints that Christopher Robin is growing up. In the final chapter, the inhabitants of [[Hundred Acre Wood|the Forest]] throw him a farewell party after learning he must leave them soon. It is implied that he will attend boarding school; Christopher Robin Milne, for whom the stories were originally developed, left home to attend [[Stowe School]] at age 9.<ref>{{cite book|title=The enchanted places|page=1|publisher=Penguin|year=1976|author=Christopher Milne}}</ref>

In addition to both Pooh books, the character was immortalized in other works by A. A. Milne including two books of poems: ''[[When We Were Very Young]]'' (1924) and ''[[Now We Are Six]]'' (1927). An arrangement of one of the poems, ''Buckingham Palace'', was first recorded by [[Ann Stephens]] in July 1941.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maloy |first=Liam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQ_2DwAAQBAJ |title=Spinning the Child - Musical Constructions of Childhood Through Records, Radio and Television |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2020 |isbn=9781351334099 |language=en |access-date=May 18, 2023}}</ref> [[Petula Clark]] released a recording of it in 1953 to coincide with the [[coronation]] of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

In [[David Benedictus]]'s 2009 [[Authorization|authorized]] sequel ''[[Return to the Hundred Acre Wood]]'', Christopher Robin was at school, but during the summer break he returns to the forest for a visit with a lot of knowledge to share. Though slightly older, he is still the same person as before and is happy to share more good times with his friends all summer. At the end of the summer, he has to leave again for another school year, but the animals know they will see him again.

Christopher Robin is cheerful, compassionate, adventurous, fun-loving, imaginative, and helpful. Despite being a child, he is much wiser and more mature than many of the other characters, and is someone Pooh and the others look up to. In the book illustrations, his house appears as a hollow tree with a door at the top of the forest.

==Disney adaptations==
{{Infobox character
| name       = Christopher Robin
| franchise  = [[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Disney's ''Winnie the Pooh'']]
| image      = Christopherrobin.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption    = Christopher Robin in ''[[Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin]]''
| first      = ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'' (1966)
| creator    = [[A.A. Milne]]
| portrayer  = {{ubl |[[Ewan McGregor]] {{small|(adult)}}|Orton O'Brien {{small|(child)}}|(''[[Christopher Robin (film)|Christopher Robin]]'')}}
| voice      = {{ubl | [[Bruce Reitherman]] (1966) | [[Jon Walmsley]] (1968) | [[Timothy Turner (actor)|Timothy Turner]] (1974) | Kim Christianson (1983) | Tim Hoskins (1988–1991) | [[Edan Gross]] (1991) | [[Brady Bluhm]] (1997–2000) | [[Frankie J. Galasso]] (1997)| [[Tom Attenborough]] (2000) | Paul Tiesler (2001–2003) | William Green (2002) | Tom Wheatley (2003-2004) | Struan Erlenborn (2007–2010) | Jack Boulter (2011) | [[Oliver Bell]] (2016)}}
| gender     = Male
| family     = [[List of Winnie-the-Pooh characters#Christopher Robin's mother|Unnamed mother]] <br> '''2018 film''': {{ubl|Unnamed father|[[List of Winnie-the-Pooh characters#Evelyn Robin|Evelyn Robin]] <small>(wife)</small>|[[List of Winnie-the-Pooh characters#Madeline Robin|Madeline Robin]] <small>(daughter)</small>}}
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Since 1966, Disney has released numerous features starring Winnie-the-Pooh and related characters. Christopher Robin appears in all of the Disney animated adaptations except for ''[[Welcome to Pooh Corner]]'', ''[[Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh]]'', ''[[Springtime with Roo]]'', and ''[[Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie]]''. But in most of the cartoons, he is only a supporting character, sometimes only appearing in a few scenes or episodes; in ''[[Pooh's Heffalump Movie]]'', he only appears during the credits. His personality is virtually the same as in the books, but he attends [[day school]] instead of [[boarding school]].

Christopher Robin's bedroom, but not Christopher Robin himself, appears in live-action opening sequences. In the world within his storybooks, his house appears just as it does in [[E. H. Shepard]]'s illustrations.

An English boy living in the [[Ashdown Forest]], Christopher Robin has brown hair. He wears a yellow polo shirt with white collar and trim on his short sleeves, blue shorts, white socks and black [[Mary Jane (shoe)|Mary Jane shoes]] (or sometimes red sneakers). On several appropriate occasions, he plays a [[snare drum]].

''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' re-imagines him as an American boy living in the suburban house 100 Acre Road whose backyard connects directly to the Hundred Acre Wood. His mother also appears in the series and Robin is apparently their surname in that continuity.

Some of these elements were reused for ''[[The Book of Pooh]]'', but the animals are once again characters in Christopher Robin's storybook. His hollow tree house does not appear from both series.

Christopher Robin has appeared on the television series ''[[House of Mouse]]'' with his friends in cameo appearances. While he does not appear in the [[Kingdom Hearts (series)|''Kingdom Hearts'' video game series]], in this continuity the ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' book belongs to [[Merlin (Disney)|Merlin]] and Christopher Robin's role is played out mostly by [[Sora (Kingdom Hearts)|Sora]]. He only appears in two episodes of ''[[My Friends Tigger and Pooh]]'' but in the whole series, he is absent and is replaced by his younger friend Darby, a feisty red-headed girl who is the main protagonist and hosts the series.

His appearance was updated for [[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)|the 2011 film]]. He also appears with the same appearance as a playable character in the video game ''[[Disney Magic Kingdoms]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qmt5zmNj0M&ab_channel=DisneyMagicKingdoms |title=Update 69: Bambi {{!}} Event Walkthrough|author=''Disney Magic Kingdoms'' ([[Gameloft]])|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>

In the ''[[Doc McStuffins]]'' crossover special "Into the Hundred Acre Wood!", Christopher Robin visits Doc's toy hospital searching for Pooh, who has been admitted as a patient. Christopher Robin and Doc bond through their shared ability to talk to toys. The character is voiced by [[Oliver Bell]].<ref name="animationmagazine">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/doc-mcstuffins-visits-hundred-acre-wood-jan-18/|title='Doc McStuffins' Visits 'Hundred Acre Wood' Jan. 18|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|date=January 18, 2017|access-date=March 11, 2017|magazine=[[Animation Magazine]]}}</ref>

[[Ewan McGregor]] played a grown-up version of the character in the 2018 Disney live-action film ''[[Christopher Robin (film)|Christopher Robin]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ewan-mcgregor-star-disneys-christopher-robin-997556 |title=Ewan McGregor to Star in Disney's 'Christopher Robin' |date=April 26, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=28 April 2017}}</ref> while Orton O'Brien portrays the character as a child.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Brody |first1=Richard |title="Christopher Robin," Reviewed: Disney's Pleasantly Abrasive New Spin on Winnie-the-Pooh |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/christopher-robin-reviewed-disneys-pleasantly-abrasive-new-spin-on-winnie-the-pooh |magazine=The New Yorker |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=December 12, 2022 |date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> In this film adaptation, the now adult Christopher is director of efficiency at a luggage company, and Pooh ultimately helps him to devise a plan to significantly decrease the company's expenditures.

Christopher Robin has a cameo appearance in the 2023 short film ''[[Once Upon a Studio]]'', where, together with his friends, he tries to help Pooh when he is stuck in a photo frame, and being part of the [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] characters who gather to take a group photo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reif |first1=Alex |title=Disney's "Once Upon a Studio" – List of Characters in Order of Appearance |url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/disney-entertainment/disneys-once-upon-a-studio-list-of-characters-in-order-of-appearance/ |website=Laughing Place |date=October 16, 2023}}</ref>

===Portrayals===
Of the nine main characters, Christopher Robin has the most voice actors. He has been voiced by the following:
* [[Bruce Reitherman]]: ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]''
* [[Jon Walmsley]]: ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]'', ''[[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' (also re-recorded Christopher's lines for ''Honey Tree'')
* Timothy Turner: ''[[Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too]]''
* Kim Christianson: ''[[Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore]]''
* Tim Hoskins: ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''
* [[Edan Gross]]: ''[[Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too]]''
* [[Brady Bluhm]]: ''[[Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin]]'', ''[[A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving]]'', ''[[A Valentine for You]]'' and ''[[Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving]]''
* [[Frankie J. Galasso]]: ''[[Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin]]'' (singing voice)
* [[Tom Attenborough]]: ''[[The Tigger Movie]]''
* Tom Wheatley: ''[[Piglet's Big Movie]]''
* [[Kath Soucie]]: ''[[Piglet's Big Movie]]'' (singing voice)
* William Green: ''[[A Very Merry Pooh Year]]''
* Paul Tiesler: ''[[The Book of Pooh]]''
* Struan Erlenborn: ''[[My Friends Tigger and Pooh]]''
* Jack Boulter: ''[[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)|Winnie-the-Pooh]]''
* [[Oliver Bell]]: ''[[Doc McStuffins]]''

Reitherman, Hoskins, Gross and Tiesler are the only actors to use an American accent for the character. All others use [[received pronunciation]].

==''Blood and Honey''==
In the 2023 horror film, ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey]]'', Christopher Robin was played by Nikolai Leon with Frederick Dallaway as young Christopher Robin.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19623240/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm | title=Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> Like the 2018 [[Christopher Robin (film)|Disney film]], Christopher Robin is a grown adult, who sees his old friends again. However, due to leaving them for college five years ago, they are feral, and go on a rampage. He is depicted as a victim rather than a killer like his friends, because of the torture his former friends did to him.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://inducks.org/character.php?c=CR His profile] at the [[Inducks]]

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