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Real Name |
Roo |
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First Appearance |
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) |
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Original Publisher |
Methuen (London) / Dutton (US) |
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Created by |
A. A. Milne & E. H. Shepard |
Origin[]
Roo is a young kangaroo (known as a joey) who lives with his mother Kanga in the Hundred Acre Wood. There he participates in the adventures of a teddy bear called Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, a small toy pig; Eeyore, a toy donkey; Owl, a live owl; Rabbit, a live rabbit; and Christopher Robin, a human boy.
Roo and Kanga come to the Forest "in the usual way" in Chapter VII of Winnie–the–Pooh. He also appears in Chapter VIII, is mentioned in Chapter IX, and appears again in Chapter X of that book. In The House at Pooh Corner, Roo appears in chapters II, IV, VI, VII, IX, and X, and is mentioned in a few others. Some of the adventures that Roo experiences include being "kidnapped" by Rabbit, accompanying the "expotition" to the North Pole (and getting an impromptu swimming lesson), attending Christopher Robin's party for Pooh, getting stuck in a tree with Tigger, and playing Poohsticks.
Unlike many of the other characters in the Pooh books, Roo does not have a known favorite food, although his mother makes him watercress sandwiches on occasion. He dislikes the extract of malt that his mother gives him as "strengthening medicine" after meals, though he will reluctantly take it.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)
- The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
Notes[]
- As a work first published in 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh entered the public domain in the United States on 1 January 2022 with The House at Pooh Corner entering the public domain in the US in January 1, 2024.
- The Winnie the Pooh franchise is trademarked by the Walt Disney Corporation. In order to use the characters' names, they can only appear in the interior of the story.
- Like most other Pooh characters, Roo is based on a stuffed toy animal that belonged to Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne. Though stuffed, Roo was lost in the 1930s in an apple orchard somewhere in Sussex.