Tigger Quotes

“Oh Tigger, where are your manners?”

“I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.”
~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

 

Tigger: Come on, Rabbit. Let’s you and me bounce, huh?
Rabbit: Good heavens! M-m-m-me bounce?

Tigger: Why, certainly! And look, you’ve got the feet for it.
Rabbit: I have?
Tigger: Sure! Come on, try it! It makes ya feel just grrreat!

~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

 

Christopher Robin: You’re next, Tigger. Jump!
Tigger: Er, jump? Tiggers don’t jump, they bounce.
Winnie the Pooh: Then bounce down.
Tigger: Don’t be “ridick-orous”. Tiggers only bounce up!
Christopher Robin: You can climb down, Tigger.
Tigger: Ah, but tiggers can’t climb down, uh, uh, because, uh, oh… oh their tails get in the way!
Rabbit: Hooray! That settles it. If he won’t jump, and he can’t climb down, then we’ll just have to leave him up there forever!

~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

 

Tigger: I “recoggonize” you. You’re the one that’s stuffed with fluff.
Winnie the Pooh: Yeah. And you’re sitting on it.
Tigger: Yeah. And it’s comfy, too!

~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

 

Tigger: Well, I gotta go now. I’ve got a lotta bouncin’ to do! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! T-T-F-N: ta-ta for now!

~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

 

Tigger: The wonderful thing about tiggers / Is tiggers are wonderful things / Their tops are made out of rubber / Their bottoms are made out of springs / They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun / But the most wonderful thing about tiggers is I’m the only one / IIIII’m the only one!

~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

 

Tigger: Hello, Rabbit! I’m Tigger. T-I double guh…
Rabbit: Please! Please! Don’t spell it! Oh dear, will you just… just look at my beautiful garden!
Tigger: Yyyyyuck! M-messy, isn’t it?
Rabbit: Messy? Messy? It’s ruined! It’s ruined, Tigger! Why won’t you ever stop bouncing?
Tigger: Why? That’s what Tiggers do best! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

 

Tigger: Hello, Piglet! I’m Tigger!
Piglet: Oh, Tigger! You sc-c-c-cared me!
Tigger: Oh, shucks! That was just one of my little bounces!
Piglet: It was? Oh. Thank you, Tigger.
Tigger: Yeah, I’m saving my best bounce for ole Long Ears!
Tigger: Ta-ta!

~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

 

Roo: I bet you can climb trees, huh, Tigger?
Tigger: Climb trees? Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Why, that’s what Tiggers do best! Only Tiggers don’t climb trees, they bounce ’em! C’mon, let’s go! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh

 

Tigger: Honey! Oh, boy, honey! That’s what tiggers like best.
Winnie the Pooh: I was afraid of that.
Tigger: Oh, say… Yyyyyuck! Tiggers don’t like honey!
Winnie the Pooh: But you said you that you liked…
Tigger: Yeah, that icky, sticky stuff is only fit for heffalumps and woozles.
Winnie the Pooh: You mean elephants and weasels.
Tigger: That’s what I said, heffalumps and woozles.

~ (Tigger), A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh