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| music = [[Mark Watters]]

| editing = Robert S. Birchard

| production_companies = [[Disneytoon Studios]]{{efn|Animation outsourced to [[Toon City Animation]].}} <br />Project Firefly LLC

| distributor = [[Walt Disney Home Entertainment]]

| released = {{film date|2004|3|9}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatedisney.com/springtime.html |title=Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo DVD Review |website=www.ultimatedisney.com |access-date=4 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/winnie-the-pooh-springtime-with-roo.html |title=Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo - WDSHE |access-date=2007-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201012221/http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/winnie-the-pooh-springtime-with-roo.html |archive-date=2009-02-01 }} retrieved 4 February 2009</ref>

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'''''Springtime with Roo''''' (also known as '''''Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo''''') is a 2004 American animated [[direct-to-video]] [[Easter]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[fantasy]] [[Adventure film|adventure]] [[comedy-drama film]] produced for [[Walt Disney Pictures]] by [[Disneytoon Studios]], and animated by [[Toon City Animation]] in [[Manila|Manila, Philippines]].

The film features the characters from [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s ''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' franchise, based on the original characters from the books by [[A. A. Milne]] and [[E. H. Shepard]]. The story is loosely based on [[Charles Dickens]]' 1843 novella ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.

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==Plot==

On [[Easter]] day in the [[Hundred Acre Wood]], [[Roo]] and his friends [[Winnie-the-Pooh|Winnie the Pooh]], [[Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Piglet]], [[Tigger]], and [[Eeyore]] visit [[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Rabbit]]'s house, where they expect to celebrate Easter. Upon arrival, the friends discover that Rabbit has replaced the Easter celebration with a "[[Spring cleaning|Spring Cleaning]]" Day. In Rabbit's absence, the group discover that all of their Easter ornaments had been hidden in Rabbit's closet. Assuming that Rabbit had simply forgotten about Easter, the gang decide to surprise Rabbit by decorating his house with the ornaments, but once Rabbit discovers this, he angrily kicks everyone out of his home for disobeying his orders.

Seeing Roo saddened over the events, Tigger returns to Rabbit's house to try reasoning with him. WhenStill upset with his friends, Rabbit deniesinsists everthat likingEaster will never be celebrated in the Hundred Acre Wood again. Confused as to why Rabbit no longer likes Easter, Tigger and the Narratorstory's [[David Ogden Stiers|narrator]] take Rabbit back through the book to last Easter's celebration, which was sometime after [[Kanga (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Kanga]] and Roo had moved to the Hundred Acre Wood. DuringOn that timeday, Rabbit had insisted on having an organized Easter party, treatingbut ithis more like a professional occasion rather than a fun holiday; this controllingstrict behavior annoyed everyone to the point that Tigger led the group into sneaking away to celebrate Easter without Rabbit, leaving the latterhim feeling left out. Realizing how his actions upset Rabbit, Tigger tries to apologizeEmbittered forby histhe unintentional negligencepast, but Rabbit, still upset about the past, refusescontinues to forgivedisallow his friendsEaster.

The group are tasked with cleaning Rabbit's house and while doing so, Pooh inhales dust and sneezes violently, with the impact knocking down a box containing all of Rabbit's Easter ornaments. Assuming that Rabbit had simply forgotten about Easter, the gang decide to surprise Rabbit by decorating his house with the ornaments, but once Rabbit discovers this, he angrily kicks everyone out of his home for disobeying his orders.

Tigger returns to the present and informs his friends of the reason behind Rabbit's banning of Easter, causing Roo to sympathize with Rabbit. Meanwhile, Rabbit also returns to the present, but the Narrator purposefully stops on the wrong page, where Rabbit finds Kanga and Roo's house and overhears Roo stating his wish to cheer Rabbit up, though this fails to change Rabbit's mind. Frustrated with Rabbit's stubbornness, the Narrator transports him to the future, where Rabbit's Spring Cleaning Day celebration has been organized just as he wanted. However, Rabbit is horrified to learn that all of his friends have left the Hundred Acre Wood, causing him to realize the consequences of his selfishness.

Seeing Roo saddened over the events, Tigger returns to Rabbit's house to try reasoning with him. When Rabbit denies ever liking Easter, Tigger and the Narrator take Rabbit back through the book to last Easter's celebration, which was sometime after [[Kanga (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Kanga]] and Roo had moved to the Hundred Acre Wood. During that time, Rabbit insisted on having an organized Easter party, treating it more like a professional occasion rather than a fun holiday; this controlling behavior annoyed everyone to the point that Tigger led the group into sneaking away to celebrate Easter without Rabbit, leaving the latter feeling left out. Realizing how his actions upset Rabbit, Tigger tries to apologize for his unintentional negligence, but Rabbit, still upset about the past, refuses to forgive his friends.

Rabbit soon wakes up the next morning to realize that the events were just a dream and that he still has a chance to change the future. Meanwhile, Roo, unawaredecides ofto cheer Rabbit's changeup ofby heart,repairing rallieshis Pooh,Easter Piglethat, Tigger,which andthe Eeyorelatter tohad surprisedamaged Rabbityesterday within ahis newfrustration. party,While whenRoo and his friends work on their surprise, Rabbit arrives at Roo's house to reveal that he has prepared a bigger and better Easter celebration, thrilling everyone as they all participate in the festivities.

Back in the present, Tigger informs his friends of the reason for Rabbit's unhappiness, prompting them to think of a way to make it up to him. Meanwhile, Rabbit also returns to the present, but the Narrator purposefully stops on the wrong page, where Rabbit finds Kanga and Roo's house and overhears Roo stating his wish to cheer Rabbit up.

When this fails to convince Rabbit, the Narrator (whom wakes him up with a spooky voice) transports him to the unwritten pages of the book (the future of the Hundred Acre Wood), where Rabbit discovers that while his Spring Cleaning Day celebration has been perfectly organized as planned, everyone in the wood has moved away due to his bossy behavior, much to his horror as he discovers his friends' houses are empty and abandon.

Rabbit soon wakes up the next morning to realize that the events were just a dream and that he still has a chance to change the future. Meanwhile, Roo, unaware of Rabbit's change of heart, rallies Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore to surprise Rabbit with a new party, when Rabbit arrives at Roo's house to reveal that he has prepared a bigger and better Easter celebration, thrilling everyone as they all participate in the festivities.

==Voice cast==

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