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((short description|Fictional gopher from Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh stories))
((DISPLAYTITLE:Gopher (''Winnie the Pooh'')))
((More citations needed|date=December 2020))
((Infobox character
| name = Gopher
| image = Gopher (Winnie-the-Pooh character).gif
| first = ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'' (1966)
| voice = [[Howard Morris]] (1966–1977) <br> [[Michael Gough (voice actor)|Michael Gough]] (1988–present)
| species = [[Gopher]]
| gender = [[Male]]
| creator = [[Walt Disney]]<br>[[John Lounsbery]]
))
'''Gopher''' is a fictional grey [[anthropomorphic]] [[gopher (animal)|gopher]] character who first appeared in the 1966 [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] [[animated film]] ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]''.<ref name="D23">((cite web |url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/gopher/ |title=Gopher - D23 |website=d23.com |date=September 5, 2015))</ref> He has a habit of whistling out his [[sibilant]] consonants, one of various traits he has in common with the beaver in ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'', by whom he may have been inspired. While he never made appearances in any episodes of ''[[Welcome to Pooh Corner]]'', Gopher was fleshed out a bit further in the television series ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''. He is portrayed as generally hard-working, especially in his tunnels (which he inevitably falls into at least once). He does not appear in the original books ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh (book)|Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' and ''[[The House at Pooh Corner]]'' by [[A. A. Milne]] (a fact that is regularly pointed out in ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'', when he [[Breaking the fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall]] by saying he's "not in the book, y'know", also trying to say that he would not be in a phone book). Gopher's voice was originally done by [[Howard Morris]], who retired from the role and was replaced by [[Michael Gough (voice actor)|Michael Gough]].

Gopher's other appearances in ''Winnie the Pooh''-related media include the television specials ''[[A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving]]'', ''[[A Valentine for You|Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You]]'', and ''[[Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh]]'', the direct-to-video film ''[[A Very Merry Pooh Year]]'', and the video game ''Winnie the Pooh: 123's''. He also made minor appearances in the television series ''[[House of Mouse]]'', the video game ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', and ''[[Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie]]'' (in archive footage from ''Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh''). This last was Gopher's last appearance in any form of media until the release of ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'' in January 2019, after nearly thirteen years of absence.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2018/11/kingdom-hearts-iii-kingdom-of-corona-and-100-acre-wood-screenshots |title=Kingdom Hearts III Kingdom of Corona and 100 Acre Wood screenshots |website=Gematsu |first=Sal |last=Romano |date=November 16, 2018))</ref> Four years later, he was also added 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> Like other [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] characters, he has a cameo appearance in the 2023 short film ''[[Once Upon a Studio]]''.<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>

==Character==
===Creation===
Gopher was the only character in the original shorts that was an original character and not based on a character from the [[A.A. Milne]] books,<ref name="D23"/> a fact he notes in his first appearance when he says "I'm not in the book, you know!" Instead, he was initially developed by Disney as a replacement for [[Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Piglet]], although it was ultimately decided to keep Piglet involved in the stories as well as use Gopher.  Apparently, the proposed character of Gopher was thought to have a more "folksy, all-American, grass-roots image" than Piglet.  While American audiences loved the character, British audiences were less than pleased.

Like most [[List of Winnie-the-Pooh characters|''Winnie-the-Pooh'' characters]], Gopher is named after his own species.

Gopher is also known for his unique voice characterization. He tends to whistle his consonants, particularly his S's. This is lampshaded in his debut; when Pooh mimics Gopher while asking for honey, Gopher tells Pooh he should do something about the speech impediment he himself has, before handing him the honey.

===Personality===
Gopher has a fairly brash, bolshie personality, with a tendency to [[Circumlocution|talk in circles]]. Though presenting himself as a helpful handyman, he often rambles, dodges questions, and gives bad advice which usually leads to misunderstandings resulting in others becoming annoyed and refusing his service or vice versa. He is rarely seen outside of his burrow so not much is known about him socially. He is also quite easily offended, repeatedly storming off to his burrow and comedically falling down his mine shafts in these instances. Though short-tempered, he is shown to be a very skilled, hard worker, especially in his mine shafts (tunnels) and spends most of his time tediously working on them. He is also genuinely resourceful at times and shown to have a surprisingly tender and thoughtful side, such as when he remembers how his Grandpappy's forgotten lifelong dream of building an above-ground-underground city, and takes this project upon himself to please his Grandpappy. Despite his low social life, when Gopher does make an appearance he is constantly running at the mouth; with his trademark speech impediment of whistling out his [[sibilant consonants]].

==References==
((Reflist))

((Winnie-the-Pooh))
((Disney animated characters))

((DEFAULTSORT:Gopher (Winnie the Pooh)))
[[Category:Fictional gophers]]
[[Category:Film characters introduced in 1966]]
[[Category:Male characters in animation]]
[[Category:Winnie-the-Pooh characters]]
[[Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios characters]]
[[Category:Fictional miners]]
[[Category:Characters created by Walt Disney]]

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