| Roo | |
|---|---|
| Winnie-the-Pooh character | |
 Roo in the Disney animated version | |
| First appearance | Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) |
| Created by | A. A. Milne |
| Voiced by | Clint Howard (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day) Dori Whitaker (Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too) Dick Billingsley (Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore) Kim Christianson (Welcome to Pooh Corner) Nicholas Melody (The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) Robie Lester (record release) Nikita Hopkins (1998–2005) Jimmy Bennett (2004–2006) Max Burkholder (2007–2009) Wyatt Hall (2011 film and Kinect: Disneyland Adventures) Sara Sheen (Christopher Robin) Aidan McGraw (Kingdom Hearts III) |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Kangaroo joey |
| Gender | Male |
| Family | Kanga (mother) |
| Nationality | English |
Roo is a fictional character created in 1926 by A. A. Milne and first featured in the book Winnie-the-Pooh. He is a young kangaroo (known as a joey) and his mother is Kanga. 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.[1][2][3]
Roo 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 is introduced in the chapter entitled "In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet has a Bath." Roo's friend Tigger does not appear until the sequel, The House at Pooh Corner. He would subsequently appear in various cartoons and other adaptations.
- ^ The Teacher's Calendar School Year 2006-2007, page 125 (McGraw-Hill Professional 2006): "Piglet, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger were all stuffed animals".
- ^ "The Adventures of the REAL Winnie-the-Pooh". New York Public Library.
- ^ "10 surprising Winnie-the-Pooh facts". The Telegraph. September 8, 2017.