
The rest of Tigger's friends say that they are not quite as bouncy as he is because they are not Tiggers like him. He later damages the complex pulley system that Rabbit has rigged up to remove the boulder, much to the latter's frustration. While he searches for a playmate, Tigger inadvertently destroys Eeyore's house with a boulder. In the Hundred Acre Wood, Tigger searches for someone to bounce with him, but all of his friends are too busy getting ready for the upcoming winter. The film received 3 nominations on the Annie Awards including the Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production, the Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production and the Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production. The film was the highest-grossing film in the Winnie the Pooh franchise until it was surpassed by 2018's Christopher Robin. Originally, the film was slated for a direct-to-video release, until then–Disney CEO Michael Eisner heard the Sherman Brothers' songs, and decided to release the film in theaters worldwide. The film features original songs from the Sherman Brothers. Cummings had already played Tigger in the anti-drug television special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and the final two seasons of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Winchell was originally cast as Tigger, but he dropped from the project when the studio discovered that his voice was too raspy. It is also the first in the original films in which Tigger is voiced by Jim Cummings (who also voices Pooh) Tigger's original voice actor Paul Winchell, officially retired from the role in 1999 after A Valentine for You and died in 2005.

The film was the first feature-length theatrical Pooh film that was not a collection of previously released shorts. It is the second theatrical Winnie the Pooh film after The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and features Pooh's best friend Tigger searching for his family tree and other Tiggers like himself.

$15 million –$30 million The Tigger Movie (also known as Winnie the Pooh and the Family Tree in the working title) is a 2000 American animated musical comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and animation production by Walt Disney Animation (Japan), Inc., written and directed by Jun Falkenstein from a story by Eddie Guzelian.
