Top 3

Ms Searcy has challenged us to choose the top 3 of anything we want and justify our decisions. I have chosen to replace the extremely daunting topic of "anything" with the less difficult subject of characters from the Disney program "Winnie the Pooh".

I have created a specific criteria that will simultaneously help me with both the selection of the top 3 characters from the popular show "Winnie the Pooh" and my justification of my decision. My criteria is based on: i) how memorable the character is (fame); ii) level of humor; iii) amount (s)he is cherished.

CHARACTER #3 IS...

WINNIE THE POOH!!!
I'm sure that anyone reading this is thinking, How on earth can Winnie the Pooh be outdone when he's the title character?! But I think you'll see my reasoning once you're done reading. Although he is one of the more memorable characters (in part because the show is named after him), he is lacking somewhat in humor. Most of his escapades have some level of humor to them, but usually the humor comes in part from the other characters he is with. However, he redeems himself in lovability because everyone has a soft spot in their hearts for that adorable bear known as Winnie the Pooh (or Pooh for short). If I was to give him a ranking on a scale of 1 to 10 for each category, he would get a 10 in fame because the show is, after all, named after him and he is the main character. He would get a 5 in humor (this is open to argument; I'm only an amateur here). Being perhaps the most beloved character, he would receive a 10 in this regard (as I'm sure Christopher Robin would agree).

CHARACTER #2 IS...

PIGLET!!!
Piglet is the 3rd character you think of when reminiscing about Winnie the Pooh, as he is Pooh's best friend. He is slightly more humorous than Pooh, mostly in the way he worries about everything. It is this overly cautious personality which earns him a place in our hearts. After all, with Pooh being so adventurous, someone has to say "Oh dear" when his escapades go somewhat awry. Supposing he were to be ranked in each category, he would get a 9 for fame, a 7 for humor, and a 10 for being one of the more endearing characters in the show.

AND CHARACTER #1 IS...

TIGGER!!! (or, in his own words, T-i-double-guh-er)*
Anyone who has seen Winnie the Pooh would probably still remember him. Tigger is one of the funniest characters in the whole cast, and his carefree ways have upset Rabbit on several occasions. Almost everyone who ever watched Pooh and his friends will have fond memories of his hilarious antics. Ranking him in every category listed above would be as simple as saying he gets 10 out of 10 in all of them. It would be nearly impossible to find someone who is familiar with Winnie the Pooh that doesn't like Tigger.

*I sincerely apologize to Ms Searcy for the grammatically incorrect spelling of Tigger's name, but he simply doesn't care about insignificant trivialities like grammar. The only possible exception to this is his fascination with the word onomatopoeia.