Winnie the Pooh Meets the Rookie of the Year is another upcoming new movie planned to be made by RatiganRules. It will appear on Odyssey in the near future.
Plot[]
Henry Rowengartner, a 12-year-old Little Leaguer, has dreams of playing in the major leagues. One day, Henry meets Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Lumpy, Darby, Buster, Ash Ketchum, Pikachu, Misty, Togepi, Brock, Littlefoot and his friends, and all of Pooh's friends and who is bonding with Ash and breaks his arm trying to catch a fly ball and has to wrap it in a cast. Once the arm is healed the doctor removes the cast and discovers Henry's tendons have healed "a little too tight", thus enabling Henry to cock his arm back and fire it forward with incredible force. In celebration of the cast's removal, Henry's mom presents him and two friends with tickets to the day's Chicago Cubs game. At the game, Henry and his friends catch a home run hit by the visiting team. In keeping with tradition, they throw the ball back onto the field. Henry takes the ball and launches it from the outfield bleachers all the way to the catcher standing at home plate which is about 435 feet. Everybody in the stadium stares in astonishment at the throw.
The Cubs sign him, making him the youngest-ever major leaguer. Henry's mother's boyfriend, Jack, whom Henry dislikes, signs on as Henry's agent. When Henry first enters the locker room, he is awestruck to be in the presence of some of his heroes, including his idol Chet "Rocket" Steadman, an irascible pitcher in the twilight of his career.
Henry's first appearance as a relief pitcher comes against the New York Mets which is almost a disaster. In that game, he gives up a home run on his first pitch to Alejandro "Butch" Heddo, with Heddo mocking Henry as he trots the bases. He hits the next batter, then throws a wild pitch, but gets the final out of the game when the runner gets thrown out trying to advance to third base on the wild pitch, earning Henry the save despite not throwing a single strike in the game. After this game, Chet Steadman gives Henry some advice on becoming a better major-league pitcher (especially control of the pitches). When Henry struggles with his control in a later game, Steadman goes out to the mound and gives Henry a nonsensical pep talk, encouraging him to "use your have to." Henry nods as Chet talks but doesn't understand him, Regardless, Henry saves the game, and afterwards the Cubs keep winning, and he keeps earning saves.
Henry endorses several products, including Diet Pepsi, where he replaces Ray Charles in the popular "You Got the Right One, Baby" campaign. However, he and Jack have a falling out when Jack reveals a plot to sell his contract to the New York Yankees. As a result, Henry fires Jack. Henry's mother also breaks up with Jack and throws him out of the house because he is more obsessed with making money off Henry than his well-being.
The final game of the season pits the Cubs against the Mets with the National League Eastern Division title on the line. Before the game, Henry announces to the Cubs' owner that it will be his final (and only) season with the team. He also tells the owner about Jack and General Manager Larry Fisher's scheme to try to sell him to the Yankees, and later it is shown that Larry has in response been demoted to hot dog vendor.
It also proves to be Steadman's last game. At first, he initially pitches like he hasn't pitched in years. However, his arm is blown out on his last pitch in the sixth inning, forcing Henry to step in to finish the game. Henry completes the seventh and eighth innings. However, as Henry walks out to the field in the ninth, he trips on a baseball and falls on his side. He is all right, but he can no longer throw a 100-mile-per-hour fastball. After letting his teammates know what happened, Henry must rely on his wit with their help. He intentionally walks the first two consecutive Mets batters by getting the first runner out by doing a hidden ball trick.
Finally, Henry faces Alejandro "Butch" Heddo. Henry throws, but since he can no longer throw fast the pitch is effectively a changeup and Heddo, expecting a much faster pitch, swings very early and misses for the first strike. Heddo is not fooled with Henry's next pitch, and he sends it skyrocketing toward the fence. It has enough distance but barely curves past the left field foul pole for a foul ball, leaving Heddo with no balls and two strikes. Rattled, Henry bides his time and walks around on the mound. After pulling at some tape he discovers that his baseball glove belonged to his mother. His mother mouths to him, "Float it". Regaining his confidence, Henry lobs a palm-down underhanded floater pitch. Everyone watches as the ball flies high in the air and then down toward home plate. Heddo is surprised at first, then as the ball begins to slowly drop, he swings wildly and misses for the final out, which results in Heddo throwing a tantrum right at home plate in frustration. The Cubs and their fans celebrate winning the division.
As the players are celebrating on the field, Henry shouts out to his mother and throws the game ball toward her seat. The shot of the baseball falling toward Henry's mom cuts to a scene of Henry - playing on a Little League team once again - catching a fly ball over the outfield fence to record the last out of his league's championship game. Henry shouts, "I got it!" and runs toward the infield, where his teammates mob him in celebration, with his mother and Chet Steadman cheering him on. In the midst of this, Henry flashes a ring with blue stones in it. The inscription reads: WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS. Pooh and his friends rode off into the sunset to see what new adventure awaits them.
Trivia[]
- Ash Ketchum, Pikachu, Misty, Togepi, Brock, Delia Ketchum, Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Chomper, Ruby, Guido, Grandpa Longneck, Grandma Longneck, Skip, Mr. Thicknose, Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, Layla, The DigiDestined and their Digimon, Simba, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, Sandy Cheeks, Eugene Krabs, Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Daphne Blake, Fred Jones, Velma Dinkley, Serena and the Sailor Scouts, Arthur Read and his friends, The Magic School Bus gang (Miss Frizzle, Liz, Arnold, Ralphie, Carlos, Tim, Wanda, Dorothy Ann, Phoebe, and Keesha), Ed, Edd, Eddy, The Penguins of Madagascar (Skipper, Kolwalski, Rico, and Private), King Julien, Maurice, Mort, Terk, Tantor, Princess Tiana, Prince Naveen, Louis, Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, Abu, Genie, Iago, Sebastian, Baloo, Bagheera, King Louie, The Vultures (Buzzie, Flaps, Dizzy, and Ziggy), Jiminy Cricket, Zazu, Kronk, Blu, Jewel, Pedro and Nico, Rafael, Luiz, Carla, Bia, and Tiago, Kenai, Koda, Rutt and Tuke, Fu Dog, Roger Rabbit, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Crysta, Pips, Batty Koda, Tennessee Tuxedo, Chumley, and Ttark guest star in this film.
- This is an NTSC film with NTSC bits from the Winnie the Pooh films, the Alvin and the Chipmunks films, The Secret of NIMH 1 and 2, the Pokémon films, The Land Before Time films, Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom, Digimon: The Movie, The Lion King films, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, the Madagascar films, the Tarzan films, Scooby-Doo films The Princess and the Frog, the Aladdin films, The Little Mermaid films, The Jungle Book 1 and 2, TaleSpin: Plunder and Lightning, Pinocchio, The Emperor's New Groove, Kronk's New Groove, Rio 1 and 2, Brother Bear 1 and 2, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Mickey Mouse films, A Goofy Movie, An Extremely Goofy Movie, the Looney Tunes films, and FernGully 1 and 2.
- Due to the film being censored, the words h***, piece of s***, and words that vein with God will be removed and replaced with gosh, heck, and gosh in heaven due to Winnie the Pooh being made for kids.
- This film will be dedicated in memory to John Candy who played Cliff Murdoch who died from a heart attack in 1994, Eddie Bracken who played Bob Carson who died from complications from his surgery in 2002, and Tom Milanovich who died in 2003.