“Pooh and Piglet experienced a drastic drop in food as Christopher grew up. Over the years, they became increasingly hungry and feral. They had to resort to eating Eeyore.
"They had to resort to eating Eeyore and then Christopher returns with his wife to introduce her to his old friends, and when that happens they get enraged when they see him, and all of their hatred that they've built up over the years unleashes and they go on this rampage."
But Eeyore, the donkey, takes his name from a phonetic spelling of the sound a donkey makes. While there are few glum characters in children's books, anthropomorphized animals are of course a staple of the genre.
“Eeyore is hardly ever happy, and even when he is, he's still sardonic and a bit cynical. Ironically, he actually seems to enjoy being gloomy to an extent and sees it as the essence of his very being.”
Eeyore gets eaten by Pooh and Piglet in 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey'
Eeyore is a character that displays a relatively accurate example of major depressive disorder. One major issue with the character portrayed is his consistent involvement with a support group.
Fed up with his tail, Eeyore decides to stop wearing it.
“I'd say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”
He's canonically grey. To make him more marketable, they turn him blue for merchandise. Yeah that's what I figured. That's why I'm taking a "damn the man" stance and choosing grey as my Eeyore of choice.
Lloyd Birdwell came up with the idea for Eeyore's Birthday Party when he was a UT grad student 57 years ago. Birdwell, who passed away at age 70 in 2014, named the birthday bash to honor Eeyore, who – according to A.A. Milne's stories – became saddened when he thought his friends had forgotten his birthday.
"Eeyore" is simply a phonetic spelling of the sound a donkey makes, the braying noise usually transcribed in American English as "hee-haw." In the non-rhotic (or r-dropping) accents of most of England, the name "Eeyore" would be pronounced \EE-aw\.
Variety shares that “Tigger, will not appear” in Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, “although there is a scene featuring Eeyore's tombstone, the miserable donkey having been eaten by a starving Pooh and Piglet.”
In the adaptations, Eeyore has developed a close friendship with Tigger.
Christopher Robins's dear friend, Eeyore, is 40 years old in the book series.
In the Winnie the Pooh universe, the only female character that ever appears with any regularity is Kanga. She and her son, Roo, are kangaroos who are friends with Winnie, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and all the other male characters in the series.
At the end of the film, however, Christopher Robin explains to Tigger that Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Owl, Roo, and Kanga are his family. Tigger finally agrees to this and takes a family picture to place in an amulet now belonging to Roo, his honorary little brother.
Kanga is an anthropomorphic, stuffed kangaroo belonging to Christopher Robin that first appeared in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. Hospitable and gentle, Kanga is the mother of Roo and a good friend to the Hundred Acre Wood residents, most notably Tigger.
The book closes with the narrator remarking, "Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing."
In the episode “Winnie-the-Pooh and a Day for Eeyore,” the gang discovers Eeyore is particularly sad because no one remembered his birthday. Distraught by this oversight, Pooh and Piglet rush home to get gifts for their friend.
Mostly due to his small size and flimsiness, Piglet is an incredibly timid, fragile, and insecure animal. He apparently suffers from anxiety and is often seen cowering in fear in even the tamest moments. Piglet also has a speech impediment that causes him to stutter.
It's a well known theory that eeyore is suffering from depression or dysthymia disorder. His low mood, sarcastic negative criticisms, and distaste for social situations are constant reminders that eeyore is not in the best frame of mind.