# The not-so-wonderful thing about Tigger.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 3, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-wonderful-thing-about-tigger/238008 "2004-04-03T02:37:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-wonderful-thing-about-tigger/238008/21 "2004-04-04T16:58:00Z")
I’ve been ::ahem:: handled by Eeyore and, IIRC, the Sheriff of Nottingham (the big wolf from Robin Hood). One of my male friends was accosted _twice_ by Tweety Bird (led to tons of inappropriate Tweety jokes and Tweety-related gifts). I think they’re _capable_ of the range of motion necessary to cop a feel, but can’t really feel anything… if you watch most of the characters signing autographs, they hold the pen like a little kid would, and most of the signatures are a somewhat-legible scrawl. That said, I also think that it’s easy for the person inside the suit to be unaware of where their extremities are… I’ve seen a lot of the big-footed characters accidentally step on or kick people. I don’t know about this… I’d like to see more information before I make a decision either way. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-wonderful-thing-about-tigger/238008/22 "2004-04-04T20:34:44Z")
> [@The Man With The Golden Gun](#): > > Wow. Furries and pedophilia all in one blow. I think we have a winner. Actually, if this was a “furry” thing, it’d clearly be _Tigger_ that would get fondled, what with the springy bottom and the rubber top and all. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-wonderful-thing-about-tigger/238008/23 "2004-04-04T22:45:47Z")
Disney suspended him **without pay** on the basis of an **allegation**??? ---
**Author:** ![fushj00mang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-wonderful-thing-about-tigger/238008/24 "2004-04-05T05:55:17Z")
From SomethingAwful: > [@](#): > > With gloves that huge, it’s impossible for a mascot to put his hand on a girl’s shoulder without groping her chest, grabbing her crotch, and doing her taxes at the same time .Tigger wasn’t trying to cop a feel, he was trying to give these ladies a friendly squeeze on the shoulder. A friend of mine, Steve Farr, worked for Disney as a charachter when he was in high school. He said some of the costumes were made so that you could have full use of your hands, but that the full body costumes, such as Tigger, had hand mits like a boxing glove. For him, ‘signing’ an autograph involved putting a pen in said mit, and waving it around. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-wonderful-thing-about-tigger/238008/25 "2004-04-05T12:29:06Z")
The accused (in the CNN photo) looks like Steve Buscemi. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-wonderful-thing-about-tigger/238008/26 "2004-04-05T16:55:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Disney suspended him without pay on the basis of an allegation??? They don’t have a whole lotta choice. No matter what they think of the allegation, can you imagine the outcry if they let him keep working - even if it wasn’t i the same role? Disney has a squeaky-clean image (well, until Eisner) and they aren’t about to risk that over this guy. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-wonderful-thing-about-tigger/238008/27 "2004-04-06T19:28:36Z")
Alright, I guess I need to wade in on this since I have experience in being a theme park character. Now, I haven’t followed this closely since I am in Atlanta right now, but from what I’ve read there is plausible deniability. You have to keep in mind that when in costume we’re wearing blinders so we usually have very limited, if any at all, peripheral vision. So when I, in my Shrek outfit, have to pose with a family I usually pick a pose, stick my arms out and let the family move around me and then I slowly lower my arms to make contact with them. Now in Shrek I’m wearing big, immobile, plastic hands so I have no sense of feel other than pressure. I know I’ve accidentally thwapped people upside the head and probably accidently groped someone, but I’m fairly safe in that costume because of the immobility of hands. Tigger is wearing gloves, he has a sense of feel, but he has no peripheral vision. So it is possible that he didn’t realize what he was doing, but very unlikely sense he did it to both people. Please know that this is very unusual, there is no cover up by the theme parks on this stuff. And regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit he’s probably blacklisted by both major parks in Orlando. So - that’s my input. Any questions I can answer? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-not-so-wonderful-thing-about-tigger/238008.md?page=1)