# Who is Roo's Father? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703 "2005-08-12T07:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/61 "2005-08-22T14:44:10Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > It’s obvious that Kanga had a fling with The Heffalump! Making Roo your brother? ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/62 "2005-08-22T17:55:22Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > It’s always been obvious to me that it’s Tigger. That’s where Roo gets his love of bouncing. Also, Tigger’s over there all the time spending quality time with the kid. He’s respectful to Kanga, she’s kind to him…it’s obvious that this was a one night stand kind of deal and while they both know it was a mistake, they’re working together to make the best of it. Having read the whole thread, this is my vote, too. Tigger’s extra bouncy, so he’s got something in common with Kanga; and it’s obvious that Roo must have inherited bounce from both sides, 'cause he’s got so much of it. Tigger’s being over at Kanga’s house all the time is definitely the behaviour of the “uncle” who’s secretly the father. _The Heffalump_? Somebody tell whoever said that that the Heffalump is a fictitious character. Get serious, man. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/63 "2005-08-22T18:04:18Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > You guys are all sick. > And wrong. > C’mon! It’s obvious that Kanga had a fling with The Heffalump! I think it was a Woozle. I hear they have three dongs. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/64 "2005-08-22T19:50:10Z")
Imagine someday when Roo is older and has a child of his own. He’ll be going around constantly saying to the kid, “Roo’s your daddy! C’mon, say it, Roo’s your daddy!” Which will make things _really_ confusing if Scooby Doo is over for a visit. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/65 "2005-08-22T21:05:28Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Cute answers everyone, but I’m afraid you’re all wrong. See, [A.A. Milne](http://www.pooh-corner.com/biomilne.html) was my mom’s great grand uncle. When she was a very small girl he would tell her some of the 100 Acre Wood tales as bedtime stories. She says that, once, she asked this same question of her uncle and was shocked by the answer. Having done additional reseach on my own, I can only conclude that her memory, as well as his explanation, are faithful to history. > > Kanga was born and raised in Australia. She was raised in a peaceful herd without harassment from dingoes or even humans. She was very respectful of her elders as a young kangaroo and showed every sign of blossoming into a well-balanced and demure adult female. But then she met Roo’s father. > > He was both rowdy and loving, a free-spirit but faithful and patient. She was helplessly smitten with his tender charm mixed with a touch of “bad boy” mischief. After a respectable courtship, they mated. Repeatedly. Furiously. He had a stamina like no other kangaroo the herd had ever known. Kanga had no choice but to conceive. > > It was not long after the vigorous nuptiuals that Roo’s father and some of his mates were out about their business for the evening when they happened across a pair of human vehicle of the strangest sort. After some careful observation, they deduced that the vehicles were owned and operated by a pair of female humans. Always full of mischief, the mates drew lots to see which of them would dare to sneak into one of the vehicles to steal a pair of female knickers. Roo’s father, [Booga,](http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/t/tankgirl.htm#Booga) wound up having to take the dare. He crept to the closest vehicle, a highly modified army tank, and stole in through the hatch. He didn’t come out until dawn. > > By the time he returned to the herd, Kanga had been clued in as to Booga’s encounter with a human female and, heartbroken, disgusted and humiliated she fled to England and the 100 Acre Wood. Roo has never met his father, but each day Kanga sees the love and mischief of her beloved/despised Booga in Roo’s eyes. She wants so much for Roo, but knows to keep him well away from human females. I read this entire post expecting you to comment on \*Booga Roo’s \* nickname. _Electric_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/66 "2005-08-22T21:19:52Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The abiogenesis of stuffed animals is an imperfectly understood phenomenon. Well, we _all_ know Kanga was stuffed. The question is by whom. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/67 "2005-08-22T21:43:34Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Well, we _all_ know Kanga was stuffed. > > The question is by whom. OK, _that_ was pretty damned funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/68 "2005-08-22T22:01:19Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > OK, _that_ was pretty damned funny. Unfortunately I only thought of it after the thread had wound down, and I didn’t feel right bumping it just to make the joke. Thanks, **flight**. ---
**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/69 "2005-08-22T22:12:04Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > \ > > _The Heffalump_? Somebody tell whoever said that that the Heffalump is a fictitious character. Get serious, man. 😉 Heresy! As of this year, the mysterious Heffalump has been revealed! Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005) shows them in all their splendor when a heffalump by the nickname of Lumpy _who’s actual name is Heffridge Trumpler Brompet Heffalump IV_, befriends Roo. Their species reside in a place called Heffalump Hollow, on the \*other side \* of the fence of the hundred acre wood. We shoulda known. [epiphany] Wait a minute. Roo is the star of this whole movie…perhaps we’re onto something here, because you never see Lumpy’s father, only the mother! Roo’s real father must be Lumpy’s father. That would make Lumpy and Roo half brothers. He probably couldn’t stand the pain of seeing small helpless Roo, the product of one lonely night of reckless passion on the other side of the fence. But the sheer size of the adult Heffalump is astonishing. With that size…Kanga being so small…how could he ever…I don’t see how…oh my. [/epihpany] Then again, it could be a crafty woozle too; a kanga sounds like it may fit together rather nicely with a wooze, thus creating a kangawoozle, Roo’s true species. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/70 "2005-08-22T22:13:13Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > I read this entire post expecting you to comment on \*Booga Roo’s \* nickname. > > _Electric_. 😛 Priceless. No, I’m no as sharp as all that. ---
**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/71 "2005-08-22T22:26:27Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > I read this entire post expecting you to comment on \*Booga Roo’s \* nickname. > > _Electric_. 😛 Unless you’re Scooby Doo - then it would be _Erectric_😃 ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/72 "2005-08-22T23:13:04Z")
So Scooby Doo is Roo’s father? Does that mean Roo and Scrappy are brothers? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/73 "2005-08-22T23:23:54Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > So Scooby Doo is Roo’s father? Does that mean Roo and Scrappy are brothers? No, they’d be cousins. Scooby-Dum, Scooby-Dee, Yabba-Doo, Dooby-Doo, Ruby-Doo (mother of Scrappy-Doo), Skippy-Doo and Howdy-Doo are Scooby-Doo’s siblings. They lived near The New zoo Revue by the village of Moo, which had a herd of Shmoo, whose droppings are harvested by wizards to make a powder called Floo. True, true. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/74 "2005-08-23T01:59:41Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > No, they’d be cousins. Scooby-Dum, Scooby-Dee, Yabba-Doo, Dooby-Doo, Ruby-Doo (mother of Scrappy-Doo), Skippy-Doo and Howdy-Doo are Scooby-Doo’s siblings. They lived near The New zoo Revue by the village of Moo, which had a herd of Shmoo, whose droppings are harvested by wizards to make a powder called Floo. > > True, true. So says you. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/75 "2005-08-23T02:09:18Z")
Where does Katy No Pocket come in to this? 😛 I always thought that Eeyore’s tail was torn off due to his mischief with Kanga–and the reason behind his sour disposition, but that’s just a theory o’ mine… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/76 "2005-08-23T05:03:55Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Cute answers everyone, but I’m afraid you’re all wrong. See, [A.A. Milne](http://www.pooh-corner.com/biomilne.html) was my mom’s great grand uncle. “My name is **Inigo Montoya**. You killed my great-great-grand uncle. Prepare to die.” “No, **Inigo** , I am your great-great-grand uncle.” “Noooooooo!” Actually, I always thought the father was [This Guy](http://www.toonopedia.com/hippety.htm), which also helps to explain why there are no \*cats \* in The Hundred Acre Wood. Paul ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/77 "2005-08-23T13:08:50Z")
> [@ReBusEniGma](#): > > Heresy! As of this year, the mysterious Heffalump has been revealed! Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005) shows them in all their splendor when a heffalump by the nickname of Lumpy _who’s actual name is Heffridge Trumpler Brompet Heffalump IV_, befriends Roo. Are the movies Canon? To me, the books are Everything, the movies Nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/78 "2005-08-23T14:48:58Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > Are the movies Canon? To me, the books are Everything, the movies Nothing. The movies are fanfic. They are not canon. If Milne didn’t write it, it doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/79 "2005-08-23T16:02:49Z")
Roo is not Kanga’s child! Roo was born to another couple. Kanga, as a result of an unnatural union with a stuffed elephant, gave birth to a horribly disfigured and twisted kangafunt. In the dark of night, she exchanged her unfortunate love-child with the healthy, normal baby and stole away in the gloom. It was the old switch-a-roo. ---
**Author:** ![Brother\_Tucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Brother\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brother_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703/80 "2005-08-23T18:12:16Z")
I like Snuffalupagus for Roo’s dad. The timbre of it’s voice leads me to believe it is male. Although referred to lovingly by Big Bird et al as “Snuffy,” I think there are a few clues we should consider: 1. While not intellectually agile, I postulate he’s been about for at least a few decades. Plenty of time to give lovely Kanga a little “snuffa-lovin.” 2. Anything that big can probably handle multiple vaginas. This would explain his slow, lumbering gait. 3. He’s never around when anyone else is, except Big Bird. 4. He’s into zoophily (I refer you to item 3). Just a theory that happens to fit the facts… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703.md?page=5)