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List of fictional bears
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Bears in books
- Baloo from The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- the Berenstain Bears
- Brer Bear , from the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris
- Paddington Bear
- the Three Bears from Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
- Rupert the Bear from the childrens' books by Mary Tourtel (also became featured in comic strips and a TV series)
- Little Bear by Maurice Sendak
- Crow of the Bear Clan , barbarian comic book bear
- Shardik, the ursine protagonist of Richard Adams' novel of the same name
- Shardik, a 70 feet tall cyborg bear from Stephen King's The Wastelands, named after the above
- Iorek Byrnison , the armoured bear in Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials
Bears in plays
- The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare famously includes the stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear".
Animated bears
- Bears (several characters) in the Walt Disney Studios animated film Brother Bear
- Bear, from Franklin
- Blinky Bill , an animated koala from the eponymously named Australian series
- Blubber, Luke's racing partner in Wacky Races: Hanna-Barbera
- the Buddy Bears, recurring children's show bears who promote conformity and collectivism on Garfield and Friends
- the Care Bears
- Eddy and the Bear
- the Gummi Bears
- Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch : Hanna-Barbera
- Humphrey Bear , a Walt Disney character appearing in 1950s shorts, usually harassing Donald Duck
- Two polar bears accompanying Mr. Freeze in Batman: The Animated Series
- Little Bear
- Little John was a bear in Disney's version of Robin Hood
- Nameless bear from Harvey Birdman
- The Three Bears, Looney Tunes characters
- Yogi Bear and his pal Boo Boo : Hanna-Barbera
Bears in film
- Archie in Dr. Dolittle 2
- Adult male and cub from L' Ours
- The relentless, man-eating bear in the 1997 film, The Edge
Puppet bears
- Baby Bear in Sesame Street
- Basil the Bear on Sesame Park
- Bear, Ojo, and Ursa from Bear in the Big Blue House
- Fozzie Bear from The Muppet Show
- Humphrey B. Bear
- Sooty, Cousin Scampy and Soo (a panda bear)
Bears in advertising
- Cool, stylish bear in British Hofmeister Beer commercials of the 1970s. "For great lager, follow the bear".
- the Hamm's Beer bear
- Talking polar bear from British Fox's Glacier Mint commercials
- Talking polar bear from British Cresta soft drink commercials of the 1970s
- Polar bears from international Coca-Cola commercials
- the Labatt's Blue bear
- Grizzly bears in ads for Charmin toilet paper
- "There's a bear in the woods. . ." Presumably representing the Soviet Union, this bear appeared in Ronald Reagan's campaign advertising.
- Snuggle , the fabric softener bear
- Sugar Bear, mascot for General Foods Corporation 's Post Sugar Crisp cereal.
Bears in poetry
- Fuzzy wuzzy
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- was a bear
- Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair
- So Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he.
- Bulgy
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- Algy saw the bear.
- The bear saw Algy.
- The bear was bulgy.
- The bulge was Algy.
Bears on Television
- Gentle Ben
- Grizzly Bear companion to television's "Grizzly Adams"
Teddy Bears
- Winnie the Pooh, teddy bear of Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne.
- Mister Woppit, mascot of Donald Campbell, breaker of speed-records killed on Lake Coniston in 1967.
Miscellaneous
- Smokey the Bear, mascot of the U.S. Forest Service, who insist that his correct name is Smokey Bear. No the. "Remember, only YOU can prevent forest fires." (He is also only semi-fictional, as he was based on a "real" Smokey Bear.)
- Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear, a mondegreen created from the misheard lyrics of a hymn (Gladly, the Cross I'd bear. . .). Used as the name of Baby Grumpling's teddy bear in British comic strip The Perishers.
- Pooky , Garfield's cute huggable teddy bear.
- Drop Bear, an urban mythical marsupial in Australia said to be similar to the Koala Bear
- Ursa Major and Ursa Minor the two bear constallation s, sometimes also known as the big dipper, or the drinking gourd.
See also
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45