- List of fictional bears
Bear s are very common fictionalized and personified animals, and can be found in almost every single kind of fiction. The following is an attempt to list and categorize all the bears that appear in all forms of fiction.Bears in Books
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Blinky The Bear Who Wouldn't Hibernate byHelen L. Partridge
*Harry, the Fat Bear Spy
*Baloo from "The Jungle Book " and "The Second Jungle Book " byRudyard Kipling
* theBerenstain Bears
*Brer Bear , from theUncle Remus stories byJoel Chandler Harris
*Paddington Bear
* Eddie Bear, a teddy bear turned private detective, featured in the booksThe Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse and its sequelThe Toyminator written byRobert Rankin
* the Three Bears fromGoldilocks and the Three Bears
*Winnie the Pooh byA. A. Milne
*Rupert Bear (also known as Rupert the Bear) from the children's books byMary Tourtel (also became featured in comic strips and a TV series)
* Corduroy byDon Freeman
*Little Bear byMaurice Sendak
*Crow of the Bear Clan ,barbarian comic book bear
*Old Bear , from theOld Bear series of books
*Old Ben , around which revolve the events ofWilliam Faulkner 's short story "The Bear".
*Shardik , the ursine protagonist of Richard Adams' novel of the same name
*Shardik (Dark Tower) , a 70 foot tallcyborg bear fromStephen King 'sThe Waste Lands , named after the above
*Iorek Byrnison , the armoured bear inPhilip Pullman 's trilogy "His Dark Materials "
* Winkie, a bear fromClifford Chase 's debut novel that is accused ofterrorism .
* 'Hal Jam' a bear who passes himself off as a talented author inThe Bear Went Over the Mountain , a novel byWilliam Kotzwinkle .
* Theadore Rosebear, Teddy Roosevelt's best friend inEdward Summer 's novelTeefr and The Legend of Teddy Bear Bob (aka "Bear Bob's Story").
*Henisz Teddy Bear who went on the Trip around the World.
*Beorn , from The Hobbit, byJ. R. R. Tolkien , was a man with the ability to transform into a bear
* TheThree Bulgy Bears in "Prince Caspian "
*Teddy Robinson , from Joan G. Robinson's books "Dear Teddy Robinson" and "More about Teddy Robinson".
* Ursaline B. "Bear" Bruin, a Chevy Suburban-driving grizzly from the fantasy novel "Collinsfort Village" by Joe Ekaitis.
* Bruin Bear, a small bear resembling a teddy bear found in Simon Green's Shadows Fall and the sixth Nightside Novel.
* 'Hal Jam' a bear adopts this name after stealing a novel buried under a tree, passing himself off as an author in 'The Bear Went Over the Mountain' byWilliam Kotzwinkle .
* Mr. Bultitude inC. S. Lewis ' "That Hideous Strength ".
* State o' Maine in John Irving's "The Hotel New Hampshire ".
*Boris Dhishnikov in Steven Churchills 'Rising Tide'Bears in Plays
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The Winter's Tale " byWilliam Shakespeare famously includes the stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear".Animated Bears
* "Akakabuto" in the anime . His name means literally "red helmet", because of the fur atop his head which is completely red.
*Baloo ,Kit Cloudkicker , Rebecca Cunningham and Molly Cunningham from "TaleSpin "
*Barney Bear from theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical cartoons of the1940s and1950s .
* Bears (several characters) in the Walt Disney Studios animated film "Brother Bear "
*The Bear that Wasn't , from the cartoon of the same name. After waking up from his long winter's nap, the bear finds his home at the center of a construction project. All of the men their insist on his being, instead of a bear, a "silly man who needs a shave and wears a fur coat."
* Bear, from Franklin
*Bearmon ,Grizzmon ,Monzaemon ,WaruMonzaemon andPandamon from Digimon. Notice that alsoEtemon andMetalEtemon hold Monzaemon and Warumonzaemon's plush figures, respectively.
*Blubber , Luke's racing partner inHanna-Barbera 's "Wacky Races "
*Bobo , Mr Burns' treasured childhood teddy bear fromThe Simpsons ' episode "Rosebud"
*Bongo , the circus bear featured in theDisney film, "Fun and Fancy Free "
* Boog, a domesticatedGrizzly Bear in the CG film "Open Season".
* "Brother Bear ", title character from the 2003 Disney animated film
*Boskov the bear in the animated seriesEvil con Carne
* the Buddy Bears, recurring children's show bears on "Garfield and Friends "
* Butterbear, the half-bear half-butterfly hybrid onThe Wuzzles
* theCare Bears
*Chief Grizzly, thegrizzly bear chief in "Hoodwinked ".
* Curtis E. Bear, the Courtesy Bear. Appeared inThe Simpsons episode as a mascot at a road rage class.
* Disabear, fromDeko Boko Friends .
*Eddy and the Bear
* Gordon a bear bean scout inCamp Lazlo
* the Gummi Bears from the popularDisney animated series.
* "Bamse - the strongest bear in the whole world" is a Swedish comic book features several bear characters including Viktoria, Brum, Brumma, Brumellisa, Brummelufs, as well Bamse himself
* Mr. Panda from Ranma 1/2, actually Ranma's father cursed to transform into apanda when exposed to cold water.
* "Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch ":Hanna-Barbera
*Humphrey Bear , aWalt Disney character appearing in 1950s shorts, usually harassingDonald Duck
* Kissy Fur - Animated series in the United States from the1980s about two run away circus bears that now live in theBayou .
*Little Bear
*Flippy ,Disco Bear , Pop and Cub, bears fromHappy Tree Friends .
*Little John was a bear in Disney's version ofRobin Hood
* Bear, fromHarvey Birdman
*SuperTed of the UK animated series of the same name, created by Mike Young.
*Munchlax ,Snorlax ,Teddiursa ,Spinda ,Teddiursa andUrsaring from Pokémon.
* The Three Bears, "Looney Tunes " characters
* Unnamed sailor bear who catches the magic bed while fishing in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks "
* Vincent, a grouchy black bear in theDreamWorks film, Over the Hedge.
*Yogi Bear and his pal Boo Boo, created byHanna-Barbera
* Sebastian Star Bear and his sidekick Souki, from the 1991 movie "Sebastian Star Bear: The First Mission". The movie is about 90 minutes long and was created in the Netherlands. All images were drawn in China.
* The Siberian Bear in the cartoonThe World of David the Gnome Bears in Comics and Cartoons
* The many bears of
Gary Larson 's "The Far Side " cartoons
* P. T. Bridgeport, the con-bear inWalt Kelly 's "Pogo "
* Cornelius Bear and Téodor Orezcu in Chris Onstad's "Achewood " webcomic.
* Shako, the killer polar bear in the weekly UK anthology comic "2000AD ".
* The title character from the Danish comic "Rasmus Klump "
* Benjamin, Howie, and multiple other teddy bears in "The Secret World of Benjamin Bear "
* Thornton, apolar bear in "Sherman's Lagoon "
*Biffo the Bear in the "The Beano "
*Ralph, the "midget circus bear" inFrank Cho 's "Liberty Meadows "
* Bear, from the webcomic "Bear and Kitten "Bears in Film
* Archie in "
Dr. Dolittle 2 "
* Adult male and cub from "L' Ours "
* The relentless, man-eating bear in the1997 film, "The Edge " played byBart the Bear
* Ling Ling the pregnant panda, in the film "", as well as the den of kodiak bears from which the news team rescues Veronica Corningstone.
* Oksana (named after Borat's wife) in "" played by two bears, Chester and Charlie.
* Teddy, a computer-animated animatronic (and highly intelligent) teddy bear in Steven Spielberg's ""Puppet Bears
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Baby Bear in "Sesame Street "
* Bad Idea Bears from "Avenue Q "
*Basil the Bear on "Sesame Park "
* Bear, Ojo, and Ursa from "Bear in the Big Blue House "
*Bobo the Bear from "Muppets Tonight "
*Buttons the Bear from "Puppets Who Kill "
*Fozzie Bear from "The Muppet Show "
*Humphrey B. Bear
*Sooty ,Cousin Scampy and Soo (apanda bear )Bears in Advertising
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Smokey Bear , mascot of the U.S. Forest Service. He is also only semi-fictional, as he was based on a real orphaned bear cub also named Smokey.
* the ICEE Polar Bear, ananimated mascot forThe ICEE Company , as seen on TV ads.
* Peppy the Polar Bear from British Fox's Glacier Mint commercials
* Talking polar bear from British Cresta soft drink commercials of the1970s
* Polar bears from internationalCoca-Cola commercials
* Grizzly bears in ads forCharmin toilet paper
* "There's a bear in the woods. . ." Presumably representing theSoviet Union , this bear appeared inRonald Reagan 's campaign advertising.
*Snuggles , the fabric softener bear
* Sugar Bear,mascot forGeneral Foods Corporation 's Post Sugar Crisp cereal
* Sleepy Bear, the Travel Lodge Bear,mascot forTravelodge , as seen on TV ads.
*the Happy or Laughing Bear for the Bear Wheel Alignment Company http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1995-05-11/news/shim-and-bear-itnow-in-his-70s-the-happy-little-wheel-alignment-mascot-is-still-an-endearing-species/Bears in Alcohol Advertising
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Hamm's Beer bear
* theLabatt 's Blue bear
* Bundaberg Polar Bear used widely InBundaberg Rum Ads in Australia.
* George, the bear in the British Hofmeister Beer commercials of the1980s . "For great lager, follow the bear".
*Anderson Valley Brewing Company 's mascot is a beer: part bear, part deer.
* the bear on the Barenjager honey liquor bottle (the name means "bear hunter")Bears in Poetry and Song
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Fuzzy Wuzzy , an Englishnursery rhyme .
* "Teddy Bear," a No. 1 hit in 1957 forElvis Presley and one of the cornerstone songs of his career.
* The picnicking bears inJohn Walter Bratton 's lilting 1907 song, "Teddy Bears' Picnic ." (Originally the "Teddy Bears' Two-Step.")
* "Teddy Bear," the title character of a 1976 country No. 1 hit byRed Sovine . Teddy Bear was the CB handle for a young crippled, fatherless boy, who longed to ride along with truckers.Bears on Television
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Paddington Bear , the famous British bear
* Bungle, from "Rainbow"
*Bear , the title character from the Disney television program "Bear in the Big Blue House "
*Bear from Word World
* Buttons, the womanizingteddy bear on "Puppets Who Kill "
* The Dancing Bear, on "Captain Kangaroo "
*Gentle Ben , about a boy and his tame bear
* Ben, grizzly bear companion to "Grizzly Adams "
* Teddy, the loyal side-kick ofMr. Bean
*Rupert Bear , a white bear starring in his own TV show, "Rupert"
* The Helpful Bear on the Twenty-Eighth Floor, the eponym of a song by the fictional children's musician Roofi in the Simpsons episode "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays ."Teddy Bears
"For main article, see
Teddy bear ".*U.S. president Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear in
Mississippi . That bear became the prototype for theTeddy bear , which is astuffed animal toy .
* Mister Woppit, mascot ofDonald Campbell , breaker of speed-records killed on Lake Coniston in 1967.
* Bear, the mascot of the Windows 3.1 (and laterWindows 95 ) team
*Teddy Ruxpin , the popularanimatronic teddy bear from the1980s .
*Pooky ,teddy bear from the comic stripGarfield .
*Rupert ,Stewie Griffin 's teddy bear fromFamily Guy .
*Winnie the Pooh , teddy bear of Christopher Robin Milne, son ofA.A. Milne .
*Corduroy , Don Freeman's classic teddy character
* Smacky, Bucky Katt's miniature teddy bear in the comic strip "Get Fuzzy "
* Aloysius, the teddy bear of Sebastian Flyte in Evelyn Waugh's novel "Brideshead Revisited "; the model for Aloysius was Archie, the teddy bear ofJohn Betjeman , who appeared as himself in a children's book by Betjeman, "Archie and the Strict Baptists".
* Mabel,Elvis Presley 's teddy bear. [OnAugust 1 ,2006 , CNN reported that Barney, aDoberman Pinscher employed as a security dog atWookey Hole Caves , had destroyed parts of a valuable collection of teddy bears, including one which had belonged toElvis Presley , which was valued to be worth $75,000. The insurance company insuring the exhibition of stuffed animals had insisted on having guard dog protection.:"“He just went berserk,” said Daniel Medley, general manager of the Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, England, where hundreds of bears were chewed up Tuesday night by the 6-year-old Doberman pinscher named Barney. A security guard at the museum, Greg West, said he spent several minutes chasing Barney before wrestling the dog to the ground" ( [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14154738/ "Elvis’ teddy bear leaves building the hard way: Guard dog rips head off Presley’s $75,000 toy in stuffed-animal rampage"] , Associated Press, Aug 3, 2006).]
*Teddy Edward , star of children's books and a BBC Television series.Animatronic Bears
*"Zeke and Zed and Ted and Fred, and a bear named Tennessee," the bears of the
Country Bear Jamboree at Disney theme parks
*Billy Bob and Beach Bear from theShowbiz Pizza restauranthouse band ,The Rock-afire Explosion .
= Aesop's Fable: The Bear and the Two Travelers=In a
fable byAesop , twotraveler s are walking along when a bear jumps up, causing the first traveler to hop into atree , and the second to lay on the ground, remembering that bears do not attack prey that is already dead. The bear sniffs the "dead" man, and goes away. The first traveler comes back, asking, "What did the Master Bruin do?" The second replies the moral of the story: "Giving me really good advice,"Don't trust a friend who abandons you at the first sign of danger."Miscellaneous
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Pedobear - A popularmeme bear on4chan 's /b/imageboard . Also referred to as Carl, Carlap, Kral, and several other names.
*Banjo and his sister Tootie in theBanjo-Kazooie video game series.
*Cresent Grizzly — a maverick fromMega Man X5 who is designed like a grizzly bear.
*Drop Bear , an urban mythicalmarsupial inAustralia said to be similar to the Koala Bear.
*Grizzly Bears andPolar Bears are aviable to adopt inZoo Tycoon , both the original and sequel.
*Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear , amondegreen created from the misheardlyrics of ahymn ("Gladly, the Cross I'd bear…"). Used as the name of Baby Grumpling's teddy bear in British comic stripThe Perishers , separately used as a character in The Friends of Fairwood Forest series, and separately in a novel byEvan Hunter .
*Grizzly Slash /Crescent Grizzly, a Maverick from Mega Man X.
*Bark the Polar Bear (Sonic the Hedgehog) - Playable fighter in the arcade beat em up Sonic the Fighters.
*Kuma — a character from the Tekken fighting series. Bodyguard of Heihachi Mishima.
*Panda - a character from the Tekken fighting series. Companion of Ling Xiaoyu.
*Misha , the mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympic games
* [http://www.myspace.com/nateosworth Nate Osworth] is a bear that updates his blog on the popularMySpace community.
*Tottles the Bear — a character in children's stories.
*Ursa Major andUrsa Minor the two bearconstellation s, sometimes also referred to as the big dipper, or the drinkinggourd .
*Cuddly, a traveling blogger Teddy Bear from the UK [http://www.cuddlybear.org]
*Floydie Bear, a mischievous Teddy Bear who helps others [http://www.floydiebear.com]
*D-bear, a notoriously dim-witted bear in Pickle comics (Taiwan)
*Rupert, teddy bear belonging to Stewie Griffin, a character in Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy"
*Drunky the Bear, a character on theMonsters in the Morning radio show.
*PostBear the Postman bear, a character from the story "Zack's fantasy", who is a postman.
*Mary the Baby Bear, a lovable and bubbly little bear from the story "Zack's fantasy".
* Bear, a playable character from .
* Misha, Rexxar's bear in World of Warcraft.
*Tequila Teddy and J.D. from their own message board, [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TequilaTeddy] and "Teddy Bear Gumbo" [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TequilaTeddy]
*Bob T. Bear Esq. a spy Teddy Bear from the UK [http://bobs-diary.blogspot.com]
*Pudgie and Gladstone from a blog of several Teddy Bears and plushes called "Furry Thoughts for Fuzzy Times" [http://bearinthebed.blogspot.com]
*Mawson, an expert Teddy Bear from Australia, who helps teach bears about being a bear [http://www.bearjests.com/mawson]
*Spaulding and Teddy, Internet Savvy American Teddy Bears, with their own "Web Den" [http://spauldingtbear.tripod.com/spauldingandteddyswebden/id5.html] and "Teddy Bear Journal" [http://spauldingtbear.bravejournal.com]
*Henry Bear, CindaBella, and Jazmyn owner and staff at the "Bearly Irish Pub" message board [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bearlyirishpub]
*Edmund (the explorer) Nesbitt, preparing for an expedition to the Arctic, to raise funds for the children's unit at St. Theresa's Hospice in Darlington. [http://edmundtheexplorer.blogspot.com/]
*The Cinnamon Bear is Paddy O'Cinnamon from the hero of the 26-part Christmas radio series, THE CINNAMON BEAR, created in 1937 by the late Glanville T. (Glan) Heisch.
*Bear is the nickname of a male character in Night Watch who shapeshifts into a bear. His real name is never mentioned.Notes
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