Nev the bear

Infobox character
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name = Nev
series = Smile & Bear Behaving Badly


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first = 2002
last = present
creator = Darrall Macqueen Ltd
portrayer = Ross Mullan
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alias = Neville
species = Bear
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birth date = 2nd Feb
imdb_id = Nev (short for Neville) is a small, blue puppet bear that originally appeared in the CBBC television programme "Smile". Since 2007, Nev has starred in his own CBBC show "Bear Behaving Badly", alongside Barney Harwood.

Nev has patches in places on his body and is missing part of his ear. This is due to Bandit the cat, as seen in some episodes of "Bear Behaving Badly", trying to eat him. The little bear often has trouble with pronunciation of certain words, he cannot sing but he can rap well. Nev likes ice cream, dressing up, sleeping in and his snuggly ducky duck duck. When scared or intimidated, he growls, just like a real bear would.

Originally on "Smile", the voice of Nev was prerecorded with his limited vocabulary played in as appropriate. When Nev took on a more significant role in "Smile", puppeteer Ross Mullan, who also stars in "Bear Behaving Badly", was recruited to provide the voice live.

On December 28 2007, Nev appeared on a puppet special of "The Weakest Link" hosted by Anne Robinson and broadcast on BBC One.

Nev's quotes

*"Happy Eater" (instead of "Happy Easter")
*"Hello, Ian" (instead of "Halloween")
*"Chrissy-mussy" (Nev's version of "Christmas")
*"Love you, [NAME] "
*"Duckie!" "or" "Jam!"
*"No, no, no, no."
*"Tut, girls." "or" "tut, boys."
*"Three, two, one...Jibadeeha" "or" "Three, two, one...Jam" "followed by" "Go, go, go, go!"
*"I win!!" (expressed even though he hasn't won anything nor is there anything to win)
*"Bonjour"
*"Oh, la, la."
*"Confused"
*"Fwightened."
*"Aye, aye captain!"
*"Can't scare me" "or" "Can't bath me."
*"Oops" "or" "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear" "or" "Sorry, [NAME] "
*"Doggie"
*"Musley sun" (Nev's version of "Music Lesson", which he cannot pronounce)
*"Zibedeah"
*"Piggies"
*"Tip topper roo!"
*"BBBBBB!" (instead of "BB3B")
*"Rumble the crumble" (instead of "Rumble the Jumble")
*"No way Jose" (pronounced "Ho-say")
*"Yeah yeah!"
*"Snuggly Ducky Duck Duck"
*"Double two, double two!" (when reading out the old "Smile" phone number)
*"Hungry."

Merchandise

In 2005, the Nev the Bear talking toy hit the shops. The large toy said a number of catchphrases including "Fwightened" and "No no no no". A complaint was made against the toy with regard to the word "Quick", by an individual who believed he had heard a similar sounding profanity instead. [citeweb|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=teddy-swear&method=full&objectid=18196100&siteid=66633-name_page.html|title=Teddy Swear|work=Daily Record|date=2 December 2007 Retrieved 4 January 2008 ] A smaller version of the soft toy has since been released.

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/ CBBC website]
* [http://www.darrallmacqueen.com Production company website]
* [http://www.nevtoys.com Official Nev the bear merchandise website]