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That threat comes in the form of Duke Igthorn of Drekmore and his army of really dumb ogres. He is out to conquer Dunwyn and upon discovering that the supposedly mythological Gummi Bears exist, he will stop at ''nothing'' to exploit their secrets, like their powerful magic and technology, for his own use. Furthermore, he is but the most frequent of a whole host of enemies that the Gummi Bears and their human allies must oppose.
At the most uncharitable, you could call this series [[T Ms]]'s (late) answer to ''[[The Littl' Bits]]'' (as ''The Littl Bits'' came out in 1980, this did not came out until 1985), but it's more accurate to call it Disney's/TMS's attempt to show how to do the premise ''right'' (as ''The Littl Bits'' does have its fans). Apart from obviously lavish animation, the series addressed the major complaints of [[Tatsunoko]]'s series and the basic ideology of the 1980s; for instance, individuality is celebrated in proper proportion to the value of cooperation and the primary characters are far more nuanced with carefully considered flaws and strengths. Furthermore, the female characters avoid [[The Smurfette Principle]], with multiple characters with strong well-defined personalities who bow to no one.
If you're wondering how they came up with a premise for, of all things, ''Gummi Bears,'' as the story goes, Michael Eisner was inspired when he was [[wikipedia:Gummi bear|snacking on them]]. True story, straight from [[That Other Wiki]].
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* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: In an episode with a wishing stone, a young boy wished to be bigger, he ended up turning into a [[Our Giants Are Bigger|giant.]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: All of the gummi bears had their moments of this.
* [[Blind and
** Given that [[Greg Weisman]] cited ''Gummi Bears'' as one of his sources for inspiration in ''[[
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Zummi
* [[Bluff the Eavesdropper]]: In one episode, the king tries to find out a famous chef's secret recipe by listening at the door, which the chef thwarts by reciting absolute nonsense instead of his ingredients. However, this does not thwart Cubbi, Sunni, and Tummi, who are hiding ''in'' the kitchen and can write down the actual steps he's taking.
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* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: Cavin for Calla.
** Also Grady for Ursa.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Evil Twin]]: Actually Igthorn ''is'' the evil twin, and a source of deep shame to his [[Sibling Yin-Yang|heroic knightly brother]] (whom Cavin idolizes).
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]: Quoted above.
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* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: The Gummis were forced into hiding because of humans abusing their technology, the Barbic Bears lost their ancestral home because of humans, the principal antagonist is human -- and if the average human on the street isn't intentionally malicious, they still [[Hanlon's Razor|tend to cause problems just the same.]] There definitely ''are'' good humans, but their poor reputation amongst many of the gummis isn't entirely without cause.
* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]: In season 1, Gruffi was voiced by the late Bill Scott who voiced Bullwinkle in ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''. Grammi was voiced by June Foray who voiced Rocky in that same series.
* [[I Was Beaten
* [[Jerk
* [[Large Ham]]: The Igthorn brothers.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Grammi's cooking.
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* [[Wham! Episode]]: The final saga was entirely made of this: Just in the first part, {{spoiler|Igthorn leaves the kingdom and after months of not showing any signs of life, Zummi sends a message to the Great Gummis, anouncing that the kingdom is finally safe and ready for their return. Then Igthorn suddenly returns, more terrible than ever, and quickly succeds at ''completely destroying Gummi Glen, capturing the Gummis and stealing the secret of the Gummi Berry Juice from them, and immediately leading his army of super powerful ogres against Dunwin castle, demolishing its defenses, completely defeating everyone and crowning himself as the new king.'' (Remember, all of this is just ONE episode.) The final episodes included Igthorn himself attacking the Great Gummis, followed by Zummi's (apparent) death and even after the union of Gummis, Barbics and Humans manage to defeat Igthorn for once and all, the existence of Gummi Bears is revealed to everyone and Gummi Glen is lost forever.}}
* [[When Trees Attack]]
* [[Whole Costume Reference]]: In one episode, Cala wears a dress identical to [[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White]]'s.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Zummi is deathly afraid of heights.
* [[You Don't Want to Catch This]]: Gummioleosis, when Cubbi and Gusto are captured by the Ogres.
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