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Marching along as their song fills the air..."'' }}
''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'' is a truly groundbreaking series by Walt Disney. Although ''[[The Wuzzles]]'' was Disney's first original animated TV series, that was really a trial run for this series, which almost immediately made the company a dominant force in television animation. Lasting from September, 1985 to February, 1991. A total of 94 episodes.
The show was actually a major gamble for Disney, as it was a very new idea. Disney reasoned that the costs of a high-quality animated show could be recovered in syndication. The gamble worked, and a new era of unprecedented quality in western television animation was born.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Duke Igthorn.
* [[An Ice Person]]: Chillbeard the frost giant.
* [[Badass]] and [[Badass Longcoat]]: In the episode "For a Few Sovereigns More", Igthorn hires [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Flint]] [[Dollars Trilogy|Shrubwood]], the best [[Bounty Hunter]] in the land, to capture a Gummi Bear. Now, you wouldn't expect a hired gun in a Disney 80's cartoon to be intimidating or even particularly capable, would you? [[Outside Context Villain|Think again.]] Flint, frequently referred to as "Stoneface", uses [[Precision-Guided Boomerang|Precision Guided Boomerangs]] to frightening effect, effortlessly catching Cubbi. When Igthorn attempts to [[What an Idiot!|withhold his payment]], he is subdued and imprisoned just as easily and ends up buying his ''own'' life with the gold. (Flint: "Go ahead. Take my pay.") Seriously, with a more reliable sponsor, this man ''would'' become a [[Hero-Killer]].
* [[Badass Princess]]: Calla is definitely working on this.
* [[Badbutt]]: Gruffi.
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* [[Bumbling Sidekick]]: Toadwart (aka "Toadie")
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Toadwart, the smallest ogre, took the most pain out of any character in the series.
* [[The Cameo]]: Two [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Donald Duck]] wodden figurines can be seen briefly during one of the first episodes.
* [[Chained Heat]]: An episode with Igthorn and Cubbi.
* [[Chekhov's Volcano]]: Accompanied by [[Convection, Schmonvection]] in "My Gummi Lies Over the Ocean".
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* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: In one episode, Toadie gets a suit of armor that makes him invincible in battle.
* Cloudcuckoolander: Gusto. Of course, let's see ''you'' spend twelve years on a [[Deserted Island]] with only a toucan for company, and see how sane you are when you finally escape.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Calla to Sunni in a surrogate way.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Tummi.
* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Sunni seems to have this relationship to Gruffi.
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* [[Older Sidekick]]: Tummi for Cubbi's "Crimson Avenger".
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Both the Medieval and Chinese kind appear.
* [[Our Giants Are Bigger]]: They've appear on multiple occasions.
* [[Our Gnomes Are Weirder]]
* [[Our Gryphons Are Different]]: They're pink.
* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: Standard fantasy version appears in "Water Way to Go".
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* [[Papa Wolf]]: Gruffi.
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Calla occasionally wears one.
* [[Power-Up Food]]: Gummi Berry juice. For Gummis it makes them bouncy, agile and jump large distances. For humans, it gives them a few seconds of super strength, but just once a day. Ogres gets super strength too, but unlike humans, it lasts longer and can be renewed by drinking more juice.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: Sunni for Gusto, who is either [[Oblivious to Love|oblivious]] or politely uninterested.
* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: Calla and Marie both wore pink dresses.
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* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: The Gummiscopes. Although its real purpose is as a giant solar powered messaging machine, it can be used as as a massive energy cannon if there is enough solar energy to power it.
** By contrast, the Great Horn of Ursalia is definitely a [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]].
* [[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 and the Seven Dwarfs (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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