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This is [[Truth in Television]], as any real life [[Gentle Giant]] (or a close friend of one) will tell you.
 
Similar to [[The Glomp]], but with less full-body tackling and a far higher risk of asphyxiation. Unrelated to [[Everything's Worse Withwith Bears|bears in general as a trope]], though they can coexist in [[Funny Animal|very]] [[Furry Fandom|specific]] circumstances. Like many tropes, can be [[Deconstructed]] to [[And Call Him George|horrifying effect]].
 
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== Advertising ==
* [[The Most Interesting Man in Thethe World (Advertising)|His bear hugs are hugs that he gives to bears.]]
 
== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* Goku's father-in-law Ox-King from [[DragonballDragon Ball]] could give a pretty good bear hug when the situation called for it.
* In [[The Twelve Kingdoms]], Youko's reuniting with Rakushun. When Youko arrives in En only to find that Rakushun had made it there on his own and had been coming to the docks every morning when the ships bearing immigrants from Kei arrived, hoping that Youko would be among their number. Youko then proceeds to give him a "d'awww" inducing bear hug in gratitude.
* Gendo Ikari expressed his desire to bear hug Shinji from behind in ''[[Ikari Shinji Raising Project]]'', among, er... other things.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''Halflife'' has the Doctor do this:
{{quote| And with that, the Doctor bounded over and gave Fitz a huge, rib-cracking hug, lifting him clear off the ground.}}
::They're both fairly slim and unremarkable to look at, although, in another book, the Doctor lifts Fitz up in a rather effortless [[Bridal Carry]], so he's kind of got that [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]/[[Waif Fu]] thing going on.
* Hagrid does this to Harry, Ron, and Hermione a lot in ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'', sometimes more than one of them at the same time.
* Bear Olefsky from ''[[Star of the Guardians]]'' is very fond of this.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Debilitas from the [[Survival Horror]] game ''[[Haunting Ground (Video Game)|Haunting Ground]]'', the [[Psychopathic Manchild]] gardener who chases Fiona around the castle because he's mistaken her for one of his dolls and just wants to play with her. Unfortunately, his over-excitement means he'll [[And Call Him George|violently beat her to death in glee]] if you let him get close, or pick the poor girl up and squeeze her to death in a Bear Hug while giggling manically.
* Sumo wrestler E. Honda from the fighting game ''[[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Street Fighter II]]'' has this in his arsenal of attacks.
* Bear Hugger is a huge Canadian lumberjack from ''[[Punch Out]]'' that would love to give his opponents Bear Hugs.
* In the ending of the Dodongo's Cavern in ''Ocarina of Time'' Darunia decides that he and Link are now [[Blood Brothers|Sworn Brothers]], and to celebrate this he gives him two gifts: the necessary [[Plot Coupon]], the Goron's Ruby and a Goron group Bear Hug. Cue Link running off screaming.
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== [[Web Comic]] ==
* ''[[What's New With Phil and Dixie (Comic Strip)|What's New Withwith Phil and Dixie]]'': [[Phil Foglio]] shows us how it's done in panels #5-6 of [http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20070318 this comic] from ''[[Dragon Magazine(magazine)]]'' #58 (February 1982).
* ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'' has [http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2011-05-29/comic/the-cesspool/friendship-is-tragic/ Rob], a bouncer in the hang-out for less than stable mercenaries. Who's very happy to see visitors. Especially other felines.
{{quote| '''Harold''': ''Friendly'', isn't he.}}
* In [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02127.htm this] ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]'' strip, Florence finds herself unable to get her breath during an enthusiastic hug from the mayor, when she thought that Florence had killed Sam Starfall.
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Blue Team's original leader Captain Butch Flowers from ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'':
{{quote| "Men, your delightful tomfoolery puts a spring in my step, and a bounce in my britches. If I weren't your commanding officer I'd pick you both up, give you a giant bear hug, and make you call me Daddy."}}
* Want to see a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|pony]] do a bear hug? Introduce yourself to [[Equestria Chronicles|Kettle Cornflakes.]]
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Genie in the end of the first ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' movie.
{{quote| Genie: Aww! Group hug, big group hug!"}}
* Owen from ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]''
* Chien-Po, [[The Big Guy]] from ''[[Mulan]]''
* Lampshaded in ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' with a [[Everything Is Worse With Bears|real bear hug]].
* ''[[Road Rovers (Animation)|Road Rovers]]'':
{{quote| '''Exile:''' I give all my comrades big kiss!<br />
'''Blitz:''' Stop with the kissing, or I'll start with the biting.<br />
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* [http://magicalscreencaps.com/images/lionking3/gall/lionking3-637.jpg Timon and Pumbaa are quite fond of this]
* Beezy J. Heinous on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', occasionally.
* In ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'', [[Cowboy|Clay]], who [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]], defeats [[Classy Cat Burglar|Catnappe]] with this, on the basis that he's not actually ''hitting'' her.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': Princess Luna gives one to a shell-shocked Fluttershy after Fluttershy helps her learn to turn down the volume.
* In the ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' episode "[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Welcome to Republic City|Welcome to Republic City]]" The titular character uses an [[Effortless Amazonian Lift]] to pick up three kids and their father and give them a massive group hug. She's only seventeen.
** For bonus points, her ''actual'' Polar-Bear-Dog gets in on it.
 
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