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Welcome to the page for '''''Bear in the Big Blue House''''', the program that proves that maybe, just maybe, [[Everything's Worse
▲Welcome to the page for '''''Bear in the Big Blue House''''', the program that proves that maybe, just maybe, [[Everything's Worse With Bears|everything isn't worse with bears]], at TV Tropes! We think that you smell good!
First seen in 1997, '''''Bear in the Big Blue House''''' was part of a group of programs that ushered in a new era for [[Disney Channel|Playhouse Disney]]. In each episode, the titular character would invite viewers into his home, the cozy Big Blue House, for a day of fun and learning with his young characters Tutter, Ojo, Treelo and Pip & Pop. Together, they would learn about life and the world, everything from how to share with others to toilet-training. As they grew and learned, the series opened up, taking viewers into the wider Woodland Valley in which the characters lived.
''Bear in the Big Blue House'' was a [[Muppet]] show, a production of the [[Jim Henson]] Company. It aired for four seasons on Playhouse Disney; the final season featuring a vastly expanded set and an additional cast of characters. The program's final episodes were [[Short Run in Peru|not aired in the United States until 2006]], well over three years after the previous original airings, though they had long been airing in non-U.S. markets. Though no longer seen on Playhouse Disney in the United States, numerous DVD and videocassette releases are available for the program. Wiki-wise, ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' is covered at the [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bear_in_the_Big_Blue_House Muppet Wiki], which features detailed information about the series and a detailed episode guide. The program is also covered in a number of articles at the wiki's sister site, Tough Pigs, including [https://web.archive.org/web/20150302061803/http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekbear.htm My Week with Bear], [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011210417/http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekxmasmore01.htm My Week with More Christmas] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20141121223658/http://www.toughpigs.com/journalmaturity.htm Tough Pigs Maturity Test], a supposed test to gauge one's maturity using two potty-training books released by the series.
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: A number of tie-in books were released for the series and many of them were watered-down versions of television episodes. A couple even combined elements from two separate episodes.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Generally subverted - Bear is far from useless, in fact, he's so on the ball, it's fantastic.
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* [[Aside Glance]]: Bear [[Running Gag|frequently]] does this by bunching his eyebrows and staring directly at the camera with a look that clearly says, "Can you BELIEVE this crap?"
* [[Be Yourself]]: The entire episode "I've Gotta Be Me," to name just one example.
* [[Beary Cute]]: Ojo is an endearingly sweet, adorable bear cub with a big imagination. Bear himself also counts from a [[Gentle Giant]] standpoint seeing as how kind, patient, and fatherly he is towards viewers and the residents of his Big Blue House.
* [[Big Eater]]: Tutter's relatives are shown to be big eaters.
* [[Character Title]]
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** [[Christmas Special]]: Take the above two-parter episode, edit the parts together, and you have the same special which is available on VHS.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Treelo has been known to exhibit tendencies of this.
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'''Treelo''': Eat
'''Bear''': ''([[Aside Glance]])'' The tomato is your friend? }}
* [[Crossover]]: Bear made an appearance on ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]''. Wait, what? He also appeared a couple of times on ''Donny & Marie'', a talk show hosted by Donny and Marie Osmond.
* [[Dance Sensation]]: In an episode in the fourth season, the mice at Tutter's school all do the "Mumble Mambo," but Tutter is uncomfortable with it and can't seem to get into it.
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* [[Glad I Thought of It]]: Tutter does this to Bear, regularly, but Bear's always so calm and mild-mannered, he never minds. Doc Hogg has also been known to do this.
* [[Halloween Episode]]
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Luna was once [[Where in
** Her voice is deeper than usual, but Ursa is Carmen Oshbar.
* [[I Can't Dance]]: Tutter, in one of the Playhouse Disney stage shows. Bear tells him that everyone can dance.
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Treelo. In fact, in one of the songs, Bear sings that Treelo is "faster than a bumblebee."
* [[The Kiddie Ride]]: A Bear on a boat ride was made in the early 2000s. It played a running commentary made by Bear through the ride.
* [[Licensed Game|Licensed Games]]/[[Edutainment Game|Edutainment Games]]: [[Ubisoft]] released one for the [[
* [[Living Shadow]]: One of Bear's friends is named Shadow, she appears in most episodes to relate a story told as a shadow play, though the stories are often bizarre in nature.
* [[Logo Joke]]: The logo for the company Shadow Projects shown at the end of each episode featured a dog barking, but sometimes it would make other noises, such as quacking like a duck or meowing like a cat.
* [[The Man in
* [[The Musical]]: The first season episode "Mouse Party" was turned into a stage musical, which was later released on DVD.
* [[Name's the Same]]: Luna should '''''never''''' be confused with the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Neat Freak]]: Tutter is well known for this. He always seeks to tidy up anything he can and even has his own song about it: "Why Won't the Dirt Just Leave Me Alone?"
* [[No Antagonist]]: It's a slice-of-life type show targeted at toddlers, so this is expected.
* [[Non
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: The Big Blue House seems to serve a sort of combination of daycare and orphanage. Most of the characters have grandparents shown, but not any actual parents. The unspoken rule, though, seems to be that they just don't talk about it.
* [[Parental Bonus]]: Tons of it. There's much humor of the [[Pop Culture]] type in the series that would hit home with the parents and older viewers but fly over the toddler viewers' head. Additionally, some of the episodes talk about things that few other TV shows for the same target demographic dare to tread. This also explains the huge [[Periphery Demographic]] following.
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* [[Potty Failure]]: Justified in "When You've Gotta Go" - Ojo, who is still learning, doesn't make it in time and Bear tells her that it's okay, accidents happen.
* [[Santa Claus]]: Not actually seen, but the kids get to visit "Santa Hogg" (Doc Hogg), whom Bear says is one of Santa's helpers.
* [[Screwed
* [[Short Run in Peru]]: As mentioned before, the final episodes of the show aired in various markets outside the US three years before it was finally aired in the US.
* [[Shout-Out]]: In "I've Gotta Be Me," Bear dons a grayish sweater and tells us that "[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.]]" Some familiar music plays and he suggests that maybe he should get a pair of sneakers. Also, at one point in the episode "Let's Get Interactive," Bear is looking for dirt, water and seeds to help solve a puzzle. He says "You know, these things would be a lot easier to find if we had a couple of guides to help us" and then Pip and Pop show up. When he says this, closed-captioning reads "[[
* [[Slice of Life]]: The basic nature of the show, though they try to work themes into it as well. [[Lampshaded]] - "For some reason, everyone was talking about using the potty today."
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Ojo as the only main female character
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