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The only time ''this'' sort of bear is [[Bears are Bad News| bad news]] is when his jokes fall flat.
[[Everything's Worse with Bears]]...except when it isn't. Perhaps it's because of the proliferation of the teddy bear as a child's toy, but bears are often portrayed as [[Boisterous Bruiser|Boisterous Bruisers]] or sometimes just [[Big Fun]], and aren't really looking to eat ''people'' so much as [[Big Eater|just looking to eat.]] ([[Truth in Television]]; most bears are omnivorous and will gladly eat nuts and berries; also, while grizzlies ''are'' aggressive, their favorite food is salmon.) Seems most common in [[Western Animation]], although circus bears are common in [[Real Life]].▼
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Note that while the majority of these have bears being used for comedic purposes, non-comedic examples of bears being lovable should work for the trope as well.
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Compare [[Beary Cute]].
== [[Anime and Manga]] ==▼
* ''[[Shirokuma Cafe]]'' has Panda and Polar Bear as two of its core characters. Polar Bear is the owner of the titular cafe and is a [[Pungeon Master]]. Panda is a rather lazy [[Cloudcuckoolander]] who is a regular patron.▼
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Coca-Cola's famous commercials featuring polar bears that they bring out every year around the holidays.
** In late 2011, they even released special-edition red-on-white cans (instead of the traditional white-on-red) as part of a "Save the Polar Bears" campaign.
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* Fedex studied recent [[Super Bowl Special|Super Bowl commercials]] to come up with the ten factors needed for [[Rule of Cool|the best commercial ever.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqNsjbB9KSU It involved] [[Celebrity Endorsement|Burt Reynolds]] getting [[Groin Attack|kicked in the nuts]] by a [[Talking Animal|talking]] bear ([[What Were They Selling Again?|product message optional]]).
* Charmin toilet paper [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=charmin&aq=f ads].
* The Sugar Bear (orignally three Sugar Bears) from the
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▲* ''[[Shirokuma Cafe]]'' has Panda and Polar Bear as two of its core characters. Polar Bear is the owner of the titular cafe and is a [[Pungeon Master]]. Panda is a rather lazy [[Cloudcuckoolander]] who is a regular patron.
* In the French graphic novel ''[[Pyrenee]]'' the [[Wild Child]] title character is a girl raised by a bear in the mountains. The bear is mostly seen as a big furry dope, but there's one scene where they get into a serious argument and he only ''just'' manages to hold back from killing her.
== [[Film
* Baloo in ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' epitomizes the "lovable lug" archetype for bears. Baloo was also friends with Mowgli in the original Kipling story, but his Disney version is [[Adaptation Displacement|probably the most well-known.]]
* Little John in Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'', practically an [[Expy]] of Baloo.
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* Zozi from ''[[Bartok the Magnificent]]''.
* The second half of the upcoming film ''[[Brave]]'' apparantly had the entire royal family save Merida (whether King Fergus is affected by this or not is debatable) being turned into bears.
* [[Disney]]'s 1975 ''[[Escape to Witch Mountain]]''
* The bears in the movie based on the Country Bear Jamboree attraction in the [[Disney Theme Parks]], ''[[The Country Bears]]''.▼
▲* Disney's ''[[Escape to Witch Mountain]]'' (1975). Tia frees a captured bear, which goes along with Tony and Tia and protects them.
▲* The bears in the movie based on the Country Bear Jamboree, ''[[The Country Bears]]''.
* In ''[[Sadko]]'', [[The Big Guy]] proves his strength by wrestling a bear. When the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' crew riffed on the film, they turned this scene into the bear staging an intervention and giving the guy a hug.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'', being based upon a teddy bear, is [[The Ditz|lovably dim]] and goodhearted, and is often thinking about honey.
* ''[[wikipedia:Gentle Ben|Gentle Ben]]''
* ''[[The Berenstain Bears]]''.
* ''[[Paddington Bear (novel)|Paddington Bear]]''.
* ''[[Little Bear]]''.
* While the ''[[Hoka]]'' can be bad for the mental health of those dealing with them, they're very well-meaning, kind-hearted beings.
== [[Live
* Cookie Bear from ''[[The Andy Williams Show]]''.
* [[Gentle Ben]].
* Kintaros of ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' is partially based on a bear; for the most part he [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]], a bit [[The Klutz|clumsy]], and a [[Gentle Giant]] all in one package.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[The Far Side]]'' depicted bears sympathetically, even (or especially) when they go after humans.
* ''[[Non Sequitur]]'' also tends to combine this Trope with [[Bears are Bad News]].
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
* Fozzie Bear from ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
** Bobo from ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''. Although larger and with a more intimidating role as security guard, he's just as big a softie as Fozzie, if not more so.
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* The Bear in the Flying Carousel from ''[[The Teletubbies]]'', unlike [[Everything's Worse with Bears|that other bear from that show.]]
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* The [[Trope Codifier]] is the actual teddy bear, invented in 1902 in reference to an incident where Teddy Roosevelt refused to kill a bear that had been captured and tied up for him to "hunt".▼
* Trained bears are common performers at circuses, enough so [[Dancing Bear|that they named a trope.]]▼
* And, of course, [[Pandaing to the Audience|pandas]] have always been immune to [[Everything's Worse with Bears|the usual depiction of bears]], even though they're really just as dangerous as other bears are.▼
* [http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4922473&categoryid=2378529 Behold: Bears racing monkeys on bicycles.] [[Rule of Cool|Is it not awesome?]]▼
* [http://etherealdefiency.tumblr.com/post/19391244629/musicgoeson-polite-bears-lol-look-at-that The Polite Bears!]▼
* The ''[[wikipedia:Country Bear Jamboree|Country Bear Jamboree]]'' at [[Disneyland]] and Disney World. Bears playing musical instruments! And singing!
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Tae the Bear God of ''[[Lusternia]]''. He has a [[Little Guy, Big Buddy]] relationship with his (much brighter) friend Bollikin, and spends most of his time playing with his bear creations and [[Winnie the Pooh|eating honey]]. He still [[Boisterous Bruiser|shouldn't be messed with, though]].
* Teddie in ''[[Persona 4]]''.
* Banjo from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', though arguably not as funny as Kazooie.
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* ''[[Sore Losers]]'' has a blue midget bear named Coleman as its [[Animal Mascot]]. While Coleman still can be vicious, he's also a constant source of comic relief, [[Speech-Impaired Animal|talks in half-growls]], and is small enough to pass for a teddy bear when standing still.
* When some bar-bear-ian Were-bears turned up in ''[[Exiern]]'' they unleashed a [[Hurricane of Puns]], utterly un-bear-able in the watching crowd.
* Beary, [[Benzaie]]'s son/brother who also happens to be a plush polar bear, and usually winds up as [[The Woobie]] thanks to the way Benzaie treats him.
* [http://everything2.com/title/The+Bear+FAQ The Bear FAQ]
* Juuichi from ''[[Morenatsu]]'', despite his [[Grumpy Bear|usual expression]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Baloo again in ''[[Tale Spin]]'', as well as Rebecca, Molly, and Kit.
* [[Yogi Bear]], Boo Boo, and Cindy Bear, although Yogi ''is'' [[Theme Song|always getting in the Ranger's hair.]]
* The [[Care Bears]], although these probably fall squarely into the "actual teddy bears" category.
** Likewise, the [[Bland-Name Product|Dummi Bears]] from ''[[Rugrats]]'', who are an obvious spoof of this, though their ''name'' is an [[Homage]] to...
* The [[Gummi Bears]], who also might
* In the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "Bunny Raven, or How to Make a Titanimal Disappear", Cyborg gets turned into a dancing bear, in a ''tutu''. Due to the magical properties of the realm they were trapped in, every time he removed the tutu, a new one winked into existence to replace it, resulting in a giant pile of discarded tutus.
* The unnamed bear that appears very often in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''.
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* [[Rupert Bear]]
* ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' has [[Cute Machines]] the Ro-Bear Berbils, helpful, rainbow-hued robotic teddy bears who love to build and repair things.
* ''[[The Hair Bear Bunch]]''.
* Breezly Bruin, a Hanna-Barbera character from 1964 who always tried to get into an arctic army base.
== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* The [[Trope Codifier]] is the actual teddy bear, invented in 1902 in reference to an incident where Teddy Roosevelt refused to kill a bear cub that had been captured and tied up for him to "hunt".
▲* Trained bears are common performers at circuses, enough so [[Dancing Bear|that they named a trope
▲* And, of course, [[Pandaing to the Audience|pandas]] have always been immune to [[Everything's Worse with Bears|the usual depiction of bears]], even though they're really just as dangerous as other bears are.
▲* [http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4922473&categoryid=2378529 Behold: Bears racing monkeys on bicycles.] [[Rule of Cool|Is it not awesome?]]
▲* [http://etherealdefiency.tumblr.com/post/19391244629/musicgoeson-polite-bears-lol-look-at-that The Polite Bears!]{{Dead link}}
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