Paddington Bear (novel): Difference between revisions

{{quote| Please Look After This Bear. Thank You.}}

A series of books first appearing in 1958, written by Michael Bond, about the antics of a small mildly anthropomorphic brown bear who lives with an ordinary London family. Paddington is usually seen wearing a blue duffel coat (a somewhat old-fashioned warm coat fastened by toggles) and rather shapeless black hat (though more modern versions sometimes give him a red hat instead, or even reverse the colours for a blue hat and red coat).

''Paddington'' books continued to be written throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and spawned [[Paddington (Animation)|a TV series of 5 minute shorts]] that ran from 1975 to 1986. The unique visual style (Paddington himself is a stop-motion figure, the backgrounds are black-and-white line drawings and the other characters are 2D paper cutouts) and catchy theme tune led to it becoming a well-loved childhood favourite.

* [[Door StopStep Baby]]: The Browns found him sitting on the platform of Paddington Station, near the lost property office, with a label round his neck bearing the words "Please Look After This Bear. Thank You."

* [[EverythingsEverything's Worse Withwith Bears]]: Averted, yet also played straight in a mild way. Paddington is courteous, completely non-violent, and ''freaking adorable'', yet has quite a knack for getting into all sorts of trouble, whether it's accidentally destroying his neighbor's hammock, letting a marmalade sandwich slip inside a film projector, or trashing the kitchen with one of his sloppy baking attempts.

* [[Lions and Tigers Andand Humans, Oh My!]]

* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: Paddington is a bear [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_Bear:Spectacled Bear|from Peru]], but looks like a a brown bear from the [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear:Brown bear|Northern Hemisphere]].

{{quote| '''[[Gabby Cabbie|Taxi Driver]]''': Bears is sixpence extra. ''Sticky bears'' is ninepence.}}

[[Category:ChildrensChildren's Literature]]