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{{quote|''Did you know that in the gay community a hairy man is called a Bear?''|'''Stan Smith''', '''''[[American Dad]]'''''}}
In gay slang, a "[[wikipedia:Bear
Bears don't appear as often in entertainment for mainstream audiences, where [[Queer As Tropes|gay stereotypes]] [[Small Reference Pools|more familiar]] [[Lowest Common Denominator|to the audience]] predominate. But bears are common in the gay community and in LGBT-made works, and ubiquitous in modern gay porn and [[Bara]]. Where bears do appear, they announce themselves by their body type appearance, as the Bear is as much about [[Fetish Fuel]] and [[Rule of Sexy]] as it is about subculture.
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* In an episode of [[Ashes to Ashes]], Alex deduces the gangster they're investigating is into bears, and Ray (a noted homophobe implied to have latent homosexual tendencies) has to flirt with him in order to further the case.
* In one episode of ''30Rock'', Jack decides to seduce his wife's gay interior designer so he can get his way on their home's wallpaper. He explains to Liz:
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** His actual status as a bear is debatable (beards are usually mandatory, though naked Alec Baldwin has quite the [[Carpet of Virility]]), but we'll forgive him because the seduction scene is hilarious.
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