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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 (gay culture)|bear]]" is a hairy [[Manly Gay]] man with a delightful [[Carpet of Virility]]
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.
''Usually'' a subtrope of [[Manly Gay]], and the polar opposite of [[The Twink]] (though "cubs" tend to have a similar disposition). Frequently overlaps with [[Badass]], [[Big Beautiful Man]], [[Cool Old Guy]], [[Leather Man]] or [[Petting Zoo People]]. In fact this trope overlaps with [[Big Beautiful Man]] ''so often'' that [[Your Mileage May Vary|some people]] would consider them the same
Though this trope always ''involves'' gay men, the targets of bearish interest need not always be gay. This trope can apply to straight men who gay men acknowledge as attractive for their bearish looks. For this to be objectively applied, it has to be deliberate in a story. For [[Real Life]] examples, the straight men have to have acknowledged their bear fanbase. All examples solely acknowledged by gay fans should go in [[Fan Yay]].
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=== The following works have featured
== Comic Books ==
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== Video Games ==
* Jin's [[Bara]] [[Dating Sim
* Jūichi in ''[[Morenatsu]]'' is simultaneously
* Zangief from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' is possibly one of the oldest examples of this in video games. He has been [[Ambiguously Gay|hinted to be gay]] enough that audiences gay and straight have taken notice, and his gay bearish appeal has long since been secured.
* Considering the [[One-Gender Race|all-male]] nature of the [[Final Fantasy XI|Galka]] and the strong implications that they are [[Everyone Is Gay|predominantly gay]] (or at least were during their time alone without females for centuries), the fact that ''every'' Galka has at least a [[Badass Beard|chinstrap beard]] immediately makes the whole race ''very'' bearish, with shades of [[Big Beautiful Man]] as well.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', Sabin refers to himself as a bear during the cut scene on Mount
* Referenced in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', where [[Invisible to Gaydar|Cortez]] and [[Heroic Build|Vega]] [[Vitriolic Best Buds|are arguing]] about which ground vehicle is the best, and Vega expresses his fondness for one called the Grizzly Bear, causing Cortez to snark that he ''would'' be one to like something called that. [[Late to the Punchline|Vega doesn't get it]].
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