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''Marching along as their song fills the air..."''}}
 
'''''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears''''' is a truly groundbreaking series by Walt Disney. Although ''[[The Wuzzles]]'' was Disney's first original animated TV series, that was really a trial run for this series, which almost immediately made the company a dominant force in television animation. Lasting from September, 1985 to February, 1991. A total of 94 episodes.
 
The show was actually a major gamble for Disney, as it was a very new idea. Disney reasoned that the costs of a high-quality animated show could be recovered in syndication. The gamble worked, and a new era of unprecedented quality in western television animation was born.
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That threat comes in the form of Duke Igthorn of Drekmore and his army of really dumb ogres. He is out to conquer Dunwyn and upon discovering that the supposedly mythological Gummi Bears exist, he will stop at ''nothing'' to exploit their secrets, like their powerful magic and technology, for his own use. Furthermore, he is but the most frequent of a whole host of enemies that the Gummi Bears and their human allies must oppose.
 
At the most uncharitable, you could call this series [[T MsTMS]]'s (late) answer to ''[[The Littl' Bits]]'' (as ''The Littl Bits'' came out in 1980, this did not came out until 1985), but it's more accurate to call it Disney's/TMS's attempt to show how to do the premise ''right'' (as ''The Littl Bits'' does have its fans). Apart from obviously lavish animation, the series addressed the major complaints of [[Tatsunoko]]'s series and the basic ideology of the 1980s; for instance, individuality is celebrated in proper proportion to the value of cooperation and the primary characters are far more nuanced with carefully considered flaws and strengths. Furthermore, the female characters avoid [[The Smurfette Principle]], with multiple characters with strong well-defined personalities who bow to no one.
 
If you're wondering how they came up with a premise for, of all things, ''Gummi Bears'', as the story goes, Michael Eisner was inspired when he was [[wikipedia:Gummi bear|snacking on them]]. True story, straight from [[That Other Wiki]].
 
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Duke Igthorn.
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