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[[File:Fozzie Bear 1473.jpg|link=The Muppet Show|frame|Wokka Wokka!]]
The only time ''this'' sort of bear is [[Bears are Bad News| bad news]] is when his jokes are 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]]s 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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== [[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.▼
== Advertising ==
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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
▲== [[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.
== Comic Books ==
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== 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...
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