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[[File:berenstein2_1496.png|frame| Do we have to call them the "[[The Flintstones|modern Wood Age family]]"?]]
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Note the spelling of the name, by the way. [[Title Confusion|It's a common error.]]
There were also several animated adaptations over time: ''Christmas Tree'', ''Meet Bigpaw'', ''Easter Surprise'', ''Valentine Special'' and ''Little Leaguer'', all of which aired on [[NBC]]. A TV series aired on [[CBS]] between 1985 and 1986, and a second began in 2003 on [[PBS Kids]]. The PBS series was produced by [[Nelvana]].
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* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The cartoon adaptations of the storybooks would often add in scenes that weren't in the original stories. For example, the cartoon version of ''The Truth'' has Brother and Sister play a bit of soccer outside before they eventually go back inside and break Mama's lamp.
** While the book version of ''Get the Gimmies'' simply dealt with the cubs' greed and tantrums, the cartoon inserted a "let's think of others in need" variation that changed the whole moral.
** The cartoon version of ''The Sitter'' actually shows Mama & Papa Bear at the community meeting - apparently, their whole reason for going in the first place was because Papa was frustrated with the fact that the gas stations no longer served free coffee & donuts.
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: The weasels in the ''Bear Scouts'' books and the cartoon are absolutely always evil, with no exceptions.▼
* [[An Aesop]]: Most every book tries to teach a lesson<ref> Moreover, each book begins with a simple four-line rhyme explaning it</ref>. Some of the Big Chapter ones are particularly hamfisted in doing so (such as ''No Guns Allowed'', where Too-Tall gets busted for using a ''squirt'' gun).
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: See above.
* [[Author Tract]]: There are Christian Berenstain Bear books. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090416170357/http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/11/26/the-berenstain-bears-are-christian
* [[Barefoot Cartoon Animal|Bearfoot Cartoon Animals]]: Most of the characters in Bear Country. Professor Actual Factual wears ''spats'' over his feet while Bigpaw goes [[Naked People Are Funny|au naturale]].
* [[Big Guy]]: Too-Tall.
* [[The Boxing Episode]]: A portion of ''The Berenstain Bears and the Bully'' is Brother Bear teaching Sister Bear to box so that she can defend herself from a bully at school. Sister is a natural at it, from what the pictures let us see.
* [[A Boy, a Girl,
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: The ending line of the [[Animated Adaptation]]'s theme:
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** To the tune of John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever," by the way.
* [[Bumbling Dad]]: Papa Bear, though he is the voice of reason in ''Messy Room''.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: [[Honest John's Dealership|Raffish Ralph]] (later renamed [[Meaningful Name|Ralph Ripoff]]) and Weasel McGreed from the 1980s cartoon.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I don't know if I can stand the excitement." The 1980s cartoon version of Brother often said this in [[Sarcasm Mode]].
* [[Character Name and
* [[Christmas Episode]]
* [[Clueless Aesop]]: See [http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/12/the_8_most_awkward_berenstain_bears_books.php here] for the 8 most awkward titles.
** If your '''immediate''' reaction to #1's cover is {{spoiler|"[[Fantastic Racism]]!"}}, [[TV Tropes Ruined Your Life]].
* [[Collectible Cloney Babies]]: Parodied with Beary Bubbies in "The Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze". Both Brother and Sister Bear become obsessed with collecting Beary Bubbies, to the point that they do extra chores around the house to earn extra allowance money, and bumming rides from their parents to stores that have them. They aren't the only ones; a trip to a big mall reveals that bear parents are getting into fistfights over them. Thing is that the authors emphasize that you can't even play with a Beary Bubbie as you would with a regular plushie, meaning all you can do is look at them or brag about how many you have. The ending page is the Bears looking at their collection and asking [[Was It Really Worth It?]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: ''The Week at Grandma's'' has Brother and Sister find this out about their grandparents.
* [[Compressed Vice]]: The plot point of several books, among them: eating too much junk food, watching too much television, throwing tantrums, and forgetting their manners.
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** Of note is the fact that, before Sister Bear was born, Brother Bear was originally called Small Bear.
** In the German translation (at least of the TV series), Brother and Sister are renamed Bastel and Suse.
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* [[Fictional Counterpart]]: "[[Barbie|Bearbie]]" dolls, present in the books and cartoon. Also [[Beanie Babies|Beary Bubbies]].
** In fact, this series provides ''lots'' of them. Among them are [[Santa Claus|Santa Bear]], Amelia <s>Earhart</s> Bearhart, <s>Burger King</s> the Burger Bear, <s>Dairy Queen</s> the Dairy Bear, and the [[Game Boy|Game Bear]].
* [[Gender Equal Ensemble]]: For the longest time, The Bear family consisted of Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Brother Bear and Sister Bear. This balance was undone with the introduction of Honey Bear in 2000.
* [[Hanna-Barbera]]: Producers of the 1980's series.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Papa Bear, repeatedly. When Brother and Sister whine about not being allowed to watch TV for a week in ''Too Much Television'', Papa lectures them about being good sports - and then finishes with "Now, if you'll excuse me, there's a sports show I want to watch."
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Very many secondary characters.
* [[Long Runner]]
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: In one of the novels, a new principal establishes a school dress code, and the students hate ''both''. So they decide to study the rules and on the very first day, decide to piss off the principal by doing ''just'' this, and intentionally declaring that they are not breaking any rules. "The rules say there are no ''blue'' jeans allowed...Mine are ''green''", and "It says no ''Superman'' capes...this is a ''batman'' cape." This prompts the principal to blow his top and put in an [[Obvious Rule Patch]] mid-day.
* [[Magic Feather]]: In ''The Bad Dream'', Sister Bear goes to the local movie house to see the romantic comedy ''The Magic Toeshoes'', which is premised entirely on this trope. (Brother opts instead to catch the infinitely cooler ''Space Grizzlies''!)
* [[Mama Bear]]: Well, that's her name, anyway....
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* [[This Is My Side]]: Done with Brother and Sister's tree house in ''...Get in a Fight''.
* [[Too Smart for Strangers]]: A comparatively realistic and intelligent handling of the subject.
* [[Wicked Weasel]]: In the ''Bear Scouts'' series, an underground society of [[
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