List of fictional bears

Table of contents 1 Bears in books 2 Bears in plays 3 Animated bears 4 Bears in film 5 Puppet bears 6 Bears in advertising 7 Bears in poetry 8 Miscellaneous

Bears in books

• Baloo from The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
• the Berenstain Bears
• Paddington Bear
• the Three Bears
• Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
• Little Bear[?] by Maurice Sendak[?]
• Crow of the Bear Clan[?], barbarian comic book bear

Bears in plays

• The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare famously includes the stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear".

Animated bears

• Blubber, Luke's racing partner in Wacky Races: Hanna-Barbera
• the Care Bears[?]
• the Gummi Bears
• Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch[?]: Hanna-Barbera
• Two polar bears accompanying Mr. Freeze[?] in Batman: The Animated Series
• Yogi Bear: Hanna-Barbera
• Little Bear[?]
• Eddy and the Bear[?]
• Bear, from Franklin[?]

Bears in film

• Archie in Dr. Dolittle 2[?]

Puppet bears

• Bear in the Big Blue House[?]
• Fozzie Bear
• Humphrey B. Bear
• Sooty[?], Cousin Scampy[?] and Soo (a panda bear)
• Baby Bear in Sesame Street

Bears in advertising

• Cool, stylish bear in British Hofmeister Beer commercials of the 1970s. "For great lager, follow the bear".
• the Hamm's Beer bear
• Talking polar bear from British Fox's Glacier Mint commercials
• Talking polar bear from British Cresta soft drink commercials of the 1970s
• Polar bears from international Coca-Cola commercials
• the Labatt's Blue bear
• Grizzly bear in ad for Charmin[?] toilet paper
• "There's a bear in the woods. . ." Presumably representing the Soviet Union, this bear appeared in Ronald Reagan's campaign advertising.
• Sugar Bear, mascot for General Foods Corporation[?]'s Post Sugar Crisp cereal.

Bears in poetry

• Fuzzy wuzzy

was a bear

Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair

So Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he.

• Bulgy

Algy saw the bear.

The bear saw Algy.

The bear was bulgy.

The bulge was Algy.

Miscellaneous

• Smokey the Bear[?], mascot of the U.S. Forest Service, who insist that his correct name is Smokey Bear. No the. "Remember, only YOU can prevent forest fires." (He is also only semi-fictional, as he was based on a "real" Smokey Bear.)
• Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear, a mondegreen created from the misheard lyrics of a hymn (Gladly, the Cross I'd bear. . .)

See also: List of fictional animals