Care Bears

Title: Care Bears
Country of Origin: USA
Produced by: DiC Entertainment/Nelvana
Air Date: 1985
Number of Episodes: 101
Episode Length: 30 minutes
UK Channel: ITV

80s Cartoons retro rating: 4/5

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The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on greeting cards. The original artwork for the cards was painted by artist Elena Kucharik. In 1983, Kenner took the characters and made the first in a line of very succesful teddy bears based of the Care Bears. Over 40 million units were sold between 1983 and 1987. Each Care Bear comes in a different color and with a specialized insignia on its belly: for example, "Bedtime Bear" is pastel blue and sports a sleepy-looking anthropromorphised crescent moon, and "Cheer Bear" is pink with a rainbow insignia. A spin-off collection toys, the Care Bear Cousins, feature stuffed monkeys, lions, and other such animals in the same style as the teddy bears. The Care Bears television series ran from 1985 to 1988; three animated feature film spinoffs, The Care Bears Movie (1985), The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986), and The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987) followed.

Care Bears theme:

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Care Bears lyrics:

I wanna be a Care Bear!
Oh it’ll be so great when I’m a Care Bear!
Well I can hardly wait to be a Care Bear!
And do the things that Care Bears do!
Oh I want to be a Care Bear like you… You do?
I’d be like Funshine and make the sun shine!
I’d have a heart like Love-a-lot,
I’d be like Wish Bear and always be there!
We’d be the luckiest bears in Care-a-lot!

I want to be a Care Bear, and fill the world of love,
To be a Care Bear, is what I’m dreaming of,
We’d make a great pair,
We’ll stick together through and through… like glue!
I don’t want to be a cook or a fireman,
Don’t want to play trombone in a marching band,
I just wanna be a Care Bear like you!
Just want to be a Care Bear!

Care Bears characters:

TENDERHEART



Leader of the Care Bears
Red heart symbol

LOVE-A-LOT



Pink two heart symbol

GRUMPY BEAR



Inventor
Mechanic
Rain cloud symbol

FRIEND BEAR



Her best friend is Secret Bear

GOOD LUCK BEAR



Spreads luck
4-leaf clover symbol

BEDTIME BEAR



Very sleepy
Moon symbol

BIRTHDAY BEAR



Loves birthdays
Cupcake symbol

CHEER BEAR



Very happy
Rainbow symbol

FUNSHINE



Loves to play
Sun symbol

BRAVE HEART LION



Leader of the Care Bear Cousins
Heart & crown symbol

BRIGHT HEART RACCOON



Care Bear Cousin

COZY HEART PENGUIN



Care Bear Cousin

GENTLE HEART LAMB



Care Bear Cousin

LOTSA HEART ELEPHANT



Care Bear Cousin

LOYAL HEART DOG



Care Bear Cousin

NOBLE HEART HORSE



Co-founder of Kingdom of Caring
Care Bear Cousin

PLAYFUL HEART MONKEY



Care Bear Cousin

PROUD HEART CAT



Care Bear Cousin

SWIFT HEART RABBIT



Care Bear Cousin

TREAT HEART PIG



Care Bear Cousin

BABY HUGS
BABY TUGS



"Hugs"and "Tugs"
Baby Care Bears

CHAMP BEAR



Loves sport
Trophy symbol

DAYDREAM BEAR



Heart & stars symbol

SECRET BEAR



Rarely speaks
Padlock symbol

SHARE BEAR



Loves to share
Millshake symbol

TRUE HEART BEAR



Co-founder of Kingdon of Caring
Mother of Care Bears

PROFESSOR COLDHEART



Mad scientist

FROSTBITE



Coldheart's assistant
Clumsy, daft

NO HEART



Evil wizard
Seeks to destroy feelings

BEASTLY



No Heart's assistant

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