Care Bears

Title: Care Bears
Country of Origin: USA
Produced by: Dic Entertainment, Nelvana
Air Date: 1985 - 88
Number of Episodes: 101
Episode Length: 30minutes
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Info: 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 lyrics

TV Theme lyrics:

Care Bears countdown 4-3-2-1!
Who's that coming, from somewhere up in the sky?
Moving fast and bright as a firefly!
Just when you think that trouble's gonna pounce
Who's gonna be there when it really counts?
Do that Care Bears countdown,
And send a wish out through the air
(And send a wish out through the air!)
Just do that Care Bears countdown!
Just when you need 'em they'll be there
(Just when you need 'em they'll be there!)
Dont be afraid when clouds are brewing hard,
If you can dream just send a wish out through the dark,
And do the Care Bears countdown 5-4-3-2-1!

Care Bears Characters

Original Care Bears

Tenderheart Bear
Bedtime Bear
Birthday Bear
Cheer Bear
Friend Bear
Funshine Bear
Good Luck Bear
Grumpy Bear
Love-a-Lot Bear
Wish Bear

The Care Bears Cousins

Brave Heart Lion
Bright Heart Raccoon
Cozy Heart Penguin
Gentle Heart Lamb
Lotsa Heart Elephant
Loyal Heart Dog
Noble Heart Horse
Playful Heart Monkey
Proud Heart Cat
Swift Heart Rabbit
Treat Heart Pig

Other Care Bear additions!

Share Bear
Baby Hugs Bear and Baby Tugs Bear
Champ Bear
Day Dream Bear
Forest Friend Bear
Grams Bear
Harmony Bear
Perfect and Polite Panda
Sea Friend Bear
Secret Bear
Surprise Bear
Take Care Bear
True Heart Bear

Nicholas and the Evil Spirit (1st movie)
Dark Heart (2nd movie)
The Wizard & Dim and Dumb (3rd movie)
Professor Coldheart & Frostbite (DIC episodes)
No Heart, Beastly & Shrieky (Nelvana episodes)

Care Bears images

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Care Bears DVDs

Care Bears DVD AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON | PLAY | HMV Care Bear stare!!!! Various DVDs available, including the 2 great movies.

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