List of fictional bears

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The fictional bears listed here are limited to notable, named characters that appear in video games, film, television, animation, comics and literature, including pandas, but not the unrelated red panda species. This is a subsidiary to the List of fictional animals article.

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Akakabuto Ginga Nagareboshi Gin A power-hungry bear from the fictional Japanese mountains of Ohu. His name means "red-helmet", after the unusual red patch of fur lining his backbone. Bloodthirsty and wrathful, he terrorizes the people of nearby villages and forms alliances with other powerful bears to build a fortress in the mountains. He is the main villain in Ginga Nagareboshi Gin and makes a cameo in Ginga Legend WEED via narrated flashbacks.
Andy Panda Walter Lantz He has a girlfriend called Miranda Panda and a father called Andrew Senior, who have appeared in many cartoons and comic books. One of his comic book adventures was drawn by Carl Barks. John Stanley also did Andy Panda comic book work.[1]
Baloo The Jungle Book (Disney) A sloth bear and friend of Mowgli and Bagheera in the 1967 animated film, an adaptation of the original The Jungle Book stories by Rudyard Kipling, who reprises his role in the 2016 live-action remake. In the animated series TaleSpin, he is the pilot of the transport plane "Sea Duck". Voiced by Phil Harris in the first film, John Goodman in The Jungle Book 2, and Bill Murray in the 2016 remake.
Barnacles The Octonauts The captain of the Octonauts ship.
Barney Bear Barney Bear A grumpy brown bear who struggles to cope with the annoyances around him.
Barry Bear The Angry Beavers Barry Bear is a laid-back grizzly bear with a deep voice. He enjoys funk music and is a disco artist with multiple songs. He is a parody of Barry White. Voiced by John Garry.
Bear Masha and the Bear A brown bear who is Masha's best friend.
Bear WordWorld A bear that is made up of the words B, E, A, and R.
Bears Sing The main antagonists of the film and enemies of Mike the Mouse.
Benjamin "Ben" Bear The Secret World of Benjamin Bear The titular protagonist of the children's animated series, in which teddy bears are alive, but this must be kept a secret.
Bernard Bernard A funny polar bear, also known as Backkom.
Bert Willa's Wild Life
Bikini Bear Steven Bikini Bear is a male bear who wears a bikini.
Bi-Polar Bear Queer Duck One of Queer Duck's friends. He often makes bad jokes that only he finds funny.
Big Mikey Bunsen Is a Beast A black bear who is given to and named after Mikey in the episode "Bearly Acceptable Behavior".
Blossom Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets Mulan's panda cub and member of the Palace Pets.
Bladvic Legends of Chima The Prince of the Bear tribe.
Blubber Bear Wacky Races Luke's racing partner.
Bobo The Simpsons Mr. Burns' treasured childhood teddy bear.
Bojan Bojan the Bear A painter who paints his own world with three colours.
Bongo Fun and Fancy Free A circus bear.
Boo-Boo The Yogi Bear Show
The Huckleberry Hound Show		 Boo-Boo Bear resides in Jellystone Park and, while evading Ranger Smith along with Yogi Bear, often questions him why they are trying to steal picnic baskets.
Boog Open Season Elliot's best friend and the protagonist of the film and its sequels. Voiced by Martin Lawrence and Mike Epps.
Boris Miffy and Friends
Brandon OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes An anthropomorphic bear and minor recurring character, who works at IFrame Outlet in Lakewood Plaza Turbo alongside A Real Magic Skeleton.
Bossy Bossy Bear
Breezly Breezly and Sneezly A comical, resourceful polar bear who sticks with his friend Sneezly.
Brother Bear Coonskin A satirical subversion of Joel Chandler Harris and Disney's similar character from Song of the South, reimagined as an African-American. He was voiced by soul singer Barry White.[2]
The Buddy Bears Garfield and Friends Singing annoying bears that 'always get along'.
Burble Danger Rangers A polar bear good at skateboarding, who teaches kids about safety.
Burple Bear Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Charlie Beary The Beary Family An incompetent family man bear who has to deal with his naggy wife Bessie, his dim-witted teenage son Junior, and younger daughter Suzy.
Cindy Bear The Yogi Bear Show Yogi Bear's girlfriend. First appears as a blue bear wearing yellow garments, but is redesigned in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!.
Corporal Penguins of Madagascar A polar bear who is a member of the North Wind.
Cub Happy Tree Friends Causes trouble, usually through dangerous activities, while his father does not pay attention.
Disco Bear Happy Tree Friends A light orange-colored bear with an orange afro and sideburns who likes to dance to disco music. He wears 1970s-style clothing, including a yellow leisure jacket, yellow bell-bottom pants, and orange and white dancing platform shoes.
Ernest Ernest & Celestine An initially destitute bear who rejects his family's plan for him to go into law to pursue his dream of becoming an entertainer.
Farmer Bear Elinor Wonders Why A presumably female grizzly bear who is a recurring character in the show. She is, as her title implies, a working farmer in Animal Town. She is voiced by Ellen Dubin.
Flippy Happy Tree Friends Flippy is a green male bear, who wears dog tags around his neck, a military uniform, and a green beret with a checkered crest on his head. He is a retired veteran soldier in the Army who fought in the Weaponized Animal Regiment (The W.A.R.) and has an obsession with making booby traps inspired by the Viet Cong, who, as seen in Easy For You to Sleigh, once held him captive. He is named for his tendency to "flip out" and kill anyone in sight when he sees or hears something related to war.
Fluffy Duckman A pink teddy bear and one of Duckman's two Care Bear-esque office assistants along with his co-worker Uranus, who try to get Duckman to act kindly and more politically correct.
Fozzie Bear The Muppets
George and Junior Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoons Two bears inspired by George and Lennie from John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.
Ginko Yurishiro Yuri Kuma Arashi
Gordon Camp Lazlo A bear bean scout.
Grizzly Shirokuma Cafe
Grizzly Bear Happy Tree Friends A male grizzly bear who appears in the episode "Take a Hike".
Grizzly Bear We Bare Bears One of three brothers trying to fit in with human society.
Grizzy Grizzy & the Lemmings A bear who constantly battles a clan of lemmings, with results that always end in both Grizzy and the lemmings losing in bizarre, comical ways.
Grizz Kodiak The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog Local carpenter of Gnarly Woods.
Gummibär Gummibär (Music Videos), Yummy Gummy Search For Santa and Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show An obese, anthropomorphic green gummy bear wearing orange Y-front underwear, who loves singing and dancing.
Hei Bai Avatar: The Last Airbender Spirits of the forest that take the form of a panda bear.
Humphrey the Bear Walt Disney shorts A bear who usually harasses Donald Duck and park ranger J. Audubon Woodlore.
Ice Bear We Bare Bears One of three brothers trying to fit in with human society.
Jack Bear Goldie & Bear Mama and Papa Bear's son, who met Goldie after she accidentally broke his favourite chair.
Karadi "Karadi Tales" A Himalayan brown bear who appears in the first season of the show, telling stories from the Panchatantra, Jatakas and Indian mythology.
Kenai Brother Bear An Alaskan native teenager who is transformed into an Alaskan Kodiak bear, as described by the film information,[3] or as a brown bear, as determined by historical facts,[4] by Sitka's spirit in the Aurora as punishment for killing Koda's mother. Along with Koda, he embarks on a journey to the mountain where the lights touch the earth to turn back into a human, but decides to remain a bear after realizing that Koda needs him because of his mistake. He is voiced by Joaquin Phoenix in the first film and Patrick Dempsey in Brother Bear 2. His name means "Flatland" in Athabascan language and open meadow in the Dena'ina language; he is also named after Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Kevin Zootopia Mr. Big's most trusted henchman and a member of the Tundratown mafia.
Kissyfur Kissyfur A male cub who lives with his father in the swamps.
Kit Cloudkicker TaleSpin Formerly an air pirate, he becomes a navigator for Baloo after escaping.
Koda Brother Bear An orphaned Alaskan grizzly bear cub, as described by the film information,[3] or as a brown bear cub, as determined by historical facts,[4] who becomes a friend to Kenai. Voiced by Jeremy Suarez. Koda means "friend" in the Sioux language.
Kumajiro Hetalia: Axis Powers A pet polar bear owned by the personification of Canada. He is often shown to not recognize Canada as a joke that no one knows Canada, even his pet.
Leonard Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Life Beauty Yuri Kuma Arashi
Life Cool Yuri Kuma Arashi
Life Sexy Yuri Kuma Arashi
Little John Disney's Robin Hood A legendary outlaw and Robin Hood's best friend.
Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear Toy Story 3 A stuffed bear and the main antagonist.
Luk Balto
Lulu Yurigasaki Yuri Kuma Arashi
Lumpjaw Fun and Fancy Free Main antagonist to Bongo.
Malloy Brickleberry A crude, racist, and sexist grizzly bear cub who plays video games.
Marezou Girl Friend BETA
Master Yo Yin Yang Yo! Father and teacher of Yin and Yang.
Maxie Chilly Willy A polar bear and one of Chilly Willy's best friends. He is first seen in Polar Fright, when he must take care not to wake up a dog. Maxie meets Willy in Chilly Chums, when he saves Maxie from a hunter.
Mimmo Charley and Mimmo Charley's subanthromorphic teddy bear toy and one of the main characters. He communicates through squeaks and squeals.
Mishka Masha and the Bear A retired circus bear who acts as a fatherly figure and friend to Masha.
Molly Cunningham TaleSpin Rebecca Cunningham's yellow-furred, six-year-old daughter.
Mor'du Brave A violent, massive bear with the strength of ten men. Formerly a human Scottish prince, he was transformed through a spell he acquired in an attempt to defeat his brothers for total control of an ancient kingdom.
Mouk Mouk A globe-trotting bear.
Muk Balto
Natsu Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear
Norm Norm of the North The titular character, who has to prevent Greene Homes condos from arriving in the Arctic.
Norvyn Kingdom Force A serious polar bear who protects the Ice Kingdom and part of Kingdom Force. He is the biggest, oldest, and strongest member of the team; his vehicle Rider 5 is the strongest of the vehicles, has a grappling hook, and can turn into a submarine. He also has a nephew, named Artie. Norvyn has a big appetite and a keen interest in fishing. He wears blue fingerless gloves.
Oso Special Agent Oso A teddy bear and the titular protagonist. A special agent working for the United Network for Investigating Quite Usual Events (U.N.I.Q.U.E.), who helps children perform everyday tasks.
Pancada The Little Panda Fighter A panda bear working as janitor at the Bear Bar Box, a boxing ring and bar for bears, who dreams of becoming a dancer. However, with fewer customers coming to the Bear Bar Box due to the bear Teddy Thunders having been champion for two years, the ring's owner, polar bear Mr. Polaris, disguises himself to fight Teddy Thunders in the ring. However, when Pancada does his laundry, his black suit shrinks, making Mr. Polaris resemble a panda and causing everyone to believe that Pancada won the match.
Panda Bear Shirokuma Cafe
Panda Jujutsu Kaisen A mutated Cursed Corpse resembling a giant panda.
Panda Bear We Bare Bears One of three brothers trying to fit in with human society.
Panny Panda! Go, Panda!
Pants Bear Pants Bear[5] The story of Pants Bear and his family started in 2018, but the origins of Pants Bear dates back to the early 1990s in Finland, when Dr. Taavi Kuisma, who would go on to become the author of Pants Bear, acquired a special teddy bear with bright green pants.
Papa Panda Panda! Go, Panda!
Party Pat Adventure Time A slender bear who is the leader of the Party Bears.
Pat Adventure Time A female bear who is Kim Kil Whan‘s wife.
Paw Paw Chuck Paws & Tales Grizzly bear and folksy mentor of C.J. Brown and his friends.
Peetie the Sexual Harassment Panda South Park Real name Tom Morris, he is a misfit educational mascot dressed as a panda who teaches children about sexual harassment. He eventually becomes "Peetie the Don't Sue People Panda" to end the crisis of South Park's citizens constantly suing various people.
Penny Ling Littlest Pet Shop
Pepper Summer Camp Island A panda normally seen with his security blanket, who tends to have a somewhat neurotic personality.
Peter the Panda Phineas and Ferb A secret agent panda from Seattle.
"Master" Po Ping Kung Fu Panda An energetic and overweight giant panda who becomes the Dragon Warrior.
Polar Bear Shirokuma Cafe The proprietor of the café, which serves organic foods and drinks and is popular with both humans and animals. He has a habit of making bad puns with his customers and friends, for the amusement of hearing their retorts.
Pop Happy Tree Friends Cub's father, who usually causes misfortune for his son casually or through negligence.
Professor Paljas Alfred J. Kwak
Punch Hustle Punch The main character: a street child bear.
Queen Elinor Brave Merida's mother, who is transformed into a bear for two days by a spell that Merida obtains from The Witch, which has unforeseen consequences.
Rebecca Cunningham TaleSpin
Rilakkuma Rilakkuma "Relax Bear" and his friend Korilakkuma are bear characters from the San-X Company who are largely popular in Japan.
Roro Shirobako Rupert is a comic strip character from Great Britain's Daily Express.
Sebastian Star Bear Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission An extraterrestrial Star Bear from the Ursa Major constellation who flies to Earth in his CRYOG after hearing Griselda's plea for help.
Shao May Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Sonny Rimba Racer
Sonya the Bear Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted King Julien's love interest.
The Squishy Bearz Eek! The Cat Parodic versions of the Care Bears, consisting of Kozy, Puffy, Wuz Wuz and Pierre.
SuperTed SuperTed A teddy bear made in a toy factory who is discarded after he is discovered to be defective. He is discovered by the alien Spotty, who brings him to life with his "cosmic dust" and takes him to Mother Nature, who gives him powers.
Taotao Taotao
Ted E. Bear The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas Theodore Edward (Ted E.) Bear is a bear who goes exploring while the other bears are hibernating.
Ted the Polar Bear The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper A polar bear who has a lonely Christmas until Private decides to get him a present.
Teddy Ruxpin The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin Better known as "The World's First Animated Talking Toy".
Teri The Amazing World of Gumball A paper cutout bear and student at Elmore Junior High.
The Gummi Bears Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears Fictional group of anthropomorphic bears who have a long and rich history, and are relatively unknown to the humans of the world, who believe that they are legends and fairy tales.
The Hair Bear Bunch! Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! Three fun-loving bears – the fast-talking Hair Bear (voiced by Daws Butler), bafflegab-talking Bubi Bear (voiced by Paul Winchell), and laid-back Square Bear (voiced by William Callaway) – who are always trying to find a way to escape from the Wonderland Zoo on some sort of get-rich-quick scheme, or a wild night of fun.
The Hillbilly Bears The Hillbilly Bears The Hillbilly Bears starred in a Hanna-Barbera Productions animated television series, featuring Paw Rugg, Maw Rugg, Floral Rugg, and Shag Rugg.
The Three Bears Looney Tunes The Three Bears are a family that consists of Papa Bear (sometimes called Henry), Mama Bear, and Junior Bear (sometimes spelled Junyer or Joonyer).
Tim the Bear The Cleveland Show One of Cleveland and Donna's neighbors in Stoolbend. He is thirty-five years old and lives with his wife, Arianna, and his son, Raymond. He has deep religious convictions, often attending Stoolbend Community Church and having his honeymoon in Israel, and works as a telemarketer at Waterman Cable.
Umka Umka A polar bear cub who befriends a boy from the Nenets tribe and sets out to find him after people leave the territory.
Uranus Duckman A blue teddy bear and one of Duckman's two Care Bear-esque office assistants along with his co-worker Fluffy, who try to get Duckman to act kindly and more politically correct.
Various bears Adventure Time
Victor Victor & Maria
Vincent Over the Hedge An American black bear and the antagonist.
Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof Darkwing Duck A grizzly bear and S.H.U.S.H.'s top agent.
Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie the Pooh (franchise) A teddy bear and the titular protagonist of the Winnie the Pooh franchise created by A.A. Milne. He is one of Disney's most popular characters.
Yogi Bear The Yogi Bear Show
The Huckleberry Hound Show		 Yogi Bear resides in Jellystone Park and often tries to steal picnic baskets while evading Ranger Smith.
Wilbur The Son of Bigfoot A good and friendly grizzly bear in the animated movie.
Windy & Breezy Walter Lantz A father bear and his son, Windy usually tries to sneak food from people and always ends in bad situations while his son Breezy innocently exclaims proudly "Thats my pop!", the duo debuted in the Woody Woodpecker cartoon "Fodder and Son" and also have co-starred with the other Lantz' character Inspector Willoughby in some cartoons, the duo appeared in a total of 5 theatrical cartoons.
Zozi Bartok the Magnificent
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Comics

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Ambrose Rupert the Chick Arthur White Best friend of Rupert the Chick.[6]
Anne Marie Doddel Tom Poes Marten Toonder Love interest and later wife of Olivier B. Bommel.[7]
Bamse Bamse Rune Andréasson The strongest bear in the whole world.
Barnstable Bear Pogo Walt Kelly A simple-minded bear.
Bear Bear Jamie Smart
Biffo the Bear The Beano Dudley D. Watkins
Birre Beer [nl] Birre Beer [nl] Phiny Dick, Ton Beek, Andries Brandt, Eiso Toonder A naïve young bear who lives in a forest with his friends Socratov the mouse and Mirre, the daughter of a woodsman.[8]
Bobby Bear The Annuals Kitsie Bridges, Dora McLaren, Wilfred Haughton, Meg
Bobo Bobo Lars Mortimer
Brommy & Tommy Brommy & Tommy Jan Dirk van Exter Two young bears who are good friends.[9]
Mrs. Bruin Tiger Tim (aka The Bruin Boys) Julius Stafford Baker,[10] Herbert Sydney Foxwell[11] A female bear who works as a teacher. The character was originally a hippopotamus named Mrs. Hippo.[10]
Brummel Brummel und Knickebein Rolf Kauka A bear whose sidekick is Knickebein the raven.[12]
Bussi Bär Bussi Bär [de] Rolf Kauka A bear whose comic strip ran from 1973 until 2013.[12]
Cornelius Bear Achewood Chris Onstad
Demon Bear New Mutants Chris Claremont, Bob McLeod A monstrous bear created by the Adversary by transforming Danielle Moonstar's parents, William and Peg.
Fuzz Fuzz & Pluck [fr] Ted Stearn [nl] A naïve, gullible teddy bear with self-doubt.[13]
Genma Saotome Ranma ½ Rumiko Takahashi
Giorgione Pinky Massimo Mattioli Best friend of Pinky the rabbit.[14]
Gohin Beastars Paru Itagaki One of the main characters. A giant panda who acts as a doctor and therapist for carnivores in the Black Market.
Io The War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas Greg Pak, Gang Hyuk Lim A "half-moon" bear spirit sealed inside a magic mask. Companion to Crescent.
Jasper the Bear Jasper the Bear James Simpkins Debuted in a gag comic and later became mascot of Jasper National Park[15]
Kozlov Leifonovich Grebnev Biomega Tsutomu Nihei
Lala Hiyama Knights of Sidonia Tsutomu Nihei A talking bear who serves as "dorm mother."
Lord Noriyuki Usagi Yojimbo Stan Sakai
Nanook The Bipolarbear Nanook the Bipolarbear (Book) James Osborn A bear on a journey of discovery.
Nestor Moky et Poupy [fr] Roger Bussemy [fr] Pet bear of two Native American children, Moky and Poupy.[16]
Olivier B. Bommel (Oliver B. Bumble) Tom Poes Marten Toonder A bear who lives like a nobleman. Best friend of Tom Poes.[7]
Panda Panda Marten Toonder A intelligent panda bear.[7]
Peter Snowdrop's Zoo Arnold Warden A sidekick of Chic the clown.[17]
Ping Jungle Jinks Mabel F. Taylor A panda friend of the main cast.[18]
Placid Placid et Muzo [19] José Cabrero Arnal
Pooky Garfield Jim Davis Garfield's teddy bears.
Popol et Virginie Popol Out West Hergé Two bears who visit the United States, where they encounter Native American rabbits.[20]
P.T. Bridgeport Pogo Walt Kelly A flamboyant impresario and traveling circus operator named after P. T. Barnum, with a theatrical speech pattern and carnival barker's sales spiel satirizing the circus-like, media frenzy atmosphere of American political campaigns.[21]
Rasmus Klump Rasmus Klump Carla and Vilhelm Hansen A bear who owns a boat on which he travels the world.[22]
Riz Beastars Paru Itagaki Primary antagonist of the third story arc. A bloodthirsty brown bear struggling to conceal his predatory instincts and the murder of his alpaca classmate Tem from his classmates at Cherryton Academy.
Rupert Bear Rupert Bear Mary Tourtel A polar bear who wears a red shirt and yellow scarf.[23]
Téodor Orezcu Achewood Chris Onstad
The Three Bears The Three Bears Leo Baxendale A bear family modelled after the fairytale and consisting of Pa Bear, Ma Bear, and young son Ted.[24]
Tobby Tim und Tobby Becker-Kasch A bear who is best friends with a fox.[25]
Trinket Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Matthew Mercer The loyal pet companion of the Half-Elf Ranger, Vex'ahlia de Rolo.
Uncle Bruno Rupert Bear Alfred Bestall Rupert's uncle.[26]
Ursinho Bilu Monica's Gang Mauricio de Sousa A metafictional cartoon character.
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Film and television

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Amy Bananas in Pyjamas One of three teddies of Cuddles Avenue.
Archie Dr. Dolittle 2 A wise-cracking circus-performing bear.
Baby Bear Sesame Street Son of Papa and Mama Bear and a good friend of Telly Monster, who later becomes brother to his new baby sister Curly.
Basil the Bear Sesame Park
Bear Bear in the Big Blue House Bear is a bear who lives in the titular house with his friends Tutter the mouse, Pip and Pop the otters, Ojo the bear cub, Treelo the lemur, and Shadow the shadow.
Bear Bedknobs and Broomsticks The Bear is a sailor and fisherman on the Isle of Naboombu who pulls the bed, with Miss Price's group on it, out of the lagoon with his fishing pole, and takes them to see the King after warning them of his temper.
Beary Barrington The Country Bears
Ben The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Played by a live bear named Bozo.
Bobby Teen Titans A living teddy bear summoned by Melvin who is able to become invisible. Due to his powers, Raven assumes Bobby to be Melvin's imaginary friend before learning that he is real.
Bobo the Bear Muppets Tonight He is easily amused yet often dry, sarcastic, and slightly befuddled.
Br'er Bear Song of the South A dimwitted bear who works together with Br'er Fox.
Bungle Rainbow An inquisitive bear who is clumsy and often complains about the other characters.
Buttons the Bear Puppets Who Kill
Cocaine Bear Cocaine Bear Inspired by the true story of a bear that got high on cocaine.
Colargol Les Aventures de Colargol The series was produced from 1967 to 1974, comprising 53 thirteen-minute episodes which were broadcast in many European countries. Renamed Barnaby when it was dubbed into English and broadcast in the UK by the BBC, the series underwent another name change to Jeremy the Bear when a second dubbed version of the series was shown in Canada and in the UK and Ireland.
Dancing Bear Captain Kangaroo Silent bear (man in costume) who would dance to songs in occasional appearances.[27]
Eddy and the Bear Collingwood & Co.
Fozzie Bear The Muppets An orange-brown, fozzie bear who often wears a brown pork pie hat and a pink-and-white polka-dot necktie. Serves as the show's stand-up comic.
Gentle Ben Gentle Ben A boy and his tame bear.
Humphrey B. Bear Here's Humphrey A tall, shaggy brown bear with a large, glossy nose, straw boater, tartan waist-coat and oversized yellow bow-tie.
Jake The Polar Bear Jim Henson's Animal Show One of the show's two hosts.
Jelly Xuxa
Jerry Bear Pajanimals A bear who loves to give hugs to the ones around his Friendly Forest.
Katahdin Prophecy 1979 Mutated killer bear.
Lulu Bananas in Pyjamas One of three teddies of Cuddles Avenue.
Morgan Bananas in Pyjamas One of three teddies of Cuddles Avenue.
Nassur Tomorrow's Pioneers An aggressively anti-Semitic teddy bear
Nev the Bear Bear Behaving Badly A small, blue puppet bear.
Norvyn Kingdom Force A polar bear. He is one of six main leading characters and the team's muscle member. Norvyn pilots a blue snowplow and a submarine.
Ojo Bear in the Big Blue House A small bear who is one of Bear's friends.
Oxsana Borat Borat and Azamatt's American black bear, which they used for protection when traveling across the United States. She is named after Borat's late wife. who ironically was attacked and killed by a bear.
Radar Sesame Street Big Bird’s stuffed teddy bear.
Ringbear How I Met Your Mother The ring bearer at Barney and Robin's wedding.
Sooty The Sooty Show A glove puppet bear, created by Harry Corbett in 1948, that appears on British television.
Ted Ted A talking teddy bear.
Teddy A.I. Artificial Intelligence A robotic toy bear belonging to David, a robot himself.
Ursa Bear in the Big Blue House Bear's Hispanic girlfriend.
Waldo "The Waldo Moment" episode of Black Mirror A computer generated, human animated foul-mouthed television celebrity.
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Literature

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Aloysius Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear.
Baloo The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling A sloth bear who is Mowgli's mentor and friend.
Bear Franklin Paulette Bourgeois A brown bear who is Franklin's best friend.
Bear The Honey and Bear Stories Ursula Dubosarsky A bear who lives with the bird Honey, a silvereye, native to Australia.
Bear Bear Marian Engel The titular unnamed bear, whose relationship with a librarian is the subject of the novel.
Bear Family Berenstain Bears Stan and Jan Berenstain The Family consists of Father Bear, Mother Bear, Brother Bear, Sister Bear, and eventually Honey Bear.
Ben The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Charles Sellier
Big Double Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear Ken Kesey
Barry Moser		 An obese grizzly bear, who is the main antagonist. He terrorizes and eats the animals of Topple's Bottom until he is outmatched by Little Tricker the Squirrel.[28]
Bluebear The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear Walter Moers A Chromabear living in Zamonia who goes on many adventures. He is intelligent and amiable.
Br'er Bear "Uncle Remus" stories Joel Chandler Harris A slow witted bear working with Br'er Fox to capture and eat Br'er Rabbit.
Corduroy Corduroy Don Freeman A teddy bear who hopes to be owned by a girl named Lisa.
Gentle Ben Gentle Ben Walt Morey A grizzly bear in the book, who is a black bear in the TV series and movies.
Harvey A Father's Day Thank You Janet Nolan A bear cub who gives a thankyou card to his dad.
Iorek Byrnison His Dark Materials Philip Pullman A male armored polar bear and honorable friend to Lyra, who is the rightful king of Svalbard.
Issi Noho Issi Noho Keith Chatfield
Lars The Little Polar Bear Hans de Beer [de] Adapted into a TV Series for BBC in the 1990s and five films by Warner Bros.
Little Bear Little Bear Else Holmelund Minarik Illustrated by Maurice Sendak and adapted into a TV series by Nelvana and Nickelodeon.
Mary Plain Mary Plain Gwynedd Rae
Misha The Foundation Pit Andrei Platonov
Mister Bultitude That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis The Great Bear of Logres, resident at St. Anne's.
Mord Borne Jeff VanderMeer
Old Bear Old Bear and Friends Jane Hissey An elderly dusty teddy bear, whom the other toys look up as a fearless, yet wise leader.
Old Ben The Bear William Faulkner
Old Majesty Irish Red Jim Kjelgaard A large bear that terrorizes the wilderness.
Osweald Bera Osweald Bera[29] Colin Gorrie A bear living in England during the reign of Æthelred the Unready.[30] he is accompanied on his journey to see the world by Æthelstan the Mouse and Cuthbert the Monk.
Paddington Bear Paddington Bear Michael Bond A bear who emigrated from Peru to the station he was named after. First illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Padistan Bear Padistan Bear John Warner A young bear forced to leave home alone and make his way in the world. Illustrated by Angela Winstanley.
Rupert Bear Rupert Bear Mary Tourtel Also known as Rupert the Bear.
Shardik Shardik Richard Adams
State O' Maine The Hotel New Hampshire John Irving An oddly intelligent performing bear who works with Freud, a Viennese Jew.
Snuffles Snuffles R.A. Lafferty Appears in: Galaxy Magazine, 1960–12. The sole inhabitant of the bizarre planet Bellota, he is discovered by a scientific expedition of five, who he kills, and is revealed to be the Demiurge.
Teddy The Night After Christmas James Stevenson
Teddy Robinson The Teddy Robinson Storybook Joan G. Robinson Teddy Robinson is a cuddly but accident-prone teddy bear belongs to a little girl named Deborah.
Tessie Bear Noddy Enid Blyton A female teddy bear and Noddy's best friend. Debuted in the 1954 book Noddy Gets into Trouble.
The Three Bears Goldilocks and the Three Bears Robert Southey A family of three bears, whose house Goldilocks enters.
Tottles Tottles the Bear Humphry Bowen
Winkie Winkie Clifford Chase
Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne Described as a bear of very little brain, yet has good ideas when helping with his friends.
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Video games

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Agent Patch Fortnite Epic Games An anthropomorphic male panda bear with an eyepatch on his left eye.
Bamboo Pandamonium[Note 1] Mega Man X8 Capcom Robotic panda encountered as a boss in a bamboo forest. Works with the main villain, Sigma, to bring about his vision of the world.[31]
Banjo Diddy Kong Racing Rare A laid back and easygoing bear, who is the titular protagonist alongside the loudmouthed bird Kazooie.[32]
Bear villagers Animal Crossing Nintendo EAD The bear villagers include Beardo, Charlise, Chow, Curt, Dozer, Grizzly, Groucho, Ike, Klaus, Megan, Nate, Paula, Pinky, Teddy, Tutu, and Ursala.
Bearbara Rhythm Heaven Megamix Nintendo SPD Beary's girlfriend. She is tan-colored with a pink dress and a pink ribbon over her left ear.
Beary Rhythm Heaven Megamix Nintendo SPD The player character in the minigame "Blue Bear". Appearing as a solemn blue bear who loves to eat donuts and cakes, it is revealed at the end that the events of the minigame were his dream. In reality, he is brown with a red nose.
Ben Bigger Zenless Zone Zero miHoYo A playable anthropomorphic male brown bear agent and member of the Belobog Heavy Industries faction.
Bentley Bear Crystal Castles Atari, Inc. The main protagonist and playable character in Crystal Castles. After hibernating for over a decade, Bentley was featured as a racer in Atari Karts on the Jaguar. More recently, he was referenced in a Lupe Fiasco song and made a cameo appearance in Wreck-It Ralph.
Bruno Bear Toon Blast Peak Games A bear who is friend of Wally Wolf and Cooper Cat.
Chen Stormstout Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Blizzard Entertainment Warrior and Brewmaster of the Pandaren people.[33] Playable character in the Heroes of the Storm.[34]
Choko Animal Boxing Gammick Entertainment [es] Male brown bear boxer.
Cub villagers Animal Crossing Nintendo EAD The cub villagers include Aisle, Barold, Bluebear, Cheri, Chester, Cupcake, Judy, June, Kody, Maple, Marty, Murphy, Olive, Pekoe, Poko, Poncho, Pudge, Stitches, Tammy and Vladimir.
Freddy Fazbear Five Nights at Freddy's Scott Cawthon An animatronic bear built for Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. He has five counterparts: Golden Freddy/Fredbear, who appears in Five Nights at Freddy's and Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Toy Freddy, Withered/Old Freddy, and Purple/Shadow Freddy, who appear in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Phantom Freddy, who appears in Five Nights at Freddy's 3, and Nightmare, who appears in Five Nights at Freddy's 4 alongside Golden Freddy as "Fredbear".
Grizzly Slash[Note 2] Mega Man X5 Capcom Robotic grizzly bear fought as a boss on a large truck after he goes berserk from the "Sigma Virus".[35]
Grriz Fortnite Epic Games
Hank Bear and Breakfast Gummy Cat Hank the Bear and his friends convert a small, rundown shack into the best hospitality service this side of the Mississippi.[36]
Herbert Percival Bear, Esquire Club Penguin Disney Interactive Studios The main antagonist.
Ivan the Bear Brutal: Paws of Fury GameTek Russian brown bear who fights using Soviet military style.[37]
Kuma Tekken Namco Bodyguard and pet of Heihachi Mishima.
Kumazo Animal Boxing Gammick Entertainment Male polar bear boxer.
Li Li Stormstout World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Blizzard Entertainment Niece and traveling companion of Chen Stormstout.[38] Playable character in the Heroes of the Storm.[39]
Lola Lola Panda BeiZ Ltd. An anthropomorphic panda who wears a pink short-sleeved shirt, knee length jeans, and sneakers.
Misha Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Blizzard Entertainment Brown bear companion of the beastmaster Rexxar.[40] Misha also appears in the Heroes of the Storm as a part of Rexxar's ability kit.[41]
Moneybags Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! Insomniac Games A greedy bear who has an obsession and love for money.
Monokuma Danganronpa Spike A robotic black and white teddy bear that takes over Hope's Peak Academy and finds joy in spreading despair.
Mr. Grizz Splatoon 2 Nintendo Initially represented by a Kibori kuma-shaped radio in the Salmon Run mode, he first appears in the flesh in Splatoon 3, where he is the main antagonist. A gigantic bear with a small head, he plans to cover the Earth in Fuzzy Ooze in order to change all marine life back into mammals. He is the Founder & CEO of Grizzco Industries, a shady company that employs Inklings and Octolings to collect Golden Eggs, a vital ingredient in creating the Fuzzy Ooze.
Naughty Bear Naughty Bear Artificial Mind and Movement A revenge-driven bear and the titular protagonist.
Neera Li Freedom Planet GalaxyTrail A panda priestess and police chief who serves as a midboss in the original game, and the fourth playable character in the sequel. Voiced by Ashlyn Selich.
Panda Tekken 3 Namco Companion of Ling Xiaoyu.
Panda King Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus Sucker Punch Productions Pyrotechnics expert of the Fiendish Five who is recruited to be part of the Cooper Gang in the third game.
PJ Berri PaRappa The Rapper NanaOn-Sha Parappa's best friend and the DJ at ClubFun.
Polar Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Naughty Dog Polar bear cub and pet of Crash Bandicoot.[42]
Polar Patroller Fortnite Epic Games An anthropomorphic male polar bear skin.
Poler Kamrous Mega Man Zero 2 Capcom Robotic polar bear fought as a boss in Antarctica, where she guards a defense system computer.[43]
Sana Armello League of Geeks Chosen hero of the Bear Clan attuned with nature.[44]
Spade Freedom Planet GalaxyTrail A high-ranking member of the Red Scarves, and arch-rival of Team Lilac. Voiced by Sean Chiplock.
Storvacker Dragon Age: Inquisition Bioware Stone-Bear Hold's Hold-Beast in the Jaws of Hakkon DLC.
Stray Anomaly Collapse RocketPunch Games A playable police chief and one of three main protagonists.
Teddy Animal Crossing Nintendo EAD A jock villager who appears in every game in the Animal Crossing series
Teddy The Darkest Tales Trinity Team A stuffed bear warrior that dual wields a pair of scissors as swords.
The Grizz Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Sucker Punch Productions Graffiti artist who became evil and serves under the command of Cyrille Le Paradox.
Ulfsaar the Ursa Warrior Defense of the Ancients Kyle Sommer Ulfsaar the Warrior is the fiercest member of an Ursine Tribe.[45]
Volibear League of Legends Riot Games A demi-god of the Freljord.[46]
Wallop Skylanders: Trap Team Activision An inventive and hard-working hero of Mount Scorch, who is always looking for new ways to create.
Wally Bear Wally Bear and the NO! Gang American Game Cartridges Title character and anti-drug advocate.[47]
Yaya Panda Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D Polarbit A female panda who loves to race and is good friend of Crash and Coco Bandicoot.
Yumil Lollipop Chainsaw Grasshopper Manufacture The undead companion of Viking metal zombie Vikke.
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Mascots

Myth and folklore

Other

  • The animatronic cast of the Country Bear Jamboree attraction, found at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland
  • Beach Bear was the guitar and vocals of the band for the show The Rock-afire Explosion before it was re-branded to Chuck E. Cheese.[49]
  • Boof, a teddy bear belly heart in Suzy's Zoo
  • Choo-choo, a baby black bear that was part of the Rock-afire Explosion. He does not speak, popping out of his tree stump and dancing to the music.[50]
  • Cleo deCap, a character from sci-fi comedy Narrative Play podcast Backwater Bastards. Cleo was originally a human whose consciousness was later transferred into a bear-like alien.[51]
  • Duffy, Mickey's teddy bear. Originally created for and briefly sold at the Disney World Once Upon a Toy shop in Orlando in 2002, he now can be found at the Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park in California, Walt Disney World in Florida, Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland Paris.
  • Fuzzy Wuzzy, subject of the rhyme "Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear"; it is of unknown origin, its first known publication being in the 1942 issue of The New Yorker.[52]
  • Gloomy Bear, character from Japanese graphic designer Mori Chack. An abandoned young bear, he is rescued by Pitty, a little boy. At first, he is cute and cuddly, but becomes wilder as he grows up. Since bears do not become attached to people like dogs by nature, Gloomy attacks Pitty despite him being his owner.
  • Gund Snuffles is a plush bear developed and produced by the GUND toy company, who was the recipient of 1996 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award.
  • Pedobear is an Internet meme that became popular through the imageboard 4chan. As the name suggests ("pedo" being short for "pedophile"), it is portrayed as a pedophilic bear. It is a concept used to mock pedophiles or people who have any sexual interest in children or jailbait. The bear image has been likened to bait, used to lure children or as a mascot for pedophiles.
  • Smokey Bear is the iconic mascot of the U.S. Forest Service's wildfire prevention campaign, created in 1944. His famous catchphrase is "Only you can prevent wildfires". The campaign's inspiration came from a real bear cub, found with burned paws after a 1950 wildfire in New Mexico, who was named Smokey and lived at the National Zoo

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