Five Nights at Freddy's: In a series full of examples of Bears Are Bad News, there are two notable exceptions: The Boogie Woogie Bears: The Boogie Woogie Bears are a family of bears who get into various situations with comical results. Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny have their share of run-ins with bears in "Wabbit Twouble" and "Hare Remover". Senior Sleep-Cycle: Zigzagged with Grandfather Bear. Grandmother Bear says, "Don't get too tired", but Grandfather Bear says that he's never tired. However, later, he takes a nap despite not showing signs of being tired. Grandmother Bear, however, doesn't seem to sleep or get tired in the daytime.

Schrödinger's Canon: Like A Frozen Heart, these books' canonicity with the film is iffy, since the makers of Frozen aren't involved with them. Sealed Good in a Can: Once freed, he is ultimately responsible for saving the day. To the United States government, he's more of a Sealed Loose Cannon. It's not just the marathon. In Svalbard, you are required to carry a rifle while outside a settlement for self-defense against polar bears. Commonality Connection: He's a huge fan of BABBA, the same girly pop band that made Dipper go on his quest for manliness. Upon bonding over this, Dipper can't find the will to hurt him. Brutus the Bear on the nature show America the Wild. He was raised in captivity, has absolutely no sense for survival in the wild and is just a cuddly klutz whose human likes to take out to the wilderness to try to demonstrate both the natural power of bears and the complete ineptitude of Brutus (who can't even fish properly!)Superior Cross has Umberto, a kindly old bear demon who spends most of his free time painting and is on friendly terms with the nearby village (which is kind of a big deal seeing as humans and demons normally do not get along at all). He's also Angelica's grandfather. Cover of the second installment, Memory and Magic Anna & Elsa: Sisterhood is the Strongest Magic is a series of children's chapter books based on Disney's Frozen franchise. While dubiously canon (like all Disney extended media), they give at minimum semi-canon events after the film. They also delve into the characters more. Multiple Head Case: The Multi-Bear has eight heads, but only one main intelligent head is capable of human speech. Their placement is very strange: two of its bodies have one head at their crotch and a head on each shoulder, the third body has a regularly-placed head, and the main head is on top. Audience Participation: While Mell was announced by Sanrio in December 2010, she didn't make her first physical appearance until January 25, 2011. Sanrio actually encourage real life participation from social media to encourage her to come out of her house. Penguins of Madagascar gives us Corporal, a polar bear and member of the skilled team of secret agents known as North Wind, who hugs and fawns over the penguins when he first meets them.

One episode shows a tree where Mother and Father Bear carved their initials before Little Bear was born, and the initials are M.B. + F.B., implying that 'Mother' and 'Father' have always been their names, or at least that their real names start with the same letters. Tender Tears: In one episode of the anime, My Melody is seen crying when she's very worried about her human friends. The second half of the film Brave had Queen Elinor and the triplets being turned into bears played for comedy except when Queen Elinor slowly loses her mind. Bears have such a long history of scaring the Pooh out of human beings that most of the names we've ever given them are derived from conciliatory euphemisms, as part of an old taboo against naming something so dangerous. The English word 'bear' originally meant "brown one", and the Slavic word medved originally meant "honey eater." Even the original Proto-Indo-European word was related to the word for "destruction", proving just how ancient this particular Primal Fear is. Goggles Do Nothing: He's wearing them constantly but it's unclear what they do. In "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future", they hide the fact that he's under Bill Cipher's control.

The Pollyanna: My Melody is always optimistic and she can be rarely angry. This is especially notable in the 2005 Onegai My Melody where she never gets angry. The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft noted a conspicuous absence of bears in some shamanic societies' legends, probably owing to the He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named-ness. Though Celtic lore does mention the bear as the king of the animals (a distinction kept until the popularity of the lion as a symbol for Jesus). Stitches from Ruby Quest, when he's lucid, is a calm, friendly guy who doesn't want to hurt anyone and even saves Tom from having to make a Heroic Sacrifice at the end. However, given the current state of the facility, he's more often an example of Bears Are Bad News (or at least Bears Are Tortured Monsters).

Green-Eyed Monster: While Mell is good friends with My Melody, she does get envious of her popularity when she's not around. One video from Puroland's Youtube channel shows her working at a store that features a pile of various Sanrio characters . Mell looks at a pile of My Melody stuffed animals and holds one of them in her arms. While doing this, she starts to feel a bit sad. This can sometimes be Truth in Television. Being between a mama bear and her cub has been justly described as the most dangerous place on earth, but any number of bears can be very dangerous indeed. Expendable Clone: The clones are all for doing the original Dipper's dirty work and getting nothing in return until the original deviates from the plan. Tyrone even casually reminds the original that he can be destroyed in the case of a rebellion. Franklin's best friend, Bear and his family, from the books, films, and two Animated Adaptations. Bear is the kindest and sweetest bear you could ever meet who is always noble, courteous, honest, and tender to Franklin and his friends. He is a Gentle Giant who has the biggest heart out of his friends and is made of Incorruptible Pure Pureness.

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Iconic Outfit: Her red or pink hood, sometimes depicted with a white flower (sometimes with a bow). In honor of her 40th Anniversary, My Melody's pink hood now shows her ears drooping. ◊ Celibate Heroine: In The Secret Admirer, Elsa isn't oblivious to romantic overtures, but she's not currently interested. Percy Propa from Freedom Wars serves as a friendly and cheerful Mascot for both the Panopticon and the game itself. His kind personality and adorable appearance are intentional, as Percy's purpose is to motivate the Sinners to contribute in a friendly and welcoming tone, rather than the hostile scathing tone that most Sinners deal with. Played straight by others. The "Just So" Story of Devil's Tower in Wyoming involves one or more gigantic bears trying to kill frightened children and the Creator raising the tower up under the kids to save them.

Teen Hater: They hate teenagers and wholeheartedly believe that Teens Are Monsters. When they were alive, they banned teenagers from their store for how much trouble they caused, and as ghosts they'll actively torture any teenager who dares to break into the store.

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The titular main character, Bear, is one of the most triumphant examples of this. He's incredibly friendly, acting as a father figure to both the audience and the other residents of the house. In Aladdin, bears appear in Prince Ali's menagerie along with some lions in the "Prince Ali" song. They are only on screen for a few seconds, but they give a friendly smile at the audience, implying this trope. The third film has Genie using a bear for a Kodiak moment. Samson from Sesamstrasse, the German version of Sesame Street. American audiences got to see him as part of Sesame Street Stays Up Late, an international special from 1993. Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Most depictions of his family and friends avert this; they're usually all just shades of green. In ''Hasunoue Town Kiki Ippatsu!", however, his siblings and friends are all different colors.