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This is alist of fictional bears that appear in video games, film, television, animation, comics and literature, including pandas, but not the unrelatedred panda species. The list is limited to notable, named characters. This list is a subsidiary to theList of fictional animals article.
| Character | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 inGinga Nagareboshi Gin and makes a cameo inGinga 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 byCarl Barks.John Stanley also did Andy Panda comic book work.[1] |
| Baloo | The Jungle Book (Disney) | Asloth bear and friend ofMowgli andBagheera in the1967 animated film, an adaptation of the originalThe Jungle Book stories byRudyard Kipling, who reprises his role in the2016 live-action remake. In the animated seriesTaleSpin, he is the pilot of the transport plane "Sea Duck". Voiced byPhil Harris in the first film,John Goodman inThe Jungle Book 2, andBill 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 ofBarry White. Voiced byJohn 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 | Ablack 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 thePalace 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 itssequels. Voiced byMartin Lawrence andMike 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 ofJoel Chandler Harris and Disney's similar character fromSong of the South, reimagined as an African-American. He was voiced by soul singerBarry 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 inHey 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 femalegrizzly bear who is a recurring character in the show. She is, as her title implies, a working farmer in Animal Town. She is voiced byEllen 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 theViet Cong, who, as seen inEasy 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 byGeorge and Lennie fromJohn Steinbeck'sOf 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 | The Gummy Bear Song andGummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show | An obese, blue-eyed green gummy bear wearing orange-yellow 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 harassesDonald Duck and park rangerJ. 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" | AHimalayan brown bear who appears in the first season of the show, telling stories from the Panchatantra, Jatakas and Indian mythology. |
| Kenai | Brother Bear | AnAlaskan native teenager who is transformed into anAlaskanKodiak bear, as described by the film information,[3] or as abrown bear, as determined by historical facts,[4] by Sitka's spirit in theAurora 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 byJoaquin Phoenix in the first film andPatrick Dempsey inBrother Bear 2. His name means "Flatland" inAthabascan language and open meadow in the Dena'ina language; he is also named afterAlaska'sKenai 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 anair pirate, he becomes a navigator for Baloo after escaping. |
| Koda | Brother Bear | An orphanedAlaskangrizzly bear cub, as described by the film information,[3] or as abrown bear cub, as determined by historical facts,[4] who becomes a friend to Kenai. Voiced byJeremy Suarez. Koda means "friend" in theSioux 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 inPolar Fright, when he must take care not to wake up a dog. Maxie meets Willy inChilly Chums, when he saves Maxie from a hunter. |
| Mimmo | Charley and Mimmo | Charley's subanthromorphicteddy 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. |
| Ojo | Bear in the Big Blue House | |
| 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 ofPants 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 isKim 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 overweightgiant 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: astreet 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 theCare 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 byDaws Butler), bafflegab-talking Bubi Bear (voiced byPaul Winchell), and laid-back Square Bear (voiced byWilliam Callaway) – who are always trying to find a way to escape from the Wonderland Zoo on some sort ofget-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 theantagonist. |
| 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 theWinnie the Pooh franchise created byA.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. |
| Zozi | Bartok the Magnificent |
| Character | Origin | Creator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 ofOlivier 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 (akaThe Bruin Boys) | Julius Stafford Baker,[10] Herbert Sydney Foxwell[11] | A female bear who works as a teacher. The character was originally ahippopotamus namedMrs. 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 theAdversary by transformingDanielle 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 toCrescent. |
| Jasper the Bear | Jasper the Bear | James Simpkins | Debuted in a gag comic and later became mascot ofJasper 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 ofTom 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 afterP. 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 hisalpaca 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. |
| Character | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 ofTelly 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 byMelvin who is able to become invisible. Due to his powers,Raven assumes Bobby to be Melvin'simaginary 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 withBr'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. RenamedBarnaby when it was dubbed into English and broadcast in the UK by the BBC, the series underwent another name change toJeremy the Bear when a second dubbed version of the series was shown in Canada and in the UK and Ireland. |
| 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'sAmerican 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 ofBlack Mirror | A computer generated, human animated foul-mouthed television celebrity. |
| Character | Origin | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aloysius | Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh | Sebastian Flyte'steddy 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, asilvereye, 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.[27] |
| 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 withBr'er Fox to capture and eatBr'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 byMaurice Sendak and adapted into aTV series byNelvana andNickelodeon. |
| Mary Plain | Mary Plain | Gwynedd Rae | |
| Misha | The Foundation Pit | Andrei Platonov | |
| Mister Bultitude | That Hideous Strength | C. S. Lewis | The Great Bear ofLogres, 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[28] | Colin Gorrie | A bear living in England during the reign of Æthelred the Unready.[29] 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 byPeggy 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 bookNoddy 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. |
| Character | Origin | Developer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 aboss in a bamboo forest. Works with the main villain,Sigma, to bring about his vision of the world.[30] |
| Banjo | Diddy Kong Racing | Rare | A laid back and easygoing bear, who is the titular protagonist alongside the loudmouthed bird Kazooie.[31] |
| 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 inCrystal Castles. After hibernating for over a decade, Bentley was featured as a racer inAtari Karts on theJaguar. More recently, he was referenced in aLupe Fiasco song and made a cameo appearance inWreck-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.[32] Playable character in theHeroes of the Storm.[33] |
| 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 inFive Nights at Freddy's andFive Nights at Freddy's 2, Toy Freddy, Withered/Old Freddy, and Purple/Shadow Freddy, who appear inFive Nights at Freddy's 2, Phantom Freddy, who appears inFive Nights at Freddy's 3 , and Nightmare, who appears inFive Nights at Freddy's 4 alongside Golden Freddy as "Fredbear". |
| Grizzly Slash[Note 2] | Mega Man X5 | Capcom | Robotic grizzly bear fought as aboss on a large truck after he goes berserk from the "Sigma Virus".[34] |
| 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.[35] |
| 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.[36] |
| Kuma | Tekken | Namco | Bodyguard and pet ofHeihachi 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.[37] Playable character in theHeroes of the Storm.[38] |
| 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.[39] Misha also appears in theHeroes of the Storm as a part of Rexxar's ability kit.[40] |
| 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 aKibori kuma-shaped radio in the Salmon Run mode, he first appears in the flesh inSplatoon 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 allmarine life back intomammals. 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 thesequel. Voiced by Ashlyn Selich. |
| Panda | Tekken 3 | Namco | Companion ofLing 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 ofCrash Bandicoot.[41] |
| Polar Patroller | Fortnite | Epic Games | An anthropomorphic male polar bearskin. |
| Poler Kamrous | Mega Man Zero 2 | Capcom | Robotic polar bear fought as aboss inAntarctica, where she guards a defense system computer.[42] |
| Sana | Armello | League of Geeks | Chosen hero of the Bear Clan attuned with nature.[43] |
| Spade | Freedom Planet | GalaxyTrail | A high-ranking member of the Red Scarves, and arch-rival of Team Lilac. Voiced bySean Chiplock. |
| Storvacker | Dragon Age: Inquisition | Bioware | Stone-Bear Hold's Hold-Beast in theJaws 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 theAnimal 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.[44] |
| Volibear | League of Legends | Riot Games | A demi-god of the Freljord.[45] |
| 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.[46] |
| 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. |