Characters and universe Care Bears

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the franchise consists of care bears themselves, later additions care bear cousins. both of them live in kingdom of caring, made of care-a-lot (the home of care bears proper) , forest of feelings (home care bear cousins). in 1989, carole ashkinaze of atlanta journal-constitution referred them whimsical, late 20th-century descendents [sic] of used know guardian angels: furry, friendly, adorable creatures mission guide small children , protect them bogeymen. running against care bear like, well, running against easter bunny.

accompanying them star , heart buddies, out bears , cousins whenever on missions in caring; , birds, seen in forest of feelings care bear cousins , watch on them. less recurring character cloud keeper, portly gentleman maintains care-a-lot. appeared in of franchise s publications , on dic-produced tv episodes.

the ten original care bears consisted of bedtime bear, birthday bear, cheer bear, friend bear, funshine bear, luck bear, grumpy bear, love-a-lot bear, tenderheart bear, , wish bear. later on, additional bears joined them, cousins.

for new 2007 tv series, care bears: adventures in care-a-lot, 5 of care bears chosen main characters of show. seen on care bears website, share bear, cheer bear, funshine bear, grumpy bear, , new bear introduced in movie, oopsy bear make mess of things. however, other care bears still make appearances in series. unofficial role of leader of bears, of new series, transferred tenderheart bear cheer bear. cousins not relaunched in 2007 series.

some elements of care bears franchise pay homage legend of king arthur. example, name of main characters residence, care-a-lot, play on king arthur s legendary camelot castle. care bear family sits around heart-shaped table, similar round table used arthur , knights. in addition, sir lancelot s name inspired of love-a-lot bear.

throughout movies , series, various villains have tried stop bears , cousins in background on missions. on first 2 specials , dic television series, battled against professor coldheart, assistant frostbite, , auntie freeze; in nelvana s version, faced wizard no heart, bumbling assistant beastly , ill-tempered niece shreeky, , minor villains such dr. fright , sour sam. in movies, went against nicholas , evil spirit in care bears movie, dark heart in care bears movie ii: new generation, wizard of wonderland , assistants dim & dumb in care bears adventure in wonderland, , rat king , evil vizier in care bears nutcracker suite. following 2002 revival, sir funnybone rat introduced villain in movie care bears: journey joke-a-lot, while care bears big wish movie broke tradition in did not have villain. 2007 revival, new movie, care bears: oopsy it! introduced new villains, grizzle , wingnut, persists new tv series, care bears: adventures in care-a-lot.

magic spells

the care bears ultimate weapon care bear stare (a.k.a. belly magic ), in collected bears stand , radiate light respective belly symbols. these combine form ray of love , cheer bring care , joy target s heart. care bear stare has several different looks. 1 has beam coming belly being made of several replicated images of symbol. variation forms rainbow when multiple bears and/or cousins involved. yellow beam red hearts seen well. movies care bears: journey joke-a-lot , care bears big wish movie not feature care bear stare, return in oopsy it!. in new series, care bears adventures in care-a-lot, stare appears beam of light in color of bear originates, initiated rubbing symbol.

in original animated specials , dic series, care bear stare initiated phrase care bears...prepare stare! while in nelvana series , later versions initiated phrase care bears countdown!

during movies , dic series, care bear cousins call weapon care bear cousin call . in dic series, call looks identical care bear stare , performed @ same time without being referred call. in first movie, cousins, excluding swift heart rabbit, made whatever animal noise common species since did not have belly symbols; later given them care bears @ end of movie. in second movie, call looks musical score radiates belly symbols. start of nelvana series, care bear cousin call no longer used , cousins performed care bear stare.

although commonly used on villains, stare , call have been been used on humans , care bears themselves. used in dic series cure care bears , humans placed under effects of professor coldheart s uncaring magic. occurred once in adventures in care-a-lot, when used temporarily cheer grumpy in episode tell-tale belly .

in addition care bear stare, care bears can use belly symbols summon other assistance such heart-shaped balloons, cloud cars, rainbow bridges , sending out distress signal.

caring meter

shown prominently in of care bears movies , tv episodes made in 80s, caring meter typically in dead center of care-a-lot inside care bears main meeting hall. meter shows how caring there both in care-a-lot , on earth. in 1980s movies/cartoons, shown un-numbered clock-like meter. in care bears big wish movie, meter shown raincloud (less caring) side , rainbow (more caring) side. ideally, caring meter should way towards rainbow side. whenever bears see meter drop towards raincloud side, try prevent getting worse going on caring missions try more people care or bears caring deeds. if meter drops near zero, care-a-lot suffer disasters, such thunderstorms, buildings , rainbows crumbling (earlier movies) or bright colors of care-a-lot gradually turning black , white (later movies). if meter reach way 0 (there no caring anywhere), care-a-lot gone forever.

initially, no mention made of caring meter in care bears: oopsy it! , first season of adventures in care-a-lot. release of grizzle-y adventures, franchise s first direct-to-dvd release, caring meter has returned, , care bears have begun interact humans once again.