History Characters / YogiBear

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Downplayed. In Season Two of the Huckleberry Hound Show (the season where he made his official debut), Ranger Smith has a very jaded and deadpan personality, usually portrayed as being annoyed not only by Yogi but also by careless tourists and the general stresses of running a park. In season three, he was given a more plucky and energetic personality, and Yogi (rather than the tourists) became the main source of his frustrations. This has remained his personality ever since.

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Visually, he looks exactly like WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, except with a gray colored mane and more aggressive looking face.

* ButtMonkey: He always winds up getting the short end of the stick, thanks to Yogi's protectiveness of the animals he's chasing. It helps that he isn't particularly bright.

Another bear that takes resident is Jellystone National Park, Cindy's the primary love interest for Yogi Bear and is also close friends with Boo-Boo. She speaks with a pronounced Southern accent and carries a parasol.

* CatchPhrase: "I'm smarter than the average bear!", "Hey, Hey, Hey"

* CatchPhrase: "I'm smarter than the average bear!"

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DawsButler (1958–1988), Greg Burson (1988–1999), Creator/JeffBergman (1990s commercials), Creator/BillyWest (1990s commercials), Stephen Worth ("Boo Boo Runs Wild", "Boo Boo and the Man"), Creator/DanAykroyd (2010 live-action film)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DonMessick (1958–1994), Greg Burson ("Yo Yogi!"), Corey Burton (Spümcø shorts), Tom Cavanagh (2010 live-action film)

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He may be a friendly bear, but he's not afraid to get vicious if he's [[BerserkButton ticked off]].

* {{Expy}}: He sometimes is replaced by this or a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute in earlier shorts, primarily those from the ''Huckleberry Hound'' era. In these cases, Daws Butler voices the ranger(s) instead of Don Messick.

* DependingOnTheWriter: He's a ReasonableAuthorityFigure in most episodes, primarily the episodes of ''The Yogi Bear Show'', but he can be a cynical ranger who just wants Yogi gone in others.

* KarmaHoudini: Yeah Yogi's a nice guy overall, but he still often gets off scot free for the mayhem he causes in the park. It's not always a guarantee however, and being a slapstick character, he's destined to be TheChewToy every now and then. The most notable exception to this is in "A Bear Pair," which ends with Ranger Smith chasing after Yogi while repeatedly clobbering him over the head with a baseball bat. Not because Yogi was breaking any park rules or steeling any picnic baskets, but because he [[ItMakesSenseInContext gave America a bad name amongst the French.]]

* FriendlyEnemy: He has been shown to get along with Yogi when the bear isn't causing trouble. In spin offs such as ''Yogi's Treasure Hunt'' they are consistent allies.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his clear distaste toward Yogi's antics, he still deeply cares for Yogi. He's even willing to go to great lengths to protect him whenever he gets into harm. He even admits that Yogi is his favorite bear no matter what he does.
* OnOneCondition: He once inherited a fortune but had to live in the mansion he inherited. When he got word about Yogi's health condition, he returned to the park.

* BreakoutCharacter: Originally appeared as a skit for ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow'' before branching off and eclipsing Huck in popularity.

* SouthernBelle: While it's unknown if she's actually from the South, Cindy has what sounds like a southern accent.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DonMessick (1958–1994), Greg Burson ("Yo Yogi!"), Corey Burton (Spümcø shorts, Tom Cavanagh (2010 live-action film)

* DependingOnTheArtist: Ranger Smith's design was inconsistent throughout most of the original show until ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear'' finalized it. Parodied in the Spumco shorts, where he inexplicably switches through his various forms from shot to shot.

* RunningGag: Whenever he feels mistreated, Yogi would blurt out that he's government property, unaware that he's a wild animal and not in a zoo.

Cindy Bear is the love-interest of Yogi Bear, and a resident of Jellystone Park. She speaks with a pronounced Southern accent, and carries a parasol.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: An affectionate girl, but when she gets mad, she gets ''mad.''
* DependingOnTheArtist: Cindy's original design was basically Yogi with a dress and blue fur. ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'' gave her a more feminine design with light brown fur that became definitive (though her blue color scheme reappears in odd instances such as the Spumco shorts).
%%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal

%%* ParasolOfPrettiness

* OnlySaneMan: Has more common sense than Yogi.

* VagueAge: Most people think of him as a short adult, while others, including Creator/JohnKricfalusi (Boo Boo Runs Wild) see him as a kid.

* AntiVillain: When you really get down to it, Ranger Smith really isn't "evil" in any way--he's just trying to do his job, which includes enforcing all the rules of the park (one of the biggest and most important being "Do not feed the bears"). He only acts "antagonistic" towards Yogi because he wants him to behave like the rest of the bears, not to mention keep himself and park-goers from being put in danger. See ReasonableAuthorityFigure below.
* BerserkButton: Yogi irritating him and breaking the rules is enough to set him off, but touch his PapaWolf instincts by harming Yogi, and he '''really''' goes off the deep end (especially noted in "Iron Hand Jones," though [[spoiler:it was actually a trick by Yogi]].)
** In the TV special ''Yogi the Easter Bear'', Yogi blows Ranger Smith's casket by eating all of the Easter candy ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice and]]'' destroying Smith's Easter bunny suit for the Easter celebration. This is enough to have Smith threaten to ship Yogi to Siberia.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he understandably does not approve of Yogi causing mayhem and stealing pic-a-nic baskets, he really isn't a bad guy and is just trying to do his job--Ranger Smith can be quite nice to Yogi when he's behaving and there are even a few occasions where he actually ''encourages'' Yogi to steal a picnic basket or two.