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* SmallNameBigEgo: Christopher Walken's character has a grudge against the bears because [[DisproportionateRetribution they beat him in a talent show decades ago.]] The bears played. He made ''farting noises with his elbow.''

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* SmallNameBigEgo: Christopher Walken's character has a grudge against the bears because [[DisproportionateRetribution they beat him in a talent show decades ago.]] The bears played. He made ''farting noises with his elbow.armpit.''
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* MythologyGag: Marc Davis concept art posters for the attraction appears amongst the clutter in Henry's office.
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''The Country Bears'' is an American film, produced by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Pictures]], based on the Ride/DisneyThemeParks attraction Country Bear Jamboree. It was Disney's third movie based on a ride or attraction, following ''Film/TowerOfTerror'' (1997) and ''Film/MissionToMars'' (2000), and followed by ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' and ''Film/TheHauntedMansion''. It was released July 26, 2002.

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''The Country Bears'' is an American film, produced by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Pictures]], based on the Ride/DisneyThemeParks attraction Country Bear Jamboree.Ride/CountryBearJamboree. It was Disney's third movie based on a ride or attraction, following ''Film/TowerOfTerror'' (1997) and ''Film/MissionToMars'' (2000), and followed by ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' and ''Film/TheHauntedMansion''. It was released July 26, 2002.
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'''Mr. Barrington:''' (Beat) ''Ham'' and ''Cheats''.\\
'''Officer Cheats:''' (Inward chuckle) Yeah, we, uh, get that all the time.\\

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'''Mr. Barrington:''' (Beat) ''[Beat]'' ''Ham'' and ''Cheats''.\\
'''Officer Cheats:''' (Inward chuckle) ''[Inward chuckle]'' Yeah, we, uh, get that all the time.\\



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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Trixie looks more attractive and attractive looking compared to her she appeared in the original attractions at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks where she was chubby.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Trixie looks more attractive and attractive looking compared to her how she appeared in the original attractions at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks Ride/DisneyThemeParks, where she was chubby.
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''The Country Bears'' is an American film, produced by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Pictures]], based on the Ride/DisneyThemeParks attraction Country Bear Jamboree. It was Disney's third movie based on a ride or attraction, following ''Tower of Terror'' (1997) and ''MissionToMars'' (2000), and followed by ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' and ''{{Film/The Haunted Mansion}}''. It was released July 26, 2002.

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''The Country Bears'' is an American film, produced by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Pictures]], based on the Ride/DisneyThemeParks attraction Country Bear Jamboree. It was Disney's third movie based on a ride or attraction, following ''Tower of Terror'' ''Film/TowerOfTerror'' (1997) and ''MissionToMars'' ''Film/MissionToMars'' (2000), and followed by ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' and ''{{Film/The Haunted Mansion}}''.''Film/TheHauntedMansion''. It was released July 26, 2002.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Trixie looks more attractive and attractive looking compared to her she appeared in the original attractions at the DisneyThemeParks where she was chubby.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Trixie looks more attractive and attractive looking compared to her she appeared in the original attractions at the DisneyThemeParks Ride/DisneyThemeParks where she was chubby.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Inverted with Dexter, who seems genuinely remorseful when he realizes that Beary pretty much ran away from home because of him.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Inverted with Dexter, who seems genuinely remorseful when he realizes that Beary pretty much ran away from home because of him.



* BoxOfficeBomb: Was made on a $35 million budget, but made only $18 million at the American box office.



* DirectToVideo: The film flopped so bad in the United States, it was released straight to video in the United Kingdom in 2003.



* MoneyDearBoy: The supposed motivation of ChristopherWalken to appear in the picture.



* {{Muppet}}: Inverted, as all of the bear characters were designed and constructed by Creator/JimHenson's Creature Shop.

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* {{Muppet}}: Inverted, as all All of the bear characters were designed and constructed by Creator/JimHenson's Creature Shop.
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* DirectToVideo: The film flopped so bad in the United States, it was released direct-to-video in the United Kingdom.

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* DirectToVideo: The film flopped so bad in the United States, it was released direct-to-video straight to video in the United Kingdom.Kingdom in 2003.

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* TheCameo: WillieNelson and EltonJohn both appear in the film.
** Other celebrity cameos include: Jess Harnell, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Jennifer Paige, et al.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Was made on a $35 million budget, but made only $18 million at the American box office.
* TheCameo: WillieNelson Creator/WillieNelson and EltonJohn Creator/EltonJohn both appear in the film.
** Other celebrity cameos include: Jess Harnell, Creator/JessHarnell, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Jennifer Paige, et al.



* EvilIsPetty: The likely motivation (aside from MoneyDearBoy) for ChristopherWalken, given some of his antics in private.

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* DirectToVideo: The film flopped so bad in the United States, it was released direct-to-video in the United Kingdom.
* EvilIsPetty: The likely motivation (aside from MoneyDearBoy) for ChristopherWalken, Creator/ChristopherWalken, given some of his antics in private.
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''The Country Bears'' is an American film, produced by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Pictures]], based on the DisneyThemeParks attraction Country Bear Jamboree. It was Disney's third movie based on a ride or attraction, following ''Tower of Terror'' (1997) and ''MissionToMars'' (2000), and followed by ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' and ''{{Film/The Haunted Mansion}}''. It was released July 26, 2002.

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''The Country Bears'' is an American film, produced by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Pictures]], based on the DisneyThemeParks Ride/DisneyThemeParks attraction Country Bear Jamboree. It was Disney's third movie based on a ride or attraction, following ''Tower of Terror'' (1997) and ''MissionToMars'' (2000), and followed by ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' and ''{{Film/The Haunted Mansion}}''. It was released July 26, 2002.
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* {{Muppet}}: Inverted, as all of the bear characters were designed and constructed by JimHenson's Creature Shop.

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* {{Muppet}}: Inverted, as all of the bear characters were designed and constructed by JimHenson's Creator/JimHenson's Creature Shop.
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* StylisticSuck: The bears watch a cartoon made about them in the '60s. It's made of this trope.
-->''"That was terrible."''
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* MsFanservice: Jennifer Paige as the waitress at the diner, with her uniform that consists of an orange minidress and black leather boots. Zeb even lampshades this:
-->'''Jennifer:''' You guys inspired me to go after my dream of becoming a famous singer.
-->'''Fred:''' Did ya make it?
-->'''Zeb:''' Sure she made it, Fred! She just works here for the free uniform! No offense.
-->'''Jennifer:''' None taken.
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---> "People are on the lookout for this ten-year-old boy, who was last seen with this man (Henry). Witnesses believe the man's accomplices are ''this'' man (Fred), ''this'' man (Roady), and ''this chicken'' (Roady's pet chicken)."

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---> --> "People are on the lookout for this ten-year-old boy, who was last seen with this man (Henry). Witnesses believe the man's accomplices are ''this'' man (Fred), ''this'' man (Roady), and ''this chicken'' (Roady's pet chicken)."



---> '''Officer Ham:''' Afternoon, sir. Officer Ham.\\

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---> --> '''Officer Ham:''' Afternoon, sir. Officer Ham.\\



---> '''Random Character:''' What's that?\\

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---> --> '''Random Character:''' What's that?\\
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Christopher Walken's character has a grudge against the bears because [[DisproportionateRetribution they beat him in a talent show decades ago.]] The bears played. He made ''farting noises with his elbow.''
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* TrailerJokeDecay: Every TV spot included the clip of the policemen's hair getting messed up in the car wash, eventually reaching the point where Disney released a commercial that contained nothing '''but''' that clip.

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''The Country Bears'' is an American film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, based on the DisneyThemeParks attraction Country Bear Jamboree. It was Disney's third movie based on a ride or attraction, following ''Tower of Terror'' (1997) and ''MissionToMars'' (2000), and followed by ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' and ''{{Film/The Haunted Mansion}}''. It was released July 26, 2002.

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''The Country Bears'' is an American film, produced by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Pictures, Pictures]], based on the DisneyThemeParks attraction Country Bear Jamboree. It was Disney's third movie based on a ride or attraction, following ''Tower of Terror'' (1997) and ''MissionToMars'' (2000), and followed by ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' and ''{{Film/The Haunted Mansion}}''. It was released July 26, 2002.


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* TrailerJokeDecay: Every TV spot included the clip of the policemen's hair getting messed up in the car wash, eventually reaching the point where Disney released a commercial that contained nothing '''but''' that clip.
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* TheStinger: Ham and Cheats returning to their cruiser after their car wash mishap, all the while Cheats confides in Ham that he wears a fake mustache because everyone on the force (even their ''reception'') has one.
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* EvilIsPetty: The likely motivation (aside from MoneyDearBoy) for ChristopherWalken, given some of his antics in private.
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* MerchandiseDriven: A Disney theme park adaptation. Ironically, the Disneyland version of the attraction closed shortly before the film came out to make way for a WinnieThePooh ride.

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* MerchandiseDriven: A Disney theme park adaptation. Ironically, the Disneyland version of the attraction closed shortly before the film came out to make way for a WinnieThePooh Franchise/WinnieThePooh ride.

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* BearsAreBadNews: Movies, apparently.



* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Movies, apparently.
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* TheBet: Beary proposes a wager at the honey bar where Zeb hangs out: Zeb and his fiddle, versus the house band (The Brian Setzer Orchestra), in a musical duel. If Zeb whens, his financial debt to the bar is lift, but if he loses, Cha Cha (Queen Latifah as the bartender) keeps the Country Bear Tour Bus.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Inverted with Dexter, who seems genuinely remorseful when he realizes that Beary pretty much

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Inverted with Dexter, who seems genuinely remorseful when he realizes that Beary pretty much ran away from home because of him.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Christopher Walken dancing around his office in boxer shorts and bunny slippers, while continuously smashing scale models of Country Bear Hall.
** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Aww no! Aww no! Aww no! Country Bear Hall has been crushed!"]]

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Inverted with Dexter, who seems genuinely remorseful when he realizes that Beary pretty much ran away from home because of him.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Christopher Walken dancing around his office in boxer shorts and bunny slippers, while continuously smashing scale models of Country Bear Hall.
** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Aww no! Aww no! Aww no! Country Bear Hall has been crushed!"]]
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''The Country Bears'' is an American film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, based on the DisneyThemeParks attraction Country Bear Jamboree. It was Disney's third movie based on a ride or attraction, following ''Tower of Terror'' (1997) and ''MissionToMars'' (2000), and followed by ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' and ''{{Film/The Haunted Mansion}}''. It was released July 26, 2002.

The film follows Beary Barrington (Haley Joel Osment) a young bear raised by a human family in a world where humans and talking bears coexist, attempting to trace his roots. He meets up with the Country Bears, a long-since broken-up band and helps the Country Bears reunite for one final concert. The film details the Country Bear's attempts to get together their final concert while facing the antagonism of Thimble (ChristopherWalken), who is bent on destroying their concert hall.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When news of Beary's disappearance appears on the local news.
---> "People are on the lookout for this ten-year-old boy, who was last seen with this man (Henry). Witnesses believe the man's accomplices are ''this'' man (Fred), ''this'' man (Roady), and ''this chicken'' (Roady's pet chicken)."
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Inverted with Dexter, who seems genuinely remorseful when he realizes that Beary pretty much ran away from home because of him.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Christopher Walken dancing around his office in boxer shorts and bunny slippers, while continuously smashing scale models of Country Bear Hall.
** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Aww no! Aww no! Aww no! Country Bear Hall has been crushed!"]]
* TheCameo: WillieNelson and EltonJohn both appear in the film.
** Other celebrity cameos include: Jess Harnell, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Jennifer Paige, et al.
* ChekhovsGun: Big Al's grass in the end.
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Movies, apparently.
* FurryConfusion: The bears are depicted in this movie as anthropomorphic, yet Roady has a pet chicken that's actually a chicken.
* GRatedDrug: The Honey Bar.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dexter.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: The DVD features point towards the original attraction being a result of the movie band's early success within their whole mockumentaries about the history of the band.
* MerchandiseDriven: A Disney theme park adaptation. Ironically, the Disneyland version of the attraction closed shortly before the film came out to make way for a WinnieThePooh ride.
* MoneyDearBoy: The supposed motivation of ChristopherWalken to appear in the picture.
* {{Muppet}}: Inverted, as all of the bear characters were designed and constructed by JimHenson's Creature Shop.
* ObliviousAdoption. Very oblivious.
* [[MamaBear Papa Bear]]: Mr. Barrington would hit Dexter atop the head with his rolled up newspaper for harassing Beary.
* PoliceAreUseless
* PunnyName: The lampshade was destroyed in this one:
---> '''Officer Ham:''' Afternoon, sir. Officer Ham.\\
'''Officer Cheats:''' Officer Cheats.\\
'''Mr. Barrington:''' (Beat) ''Ham'' and ''Cheats''.\\
'''Officer Cheats:''' (Inward chuckle) Yeah, we, uh, get that all the time.\\
'''Mr. Barrington:''' Well, it's your names.\\
'''Both:''' Yeah.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Part of the basic plot of the movie.
* RaisedByHumans: Beary didn't even know he was a bear until his adopted brother pointed it out.
* RunningGag:
---> '''Random Character:''' What's that?\\
'''Big Al:''' That there's a sign.
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