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Bears are wonderful creatures. If you want to create an IntelligentGerbil alien from one, you don't have to alter its appearance much, since they can already take bipedal form and are effectively HumanoidAliens already. Indeed, any furry humanoid creature that doesn't explicitly appear to be some other kind of creature will appear more or less ursine. Their intelligence on par with great apes makes bears natural candidates for evolving to humanlike sentience given the right conditions. BearyFunny, BearyFriendly and BearsAreBadNews are all possible.

Bears are wonderful creatures. If you want to create an IntelligentGerbil alien from one, you don't have to alter its appearance much, since they can already take bipedal form and are effectively HumanoidAliens already. Indeed, any furry humanoid creature that doesn't explicitly appear to be some other kind of creature will appear more or less ursine. Their intelligence on par with great apes makes bears natural candidates for evolving to humanlike sentience given the right conditions. BearyFunny, Beary Friendly and BearsAreBadNews are all possible.

* The Bulrathi in the ''LineOfDelirium'' series were more-or-less directly lifted from the ''MasterOfOrion'' series.

* TheHelmsmanSaga features a civilization of walking bears (expies of Russia).

Bears are wonderful creatures. If you want to create an IntelligentGerbil alien from one, you don't have to alter its appearance much, since they can already take bipedal form and are effectively HumanoidAliens already. Indeed, any furry humanoid creature that doesn't explicitly appear to be some other kind of creature will appear more or less ursine. Their intelligence on par with great apes makes bears natural candidates for evolving to humanlike sentience given the right conditions. BearyFunny and BearsAreBadNews are both possible.

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* Averted with Water Bears. While they are extra-terrestrial lifeforms (microscopic ones anyway), they don't look much like bears.

* The Hokas in Creator/PoulAnderson and GordonRDickson's ''Literature/{{Hoka}}'' series are intelligent teddy bears. BearyFunny, assuming you aren't too fond of your sanity.

* In GordonRDickson's ''Spacepaw'' and ''Spacial Delivery'', the Dilbians are described as intelligent grizzly bears.
* The Lindauzi in ''TheWildBoy''-although there were mentions of panther or dog-like features, bear-like is the most common description, the cover illustration clearly shows it.

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* Creator/PoulAnderson and GordonRDickson's {{Hoka}}s, intelligent teddy bears. BearyFunny, assuming you aren't too fond of your sanity.

* The Pila in David Brin's ''Uplift'' universe are HeavyWorlders who look like gray four-foot teddy bears with short snouts and funny hairs around their eyes, and their voices are so high-pitched that they need special equipment for many species (including humans) to even hear them. They are famously fanatical and conservative: they hate humans and won their independence as a species by declaring a holy war on the species that had uplifted them to sentience (with the approval of the patrons' patrons). They also treat their indentured species, the Pring, very harshly.

* The Pila in David Brin's ''Uplift'' universe.

Bears are wonderful creatures. If you want to create an IntelligentGerbil alien from one, you don't have to alter its appearance much, since they can already take bipedal form and are effectively HumanoidAliens already. Indeed, any furry humanoid creature that doesn't explicitly appear to be some other kind of creature will appear more or less ursine. BearyFunny and BearsAreBadNews are both possible.

* In Guile and Abel's ending in VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken Pandora's box summons a race of aliens that look like small blue bears. Abel thinks they're adorable; Guile, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere patience run out, leaves.]]

* From ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' the Ob'enn who look like koalas. Frequently referred to as the Psycho bears.

* In ''Literature/TheHost'' one of the aliens plants that Wanda has previously been on is one nicknamed "bear." They have four hearts and long claws for weapons and to carve ice sculptors.

* From ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' the Ob'enn who look like Koahalas. Frequently referred to as the Psycho bears.

Bears are wonderful creatures. If you want to create an IntelligentGerbil alien from one, you don't have to alter its appearance much, since they can already take bipedal form and are effectively HumanoidAliens already. Indeed, any furry humanoid creature that doesn't explicitly appear to be some other kind of creature will appear more or less ursine. BearyFunny and EverythingsWorseWithBears are both possible.

* TheHelmsmanSaga features a civilization of walking bears (expies of Russia).

* The Bulrathi in the ''LineOfDelirium'' series were more-or-less directly lifted from the ''Master of Orion'' series.

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* Long John Silver on ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'' is bear-like in appearance.

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* In JackCampbell's TheLostFleet book ''Invincible'', they reconstruct the aliens that attacked them on sight and to Geary's surprise they were attacked by "teddy bears." They discover the creatures are herbivores and decide that the "teddy" is inapproriate, so they dub them "bear-cows".

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* In ''{{Robotech}} II: The Sentinels'', the Karbarrans are described as "bearmen". [[http://robotech.wikia.com/wiki/Karbarran How]] [[http://www.kent.net/robotech/information/karbarran.shtml closely]] [[http://www.robotech.com/community/fan/art/viewfanart.php?id=3209 they]] resemble bears depends on the artist.

* PoulAnderson and GordonRDickson's {{Hoka}}s, intelligent teddy bears. BearyFunny, assuming you aren't too fond of your sanity.

* IsaacAsimov's story "No Connection" features a civilization of bears which evolved on a postapocaliptic Earth.

* The Brutes from ''{{VideoGame/Halo}}'' combine various traits of gorillas and bears.
* In Guile and Abel's ending in StreetFighterXTekken Pandora's box summons a race of aliens that look like small blue bears. Abel thinks they're adorable; Guile, [[ScrewThisI'mOuttaHere patience run out, leaves.]]

* Long John Silver on ''TreasurePlanet'' is bear-like in appearance.

* Perhaps the most familiar examples are the Wookiees and Ewoks from ''StarWars''.

* In the Neighborhood Of Make Believe segments of ''MisterRogersNeighborhood'' there is a Purple Panda from the Planet Purple.

* From SchlockMercenary the Ob'enn who look like Koahalas. Frequently referred to as the Psycho bears.

* The preschool show {{Caillou}} features an episode where the children disagree on what game to play: one wants to pretend they are bears, while the others want to play astronauts. They compromise that they will be astronauts and visit a planet inhabited by alien bears.