History WesternAnimation / AdventuresOfTheGummiBears

* AnAesop: "Bridge on the River Gummi": If an AdvancedAncientAcropolis decides that a tiny wooden bridge is sufficient, there's probably a '''very''' good reason behind that decision. As it turns out this was a military strategy since anything more than a gummy bear would collapse it.

''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'' is a show by Creator/WaltDisneyTelevisionAnimation and Creator/TMSEntertainment, which produced the animation for the show's first four seasons; it was replaced by Walt Disney Animation Japan for the rest of the show's run. Although ''WesternAnimation/TheWuzzles'' was Disney's first original animated TV series, that was really a trial run for this series, which almost immediately made the company a dominant force in television animation. This series lasted from September 1985 to February 1991, with a total of 94 episodes; it initially aired on Creator/{{NBC}} before moving to Creator/{{ABC}} in 1989[[note]]Along with ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' to comprise the ''Gummi Bears[=/=]Winnie the Pooh Hour''[[/note]] and then to syndication as part of ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon''.

Unfortunately, when the story begins, the Glen Gummis have declined to only six descendants, who have forgotten their past skills. Fortunately, they meet a friendly human boy named Cavin who found a Gummi Medallion that unlocks their library's Great Book of Gummi, the essential book of their culture's knowledge. Inspired, the colony decide to rediscover their heritage and help the boy, whose kingdom is under dire threat.

** You can see a Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck statue on one of the sculptor's shelves in "The Sinister Sculptor."

* AmbiguouslyGay: Gusto Gummi is yet another in the long-standing Disney television tradition of figures who are coded just enough as gay to appeal to gay youth and gay young adults but not enough to be noticed by and draw the wrath of conservative parents or paranoid advertising sponsors

* PimpedOutDress: Calla occasionally wears a more formal dress which sports very similar design cues from Snow White's iconic outfit.

* PimpedOutDress: Calla occasionally wears one.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: From his duel with Igthorn in the last episode it's clear Gregor is no frail old ruler and probably stronger than a lot of his knights. If only being the king didn't keep him out of most opportunities for action.

* OffModel: The Disney+ page for the show has an art piece that shows Sunni being much taller than Grammi and Gruffi.

* WhenTreesAttack

The show is animated by four different studios: TMS, Japan (39 episodes), Walt Disney Japan (17,5 episodes), Walt Disney Australia (8 episodes) and Guimaraes (one segment).

* [[FiveManBand Six Man Band]]: The initial line up at Gummi Glen could be seen like this:
** TheLeader: Gruffi
** TheLancer: Grammi
** TheBigGuy: Tummi
** TheSmartGuy: Zummi
** TheChick: Sunni
** TheHeart: Cubbi
** [[SixthRanger Seventh Ranger]]: Gusto (after he joins the cast in season 2)

** Gruffi is a GrumpyBear

* GrumpyBear: A literal example with Gruffi.

* AdultFear: In "For Whom The Spell Holds," all six Bears are chasing a monster through an underground cavern when the roof caves in. When the dust clears and the three adults get their bearings again, the kids are nowhere to be seen!
-->'''Grammi:''' Where are the cubs?!

* GangOfCritters: The Gummis themselves, being cute, cartoony bears.

** In "Good Neighbor Gummi, a dimwitted thief says "Hey Rocky, [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird I taw I taw]] a Gummi Bear". Rocky is also the name of a gangster in WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes.

* SecretKeeper: Very few humans who discover the Gummis' existence are encoraged to invoke this to protect them and their knowledge, especially involving Gummiberry Juice. Cavin is the first to become this, followed by Calla.
** Cavin's grandfather, Sir Gowan (from whom Cavin received the Gummi medallion) becomes one as well. Though, he was initially TheCassandra who talks about his past adventures with other Gummis, but no one beleives him (they no less enjoy them).

* RagnarokProofing: Averted in that many of the Great Gummi artifacts found often have to be refueled, reconditioned or otherwise have just decayed to uselessness.

* OhCrap: The Gummis get an epic collection of these as Toadwort guzzles down an ''entire keg'' of Gummiberry Juice singlehandedly, with Zummi warning there's no way of telling what might happen after someone drinks that much.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Gruffi ends up destroying the Great Book by accident, prompting him to find a new one in an aincient Gummi city. When he only returns with a bookmark after a clash with Lady Bane, the bookmark restores the book with all of the knowledge intact.

* GreatBigBookOfEverything: The Great Book of Gummi contains the history, magic, culture and recipes of Gummi king, secured by a lock that an only open with one of their medallions. The Gummi Bears encounter Cavin, who just happens to possess one of those that his grandfather claims to have been given by a Gummi Bear.

* DavidVersusGoliath: The main cast is a group of miniature bears and two children, while the bad guys consist of an adult human and a mob of ogres. As such, most conflicts fall into this trope.