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** Shreeky: annoying or hilarious?


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** Hell, even ''No Heart'' has fangirls!
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*** The first two movies certainly proved their worth as well with fairly darker undertones and quite superb songs, to say the least.
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** Seriously! When the StarComics comic adaptation was translated to Norwegian, Cheer was consistently referred to as male in the translation. ''Nobody noticed.''
** And Love-A-Lot was male in one of the books.
** Good Luck Bear has gone all over the place with voice style changes.
** Lotsa Heart Elephant apparently gets hit with this trope.
** Swift Heart Rabbit and Cozy Heart Penguin apparently run all over the place with this trope.

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* FashionVictimVillain: Dark Heart, lord of all evil, wears.... a red track suit.


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* BaseBreaker: Kinda. Some fans find Oopsy endearing, others treat him as a full-blown [[TheScrappy Scrappy]].

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* BaseBreaker: Kinda. Some fans find Oopsy Bear endearing, others treat him as a full-blown [[TheScrappy Scrappy]].
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* BaseBreaker: Kinda. Some fans find Oopsy endearing, others treat him as a full-blown [[TheScrappy Scrappy]].


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* FashionVictimVillain: Dark Heart, lord of all evil, wears.... a red track suit.


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** "Daaaaark Heeeaaart!!"

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Has [[NightmareFuel/CareBears its own page]]. For a supposedly TastesLikeDiabetes line, some kids were really creeped out by several parts involving the bad guys.
** In the TV special ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'', Baby Tugs and Baby Hugs frozen in star-shaped blocks of ice. And to ''really'' top it off, Baby Hugs crying a tear and the tear trickling down to the ground. [[TearJerker Oh ... God!]]



*** The bears are similar only because most people collapse being nice into generic [[GaryStu love]]. Aside from explicit personalities like Grumpy or Secret, the bears are more unique when you realize that romance, friendship, enthusiasm, [[HaveAGayOldTime gaiety]], generosity, mediation, hope, and competition are unique traits.

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*** The bears are similar only because most people collapse being nice into generic [[GaryStu [[MartyStu love]]. Aside from explicit personalities like Grumpy or Secret, the bears are more unique when you realize that romance, friendship, enthusiasm, [[HaveAGayOldTime gaiety]], generosity, mediation, hope, and competition are unique traits.



* [[NightmareFuel/CareBears Nightmare Fuel]]: For a supposedly TastesLikeDiabetes line, some kids were really creeped out by several parts involving the bad guys.
** In the TV special ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'', Baby Tugs and Baby Hugs frozen in star-shaped blocks of ice. And to ''really'' top it off, Baby Hugs crying a tear and the tear trickling down to the ground. [[TearJerker Oh ... God!]]



** In ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'', Baby Hugs shedding a tear after she and Baby Tugs get frozen by Coldheart. See also NightmareFuel above.

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** In ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'', Baby Hugs shedding a tear after she and Baby Tugs get frozen by Coldheart. See also NightmareFuel AccidentalNightmareFuel above.
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* NeutralGood: The eponymous Empathy Arctoduses.
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* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Songfellow Strum, at least for the viewer.
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** Amusingly, this was lampshaded in one episode where [[HeelFaceTurn Beastly decides to become a Care Bear]]. In the end, he couldn't stand the sugary sweetness and ran back to Shreeky.
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** Towards the end of the first movie, the possessed Nicholas exhibits spiral eyes much like those of [[GurrenLagann Lord Genome]].
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** Professor Coldhear looks and acts almost ''exactly'' like an ice-themed version of IMMeen.
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** The ending of ''The Long Lost Care Bears'', where Perfect and Polite Panda [[spoiler:decide that their true home is in the valley and not with the rest of the bears.]] Made so, so much worse by Good Luck Bear's reaction -- [[spoiler:he and Polite had developed adorable little crushes on one another.]]

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*** The bears are similar only because most people collapse being nice into generic [[GaryStu love]]. Aside from explicit personalities like Grumpy or Secret, the bears are more unique when you realize that romance, friendship, enthusiasm, [[HaveAGayOldTime gaiety]], generosity, mediation, hope, and competition are unique traits.

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*** The bears are similar only because most people collapse being nice into generic [[GaryStu love]]. Aside from explicit personalities like Grumpy or Secret, the bears are more unique when you realize that romance, friendship, enthusiasm, [[HaveAGayOldTime gaiety]], generosity, mediation, hope, and competition are unique traits.traits.
** Bright Heart Raccoon pretty much also qualifies.
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** The earlier animations played this trope incredibly straight! But the television show featuring Lord No Heart, Shreaky and Beastly at least tried to be irreverent about the message, and the theme from that show ''was'' pretty hip, for that time.

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** The earlier animations played this trope incredibly straight! But the television show featuring Lord No Heart, Shreaky and Beastly at least tried to be irreverent about the message, morals, and the theme song from that show ''was'' pretty hip, for that time.
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** The earlier animations played this trope incredibly straight! But the television show featuring Lord No Heart, Shreaky and Beastly at least tried to be irreverent about the message, and the theme from that show ''was'' pretty hip, for that time.
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*** The bears are similar only because most people collapse being nice into generic [[GaryStu love]]. Aside from explicit personalities like Grumpy or Secret, the bears are more unique when you realize that romance, friendship, enthusiasm, [[HaveAGayOldTime gaiety]], generosity, mediation, hope, and competition are unique traits. DigimonAdventure is probably the only show that uses virtues as character traits. (For the curious the corresponding bears are Love-a-Lot, Friend, Cheer, Funshine, Share, Harmony, Wish, and Champ Bears.)

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*** The bears are similar only because most people collapse being nice into generic [[GaryStu love]]. Aside from explicit personalities like Grumpy or Secret, the bears are more unique when you realize that romance, friendship, enthusiasm, [[HaveAGayOldTime gaiety]], generosity, mediation, hope, and competition are unique traits. DigimonAdventure is probably the only show that uses virtues as character traits. (For the curious the corresponding bears are Love-a-Lot, Friend, Cheer, Funshine, Share, Harmony, Wish, and Champ Bears.)
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*** The bears are similar only because most people collapse being nice into generic [GaryStu love]]. Aside from explicit personalities like Grumpy or Secret, the bears are more unique when you realize that romance, friendship, enthusiasm, [[HaveAGayOldTime gaiety]], generosity, mediation, hope, and competition are unique traits. DigimonAdventure is probably the only show that uses virtues as character traits. (For the curious the corresponding bears are Love-a-Lot, Friend, Cheer, Funshine, Share, Harmony, Wish, and Champ Bears.)

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*** The bears are similar only because most people collapse being nice into generic [GaryStu [[GaryStu love]]. Aside from explicit personalities like Grumpy or Secret, the bears are more unique when you realize that romance, friendship, enthusiasm, [[HaveAGayOldTime gaiety]], generosity, mediation, hope, and competition are unique traits. DigimonAdventure is probably the only show that uses virtues as character traits. (For the curious the corresponding bears are Love-a-Lot, Friend, Cheer, Funshine, Share, Harmony, Wish, and Champ Bears.)
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* NeutralGood: The eponymous Empathy Arctoduses.
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** Christy and Dark Heart's relationship in the second movie gives off some funny ''{{Twilight}}'' vibes now. Dark Heart even transforms into a wolf at one point so Christy can ride on his back.

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** Christy and Dark Heart's relationship in the second movie gives off some funny ''{{Twilight}}'' ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' vibes now. Dark Heart even transforms into a wolf at one point so Christy can ride on his back.
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** ''Care Bears Countdown''
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** "Time for a game of disappearing bears."
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* DethroningMusicOfSuck: [[YourMileageMayVary Quite arguably]], the theme song from the DiC series.
** Unfortunately, said song was an EarWorm among kids and only kids alone. Cue parents and older siblings being dragged into madness.

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* ReplacementScrappy: For older fans, [[{{Dojikko}} Oopsy Bear]], the chronically clumsy bear, who replaced both [[BornLucky Good Luck Bear]] and oddly enough, [[TheHero Tenderheart Bear.]]
* RootingForTheEmpire: Very easy to feel that way. This troper does.



* RootingForTheEmpire: Very easy to feel that way. This troper does.


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* TheWoobie: Grumpy Bear.
** Oopsy Bear is supposedly designed to be a woobie judging from his personality traits, but it didn't turn out quite as American Greetings had expected.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: In the DIC episode "[[TheStarsAreGoingOut The Night the Stars Went Out]]," Grumpy Bear helps defeat the [[MadArtist evil musician]] Strato Nefarious by ''playing baseball with lightning bolts'', using an ''[[ParasolOfPain umbrella for a bat]]''.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Musical quality varies between incarnations, with some of it being downright awful, but most fans agree that the second movie had a lovely soundtrack. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtKy0bdMC0 Forever Young]] is probably the best example.
** Also, the music of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcctwbAckBo Care-a-Lot]] from the first movie is very nice and peaceful, though YourMileageMayVary on the actual ''song''.
** And if you like country music, "Has Anybody Seen This Girl" from the third movie is right up your alley.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Very easy to feel that way. This troper does.
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*** The bears are similar only because most people collapse being nice into generic [GaryStu love]]. Aside from explicit personalities like Grumpy or Secret, the bears are more unique when you realize that romance, friendship, enthusiasm, [[HaveAGayOldTime gaiety]], generosity, mediation, hope, and competition are unique traits. DigimonAdventure is probably the only show that uses virtues as character traits. (For the curious the corresponding bears are Love-a-Lot, Friend, Cheer, Funshine, Share, Harmony, Wish, and Champ Bears.)
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* DracoInLeatherPants: Many a girl has admitted to having a crush on Dark Heart from the second movie.


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* HilariousInHindsight: After the film ''{{Braveheart}}'' came out, jokes between that movie and Brave Heart Lion were inevitable.
** Christy and Dark Heart's relationship in the second movie gives off some funny ''{{Twilight}}'' vibes now. Dark Heart even transforms into a wolf at one point so Christy can ride on his back.


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* MemeticMutation: "The Caring Meter dropped! ''Two whole points!!!''"


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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The Second film from the 80s, compared to the first film.


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* VillainDecay: After the first season of the Nelvana series, No Heart generally stopped being an active threat and usually sent his incompetent minions Shreeky and Beastly to do the dirty work.
** This was probably done because No Heart's animal transformations were too scary. After Shreeky was introduced his transformation power was only used for comedic effect, with him involuntarily transforming whenever Shreeky shrieked in his presence.
*** Also, Professor Coldheart was actually menacing and had a pedophilic subtext around him in ''The Land Without Feelings''. In ''Battle the Freeze Machine'', he got a goofy sidekick and was less menacing than before, and then in the DIC show, he suddenly had a high-pitched voice and was generally a bumbling, [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain joke of a villain.]]
**** Any villains after the 2000 relaunch are bumbling villains at best. This probably stems from complains that the old movies and series were giving the target audience nightmares.

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* EarWorm: ''The Giving Festival Movie'' - "Care Power on-- rainbows, sun, stormclouds and lollipops. Care Power on!" ''Adventures in Wonderland'' - "Rise and shine, get a glow, cause you know you're gonna shine like the star you are, you are..."

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** ''Care Bears Movie II: The Next Generation'' - "Flying My Colors" and "Forever Young"
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* EarWorm: ''The Giving Festival Movie'' - "Care Power on-- rainbows, sun, stormclouds and lollipops. Care Power on!" ''Adventures in Wonderland'' - "Rise and shine, get a glow, cause you know you're gonna shine like the star you are, you are..."

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* EarWorm: ''The Giving Festival Movie'' - "Care Power on-- rainbows, sun, stormclouds and lollipops. Care Power on!" ''Adventures in Wonderland'' - "Rise and shine, get a glow, cause you know you're gonna shine like the star you are, you are...""
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: In the DIC episode "[[TheStarsAreGoingOut The Night the Stars Went Out]]," Grumpy Bear helps defeat the [[MadArtist evil musician]] Strato Nefarious by ''playing baseball with lightning bolts'', using an ''[[ParasolOfPain umbrella for a bat]]''.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Musical quality varies between incarnations, with some of it being downright awful, but most fans agree that the second movie had a lovely soundtrack. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtKy0bdMC0 Forever Young]] is probably the best example.
** Also, the music of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcctwbAckBo Care-a-Lot]] from the first movie is very nice and peaceful, though YourMileageMayVary on the actual ''song''.
** And if you like country music, "Has Anybody Seen This Girl" from the third movie is right up your alley.
* DethroningMusicOfSuck: [[YourMileageMayVary Quite arguably]], the theme song from the DiC series.
** Unfortunately, said song was an EarWorm among kids and only kids alone. Cue parents and older siblings being dragged into madness.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: For the bears, Grumpy Bear. For the cousins, Brave Heart Lion.
** For some, the Care Bear Cousins over the actual Care Bears (in part because the Cousins all had distinct designs and personalities, whereas outside Grumpy Bear, all of the Care Bears were too similar)
* IdiotPlot: As with many children's shows, the plots frequently revolve around characters making decisions that would defy common sense. [[strike:It's more acceptable when it's the younger characters making these mistakes, but it's somewhat jarring when the more mature Bears, as well as the villains, act like idiots.]] Never mind, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever the Bears don't seem to physically age]], so all of them have been around for at least decades. So that means ''none of them'' have an [[JustifiedTrope excuse]] for their stupidity.
* MisaimedFandom: Subverted with Grumpy Bear; for a lot of people, Grumpy Bear's anti-social attitude and contempt for his fellow Bears and their at times Stepfordized personalities make him their favorite. Which ironically was mentioned in his original bio, as far as Grumpy's bio stating that his personality wasn't wrong and that it's ok to be grumpy sometimes, as opposed to casting Grumpy Bear in the "TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong" direction.
* [[NightmareFuel/CareBears Nightmare Fuel]]: For a supposedly TastesLikeDiabetes line, some kids were really creeped out by several parts involving the bad guys.
** In the TV special ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'', Baby Tugs and Baby Hugs frozen in star-shaped blocks of ice. And to ''really'' top it off, Baby Hugs crying a tear and the tear trickling down to the ground. [[TearJerker Oh ... God!]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Songfellow Strum, at least for the viewer.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: Until you read the fanfic where they go BDSM on Grumpy, then you'll look at your sister's stuffed animals funny from then on. Still an awesome fic, though.
** In other words, somewhat subverted? Check out the Nightmare Fuel entry above.
* TearJerker: The song ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hH04Lcfplg Forever Young.]]'' Especially if you've lost a loved one.
** In ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'', Baby Hugs shedding a tear after she and Baby Tugs get frozen by Coldheart. See also NightmareFuel above.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: As described at the trope entry, it's often been unclear which bears belong to which gender over the years. The 2007 line is the first to specifically delineate gender.

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