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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Trying to make a tenuously-connected road trip family comedy based off of a Disney World attraction that hadn't been popular with guests in nearly two decades went over with audiences about as well as you might think.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Trying to make a tenuously-connected road trip family comedy starring people in creepy bear suits based off of a Disney World attraction that hadn't been popular with guests in nearly two decades went over with audiences about as well as you might think. What helps prove this point is that the Disneyland version of the attraction closed ten months before the movie came out, meaning the core concept wasn't popular enough to keep as a ride there, yet they still released a movie based on it.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Trying to make a comedy based off of a popular theme park ride at Disney World went over with audiences about as well as you might think.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Trying to make a tenuously-connected road trip family comedy based off of a popular theme park ride at Disney World attraction that hadn't been popular with guests in nearly two decades went over with audiences about as well as you might think.



* EnsembleDarkHorse: Most people agree that Creator/ChristopherWalken as the banker is by far the most entertaining part of the film.

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Most people agree that Creator/ChristopherWalken as the banker is by far the most entertaining part of the film. %%While he is the main villain, his screen time amounts to less than seven minutes of the film total, so he is okay to keep.
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* TheWoobie: Tennessee O'Neal, whom Muppet Wiki describes as "the most sensitive of the Country Bears band". He was forced to quit the band when [[YourCheatingHeart his lover left him for a panda]], and tried to be a marriage counselor but broke down in stress during sessions. Which makes it all the more satisfying when she returns and they sing their duet.

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* TheWoobie: Tennessee O'Neal, whom Muppet Wiki describes as "the most sensitive of the Country Bears band". He was forced to quit the band when [[YourCheatingHeart his lover left him for a panda]], panda, and tried to be a marriage counselor but broke down in stress during sessions. Which makes it all the more satisfying when she returns and they sing their duet.
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** The policemen theorizing that whoever has abducted Beary are probably holding hostage, "in some creepy underground lair, high up in a building somewhere."
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: EVERYTHING with Christopher Walken.
** When Walken kidnaps the bears, it's shown with a transition of the van in fast forward, with Walken's sped up laughter track.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Many people willingly watch this movie for Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Trying to make a comedy based off of a popular theme park ride at Disneyworld went over with audiences about as well as you might think.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Trying to make a comedy based off of a popular theme park ride at Disneyworld Disney World went over with audiences about as well as you might think.



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Most people agree that Creator/ChristopherWalken as the banker is by far the most entertaining part of the film.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: EnsembleDarkHorse: Most people agree that Creator/ChristopherWalken as the banker is by far the most entertaining part of the film.



* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only Christopher Walken can put that much sincerity into a role calling for him to arm fart the 1812 Overture.

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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only Christopher Walken can put that much sincerity into a role calling for him to arm fart the 1812 Overture.''1812 Overture''.
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* BileFascination: Nobody had particularly high hopes for it at the time, and some have to see if the end result is just as bad as one would expect.
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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Aww no! Aww no! Aww no! Country Bear Hall has been crushed!"]]

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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Aww no! Aww no! Aww no! Country Bear Hall has been crushed!"]]
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Trying to make a comedy based off of a popular theme park ride at Disneyworld went over with audiences about as well as you might think.
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** Thanks to WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera, this line, which he considers to be the greatest line in cinema history, uttered by Walken’s character:
--> "That day... '''IS TONIGHT!'''"

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** The musical numbers appear to be this as well.

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** The musical numbers appear to be this as well.well, with "Kick It Into Gear" being the most egregious example.



* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://forums.delphiforums.com/toughpigs/messages/16367/1 This thread]] touches upon some of the similarities between this film and ''Film/TheMuppets''. Basically, both films have a puppet character raised in an all-human family who feels different, tries to find his purpose, and ends up getting his favorite group back together so they can save a theater from being demolished by a CorruptCorporateExecutive played by a guy named Christopher. There's also a subplot about a messy breakup, which is resolved when the couple involved in said breakup reunite to perform a duet during the climax of the film.

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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://forums.delphiforums.com/toughpigs/messages/16367/1 This thread]] touches upon some of the similarities between this film and another Disney film, ''Film/TheMuppets''. Basically, both films have a puppet character raised in an all-human family who feels different, tries to find his purpose, and ends up getting his favorite group back together so they can save a theater from being demolished by a CorruptCorporateExecutive played by a guy named Christopher. There's While it's not mentioned in the thread, there's also a subplot about a messy breakup, which is resolved when the couple involved in said breakup reunite to perform a duet during the climax of the film.film. Not to mention that ''Country Bears'' also had Henson involvement; namely, the bears were designed by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop.


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** To a lesser extent, "Oh no! Country Bear Hall has been crushed!"
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://forums.delphiforums.com/toughpigs/messages/16367/1 This thread]] touches upon the similarities between this film and ''Film/TheMuppets''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://forums.delphiforums.com/toughpigs/messages/16367/1 This thread]] touches upon some of the similarities between this film and ''Film/TheMuppets''.''Film/TheMuppets''. Basically, both films have a puppet character raised in an all-human family who feels different, tries to find his purpose, and ends up getting his favorite group back together so they can save a theater from being demolished by a CorruptCorporateExecutive played by a guy named Christopher. There's also a subplot about a messy breakup, which is resolved when the couple involved in said breakup reunite to perform a duet during the climax of the film.
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* TearJerker: Tennessee's backstory, as described below under TheWoobie. During an interview, puppeteer (but not voice actor) Jennifer Barnhart cites him as one of her favorite characters she's done, mainly for his sensitive side.
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* MemeticMutation: Thanks to WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, this line that Christopher Walken's character says toward the end of the film, which the Critic describes as him suddenly remembering there are bears in the movie.

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* MemeticMutation: Thanks to WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, this line that Christopher Walken's character says toward the end of the film, which the Critic describes as him suddenly remembering there are bears in the movie.movie, became the most memorable thing about it.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many of the songs, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNTTRxT3Bbc "Straight to the Heart of Love"]], are surprisingly well-done.


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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://forums.delphiforums.com/toughpigs/messages/16367/1 This thread]] touches upon the similarities between this film and ''Film/TheMuppets''.


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* TheWoobie: Tennessee O'Neal, whom Muppet Wiki describes as "the most sensitive of the Country Bears band". He was forced to quit the band when [[YourCheatingHeart his lover left him for a panda]], and tried to be a marriage counselor but broke down in stress during sessions. Which makes it all the more satisfying when she returns and they sing their duet.
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* MemeticMutation: This line that the Christopher Walken character says toward the end of the film:

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* MemeticMutation: This Thanks to WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, this line that the Christopher Walken Walken's character says toward the end of the film:film, which the Critic describes as him suddenly remembering there are bears in the movie.
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** During a shot of the shed that contained the Country Bear Bus collapsing, one of the bears reacts in surprise by raising his eyebrows and reeling his head back. Unfortunately, both actions occur one after the other rather at the same time, making his reaction look really fake.

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** During a shot of the shed that contained the Country Bear Bus a background building collapsing, one of the bears reacts in surprise by raising his eyebrows and reeling his head back. Unfortunately, both actions occur one after the other rather at the same time, making his reaction look really fake.
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* TheWoobie: Tennessee

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* TrailerJokeDecay: Every TV spot included that 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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* TrailerJokeDecay: Every TV spot included that 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. clip.
* UncannyValley: In contrast to the cartoonish cute-looking bears of the Disneyland ride, the bears of this film are more realistically designed, with small eyes and sharp teeth, which causes them to look more frightening than endearing.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only Christopher Walken can insert that much sincerity into a role calling for him arm fart the 1812 Overture.

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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only Christopher Walken can insert put that much sincerity into a role calling for him to arm fart the 1812 Overture.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Only Christopher Walken can insert that much sincerity into a role calling for him arm fart the 1812 Overture.
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** During Music/EltonJohn's cameo, the controls for the bears got mixed up so the remote puppeteers were controlling the wrong bears. [[http://techjives.net/2012/05/11/040-peter-hastings-on-talkin-toons-with-rob-paulsen-weekly-voice-acting-and-voice-over-tips/ According to director Peter Hastings]] in episode 40 of ''Podcast/TalkinToonsWithRobPaulsen'' (at the 33 minute mark), the result was one of bears ended up with a creepily crooked jaw, which Elton took one look at and said "Looks just like me after too much blow!"

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** During Music/EltonJohn's cameo, the controls for the bears got mixed up so the remote puppeteers were controlling the wrong bears. [[http://techjives.net/2012/05/11/040-peter-hastings-on-talkin-toons-with-rob-paulsen-weekly-voice-acting-and-voice-over-tips/ According to director Peter Hastings]] in episode 40 of ''Podcast/TalkinToonsWithRobPaulsen'' (at the 33 minute mark), the result was one of the bears ended up with a creepily crooked jaw, which Elton took one look at and said "Looks just like me after too much blow!"

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Most people agree that ChristopherWalken as the banker is by far the most entertaining part of the film.
* MemeticMutation: This line that the ChristopherWalken character says toward the end of the film:

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Most people agree that ChristopherWalken Creator/ChristopherWalken as the banker is by far the most entertaining part of the film.
* MemeticMutation: This line that the ChristopherWalken Christopher Walken character says toward the end of the film:


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** During a shot of the shed that contained the Country Bear Bus collapsing, one of the bears reacts in surprise by raising his eyebrows and reeling his head back. Unfortunately, both actions occur one after the other rather at the same time, making his reaction look really fake.
** During Music/EltonJohn's cameo, the controls for the bears got mixed up so the remote puppeteers were controlling the wrong bears. [[http://techjives.net/2012/05/11/040-peter-hastings-on-talkin-toons-with-rob-paulsen-weekly-voice-acting-and-voice-over-tips/ According to director Peter Hastings]] in episode 40 of ''Podcast/TalkinToonsWithRobPaulsen'' (at the 33 minute mark), the result was one of bears ended up with a creepily crooked jaw, which Elton took one look at and said "Looks just like me after too much blow!"
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---> "This is ''not'' over! *{{Beat}}* '''BEARS!'''

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---> --> "This is ''not'' over! *{{Beat}}* '''BEARS!'''
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** The musical numbers appear to be this as well.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Most people agree that ChristopherWalken as the banker is by far the most entertaining part of the film.
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* 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!"]]



* TheWoobie: Tennessee

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* TheWoobie: TennesseeTennessee
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* TheWoobie: Tennessee.

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* TrailerJokeDecay: Every TV spot included that 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.
* TheWoobie: Tennessee.Tennessee
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*TheWoobie: Tennessee.

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