Line #22 Film/TheCountryBears


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3	''The Country Bears'' is a 2002 American film, produced by Creator/WaltDisneyPictures and directed by Peter Hastings from a script by Mark Perez, based on the Ride/DisneyThemeParks attraction ''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/TheHauntedMansion2003''. It was released July 26, 2002.
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5	The film follows Beary Barrington (Creator/HaleyJoelOsment) 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 (Creator/ChristopherWalken), who is bent on destroying their concert hall.
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7	The film also stars Creator/DarylMitchell as Officer Hamm, Creator/DiedrichBader as Ted Bedderhead and Officer Cheets, Creator/AlexRocco as Rip Holland, Creator/StephenTobolowsky as Norbert Barrington, Creator/MCGainey as Roadie, Creator/MeagenFay as Norma Barrington, Creator/EliMarienthal as Dex Barrington, Creator/CandyFord as Trixie St. Claire, Creator/JamesGammon as Big Al, Creator/BradGarrett as Fred Bedderhead, Creator/TobyHuss as Tennessee O'Neal, Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson as Henry Dixon Taylor and Creator/StephenRoot as Zeb Zoober.
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10	!!''The Country Bears'' provides examples of:
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12	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Trixie looks more attractive compared to how she appeared in the original attractions at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, where she was chubby.
13	* AdaptationalNameChange: In the original attraction, the ''show'' is called Country Bears Jamboree, but the ''band'' is called The Five Bear Rugs.
14	* AdaptedOut: Wendell, Shaker, Liver Lips Mc Growl, Gomer, Ernest, Teddi Barra, the Sun Bonnets, Zeke, Little Oscar, Rufus, and Sammy the Raccoon, as well as Melvin, Buff, and Max are not in the movie.
15	* AndStarring: The cast roll here ends with "and Creator/HaleyJoelOsment as the voice of 'Beary'".
16	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When news of Beary's disappearance appears on the local news.
17	--> "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'' (Roadie's pet chicken)."
18	* BandToon: Parodied in one scene, where the Bears watch a rerun of a badly-animated old cartoon about themselves while staying in a hotel.
19	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Dexter, who seems genuinely remorseful when he realizes that Beary pretty much ran away from home because of him.
20	* BearsAreBadNews: Movies, apparently.
21	* BeenThereShapedHistory: Fred Betterhed is said to have invented the stage dive at concerts.
22	* 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 wins, 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.
23	* CanonForeigner: Beary was created for this movie.
24	* CelebrityCameo: Music/WillieNelson and Music/EltonJohn both appear in the film. Other cameos include: Creator/JessHarnell, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Jennifer Paige, et al.
25	* ChekhovsGun:
26	** Big Al's grass in the end.
27	** Towards the beginning of the movie, Dexter shows Beary his "birth certificate" (a tracking-collar and remote that park rangers used on him as a baby). Beary takes the collar with him when he runs away from home, but he didn't take the remote; this allows them to track down the bus after Thimble steals it.
28	* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: The band member with a failed relationship is a marriage counsellor. Counter-intuitively, it's ''because'' he has a failed relationship that he's a surprisingly effective marriage counsellor. People with problems in their marriage see how miserable he is as a single person and they instantly feel better about their own situation.
29	* CreatorCameo: A couple of the puppeteers show up during the bar scene. In particular, the on-set performers for Tennessee, Julianne Buescher and Jodi St. Michael, show up as a waitress and a customer respectively.
30	* DirectLineToTheAuthor: 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.
31	* DisproportionateRetribution: Thimble wants to destroy the Country Bears' concert hall...because they beat him in a school talent show decades ago.
32	* ADogNamedDog: Roadie's pet chicken is named "Mr. Chicken"
33	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Roadie
34	* EvilIsPetty: Aside from [[OnlyInItForTheMoney the money]] he'd get from converting the property, Thimble wants to destroy the concert hall to get back at the Country Bears for showing him up decades ago at a school talent show.
35	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: When the Bears attempt to ditch the police who are chasing after them, Roadie comes up with what he thinks is a brilliant idea...
36	-->'''Roadie:''' How about a little thing I like to call "Hidin' in the Car Wash"?
37	-->'''Henry:''' Uh, how's that work?
38	-->'''Roadie:''' [[CaptainObvious We hide in the car wash]].
39	-->'''Henry:''' Oh.
40	* FurryConfusion: The bears are depicted in this movie as anthropomorphic, yet Roady has a pet chicken that's actually a chicken.
41	* GRatedDrug: The Honey Bar.
42	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Dex's parents do nothing to hide their favoritism towards Beary over him and [[PlayedForLaughs it is supposed to be funny]].
43	--> '''Mrs. Barrington:''' Even if you were adopted, we would love you as much as we love Dexter.
44	--> '''Mr. Barrington:''' Maybe more. [''Dex gives his dad an annoyed look.'']
45	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dexter.
46	* LargeHam: Christopher Walken pretty much DEVOURS the scenery as Thimble.
47	* ALizardNamedLiz: '''Bear'''y Barrington. Mrs. Barrington's explanation for such is that it's the ''German'' spelling of the name Barry, but even Dex doesn't buy it.
48	* 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:
49	-->'''Jennifer:''' You guys inspired me to go after my dream of becoming a famous singer.
50	-->'''Fred:''' Did ya make it?
51	-->'''Zeb:''' Sure she made it, Fred! She just works here for the free uniform! No offense.
52	-->'''Jennifer:''' None taken.
53	* {{Muppet}}: All of the bear characters were designed and constructed by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop.
54	* MythologyGag: Marc Davis concept art posters for the attraction appears amongst the clutter in Henry's office.
55	* ObliviousAdoption. Very oblivious.
56	* [[MamaBear Papa Bear]]: (Ironically) not a literal one, but Mr. Barrington would hit Dexter atop the head with his rolled up newspaper for harassing Beary.
57	* PoliceAreUseless
58	* PunnyName: The lampshade was destroyed in this one:
59	--> '''Officer Ham:''' Afternoon, sir. Officer Ham.\
60	'''Officer Cheats:''' Officer Cheats.\
61	'''Mr. Barrington:''' ''[Beat]'' ''Ham'' and ''Cheats''.\
62	'''Officer Cheats:''' ''[Inward chuckle]'' Yeah, we, uh, get that all the time.\
63	'''Mr. Barrington:''' Well, it's your names.\
64	'''Both:''' Yeah.
65	* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Part of the basic plot of the movie.
66	* RaisedByHumans: Beary didn't even know he was a bear until his adopted brother pointed it out.
67	* RunningGag:
68	--> '''Random Character:''' What's that?\
69	'''Big Al:''' That there's a sign.
70	* 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.
71	* SmallNameBigEgo: Thimble 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 armpit.''
72	* StylisticSuck: The bears watch a cartoon made about them in the '60s. It's made of this trope.
73	-->"That was bad."
74	* ThoseTwoGuys: Officers Ham and Cheats are a pair of bumbling and incompetent cops who, despite being called in to investigate Beary's disappearance, clearly of no use other than pure comic relief throughout the movie.

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