Line #61 Franchise/CareBears


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2	[[caption-width-right:263: ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie "Care-a-lot is a place we all can go, whenever we choose it..."]]'']]
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4	Teddy bears taken to the next level of cute, with pastel colors and symbols on their chest (known as "tummy symbols" or more recently "belly badges"). They live up in the cloud-city of Care-a-Lot and frequently visit Earth to help out kids who are feeling down. The Bears have names relating to their speciality -- Good Luck Bear, Friend Bear, and so forth. Later, "Care Bear Cousins" representing other animals were introduced (Brave Heart Lion, Cozy Heart Penguin, and more); they live in the Forest of Feelings about halfway between Earth and Care-a-Lot.
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6	The bears were created by Those Characters From Cleveland and first appeared on American Greetings cards in [[TheEighties 1981]], contemporary with ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake''. These little guys and gals were a hit right out of the gate when Creator/{{Kenner}} launched a toy line two years later. They had a lot of animated screentime for the rest of the decade: two specials, [[WesternAnimation/CareBears1980s a TV series]], and three theatrical films over 1985-87. The franchise died in the 90s after a very brief and [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks unsuccessful redesign]]; compare ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''. The franchise returned after the turn of the millennium.
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8	In most of the films and cartoons, they are pitted against various [[TheHeartless "heartless"]] villains who want to make the world safe for evil, often by removing people's ability to care for others... or to feel emotions at all. The baddies ranged from the MadScientist Professor Coldheart in the specials and the Creator/{{DIC}} TV episodes to the Evil Spirit of the first movie to the IneffectualSympatheticVillain crew of the later Nelvana TV episodes (evil wizard No Heart, his niece Shreeky, and [[MinionWithAnFInEvil henchman Beastly]]). When the chips are down, that's when the CareBearStare comes into play.
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10	They're one of the most spoofed of TheEighties toy lines because of their overly sugary reputation -- which is not wholly deserved when one takes [[VileVillainSaccharineShow some of their villains]] and plotlines into account. On the other hand, they're still quite popular. In 2000, the characters were relaunched with a toy revival and two direct-to-video animated films. In 2007, a redesigned line of the toys arrived along with another DTV film and a Saturday morning series on Creator/{{CBS}}, ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot''. ''Adventures in Care-A-Lot'' is out of production, but the character line launched with the ''Oopsy Does It'' continued with films such as ''Share Bear Shines'' and ''The Giving Festival''.
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12	On June 2, 2012, Creator/TheHub premiered a new series called ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'', which unfortunately [[ScrewedByTheNetwork ended up on the chopping board]] when The Hub changed hands to Discovery Family in October 2014. This possibly occurred because Hasbro neglected the franchise and ended up losing the master license rights to a company called ''Just Play.''[[note]]Hasbro obtained the license in late 2007 along with WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake, but it wasn't until 2012 that the show started airing, and it wasn't until mid-2013 that toys started appearing, which probably displeased American Greetings.[[/note]] However, [[NetworkToTheRescue Netflix commissioned a new show]], ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAndCousins''. Initially announced for 2016, the show was rushed to production and premiered with six episodes in November 2015 instead. The series is in many ways a continuation of ''Welcome to Care-a-Lot''. It features the same visual style and is clearly set in the same continuity, but adds the Care Bear Cousins and features a much larger role for the young cub character of Wonderheart Bear that was introduced in ''Welcome to Care-a-Lot''.
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14	In 2019, a new series subtitled ''[[WesternAnimation/CareBearsUnlockTheMagic Unlock the Magic]]'' was released on Creator/{{Boomerang}} in the United States and aired on Tiny Pop in the UK, with the characters having an {{Animesque}} feel.
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16	[[index]]
17	'''Films include:'''
18	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie'' (1985)
19	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Care Bears Movie II A New Generation}}'' (1986)
20	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland'' (1987)
21	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsNutcrackerSuite'' (1988), last drawn film
22	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsJourneytoJokeALot'' (2004), first CGI film
23	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsBigWishMovie'' (2005)
24	* ''Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!'' (2007)
25	* ''Care Bears: Share Bear Shines!'' (2010)
26	* ''Care Bears: To The Rescue! Movie'' (2010)
27	* ''Care Bears: The Giving Festival'' (2011)
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29	'''TV shows include:'''
30	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsInTheLandWithoutFeelings'' (1983 special)
31	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsBattleTheFreezeMachine'' (1984 special)
32	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBears1980s'' (''The Care Bears'' and ''The Care Bears Family'')
33	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' (2007-2008)
34	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'' (2012-2013)
35	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAndCousins'' (2015)
36	* ''WebAnimation/CarePackageChronicles'' (2017)
37	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsUnlockTheMagic'' (2019-)
38	[[/index]]
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40	!!Tropes of the franchise:
41	* AdaptationalWimp: In the books, the Care Bears can fly and teleport under their own power. When adapted to animation, they used Cloud Cars and Rainbow Rollers to get around.
42	* AnAesop: Many installments of the franchise try to teach one of some sort. For example, the aesop of ''Big Wish Movie'' is that it's fun to wish for things, but it takes hard work and dedication to make dreams come true.
43	* AnimationBump: Compared to the DIC series, the 1983 and 1984 animated Care Bears TV specials had fluid and sometimes smooth animation for the characters. Most notably the musical number with Professor Coldheart and Frostbite in ''Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine''.
44	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The Bears and Cousins tend to be wild, impossible colors.
45	* ArtEvolution: The designs for the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins look notably different in their book appearances (Pre-DIC and Nelvana). Their eyes were much smaller and mouths were drawn differently. Their appearances in the 1983 and 1984 TV Specials alongside the [=DiC=] series were all based on their original designs seen in greeting cards and books.
46	* BarefootCartoonAnimal: {{Invoked}}.
47	-->'''Grizzle:''' Behold my power suit and quake in your boots.\
48	'''Oopsy:''' But, we [[LampshadeHanging don't wear boots]].\
49	'''Grizzle:''' Well, look anyway!
50	* BearsAreBadNews: At least from the villains' point of view.
51	* BearyFriendly: The Care Bears are safe to cuddle, want to spread good feelings, and help everyone share their feelings.
52	* BeautyEqualsGoodness: All the bears are cute and on the side of good.
53	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A major theme of the CGI ''Big Wish Movie''. Wish Bear, upset that nobody likes her wishes, wishes for some bears to come to Care-a-Lot who like wishing just as much as she does. She gets her wish, but the new neighbors turn out to like wishing so much that they take away Twinkers, her wishing star, from her.
54	* TheBusCameBack: With the release of ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAndCousins'' on Creator/{{Netflix}} in late 2015. The title alone, means that the Care Bear Cousins will make a return to the franchise after their absence for almost 28 years (11-13 if you count the botched attempt by Play Along toys between 2003-2005).
55	* ButNowIMustGo: In the 1980s ''Franchise/CareBears'' book ''The Trouble with Timothy'', Friend Bear explains herself this way to Timothy. "I'm your friend, your snuggly, furry friend. In fact, that's my name, Friend Bear, and I come from the land of Care-a-lot. I'll be around as long as you need me, but when you don't need me so much, I'll be on my way."
56	* ButtMonkey:
57	** Grumpy Bear -- surprised?
58	** Oopsy Bear is constantly tripping and falling, plus he's the only bear without a Belly Badge.
59	* CaptainColorbeard: Captain Greybeard. He's not a bad guy, actually.
60	* CaptainErsatz: The Rat King in the Nutcracker special shares Beastly's voice and general characterization.
61	* CareBearStare: The TropeNamer, and a frequent way to help humans or defeat villains. Known as "Care Bear Cousins Call" by the Cousins when using the stare.
62	* ChristmasEpisode: A movie, ''Care Bears Nutcracker Suite''.
63	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
64	** The Care Bear Cousins vanished from the main Care Bears franchise starting in the early 90s. While the Cousins do show up rarely in the '00s revival [[note]] such as their appearance in the book "Giving Thanks".[[/note]], they weren't as prominent as they were in the 80s. They didn't even get mentioned or acknowledged in the official Care Bears website. They served as background characters in various books during the '00s revival. ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' actually created a sketch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycARJk-Z6E based on the Cousins' notable absence from the franchise.]]
65	** Also, Professor Coldheart and Frostbite up and vanished after the 80s series moved production from [=DiC=] to Nelvana; [=DiC=] created them, so [[ScrewedByTheLawyers they couldn't be used]] (and they weren't brought back when [=DiC=] regained the rights later on).
66	* CircleOfFriendship: Care Bears love this move.
67	* CryingWolf: Crying swamp monster, actually. Then there was a "real" swamp monster who happened to be Beastly in disguise, and the ''real'' real monster wasn't bad.
68	* DemotedToExtra:
69	** Grumpy's fate during the '00s revival. He pretty much VANISHED from all merchandising from the show (despite being the most iconic of the group) in favor of Bedtime Bear, another blue-colored Care Bear[[note]]He was actually spun into a clothing line, but it did not do well due to lack of publicity, and the fact that the clothing line had a theme that did not go down well with many folks[[/note]]. Eventually, the decision was reversed in ''Adventures in Care-a-Lot''.
70	** Many characters got this treatment in the Nelvana series.
71	** Understandably, one of the base breakers in ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' is the demotion of Tenderheart Bear, the ''defacto leader'' of the Care Bears, to an extra, while Cheer Bear was promoted to leader in the series instead. Another related base breaker is the demotion of Good Luck Bear to ''background character'', which led some fans to hate Oopsy Bear because they believed the latter to be the reason the former got demoted.
72	*** The 2019 revival (''WesternAnimation/CareBearsUnlockTheMagic'') has a compromise; Cheer is ''literally'' promoted to leader by Tenderheart, while he, alongside Bedtime and Wish Bear, work as [[MissionControl Caring Control]]. Furthermore, Oopsy Bear is obviously not here and is replaced by Good Luck Bear, who is a main character.
73	** The Care Bear Cousins got this big time in the '00s revival, where they would only be seen in supplemental material such as books (most notably the book [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51A3GH9XCXL._SY498_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg "Giving Thanks"]]), some plush toys, and [[UnPerson hardly got mentioned on the official website.]] [[note]] The Cousins were acknowledged on the Japanese website unlike other countries.[[/note]] They also were absent from ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'', ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' [[note]] The Forest of Feelings was in the show. But the Cousins didn't make an appearance until the sequel series.[[/note]] and the two CGI films. They finally made a proper return with a new Care Bears series, ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAndCousins'', in late 2015 on Netflix. However they didn't return for ''Unlock The Magic''.
74	* DetectEvil: Care Bears are essentially radar paladins.
75	* DisembodiedEyebrows
76	** Wingnut, in the new ''Giving Festival Movie'' from the ''Adventures in Care-a-Lot'' era.
77	** And No-Heart in the Nelvana series.
78	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "Soap Box Derby", one of the Care Bears creates a bridge out of a rainbow over the oil puddle the boys have made to help the racing girls (Trish and Cathy) get along safely. This gets the boys ticked off:
79	-->'''Willis:''' I don't believe it! Those girls made it, over a rainbow bridge!\
80	'''Benny:''' A ''[[BigWhat WHAT?!]]''
81	** Considering how this "Rainbow Bridge" is getting young viewers who heard about this "pet afterlife" story confused... well... you get the idea.
82	* DrunkOnMilk: One episode had Love-A-Lot drown her sorrows in hot chocolate after she [[ForgottenBirthday thought Cheer forgot her birthday.]]
83	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
84	** In the earlier days of the franchise (mainly in the books made before the animated specials and TV series were created) the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins used to fly away back from a person's home and enter by a rainbow through a window, before Cloud Cars were created for the animated specials. The Care Bear Stare also wasn't used by the characters until the first animated special, which introduced Professor Coldheart, and had a human Cloudkeeper who watched over the bears and was never seen again.
85	** In the 1983 album ''The Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot'', the Bears need to bring a human boy to Care-a-Lot by having Wish Bear help him to believe in them, and then Bedtime Bear puts him to sleep "so he can dream his way to Care-a-Lot". Nothing like this is ever done in the franchise again.
86	* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: In an episode of ''Adventures in Care A Lot'', Gobblebug aliens invade Care A Lot. They only eat plants that aren't yellow. The Bears take advantage of it by turning every flower yellow, so the Gobblebugs leave.
87	* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Rainbows are everywhere. They're not just for decoration, they're used as traveling devices, energy and hell, even weapons. Especially with Cheer Bear.
88	* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The princess of Wonderland uses sparkles to [[GreenThumb revive withered plants]].
89	* EvilIsHammy: Most of the villains.
90	** Probably the most notable example is the Vizier from the Nutcracker special, who is fond of SHOUTING OUT EVERY LINE! Which are then commonly followed up with a "MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
91	** If you don't think the Evil Spirit counts, perhaps you need a LESSON on what Hammy is. A LESSON you really need. '''A LESSON''' FOR YOU!!!
92	** No Heart chomps on practically every scene he's in, bellowing his lines with hammy fury. Particularly, "BEASTLYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!"
93	* EvilRedhead: Dark Heart's human form.
94	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Most of the Bears' names in relation to their personalities and talents.
95	* FantasticFlora: Bumbleberries, seen in both ''Adventures in Care-a-Lot'' and ''Welcome to Care-a-Lot''
96	* FluffyCloudHeaven: Care-A-Lot, just not as an afterlife.
97	* ForTheEvulz: Pretty much the only reason almost any villain does anything. Except for ''Adventures in Care-a-Lot'''s Grizzle, who simply hates the Care Bears and wishes to take over, or at least be rid of, Care-a-Lot. Another exception is the Wizard of Wonderland from the third movie ''Care Bears Adventure In Wonderland''. His motive is political power (he wants to become the new king of Wonderland). Beastly in the new ''Welcome to Care-a-Lot'' series isn't really evil and only makes mischief that he considers to be fun.
98	* FourFingeredHands: Most of the human characters and bears.
99	** Shreeky. Oddly, other human characters, including her uncle No Heart, have all five fingers. [[WildMassGuessing Maybe there's a story there.]]
100	** Just watch Nutcracker Suite. Count how many fingers Alan Prince/Nutcracker, his wife and their students have.
101	* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The Care Bear Stare had this effect in the [=DiC=], to somewhat disturbing results. It was toned back into an all purpose weapon against evil in the Nelvana series before returning to its roots in ''Adventures In Care-A-Lot''.
102	* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: The Care Bears ''never'' lose in any episode of any of the animated series or in the movies.
103	* HarmlessVillain: Most of the villains who aren't this from the beginning [[VillainDecay degrade into one over time]].
104	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the end, everything can be solved with a CareBearStare or a quick pep talk.
105	* HeavySleeper: Bedtime Bear in ''Adventures in Care-a-Lot''. Wakes up, mumbles a short sentence, drops back off to sleep.
106	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Although all of the Care Bears get along, some were closer than others:
107	** Champ Bear and Bright Heart Raccoon in the Nelvana version. There are almost always seen together.
108	** Tenderheart Bear was implied to be this with both Brave Heart Lion and Grumpy Bear also in the Nelvana series.
109	* HoldUpYourScore: In "Stand Up And Cheer", the judges at a talent show hold up cards with either a storm cloud or a heart on them.
110	* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: The Care Bear Stare can generate energy constructs, generate light, fabricate items, act as a prosaic energy blast, brainwash people into caring, free people from brainwashing, damage intangible entities, and shove objects around telekinetically, among other things.
111	* IntercontinuityCrossover: Creator/{{Sanrio}} and the Care Bears once teamed up with their characters Kiki and Lala from Little Twin Stars in early 2014 called [[http://kao-ani.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kiki-lala-care-bears-twinstars.gif "Kiki and Lala X Care Bears"]] . [[http://kao-ani.com/little-twin-stars-x-care-bears/ Both got their own exhibit as well as exclusive merchandise from both of them]]. Which is fitting [[https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/616695.jpg unlike the last time they did a crossover back in 1985]] [[NoExportForYou Unfortunately it's only in Japan.]]
112	* InTheDoldrums: There's an episode like this, called "Drab City," where the titular bears find a town where everything is depressing and colorless, and all the people are apathetic. As they travel through the town, they begin to turn gray and depressed as well.
113	* IWouldSayIfICouldSay: Grizzle [[AccidentalKiss accidentally kisses his robot minion UR2]], to which the latter disgustedly states that he's sick to his stomach even though he lacks a stomach.
114	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Grumpy Bear.
115	* LargeHam: The voice actors and actresses playing the villains had a lot of fun.
116	* {{Licensed Game}}s
117	** Averted in the 80s: One was planned for the Platform/{{Atari 2600}}, but was scrapped when the great crash came around.
118	** For the 2000s revival: One for the Platform/GameBoyAdvance and One for the V-Tech V-Smile. And three for PC/Macs.
119	** For the 2007 redesign: One for the V-Tech V-Smile Baby Infant Development System.
120	*** {{Edutainment Game}}s: The V-Tech V-Smile and V-Smile Baby titles are this.
121	* LighterAndSofter: ''Adventures In Care-A-Lot'' manages to be this, even compared to the older cartoons. ''Welcome to Care-a-Lot'' takes it up to eleven. In fact, the entire line from the 2000s onward is generally this. Any villains still around are generally either of the bumbling type or truly NotEvilJustMisunderstood. Also, some of the 1980s books tend to be rather light and soft compared to some of went on in the TV series and generally feature the bears simply speaking honestly and helpfully to help human kids with real-life problems.
122	* LoveFreak: Love-A-Lot Bear.
123	* LoveRedeems: Or caring redeems, but [[spoiler:Dark Heart became Christy's friend in the second movie, and he felt so bad about nearly killing her, that it drove the evil out of him]].
124	* MerchandiseDriven: The first two films introduced new or revamped characters in conjunction with their toy line debuts: the Cousins in the first, and the whole gang's baby selves in the second. There are plush toys for bears from ''Adventures in Care-a-Lot'' that had maybe two lines on the show at most, if they even got to speak at all.
125	** Inverted with Tenderheart Bear in the ''Adventures in Care-a-Lot'' era. You'll be hard pressed to find plush forms of the character. They didn't even make a beanie plush of Tenderheart, and they have beanie plushes of the other Care Bears!
126	* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Beastly from the series; the similar Tweedles from the third movie.
127	* MonochromeToColor: The Care Bears once found themselves in a place called Drab City, a dull, [[DeliberatelyMonochrome gray]] place where something is draining the life (and color) out of the citizens, leaving them uncaring and apathetic. As the Care Bears spend more time, there, they begin to be affected by it as well, until they finally find the cause, some kind of strange meteor. Once they get rid of it, the color instantly returns along with all the life and feelings.
128	* NobodyPoops
129	** Well, of '''course''', but ''Adventure in Wonderland'' actually goes so far as to show us the inside of Grumpy Bear's bathroom, which has everything you would expect ''except'' for a toilet. No ''wonder'' he's so cranky.
130	** Even in the second movie's "I Care For You" song, all the diapers they changed seemed perfectly clean.
131	* NoHuggingNoKissing: In general, the franchise doesn't seem to have any kind of romance or shipping elements. While there is a character with a Cupid-esque role (Called Love-a-Lot Bear) the franchise seems more focused on platonic forms of affection.
132	* OneWingedAngel: In ''[[{{Sequel}} Care Bears 2: The Next Generation]]'', Dark Heart turns into a big ol' heap of SuperSmoke.
133	* PieInTheFace: In ''Journey to Joke-a-Lot'', the pie-in-the-face is one of the funny things that Funshine Bear sings about in the song "Make 'Em Laugh."
134	-->'''Funshine''': ''A pie in your face / A banana in your ear / Pull a chicken from your hat / And make him disappear.''
135	* ThanksgivingEpisode: The 2005 book [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nJp9EW9Guk "Giving Thanks"]], involves Tenderheart and the other Care Bears preparing a feast held in Care-A-Lot. The book is notable for being one of the very few times the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins are seen together (since Play Along preferred The Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins to be treated as a separate series during that period).
136	* ThePowerOfFriendship: Yup.
137	* ThePowerOfLove: Uh-huh.
138	* ThePowerOfRock: That one too. Grams Bear plays an electric guitar in one episode. (As an aside, have you noticed that these "Power Of" Tropes seem to be the Holy Trinity for 80's cartoons?)
139	* PowerStrainBlackout: The Care Bear Stare is usually portrayed as being highly fatiguing, with extensive or particularly powerful uses causing the bears to collapse from exhaustion.
140	* PrincessesRule: Princess Starglo, who is the "mother of all stars", yet is not a queen.
141	* RealDreamsAreWeirder: In the ''Adventures in Care-A-Lot'' TV series, all the Care Bears share a dreamspace where they tend to have rather mundane dreams (where they do the same things they tend to do in their waking lives), so it was rather refreshing to see the bears having more dream-like dreams in the ''Share Bear Shines'' movie.
142	* RecycledInSPACE: The final season of the original "Care Bears Family" cartoon featured two spinoffs. One was a Recycled IN SPACE ''Franchise/StarTrek'' parody. The other was a Recycled In {{Prehistoria}} ''Clan of the Cave Bear'' parody.
143	* SeaSerpents: One episode has a sea serpent named Shaky who needs work on his confidence.
144	* ShortRunner: While the franchise itself has a run of over 30 years of age, Certain incarnations of the franchise, notably ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' and ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'', are this due to ExecutiveMeddling.
145	* ShoutOut: In ''Journey to Joke-A-Lot'', the computer calling Funnybone "Dave" becomes even funnier when you realize it's a reference to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
146	-->'''[[BlandNameProduct P]]AL:''' I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave.\
147	'''Funnybone:''' ''[[BeamMeUpScotty Stop calling me Dave!]]''
148	** Also, one of the episodes is called 'The [[Franchise/{{AceAttorney}} Turnabout]]'.
149	%%* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Take a good guess on which side this show lies on.
150	* SolidClouds: Care-A-Lot is a land of clouds that are solid enough to stand on, but soft enough to poke one's head through to observe the world below.
151	* SpeciesSurname: Played straight. All the bears have the surname "Bear", so their names are basically "(Noun) Bear". The cousins also have their species as their last names depending on what animal they are.
152	* StandardizedLeader: Tenderheart Bear is often written as the most generic.
153	* TheStarsAreGoingOut: Princess Starglo turns them all off in ''Share Bear Shines Movie'' because without people wishing on stars and believing in her, [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly they just don't have any power, anymore]].
154	** Also earlier, a Nelvana episode where the baddie Stratonefarious is stealing and bottling stars to light up his stormcloud so he can see his sheet music.
155	* SugarBowl: They live on clouds in an ever happy and sunny world.
156	* SwissArmyTears: They save Wish Bear from (basically) brainwashing in one episode.
157	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Girls are usually pink or purple.
158	* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Somewhat justified because the Care Bears are all about getting people to "share their feelings." It's heavily {{Flanderiz\|ation}}ed in ''Adventures In Care-A-Lot,'' though, where the Bears (particularly Share) constantly inform each other just what emotion they're feeling at the time. The "Nothing's Going Right" song is probably the ultimate example of this.
159	--->'''"I'm mad, I'm so mad / And I'm frustrated, too... Do you know what I mean when I say nothing's going right for me today?"'''
160	** In ''[[WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot Welcome to Care-a-Lot]]'', the Care Bears don't even bother to hide when they're annoyed with one another. In one particular episode, Share Bear messed up a special drink, causing the other bears' fur to change colours and patterns. the resident Diva, Harmony Bear, instantly throws "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" at her. Wonderheart, within the same series, is brutally honest with her feelings. this is actually a very useful aesop for young children.
161	* ThemeMusicPowerUp: ''The Giving Festival Movie'' -- "Care Power On"
162	* ThingOMeter: The Caring Meter, as if it could be anything else.
163	* TomeOfEldritchLore: In the first movie, and it was alive.
164	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Most of the time when the Care Bears interact with humans, said humans are usually unsurprised to see walking talking bears.
165	* UnwantedGlassesPlot: A boy refused to wear his glasses because other kids told him cowboys didn't wear glasses.
166	* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The [=DiC=] and Nelvana TV series and movies are these.
167	* VillainousFriendship : Dark Heart and Christy in the second movie.
168	* VillainSong
169	** In the first TV special: "Allow me to introduce myself!/They call me Professor Coldheart..."
170	** And from the Adventures in Care-a-Lot movie ''Oopsy Does It'', "Grizzle's Bad."
171	** "When I'm the King of Wonderland" in the ''Wonderland'' movie.
172	* WasntThatFun: In one segment from the "Giving Festival" movie, Oopsy and Wingnut help Trueheart get over her fear of rollercoasters. Part of their method involves riding the ferris wheel first, but they accidentally set the wheel to super fast, sending the wheel spinning at at a terrifying pace. Once they get it stopped, Trueheart seems to be in shock, until she says, "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis That. Was. AWESOME!]]" Later, after Trueheart gets over her fear of the Funderbolt, she completely embodies this trope, insisting on continuing to ride after the others have been tired out from riding twenty times.
173	* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: No Heart was rather miffed with Doctor Fright's tendency to toy with his victims instead of just finishing them quickly. Arguably justified, as Doctor Fright at least ''claimed'' to feed on people's fear.
174	* WouldHurtAChild: No-Heart in an early episode tries to kill Grumpy and a kid named Alvin. If Grumpy didn't have that FourLeafClover that made him invincible...
175	* ZombieApocalypse: ''Adventures in Care-A-Lot'' has one when a LovePotion goes wrong, turning the other Care Bears into creepy "love zombies" bent on apparently hugging Oopsy to death.

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