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8	[[caption-width-right:300:The 1970s have a lot to answer for. (Left to right: Hustle, Bump, Boogie.)]]
9	The popularity of citizens band radio in the 1970s inspired this hourlong AnimatedAnthology from Creator/HannaBarbera, which ran on Creator/{{NBC}} in 1977/78.
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11	The series' headliners were crime-solving bears named Hustle, Bump and Boogie (voiced by Creator/DawsButler, Henry Corden and Chuck [=McCann=], respectively). They traveled in a garbage truck and received orders via citizen band radio from their female boss, "Charlie" (voiced seductively by Susan Davis).
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13	Supporting segments in the ''CB Bears'' show were:
14	* ''Blast-Off Buzzard'', a cartoon similar to ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'', and the only H-B cartoon whose soundtrack had no human voices at all;
15	* ''Heyyy, It's the King!'', an all-animal parody of ''Series/HappyDays'';
16	* ''Posse Impossible'', a SpinOff of the series finale of ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'' featuring a sheriff and his three quirky deputies;
17	* ''Shake, Rattle and Roll'', in which a trio of ghosts inhabited an abandoned hotel, and
18	* ''Undercover Elephant'', about a secret-agent pachyderm and his mouse partner.
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20	At mid-season, the show was absorbed into a two-hour block on NBC titled ''Go Go Globetrotters'' which included repeats of 1970's ''WesternAnimation/TheHarlemGlobetrotters,'' 1967's ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids'', and 1969's ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats Motormouse & Autocat]].'' Blast-Off Buzzard and Crazylegs would later appear in two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' now with the ability to talk.
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22	!!''CB Bears'' provides examples of:
23	%% * AgitatedItemStomping: A bumper for the series has this happen with a bag of arrows (all of which hit the tree that doesn't have the bull's-eye on it).
24	* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: In Marvel's ''Hanna-Barbera TV Stars'' series, a story has Undercover Elephant after a criminal called Pretty Boy Freud, a bodybuilder that doubles as a psychiatrist to lull his victims out of their synch. He fools Undercover Elephant into thinking he needs psychiatric help so he can make a getaway.
25	* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: The desert-dwelling chase-prone Blast-Off Buzzard and Crazy Legs are very clearly this for ''[[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Brothers']]'' desert-dwelling chase-prone ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner''.
26	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Clyde is an orange gorilla. Boogie has blue fur.
27	* AnimatedAnthology: Six cartoons in one package.
28	* ArousedByTheirVoice: Boogie is clearly captivated by Charlie's seductive voice, mentioning his love for it in almost every episode.
29	* BearyFunny: The CB Bears are friendly and hilarious.
30	* TheCasanova: The King loves the ladies, and they love him back. The one who's most clearly interested in him is a lioness named Sheena.
31	* CharacterCatchphrase:
32	** As with most (if not all) of the characters Joe E. Ross played, Roll often says "Ooh! Ooh!".
33	** Big Duke often says "Move 'em out!"
34	* ClarkKenting: Undercover Elephant wore disguises that primarily relied on a single prop (a chef's hat, a pink tutu, etc.) and a thin ribbon-mask. They nonetheless worked, at least until his sidekick Loudmouse "blew his cover"... despite being, well, an ''[[ElephantInTheLivingRoom elephant]]''.
35	* ComicBookAdaptation: The bears, Undercover Elephant and Shake, Rattle and Roll appeared in issues of Marvel's Hanna-Barbera's TV Stars. The C.B. Bears appeared in two stories.
36	%% * ComicTrio:
37	%% ** The ghosts of ''Shake, Rattle & Roll''.
38	%% ** And the Bears themselves.
39	* CompanyCrossReferences: In the comic book exclusive ''Shake, Rattle and Roll'' story "Silent Knight", at one point Shake says "As a certain lion would say, [[WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}} 'Exit stage right!']]"
40	* CoversAlwaysLie: Marvel's Hanna-Barbera TV Stars comic book series featured The King on the cover of three issues. King and his gang never appear in any issue.
41	* DarkHorseVictory: In one episode of ''Heyyy, It's the King!'', The King runs for class president against a rival named Sterling Silver, who is not above cheating and sabotage. At the very end, the winner is revealed to be... [[spoiler: Sheena, whose help The King casually dismissed in the beginning by telling her that politics was a man's field. She ends up rallying the other female students and wins through a write-in vote.]]
42	* DisguisedInDrag: Happens a few times.
43	** Hustle very briefly does so to try and hide from the episode's villain in "The Fright Farm".
44	** The King's gang dresses as hula girls in "The Great Billionaire Chase Case". Despite their flimsy disguises, they manage to fool a pair of security guards.
45	** An outlaw named Punch is forced by his boss to dress in drag as part of a stagecoach robbery in Posse Impossible's "The Crunch Bunch Crashout". He protests, claiming it'll turn him into a laughingstock. Sure enough, the episode ends with the townsfolk, the posse, and even ''the boss who forced him into drag'' all laughing at him. Some friends he's got...
46	* DoesNotLikeSpam: In a comic book story, Bump Bear hates cole slaw. This is taken from story writer Mark Evanier's hatred of cole slaw.
47	%% * {{Expy}}: The King of ''Heyyy, It's the King!'' is an expy of [[Series/HappyDays Arthur Fonzarelli]].
48	* FatComicRelief: Big H, the bulky hippo from ''Heyyy, It's the King!''. Numerous jokes are made about his BigEater tendencies and his massive weight. One episode was even dedicated to his friends trying to help him slim down!
49	%% * ForgotICouldFly: Happened a lot in ''Blast-Off Buzzard'' shorts.
50	* FreudianCouch: Undercover Elephant is after a bodybuilder/psychiatrist villain named Pretty Boy Freud in an issue of Marvel's ''Hanna-Barbera's TV Stars''. He tricks Undercover into thinking he needs psychiatric help, using a park bench as a makeshift couch.
51	-->'''Undercover''': And mom used to [[CorporalPunishment spank me]] with a tennis racquet...[[KidsAreCruel the kids all used to call me]] "ol' Waffle Britches"!
52	* GuinnessEpisode: The final ''Heyyy, It's the King!'' segment concerns The King trying to set a world record; his attempts include flagpole sitting, basketball dribbling, and trying to catch the world's largest shark. [[spoiler: While he fails at all of them, he accidentally sets a ConsolationWorldRecord for barefoot waterskiing while escaping from the shark.]]
53	* GreaserDelinquents: The titular King of ''Heyyy, It's the King!'', as befitting an [[Series/HappyDays Arthur Fonzarelli]] expy. He has the accent, slang, and fashion down, although he's more interested in schemes that get him money or fame as opposed to actual criminal mischief. Also, despite his 1950s aesthetic, he still very clearly lives in the then-present day 1970s.
54	* HairTriggerAvalanche: This happens in one of the ''Heyyy, It's the King!'' shorts. The avalanche is caused by the sound of Big H eating potato chips.
55	* HauntedHouse: Shake, Rattle and Roll are three ghosts who run a hotel for spooks, ghouls and monsters. Sidney Merciless is the hapless ghostbuster.
56	* HellHotel: Shake, Rattle and Roll run a hotel for ghouls.
57	* HollywoodCB: Stars three ursine detectives who operated from a garbage truck and received assignments from "Charlie" via C.B. radio.
58	%% * NoDialogueEpisode: All ''Blast-Off Buzzard'' shorts qualify.
59	%% * TheOneWhoWearsShoes:
60	%% ** Boogie and Bump.
61	%% ** In the ''Heyyy, It's the King!'' shorts, Clyde the gorilla fills this role.
62	* TheHyena: ''Heyyy, It's The King!'' has Yuka Yuka, who is both literally and figuratively one. He's always making puns and jokes, laughing right after he tells them. He even managed to crack one after learning his cousin was being held hostage by a traveling carnival!
63	--> '''Sheena:''' If you're unhappy, why don't you leave?\
64	'''Elmo:''' I can't! When I'm not in my cage, I'm on a leash.\
65	'''Yuka Yuka:''' Then what you're looking for, Cousin Elmo, is a new ''leash'' on life! Get it? HA HA!
66	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The King is self-absorbed, sarcastic, and can be very abrasive toward his friends. That said, he does genuinely care about them, and often tries to help others.
67	* MaltShop: The King and his friends often hang out at one. One of their friends, an ostrich named Zelda, is one of the waitresses there.
68	* MayTheFarceBeWithYou: The ''CB Bears'' episode "Disappearing Satellites" takes a number of stylistic cues from the first ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' film. It has a villain loosely inspired by Darth Vader, who flies a spaceship that resembles the Millennium Falcon. His henchman is a beeping robot named X-9 heavily based off R2-D2, although he does speak actual English between his beeps. The episode debuted on December 3, 1977, barely six months after the first ''Star Wars'' premiered, making ''CB Bears'' one of the first cartoons to do this.
69	* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Names To Float Away From Really Fast]]: In ''Shake, Rattle & Roll'', Sidney Merciless lives up to his last name, constantly causing trouble for the Haunted Inn. Many of the hotel's residents freak out at the mere mention of his name!
70	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The CB Bears' garbage truck seemed to have a gadget for every single situation. Whether the Bears needed a giant fishing rod, a parachute, a giant drill, or a saltwater taffy making machine, the truck always happened to have that built in.
71	* NobodyTouchesTheHair: The King does ''not'' like having his mane messed with.
72	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Big Duke's voice from ''Posse Impossible" was Daws Butler imitating Creator/JohnWayne.
73	* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: While many of the villains the CB Bears faced were genuinely malicious, there were quite a few who weren't. They either didn't realize their inventions were causing harm, or did their plans with the belief they were genuinely doing something good.
74	* PrivateDetective: Undercover Elephant was a segment. A detective pachyderm who was usually hindered by his own fallibility or his rodent sidekick Loudmouse.
75	* ProneToTears: ''Posse Impossible'' has Blubber, who cries in just about every situation. It doesn't stop him from performing his heroics, though.
76	* RecklessSidekick: Loudmouse is this to Undercover Elephant, usually blowing the hero's disguises or covers in front of the villain.
77	* RecycledSoundtrack: Its theme song was also used for the end credits of ''Skatebirds'', another Hanna-Barbera show that debuted on another network on the exact same day. It was later reused for the end credits of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels'' in 1979.
78	* RoadrunnerVsCoyote: ''Blast-Off Buzzard'' had the title bird in pursuit of Crazy Legs Snake. And unlike H-B shows in general, this segment was completely dialogue-less.
79	* ScoobyDoobyDoors: The CB Bears go through them trying to escape the villain in "The Fright Farm".
80	** Played with in the ''Shake, Rattle & Roll'' segment "Spooking The Spooks". The titular ghosts are trying to escape Sidney's ghost chasing robot, leading to one of these chases...where the ghosts float through all the closed doors, and the robot following them breaks through them.
81	* ScoobyDooHoax: Used at least once. [[spoiler: In the ''Heyyy, It's The King!'' segment "Snowbound Safari", the "Bigfoot" that harasses the main characters turns out to be a bank robber who wanted to scare people away from his hideout.]]
82	* ShoutOut: The C.B. Bears are a crimefighting trio who receive orders from a boss named Charlie, who is only heard and never physically seen. [[Series/CharliesAngels Sound familiar]]?
83	* SilenceIsGolden: ''Blast-Off Buzzard'' uses no dialogue and allows the visuals to speak for themselves.
84	* StockAnimalDiet: In his segments, Undercover Elephant's love of peanuts caused him to blow his cover.
85	%%* TalkingAnimal
86	* ThemeNaming: The bears are named for dance styles; the ghosts of ''Shake, Rattle & Roll'' are named for a rock song from the 1950s.
87	* TheVoice: Charlie is only heard.
88	* TheVoiceless: Blast-Off Buzzard and Crazy Legs Snake were both mute.
89	* ThisPageWillSelfDestruct: While playing tennis, Undercover Elephant gets a message written on a tennis ball on how to find the required MissionBriefing tape recorder. Written on the back is a message that the ball will self-destruct in four seconds, so he throws it away—naturally another tennis player tries to hit the ball and gets shocked by his 'explosive' serve. Then after playing the tape recorder, the message says this tape will not explode in four seconds...it'll explode in one second!
90	* YouMeddlingKids: Done in the CB Bears segment "Disappearing Satellites". After the episode's villain was caught and his plan explained, he exclaimed "And I would have done it, if you meddlers hadn't interfered!"

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