Line #88 WesternAnimation/YogiBear


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2	->''"I'm smarter than the ''av-a-rage'' bear!"''
3	-->-- '''Yogi Bear'''
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5	Originally a supporting character on ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow'', Yogi Bear was one of the most popular early Creator/HannaBarbera characters.
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7	Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear live in Jellystone National Park. Wise-cracking, gluttonous, and "smarter than the average bear", Yogi would come up with all sorts of schemes to steal the "pic-a-nic baskets" of those visiting the park, and [[HilarityEnsues hilarity would ensue]] every time. Boo-Boo would often warn Yogi that "the ranger isn't going to like this". Indeed, Yogi would invariably be scolded by Jellystone's Ranger Smith, who does his best--but always fails--to keep Yogi in line.
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9	The character’s name was based on [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball New York Yankees baseball]] player Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra. The character was modeled to an extent after Creator/ArtCarney in voice and character. He was popular enough to headline his own series in 1961. Supporting segments on ''The Yogi Bear Show'' featured WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}} and WesternAnimation/YakkyDoodle. In 1964, Hanna-Barbera released its first animated feature, ''WesternAnimation/HeyThereItsYogiBear'', through Creator/ColumbiaPictures. In TheSeventies and TheEighties, Yogi and his contemporaries appeared in several [=Crossover=] series. There were also a few prime-time specials, the best-remembered of which is probably the TV movie ''WesternAnimation/YogisFirstChristmas''.
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11	Creator/DawsButler served as the voice of Yogi for the first 30 years of the character's existence, while Boo-Boo and Ranger Smith were normally played by Creator/DonMessick during that period.
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13	A live-action/CGI ''Film/YogiBear'' feature film, with Creator/DanAykroyd as the voice of Yogi and Music/JustinTimberlake as the voice of Boo-Boo, was released in December 2010.
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15	Check the [[Characters/YogiBear character sheet]]. Also see the [[Memes/YogiBear memes]] page.
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17	[[folder:Filmography]]
18	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow'' (1958-1960 Syndication)- The series in which the Yogi Bear shorts debuted.
19	* ''The Yogi Bear Show'' (1961-1962 Syndication): Yogi's SpinOff series.
20	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyThereItsYogiBear'' (1964): A [[BigDamnMovie theatrical feature film]] in which Yogi and Boo Boo go on a [[RoadTripPlot road trip]] to rescue Cindy Bear from a circus.
21	* ''WesternAnimation/YogisGang'' (1973 ABC): An extremely politically correct {{crossover}} series in which Yogi, Boo Boo, and various other Hanna-Barbera stars travel around in a flying ark and do good deeds. Preceded by a television special, ''WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark''.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'' (1977-1979 ABC): A massive crossover series with just about every popular Hanna-Barbera character around at the time. Yogi, Franchise/ScoobyDoo, and [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Mumbly]] lead rival teams in a parody of "Battle of the Network Stars."
23	* ''WesternAnimation/YogisSpaceRace'' (1979 NBC): A cross between ''Wacky Races'' and ''Laff-a-Lympics'', RecycledINSPACE.
24	* ''Galaxy Goof-Ups'' (1978-1979 NBC): A spin-off of the previous series in which Yogi, Huckleberry Hound, a poor man's WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, and an [[CowardlyLion easily frightened]] [[ReplacementScrappy fill-in for Boo Boo]] act as space rangers and hang out at a [[FadSuper disco]].
25	* ''WesternAnimation/CaspersFirstChristmas'' (1979 Syndication): A half-hour ChristmasSpecial crossing WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost with Yogi and his Hanna-Barbera cohorts.
26	* ''WesternAnimation/YogisFirstChristmas'' (1980 Syndication): A TV movie recycling many of the songs from the previous special.
27	* ''Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper'' (1982 CBS): A half-hour Christmas Special packed with cameos by other Hanna-Barbera characters.
28	* ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'' (1985-1988 Syndication): Another crossover series, in which Yogi, Boo Boo, Ranger Smith, and other popular HB stars hunt for treasure. Known for [[NoFourthWall fourth wall breaking]] SelfParody.
29	* ''Yogi's Great Escape'' (1987 Syndication): A TV movie in which Yogi and Boo Boo escape Jellystone Park with three adopted bear cubs.
30	* ''WesternAnimation/YogiBearAndTheMagicalFlightOfTheSpruceGoose'' (1987 Syndication): A TV movie in which Yogi, Boo Boo, and their fellow HB stars go for a ride on the famous Spruce Goose.
31	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound'' (1988 Syndication): A TV movie featuring cameos by Yogi and Boo Boo.
32	* ''Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears'' (1988 Syndication): A TV movie in which Yogi and Boo Boo get kidnapped by aliens and are replaced by a mob of robot clones. Creator/DawsButler's final performance as Yogi.
33	* ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' (1988 Syndication): A new batch of cartoons, with Creator/GregBurson replacing the deceased Daws Butler as the voice of Yogi.
34	* ''Fender Bender 500'' (1990-1991 Syndication): A ContinuityReboot of ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' in which Dick Dastardly and Muttley race against several classic Hanna-Barbera characters, including Yogi and Boo Boo. Originally aired as a segment on the live-action series ''Wake, Rattle, and Roll''[[note]]Which was rebroadcast on The Disney Channel (back when it was a premium channel) as "Jump, Rattle, and Roll".[[/note]]
35	* ''WesternAnimation/YoYogi'' (1991 NBC): Yogi and his radical Hanna-Barbera buds [[SpinOffBabies are now teenagers]] that hang out at Jellystone Mall and work as [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo junior detectives]].
36	* ''WesternAnimation/YogiTheEasterBear'' (1994 Syndication): An Easter Special in which Yogi and Boo Boo search for the EasterBunny.
37	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooInArabianNights'' (1994 TBS): Yogi and Boo Boo play a couple of genies in a GenderFlip retelling of ''Aladdin''. Creator/DonMessick's last performance as Boo Boo.
38	* ''WesternAnimation/JohnKsYogiBearShorts'' (1999-2002 Creator/CartoonNetwork[[note]]Only the first two were actually aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork, the third was exclusive to Cartoon Network's website.[[/note]]): A series of 3 [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash-animated]] shorts created by Creator/JohnKricfalusi.
39	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'' (2021 Creator/HBOMax): A series set in the town of Jellystone starring Yogi, Cindy, Boo-Boo, and essentially every other Hanna-Barbera character imaginable. Yogi, Boo-Boo and Cindy are the doctors on call at Jellystone Hospital...and they aren't very good at it.
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42	!!Let's take a look at what tropes they've got on this web-a-site!
43	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Yogi wears a collar, tie, and hat, while Boo-Boo sports a bow tie.
44	* AdaptationDyeJob: Cindy Bear was blue-furred in the original shorts, though she became light brown in later interpretations. Ranger Smith's uniform also changes color throughout the early series while Yogi's original design had light colored highlights around his eyes.
45	* AgelessBirthdayEpisode: Two of them occur in the original series, both of the SurpriseParty variety: one for Ranger Smith ("Slap-Happy Birthday") and one for Yogi ("Yogi's Birthday Party"). ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' had another such episode for Yogi.
46	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The earliest versions of Cindy Bear show her with blue fur. No real-life ursine has a pelt that shade.
47	%%* AnimatedSeries
48	* AnimationBump:
49	** The visuals of ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' are rendered a bit more fluidly than those of the original 1960s episodes.
50	** This was also the first Creator/HannaBarbera show in which characters had a distinct walk cycle.
51	* BearyFunny: Yogi Bear's bad behavior is invariably PlayedForLaughs.
52	* BigEater: Yogi, of course. In the episode "Gleesome Threesome," he sits down at a hotel restaurant and says, "I'm not too hungry tonight, garçon, so uh, just bring me everything on the menu -- twice!"
53	* BigGuyLittleGuy: Both bears walk around on their hind legs, and Yogi is as tall or taller than the humans, while Boo Boo is the size of a child.
54	* BraggingThemeTune:
55	** The original theme song for the series touts Yogi's supposed ability to come out on top of any situation.
56	---> Who is always on the spot? Who is? Yogi Bear!\
57	Who keeps cool when things are hot? Who does? Yogi Bear!\
58	Who believes the world's a dream and [[ZanyScheme falls for some fantastic scheme]]\
59	But always winds up on the beam? Yogi Bear!!
60	** ... and ''The Yogi Bear Show'' has one that's equal this and ExpositoryThemeTune. Again, Yogi is presented as being unusually clever and smart.
61	---> Yogi Bear is smarter than the average bear, \
62	Yogi Bear is always in the ranger's hair.\
63	At a picnic table you will find him there, \
64	Stuffing down more goodies than the average bear. \
65	He will sleep till noon, but before it's dark, \
66	He'll have every picnic basket that's in Jellystone Park. \
67	Yogi has it better than a millionaire, \
68	Just because he's smarter than the average bear.[[note]]Yogi: Who else? / Announcer: Yogi Bear.[[/note]]
69	* CallOfTheWildBlueYonder: The episode "High Fly Guy" depicts Yogi helping a baby eagle who can't fly. After many attempts, the young eagle finally succeeds when he saves Yogi.
70	* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: The majority of times Yogi or Ranger Smith leave Jellystone Park, the other ends up pining for him. It's a key plot point of "Home Sweet Jellystone".
71	* CharacterCatchphrase:
72	** Yogi frequently characterizes himself as being "Smarter than the average bear!" He often says "Hey, Hey, Hey!" and frequently addresses Ranger Smith obsequiously as "Mr. Ranger, sir!"
73	** Boo-Boo frequently warns his pal not to cause trouble by saying "Mr. Ranger isn't gonna like this, Yogi!"
74	* CivilizedAnimal: Yogi and Boo-Boo contain animal and human traits. They are both an AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal, walk bipedally, share a bed, and can converse with humans in English. However, they live in a cave located in a National Park, are not gainfully employed, and (at least in theory) are supposed to be foraging for nuts and berries instead of stealing food from tourists. Later spinoffs have them as [[FunnyAnimal Funny Animals]] instead.
75	* CrossoverCameo: Yogi Bear appears briefly in the ''WesternAnimation/AugieDoggieAndDoggieDaddy'' episode "Pop's Nature Pup". He's seen driving their car at the end of the short.
76	* DeadpanSnarker: Boo-Boo is depicted as whimsically sarcastic in the [[LiveActionAdaptation 2010 movie update]], a departure from his usual low-key [[TheConscience conscience]] role.
77	* DependingOnTheArtist:
78	** In the original series, Ranger Smith's design changed frequently between episodes; they eventually decided upon his permanent design in ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!''.
79	** As if that weren't enough, The Ranger's appearance on ''Yogi's Gang'' shows him with blond hair. Perhaps he dyed it?
80	** Yogi's muzzle fur originally expanded around his eyes.
81	** Cindy Bear initially looked like a female version of Yogi (with a dress and blue fur) before being redesigned to look more feminine.
82	** No two versions of the Jellystone Park entrance are ever alike, even in shows (and movies) that were made after the original shorts.
83	* DigitalDestruction: The complete series DVD release only has the main cartoon segments, lacking the opening and closing credits and inserts that were in the half-hours. However, one bonus feature shows the uncut versions of the first three episodes. When an unrestored insert or commercial plays after a restored segment, the first part of the audio is missing.
84	* DisguisedInDrag: In "Disguise and Gals," two bank robbers hide out in Jellystone park dressed as little old ladies.
85	* DubNameChange: Yogi was known as Kumagoro in Japan, although Boo Boo and Ranger Smith retained their original names (with Smith usually referred to as "Smith-san," roughly the equivalent of "Mr. Smith").
86	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
87	** Ironically, the original shorts themselves have several unsettled-upon quirks. The characters' designs varied notably between shorts. From ''Hey There, it's Yogi Bear'' and following, the characters were portrayed in a more consistent manner visually.
88	** On a more plot-driven basis, several older Yogi shorts feature him trying to escape Jellystone Park, or episodes where he and Boo Boo aren't even in the park at all. A few features even omit Boo-Boo altogether (e.g., "Slumber Party Smarty"). There were even a couple spot gag cartoons in the first season, such as "Baffled Bear" and "The Stout Trout." The particulars weren't fully codified until the spinoff movie.
89	* {{Expy}}: Some episodes from the ''Huckleberry Hound Show'' era, such as "Rah Rah Bear", feature different rangers in the place of Ranger Smith. In most cases, they're voiced by Yogi's voice actor, Creator/DawsButler.
90	* FilchingFoodForFun: Yogi Bear, a CivilizedAnimal living in Jellystone National Park, steals picnic baskets as a major defining trait. He's by no means a malicious character, though, and there's no evidence he lacks sufficient bear-appropriate food (though he finds the usual ursine diet of nuts and berries unappetizing). He seems to be doing it mostly for fun.
91	* {{Flanderization}}: By the third season of The Huckleberry Hound Show, Yogi's love of picnic baskets was heavily flanderized, to the point that whole episodes were devoted to Yogi stealing them and Ranger Smith coming up with elaborate schemes to stop him (such as planting a number of booby-trapped baskets around the park in "Booby Trapped Bear", having a doctor convince Yogi that he has a disease called "Picnic-itis" that forbids him from eating food from picnic baskets, etc.).
92	* FracturedFairyTale:
93	** In "Oinks and Boinks," Yogi and Boo Boo accidentally find their way into the story of the ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs''.
94	** "Hoodwinked Bear" tosses Yogi and Boo-Boo into the world of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood''.
95	** The characters from ''Literature/SnowWhite'' continually disturb Yogi and Boo-Boo's hibernation in "Snow White Bear."
96	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Cindy Bear wears a skirt but no top other than a scarf.
97	* HaveAGayOldTime: In "Booby Trapped Bear," the Head Ranger arrives at Jellystone Park to investigate a ranger who is "molesting a bear." (In the sixties, "molest" usually meant "pester and harass," as opposed to, well...)
98	* HenpeckedHusband: "Be My Guest Pest" revolves around Newton, a man with a bothersome wife who constantly pushes him around. When she gets taken away by the police at the end of the cartoon, he isn't upset at all.
99	* HeroAntagonist: Depending on your point of view, Ranger Smith can qualify, given that he represents park law-and-order and is a constant thorn in Yogi's side. The Ranger sees Yogi as just an antagonist, though, especially in later productions.[[note]]You know, because Yogi constantly "antagonizes" him every time he steals "pic-a-nic" baskets...[[/note]]
100	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Yogi and Boo-Boo qualify, at least in theory -- though a few observers consider it, er, significant that they share a bed together.
101	* LimitedAnimation: One of the earlier examples made for television. The only reason Yogi was given a collar and tie was so that the animators wouldn't have to draw below the neck for every frame.
102	* LoopholeAbuse: When the Ranger demands Yogi follow the park's rule book, Yogi reads it to find all the ways he can work around them.
103	* LovableRogue: Yogi is a mostly harmless mischief-maker, and plenty likeable despite this.
104	* MinimalistCast: Aside from a few campers, tourists, and forest animals, the only characters we see in Jellystone Park are Yogi, Boo-Boo, Cindy, and Ranger Smith, with this last often appearing to be the only ranger working at Jellystone Park. Though both ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'' and ''The New Yogi Bear Show'', as well as the episode "Gleesome Threesome," show two other rangers (the last depicting a ranger who appears to be Smith's supervisor). The live-action movie has others as well.
105	** “Do Or Diet” sees Ranger Smith working with another ranger. While “Ice Box Raider” and “Biker Bear” (the latter from The New Yogi Bear Show) show him with a sidekick named Ranger Jones.
106	* MythologyGag: The two gangsters in the 1958 episode "Big Brave Bear" were first used the season prior on ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'' as outlaws Killer and Diller.
107	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Yogi's voice was based on Art Carney's character on ''Series/TheHoneymooners''; further, his offbeat philosophy (and name) were allegedly meant to suggest baseball star Yogi Berra's eccentric nature (William Hanna and Joseph Barbera denied it).
108	* PoorCommunicationKills: In "A Bear Pair," Ranger Smith wishes Yogi and Boo-Boo good luck on their trip to Paris by declaring them "good will ambassadors from Jellystone Park." When the flight attendant asks for Yogi and Boo Boo's names, Yogi innocently mangles Ranger Smith's sentiments by declaring him and Boo Boo "the ambassadors from Jellystone Park." HilarityEnsues.
109	* PretentiousPronunciation: In "Pie Pirates", when Yogi tries reading a "Beware of Dog" sign out loud, he pronounces the letter "W" in a unique manner...
110	--> '''Yogi:''' "B-E, adubbALLLOOoo, A... Oh, [[MisspellingoutLoud I don't smoke anyhoo!]]"
111	* ProductDisplacement: The intro to ''The Yogi Bear Show'' originally ended with Yogi [[PortalPicture driving a jeep into a Kellogg's billboard]], taking the logo with him, then driving out of a billboard with his own name on it, before holding up the stolen Kellogg's logo. Reruns shorten this sequence down to Yogi and the jeep materializing onto a billboard with the bear's name on the top.
112	* ProtagonistTitle: The show is named after the title character.
113	* PunnyName: Jellystone Park is an obvious pun on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park Yellowstone National Park]]. Yogi's own name is a play on that of baseball great Yogi Berra, though Hanna and Barbera claim that this was unintentional.
114	* RedRidingHoodReplica: The episode "Hoodwinked Bear" played out like the tale.
115	* RingAroundTheCollar: Conspicuously, Yogi wears a shirt collar with his green tie, but ''no shirt''. Boo-Boo wears only a bowtie, but oddly enough, in some cartoons the bow seems to be pinned directly on his neck with no visible strap.
116	* SentimentalMusicCue: Played surprisingly straight on both ''The Yogi Bear Show'' in the early-1960's and ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' from 1988, such as in "Slap Happy Birthday," when Yogi and Boo Boo are in their cave talking about Ranger Smith's birthday (for a double whammy, the exact same music is re-used at the end of the episode when Yogi reveals their surprise party to the ranger).
117	* {{Sidekick}}:
118	** Boo-Boo is Yogi's ubiquitous companion.
119	** Some of the new Yogi shorts from the late-80's had Ranger Roubideux as one for Ranger Smith.
120	* SignatureLaugh: Yogi Bear has a distinctive "Hey, hey, hey!" laugh.
121	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: There's a surprising amount of cynicism peppered into the early Yogi Bear shorts. The park's tourists are generally portrayed as rich and irresponsible slobs, who litter the park and even neglect their own children. Ranger Smith, at least in the first two seasons, is portrayed as bitter and jaded, not only because of Yogi but also because of the general stress of dealing with the park's tourists. And so on.
122	* SpeciesSurname: Yogi's and Cindy's last names are also that of their species.
123	* SpinOff: Yogi was spun off ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' into his own program.
124	* TemptingFate: At the end of "A Bear Pair," Yogi dismisses Boo-Boo's concern that Ranger Smith wouldn't take the havoc Yogi wreaked in Paris very well. Unbeknownst to Yogi, Ranger Smith was keeping up with the corresponding news reports and [[RightBehindMe behind Yogi during the whole conversation]]. Cue an instant OhCrap reaction from the bear when Smith reveals himself to Yogi [[BerserkButton armed with a baseball bat]].
125	* ThreeShorts: Yogi was traditionally the opener on ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow''. Then he became the opener of his own show.
126	* {{Tuckerization}}: In "The Buzzin' Bear", the rangers' names are Bill and Joe (as in Hanna and Barbera).
127	* VerbalTic: Yogi's unique pronunciations of "av-a-redge" and "pic-a-nic" qualify. He also says "diff-a-rent" in the movie.
128	* WorthyOpponent: Yogi admits that he respects his nemesis Ranger Smith in "Home Sweet Jellystone." The bear outright becomes an AntagonistInMourning after Smith leaves the park, losing his sense of competitive joy in stealing picnic baskets entirely.
129	* ZanyScheme: Yogi's attempts to steal "pic-a-nic baskets" are often elaborate and eccentric. In "Batty Bear," he uses a flying bat costume to swoop down on unsuspecting tourists and steal their picnic baskets. In another example, Yogi poses as a health inspector in "Booby Trapped Bear" in order to confiscate tourists' supposedly subpar picnic baskets. This loony approach to getting free eats is even referenced in the show's theme song (for some of the early shorts) itself:
130	-->"Who believes the world's a dream, and falls for some fantastic scheme, but always winds up on the beam? Yogi Bear!"

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