* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UmBLBwDdtw "Forever Young"]], the end credits song, sung by the late Carol Parks.
* DracoInLeatherPants: Many a girl has admitted to having a crush on Dark Heart.
* EvilIsCool: Dark Heart and Christy are probably the most fondly remembered parts of the movie. Dark Heart has his fun [[LargeHam hammy personality]] and [[MemeticMutation memetic lines]]. The fact that he's shown to be a legitimate threat and to have some complexity (for a ''Care Bears'' villain) [[spoiler:with his eventual redemption through his caring for Christy]] also help. As his [[TheDragon Dragon]], Christy benefits from Dark Heart's popularity, and also from her sympathetic motivations and [[spoiler:eventual HeelRealization and redemption]]. Finally, the two characters' [[ShipTease dynamic]] helps their popularity, [[FanPreferredCouple as it gives fuel to shippers]].
* FashionVictimVillain: Dark Heart, lord of all evil, wears a red track suit for a majority of the film.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: After Dark Heart has spent the entire movie looking either sour or smug, it’s hard not to smile at [[WhenSheSmiles the look of unmistakable joy on his face]] when he finds out [[spoiler: Christy is going to be okay.]]
* HilariousInHindsight: Christy and Dark Heart's relationship in the movie gives off some funny ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' vibes now. Dark Heart even transforms into a wolf at one point so Christy can ride on his back.
* JerkassWoobie: Christy becomes a {{Jerkass}} when Dark Heart makes her good at sports, but beforehand the poor girl didn't think she was good at ''anything'' and was bullied and mocked by the other kids at her camp. This is why she ends up assisting Dark Heart in his plan, 'cause if she doesn't, she'll go back to how she used to be.
* {{Narm}}:
** "Time for a game of disappearing bears." Doubles as MemeticMutation, due to the fact that Dark Heart's VA was practically impersonating Creator/ChristopherWalken.
** There's also DH's "Ahhhhh!" which sounds, as WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic put it, like he laid an egg.
* NightmareFuel: The part at the beginning where Dark Heart attacks the ship carrying the Care Bears and their Cousins. If the Great Wishing Star hadn’t found them, he probably would have killed them.
* OneSceneWonder: Despite his lack of screen time, some fanfic writers have expanded upon the Great Wishing Star's role as a BigGood.
* {{Padding}}: It has a musical number at the end that's pretty much just there to make sure it fulfilled the bare minimum for screentime. The song itself was over six minutes long, and over half of it consisted of [[EndingFatigue endlessly-repeated chorus]] (ostensibly to cover the end credits).
* ParodyDisplacement: The song 'Flying My Colors' is far, far less known than the Music/LemonDemon remix 'Everybody Likes You', which loops the sample of the titular line (As well as the 'I Like You, I Like You' chorus) to create a disturbing MadnessMantra.
* RetroactiveRecognition: The voice actress for Dawn is a young Alyson Court, who would later go on to star as Loonette on ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'' and Claire Redfield in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''.
* TearJerker:
** The ending musical number.
** The song about growing up, sung while watching all the characters we know better as mature Care Bears/Cousins grow, can also stir up some emotions.
** The revelation that almost all the Care Bears/Cousins are orphans.
** [[spoiler: Dark Heart's HeelRealization when he almost kills Christy.]]
--->'''Dark Heart:''' [[spoiler: Oh no... [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what have I done!?]]]]