History Main / BearyFriendly

* In ''VideoGame/StardewValley'', one of the Secret Notes you can find is a badly-spelled request for maple syrup to be brought to the Secret Forest. Sure enough, the client is a talking bear who, after treating the exchange like a drug deal ("have you got 'the stuff'? oh yeah, that's the good 'stuff'") and chugging the syrup, gratefully teaches you "Bear's Secret Knowledge" to improve the quality of wild berries, tripling their sale value.

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/GummiBears''

->''Dashing and daring\\
Courageous and caring\\
Faithful and friendly\\
With stories to share.\\
All through the forest\\
They sing out in chorus\\

Gummi Bears\\

%%* All of the bears seen in the ''Literature/LittleBear'' series, as well as the Creator/{{Nelvana}} animated adaptation.

This may have something to do with how bears are omnivores as opposed to obligate carnivores and many species do lean toward herbivory, and so goes thr assumption that HerbivoresAreFriendly.

* "Literature/GoldilocksAndTheThreeBears": The bears are most often portrayed as a quiet family in their little cottage cooking porridge, who are just understandably annoyed with Goldilocks for messing with their things without permission. This doesn't stop Goldie from being frightened and running away when they show up; presumably she's savvy enough to realize it was a bad idea to make a bunch of ''bears'' angry at her, [[BewareTheNiceOnes however friendly they might be otherwise]]. In earlier iterations of the story, it should be noted, they were [[BearsAreBadNews far less nice]].

* "Literature/GoldilocksAndTheThreeBears": The bears are most often portrayed as a quiet family in their little cottage cooking porridge, who are just understandably annoyed with Goldilocks for messing with their things without permission. That doesn't stop Goldie from being frightened and running away when they show up. In earlier iterations of the story, however, they were [[BearsAreBadNews less nice]].

* Lars The Polar Bear Cub from the German children's story and animated series ''The Little Polar Bear''. He is a friendly male polar bear cub who goes on various adventures in an Arctic setting. His best friend is a seal named "Robby".

** Helpy of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' is designed purely to help the player run their pizzeria by tracking their spending and testing attractions. Even ''VideoGame/UltimateCustomNight'', which moves him closer to the bad news trope, downplays this as he merely blows an airhorn instead of attacking the player.

* ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': In a series full of examples of BearsAreBadNews, there are two notable exceptions:

** The Canadian co-production ''Series/SesamePark'' had Basil, who was a polar bear that was friends with the other characters.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfDawdleTheDonkey'': Rola the Polar Bear, one of the main characters of the show, is a friendly fellow.

* [[PandaingToTheAudience Pandas]] have always been immune to [[BearsAreBadNews the usual depiction of bears]], even though they're potentially just as dangerous as other bears are (though admittedly less ''carnivorous'' than other bears; in fiction they may be portrayed as entirely vegetarians, falling under HerbivoresAreFriendly).

%%* The title character of ''Literature/{{Corduroy}}''.

* The Nintendo 3DS game "Teddy Together" involves the player interacting and befriending a living teddy bear.

* Labra, Rossa, Sakuran and Chocolat of ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'' are all little Jewelpet bears (Sweetspet bears in the case of Sakuran and Chocolat) who wouldn't hurt a fly. Labra ''does'' tend to be a jerk, but ultimately she's got a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart of gold]].

* Norm from ''WesternAnimation/NormOfTheNorth'', who falls more into being the clumsy, fun-loving [[TheJester jester]] type of friendly bear.

* ''Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed:'' A talking bear shows up at the protagonists' home every night during the winter and is quite friendly. [[spoiler:He's a transformed prince and winds up marrying Snow White, while [[DoubleInLawMarriage his brother marries Rose Red]]]].