History WesternAnimation / TheHairBearBunch

* SillySimian: Bananas the gorilla is a friend and accomplice of the bears. He's not particularly bright but he's easy going. In "King Klong vs. the Masked Marvel," he tries to prove he'stough, only he winds up scaring himself.

'''Superintendent:''' (''angrily storming in'') Well, ''I'm'' gonna stop you!!

* BassoProfundo: In courtesy of John Stephenson, who voiced Mr. Peevly and The Superintendent.

* FootBathTreatment: Non-cold variant: the episode "Unbearable Peevly" has zookeeper Peevly soaking his feet in hot water after all the dancing he did at a circus (long story,[[note]] but the nutshell version is he and Botch disguised themselves in bear costumes to foil yet another escape attempt by the real bears and got mistaken for such by said circus, who wanted to include a dancing bear act[[/note]]).

* FootBathTreatment: Non-cold variant: the episode "Unbearable Peevly" has zookeeper Peevly soaking his feet in hot water after all the dancing he did at a circus (long story).

* TheCameo: The Hair Bear Bunch appeared in live action costume forms in episodes of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' and ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''. A robotic Hair Bear appeared in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' as part of a kids restaurant mechanical band.

* CatchPhrase: Mr. Peevly's "I'll get you for this, Hair!" Also, Botch's "There goes my promotion" whenever he goofs on something.

[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from top left: Hair Bear, Square Bear, Bubi Bear.]]

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[[caption-width-right:200:"Let's split!"[[note]]From left to right: Bubi Bear (in the orange hat), Hair Bear (in the middle), Square Bear (with eyes hidden).[[/note]]]]

* PandaingToTheAudience: Percy the baby panda in "Panda Pandemonium."

* BitchAlert: Twinkles Sunshine, who has the role of Goldilocks in a movie made of the fairy tale, starts out as bitch from the first frame in which she appears in the episode "Whatever Happened to Goldilocks and the Three Bears." She was a Karen before it became a thing.

* BitchAlert: Twinkles Sunshine, who has the role of Goldilocks in a movie made of the fairy tale, starts out as bitch from the first frame in which she appears in the episode "Whatever Happened to Goldilocks and the Three Bears."

* ExcitedShowTitle: The show's formal title is ''Help!...It's The Hair Bear Bunch!''

** Operation: Trojan Horse (at the start of "The Bear Who Came to Dinner") had the bears giving a wooden pony to a visiting little boy then smuggling themselves inside the pony so they could escape. The plan is rent asunder when the boy squeals to Peevly that thebeats are inside the pony.

** Operation: Trojan Horse (at the start of "The Bear Who Came to Dinner") had the beats giving a wooden pony to a visiting little boy then smuggling themselves inside the pony so they could escape. The plan is rent asunder when the boy squeals to Peevly that thebeats are inside the pony.

* OperationBlank: In "The Bear Who Came to Dinner," Hair throws a party in Peevly's house as Square Bear convalesces with a fake injury. Peevly and Botch are consigned sleeping in the bears' cave but when he hears music coming from the house, he leads a charge to crash the party. Einstein the Owl sounds an alert, prompting Hair to stop the party and initiate "Operation: Spic and Span."

* OperationBlank: In "The Bear Who Came to Dinner," Hair throws a party in Peevly's house as Square Bear convalesces with a fake injury. Peevly and Botch are consigned sleeping in the bearz' cave but when he hears music coming from the house, he leads a charge to crash the party. Einstein the Owl sounds an alert, prompting Hair to stop the party and initiate "Operation: Spic and Span."

* NamesTheSame: The comic book story "The Hibernation Bit" featured a character named Hustle Bear. Four years later, it became the name for the leader of the WesternAnimation/CBBears.

* CountToPotato: Towards the end of "Bridal Boo Boo," when Peevly discovers the bears sent his name to a singles club which led to him nearly getting married to a battleaxe, he sets about tripling, fourfling and fifthling Hair's demerits.