History WesternAnimation / TheHairBearBunch

* BavarianFireDrill: The bears will pull this once in awhile. In "Ark Lark," they're disguised as tree surgeons wheeling an allegedly sick tree to the hospital as a ruse to escape. In "Gobs Of Gobaloons," they're interior decorators who give Peevly complimentary service so they can dig into the floor for a buried treasure. And in "Panda Pandemonium," they're, well, conducting a fire drill as an escape ruse.

* ColdOpening:
** On the CBS run, only the first episode had a cold open--the 15 other episodes had the regular theme song opening and the pre-episode title teaser. Upon returning in 1984 to USA (and later CN and Boomerang), all the 15 other episodes were reformatted with cold opens.

* ColdOpening:
** On the CBS run, only the first episode had a cold open--the 15 other episodes had the regular theme song opening and the pre-episode title teaser. Upon returning in 1984 to USA (and later CN and Boomerang), all the 15 other episodes were reformatted with cold opens.

* ColdOpening:
** On the CBS run, only the first episode had a cold open--the 15 other episodes had the regular theme song opening and the pre-episode title teaser. Upon returning in 1984 to USA (and later CN and Boomerang), all the 15 other episodes were reformatted with cold opens.

* ColdOpening:
** On the CBS run, only the first episode had a cold open--the 15 other episodes had the regular theme song opening and the pre-episode title teaser. Upon returning in 1984 to USA (and later CN and Boomerang), all the 15 other episodes were reformatted with cold opens.

* ColdOpening: On the CBS run, only the first episode had a cold open--the 15 other episodes had the regular theme song opening and the pre-episode title teaser. Upon returning in 1984 to USA (and later CN and Boomerang), all the 15 other episodes were reformatted with cold opens.

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

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

* BavarianFireDrill: The bears will pull this once in awhile. In "Ark Lark," they're disguised as tree surgeons wheeling an allegedly sick tree to the hospital as a ruse to escape. In "Gobs Of Gobaloons," they're interior decorators who give Peevly complimentary service so they can dig into the floor for a buried treasure.

* BavarianFireDrill: The bears will pull this once in awhile. In "Ark Lark," they're disguised a tree surgeons wheeling an allegedly sick tree to the hospital as a ruse to escape. In "Gobs Of Gobaloons," they're interior decorators who give Peevly complimentary service so they can dig into the floor for a buried treasure.

The show was created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears (who scripted the debut episode). It was developed as "The Yo-Yo Bears" and was renamed some two months before it hit the air on Creator/{{CBS}} September 11, 1971. It ran one year, was shelved, then returned in replays in September 1973. It ran Sunday mornings then was moved to Saturdays in February 1974 after CBS revamped its Saturday line-up. It was canceled that fall and remained dormant until 1984 when USANetwork ran it on its Cartoon Express block. Creator/CartoonNetwork and its sister channel, Boomerang, have also run the series.

Formally called '''Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!,''' this Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon was essentially an ursine ''Series/HogansHeroes'' in that it featured three screwball bears who live at Wonderland Zoo where they bargain for better living conditions and constantly sneak out for a night on the town. The zoo is run by Eustace P. Peevly and his dimbulb assistant Lionel J. Botch. The bears get assistance from their zoo inmates who include Bananas the Gorilla, Fumbo the Elephant, Pipsqueak the Mouse, Stretch the Giraffe, Fur-face the Lion and others. The bears' antics get Peevly in hot water with the zoo superintendent, but Hair's fast talking usually bails him out.

* DisqualificationInducedVictory: Botch wins a wrestling contest when the adversary who defeated him is disqualified for being a bear.

* AnimalAthleteLoophole: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] when one of the bears enters a wrestling contest. He wins but is later disqualified for being a bear.

[[caption-width-right:200:"Let's split!"]]

* NamesTheSame: Comic book issue #8 story "The Hibernation Bit" hada one-shot character named Hustle Bear. Four years later, the HB cartoon ''CBBears'' starred another character named Hustle Bear.

Formally called '''Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!,''' this Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon was essentially an ursine ''HogansHeroes'' in that it featured three screwball bears who live at Wonderland Zoo where they bargain for better living conditions and constantly sneak out for a night on the town. The zoo is run by Eustace P. Peevly and his dimbulb assistant Lionel J. Botch. The bears get assistance from their zoo inmates who include Bananas the Gorilla, Fumbo the Elephant, Pipsqueak the Mouse, Stretch the Giraffe, Fur-face the Lion and others. The bears' antics get Peevly in hot water with the zoo superintendent, but Hair's fast talking usually bails him out.