Line #4 Characters/BearInTheBigBlueHouse


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2	!!Residents of the Big Blue House
3	[[folder:In General]]
4	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Tutter is a blue mouse, Pip and Pop are purple otters, Ojo is a red bear cub, and Treelo is a white, blue and green lemur.
5	* BlackBeadEyes: Bear, Ojo, Pip, and Pop have black eyes.
6	* VagueAge: We know that Bear is an adult and the other residents are kids, but beyond that we have no clue about their exact ages.
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8
9	[[folder:Bear]]
10	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_1_219.jpeg]]
11	->'''Performed by:''' Noel [=MacNeal=][[labelnote:Other languages]]Creator/PetrosDamoulis (Greek)[[/labelnote]]
12	The titular Bear in the big blue house, a very warm-hearted and easygoing bear.
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14	* BearyFriendly: One of the most triumphant examples. He's a bear and one of the most amicable characters.
15	* BigEater: Downplayed, but he enjoys his cheese drawer and he says that the meals are his favourite parts of the day in "Call it a Day".
16	* BigFun: He's a large bear who's just as fun loving as the kids he lives with.
17	* CharacterCatchphrase: "What's that smell?! Oh, it's you! You know, you smell like X today. Or maybe you smell this good all the time."
18	* DeadpanSnarker: In a gentle, friendly way; he often shows a dry sense of humor, which is played up in his appearances on ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''.
19	* ADogNamedDog: A bear named Bear.
20	* FriendToAllChildren: He's very good with kids, which helps in a houseful of kids.
21	* FunnyAnimal: He walks around upright and can talk.
22	* GentleGiant: He's enormous and very gentle.
23	* InconsistentColoring: He is a light golden brown in the show itself, but he tends to look orange in promotional photos and merchandise (even the show's logo features an orange bear head). He's been referred to in-universe as both brown and orange in different episodes.
24	* NiceGuy: He never gets angry and is just so warm and friendly he's incapable of saying no to anybody. While he isn't an ExtremeDoormat, and can be firm with the kids when need be, he always remains collected while doing so.
25	* TheNoseKnows: Has a strong sense of smell.
26	* ParentalSubstitute: He's a father figure to all the others who live in or frequently visit the Big Blue House.
27	* StockAnimalDiet: He loves honey and berries like most fictional (and real life) bears.
28	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He loves berries, particularly his triple-berry pie. Also, cooked and buttered string beans.
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30
31	[[folder:Tutter]]
32	[[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_2_17.jpeg]]
33	->'''Performed by:''' Peter Linz
34	A blue mouse who loves cheese and has a tendency to worry and fret.
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36	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A blue mouse.
37	* CharacterCatchphrase:
38	** "Thank you, Bear!"
39	** "It may be little to a big old bear like you, but to a mouse..."
40	** "A mouse has to do things for himself in this world."
41	** "Oh, hickory dickory!"
42	* CivilisedAnimal: He uses the bathroom, talks, and eats from plates, yet he also lives in a mouse hole and eats cheese and bran.
43	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He tends to talk in a repetitive way with sentences like "This is a sentence, [character], a sentence."
44	* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/FraggleRock Boober Fraggle]], being a small and [[NervousWreck nervous]] NeatFreak.
45	* LargeHam: [[{{Irony}} Despite being the smallest main character on the show]], he can be this. For example, there's his freak-out in the episode "Friends For Life"...
46	-->'''Tutter:''' How many times -- HOW MANY TIMES do I have to say it, Treelo?! I! AM NOT! A SNOW BEAR! I! AM A '''MOUSE'''! '''TUTTER THE MOUSE!'''
47	* MouseHole: Lives in a hole in the wall.
48	* NeatFreak: Tutter strives to tidy up anything he can. He even gets a song about it called "Why Can't the Dirt Just Leave Me Alone?".
49	* NervousWreck: Tutter often tends to be somewhat more tightly wound than the other characters, often getting upset or worked up over minor things and having to be reminded by Bear to calm down and breathe, or to take quiet time. When he first learns that he's going to school, he ends up getting so worked up over it that Bear and his new teacher have to correct the false assumptions he's built up over it. When he actually gets to school, Bear has to remain outside the school building for quite a while before he becomes comfortable enough for Bear to leave.
50	* NiceMice: He is very friendly towards Bear and the other residents of the Big Blue House.
51	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Listening to Tutter's voice, particularly during the first few episodes, he sounds an awful lot like Spike Jones of Spike Jones and The City Slickers (specifically, the voice he used for "All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth").
52	* NoIndoorVoice: He often yells when he's annoyed due to being high strung.
53	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: He lets out high pitched screams, including when he was scared by his own shadow.
54	* StockAnimalDiet: Like a typical fictional mouse, he likes cheese. In fact, he's had a recurring dream about being a king and demanding more cheese.
55	* SuddenlySHOUTING: He does a lot of yelling, sometimes at the end of his sentences.
56	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheese is one of his defining favorite snacks, being a mouse and all.
57	* VagueAge: His age is a mystery: He has his own mouse hole, which is kind of like living alone, but then again it's connected to the rest of the house. He has his own FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode, which logically puts him at around five or six, but maybe mice start their education as adults. And in "When You've Got to Go", he has to learn about not procrastinating with bathroom breaks, yet is able to play checkers, which is a relatively sophisticated game, competently. On the more kiddish side, he sleeps with a stuffed toy, spends a lot of his time playing with kids, and relies on Bear for many things, despite his claim that a mouse has to do things for himself (though part of that may be because he's a mouse in a houseful of larger animals).
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59
60	[[folder:Treelo]]
61	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_2_306.jpeg]]
62	->'''Performed by:''' Tyler Bunch[[labelnote:Other languages]]Creator/ChristaLips (Dutch), Creator/EmmanuelCurtil (French), Creator/SofiaPanailidou (Greek)[[/labelnote]]
63	An excitable young lemur who enjoys swinging from vines.
64
65	His SelfDemonstratingArticle can be found [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Treelo}} here]]
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67	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Green with some white and blue in there. How many lemurs do you know that share his color scheme?
68	* ArtEvolution: In Season 3, his puppet was updated to have functional eyelids, which make him more expressive.
69	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Easily the most childish of the kids, being unaware of some concepts like snow, and having trouble speaking in full sentences.
70	* CharacterCatchphrase: Oddly enough, his catchphrase is his own name.
71	* CharacterTics: When he feels silly, he'll laugh while covering his face with one hand. He also occasionally does this in response to other characters being silly.
72	* CheerfulChild: He's energetic, bouncy, and loves to climb and swing.
73	* CloudCuckoolander: Doesn't know what snow is, thinks a tomato is his friend, and likes to say his name among other things.
74	* CuddleBug: He loves to hug and tickle.
75	* DeterioratesIntoGibberish: A running gag where he talks so fast he starts blabbing nonsensically.
76	* DropInCharacter: In some cases, literally; of the kids, he's the most likely to enter a scene by entering the Big Blue House itself, usually either by swinging in from the window or just diving into the room from offscreen.
77	* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Bear always seems to understand what Treelo is saying even though about half the time it's gibberish and even the other children can't understand it. The closed-captioning on the Disney+ releases also tends to present as if he's speaking perfect English, seemingly whatever point the captioner thinks he's trying to get across based on context clues and what actually is intelligible.
78	* {{Keet}}: He's very active and upbeat.
79	* MeaningfulName: He likes to climb, and swing from, trees, and he has "tree" right in his name.
80	* MotorMouth: He speaks in fast gibberish when she's excited.
81	* ThirdPersonPerson: He usually speaks in the third-person.
82	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bananas (or "bananananas", if you will), to the point where he tries to make them the only food on a picnic.
83	* TheUnintelligible: While he can talk normally (though even this can be hard to understand), he sometimes descends into a rapid-fire and definitely unintelligible babble that closed-captioning sometimes transcribes as being "Treelo-ese".
84	* YouNoTakeCandle: He [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]] speaks in primitive grammar.
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86
87	[[folder:Ojo]]
88	[[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_3_96.jpeg]]
89	->'''Performed by:''' Vicki Eibner[[labelnote:Other languages]]Creator/SariAnnStolt (Finnish), Creator/MauraCenciarelli (Italian), Creator/BeataWyrabkiewicz (Polish)[[/labelnote]]
90	A bear cub with a strong imagination.
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92	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: She pronounces Tutter's name "Tut-ter".
93	* AfraidOfNeedles: In one episode she hides in her room to avoid getting a shot until Bear helps her through it by singing a song about how they're over quickly.
94	* AgeAppropriateAngst: She's often seen getting sad about normal kiddie things, like wanting to be older/bigger and learning to use the toilet.
95	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: She's a red-orange bear.
96	* BearyFriendly: Not as much as Bear, but still very friendly.
97	%%* BlackBeadEyes
98	* CharacterCatchphrase: "No, no, no, no, no, Bear. This isn't X. This is (''whatever thing she's imagining at the moment'')."
99	* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She's almost always seen with her stuffed "snow bear".
100	* MsImagination: Every episode she's pretending something new.
101	* NotAMorningPerson: "Morning Glory" shows that she can be a bit cranky first thing in the morning and needs time to wake up.
102	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only girl in the main cast.
103	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's OneOfTheBoys, but that doesn't stop her obsession with tea parties. Best exemplified in "You Go, Ojo!" with her [[ItMakesSenseInContext dinosaur tea party.]]
104	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Honey and berries, [[StockAnimalDiet just like Bear.]]
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106
107	[[folder:Pip and Pop]]
108	[[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_4_118.jpeg]]
109	->'''Performed by:''' Peter Linz (Pip) and Tyler Bunch (Pop)[[labelnote:Other languages]]Creator/SofiaPanailidou (Pip, Greek)[[/labelnote]]
110	Two purple otter cousins who love clams and swimming in the otter pond.
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112	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Like Ojo, they pronounce Tutter's name "Tut-ter".
113	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A pair of purple otters.
114	* BigBrotherInstinct: {{Downplayed}}, whenever Tutter is upset, they'll always be there to help him feel better.
115	%%* BlackBeadEyes
116	* TheDividual: Their different voices are the only way to tell them apart as they look exactly the same and have very similar personalities.
117	* FurryReminder: They act a lot like humans but they like swimming like real otters.
118	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: A very subtle example, Pop's eyes are slightly bigger than Pip's.
119	* PlayfulOtter: Both of 'em. They're nice, friendly otters.
120	* SignatureLaugh: Pip has a high-pitched cackle.
121	* ThoseTwoGuys: Always seen together.
122	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Boy howdy, do they love clams.
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124
125	!!Other Woodland Valley residents
126	[[folder:Luna]]
127	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_5_04.jpeg]]
128	->'''Performed by:''' Creator/LynneThigpen (Voice), Peter Linz (Puppeteer)
129	The moon who Bear talks to at the end of every episode.
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131	* ADogNamedPerro: Her name means "moon" in Spanish and Italian
132	* CharacterCatchphrase:
133	** "I would love to, Bear."
134	** "Hello, Bear!"
135	** "After all, I am the moon."
136	* MaleSunFemaleMoon: She's the Female Moon to Ray's Male Sun.
137	* TheManInTheMoon: She has a face.
138	* MeaningfulName: Her name, Luna, which means "moon."
139	* StellarName: She's named after the Latin word for "moon".
140	* WeirdMoon: So weird that she can talk!
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142
143	[[folder:Ray]]
144	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_6_01.jpeg]]
145	An anthropomorphic sun who occasionally talks to Bear.
146	->'''Performed by:''' Creator/GeoffreyHolder (Voice), Peter Linz (Puppeteer)
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148	* MaleSunFemaleMoon: He's the Male Sun to Luna's Female Moon.
149	* MeaningfulName: His name is Ray because suns have rays.
150	* TheFaceOfTheSun: He has a face.
151	* WeirdSun: The sun can talk.
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153
154	[[folder:Shadow]]
155	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/36f75349_f478_46f7_b140_49c9067e60d8.jpeg]]
156	->'''Performed by:''' Tara Mooney (Voice), Peter Linz (Puppeteer)
157	A living shadow that tells Bear stories (sometimes partly in song), which are acted out by shadow puppets.
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159	* CatchphraseInsult: Commonly calls Bear "you big old bear" or "you silly old bear".
160	* CharacterCatchphrase: "When you need another story, just try and catch me!"
161	* ADogNamedDog: A shadow named Shadow.
162	* FracturedFairyTale: Her stories, which tend to be poems, are often based on traditional [[FairyTale fairy tales]] or NurseryRhymes, but with various pop-culture references, or characters that are more hip or off-the-wall than their traditional fairy-tale counterparts.
163	* {{Invisibility}}: Shadow is able to turn invisible at will. Usually, Bear will hear her laughing while she's invisible, prompting him to sing a song to try to get her to appear.
164	* LivingShadow: Not only is Shadow one, but all of her stories are told as shadow plays.
165	* {{Oireland}}: She speaks with a noticeable Irish accent.
166	* PhraseCatcher: Bear will say, "That sounds like Shadow laughing!" and sing a song asking where she is whenever he hears her laugh.
167	* SignatureLaugh: Is commonly heard chuckling before she appears.
168	* TheStoryteller: Shadow loves to tell stories.
169	* TheTrickster: She's got a mischievous streak, and especially enjoys appearing and disappearing at will.
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171
172	[[folder:Doc Hogg]]
173	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3c76909d_9989_4693_8317_ea2c0514446c.jpeg]]
174	->'''Performed by:''' Tyler Bunch
175	A pig, who is a doctor and makes house calls.
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177	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: He wears only a pair of glasses.
178	* TheMedic: He's a medical doctor.
179	* MotorMouth: He talks a lot. Often while other characters are talking.
180	* SpeciesSurname: Played with. His last name is "Hogg", whereas the proper spelling of his species is "hog".
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182
183	[[folder:Jeremiah Tortoise]]
184	->'''Performed by:''' Jim Kroupa
185	An elderly tortoise. He serves as the postman for Woodland Valley and also runs the general store. He is notorious for taking forever to deliver the mail.
186	----
187	* ForgetfulJones: Jeremiah often forgets things and often stops in mid-sentence because he can't remember what it was that he was saying. Other times, he will repeat greet someone a second time after having just greeted them.
188	* SnailMail: He is a ''tortoise'' who delivers the mail in Woodland Valley. You can see how this can go wrong. It's not unusual for stuff to take ages to arrive, and woe be those who get a wrong package because of his forgetfulness, forcing a redelivery.
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