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1[[WMG: Bear Country is a micronation]]
2Notice how we never seem to hear about the other communities aside from Bear County, and why Officer Marguerite appears to be the only police officer we ever see. The possible one-man police force is probably also why Raffish Ralph is usually a KarmaHoudini.
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4[[WMG: The Bear family is running from the federal government]]
5That's why they use assumed names - Mama, Papa, Sister, and Brother.
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7[[WMG: There is no shoe store in Bear Country.]]
8That can imply why [[BarefootCartoonAnimal all the bears are generally shoeless]].
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10[[WMG: A new Berenstain Bears TV Show would feature LGBTQ+]]
11Maybe Brother and/or Sister Bear will meet another friend with two moms or two dads, or a cub who's transgender.
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13[[WMG: Brother Bear knows more about dinosaurs than Sister Bear]]
14Brother likes dinosaurs, but is it possible that Sister knows more about them than he does? In ''The Messy Room'', they have an argument about cleaning their room.
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16->'''Sister''': How am I supposed to sweep with your dumb dinosaur toys all over the floor?
17->'''Brother''': They're not toys--they're ''models''! And don't move them! I'm working on a set-up of the Pleistocene Age!
18->'''Sister''': Pleistocene schmeistocene!
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20Sister's "Pleistocene schmeistocene" retort suggests that she knows more about dinosaurs than Brother does. [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology Non-avian dinosaurs lived only during the Mesozoic era]], going extinct long before the Pleistoscene.
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22[[WMG: Mama was pregnant with Brother when she and Papa were married.]]
23According to [[WordOfGod the late Stan Berenstain]], Papa is 29 years old and Mama is 27. Since Brother is 8 years old, this means Mama was just 19 when she gave birth to him. Despite the RetroUniverse, they're still clearly living in the 20th century, so it's surprising that they would have gotten married before Mama was 21. Maybe they got a little too amorous while dating in their college-aged years, and [[ShotgunWedding had to get married early.]]
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25[[WMG: Cousin Freddy is related to the Bear family on both sides - his mother is Mama's sister, his father is Papa's cousin.]]
26In the books, Freddy's parents are Aunt Min and Uncle Wilbur. But Uncle Wilbur was first introduced as ''Cousin'' Wilbur in ''The Berenstain Bears and the Sitter.'' This isn't necessarily a SeriesContinuityError: Wilbur could be both a cousin and an uncle-by-marriage.
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28[[WMG: Great Natural Bear's lifestyle is by choice.]]

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