And this isn't even all of them.note
Characters from the long-running Care Bears franchise.
Characters exclusive to the following series can be found here:
- The 1980s TV series and its many filmsnote and specialsnote
- Adventures in Care-A-Lot, as well as its filmsnote
- Welcome to Care-A-Lot (and Care Bears & Cousins)
- Care Package Chronicles
- Unlock the Magic
Note: This is meant to be a general page. Any specific character tropes that fit in any of the above pages should go there, though shared tropes between incarnations are allowed. Character tropes from the books, the 2000s All-CGI Nelvana films, and other media not listed above goes here.
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The Original Care Bears
Tenderheart Bear
The Care Bear's defacto leader and main mascot of the series throughout the 1980s. Tenderheart Bear is a reddish-brown bear with a simple heart symbol.
- Demoted to Extra: One of the biggest complaints regarding the 2000s revival and especially Adventures in Care-A-Lot was that Tenderheart was demoted to pretty much an extra in that series since Cheer is the leader instead of him. However, this didn't last long when he came back as the leader and major character in Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot. He suffered it again in Unlock the Magic, the leader position once again going to Cheer while he is demoted to a Mission Control.
- Nice Guy: A very good leader to the Bears.
- Standardized Leader: In every incarmation except Adventures in Care-A-Lot, where he's Demoted to Extra and is more of a Lovable Jock and Fearless Fool, and Unlock the Magic where he serves as the bears’ Mission Control.
- Straight Man: To just about all the Bears.
- Team Dad: Mainly in "Welcome To Care-a-Lot". In Unlock the Magic, he also sees himself as a father to the Bears.
Birthday Bear
See Care Bears (1980s).
Cheer Bear
The main female Care Bear, Cheer Bear replaced Tenderheart Bear as the main Care Bear in the 2000s. She's the pink bear with the rainbow symbol. She is extremely overenthusiastic in everything she does. In The Giving Festival Movie, Cheer Bear became part of the official Care Team, along with Funshine Bear, Grumpy Bear and Share Bear.
- Ascended Extra: Became the leader of the Care Bears in Adventures in Care-a-Lot and Unlock the Magic.
- The Leader: In Adventures in Care-a-Lot and Unlock the Magic.
- Demoted to Extra: Was one of the most prominent Bears in the DIC cartoon, but when the Nelvana seasons began she had a much smaller role and didn't get as much to do. She got a larger role again in Adventures In Care-A-Lot as the leader of the Care Bears, but for Welcome to Care-A-Lot Tenderheart reclaimed the role and Cheer was demoted. She remained one of the major characters on the show, though. In Unlock the Magic, she was made the leader again and has a bigger role than before.
- The Ditz: Occasionally, like in the late '80s and in Welcome To Care-A-Lot.
- Genki Girl: Pretty much the only Care Bear who can match Funshine for sheer energy and optimism.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: With Grumpy Bear; she's the pink girl.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: Had a tomboyish attitude in "Adventures In Care A Lot", and had a ponytail to boot. Also wore a ponytail in "Care Bears Family", but was far from tomboyish.
Friend Bear
See Care Bears (1980s).
Grumpy Bear
Grumpy Bear is the embodiment of depression, cynicism, and general bad moods. He's the blue bear with the rain cloud symbol. He's fairly unique, in that he's the only Care Bear to represent a negative emotion. The idea is that when you're grumpy, he knows how you feel, so he can empathise instead of just telling you to cheer up. He's perfectly aware he's trapped in a Sugar Bowl and is not happy about it. In The Giving Festival Movie, Grumpy Bear became part of the official Care Team, along with Funshine Bear, Cheer Bear and Share Bear.
- Big Eater: It varies a little from incarnation to incarnation, but it's fairly consistent that Grumpy really likes food. The prospect of tasty snacks tends to cheer him up considerably, and if any of the Care Bears complains about being hungry, it's generally him. He even got a Running Gag subplot in The Care Bears: Adventure in Wonderland where he kept wanting to eat and never got to do it.
- Butt-Monkey: Had shades of this on early installments, but it was dropped later on due to trying to avert The Complainer Is Always Wrong stereotype with his kind of character. Of course, it does pop up sometimes in recent adaptations.
- Deadpan Snarker: One of his most prominent traits, and probably a major reason why he became such a popular character.
- Gadgeteer Genius: The most mechanically-inclined of the Care Bears in nearly all incarnations.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He grouches, grumbles, complains and isn't always the nicest of Bears. But he's still a Care Bear.
- Only Sane Man: A bit more down-to-earth compared to others who are comically optimistic.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: With Cheer Bear; he's the blue boy.
- Perpetual Frowner: He doesn’t smile that much, hence his name.
- Put on a Bus: Was infamously removed from all mainstream merchandise when the franchise was revived in the 00s. While many believed it was because Play Along didn't want two blue-colored bears and got rid of him in favor of Bed Time Bear, the truth is that he was actually spun off into his own line... which for some reason only consists of clothing that appears to be targeting goths. Thankfully, the mess was straightened out in time for the Adventures in Care-A-Lot revamp.
- The Smart Guy: Likes to build and fix stuff.
- Tsundere: He genuinely cares for the others. Not that he'll admit it.
Funshine Bear
Used to be a girl, was reinvented as a boy for the 2000 revival. They are basically Grumpy Bear's polar opposite, having a positive attitude regardless of anything. Sometimes has difficulty reigning in their sense of humor. They are the yellow bear with the sun symbol. In the male persona, he's also sort of the embodiment of outdoor sports. In The Giving Festival Movie, Funshine Bear became part of the official Care Team, along with Cheer Bear, Grumpy Bear and Share Bear. The CD Meet the Care Bears indicated that he was a master of mimicking sounds, but this was never really mentioned outside of this album.
- Era-Specific Personality: In the Play-Along era, he was the jokester of the group; this is dropped since the AiCaL incarnation where he is given a new "fun" personality of making up games and sports.
- Nice Guy: Has a sunny, affable personality.
- Genki Girl / Keet: Became the latter as of the 2000s, but still as energetic as always.
- Lovable Jock: It could be said that he is the replacement of Champ Bear in the recent installments.
- The Pollyanna: Even by the standards of the Care Bears. Most notable in the Star Comics series; in issue #3 a duo of villains are exposing the Forest of Feelings to a depression ray that turns everyone and everything blue and depressed. Cousins and Bears alike, as well as the Forest itself, lose all their energy and are too depressed to gather the strength to fight back. Funshine, however, is totally immune; even though the villains go so far to kidnap him and repeatedly expose him to the ray, he keeps joking and laughing and suggesting fun games to play until they admit defeat.
- Solar and Lunar: With Bedtime Bear. His belly badges is a smiling sun while Bedtime's is a sleeping crescent moon, this is also played with their personalities since Funshine is very energetic while Bedtime is very quiet.
- The Prankster: Not in every incarnation, but sometimes. The movie ''Journey to Joke-A-Lot" heavily features Funshine's fondness for pranks. He even sings a song about it, called "Make 'Em Laugh."
- Spirited Competitor: When he's male.
- Think Happy Thoughts: Funshine is an optimistic bear, this is basically his credo to do this when the chips are down.
Love-A-Lot Bear
See Care Bears (1980s).
Good Luck Bear
The Care Bear embodiment of good luck. The green bear with the shamrock symbol.
- Ascended Extra: Becames one of the main five bears in Unlock the Magic.
- Born Lucky: Duh.
- Demoted to Extra: Never really vanished from the series, but became more or less a background character after the introcuction of Oopsy, the bad luck bear. Even after Oopsy was Brother Chucked, Good Luck remained a minor character. This was then averted in Unlock the Magic, where he is a main character, likely because he's green like Oopsy, funnily enough.
- Winds of Destiny, Change!: Can give others good luck when they need it.
Wish Bear
A Care Bear whose duty it is to make people's wishes come true. She's the mint-colored bear with the shooting star symbol.
- Benevolent Genie: Desires to be this.
- Demoted to Extra: She got a Big Wish Movie all about her and then suffered a near-disappearance in Adventures in Care-a-Lot.
- Make a Wish: Her main shtick.
- Shrinking Violet: Quite shy at times.
- Unwanted Assistance: Doesn't always help.
Bedtime Bear
The embodiment of dreams and sleep. Bedtime Bear is the blue bear with the crescent moon symbol. Spends his days asleep, but at night, or when forced to wake up by a pressing situation, he demonstrates impressive competence. In the later series (Adventures and Welcome), he is a sort of overseer of sleep and dreams.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: Sleeps a lot, but he is pretty competent when he is awake.
- Demoted to Extra: After all but replacing Grumpy in the early 2000s, he's either completely absent from Welcome to Care-a-Lot, or at best in the background. He was seen in "Lazy Susan" and in "Over Bearing," he was seen acting as an overseer of Bedtime and visiting Wonderheart Bear just before she went to bed.
- Forced Sleep: In "Mayor for a Day", he demonstrates the ability to immediately force Frostbite to fall asleep.
- Lazy Bum: Bedtime is quite snoozy, due to being the embodiment of sleep.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: When awake.
- Sleepyhead: He loves his naps.
- Solar and Lunar: With Funshine Bear. His belly badges is a sleeping crescent moon while Funshine's is a smiling sun, this is also played with their personalities since Funshine is very energetic while Bedtime is very quiet.
Later Additions (1980s)
Champ Bear
A bear who was the embodiment of athletics and competition. He used to be tan with a plain heart symbol, but was later revamped into blue with a trophy symbol. He started out as an enthusiastic sports star, but was later re-purposed into more or less the Care Bear version of an asshole gym teacher. What little has been seen of him in Welcome to Care-a-Lot seems to re-cast him in the former role, though he also shares it with Funshine Bear, thus the minimal use of his character.
See Care Bears (1980s).
See Care Bears (1980s).
Share Bear
This Care Bear helps all of her friends to see the importance of sharing with and caring for others. Her tummy symbol originally had a milkshake with two straws, but it became two lollipops in 2002 because they didn't want kids sharing germs. She replaces Birthday Bear as part of the original "Core 10" to bring the gender ratio to a 50-50 split.
- And Knowing Is Half the Battle: She was used in most of the PSAs in some episodes "The Care Bears share a lesson in caring!"
- Green-Eyed Monster: She's surprisingly prone to jealousy in both Adventures in Care-a-Lot and Welcome to Care-a-Lot.
- It's All About Me: Ironically, this was a notable trait of hers in Adventures in Care-a-Lot and to a lesser extent in Welcome to Care-a-Lot. Apparently she's better at getting others to share things with her than she is at sharing with them.
- Nice Girl: Share is very selfless and friendly (well, most of the time).
- Tastes Like Friendship: Starts many a friendship like this. She does specialize in baking, too.
Secret Bear
Used to be a boy, but changed to a girl in later revivals. She is the only Care Bear that never speaks (at least not out loud), keeping everything to himself. If she has anything to say, she will either mime it or at most, whisper it in another bear’s ear. She is usually seen hanging out with Friend Bear, and she is the bear he mostly verbally communicates with through his whispering. He was originally orange and his symbol being a heart-shaped lock, but in revivals, he became a she, her fur color changed to hot pink and she can now openly talk.
- Big "YES!": Does this at the end of the first movie.
- Cute Mute: Never really says much, besides just whispering.
- Pantomime: How he communicates, which can only be understood by Friend Bear.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Usually got this role in the Nelvada cartoon, particularly the first movie.
- Silent Partner: To Friend Bear.
- The Voiceless: He NEVER says a word, he normally communicates with body language or just whispering.
- Suddenly Voiced: At the end of the movie, he lets out of a loud YEAH!
- Those Two Girls: Usually seen with Friend Bear in the 80s. In Welcome To Care-a-Lot, she is usually seen with Thanks-a-lot.
- The Unintelligible: Mostly talks in whispers.
Baby Hugs and Tugs
Toddler Care Bears - one is a pink girl with the star peeking out of a heart symbol, the other is a blue boy with a star carried in a blanket ala a stork baby. They either act exactly alike, or stereotypically according with their genders. In Welcome to Care-a-Lot, they are members of the "Cub Bouts" group and already have their belly badge powers, much to the dismay of Wonderheart Bear, who is older than them. Additionally, their belly badges were changed as follows - Tugs's is now a red heart inside a yellow star, while Hugs has a yellow star inside a pink heart.
- Badass Adorable: Despite being toddlers, they sometimes prove valuable teammates in action. They even have moments where they do the Care-Bear Stare.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Tugs, occasionally.
- Character Catchphrase: In the 1980s, Hugs would frequently say "Oh goody, goody, gosh!" when she gets very excited and happy.
- Kid-Appeal Character: In a series already aimed at very young children.
- Little Jimmy: The most they contribute to the series is to be told stories to and learn lessons from them.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Hugs is a Pink Girl; Tugs is a Blue Boy.
- Single-Minded Twins / Polar Opposite Twins: Ping-ponged back and forth on this, often.
- Tagalong Kid: The youngest of the Bears and they like hanging with them on missions (whether they help or not).
- Those Two Guys: Twins who are always together.
Grams Bear
See Care Bears (1980s).
True Heart Bear
See Care Bears (1980s).
Harmony Bear
Debuting in the original 1980s Care Bear franchise. She first existed as both a UK and Australian-exclusive toy in the mid-1980s, and has since been included in several international Care Bear-related media beginning with the second film in 1986.
- Deadpan Snarker: In Welcome to Care-a-lot and Care Bears & Cousins, she's frequently seen making sassy remarks at the other bears. Notably when she gets involved in another Bear's trouble or strange situations.
- Demoted to Extra: Along with Love-a-Lot, she doesn't appear much in Unlock the Magic, remaining a minor character.
- Drama Queen: In Welcome to Care-a-lot, she's prone to getting into drama with the other Care Bears and easily gets easily irritated.
- Furry Reminder: In Welcome to Care-a-lot, Harmony would frequently be seen swiping her paws (complete with a sharp sound effect) when she gets very angry or upset.
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple
- Idol Singer: She usually plays this role in Care-a-Lot.
Perfect and Polite Panda
See Care Bears (1980s).
Later Additions (2000s)
Too Loud Bear, Messy Bear and Me Bear
Voiced By: Tracey Hoyt (Me Bear), Ron Rubin (Messy Bear) and Stephen Ouimete (Too Loud Bear).This trio was seen only in Big Wish Movie. They decided to move into Care-a-Lot after Wish Bear wished for some friends to show up who liked wishing as much as she does. They abused the power of the wishing star Twinkers and generally made a mess of things, but redeemed themselves in the end. Messy Bear even agreed to become Neat Bear.
- Accidental Misnaming: Too Loud calls Wish Bear "Wish-a-Lot" and Twinkers many names like "Twiddles".
- Big Eater: Messy Bear loves food and wants Twinkers to give him piles of it.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: This group had the twin horrors of not only never being seen again, but also having a grand total of zero merchandise releases associated with them. This was most likely because almost immediately after this movie, the franchise was reimagined as Adventures in Care-a-Lot and the powers-that-be who were working on that decided these characters had no place there.
- Full-Name Basis: Me Bear is always called Me Bear because it's confusing for her to be just called "Me".
- It's All About Me: Literally with Me Bear, she even makes a whole amusement park centered around herself.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Me Bear is the mean one because she is self centered, Too Loud Bear is friendly but insensitive, and Messy Bear, while unsanitary, is the most passive.
- No Indoor Voice: Too Loud Bear, appropriate for his name speaks too loud and even has a megaphone as a tummy symbol.
- Obliviously Evil: These guys were basically Careless Bears, abusing Twinkers' powers and their personalities generally being unpleasant one way or another without realizing the true horrors of any damage they were causing. They get better.
- The Pig-Pen: In Messy Bear's name and nature. He causes trouble due to his lack of hygeine.
- Vanity Is Feminine: Me Bear is the only female and constantly looks in the mirror while wearing fancy outfits.
Oopsy Bear
The unluckiest Care Bear in history — not only is he the only Bear who lacks a tummy symbol (or "belly badge") and displays no magical powers at all, but he's also a walking disaster who can't walk three steps without falling down or accidentally breaking something. He's a light green bear with no tummy symbol, though he sometimes draws different (useless) tummy symbols on himself in magic marker, the most common of these being a shooting star with a small heart to the left of it. (And this is the one that always appears on him in merchandise releases.).
See Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot.
See Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot.
Wingnut
Later Additions (2010s)
Wonderheart Bear
A new female child character introduced in the CGI Welcome to Care-a-Lot series. She is described as artistic, curious and adventurous and lives with her uncle, Tenderheart Bear. Her belly badge is a set of hearts within hearts - light pink, yellow and dark pink, but she didn't know it exactly what it does, other than that it seems to have some sort of star / light beam effect. It was eventually revealed in the Care Bears and Cousins series to have the ability to gather Care Hearts and direct them to the Share Cloud. At first, she seemed to be a replacement for Tugs, of sorts, but without the accompanying Hugs, but it was later revealed that Hugs & Tugs are part of this series as well. She is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Little Wonder."
See Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot.
See Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot.
Great Giving Bear
Rainbow Heart Bear
The Care Bear Cousins (1985)
All cousins
A group of 10 (later 11 with the introduction of Noble Heart in 1986) colorful animals that live at The Forest of Feelings. Later retconned only in Care Bears Movie II where Noble Heart Horse and True Heart Bear are raising both the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins together. The Care Bears and Cousins are shown as babies and grew up with each other.
Their version of The Care Bear Stare is "Care Bear Cousins Call" and shot musical notes from their stomachs. Before they gained their tummy symbols, the "Care Bear Cousins Call" used to have them all making animals noises as seen in the 1985 movie. The Cousins were introduced in 1985
, in a series of Greetings Cards and books (similar to the Care Bears introduction in 1981). Their animation debut was in a series of Direct-To-Video stories of the "Care Bear Cousins Books" by Golden Book Video. Brave Heart Lion is the leader of The Cousins playing a similar role to Tenderheart.
- Animal Species Accent: Some of the Cousins would be given an accent based of the specific animal they are. While not all of them are like this, here are a few notable examples from the Cousins themselves.:
- In the 80s incarnation, Brave Heart would occasionally let out a "Growl" while his voice is notably deeper than the others Cousins. In the Golden Book Video series, he would occasionally make other lion or feline-like noises.
- In the DIC series, Proud Heart Cat frequently makes chirps and meows in almost every sentence. In both DIC and Nelvana incarnations, she enunciates her r's like the way cat's purr.
- Playful Heart's voice is high-pitched with his laughs sounding like noises monkeys would make when excited or playful.
- Gentle Heart always talks in a very shaky voice sounding like a sheep's bleat. She would sometimes be heard baaing.
- The Bus Came Back: Brave Heart Lion, Bright Heart Raccoon, Cozy Heart Penguin, and Lotsa Heart Elephant were the four cousins to step off the bus in Care Bears and Cousins.
- Demoted to Extra: Throughout the 1980s, the cousins were just as important as the Care Bears, while the cousins vanished from the franchise in the early 90s. They all managed to appear in the '00s revival, but only in supplemental material as background characters. Most notably in children's books such as "Giving Thanks" where the cousins are invited to a Thanksgiving dinner with the Care Bears hosted by Tenderheart.
- Put on a Bus: The cousins were shelved by the time the early 90s rolled around, those that weren't were converted into bears. There was an attempt to bring them back circa 2003-2005 with plushes going back into production (both by Play Along themselves and by third parties like Nanco) and was either sold in several stores- notably Hot Topic- as exclusives, or given away as carnival prizes, but received no advertising whatsoever. Then the plan was aborted midway in favor of redesigning all the bears for the 2005 AiCaL relaunch. These early 2000s cousins plushes are now collectors' items. A handful of the cousins finally returned in the 2015 Netflix exclusive spinoff Care Bears and Cousins.
- Un-person: During the '00s, the cousins were rarely acknowledge on anything Care Bears related including the official Care Bears website (except in Japan). There was an attempt to reintroduce the Care Bear Cousins between 2003-2005 but barely got any advertisement and attention to the general public.
Brave Heart Lion
- Boisterous Bruiser: Speaks with a loud sort of voice, and tough to match.
- Character Catchphrase: "CHAAAAARGE!!!" in the 1980s series.
- Does Not Like Spam: Care Bears: Adventure in Wonderland reveals that he strongly dislikes pickled beets. When lessening to Grumpy rapping about finally eating, he faints when Grumpy would eat pickled beets.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Egotistical, but quite caring towards his fellow Cousins and Bears.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Runs into danger at the drop of a hat.
- My God, What Have I Done?: In the 1980s series, after he loses his temper and yells at Baby Hugs and Tugs. He immediately regrets this after seeing the cubs crying. After Tenderheart kindly calls him out, Brave Heart responds by guiltily saying "I've lost my temper".
- No Indoor Voice: He is quite the boisterous one.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Prideful about how courageous he is.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Hogs the spotlight a lot, though Tropes Are Not Bad, it is proven in a usually positive light.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Had a fear of the dark for all of one episode. He dealt with it by episode's end.
Bright Heart Raccoon
- Bungling Inventor: His inventions have a tendency to malfunction.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Makes robots, machines or anything of the sort.
- Robot Buddy: He built one of these to be his sidekick.
- The Smart Guy: Brightheart has a bright, intelligent personality and enjoys building robots.
Cozy Heart Penguin
- Intelligible Unintelligible: In Care Bears And Cousins she only speaks in birdlike noises, but most of the characters still understand what she's saying.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Even compared to the other characters in the franchise. She's a penguin crossed with a Care Bear, for crying out loud!
- She's a Man in Japan: In the German dub of the DiC series, her gender inconsistently flips inbetween episodes; in at least three episodes, she's a male.
Lotsa Heart Elephant
- The Big Girl: Biggest one of the Bears and Cousins.
- Character Catchphrase: "And that's the truth!" in the Nelvana series.
- Cute Clumsy Girl: She accidentally causes damage when attempting to help.
- Expressive Ears: In Care Bears & Cousins, Lottie's elephant ears fold inwards towards her head when she's upset or bashful about something. If happy or excited, they expand all the way out or even perk back a bit.
- Gender Flip: Was male in the 80s series, but became female in revivals.
- Gentle Giant: Biggest of the Bears or Cousins, and is extremely kind.
- Nice Girl: Gentle, big-hearted, and good-natured.
- She's a Man in Japan: In the French European, German, Spanish European, and Dutch dubs of the DiC series, she's a male. (In the French version, the character is voiced by Roger Carel.)
- Unwanted Assistance: Of the "Oh dear god, she's running at me to help me!" type.
Loyal Heart Dog
- Dogs Are Dumb: Averted — he's quite intelligent. Pretended to play the trope straight in one comic story, though.
- Female Feline, Male Mutt: He's a Male Mutt; Proud Heart is a Female Feline.
- Nice Guy: He is loyal to all of his pals.
- The Voiceless: In the Nelvana series; he's the only one of the Cousins who never speaks. He speaks in both the DIC series and the comics, though.
- Undying Loyalty: Which was why he was called Loyal Heart.
Proud Heart Cat
- The Chew Toy: In the episodes she has a major role in, she is often being the victim of Playful Heart's tricks.
- Cool Cat: She is one of the Care Bear Cousins, and a cat.
- Cats Are Snarkers: Only in the Nelvana series, while in the DIC series and some of the Direct To Video adaptations of the 80s books (such as Golden Book Video), she's more kind and sweet.
- Female Feline, Male Mutt: With Loyal Heart.
- Neat Freak: Very much about keeping things neat and tidy, particularly herself.
- Pride: Duh.
- She's a Man in Japan: In the German dub of the DiC series, she's a male.
- Trrrilling Rrrs: Enunciates her r's.
- Verbal Tic: In the DIC series, she ends almost every sentence with a cat-like chirp, meow or high-pitched "Prrrrr."
Playful Heart Monkey
- The Hyena: And according to Braveheart, he laughs at almost everything.
- Keet
- The Prankster: Very fond of pranks and practical jokes.
Gentle Heart Lamb
- Animal Species Accent: She always speaks with a bleating pattern like a real sheep.
- Character Tic: In some appearances in animated media and books, Gentle Heart would sometimes be heard bleating.
- Girly Girl
- No-Sell: As seen in "Birthday Bear's Blues", her stare has zero effect on No Heart. This makes Gentle Heart the only member of The Care Bear Family who's Stare/Call doesn't work against antagonists.
Considering lambs are very weak, then this could explain why Gentle Heart is the weakest of the Cousins. Her stare is only effective if other Care Bears and Cousins use them together. - Shrinking Violet: Has tendencies towards this.
- Sweet Sheep: While she's very timid, Gentle Heart is the sweetest and kindest of the Cousins.
- The Quiet One: Due to her timid nature, Gentle Heart is notable for being the quietest member of the Care Bear Cousins. She's more vocal in the DIC series such as the episode "The Birthday" and "The Old Man And The Lighthouse".
- Gentle Heart also speaks in the Nelvana series, notably in the episode "Birthday Bear's Blues" where she's crying after getting trapped inside a maze and is close to getting killed or eaten by No Heart. She tries using the stare against him, but is the weakest of the cousins with No Heart showing no signs of slowing down.
- Verbal Tic: She often talks in a bleating tone of voice.
Swift Heart Rabbit
- Ambiguous Gender: Their gender has changed a lot throughout the years. Noticeably, a plushie released in 2003 had a description that didn’t include any pronouns, when the rest of the cousins’ descriptions in that line did include pronouns. Eventually, in 2023, merchandise of Swift Heart started using neutral pronouns for them.
- Bunnies for Cuteness: Pretty much a given, considering she's a Care Bear Cousin.
- Genki Girl / Keet: She's pretty energetic now matter what gender she is depending on the episode.
- Fragile Speedster: She's not that psychically strong, but is quick. But usually so fast that the "fragile" part ends up not mattering much.
- Motor Mouth: Comes with being a Genki Girl. Sometimes, at least when the writers remember.
- Super-Speed: Most thoroughly demonstrated in the first movie, but notable other times too.
Treat Heart Pig
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: She wears a light blue jacket and matching headband.
- Big Eater
Noble Heart Horse
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Along with Treat Heart, was not part of the 2003 relaunch of the toyline and has not been seen in any official material since then.
- Cool Horse: He's on the side of good.
- Furry Reminder: In his debut in the second movie, he would occasionally be heard neighing when frightening or shocked. Notably when he and True Heart encounters Dark Heart during the prologue and third act of the movie.
- Informed Species: He doesn't have a noticeable snout or hooves like with a real horse, so instead he looks more like a colorful skunk.
- Papa Wolf: To both the bears and cousins.
- Parental Substitute: For the other bears and Cousins.
- Real Men Wear Pink: He's a purple pony!
- Team Dad: Was one of the co-founders of Care A Lot, and took care of the rest of the Bears and Cousins when they were youngers.
