Spoiled Sweet: She is very gentle and pampered but a little spoiled. However she is a big sweetheart with other people she encounters and meets. Especially towards My Melody, Flat, and Kuromi and My Melody's other friends and family. Good Parents: They maintain a good relationship with Mother Bear, and several episodes focus on one or both of them looking after Little Bear. In many a film and television show, our heroes will quite often find themselves cooped up in a cabin as a killer bear is just outside, trying to get in. Paddington Bear is very polite around people in London. But he's prone to causing some trouble (Mostly accidentally) when ever he goes somewhere or trying to help others. Saturday Night Live: According to Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken likes sketches with bear suits because "Bear suits are funny. And bears as well."

The Trope Codifier is the actual Teddy Bear, invented in 1902 in reference to an incident where Teddy Roosevelt refused to kill a bear that had been captured and tied up for him to "hunt." Another MLB team, the Minnesota Twins, has a bear mascot in T.C. Bear. He very much fits the Minnesota Nice stereotype, and loves giving "bear hugs". Graalok the Ash Bear from BIONICLE, who briefly terrorizes Takua and Jaller in Mask of Light. Bonus points for being a cyborg bear. Sometimes in the media, bears have been portrayed as fierce and intimidating, but that's not always the case. Some of the other portrayals paint bears in a more sympathetic light, sometimes even to the extent of being a Gentle Giant, and their big size certainly helps. Through such portrayals, they are not merely non-aggressive aversions or subversions to Bears Are Bad News, but they tend to show friendly interactions with humans or other sentient beings. Not that they can't be bad news if you, ahem, get funny with one.

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Cephalothorax: They have some body besides their head and limbs, but it's so small that their beards obscure it from the front.

The Sugar Bear (originally three Sugar Bears), the mascot from the Sugar Golden Crisp cereal boxes, though most ads tried to play him as a cool, jazzy-style character. All of the bears seen in the Little Bear series, as well as the Nelvana animated adaptation are gentle and kindhearted individuals. The title character himself is known for his innocent, imaginative, and childlike sense of wonder and imagination, while the rest of his family (his parents, grandparents, and uncle) are loving individuals. The Cat on the Dovrefell": The unnamed traveler owns a huge polar bear which is pretty tame and friendly... as long as you do not bother it. Incidentally, this same fear has also inspired great respect, as such, a great way to raise the credentials of any badass, villain, or Anti-Hero if you give them a bear. Especially as a mount, because there's nothing cooler than riding a bear... except maybe a robot bear or zombie bear, or a bear made of fire or ice... Macho Masochism: The first lesson of manliness is the Pain Hole. Even full Manotaurs can't stand more than a few seconds with their hand in the hole.Gahan Wilson's Harry, the Fat Bear Spy, who'd much rather go to the beach and eat macaroons than do espionage work. Commonality Connection: He's a huge fan of BABBA, the same girly pop band that made Dipper go on his quest for manliness. Upon bonding over this, Dipper can't find the will to hurt him. Art Evolution: While Mell's appearance hasn't changed very much, Mell had a V shaped mouth in older material before changed to a regular smile with her mouth looking more curved.

Real Men Wear Pink: They act manly, but some of the Manotaurs - including Chutzpah - liked wearing the cute sweaters Mabel knitted for them. On October 30, 2021, Sanrio and CHOCOLATE Inc, launched a project entirely focused on Kuromi called "KUROMIfy the World" in hopes to invite people to join her in creating "a world where everyone can aim to be the best they can ever be." alongside launching an official Kuromi Youtube channel . Special Kuromi posters and a statue of her has also been found in Shibuya City until November 13th, 2021 with Kuromi making her musical artist debut with the song "Greedy Greedy" . The Octonauts gives us their leader, Barnacles Bear. Though he has a gruff, intimidating exterior, Captain Barnacles is as kind and understanding as they get.Mother Bear is a warm-hearted homemaker who spends her days running the household, often while Father Bear is away at work, and often going along with Little Bear's silliness and adventures.