"The Care Bears" (1985) TV series 1985-1988

Writers:

Eleanor Burian-Mohr (writer)
Jack Hanrahan (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

27 August 1986 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot Keywords:

Anthropomorphic Star | Care Bears | Based On Toy | Good Versus Evil | Famous Opening Theme

Cast

John Stocker	...	Mr. Beastly / ... (5 episodes, 1986-1988)
Melleny Brown	...	Cheer Bear (4 episodes, 1986-1988)
Chris Wiggins	...	No Heart (4 episodes, 1986-1988)
Bob Dermer	...	Grumpy Bear (3 episodes, 1986-1988)
Dan Hennessey	...	Brave Heart Lion / ... (3 episodes, 1986-1988)
Jim Henshaw	...	Tenderheart Bear (3 episodes, 1986-1988)
Billie Mae Richards	...	Tenderheart Bear (2 episodes, 1985-1988)
Luba Goy	...	Lotsa Heart Elephant (2 episodes, 1986-1988)
Susan Roman	...	Champ Bear (2 episodes, 1986-1988)
Angella Kaye	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes, 1986)

Also Known As:

The Care Bears Family (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

USA:30 min | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-G (1985-1996) | USA:TV-Y | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre

Company:

DiC Enterprises

Quotes:

Baby Tugs: I don't feel very good.
Baby Hugs: Eww! You sound yucky!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fred Claus (2007)

Charming, enchanting and sadly....seemingly lost

The Care Bears seem to mean different things to different people, some hate them with a passion that is almost holy while others, like myself can look back at them and see the warm fuzzy memories of childhood. There are doubtlessly other variations between those two extremes, those just happen to be the two examples I've run across.

I have always loved the Care Bears, like so many of the cartoons of the eighties, the combined good animation (well at least good for the day), that has held up relatively well over the years, with interesting storylines that don't feature the violence and sheer stupidity that so many 'kids shows' do today. Even when the 'new care bears' was released (and it wasn't quite as good) Care Bears continued to actually teach kids something about life through it's cute little half-hour episodes...can you really say that about Barney and Friends or Teletubbies? Please.

Some of the episodes are still out on video, do yourself a favour and pick one up...a walk down memory lane never really hurt anyone.