Care Bears
| Fandom | |
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| Name: | Care Bears |
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| Creator: | American Greetings |
| Date(s): | 1981-present |
| Medium: | TV, films, toys, cards, merchandise |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| External Links: | Official Site, wikipedia care bears by mofuwa (2010) |
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The Care Bears are a set of greeting card characters, toy line, animated series and movies which originated in the 1980s. Fanworks frequently include custom characters.
Care Bears characters are animals, mostly bears, that have different magical powers related to the symbols on their tummies. They use their wholesome, heartwarming powers to teach children the importance of cooperation, being nice to your siblings, and other 'afterschool special' concepts.
All of this innocence and wholesomeness makes the Care Bears an irresistible target for childhood-destroying, trauma-inducing parodies and fanworks. The most notorious example is probably Slave Bear of Care-A-Lot, written for Yuletide 2005.
Other fanworks are more canon-compliant.
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Shipping
Christy/Dark Heart from the second movie is somewhat popular, many fans having shipped it in their childhoods.
Fanfiction
- 232 stories at FanFiction.net
- 2 stories at the Yuletide archive
- 28 works at Archive of Our Own