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The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on greeting cards. The original artwork for the cards was painted by artist Elena Kucharik. In 1983, Kenner took the characters and made the first in a line of very succesful teddy bears based of the Care Bears. Over 40 million units were sold between 1983 and 1987.
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For the new 2007 TV series, five of the Care Bears were chosen to be the main characters of the show. As seen on the Care Bears website, they are Share Bear, Cheer Bear, Funshine Bear, Grumpy Bear, and the new bear introduced in the movie, Oopsy Bear. However, the other Care Bears still make appearances in the series. The unofficial role of leader of the bears, as of the new series, was transferred from Tenderheart Bear to Cheer Bear, although it could be possible that the role was transferred to Champ Bear for a brief period prior to being retransferred to Cheer Bear in The Big Wish Movie as he presided over all the meetings. The cousins were not relaunched in the 2007 series.
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American Greetings, best known for its greeting cards and brands such as Strawberry Shortcake and the Care Bears, has added another aspect to its business. The company announced Friday that it bought a large stake in the private, Los Angeles-based entertainment production and marketing company Hatchery LLC.
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In Latin America, the Care Bears are referred to as "Los Ositos Cariñositos," or sometimes just "Los Cariñositos" from "ositos" (literally "little bears") and "cariño" (a non-romantic love, affection). In Argentina, they are called "Los Ositos Cariñosos" and ... "Cariñositos" (a play of words joining "Ositos" and "Cariñosos"). The "Care Bear Stare" was renamed as "Cariñositos, con amor" ("Care Bears, with love" or "Bears, let's Love"). Several different Latin American Spanish dubs of the Care Bears exist, as the movies and the TV series were dubbed in many countries by different cast members throughout the years. The movies were dubbed in Mexico; the first half of the Nelvana series was dubbed in Chile; the second half was dubbed in Venezuela, and a new dubbed version, broadcast on the Latin American version of Cartoon Network's Boomerang channel was later dubbed in Colombia.
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The Care Bears live in a country high in the clouds, where they have a lot of fun together. But they ... do care for the human children on Earth, who they watch through huge telescopes from the sky, and come to help whenever there is need. Nikolas, a magician's apprentice, is in danger of getting under the influence of a bad spirit, which resides in an ancient spell book. The siblings Kim and Jason don't trust anyone anymore after being disappointed once too often. The Care Bears take them into their wonderland where they experience exciting and dangerous adventures together and quickly become good friends.
After the last Care Bears were removed from the shelves, Good Night Bear threw off his sleepy persona and took up with a militant member of the Aryan Nation. He met Carla at a rally in Miss'sippi when they were both high on methamphetamine. In a fiery passion fueled by their mutual hate for the blacks and the Jews, they consummated their relationship while Achey Breaky Heart blared from his Iroc Z's stereo. Of this cursed union, White Power Bear was born. White Power Bear, having already spent three years in the juvenile correctional system for stabbing an Ethiopian cab driver, looks forward to the day when he can finally get that Swastika tattooed on his back.
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