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'''The Care Bears''' was a Canadian-produced television series based on the best-selling toy line, the Care Bears. Episodes of the series ran between 1985 and 1988 on various networks and syndication.
The prolific animation company, DiC Entertainment, produced the first 22 syndication-ready episodes from September 1985 on through 1986.
Then, starting on September 13, 1986, Canadian animation giants Nelvana, who had made the first two movies in 1985 and early 1986, took over with a much more successful spin-off, ''The Care Bears Family Storybook'', which ran on ABC's Saturday-morning line-up until January 23, 1988. The show continued hence through network and syndicated reruns until 1990.
That same year, Disney Channel picked it up for its morning schedule and ran it thus for the next few years until circa 1997. In April 1998, its sister station, Toon Disney, re-ran the Nelvana episodes up until September 1, 2002.
The Care Bears live in a faraway place up in the clouds called , which constitutes a part of the Kingdom of Caring. With the help of the Cousins and their Buddies, they go all around the world on Missions in Caring whilst Professor Coldheart, No Heart and the rest try to thwart their plans.
★ The 'Care Bears' and 'Care Bear Cousins'
★ The villains: Professor Coldheart, his assistant 'Frostbite' and partner 'Auntie Freeze' (DiC episodes), Wizard 'No Heart', his assistant, 'Beastly', and his niece, 'Shrieky'
★ 'Baby Hugs' shadow', from the episode "A Day Without Tugs".
★ 'The Swamp Monster' from the episode entitled "The Camp Out".
★ 'Sally' and 'Sarah', the two feuding twins from the "Lost at Sea" episode.
★ 'Charles', a rich boy seen in "Birthday Bear's Blues".
★ 'Alvin', a child whom Grumpy Bear helps in "Grumpy's Three Wishes".
# The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (April 1983) (syndication)
# The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine (April 1984) (syndication)
:''All episodes are from 1985 and are 15 minutes long.''
#Care-a-lot's Birthday1
#Grumpy's Three Wishes1
#The Great Race1
#Home Sweet Homeless1
#Lost at Sea (15 min)2
#The Sleeping Giant (15 min)2
#The Big Star Round-up2
#The Camp Out (15 min)2
#I, Robot Heart (15 min)2
#Bravest of the Brave2
#The Long-Lost Care Bears7
#Birthday Bear's Blues7
#Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise
#Order on the Court (15 min)
#The All-Powerful Mr. Beastly (15 min)7
#The Cloud of Uncaring9
#The Wrath of Shreeky
#Bright Heart's Bad Day (15 min)
#The Magic Lamp (15 min)4
#Desert Gold (15 min)7
#The Gift of Caring (15 min)7
#The Two Princesses (15 min)9
#The Cloud Monster (15 min)6
#Grumpy the Clumsy (15 min)
#The Purple Chariot (15 min)
#The Caring Crystals (15 min)4
#The Best Way to Make New Friends (15 min)9
#Care Bear Town Parade3
#Hearts at Sea8
#No Business Like Snow Business6
#The Factory of Uncaring
#The Lost Gift (15 min)4
#Lots-a-Heart's Wish (15 min)4
#The Showdown9
#Caring for Spring6
#The Turnabout (15 min)7
#Cheer of the Jungle (15 min)
#Beautiful Dreamer - The Show Must Go On (15 min)9
#The Care Bears Carneys (15 min)3
#The Pirate Treasure (15 min)4
#Grin and Bear It (15 min)7
#The Perils of the Pyramid (15 min)4
#Bedtime for Care-a-lot (15 min)4
#The Fountain of Youth (15 min)
#Treat Heart Baba and the Two Thieves (15 min)5
#Doctor Brightenstein's Monster (15 min)5
#The Care Fair Scare (15 min)3
#The Mystery of the Phantom (15 min)5
#Under the Bigtop (15 min)3
#The Most Ancient Gift (15 min)5
#Ski Trouble (15 min)6
#The Care Bear Exercise Show (15 min)
#The Care-a-lot Games (15 min)3
#Grams' Cooking Corner (15 min)
#The Care Bears Book of Facts and Fables (15 min)
#The Thing That Came to Stay (15 min)8
#The Space Bubbles (15 min)
#Cheer Bear's Chance (15 min)8
#A Hungry Little Guy (15 min)8
#King of the Moon (15 min)
#On Duty (15 min)
#Secret of the Box (15 min)4
#The Frozen Forest (15 min)6
#Grumpy's Little Friend (15 min)9
#One Million C.B. (15 min)5
#Tugs the Brave (15 min)5
#Coconut Crazy (15 min)
#Bad Luck Friday (15 min)5
#Food Frolics (15 min)5
#It's Raining, It's Boring (15 min)6
#A Day Without Tugs (15 min)8
#The Fabulous Safety Game (15 min)8
#A Rhyme In Time (15 min)8
#Songfellow Strum and his Magic Train (15 min)3
#Music Video (15 min)3
#Care Bears Nutcracker Suite (November 5, 1988 - Disney Channel; also aired as a three-parter)
''(All DiC episodes have been released by UAV. The entire series from Nelvana is not yet complete; numbers after each episode [see above] are given as a guide to what can found on each collection.)''
★ ''Bedtime Stories'' (BS)
★ ''The Last Laugh'' (LL)
★ ''Care Bears to the Rescue'' (R)
★ ''Daydreams'' (DD) (includes episode Last Laugh mislabeled as The Show Must Go On)
★ ''Celebration'' (C)
★ ''Forever Friends'' (FF)
★ ''Fun In The Sun'' (FS)
★ ''Starry Skies'' (SS)
★ ''Dreamland'' (D)
★ ''Tenderheart Tales'' (TT)
★ ''Land of Enchantment'' (LE)
★ ''Adventures in Care-A-Lot'' (February 17, 2004) (1)
★ ''Kingdom of Caring'' (February 17, 2004) (2)
★ ''Festival of Fun'' (February 1, 2005) (3)
★ ''Magical Adventures'' (February 1, 2005) (4)
★ ''Bears Share a Scare'' (July 12, 2005) (5)
★ ''Season of Caring'' (July 12, 2005) (6)
★ ''The Gift Of Caring'' (March 28, 2006) (7)
★ ''Hearts at Sea'' (July 11, 2006) (8)
★ ''Friends Forever'' (March 6, 2007) (9)
★ ''Fitness Fun'' (July 31, 2007) (10)
★ ''#101 - A Care Bear's look at Food Facts and Fables - The Thing that came to Stay''
★ ''#105 - The Care Bears Exercise Show - Cheer Of the Jungle''
★ ''#106 - Care-A-Lot's Birthday''
★ ''#107 - The Wrath of Shreeky''
★ ''#108 - Bedtime For Care-A-Lot - The Cloud Monster''
★ ''#112 - The Great Race''
★ ''#113 - Lotsa Heart's Wish - Order on the Court''
★ ''#117 - The Long Lost Care Bears''
★ ''#118 - Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise''
★ ''#121 - Ski Trouble - Under The Big-Top''
★ ''#125 - King of the Moon - On Duty''
★ Produced by: Jean Chalopin, Andy Heyward
★ Directed by: James A. Simon
★ Director of Animation: Hideo Nishimaki
★ Creative Supervisor: Jean Chalopin
★ Script Supervisor: Lori Crawford
★ Story Editors: Sandy Fries, Jack Olesker
★ Assisted by: Francis Moss
★ Writers: Eleanor Burian-Mohr, Randal Case, Howard R. Cohen, Matt Geller, Jack Hanrahan, Don Hart, Shelly Karol, Francis Moss, Jack Olesker, Bruce Reisman
★ Voice Directors: Marsha Goodman, Dan Hennessey
★ Assisted by: Jennifer Goldie
★ Storyboard Artists: Byron Vaughn, Paul Terry, Alvaro Arce, Mike Swanigan, Chris Jenkyns, Leslie Margolin, Gordon Harris, H. Hack, Bud Lewis, Kurt Conner, Jacob Gutregez, Jim Schull, Brad Rader
★ Character Designers: Doug McCarthy, Rachel Brenner, Judie Martin, Richard Moore
★ Background Designers: Enzo Baldi, Ricardo Abrines
★ Background Rendering: Kathy Yelsa, Laura Lizak, Tom Woolridge, Richard Chavez, Terry Robinson, Christo Vasilev
★ Associate Producers: Susan C. Rodgers, Jack Spillum
★ Production Assistants: Sangbum Kim, Tomoyuki Hirate, Toshiya Agata, Kazuko Yamamoto
★ Animation Production Managers: Shigeru Akagawa, Hiroshi Toita
★ Animation Production Coordinators: Mitsuya Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Takei, Kimiko Monden
★ Music Supervisor: Marty Wereski
★ Music by: Shuki Levy, Haim Saban
★ Main Title Music by: Bob Chimbel, Merry Loomis
★ Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
★ Sound Mixer: Yoshikazu Awa
★ Sound Effects & Music Selected by: Fizz Sound Creation Co. Ltd.
★ Executives in Charge of Production: Carole MacGillvray, Paul S. Pressler, David Gillies
★ Production Supervisor: Kevin O'Donnell
★ Executive Producers: Jean Chalopin, Andy Heyward, Tetsuo Katayama
★ Producers: Michael Hirsch, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
★ A Neil B.Saul Presentation
★ Supervising Producer: Lenora Hume
★ Line Producer: Peter Hudecki
★ Coordinating Producer: Heather Walker
★ Creative Consultants: Jack Chojnacki, Harvey Levin
★ Story Editor: John De Klein
★ Directed by: Joseph Sherman, Laura Shepherd
★ Casting: Arlene Berman
★ Assisting Voice & Casting: Collene Ferguson
★ Voice Directors: Debra Toffan, Dan Hennessey
★ Character Development Directed by: Ralph Shaffer, Linda Edwards, Tom Schneider
★ Production Supervisors: Richard Pimm, Dale Cox
★ Production Manager: Steve Chadwick
★ Unit Managers: Alexis Wallrich, David Aliman
★ Additional Production Facilities: Hanho Heung Up Company Ltd, Wang Film Production Co. Ltd, Snaghai Animation Film Studio
★ Storyboard Director: John Van Bruggen
★ Art Directors: Kim Cleary, Carol Bradbury
★ Posing Supervisors: Shane Doyle, Scott Glynn, Gary Hurst, Paul Riley
★ Care Bears Countdown Written and Performed by: John Sebastian
★ Score by: Tom Szczesniak, Ray Parker, Jim Morgan, Acrobat Music, Patricia Cullen
★ Post Production Supervisor: Rob Kirkpatrick
★ Post Production Manager: Gregor Hutchison
★ Picture Editor: Scott Labarge
★ Dialogue Editor: Sheila Murray
★ Sound Effects Editor: Mac Holyoke
★ Music Editor: Stephen Hudecki
★ Produced in association with: Global Television Network
★ Produced with the Participation of: Telefilm Canada
★ A Nelvana Release
★
★
★ List of DiC/Nelvana Care Bears episodes (without summaries)
★ List of Care Bears episodes (with summaries)
★ Episode guide at Treehouse TV
★ 1986 series opening at Google Video
'''The Care Bears''' was a Canadian-produced television series based on the best-selling toy line, the Care Bears. Episodes of the series ran between 1985 and 1988 on various networks and syndication.
Airing history
The prolific animation company, DiC Entertainment, produced the first 22 syndication-ready episodes from September 1985 on through 1986.
Then, starting on September 13, 1986, Canadian animation giants Nelvana, who had made the first two movies in 1985 and early 1986, took over with a much more successful spin-off, ''The Care Bears Family Storybook'', which ran on ABC's Saturday-morning line-up until January 23, 1988. The show continued hence through network and syndicated reruns until 1990.
That same year, Disney Channel picked it up for its morning schedule and ran it thus for the next few years until circa 1997. In April 1998, its sister station, Toon Disney, re-ran the Nelvana episodes up until September 1, 2002.
Synopsis
The Care Bears live in a faraway place up in the clouds called , which constitutes a part of the Kingdom of Caring. With the help of the Cousins and their Buddies, they go all around the world on Missions in Caring whilst Professor Coldheart, No Heart and the rest try to thwart their plans.
Characters
★ The 'Care Bears' and 'Care Bear Cousins'
★ The villains: Professor Coldheart, his assistant 'Frostbite' and partner 'Auntie Freeze' (DiC episodes), Wizard 'No Heart', his assistant, 'Beastly', and his niece, 'Shrieky'
★ 'Baby Hugs' shadow', from the episode "A Day Without Tugs".
★ 'The Swamp Monster' from the episode entitled "The Camp Out".
★ 'Sally' and 'Sarah', the two feuding twins from the "Lost at Sea" episode.
★ 'Charles', a rich boy seen in "Birthday Bear's Blues".
★ 'Alvin', a child whom Grumpy Bear helps in "Grumpy's Three Wishes".
List of Care Bears episodes
The Atkinson Film-Arts specials
# The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (April 1983) (syndication)
# The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine (April 1984) (syndication)
The DiC episodes - syndication
:''All episodes are from 1985 and are 15 minutes long.''
| Ep. # | Episodes | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camp R | September 14 |
| 2 | Birthday C, BS | |
| 3 | Braces TT, R | September 21 |
| 4 | Split Decision FS, R | |
| 5 | Lucky Charm TT, BS | September 28 |
| 6 | Soap Box Derby FS, LL | |
| 7 | The Last Laugh C, DD, LL | October 5 |
| 8 | The Show Must Go On FS, LL | |
| 9 | The Forest of Misfortune LE, LL | October 12 |
| 10 | Magic Mirror D, R | |
| 11 | Daydreams D, DD | October 19 |
| 12 | Runaway LE, DD | |
| 13 | Mayor for a Day D, LL | October 26 |
| 14 | The Night the Stars Went Out SS, BS | |
| 15 | The Magic Shop TT, BS | November 2 |
| 16 | Concrete Rain LE, LL | |
| 17 | Dry Spell SS, R | November 9 |
| 18 | Drab City FF, BS | |
| 19 | Wedding Bells C, R | November 16 |
| 20 | The Old Man and the Lighthouse FF, DD, BS | |
| 21 | The Cloud Worm SS, BS | November 23 |
| 22 | The Girl Who Cried Wolf FF, LL |
The Nelvana episodes - ABC
#Care-a-lot's Birthday1
#Grumpy's Three Wishes1
#The Great Race1
#Home Sweet Homeless1
#Lost at Sea (15 min)2
#The Sleeping Giant (15 min)2
#The Big Star Round-up2
#The Camp Out (15 min)2
#I, Robot Heart (15 min)2
#Bravest of the Brave2
#The Long-Lost Care Bears7
#Birthday Bear's Blues7
#Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise
#Order on the Court (15 min)
#The All-Powerful Mr. Beastly (15 min)7
#The Cloud of Uncaring9
#The Wrath of Shreeky
#Bright Heart's Bad Day (15 min)
#The Magic Lamp (15 min)4
#Desert Gold (15 min)7
#The Gift of Caring (15 min)7
#The Two Princesses (15 min)9
#The Cloud Monster (15 min)6
#Grumpy the Clumsy (15 min)
#The Purple Chariot (15 min)
#The Caring Crystals (15 min)4
#The Best Way to Make New Friends (15 min)9
#Care Bear Town Parade3
#Hearts at Sea8
#No Business Like Snow Business6
#The Factory of Uncaring
#The Lost Gift (15 min)4
#Lots-a-Heart's Wish (15 min)4
#The Showdown9
#Caring for Spring6
#The Turnabout (15 min)7
#Cheer of the Jungle (15 min)
#Beautiful Dreamer - The Show Must Go On (15 min)9
#The Care Bears Carneys (15 min)3
#The Pirate Treasure (15 min)4
#Grin and Bear It (15 min)7
#The Perils of the Pyramid (15 min)4
#Bedtime for Care-a-lot (15 min)4
#The Fountain of Youth (15 min)
#Treat Heart Baba and the Two Thieves (15 min)5
#Doctor Brightenstein's Monster (15 min)5
#The Care Fair Scare (15 min)3
#The Mystery of the Phantom (15 min)5
#Under the Bigtop (15 min)3
#The Most Ancient Gift (15 min)5
#Ski Trouble (15 min)6
#The Care Bear Exercise Show (15 min)
#The Care-a-lot Games (15 min)3
#Grams' Cooking Corner (15 min)
#The Care Bears Book of Facts and Fables (15 min)
#The Thing That Came to Stay (15 min)8
#The Space Bubbles (15 min)
#Cheer Bear's Chance (15 min)8
#A Hungry Little Guy (15 min)8
#King of the Moon (15 min)
#On Duty (15 min)
#Secret of the Box (15 min)4
#The Frozen Forest (15 min)6
#Grumpy's Little Friend (15 min)9
#One Million C.B. (15 min)5
#Tugs the Brave (15 min)5
#Coconut Crazy (15 min)
#Bad Luck Friday (15 min)5
#Food Frolics (15 min)5
#It's Raining, It's Boring (15 min)6
#A Day Without Tugs (15 min)8
#The Fabulous Safety Game (15 min)8
#A Rhyme In Time (15 min)8
#Songfellow Strum and his Magic Train (15 min)3
#Music Video (15 min)3
#Care Bears Nutcracker Suite (November 5, 1988 - Disney Channel; also aired as a three-parter)
DVD releases
''(All DiC episodes have been released by UAV. The entire series from Nelvana is not yet complete; numbers after each episode [see above] are given as a guide to what can found on each collection.)''
The DiC episodes - UAV
★ ''Bedtime Stories'' (BS)
★ ''The Last Laugh'' (LL)
★ ''Care Bears to the Rescue'' (R)
★ ''Daydreams'' (DD) (includes episode Last Laugh mislabeled as The Show Must Go On)
★ ''Celebration'' (C)
★ ''Forever Friends'' (FF)
★ ''Fun In The Sun'' (FS)
★ ''Starry Skies'' (SS)
★ ''Dreamland'' (D)
★ ''Tenderheart Tales'' (TT)
★ ''Land of Enchantment'' (LE)
The Nelvana episodes - Lions Gate/FHE
★ ''Adventures in Care-A-Lot'' (February 17, 2004) (1)
★ ''Kingdom of Caring'' (February 17, 2004) (2)
★ ''Festival of Fun'' (February 1, 2005) (3)
★ ''Magical Adventures'' (February 1, 2005) (4)
★ ''Bears Share a Scare'' (July 12, 2005) (5)
★ ''Season of Caring'' (July 12, 2005) (6)
★ ''The Gift Of Caring'' (March 28, 2006) (7)
★ ''Hearts at Sea'' (July 11, 2006) (8)
★ ''Friends Forever'' (March 6, 2007) (9)
★ ''Fitness Fun'' (July 31, 2007) (10)
Nelvana DVDs Included with Toys
★ ''#101 - A Care Bear's look at Food Facts and Fables - The Thing that came to Stay''
★ ''#105 - The Care Bears Exercise Show - Cheer Of the Jungle''
★ ''#106 - Care-A-Lot's Birthday''
★ ''#107 - The Wrath of Shreeky''
★ ''#108 - Bedtime For Care-A-Lot - The Cloud Monster''
★ ''#112 - The Great Race''
★ ''#113 - Lotsa Heart's Wish - Order on the Court''
★ ''#117 - The Long Lost Care Bears''
★ ''#118 - Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise''
★ ''#121 - Ski Trouble - Under The Big-Top''
★ ''#125 - King of the Moon - On Duty''
Credits
DiC Version
★ Produced by: Jean Chalopin, Andy Heyward
★ Directed by: James A. Simon
★ Director of Animation: Hideo Nishimaki
★ Creative Supervisor: Jean Chalopin
★ Script Supervisor: Lori Crawford
★ Story Editors: Sandy Fries, Jack Olesker
★ Assisted by: Francis Moss
★ Writers: Eleanor Burian-Mohr, Randal Case, Howard R. Cohen, Matt Geller, Jack Hanrahan, Don Hart, Shelly Karol, Francis Moss, Jack Olesker, Bruce Reisman
★ Voice Directors: Marsha Goodman, Dan Hennessey
★ Assisted by: Jennifer Goldie
★ Storyboard Artists: Byron Vaughn, Paul Terry, Alvaro Arce, Mike Swanigan, Chris Jenkyns, Leslie Margolin, Gordon Harris, H. Hack, Bud Lewis, Kurt Conner, Jacob Gutregez, Jim Schull, Brad Rader
★ Character Designers: Doug McCarthy, Rachel Brenner, Judie Martin, Richard Moore
★ Background Designers: Enzo Baldi, Ricardo Abrines
★ Background Rendering: Kathy Yelsa, Laura Lizak, Tom Woolridge, Richard Chavez, Terry Robinson, Christo Vasilev
★ Associate Producers: Susan C. Rodgers, Jack Spillum
★ Production Assistants: Sangbum Kim, Tomoyuki Hirate, Toshiya Agata, Kazuko Yamamoto
★ Animation Production Managers: Shigeru Akagawa, Hiroshi Toita
★ Animation Production Coordinators: Mitsuya Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Takei, Kimiko Monden
★ Music Supervisor: Marty Wereski
★ Music by: Shuki Levy, Haim Saban
★ Main Title Music by: Bob Chimbel, Merry Loomis
★ Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
★ Sound Mixer: Yoshikazu Awa
★ Sound Effects & Music Selected by: Fizz Sound Creation Co. Ltd.
★ Executives in Charge of Production: Carole MacGillvray, Paul S. Pressler, David Gillies
★ Production Supervisor: Kevin O'Donnell
★ Executive Producers: Jean Chalopin, Andy Heyward, Tetsuo Katayama
Nelvana Version
★ Producers: Michael Hirsch, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
★ A Neil B.Saul Presentation
★ Supervising Producer: Lenora Hume
★ Line Producer: Peter Hudecki
★ Coordinating Producer: Heather Walker
★ Creative Consultants: Jack Chojnacki, Harvey Levin
★ Story Editor: John De Klein
★ Directed by: Joseph Sherman, Laura Shepherd
★ Casting: Arlene Berman
★ Assisting Voice & Casting: Collene Ferguson
★ Voice Directors: Debra Toffan, Dan Hennessey
★ Character Development Directed by: Ralph Shaffer, Linda Edwards, Tom Schneider
★ Production Supervisors: Richard Pimm, Dale Cox
★ Production Manager: Steve Chadwick
★ Unit Managers: Alexis Wallrich, David Aliman
★ Additional Production Facilities: Hanho Heung Up Company Ltd, Wang Film Production Co. Ltd, Snaghai Animation Film Studio
★ Storyboard Director: John Van Bruggen
★ Art Directors: Kim Cleary, Carol Bradbury
★ Posing Supervisors: Shane Doyle, Scott Glynn, Gary Hurst, Paul Riley
★ Care Bears Countdown Written and Performed by: John Sebastian
★ Score by: Tom Szczesniak, Ray Parker, Jim Morgan, Acrobat Music, Patricia Cullen
★ Post Production Supervisor: Rob Kirkpatrick
★ Post Production Manager: Gregor Hutchison
★ Picture Editor: Scott Labarge
★ Dialogue Editor: Sheila Murray
★ Sound Effects Editor: Mac Holyoke
★ Music Editor: Stephen Hudecki
★ Produced in association with: Global Television Network
★ Produced with the Participation of: Telefilm Canada
★ A Nelvana Release
External links
★
★
★ List of DiC/Nelvana Care Bears episodes (without summaries)
★ List of Care Bears episodes (with summaries)
★ Episode guide at Treehouse TV
★ 1986 series opening at Google Video
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