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The Buddy Bears (namely Billy, Bobby, and Bertie) are a trio of singing bears and occasional antagonists in Garfield and Friends. In "Roy Gets Sacked", they are shown to have a sister named Betty.
Physical appearances[]
They are three brown bears who wear barbershop-style hats, blue bow ties, and white shirts with the letter B on them. Billy is short, Bobby is tall, and Bertie is fat.
Personalities[]
The Buddy Bears preach sweetness, friendship, and harmony. They are known on television for their educational and harmonizing content. Despite this, they usually shun freethinking and individuality, claiming that "if you disagree, then you're just a troublemaker" (alternatively, "if you disagree, then you're in the wrong on things"); to that end, they are shown to be very sadistic such as dropping a 16-ton safe and other heavy objects on anyone who disagrees with the group. Garfield often tells them that their "message" is wrong and that it is okay to think for oneself, although they never listen to him—at least at first. Their television show once replaced Binky the Clown's, and Roy Rooster sometimes becomes the fall guy for their routines (in this case, the person who thinks for himself). The only known time in Garfield and Friends they fought with each other is when Garfield tricked them into arguing about pizza toppings.
Roles[]
The bears have their own TV show called "The Buddy Bears Show", which is apparently an educational program for children. Despite their intentions, both the messages and the way they are distributed are hypocritical at best and downright threatening at worst.
Appearances[]
Garfield and Friends[]
Season 3[]
- "Binky Gets Cancelled Again!"
- "Return of the Buddy Bears"
- "Five Minute Warning"
- "Mistakes Will Happen" (cameo)
Season 4[]
- "Big Bad Buddy Bird"
- "Learning Lessons"
- "The Multiple Choice Cartoon" (cameo)
- "The Automated, Animated Adventure" (cameo)
Season 5[]
- "Odie the Amazing" (cameo)
- "Renewed Terror" (cameo)
- "The Garfield Opera"
- "Ghost of a Chance" (cameo)
- "Roy Gets Sacked"
Season 6[]
- "What's It All About, Wade?" (mentioned)
- "Stairway to Stardom" (picture cameo)
- "Fine Feathered Funny Man" (mentioned)
Season 7[]
- "Top Ten"
- "Kiddie Korner" (alluded to on Aloysius' dartboard)
- "The Farmyard Feline Philosopher" (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- The Buddy Bears are a spoof of cartoon shows such The Get Along Gang and The Care Bears. Such shows focused on pro-social values and life lessons, including sweetness, harmony, friendship, and groupthink morality.
- The U.S. Acres segments from earlier seasons focused on similar values, before gradually switching to slapstick comedy. "Big Bad Buddy Bird", part of the fourth season premiere, and which guest-starred The Buddy Bears, mocked the idea.
- In contrast to the Buddy Bears, neither the Care Bears nor the Get Along Gang seem to have a problem with being different and having unique abilities and interests of their own. They also condone making decisions, taking perspectives, and thinking for themselves, as well as embracing diversity, independence, and having a certain favorite thing to like or want.
- In later episodes, it is shown that they take their promises literally (e.g. dropping two 16-ton safes on Roy after promising not to drop a 16-ton safe on him).
- After the fifth season, The Buddy Bears are absent from the show, aside from being mentioned in a few episodes. Their only actual appearance after the fifth season was in "Top Ten". That episode is also one of the few episodes where they have a silent role.
- In "The Garfield Opera", they identify as William, Robert and Bertram, the longer versions of their actual respective names.
- While the group had numerous speaking voices, their singing voices were provided solely by Thom Huge.
- Garfield seems to hate The Buddy Bears more than Binky. In "Binky Gets Cancelled Again!", Garfield helps Binky to get his show back after being replaced by The Buddy Bears.
- The Buddy Bears are the only recurring animal characters in the Garfield segments who move their mouths when they talk, with the rest being one-offs.
- When they speak in the Garfield cartoons, they are voiced by Lorenzo Music, Gregg Berger and Thom Huge. In the U.S. Acres cartoons, they are voiced by Gregg Berger, Thom Huge and Howard Morris.