Talk:List of Care Bear characters/Archive 1

Archive 1

Nmesakes check

After having noticed that Friend Bear existed (about a webcomic unrelated to care bears, up for AfD and will hopefully be redirected here), I decided to check for other namesakes. The good news is that their good names are all safe, with only a handful of redirects to care bears! I don't think it's worth redirecting all of the names, so I didn't do that. LinaMishima 16:28, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Tone

This article reads like an ad for American Greetings rather than, say, an encyclopedia article. The tone is a bit creepy at times, too; the America Cares Bear is in the same tone as all the rest, but ends up coming off as very creepy to me due to the nationalistic message being combined with very simple, flowery, childish language. Titanium Dragon 08:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I've been looking at it, and I think that the best remedy for the poor tone is to redesign this into a table format, listing name, color, symbol, and other character attributes. This keeps us away from the flowery language, and keeps it as NPOV as possible. Thoughts? SchuminWeb (Talk) 06:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't think that's a good idea. They're characters in a fictional world, and you can't encapsulate their encyclopedic qualities in a table.--Prosfilaes 13:02, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

What's wrong with the so-called "flowery" language? Seems appopriate for the Care Bears universe to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Estil (talk • contribs)

Not in the formal tone required of an encyclopedia entry. SchuminWeb (Talk) 15:06, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

The flowery language is not good. This does need a lot of work. It may be the language of "Care Bear Land", but it is not good for Wikipedia. Telling what the character does is one thing. Telling what the character's symobol is is one thing. Telling people what the bear reminds you of is another. Not good for a Wiki. Share the information... not the emotion. SadanYagci 18:05, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Is this kind of tone right for this article?

I redid the "original ten Care Bears" section to try to make it sound more like an encyclopedia article should. Is this about what they're looking for?76.177.174.82 13:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I also redid the rest of the article. BTW, the individual who changed Funshine Bear's name to Sunshine Bear; please don't. Funshine is the correct spelling. Finally, there's some 2000s era Care Bears I don't have genders for; can someone help me with those?76.177.174.82 13:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

America Cares Bear?

What a subtle propaganda :) But honestly, I think the paragraf about this bear is rather based on a POV. My knowledge about these bears is very very limited though, and thus I don't find myself qualified to edit it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.225.27.124 (talk • contribs)

What's POV about it? It's written in the same bouncy, overblown manner as the rest of the bears' descriptions, but it basically just states what America Cares Bear believes. I don't see anything here that needs rewritten, that doesn't need rewritten in the whole article, and I'd hate to see just this one bear rewritten for political reasons and the writing style clash with the rest of the article.--Prosfilaes 14:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't see any POV in the description, though I believe it's of earlier vintage than 2004. As Prosfilaes said, it's the same flowery description as all the rest of the bears. Perhaps we need to "stare" at all of them, but right now, it's fine by me. SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:26, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I'll admit that it might be much more POV in it than the other (I actually didn't read any of the others before). And I agree, writing only in a objective manner would definately seem strange - so therefore I would actually suggest that someone rewrote all of the description in the standard encyclopedic way. 85.225.27.124 22:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

The desciption is just like the tag that comes with her, so I don't see anything wrong with the description. Though why is it that half of the Ebayers who sell America Cares Bear want to call her a boy? :P

It seems to me that the description of this bear doesn't need to go into this: "Her red, white, and blue shooting-star tummy symbol reminds America to lift up their red, white and blue by caring for those around them, and making their country, as well as the world, a better place." Just removing that would fix this issue easily. This same type of description is not mentioned about other bears and doesn't seem to be needed here. SadanYagci 01:36, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

The whole article needs a total rewrite, and that bit of flowery text is DEFINITELY going to go. SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:53, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

What a very strange bear... the Care Bears don't live in America, they live in Care-A-Lot! ;) --Candy-Panda 03:01, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Share Bear

Share Bear helps others to learn about sharing the things they have. She shows that, through her symbol, sharing is caring. Originally, Share Bear's symbol was a heart-sprinkled sundae with two straws. In 2004, it was changed to two heart-shaped lollipops, on the grounds that sharing milkshakes can spread germs, according to present-day distributors Play Along Toys. She is lavender in color.

Oh my god! What has the world come to??? Since when is sharing a milkshake politically incorrect? Share Bear was my favourite bear, I loved her milkshake symbol, it was so cute and sweet, I hated it when they changed it to two lollipops. America has just gone TOO FAR! --Candy-Panda 02:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it was anything involving PCness, they just didn't want to promote the spreading of germs. Besides, isn't sharing a milkshake with two straws a 1950s thing? Anyway, I personally think the two heart-shaped lollipops are cute. And if you think changing Share Bear's tummy symbol was bad, wait until you read the article on the new Oopsy Bear Does It! movie. They're changing the tummy symbols to belly badges!?!?!76.177.174.82 02:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Wish Bear

Is it a he or a she? Someone please make the appropriate correction! Modor 07:46, 29 December 2006 (UTC)Modor

It's a She. It's clearly stated in the official handbook published by Scholastic (ISBN: 0439664020). RAM (talk) 01:40, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Funshine Bear

Was Funshine originally meant to be a girl? The official handbooks and all credible sources establishes it as a He, but a particular book I picked up from a used book store a few weeks ago implies it's a she! The book in question is "10 Little Care Bears", ISBN# 0394860888, puiblished by Random House, dated 1983. RAM (talk) 01:46, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Nvm, just noticed something in the article that wasn't there before.RAM (talk) 08:22, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

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Personally I think they shouldnt share a milkshake or soda because they have more calories. Since kids are carrying more weight these days, mostly because of inactivity, why not share carrot sticks. According to their rationale sharing a kiss must be a thing of the past too. ma at mastoyshop —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.113.15.104 (talk) 22:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC) BetacommandBot (talk) 07:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Care Bear Cousins

The Care Bear Cousins section of this article is currently an exact copy of the List of Care Bear Cousins article (minus 3 lines of lede). The list seems to fit well in this article alone so I suggest we merge the two articles. If not then I suggest we greatly reduce the Care Bear cousins subsection here. -Thibbs (talk) 14:05, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

This might be a good idea. In german version care bears and their cousins are merged together so i think it's better this way.

I say yes to a common character list. Saviour1981 (talk) 14:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Perfect and Polite

I've heard that the pandas were actually cousins. 67.188.172.165 17:47, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

They're listed in both this page and the cousins page. Shouldn't there only be one entry? RAM (talk) 01:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I think they are cousins even Pandas are bears though. Don't forget: they are boy AND girl (don't know who's what) Saviour1981 (talk) 14:02, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

We have a MAJOR problem with vandalism with this article

Seriously, don't people have anything better to do with their lives than vandalize this article??? It's getting to where it needs a lock. PS: America Cares Bear is my favorite Care Bear--she's not really in that Adventures in Care-a-lot cartoon. If so, then which episode is she in? 75.81.204.244 (talk) 06:04, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Belated comment. Well, I've just blocked a vandal who was persistently removing whole sections from the article without providing any explanations. But to be honest if someone was to do the same with an edit summary referring to unreferenced trivia, I think that might actually be a good thing. The article has been tagged as needing additional citations for verification for four and a half years now. "Laugh-a-Lot Bear (2004) turns her worst mistakes into the best jokes and her contagious laughter can even make Grumpy Bear laugh." Where does this sort of (rude word redacted) come from?

In short, this article needs a severe clean-up and some decent referencing. And to return to the section topic: without references to verify what is true, how can anyone even tell whether most of the edits are vandalism or not?  —SMALLJIM  00:09, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Comments

TV appearances

Well this article is a hot mess isn't it. I'm starting the huge tidy up job by removing filler information on the appearances of carebears in individual episodes, it's not necessary and should be in a list of carebear episodes,movies whatever, not the list of Carebear Characters. Trying to keep the info basic and verifiable to start. CareBearCleanUp (talk) 19:34, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi. There is also another Care Bear whose name is I love you bear. Although this bear is not seen in the movies or cartoon, the toy was created. It was only handed out at a Charity event if I am correctly informed. Thanks for consideration. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.160.52.111 (talk • contribs) July 17, 2006.

Fake Edits

Some fake Care Bears that do not exist were added to the list of bears from the 2000's. They were removed for obviously being non-existant characters that had a release year of 2009 which is also fradulent. Brightheart86 (talk) 01:39, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

What gender are these Care Bears?

These are the only Care Bears in the article that don't have their gender; can someone fix that please: Heartsong Bear, Play-a-Lot Bear, Work of Heart Bear76.177.174.82 10:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)