List of We Bare Bears characters
The American animated television series We Bare Bears features a cast created by Daniel Chong. The series focuses on Three Bears who try to navigate the human world and make friends. The Bears are the boisterous and adventurous Grizzly, the kind, yet nervous Panda and the quiet and mysterious Ice Bear. Despite their social ineptitude, they manage to meet a wide variety of characters, some of whom make recurring appearances on the show. Among these are the Korean American prodigy Chloe Park, the selfish and angry Nom Nom, the socially inept Bigfoot Charlie, the tough and determined Ranger Tabes accompanied with the adventurous and supportive Poppy Rangers; consisting of Diaz, Parker, Murphy, Nguyen, and Wallace.
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Grizzly
Grizzly is a grizzly bear. The oldest and the de facto leader of the Bears, Grizzly is a fun-loving bear who tends to get the others into wacky and uncharacteristic situations. Grizzly is paradoxically highly sociable yet socially inept. Despite this, he is constantly wanting to meet new people and tries to befriend everyone he comes across. As a baby, he was rescued by a team of firemen who prevented him from falling off a tree-top during a storm. Afterward, he was adopted by a studio and starred in a Canadian sitcom called Family Troubles of which he was the star and known for his catchphrase "That's not what I ordered!" The show added a new character named Cousin Lorenzo whom Grizzly immediately disliked. After winning in a race against him, Grizzly suddenly realized that his fake family never offered true happiness or love and decided to leave the show to search for a family of his own, turning down fame and fortune in the process. It seems that he was younger than in most baby bear episodes in the flashback pictures in "Burrito." It was mentioned by Ice Bear that Grizzly writes poems in English, as well as being a DJ and a beatboxer. He also created a series of cheesy homemade action movies with himself starring as Crowbar Jones. Despite Grizzly's desire to be loved by everyone, he still puts his brothers first and foremost and can't bear to be separated from them. He has a strange love-hate relationship with Nom Nom, whom he looks up to due to his popularity, yet acknowledges that he can be mean and sometimes untrustworthy. He is also notable for having a strong relationship with Ranger Tabes, who typically calls on him to assist her with the girl-scout team, the Poppy Rangers, most likely due to the fact that since he is a grizzly bear and in theory, it makes sense that he would know a lot about nature, though it has been shown that this is not the case. In the episode, "Bunnies," Grizzly is shown to be capable of speaking to other animals as most of them, who display self-awareness and occasional human behavior, aren't able to speak English.Panda
Panda is a giant panda. He is the middle brother and is nicknamed Pan-Pan by Grizzly. He is tender-hearted and easily becomes anxious or embarrassed. It is revealed in "Panda 2" that Panda once lived in a controlled panda enclosure near a fictionalized version of Shanghai, China. A stuffed panda plush doll was dropped into his enclosure by one of the staff who noticed his loneliness and Panda befriended it by giving it a personality, which is primarily Panda voicing his deeper inner thoughts through the doll. Panda used the doll as a method of convincing himself to look through a window on the wall of the observatory, something he has always been curious about but never attempted to actually see. After using the doll to prop himself up, he finds a television set and becomes entranced by the moving pictures, and Anime, which is most likely how Panda came to appreciate it later in his life. In an effort to show his "friend" the Television, Panda escapes the Habitat through a food chute but after being discovered he jumps out the window of the laboratory and hides in a bamboo delivery truck, which brings him into downtown Shanghai. Panda has a lot less self-confidence than his brothers. He is good with technology and uses that skill on online social media and dating sites, with which he finds little to no success. He is also the one who "falls in love" the most quickly. Often several times to court several human girls, most notably Lucy the produce girl who has platonic feelings for him. Panda also owns a security pillow in the form of Miki-chan, a pillow with a picture of an anime schoolgirl on it who he pretends to be his actual girlfriend. The pillow is part of Grizzly's giant pillow cave in "Hibernation". He is the most creative of the brothers, having written songs in "Everyone's Tube", and undoubtedly the "cutest" as settled in "Panda's Sneeze". Panda is an ovo-vegetarian and has severe allergies to peanuts and cats. It has been revealed that Panda likes Anime and enjoys other things related to Japanese culture. He can be seen eating Ramen in multiple episodes with his brothers, and in "Hibernation" he is seen eating a snack similar to Pocky. Panda also attends community college where he takes up a course in painting as revealed in "Panda's Art".Ice Bear
Ice Bear is a polar bear. He is the youngest of the Bears. Ice Bear is often rather stoic and rarely speaks. When he does, he speaks in a monotone voice and mostly in the third person and says his name first instead of “I”, “Me”, or “My” as shown in "The Audition". It is revealed in "Yuri and the Bear" that Ice Bear was raised by a Russian man named Yuri after his mother was suggested to have been killed by poachers. This is how he learned Russian, and because Yuri spoke exclusively in the third person, this is most likely how Ice Bear obtained the habit. He earned accommodation by doing chores, and Yuri taught him how to use the axe, cook, fix machinery, knit, play Uno with standard cards, as Ice ends up teaching Yuri calculus. He was cut adrift into the ocean when Yuri had to let him go to save him from the poachers, and the ice floated away from the mainland. He is multilingual, having been shown to speak Korean, French, Japanese and Russian fluently. Ice Bear also is able to speak to pigeons in the episode "Our Stuff." He is also a skilled chef, dancer, piano player, roboticist and engineer, charade player, poet, ice skater and a mixed martial artist. In "I Am Ice Bear", he suffers a head injury and is able to speak properly. Ice Bear is the most composed of the brothers, always maintaining an "ice-cool attitude" in even the most awkward and embarrassing of situations. As seen in "Losing Ice" and "Coffee Cave", his brothers often take him for granted and are unappreciative of all the cooking and cleaning he does, although they eventually realize the error of their ways. Ice Bear sleeps in the refrigerator with a fire axe which he can use with either hand. Of the Three Bears, he has the closest relationship with Chloe, almost acting as a quiet big brother to her.According to the episode "Road Trip", Ice Bear's height is 6'2".
Recurring
Chloe Park
Chloe Park is an 10-year-old girl of Korean descent who first met and befriended the Bears while attempting to study them. A child prodigy, she attends college but doesn't have many friends other than the bears and has a hard time relating to her much older classmates. In "My Clique," Chloe finally makes some friends with her college classmates, albeit with the help of the Bears. In the same episode, she is revealed to be bilingual. Chloe devotes most of her time to studying in the hopes of having a secure future and becomes stressed when it seems like she is on the verge of failing as evidenced in "The Library" and "Professor Lampwick". Despite fully knowing that the bears mean well, their antics sometimes stress her too. At one point she was nearly driven insane by the Bears when they got sick in the episode "Bear Flu" due to them asking for things. Nevertheless, she adores them and will often rely on them for help. She has shown to be involved in their misadventures such as in "The Demon" and "Road Trip". She also has an interesting connection with Ice Bear due to his quiet persona meshed with her more open personality as seen in "Chloe and Ice Bear". Of the Three Bears, she is most often seen with him.Nom Nom
Nom Nom is a misanthropic, self-centered koala and the main antagonist during the first two seasons, starting a slow redemption from the third season onward. He is a famous internet star, known for his cute videos. While he doesn't talk in any of his videos, Nom Nom often yells angrily towards everyone he comes in contact with, especially the Bears. Grizzly imposes him enough to talk to him and admits that he liked his video, but Nom Nom is very self-centered, more concerned with materialistic things, and lashes out at anyone who he doesn't like. In "Viral Video", Nom Nom says that he does not want any friends because he finds them unimportant and too loud, and proves his point by kicking Grizzly out of his limo. His temper is so short, he lashes out at anyone who even slightly annoys him.He has shown a more tolerant side. In "Anger Management", it's revealed that Grizzly's hugs genuinely calm him to the point of making him optimistic and friendly. In "Nom Nom's Entourage", he saves a picture of his time with the Bears and in "Kyle", opened his home to another koala who claimed to be his brother. In "Vacation", he finally admits that Grizzly is the closest thing to a friend he has. In "Crowbar Jones: Origins", though he still finds him a nuisance, Nom Nom is shown to be more tolerant of Grizzly.
Charlie
Charlie is a friendly yet misanthropic Bigfoot who wanders alone around the San Francisco woods until he meets the Bears in "Charlie," where they agree to let him live in their cave for a little while via a website called CaveShare. He is tall and has multiple joints across his body. While it is unknown how old he is, he is apparently more than a century old as he is shown living as far back as 1913 as seen in "El Oso". It is revealed that, due to his life of solitude, he is socially inept and doesn't know how to be a good friend. This results in him unintentionally causing havoc for the Bears whenever he hangs out with them. He is also constantly harassed by humans trying to get pictures of him, which results in him becoming afraid of them and of cameras. He has on more than one occasion befriended someone other than the Bears. In "El Oso", he made friends with the titular character and in "Rescue Ranger", and saves Ranger Tabes anonymously. In "Hurricane Hal", his actual home is shown to be a broken-down car while in "Christmas Parties" he hosts a party in a giant tree he decorates to be a Christmas tree. In the episode "Charlie Ball," we see that Charlie is extremely skilled at ball-handling and that his height makes him perfect for basketball. In "Charlie's Big Foot," Charlie is revealed to have blue-colored blood, and in "Bubble", it is revealed that his natural fur is actually gold colored making him look handsome and majestic. He also sees Panda as his best friend and usually tries to show off new discoveries and his "decor" to him over the other two. Besides Panda, he also is friends with a common snake as seen in "Charlie & The Snake".Ranger Tabes
Ranger Dana Tabes is a park ranger. She lives in a trailer-style mobile home located in the park where the Bears live. They first meet her in "Ranger Tabes" where she helps them locate a missing package. She is shown to be overly confident, persistent and even downright obsessive with wanting to help people. Her obsession is explored in "Creature Mysteries" where she tries to capture and prove Charlie's existence. In that same episode, it's revealed that her mother was also a park ranger and the one who inspired her to become one. Her obsession is also prominent in "Poppy Rangers" where she was willing to lead a team of girl scouts, called the Poppy Rangers, into the dangerous Howling Mountain Cave, against Grizzly's urging and despite the Poppies' efforts to get Tabes to reconsider. Despite her quirky personality, the Bears consider her one of their closest friends and are shown to be dependent on her as seen in "Ranger Norm". Out of the Three Bears, Tabes seems to be with Grizzly the most and usually has him around as an assistant to help in leading the Poppy Rangers. Based on how much she relies on him, they seem to have mutual respect for each for other. In "Ranger Games", it is revealed that she has a rival in the form of Ranger Zhao who leads her own group of girl scouts, called the Ivy Rangers. In "Bear Squad," Tabes is shown to possess deduction skills to the level of identifying animals and people by a limited amount of evidence. In the same episode, it is revealed that she is banned from doing any ranger work in the city. Over time, Tabes is shown to have calmed down a bit, though she still takes her job very seriously. She has even learned to be more surveillant with her duties and upon knowledge of Charlie's true existence has opted to watch and protect him from afar. By the end of "Rescue Ranger," she mildly becomes friends with Charlie and, like the Bears, decides to keep him a secret. Eventually, the two become good friends after he helps her finds her dog Kirk in "Tabes & Charlie."Lucy
Lucy is a friend to the Bears and runs a produce delivery service called Lucy's Produce. She first appears in "Panda's Date" where she saves Panda's life when he has an allergic reaction to peanut cookies, afterwards she takes an immediate liking to the Bears and their goofy personalities. Panda quickly develops a crush on her, but she seems to be unaware of his feelings. She finally returns in season 3 episode, "Lucy's Brother" where it is revealed that she delivers fruit to the Bears every Friday. In that same episode, she is shown to have a younger brother, named Clifford, whom she cares for and worries over immensely. She is also shown to be a terrible dancer, something which Panda was nervous telling her about. Despite being oblivious to Panda's feelings for her, the two share a mutual friendship. In "The Limo," Lucy begins dating Kale which upsets Panda, but he ultimately sees that her happiness is what matters.Poppy Rangers
The Poppy Rangers are the team of brave and adventurous, yet mischievous and happy-go-lucky young girl scouts that Ranger Tabes, and to a certain extent, Grizzly, lead in a variety of tasks and activities. Their ranks include Diaz, a "curious and witty" girl who aspires to be a biologist; Parker, a "quiet and confident" girl who aspires to be an aeronautical engineer; Murphy, a "cheerful and patient" girl who aspires to be a geologist; Nguyen, another "quiet and confident" girl who aspires to be a principal dancer, and Wallace, an eye-patch wearing "fearless and born leader" who aspires to be a park ranger, like Tabes. The five girls are childhood friends, having been together ever since their first interaction with each other during their earlier childhood, similar to the three bears, before being officialized as the Poppy Rangers. The girls unanimously trust Tabes' leadership and advice, but also adore the three bears, more especially Grizzly, whom they affectionately call "Bear Guy," even though they are well aware of his flaws, such as in "Lord of the Poppies," and even admit that he is terrible in leadership, as seen in "Ranger Games." In the former episode, their arch-rivals and villainous counterparts, the Ivy Rangers, as well as Wallace's younger sister, Chuck Wallace, are introduced to the show.Diaz
Diaz is a "curious and witty" southeast asian girl scout of Latina descent who is very amusing, outgoing, rational, intelligent, passionate in learning, and aspires to be a biologist. Being deeply curious as mentioned before, Diaz is also prone to asking too much questions, as when Grizz analyses the bats in the Howling Mountain Cave, Diaz asks that if the bats are from Central and South America in the episode, "Poppy Rangers." However, Diaz being the smartest of the Poppies does not mean that she is not even slightly naïve, as she reluctantly ate the poisonous berries from Grizz, causing Diaz to suffer brief nausea and end up vomiting upon the aftermath of eating those berries. Additionally, Diaz also likes seeking for a level of entertainment and fun, as she passionately has a pillow fight with her fellow Poppy Ranger, Murphy, to pass time and have fun during the Hurricane Hal. She is a member of the girl-scout Poppy Rangers. Diaz unanimously trusts Tabes' leadership and advice, but also adores the three bears, more especially Grizzly, whom she affectionately calls "Bear Guy" or "Mr. Bear Guy," even though she is well aware of his flaws, such as in "Lord of the Poppies," and even admit that he is terrible in leadership, as seen in "Ranger Games." Nonetheless, Diaz still shows high loyalty towards Grizz and wants to be his dearest friend no matter what, like the other Poppies, having the courage to tell Grizz that he will succeed in the end, no matter how much he fails.Parker
Parker is a "quiet and confident" African girl scout who is benevolent, paragonic and quite paranoid, having fear of the Howling Mountain Cave and cave salamanders, and aspires to be an aeronautical engineer. She is a member of the girl-scout Poppy Rangers. Parker unanimously trusts Tabes' leadership and advice, but also adores the three bears, more especially Grizzly, whom she affectionately calls "Bear Guy," even though she is well aware of his flaws, such as in "Lord of the Poppies," and even admit that he is terrible in leadership, as seen in "Ranger Games." Nonetheless, Parker still shows high loyalty towards Grizz and wants to be his most welcoming friend no matter what, like the other Poppies, having the courage to tell Grizz that he will succeed in the end, no matter how much he fails. Additionally, when Nguyen starts having a mental breakdown from too much starvation and despair by Grizz continuing to unintentionally fail his and the Poppies' mission to hunt for food, and when Grizz accidentally foils the Poppies' winning streak in the Peewee Ranger Games, Parker reassures Nguyen that it is "going to be okay," and tells Grizz that he will succeed in the end, respectively. Along with this, when Ranger Tabes gets insecure by calling herself a "terrible leader" upon the aftermath of getting stranded in the Howling Mountain Cave, Grizz and the Poppies reassure her, with Parker telling Tabes that she is the "coolest" in a fit of kindness, which further shows how faithful Parker is to the Poppies, Tabes and Grizz.Murphy
Murphy is a "cheerful and patient" south asian girl scout of Caucasian descent who is enthusiastic, fun-loving, somewhat naïve, typically aware of potential danger and has a pure heart, showing the least amount of grudge against Grizz's incompetence out of the Poppies, and aspires to be a geologist. She is a member of the girl-scout Poppy Rangers. Murphy unanimously trusts Tabes' leadership and advice, but also adores the three bears, more especially Grizzly, whom she affectionately calls "Bear Guy," even though she is well aware of his flaws, such as in "Lord of the Poppies," and even admit that he is terrible in leadership, as seen in "Ranger Games." Additionally, when she and the Poppies fall into insanity from too much starvation in "Lord of the Poppies," Murphy seems to have symptoms of pica, shown when she eats a tree branch and a wooden log, both of which are virtually inedible for humans. Nonetheless, Murphy still shows high loyalty towards Grizz and wants to be his most welcoming friend no matter what, like the other Poppies, having the courage to tell Grizz that she and the Poppies will "root for her no matter what" in a show of pure kindness. As mentioned before, Murphy seems to show the least amount of displeasure against Grizz's incompetence among the rest of the Poppies, with her most notable moment of doing so being where she dismisses Grizz due to his lack of skill in kickball to win the Peewee Ranger Games against the Ivy Rangers, stating that she and the Poppies "might have had a chance without Bear Guy," which she is immediately remorseful of afterwards.Nguyen
Nguyen is a vietnamese girl scout of Chinese descent who is another case of being "quiet and confident," alongside Parker. She is an experienced, kindhearted, somewhat paranoid and wise amazon that comes second in command of the Poppies, and aspires to be a principal dancer. She is a member of the girl-scout Poppy Rangers. Nguyen unanimously trusts Tabes' leadership and advice, but also adores the three bears, more especially Grizzly, whom she affectionately calls "Bear Guy," even though she is well aware of his flaws, such as in "Lord of the Poppies," and even admit that he is terrible in leadership, as seen in "Ranger Games." Additionally, Nguyen shows the least patience with Grizz's incompetence, outright lashing out at him for unintentionally messing up in hunting for food in "Lord of the Poppies." Nonetheless, Nguyen still shows high loyalty towards Grizz and wants to be his dearest friend no matter what, like the other Poppies. Furthermore, Nguyen cares for the safety of the Poppies, Grizz and Tabes, shown when she is reluctant on exploring the Howling Mountain Cave for the badges and reasons with Tabes out of it, and apprises Grizz that Wallace is flying her kite outside in the Hurricane Hal, prompting her, Grizz and the Poppies to save her from the hurricane.Wallace
Wallace is an eye-patch wearing "fearless and born leader" who is an american tomboyish girl of Caucasian descent that is strong-willed, adventurous, determined, selfless, benevolent, yet somewhat misguided, evident by her flying her "Mighty Eagle" kite in the Hurricane Hal without signs of awareness and apprehension, and aspires to be a park ranger, like Tabes. It is unknown whether Wallace has only injured her eye or lost it, but she seems to shrug it off, only stating that she has "no regrets" and that "it was worth it" for the badge relative to it. Wallace serves as the leader of the Poppy Rangers, but her maturity is quite mediocre for being such a dedicated model leader. Wallace unanimously trusts Tabes' leadership and advice, but also adores the three bears, more especially Grizzly, whom she affectionately calls "Bear Guy," even though she is well aware of his flaws, such as in "Lord of the Poppies," and even admit that he is terrible in leadership, as seen in "Ranger Games." In the latter episode, Wallace's younger sister, Chuck Wallace, is introduced. Additionally, Wallace is the most aware of Grizz's incompetence, revising the flashbacks of how Grizz unintentionally caused bonfires while working to attain the other Poppy Badges through unknown means, repeatedly saying that "he didn't do it." Nonetheless, Wallace still shows high loyalty towards Grizz and wants to be his dearest friend no matter what, like the other Poppies. Of the five Poppies, Wallace seems to be the closest one to Grizz and Tabes in terms of relationship.Minor
Pigeon Cartel
The Pigeon Cartel is composed of pigeons who are actually an underground illegal trading ring. They are the closest thing to arch-enemies the Bears have and first appeared in "Our Stuff". They stole the Bears' items, which included Grizzly's wallet, Panda's cell phone and Ice Bear's ninja stars, along with a wide variety of other expensive and important items around the city. The Bears unintentionally landed in their hideout where the cartel or at least a subgroup of them were arrested. In "Pigeons", they are revealed to have a member in their ranks named Brenda whom Grizzly ends up befriending. Brenda actually tricks Grizzly into helping her free her gang from prison, or rather the pigeon coup inside the prison, she ultimately has a change of heart due to Grizzly's kindness.Chloe's Family
Richard Park is Chloe's father. He was initially reserved about Chloe hanging out with the Bears, but warms up to their presence in "Slumber Party". He is bilingual.Winifred Park is Chloe's mother. She is very supportive of Chloe's friendship with the Bears as evidenced when she makes sandwiches for them in "Chloe and Ice Bear". She is bilingual.Jon Park is Chloe's cousin. He appeared in "Christmas Parties" where is shown to be rather cocky and doesn't get along with Chloe very well. He has a habit of pranking her every chance he gets and always gets away with it.Farmer
Farmer is Nom Nom's personal bodyguard. He was initially known as Bodyguard #1 due to his primary task of protecting Nom Nom who in turn didn't think much of him. However, this all changed in the episode "Kyle" where it is shown that Farmer genuinely cares for Nom Nom's security when he suspected that the titular koala was trying to scam Nom Nom. After rescuing his employer, Nom Nom became more aware of him and asked for his real name, calling him Farmer from that point on.Rangers
Kirk O’Brian is a dog that Tabes was given as a Christmas present by the Bears in "Christmas Parties." In "Lunch with Tabes," he is shown to be rather clever and mischievous. In "Tabes & Charlie," he is revealed to have fathered three pups with a wolf.Ranger Martinez is Tabes' partner. He has been a park ranger since Tabes was a child and was initially her mother's partner. In his old age, he is always prone to sleep and is shown to be rather laid-back. He is also very friendly with the Bears.Ranger Zhao is Tabes' arch-rival. She is an egotistical and unsportsmanlike park ranger who holds no value for anyone and even other park rangers other than herself and her fellow team of girl scouts, the Ivy Rangers, even showing quite an xenophobic attitude toward Grizz in "Ranger Games" by mockingly laughing at him for being Tabes and the Poppy Rangers' "secret weapon," and declining Grizz being a player of the Peewee Ranger Games due to being a bear, regardless if he is a ranger. She is also very prone to anger and intolerant to failure, shown by her saying that he is "looking forward to her team's fourth consecutive victory" and when she furiously vows to win against Tabes and the Poppies next year after losing to them for the first time in the Peewee Ranger Games, and what makes this even more clear is that Zhao will push anyone in her way, even if unnecessary, like Martinez.- The Ivy Rangers are the arch-rivals of the Poppy Rangers. These girl scouts are spoiled and narcissistic, yet intimidating and oppressive juvenile delinquents, in contrast to the Poppy Rangers. The six girls have been the bullies of the Poppy Rangers ever since their first interaction with them during their earlier childhood, and the girls were even bullies to everyone around them before being officialized as the Ivy Rangers. The girls unanimously trust Zhao's leadership and are very loyal to each other, similar to the Poppy Rangers' loyalty to each other. The girls are infamous for their dominance over the Peewee Ranger Games, and they are very intolerant to failure and prone to anger, and will harm anyone that gets in their way, such as when one of the Ivy Rangers tackled Wallace without remorse in "Ranger Games," and the girls are mastered in trickery, shown when one of the Ivy Rangers distracted Grizz by saying that they thought "bears were too busy licking honey to play kickball" in the same episode.