The Berenstain Bears/Characters

Since Stan and Jan Berenstain populated their books with Loads and Loads of Characters, it's natural that they'd get their own character sheet.

The Bear Family

Papa Bear

First appearance: The Big Honey Hunt

Tropes:

• Bumbling Dad: Sometimes, but he has been shown to be the voice of reason just as frequently.

Mama Bear

First appearance: The Big Honey Hunt

• Closer to Earth
• Deadpan Snarker
• Mama Bear

Small Bear / Brother Bear

The firstborn cub in the family. Originally named Small Bear in the earliest books, his name changed following Sister's birth.

First appearance: The Big Honey Hunt

• Big Brother Instinct
• Compressed Vice: And how!
• The Everyman

Sister Bear

First appearance: New Baby

• Annoying Younger Sibling: To brother in both the 1985 and 2003 series.
• Compressed Vice: Much like her brother, each book has them have this in order to go through An Aesop.

Honey Bear

First appearance: And Baby Makes Five

• Cousin Oliver

Lady

The family's seldom-seen pet dog. First appearance: The Trouble with Pets

Relatives

Gramps and Gran

First appearance: The Sitter

Tropes:

• Embarrassing First Name: Not really embarrassing, but in one of the Scouts books, Gramps' real name is revealed to be Ernest.
• Only Sane Man: Gramps showed this in the Scouts books. He would often be the only adult bear to see through Ralph's scams.

Freddy

Brother and Sister's cousin.

Other Cubs

Lizzy Bruin

Sister's best friend. First appearance: The Trouble with Friends

• Heterosexual Life Partners: With Sister Bear, naturally.

Queenie McBear

• Alpha Bitch: But she's a very mild example.

Too-Tall Grizzly

The local bully at Bear Country Elementary. Sometimes cons Brother into helping him with his pranks.

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold/Even Evil Has Standards: He had his moments.

Other Beartown Citizens

Mayor Horace J. Honeypot

Tropes:

• Porky Pig Pronunciation: He tends to get the fronts and backs of his words mixed up. (Example: "What beems to see the bubble - er, seems to be the trouble?")

Farmer Ben

The local farmer.

Raffish Ralph / Ralph Ripoff

A con artist who is Beartown's leading crook and swindler. Papa is his favorite sucker since he always falls for his scams. First appearances: "The Terrible Termite" (TV series), The Prize Pumpkin (books).

Tropes:

• Canon Foreigner: Originally appeared in the TV series and then made a cameo appearance in The Prize Pumpkin. Later became a recurring antagonist of the Scouts chapter books.
• Even Evil Has Standards: In one episode of the cartoon, he actually refused to assist McGreed in his scheme for that episode.
• Honest John's Dealership
• I Have Many Names: Possible reason for his name being different in the Scouts books.

Bigpaw

A giant bear who lives in a mountain cave outside of Beartown. As his name suggests, he is the series' Fictional Counterpart of Bigfoot.

Other Animals

Weasel McGreed

The leader of an underground pack of weasels who schemes to - you guessed it - take over the world Bear Country.

• Of Course!

Tropes:

• Bad Boss
• Canon Immigrant: Was first featured in the animated series and was then incorporated into the Scouts chapter books.
• Evil Overlord: Of Weaselworld.
• Hair-Trigger Temper
• Names to Run Away From Really Fast
• Peter Cullen
• Take Over Bear Country: "Lock, stock, and honeypot!"