The Little Flying Bears (Croatian: Leteći medvjedići) is an animated television series produced by Zagreb Film and CinéGroupe. It was a Croatian/Canadian co-production which originally aired in 1990.
This cartoon helps children realize the importance of protecting the environment. The series shows the harmful effects of pollution and fires, as well as the important role of the ecosystem.
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- Beary Funny: the flying bears
- Cool Old Guy: Plato
- Ensemble Darkhorse: Skulk, the Big Bad of the series.
- Wicked Weasel: Skulk.
- Gang of Critters
- Go-Karting with Bowser: In one episode, the bears, Sammy and Skulk celebrate a birthday together.
- Green Aesop
- Ho Yay / Ho Yay Shipping: Skulk X Sammy. Seriously, if any fanfics existed of this obscure show about 50% of them would be about those two getting romantic with each other. In the closing credits scene, Skulk is shown KISSING Sammy on the helmet.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Skulk has a real soft side to him, actually.
- Laughably Evil: Many villains in the series count.
- Minion with an F In Evil: Sammy
- Needs More Love
- Not So Harmless: Sammy, on the rare moments when he does get angry.
- Periphery Demographic: Furries, particularly European and Canadian ones.
- Those Two Bad Guys: Skulk and Sammy