Nev the bear
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| Nev | |
|---|---|
| Smile & Bear Behaving Badly character | |
| First appearance | 2002 |
| Last appearance | present |
| Created by | Darrall Macqueen Ltd |
| Portrayed by | Ross Mullan |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Neville |
| Species | Bear |
Nev (short for Neville) is a small, blue puppet bear that originally appeared in the CBBC television programme Smile. Since 2007, Nev has starred in his own CBBC show Bear Behaving Badly, alongside Barney Harwood.
Nev has patches in places on his body and is missing part of his ear. This is due to Bandit the cat, as seen in some episodes of Bear Behaving Badly, trying to eat him. The little bear often has trouble with pronunciation of certain words, he cannot sing but he can rap well. Nev likes ice cream, dressing up, sleeping in and his snuggly ducky duck duck. When scared or intimidated, he growls, just like a real bear would.
Originally on Smile, the voice of Nev was prerecorded with his limited vocabulary played in as appropriate. When Nev took on a more significant role in Smile, puppeteer Ross Mullan, who also stars in Bear Behaving Badly, was recruited to provide the voice live.
On December 28, 2007, Nev appeared on a puppet special of The Weakest Link hosted by Anne Robinson and broadcast on BBC One.
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[edit] Nev's quotes
- "Happy Eater" (instead of "Happy Easter")
- "Hello, Ian" (instead of "Halloween")
- "Chrissy-mussy" (Nev's version of "Christmas")
- "Love you, [NAME]"
- "Duckie!" or "Jam!"
- "No, no, no, no."
- "Tut, girls." or "tut, boys."
- "Three, two, one...Jibadeeha" or "Three, two, one...Jam" followed by "Go, go, go, go!"
- "I win!!" (expressed even though he hasn't won anything nor is there anything to win)
- "Bonjour"
- "Oh, la, la."
- "Confused"
- "Fwightened."
- "Can't scare me" or "Can't bathe me."
- "Oops" or "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear" or "Sorry, [NAME]"
- "Doggie"
- "Musley sun" (Nev's version of "Music Lesson", which he cannot pronounce)
- "Zibedeah"
- "Piggies"
- "BBBBBB!" (instead of "BB3B")
- "Rumble the crumble" (instead of "Rumble the Jumble")
- "No way Jose" (pronounced Ho-say)
- "Yeah yeah!"
- "Snuggly Ducky Duck Duck"
- "Double two, double two!" (when reading out the old Smile phone number)
- "Hungry"
[edit] Merchandise
In 2005, the Nev the Bear talking toy hit the shops. The large toy said a number of catchphrases including "Fwightened" and "No no no no". A complaint was made against the toy with regard to the word "Quick", by an individual who believed he had heard a similar sounding profanity instead.[1] A smaller version of the soft toy has since been released.
[edit] References
- ^ Teddy Swear. Daily Record (2 December 2007). Retrieved 4 January 2008
