The original Care Bears television series, based on the American Greetings franchise of the same name, first aired in the U.S. and Canada between 1985 and 1988 (with two specials broadcast prior to the regular run). Episodes aired on ABC in the U.S., on Global in Canada, and in syndication.
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In 1983, Atkinson Film-Arts of Ottawa produced the first two Care Bears specials.[1]:57–60
| # | Title | Original air date |
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| Sp #1 | "The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings" | April 22, 1983 (Los Angeles, California)[1]:58 |
| Sp #2 | "The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine" | April 6, 1984 (Los Angeles, California)[1]:57 |
DIC Entertainment produced an 11-episode series,[2] which aired in 1985.[3]
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| 1 | 1 | "Camp / Birthday" | September 14, 1985 |
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Camp: During summertime, the children are preparing for camp along with their coach and the Care Bears join in. They have been told to sleep in tents, but they never understand. He tells a scary story about a flying phantom, which scares them away. The two boys are making a plan to make a totem pole in a different way, no matter what they think. Birthday: Matt and Eddie are not very pleased when his mother announces that they will have a sister named Lisa. They plan to wreck the place until the Care Bear Family arrives. |
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| 2 | 2 | "Braces / Split Decision" | September 21, 1985 |
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Braces: Joey feels embarrassed about having braces after a checkup at the dentist. The Care Bears try to make him feel better, but it doesn't work. Split Decision: Carl, a boy with eyeglasses, is teased by bullies but supported by a girl named Mary. As the Care Bears descend, they decide to be on his side and help him win. |
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| 3 | 3 | "Lucky Charm / Soap Box Derby" | September 28, 1985 |
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Lucky Charm: Proud Heart Cat is so upset that her garden is about to be ruined. She and the other Care Bear Family members see that an unlucky girl named Mildred Jacobs (also known as "Milly" and "Jinx Jacobs") is so worried about being late for school. Soap Box Derby: Bedtime Bear manages to pull the cloudy blanket off the telescope's lens, so the Care Bears can see the view more easily. Hearing the boys brag about making a car, a couple of girls with pigtails, who are often teased, build a car out of a crate and decorate it with the help of the Care Bears. This makes the boys threaten to cheat. |
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| 4 | 4 | "The Last Laugh / The Show Must Go On" | October 5, 1985 |
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The Last Laugh: Cheer Bear is so depressed that she loses her "cheer" trying to cheer Grumpy Bear up because of his severe grump. When the other Care Bears and the Care Bear Cousins notice this, they try to cheer both of them up by making a comedy show called "Laugh Night". It has no effect on him, but it makes her feel better for a few tries and they leave the show. Swift Heart Rabbit convinces her that when anyone cares, nobody gives up, so in her final try, she makes Grumpy Bear feel better by giving him heart-shaped flowers which then helps him smile and make the clouds whiter. The Show Must Go On: Patty Johnson, who is dressed up as a ballerina with fairy wings on her back, is so excited to perform in the show, but she cannot do it without her dad who should be sitting in his seat. While the Care Bears are trying to cheer her up, the Care Bear Cousins help him cancel the work he is doing and they manage to fire the Cousin Call to make the boss feel nicer. |
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| 5 | 5 | "The Forest of Misfortune / Magic Mirror" | October 12, 1985 |
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The Forest of Misfortune: The Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins are having a great time in the Forest of Feelings. The fun is spoiled when Professor Coldheart and Frostbite plan to freeze this place, but trying not to harm the Care Bear Family, they send the fortune telling machine into the forest. When they try it out, Love-a-lot Bear reads the fortunes that tell them something good. She also reads one that comes from a bottle. Bedtime Bear warns the other Care Bears and the Care Bear Cousins that the forest is almost frozen and they all save it and Treat Heart Pig as well by using their beams, which cause Professor Coldheart and Frostbite to leave. Magic Mirror: A frightened girl named Lisa, who is in bed, thinks there are monsters coming in the room. The Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins must convince her that there are none. |
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| 6 | 6 | "Daydreams / Runaway" | October 19, 1985 |
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Daydream: The Care Bear Cousins visit Melanie, who likes to daydream. Runaway: The Care Bears try to convince Cora that running away from home is not the right thing (after a discuss with her mother), while Professor Coldheart, makes a new plan to get rid of the Forest of Feelings. |
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| 7 | 7 | "Mayor for a Day / The Night the Stars Went Out" | October 26, 1985 |
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Mayor for a Day: It is a special day for the children to decide who is the mayor. Professor Coldheart wants to be mayor of the earth so with Frostbite, he misleads the kids into voting for him which is not right. The Care Bears have the chance to stop him with the Power to Care. The Night the Stars Went Out: It is a glorious night for the Care Bears to look at the stars in Care-a-Lot. As Wish Bear is trying to make a wish, one of the talking stars is stolen along with the others by a cloud with a violin player inside. |
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| 8 | 8 | "The Magic Shop / Concrete Rain" | November 2, 1985 |
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The Magic Shop: The Bears help Wendy, a blond-haired girl who meets Professor Coldheart at a magic shop with the power of caring. Concrete Rain: Professor Coldheart plans to cover the world with cold, hard cement, and Suzy, who wishes there were more concrete on which to skate, becomes his unwitting helper. |
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| 9 | 9 | "Dry Spell / Drab City" | November 9, 1985 |
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Dry Spell: Two children, Elaine and Joey, are so depressed because there is no water. Share Bear, with a lighting helmet on her head, meets them inside a cavern. She and the other Care Bears help these kids escape by using the Care Bear Stare; outside, Proud Heart Cat and Swift Heart Rabbit help the others with the Cousin Call. Drab City: When some of the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins see a city turn colorless, they try to care for the people who feel the same thing and refuse to say what is good. However, a girl named Jill, so colorful unlike other people, asks the Care Bear Family if they can make the city colorful again before they all turn colorless. It just fails as the other Care Bears and the other Care Bear Cousins reach to the same place, so they use the beams to make them friends again and to put the rainbow crystal into the pit to make the entire city completely colorful. |
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| 10 | 10 | "Wedding Bells / The Old Man and the Lighthouse" | November 16, 1985 |
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Wedding Bells: Professor Coldheart is trying to make a plan how to wreck Care-a-Lot by thinking that he would be so pleased that he and Auntie Freeze would be married with courtesy of the Care Bears. The Old Man and the Lighthouse: Amy and the two boys think that Captain McDougal who owns the lighthouse is odd compared to them, but the Care Bears and Care Cousins convince them that he is nice. |
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| 11 | 11 | "The Cloud Worm / The Girl Who Called Wolf" | November 23, 1985 |
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The Cloud Worm: Love-a-lot Bear plans with the other Care Bears to "spread out" and "search Care-a-lot" when they all hear a mysterious noise. In their search, she discovers a giant worm that eats clouds, and tries to beg him not to damage Care-a-lot. After her first attempt, she brings the other Care Bears with her as her allies and together, they try to beg the Cloud Worm to stop eating the clouds. When he refuses, Care-a-lot is ambushed and the Care Bears who drive their cloud mobiles save the victims of the ambush. Altogether, they use a Care Bear Stare to form a rainbow that can punish the Cloud Worm until he confesses. As he complains that he is hungry, they bring him back into his own area where he can eat his own clouds in case the day gets cloudy. The Girl Who Called Wolf: Jill has been sent to her bedroom for making a false call for her cat, but the Care Bears and Care Cousins help her out by taking her into a scary mansion. |
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The Care Bears Family, produced by Toronto's Nelvana studio, premiered on September 13, 1986 on ABC in the U.S. and Global in Canada.[4]
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| 1 | 12 | "Care-a-lot's Birthday" | September 13, 1986 |
| Care-a-Lot's birthday celebrations are interrupted when No Heart's apprentice, Beastly, kidnaps Baby Hugs and Baby Tugs, while both Cubs practice acrobatic stunts for the festivities. | |||
| 2 | 13 | "Grumpy's Three Wishes" | |
| Grumpy helps an African-American boy named Alvin gain confidence and must build up his own as he accepts the challenge to fight No Heart and save Care-A-Lot! | |||
| 3 | 14 | "The Great Race" | |
| Beastly tricks his way in the annual Care Bear Obstacle Race in hopes of being crowned King of Care-A-Lot for one day. | |||
| 4 | 15 | "Home Sweet Homeless" | |
| Proud Heart gets a present unknowingly from No Heart which floods the Care Bear Cousins out of house and home. | |||
| 5 | 16 | "Lost at Sea / The Sleeping Giant" | |
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Lost at Sea: When Hugs and Tugs accidentally set the Cloud Clipper adrift, Beastly tries to make sure the cubs get lost forever. The Sleeping Giant: Hugs and Tugs are out playing when they stumble upon a giant who befriends them. |
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| 6 | 17 | "The Big Star Round-up" | |
| No Heart unleashes a terrible Demon to try and destroy the Care Bears as they drive a herd of helpless little stars to Big Star Point. | |||
| 7 | 18 | "The Camp Out / I, Robot Heart" | |
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The Camp-Out: The Care Bears and Cousins go camping and find themselves in big trouble when they run into a Swamp Monster! I, Robot Heart: Bright Heart and Grumpy try to help a "heartless" robot, not realizing that Beastly is trying to capture him as a gift for No Heart. |
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| 8 | 19 | "Bravest of the Brave" | |
| Tender Heart, Cheer, Grumpy, and Swift Heart try to stop Dr. Fright from taking over a carnival as Brave Heart and a boy named Adam try to overcome their fear of the dark. | |||
| 9 | 20 | "The Long Lost Care Bears" | |
| On one of their journeys the Care Bears discover their long lost cousins in Paradise Valley-a place kept beautiful by love. | |||
| 10 | 21 | "Birthday Bear's Blues" | |
| Birthday Bear thinks the others have forgotten his birthday. No Heart tricks the Care Bears and the Cousins into entering a evil maze. Can Birthday Bear save them? | |||
| 11 | 22 | "Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise" | |
| The evil Sour Sam is out to ruin Thanksgiving with his Crabby Apple Pies and only the Care Bears can stop him. | |||
| 12 | 23 | "Order on the Court / The All-Powerful Mr. Beastly" | |
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Order on the Court: The Care Bear Cousins finally have a chance to win the annual basketball game, that is, if Lotsa Heart doesn't blow it. The All-Powerful Mr. Beastly: Beastly uses No Heart's broken amulet to try to capture Tenderheart and Brave Heart while they are on a caring call. |
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| 13 | 24 | "The Cloud of Uncaring" | |
| The Care Bears try to help a boy not knowing that No Heart is planning to unleash a cloud of uncaring on the world. | |||
| 14 | 25 | "The Wrath of Shreeky" | |
| No Heart looks at the letter that tells him that Shreeky would arrive to meet him. Shreeky opens the door by screaming out loud causing him to turn into a crocodile. | |||
| 15 | 26 | "Bright Heart's Bad Day / The Magic Lamp" | |
| 16 | 27 | "Desert Gold / The Gift of Caring" | |
| The Gift of Caring: A girl in an electronic wheelchair named Carol is so tired of making the Care Baskets for her friends in the hospital, but Cheer Bear approaches the earth just in time to help her finish the task. | |||
| 17 | 28 | "The Two Princessess / The Cloud Monster" | |
| 18 | 29 | "Grumpy the Clumsy / The Purple Chariot" | |
| 19 | 30 | "The Caring Crystals / The Best Way to Make New Friends" | |
| 20 | 31 | "Care Bear Town Parade" | |
| 21 | 32 | "Hearts at Sea" | |
| 22 | 33 | "No Business Like Snow Business" | |
| 23 | 34 | "The Factory of Uncaring" | |
| 24 | 35 | "The Lost Gift / Lotsa Heart's Wish" | |
| 25 | 36 | "The Showdown" | |
| 26 | 37 | "Caring for Spring" | |
| 27 | 38 | "The Turnabout / Cheer of the Jungle" | |
| 28 | 39 | "Beautiful Dreamer: The Show Must Go On / The Care Bears Carneys" | |
| 29 | 40 | "The Pirate Treasure / Grin and Bear It" | |
| 30 | 41 | "The Perils of the Pyramid / Bedtime for Care-a-lot" | |
| 31 | 42 | "The Fountain of Youth / Treat Heart Baba and the Two Thieves" | |
| 32 | 43 | "Doctor Brightenstein's Monster / The Care Fair Scare" | |
| 33 | 44 | "The Mystery of the Phantom / Under the Bigtop" | |
| 34 | 45 | "The Most Ancient Gift / Ski Trouble" | |
| 35 | 46 | "The Care Bear Exercise Show / The Care-a-lot Games" | |
| 36 | 47 | "Grams' Cooking Corner / The Care Bears Book of Facts and Fables" | |
| 37 | 48 | "The Thing That Came to Stay / The Space Bubbles" | |
| 38 | 49 | "Cheer Bear's Chance / A Hungry Little Guy" | |
| 39 | 50 | "King of the Moon / On Duty" | |
| 40 | 51 | "The Secret of the Box / The Frozen Forest" | |
| 41 | 52 | "Grumpy's Little Friend / One Million C.B." | |
| 42 | 53 | "Tugs the Brave / Coconut Crazy" | |
| 43 | 54 | "Bad Luck Friday / Food Frolics" | |
| 44 | 55 | "It's Raining, It's Boring / A Day Without Tugs" | |
| 45 | 56 | "The Fabulous Safety Game / A Rhyme in Time" | |
| 46 | 57 | "Songfellow Strum and His Magic Train / Music Video" | |
| 47 | 58 | "Care Bears Nutcracker Suite" | December 10, 1988 (U.S.)[5] December 25, 1988 (Canada)[6] |
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