History Characters / TheBerenstainBears

* TheMole: He is the weasel's main contact with the Bear world, and ([[EvenEvilHasStandards with a few exceptions]]) willing helps the weasels carry out plots that would drive the bears out of their home or wreck their economy beyond repair.

* FreudianSlip: Ralph is prone to making inadvertent word swaps during schemes that reveal his true intentions, such as "This little swindle... [[VerbalBackspace er, scam of mine]]". Adults repeatedly fail to catch on to this.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: As his name suggests, he is the series' FictionalCounterpart of Bigfoot, though he boasts that he "supersedes" both it the Yeti during his IAmSong. His first appearance even has him leaving behind a paw print, alluding to Bigfoot's trademark footprints. In one episode of the 80's series, he gets mistaken for a Yeti (also known as the "Abominable Snow-Bear" in this universe) when he gets covered in snow while sleepwalking.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: As his name suggests, he is the series' FictionalCounterpart of Bigfoot. His first appearance even has him leaving behind a paw print, alluding to Bigfoot's trademark footprints, and he boasts that he "supersedes" both the Bigfoot and the Yeti during his IAmSong. In one episode of the 80's series, he gets mistaken for a Yeti (also known as the "Abominable Snow-Bear" in this universe) when he gets covered in snow while sleepwalking.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: As his name suggests, he is the series' FictionalCounterpart of Bigfoot. His first appearance even has him leaving behind a paw print, alluding to Bigfoot's trademark footprints. In one episode of the 80's series, he gets mistaken for a Yeti (also known as the "Abominable Snow-Bear" in this universe) when he gets covered in snow while sleepwalking.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: As his name suggests, he is the series' FictionalCounterpart of Bigfoot. His first appearance even has him leaving behind a paw print, alluding to Bigfoot's trademark footprints.

** In the Big Chapter Book ''And the Drug-Free Zone'', he's ''irate'' when he finds the drugs hidden in his houseboat and very frankly informs the cubs that [[EvenEvilHasStandards he'd never sell or do anything that would legitimately endanger them]].

* KickTheDog: Being a bully, Too-Tall has had several examples of this, like making Ferdy Factual cry or harassing Milton Chubb so much he starts to dread going to school.

* PunchClockVillain: Appears to be this in the 2002 series, where he's shown to be more well-behaved when he's not hanging out with his gang ("The Talent Show", "White Water Adventure", "Big Road Race", and "The Female Fullback").

* TheResenter: It's at times implied (in stories like "Mighty Milton") that he envies Brother Bear and resents him for being a better athlete than he is and being more popular than him, though he eventually grows out of this trait.

* PetTheDog: He's had several moments, usually after undergoing CharacterDevelopment. In "White Water Adventure", he reaches out to Brother and starts to formally befriend him. In "Big Road Race", Brother, Fred and Too-Tall unanimously decide to pass up a shot at competing in a race, to give the kid who helped them out a chance to live out his dreams. In "The Female Fullback", despite his gripes about learning ballet, he gives Betsy zero trouble and thanks her plenty when her lessons do wind up helping him and his friends.

* TheBully: Too-Tall Grizzly is the thuggish leader of a gang of bullies -- aptly called the Too-Tall Gang -- who harass Brother and Sister Bear from time to time. During the DarkerAndEdgier chapter books, Too-Tall progressed from being very mean to his classmates to dealing drugs (at ten!) and bringing realistic fake guns to school to start trouble.

** Part of Too-Tall's development is learning when to swallow his wounded pride. Despite being the neighborhood tough kid, Too-Tall does care what his peers think of him ("Mighty Milton", "White Water Adventure"), so it's not a fun or easy thing for him to do. By "Big Road Race" and "The Female Fullback", he's gotten better at humility.

The nephew of Professor Actual Factual (his parents are the professor's brother and sister-in-law), he's introduced in book 4 of the "Big Chapter Book" series.

* InsufferableGenius: When he first appeared in the series.

** This good publicity was used to good effect in ''And the Galloping Ghost'' where he turned his con artist abilities to a good cause and used his shell game to raise enough money to pay off another month of the horse riding academy's mortgage singlehandedly.

* StupidEvil: In the books. Inverted in ''The Red Handed Thief,'' where he’s the only member of the gang who remembers the word “evidence” from Mr. Dweebish’s class the previous day.

* GentleGiant: Normally, he's a nice, if extremely shy, bear.

* DontYouDarePityMe: He gets ticked off by anyone who shows sympathy over his being in a wheelchair.
* GadgeteerGenius: A computer expert.

* HappilyMarried: To his wife, Mrs. Grizzmeyer.

* AbsentMindedProfessor[=/=]DitzyGenius: Occasionally

* ProperlyParanoid: Is described as a "suspicious old coot who will count his fingers after shaking hands with you" by Ralph Ripoff.

* TakeOverTheWorld: "Lock, stock, and honeypot!"

* NiceHat: Papa Bear's signature brown hat.

* NiceHat: His old-school purple cap that he wears in most incarnations.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: His father, Two-Ton Grizzly, is basically a larger version of Too-Tall.

* NiceHat: He wears a yellow boater hat with a green stripe.

* NiceHat: He wears a blue hat.
* [[TakeOverTheWorld Take Over Bear Country]]: "Lock, stock, and honeypot!"

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

* {{Meganekko}}: Stacy

* StaticCharacter: Mama has far less flaws than her husband or her cubs, and thus is the family member who develops the least in the franchise.

* ButtMonkey: If a laugh happens at someone else's expense in the franchise, it'll usually be Papa Bear's. For example, in the 2003 episode, "Visit Fun Park", Papa gets stuck riding the terrifying Thunderbolt when the cubs decide to bail out.

* EveryoneHasStandards: He loves sweets, but in the 2003 series episode "Visit the Dentist", he admits that gooey gums are too sweet even for him.

* GoodParents: Despite his flaws (he has a tendency to boast and can be a greedy eater), he is a loving, wise and respected father nonetheless. Papa's good dad traits are especially emphasized in the 2003 series.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's egotistic and a bit naughty at times, but he is a very good, affectionate father. The 2003 series downplays the "jerk" part and makes him a straight-up NiceGuy most of the time.

* {{Pride}}: This is one of Papa Bear's main character flaws, to the point that in "The Giant Mall" from the 2003 series, he spends over an hour wandering the mall looking for a hardware store because he wouldn't read a map. Though he does admit he was wrong at the end of the episode and vows to change his ways.

* LaserGuidedKarma: In the 2003 series, whenever Brother starts to become too self-involved his friend Lenny has a habit of (unintentionally) giving him his just deserts ("Hug And Make Up", "Catch The Bus").

* GreenEyedMonster: Sister becomes deeply jealous of her brother and dreams up an actual green-eyed monster in an episode of the 2003 series. Freakiness briefly ensues.

* CatSmile: He is drawn with this in the 2003 series.

* TheSmartGuy: In the Scout books and the 2003 series.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Too-Tall's redeeming qualities as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold are more prominent in the 2003 series, particularly the later episodes after he's befriended Brother.

** In the 2003 series, Too-Tall is initially introduced as a thuggish, tough bully and troublemaker who antagonizes Brother Bear and his friends out of jealousy ("Go To School", "Double Dare", "The Birthday Boy", "The Slumber Party", "Trick or Treat", "Mighty Milton"). But over time, the smaller cub's kindness rubs off on him and his jealousy towards him fades, while Brother discovers that Too-Tall does have layers beyond being a mean kid, and that he might have misjudged him. The two boys gain respect for each other, and Too-Tall gradually matures. He becomes a calmer, less abrasive cub and settles into the role of the protagonists' frenemy and their eventual friend in the latter half of the series ("The Talent Show", "The Big Red Kite", "Showdown at Birder's Wood", "White Water Adventure", "Big Road Race", "Papa's Pizza", "The Female Fullback", "Say Please And Thank You"), likely because of Brother's influence softening him.

** Too-Tall similarly lays off Milton in the 2003 series, after the cub he'd been picking on for days beats him at wrestling.

** In the 2003 series, he has a surprising talent for singing.

* PunchClockVillain: Appears to be this in the 2003 series, where he's shown to be more well-behaved when he's not hanging out with his gang ("The Talent Show", "White Water Adventure", "Big Road Race", and "The Female Fullback").

* TookALevelInKindness: In the 2003 series, his bullying is mostly taunting, thievery and mean remarks, but there's only one threat he made to beat Brother up, which wasn't blatantly obvious. He mellows out as the series progresses and surprisingly enough becomes friends with Brother. He also develops a soft spot for Kenny, a younger neighborhood cub.

* StupidEvil: In the 2003 series, Smirk believed Too-Tall knew everything without a second thought.

* DemotedToExtra: He makes occasional appearances in the 2003 series and never talks.

* {{Spoonerism}}: 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?") Averted in the main books and the 2003 series, where he speaks normally.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He doesn't appear in the 2003 series, due to being in a different continuity.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He and Raffish Ralph are not in the 2003 series, for same reasons as the latter.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.

* HappilyMarried: To Mama.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Of the more well-meaning variety.

* DeadpanSnarker: Papa Bear has a way of bringing out this side of her.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.

* {{Housewife}}: Until "Mama's New Job", when she opened up her own quilt-making business.
* OnlySaneMan: Quite often.

* CompressedVice: And how!
* CoolBigBro: Brother becomes this to Sister in "The Birthday Boy".

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.
* TheHero / TheLeader: In the Scout books mostly though he will occasionally play this role in the main books and the chapter books.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Fred.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Sometimes to Brother.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lizzie.

* PassionateSportsGirl
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Brother's Blue Oni.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Eclectic.

* TeamPet: Has played this role off and on.

The teacher of Sister Bear's 1st Grade class.

* NamesTheSame: It is never clarified whether or not she's also Scout Leader Jane or if they just happen to have the same name.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Too-Tall's redeeming qualities are more prominent in the 2003 series, particularly the later episodes after he's befriended Brother.

* CharacterDevelopment: In the 2003 series, Too-Tall is initially introduced as a thuggish, tough bully and troublemaker who antagonizes Brother Bear out of jealousy ("Go To School", "Double Dare", "The Birthday Boy", "The Slumber Party", "Trick or Treat", "Mighty Milton"). Over time, he learns from Brother's kindness that the smaller cub is a genuinely good person and his jealousy towards him fades, while Brother discovers from spending time around Too-Tall that he does have layers beyond 'mean kid' and that he might have misjudged him. The two gain respect for each other, and Too-Tall gradually matures. He becomes a calmer, less abrasive cub and settles into the role of the protagonists' frenemy and eventual friend in the second half of the series ("The Talent Show", "The Big Red Kite", "Showdown at Birder's Wood", "White Water Adventure", "Big Road Race", "Papa's Pizza", "The Female Fullback", "Say Please And Thank You"), likely because of Brother's influence softening him.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being an intimidating bully, Too-Tall has his standards and a hidden soft side that's emphasized more in some iterations of the franchise than others. In general, he's a mean kid but he's not heartless, and he's helped out Brother, Sister and their friends several times.