History Franchise / CareBears

** Averted in the 80s: One was planned for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, but was scrapped when the great crash came around.
** For the 2000s revival: One for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance and One for the V-Tech V-Smile. And three for PC/Macs.

* GreenLanternRing: The Care Bear Stare can generate energy constructs, generate light, fabricate items, act as a prosaic energy blast, brainwash people into caring, free people from brainwashing, damage intangible entities, and shove objects around telekinetically, among other things.

* ThanksgivingEpisode: The 2005 book "Giving Thanks", involves Tenderheart and the other Care Bears preparing a feast held in Care-A-Lot. The book is notable for being one of the very few times the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins are seen together (since Play Along preferred The Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins to be treated as a separate series during that period).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the earlier days of the franchise (mainly in the books made before the animated specials and TV series were created) the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins used to fly away back from a person's home and enter by a rainbow through a window, before Cloud Cars were created for the animated specials. The Care Bear Stare also wasn't used by the characters until the first animated special, which introduced Professor Coldheart, and had a human Cloudkeeper who watched over the bears and was never seen again.

* LighterAndSofter: ''Adventures In Care-A-Lot'' manages to be this, even compared to the older cartoons. ''Welcome to Care-a-Lot'' takes it UpToEleven. In fact, the entire line from the 2000s onward is generally this. Any villains still around are generally either of the bumbling type or truly NotEvilJustMisunderstood. Also, some of the 1980s books tend to be rather light and soft compared to some of went on in the TV series and generally feature the bears simply speaking honestly and helpfully to help human kids with real-life problems.

** Taken UpToEleven in ''[[WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot Welcome to Care-a-Lot]]'' where the Care Bears don't even bother to hide when they're annoyed with one another. In one particular episode, Share Bear messed up a special drink, causing the other bears' fur to change colours and patterns. the resident Diva, Harmony Bear, instantly throws "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" at her. Wonderheart, within the same series, is brutally honest with her feelings. this is actually a very useful aesop for young children.

They're one of the most spoofed of TheEighties toy lines because of their [[TastesLikeDiabetes overly sugary reputation]] -- which is not wholly deserved when one takes [[VileVillainSaccharineShow some of their villains]] and plotlines into account. On the other hand, they're still quite popular. In 2000, the characters were relaunched with a toy revival and two direct-to-video animated films. In 2007, a redesigned line of the toys arrived along with another DTV film and a Saturday morning series on Creator/{{CBS}}, ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot''. ''Adventures in Care-A-Lot'' is out of production, but the character line launched with the ''Oopsy Does It'' continued with films such as ''Share Bear Shines'' and ''The Giving Festival''.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Almost inevitable, given how many different versions there have been. The CGI ''Welcome to Care-a-Lot'' series seems to use pretty much every Care Bear that isn't part of the main cast or [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Chucked]] out of the series as either a background character or in a minor role.

* CareBearStare: The TropeNamer, and a frequent way to help humans or defeat villains.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the earlier days of the franchise (mainly in the books made before the animated special and TV series were created) the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins used to fly away back from a person's home and enter by a rainbow through a window, before Cloud Cars were created for the animated specials. The Care Bear Stare also wasn't used by the characters until the first animated special, which introduced Professor Coldheart, and had a human Cloudkeeper who watched over the bears and was never seen again.

** The Care Bear Cousins got this big time in the '00s revival, where they would only be seen in supplemental material such as books (most notably the book [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51A3GH9XCXL._SY498_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg "Giving Thanks"]]), some plush toys, and [[UnPerson hardly got mentioned on the official website.]] [[note]] The Cousins were acknowledged on the Japanese website unlike other countries.[[/note]] They also were absent from ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'', ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' [[note]] The Forest of Feelings was in the show. But the Cousins didn't make an appearance until the sequel series.[[/note]] and the two CGI films. They finally made a proper return with a new Care Bears series, ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAndCousins'', in late 2015 on Netflix.

** Also, one of the episodes is called 'The [[AceAttorney Turnabout]]'.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the earlier days of the franchise (mainly in the books made before the animated special and TV series were created) the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins used to fly away back from a person's home and enter by a rainbow through a window, before Cloud Cars were created for the animated specials. The Care Bear Stare also wasn't used by the characters until the first animated special, which introduced Professor Coldheart and Frostbite, and had a human Cloudkeeper who watched over the bears and was never seen again.

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** The cousins got this big time in the '00s revival, where they would only be seen in supplemental material such as books (most notably the book [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51A3GH9XCXL._SY498_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg "Giving Thanks"]]), some plush toys, and [[UnPerson hardly got mentioned on the official website.]] [[note]] The Cousins were acknowledged on the Japanese website unlike other countries.[[/note]] They also were absent from ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'', ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' [[note]] The Forest of Feelings was in the show. But the Cousins didn't make an appearance until the sequel series.[[/note]] and the two CGI films. They finally made a proper return with a new Care Bears series, ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAndCousins'', in late 2015 on Netflix.

** The Care Bears Cousins vanished from the main Care Bears franchise starting in the early 90s. While the Cousins do show up rarely in the '00s revival [[note]] such as their appearance in the book "Giving Thanks".[[/note]], they weren't as prominent as they were in the 80s. They didn't even get mentioned or acknowledged in the official Care Bears website. They served as background characters in various books during the '00s revival. ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' actually created a sketch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycARJk-Z6E based on the Cousins' notable absence from the franchise.]]

* TheBusCameBack: With the release of ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAndCousins'' on Creator/{{Netflix}} in late 2015. The title alone, means that the Care Bears Cousins will make a return to the franchise after their absence for almost 28 years (11-13 if you count the botched attempt by Play Along toys between 2003-2005).