History Literature / PaddingtonBear

* NiceHat: Paddingon's distinctive hat is called a bush hat given to him by his Pastuzo

[[TheFilmOfTheBook A movie]] was released in December of 2014, with Creator/NicoleKidman, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, PeterCapaldi, and Creator/BenWhishaw as the voice of Paddington. (Creator/ColinFirth was to voice him, but dropped out of the project due to mutual agreement that his voice wasn't quite right for the character.)

[[TheFilmOfTheBook A movie]] was released in December of 2014, with NicoleKidman, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, PeterCapaldi, and Creator/BenWhishaw as the voice of Paddington. (Creator/ColinFirth was to voice him, but dropped out of the project due to mutual agreement that his voice wasn't quite right for the character.)

[[TheFilmOfTheBook A movie]] is in production, with NicoleKidman, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, PeterCapaldi, and with the voice of Paddington to be Creator/BenWhishaw. (Creator/ColinFirth was to voice him, but recently dropped out of the project due to mutual agreement that his voice wasn't quite right for the character.) The film is expected to be released in December of 2014.

* CrossOver: Two books featured Paddington's adventures with the cast of ''BluePeter'', for which Michael Bond worked as a cameraman.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Until ''Paddington Marches On'' (1964), where he gets Wellington boots for Christmas. This became established as part of his trademark outfit in the soft toy line, because it let the teddies stand upright.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Averted in the first edition, but the covers of modern editions almost unfailingly show Paddington in a blue duffel coat and red hat. Paddington's hat is (mostly) black, and he receives his duffel coat during a shopping trip with the Browns. (Cover artists seem to avoid depicting Paddington's Wellington boots for some reason, making him a BarefootCartoonAnimal in these cases.)

* OrwellianRetcon: On a minor scale. More modern editions of the Paddington books have sometimes added sequences where the Bear is informed just how dangerous certain stunts he's done actually are (such as taking apart a television set) and Paddington exclaims that he hopes no young children ever imitate such an unsafe act.

[[TheFilmOfTheBook A movie]] is in production, with NicoleKidman, SallyHawkins, HughBonneville, JimBroadbent, PeterCapaldi, and with the voice of Paddington to be Creator/BenWhishaw. (Creator/ColinFirth was to voice him, but recently dropped out of the project due to mutual agreement that his voice wasn't quite right for the character.) The film is expected to be released in December of 2014.

* NiceHat
** ... with stains passed down by his forebears, no less.

[[TheFilmOfTheBook A movie]] is in production, with NicoleKidman, SallyHawkins, HughBonneville, JimBroadbent, PeterCapaldi, and with the voice of Paddington to be BenWhishaw. (ColinFirth was to voice him, but recently dropped out of the project due to mutual agreement that his voice wasn't quite right for the character.) The film is expected to be released in December of 2014.

* Can'tGetAwayWithNuthin': Tends to be the fate of everyone who tries to pull a fast one on a certain Peruvian bear. Mr. Curry tends to come in for the most and worst of it, but then he ''is'' [[MayIBorrowACupOfSugar one of those neighbors that takes advantage]].

[[TheFilmOfTheBook A movie]] is in production, with NicoleKidman, SallyHawkins, HughBonneville, JimBroadbent, PeterCapaldi, and with the voice of Paddington to be announced. (ColinFirth was to voice him, but recently dropped out of the project due to mutual agreement that his voice wasn't quite right for the character.) The film is expected to be released in December of 2014.

* Can'tGetAwayWithNuthin': Tends to be the fate of everyone who tries to pull a fast one on a certain Peruvian bear. Mr. Curry tends to come in for the most and worst of it, but then he ''is''[[MayIBorrowACupOfSugar one of those neighbors that takes advantage]].

* CoversAlwaysLie: Averted in the first edition, but the covers of modern editions almost unfailingly show Paddington in a blue duffel coat and red hat. Paddington's hat is (mostly) black, and he receives his duffel coat during a shopping trip wit the Browns. (Cover artists seem to avoid depicting Paddington's Wellington boots for some reason, making him a BarefootCartoonAnimal in these cases.)

** Averted in the books, thanks to a keen-eyed editor. Originally, Paddington was going to be from Darkest ''Africa'', but there are no native bears among the wildlife in that area.

** In contrast, when Paddington competes in a popular TV game show, the host briefly experience SanitySlippage.

--> In contrast, when Paddington competes in a popular TV game show, the host briefly experience SanitySlippage.

[[TheFilmOfTheBook A movie]] is in production, with NicoleKidman, SallyHawkins, HughBonneville, JimBroadbent, PeterCapaldi, and with ColinFirth as the voice of Paddington. The film is expected to be released in December of 2014.

* MisplacedWildlife: Paddington is a bear [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_Bear from Peru]], but looks like a a brown bear from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear Northern Hemisphere]].

-->'''[[GabbyCabbie Taxi Driver]]''': Bears is sixpence extra. ''Sticky bears'' is ninepence.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Averted, yet also played straight in a mild way. Paddington is courteous, completely non-violent, and ''freaking adorable'', yet has quite a knack for getting into all sorts of trouble, whether it's accidentally destroying his neighbor's hammock, letting a marmalade sandwich slip inside a film projector, or trashing the kitchen with one of his sloppy baking attempts.