History NightmareFuel / TheBerenstainBears

* When Mama Bear goes on a [[UnstoppableRage rampage]], throwing the cubs' toys into a trash box, it's pretty unsettling. Brother and Sister even start crying for help. It may be a bit funny for some reason, however.

** The book it’s based on isn’t any better — Papa tells sister a story about a goose who was lured into a fox’s cave and ends up getting eaten.

* In "Get In a Fight" Brother and Sister are yelling at each other on top of their treehouse as a violent thunderstorm starts, with neither of them noticing. As they keep fighting several lightning strikes hit, which visibly frightens them, and given that lightning generally hits the highest thing in its path (which is the treehouse in this case) the scene can actually make you afraid that one of them could be struck and seriously injured. Since Mama resorts to yelling at them to come inside, she likely had the same fear.

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[[caption-width-right:350:When another bear gets something brand new, The Green-Eyed Monster makes you want one too.]]

* "The Berenstain Bears’Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze": The book with the Beary Bubbies mentions that at a giant sale event for them, two parents got into a fight. It is so bad that the police have to break them up. You can see it in the illustrations.

* "Visit the Dentist" involves Sister worrying about the dentist while simultaneously wondering why her freshly loose tooth isn't coming out. She's afraid that he'll yank it, but when they get to the dentist, he assures her that it will come out all on its own when the time is -- oh wait, no, ''he grabs it with a piece of gauze and yanks it.''

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[[caption-width-right:350:When another bear gets something brand new, The Green-Eyed Monster makes you want one too.]]

* "Visit the Dentist" involves Sister worrying about the dentist while simultaneously wondering why her freshly loose tooth isn't coming out. She's afraid that he'll yank it, but when they get to the dentist, he starts to ensure her that the tooth will come out on its own, only to abruptly grab it with a piece of gauze and ''yank it'', mid-sentence.

* The background music by Elliot Lawrence can get dramatic for a kids show at times. Notable instances include "The Messy Room" (Mama stomping up the stairs and pounding on the door, the reveal of her pissed off face when she sees her cubs dirty room, and when she throws away the cubs' toys), "In The Dark" (Brother making spooky noises and Mama and Papa running up the stairs) and "Forget Their Manners" (Papa going insane from having to conform to the Politeness Plan).

* Sister's [[AdultFear fear of strangers]] in [[TooSmartForStrangers "The Trouble With Strangers"]]. The worst of it actually comes early when Papa reads several newspaper articles to Sister regarding stranger danger. Among them is a headline reading ''Stranger Bothers Cub''. Suddenly Bear Country doesn't look much safer than real life -- if anything, it seems particularly riddled with kidnappers (“Missing Cub Found”) and sex offenders.

* "Visit the Dentist" involves Sister worrying about the dentist while simultaneously wondering why her freshly loose tooth isn't coming out. She's afraid that he'll yank it, but when they get to the dentist, he assures her that it will come out all on its own when the time is -- oh wait, no, ''he grabs it with a piece of gauze and yanks it.''

* The background music can get really dramatic at times. It helps that it was done by Elliot Lawrence (yes, '''''that''''' Elliot Lawrence). To be fair, Elliot also did the music score for the earlier specials.

* Whenever the bears got angry in the books, [[NightmareFace their expressions could be quite unsettling]]. An example would be Papa yelling at Brother and Sister and [[https://otherstuffexists.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/berenstain-bears-forget-manners-pages-websize.jpg slamming his fist on a table]] in ''Forget their Manners''.

* When Mama Bear goes on a [[UnstoppableRage rampage]], throwing the cubs' toys into a trash box, it's terrifying. Brother and Sister even start crying for help.

** His VillainSong there are some notable moments where it gets freaky, particularly the scene where he explains that one of the things he likes to do is chew; and explains it with a tree. There also the "grind and tear and rip it all" lyric-- he explains this by using said tree and ''snapping it in half'' '''''with his two bear hands'''''.

** From what we see of the Space Grizzlies movie, it is pretty action-packed and violin. Brother Bear admits that he enjoyed it, but was scared at certain points.