History Toys / TeddyBear

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretWorldOfBenjaminBear'': In this series, all teddy bears are alive but must never let people see them move. TheProtagonist is the titular Benjamin Bear, who is acting as a mentor to a young teddy named Howie.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Teddy bears, like Teddy Roosevelt, seem to be male by default. A female teddy bear might wear a bow, or have pink fur. Or, the owner of a toy bear may avert this trope and decide that a bear is female.

* PandaingToTheAudience: Plush pandas are a subset of teddy bears. Pandas, like teddy bears, are meant to look cute and adorable. A zoo that hosts a real panda will probably sell teddy pandas. Sometimes, the toy panda will deviate from the usual teddy shape, to take a more panda shape.

Teddy bears [[KillerTeddyBear almost always]] are BearyFriendly and avert BearsAreBadNews. Teddy bears are not fierce; they like to give hugs! (Although they may sometimes be shown in children's media as bravely protecting their owners from ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight.) Teddy bears rarely act like bears (unless they want to [[StockAnimalDiet eat honey]]), they are just generic animals who happen to be bears because they are furry and not human. Teddy bears are [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism anthropomorphic]] and usually fit the FunnyAnimal trope; they do not look human, but they have two arms and two legs (whereas real bears have four legs), and walk on two feet, though they are often posed sitting. Teddy bears have eyes, nose and mouth almost like a human, but also a short snout (usually more like a puppy than a bear) and bear-like ears on top of their head. On the bear's behind, there might be a small tail. Teddy bears have fur; usually brown, as a generic bear color, but they can be any color at all. Some bears have a small amount of hair (of whatever color) between their ears. Some bears wear a shirt.

* ''Literature/{{Corduroy}}'': The titular character is a living stuffed bear who lives at the toy section at a department store. He decides to search around a department store after closing to find a button that was missing from his overalls.

* ''LiveActionTV/{{PowerRangersWildForce}}'': In {{RPM}}, Ziggy Grover, the Green Ranger, refers to the Yellow Ranger Summer Landsdown's Zord as a "giant yellow teddy bear", but the closest Zord to a real teddy bear is the Black Bear Zord from {{Wild Force}}.

Teddy bears are OlderThanTelevision; their name comes from [[UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt]], who once refused to shoot a bear during a bear hunt. So, a teddy bear is a cute thing whom one would not want to kill, and the Steiff bear was patented in 1905. The label "teddy bear" now refers to almost any plush bear.

* ''Literature/OttoAutobiographyOfATeddyBear'': A teddy bear tells the story of his life before, during and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as he witnessed the Holocaust and the woes of war.

* ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'': The title character is a stuffed bear who lives among other LivingToys.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Lotso-Huggin'-Bear is a big, pink teddy bear who leads the toys at Sunnyside Daycare [[spoiler:as a malevolent dictator]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Undertown}}'': The titular world is claimed to be where teddy bears come from, with one of the main characters being a sassy teddy bear named Eddie.

Teddy bears [[KillerTeddyBear almost always]] are BearyFriendly and avert BearsAreBadNews. Teddy bears are not fierce; they like to give hugs! (Although they may sometimes be shown in children's media as bravely protecting their owners from ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight.) Teddy bears rarely act like bears (unless they want to [[StockAnimalDiet eat honey]]), they are just generic animals who happen to be bears because they are furry and not human. Teddy bears are [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism anthropomorphic]] and usually fit the FunnyAnimal trope; they do not look human, but they have two arms and two legs (whereas real bears have four legs), and would walk on two feet, though they are often posed sitting. Teddy bears have eyes, nose and mouth almost like a human; but their bear ears are on top of their head. On the bear's behind, there might be a small tail. Teddy bears have fur; brown is the usual generic bear color, but some bears are other colors. Some bears have a small amount of hair (of whatever color) between their ears. Some bears wear a shirt.

* ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'': the title character of is a stuffed bear who lives among other LivingToys.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Lotso-Huggin'-Bear is a big, pink teddy bear who leads the toys at Sunnyside Daycare.

* ''ComicBook/{{Undertown}}: The titular world is claimed to be where teddy bears come from, with one of the main characters being a sassy teddy bear named Eddie.

Teddy bears almost always are BearyFriendly and avert BearsAreBadNews. Teddy bears are not fierce; they like to give hugs! (Although they may sometimes be shown in children's media as bravely protecting their owners from ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight.) Teddy bears rarely act like bears (unless they want to [[StockAnimalDiet eat honey]]), they are just generic animals who happen to be bears because they are furry and not human. Teddy bears are [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism anthropomorphic]] and usually fit the FunnyAnimal trope; they do not look human, but they have two arms and two legs (whereas real bears have four legs), and would walk on two feet, though they are often posed sitting. Teddy bears have eyes, nose and mouth almost like a human; but their bear ears are on top of their head. On the bear's behind, there might be a small tail. Teddy bears have fur; brown is the usual generic bear color, but some bears are other colors. Some bears have a small amount of hair (of whatever color) between their ears. Some bears wear a shirt.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Although most teddy bears are naked apart from their fur, some may wear a shirt or a vest, falling under this category.

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Many teddy bears [[AvertedTrope avert]] this trope; but some teddy bears have fur blue, green, pink, purple, or another color not natural to bears.

!! Works that feature Teddy bear toys:

Teddy bears always avert BearsAreBadNews. Teddy bears are not fierce; they like to give hugs! (Although they may sometimes be shown in children's media as bravely protecting their owners from ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight.) Teddy bears rarely act like bears (unless they want to [[StockAnimalDiet eat honey]]), they are just generic animals who happen to be bears because they are furry and not human. Teddy bears are [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism anthropomorphic]] and usually fit the FunnyAnimal trope; they do not look human, but they have two arms and two legs (whereas real bears have four legs), and would walk on two feet, though they are often posed sitting. Teddy bears have eyes, nose and mouth almost like a human; but their bear ears are on top of their head. On the bear's behind, there might be a small tail. Teddy bears wear fur; brown is the usual generic bear color, but some bears are other colors. Some bears have a small amount of hair (of whatever color) between their ears. Some bears wear a shirt.

* FunnyAnimal

Teddy bears are OlderThanTelevision; their name comes from [[TheodoreRoosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt]], who once refused to shoot a bear during a bear hunt. So, a teddy bear is a cute thing whom one would not want to kill, and the Steiff bear was patented in 1905. The label "teddy bear" now refers to almost any plush bear.

Teddy bears always avert BearsAreBadNews. Teddy bears are not fierce; they like to give hugs! (Although they may sometimes be shown in children's media as bravely protecting their owners from ThingsThatGoBumpIntheNight.) Teddy bears rarely act like bears (unless they want to [[StockAnimalDiet eat honey]]), they are just generic animals who happen to be bears because they are furry and not human. Teddy bears are [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism anthropomorphic]] and usually fit the FunnyAnimal trope; they do not look human, but they have two arms and two legs (whereas real bears have four legs), and would walk on two feet, though they are often posed sitting. Teddy bears have eyes, nose and mouth almost like a human; but their bear ears are on top of their head. On the bear's behind, there might be a small tail. Teddy bears wear fur; brown is the usual generic bear color, but some bears are other colors. Some bears have a small amount of hair (of whatever color) between their ears. Some bears wear a shirt.

Teddy bears always avert BearsAreBadNews. Teddy bears are not fierce; they like to give hugs! Teddy bears rarely act like bears (unless they want to [[StockAnimalDiet eat honey]]), they are just generic animals who happen to be bears because they are furry and not human. Teddy bears are [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism anthropomorphic]] and usually fit the FunnyAnimal trope; they do not look human, but they have two arms and two legs (whereas real bears have four legs), and would walk on two feet, though they are often posed sitting. Teddy bears have eyes, nose and mouth almost like a human; but their bear ears are on top of their head. On the bear's behind, there might be a small tail. Teddy bears wear fur; brown is the usual generic bear color, but some bears are other colors. Some bears have a small amount of hair (of whatever color) between their ears. Some bears wear a shirt.