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** Or ''The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room'', where the moral that not cleaning your room may cause your parents to throw out toys they find out of place seems to resonate more than the actual advantages Brother and Sister get from cleaning their room. Lampshaded by the opening poem: "When small bears forget to pick up, store, and stash, some of their favorite things end up in the trash."
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** Or ''The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room'', where the moral that not cleaning your room may cause your parents to throw out toys they find out of place seems to resonate more than the actual advantages Brother and Sister get from cleaning their room. Lampshaded by the opening poem: "When small bears forget to pick up, store, store and stash, some of their favorite things end up in the trash."
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** Or ''The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room'', where the moral that not cleaning your room may cause your parents to throw out toys they find out of place seems to resonate more than the actual advantages Brother and Sister get from cleaning their room. Lampshaded by the opening poem: "When small bears forget to pick up, store, and stash, some of their favorite things end up in the trash"
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** Or ''The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room'', where the moral that not cleaning your room may cause your parents to throw out toys they find out of place seems to resonate more than the actual advantages Brother and Sister get from cleaning their room. Lampshaded by the opening poem: "When small bears forget to pick up, store, and stash, some of their favorite things end up in the trash"trash."
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** Or ''The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room'', where the moral that not cleaning your room may cause your parents to throw out toys they find out of place seems to resonate more than the actual advantages Brother and Sister get from cleaning their room. Lampshaded by the opening poem: "When small bears forget to pick up, store, and stash, some of their favorite things end up in the trash"
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* EarWorm: The animated series has one of the '''biggest ear worms period''', incredibly catchy and amazingly country.
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* JerkAssWoobie: Tuffy when her FreudianExcuse for being a bully (she has AbusiveParents) is revealed.
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* TearJerker: In Lose A Friend, Sister's goldfish dies. It's really quite sad to see Sister so ''broken'' about its death.
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** InLose "Lose A Friend, Friend", Sister's goldfish dies. It's really quite sad to see Sister so ''broken'' about its death.death.
** In "Too Much Pressure", Mama becomes so overwhelmed with driving Brother and Sister to their activities that when the car stalls on their way to one, she breaks down and cries. Since Mama is generally the most level-headed of the family, this is very upsetting to see.
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** In "Too Much Pressure", Mama becomes so overwhelmed with driving Brother and Sister to their activities that when the car stalls on their way to one, she breaks down and cries. Since Mama is generally the most level-headed of the family, this is very upsetting to see.
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** In the animated special ''The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise'', Boss Bunny retires from his role as the Easter Bunny. When he is confronted about it by his son Bill and Brother Bear, it's clear to see that he's too old and out of shape to continue the job. True all it takes to get him going is some fresh air but with everything he has to do to make Easter possible, it's still taxing.
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** In the animated special ''The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise'', Boss Bunny retires from his role as the Easter Bunny. When he is confronted about it by his son Bill and Brother Bear, it's clear to see that he's too old and out of shape to continue the job. True all it takes to get him going is some fresh air but with everything he has to do to make Easter possible, it's still taxing.taxing.
*TearJerker: In Lose A Friend, Sister's goldfish dies. It's really quite sad to see Sister so ''broken'' about its death.
*TearJerker: In Lose A Friend, Sister's goldfish dies. It's really quite sad to see Sister so ''broken'' about its death.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The Bully really has a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop if you think about it...Getting beaten up by a bully? Don't bother contacting the school authorities because AdultsAreUseless. Get beaten up, and finally fight back? Then and ''only'' them will they get involved. Oh, and Sister gets off scot-free, only be given a slap on the wrist. Yeah, how many kids in real life were just given a slap on the wrist for punching someone, even if it was in self-defense?
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Many people think that the junk food in ''...and Too Much Junk Food'' looks so colorful and delicious, despite the Aesop of junk food being bad for you.
** Quote from one RealLife child looking at the inside cover:
--> "Mamma bear sad. Mamma Bear needs to eat some candy."
** The Space Grizzlies [[MerchandiseDriven toy line and movie]] from ''The Bad Dream'' that gives the kids nightmares, actually looked like a pretty cool franchise (sort of MonsterInMyPocket meets StarWars).
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The Bully really has a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop if you think about it... Getting beaten up by a bully? Don't bother contacting the school authorities because AdultsAreUseless. Get beaten up, and finally fight back? Then and ''only'' them will they get involved. Oh, and Sister gets off scot-free, only be given a slap on the wrist. Yeah, how many kids in real life were just given a slap on the wrist for punching someone, even if it was in self-defense?
** Quote from one RealLife child looking at the inside cover:
--> "Mamma bear sad. Mamma Bear needs to eat some candy."
** The Space Grizzlies [[MerchandiseDriven toy line and movie]] from ''The Bad Dream'' that gives the kids nightmares, actually looked like a pretty cool franchise (sort of MonsterInMyPocket meets StarWars).
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The Bully really has a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop if you think about it... Getting beaten up by a bully? Don't bother contacting the school authorities because AdultsAreUseless. Get beaten up, and finally fight back? Then and ''only'' them will they get involved. Oh, and Sister gets off scot-free, only be given a slap on the wrist. Yeah, how many kids in real life were just given a slap on the wrist for punching someone, even if it was in self-defense?
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Can be at times. The [=PBSKids=] version seems to be a ''lot'' better about this.
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* MemeticMutation: Mama Bear's frustration with the cubs' messy room in the 1985 AnimatedAdaptation.
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** Mama Bear's frustration with the cubs' messy room in the 1985 AnimatedAdaptation.
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** [[http://woodbetweenworlds.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-berenstein-bears-we-are-living-in.html The idea that they really ARE the BerenstEin Bears, and there is some kind of time-travelling conspiracy to blame for the fact that every official source ever is spelling it wrong.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Mama Bear really an example of "mother knows best" or does she [[SmugSnake come off as an arrogant]] {{JerkAss}} who enjoys insulting and humiliating her husband?
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect has the cubs acting bratty by condradicting their parents and grandparents when the family is looking for a picnic spot. However, a lot of their comments are quite valid. For instance, Mama suggests a spot by the pond because that's where she and Papa had their first date. Brother responds with "That's was ages ago. It's full of mosquitoes now." Sure, he could have said it in a more polite manner but who wants to picnic where there are lots of mosquitoes?
* UnfortunateImplications: Oh lord have people found a lot of these in the series...
* UnfortunateImplications: Oh lord have people found a lot of these in the series...
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: StrawmanHasAPoint:
** ''The Berenstain Bears Show SomeRespect Respect'' has the cubs acting bratty by condradicting contradicting their parents and grandparents when the family is looking for a picnic spot. However, a lot of their comments are quite valid. For instance, Mama suggests a spot by the pond because that's where she and Papa had their first date. Brother responds with "That's was ages ago. It's full of mosquitoes now." Sure, he could have said it in a more polite manner but who wants to picnic where there are lots of mosquitoes?
* UnfortunateImplications: Oh lord have people found a lot of these inmosquitoes?
** In theseries...animated special ''The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise'', Boss Bunny retires from his role as the Easter Bunny. When he is confronted about it by his son Bill and Brother Bear, it's clear to see that he's too old and out of shape to continue the job. True all it takes to get him going is some fresh air but with everything he has to do to make Easter possible, it's still taxing.
** ''The Berenstain Bears Show Some
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** In the
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** The Aesop of ''The Berenstain Bears Clean House'' seems to be "if you have a bunch of old junk sitting around yourself, stuff it in the attic and put off the cleaning until another day."
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** The Aesop of ''The Berenstain Bears Clean House'' seems to be "if you have a bunch of old junk sitting around yourself, your house, stuff it in the attic and put off the cleaning until another day."
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* IdiotPlot: "The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree" could have lasted but a few minutes had Papa Bear gone to Gus instead of dragging Brother and Sister in search of the perfect tree.
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*** May be the reason why the 2003 series adaption of this decided to avoid this.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect has the cubs acting bratty by condradicting their parents and grandparents when the family is looking for a picnic spot. However, a lot of their comments are quite valid. For instance, Mama suggests a spot by the pond because that's where she and Papa had their first date. Brother responds with "That's was ages ago. It's full of mosquitoes now." Sure, he could have said it in a more polite manner but who wants to picnic where there is are lots of mosquitoes?
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\"torso\" and \"more so\" rhyme perfectly from a phonetic standpoint. Painful Rhyme is for imperfect rhymes, not rhymes you don\'t like.
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* PainfulRhyme: In theme song of the Creator/PBSKids version -- "They're kinda furry around the torso / They're a lot like people only more so."
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Sister beating a bully by herself after being coached by Brother.
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* MemeticMutation: Mama Bear's frustration with the cubs' messy room in the AnimatedAdaptation.
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* MemeticMutation: Mama Bear's frustration with the cubs' messy room in the AnimatedAdaptation.1985 AnimatedAdaptation.
** To a lesser extent, the "Help!" "Can't sleep!" argument on "In the Dark" from the same adaptation.
** To a lesser extent, the "Help!" "Can't sleep!" argument on "In the Dark" from the same adaptation.
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: ''Trouble at School'' has the moral "It's never too late to correct a mistake." It's ''supposed'' to mean "even though you've put off correcting your errors, a new attempt to apologize and atone for them can still be appreciated", but it could instead be misread as "commit a crime and don't apologize for it until it's convenient, upon which all will be forgiven."
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* IAmNotShazam: The bears' surname is Bear, not Berenstain.
** And, despite the common mispronunciation, it's not [[AmbiguouslyJewish "Bernstein"]], either.
** Or "Berenstein," for that matter.
** And, despite the common mispronunciation, it's not [[AmbiguouslyJewish "Bernstein"]], either.
** Or "Berenstein," for that matter.
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* IAmNotShazam: The bears' surname is Bear, not Berenstain.
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* PainfulRhyme: In theme song of the Creator/PBSKids version - "They're kinda furry around the torso / They're a lot like people only more so."
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect has the cubs acting bratty by condradicting their parents and grandparents when the family is looking for a picnic spot. However, a lot of their comments are quite valid. For instance, Mama suggests a spot by the pond because that's where she and Papa had their first date. Brother responds with "That's was ages ago. It's full of mosquitoes now." Sure, he could have said it a bit more politely but who wants to picnic where there is lots of mosquitoes?
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect has the cubs acting bratty by condradicting their parents and grandparents when the family is looking for a picnic spot. However, a lot of their comments are quite valid. For instance, Mama suggests a spot by the pond because that's where she and Papa had their first date. Brother responds with "That's was ages ago. It's full of mosquitoes now." Sure, he could have said it in a bit more politely polite manner but who wants to picnic where there is lots of mosquitoes?
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect has the cubs acting bratty by condradicting their parents and grandparents when the family is looking for a picnic spot. However, a lot of their comments are quite valid. For instance, Mama suggests a spot by the pond because that's where she and Papa had their first date. Brother responds with "That's was ages ago. It's full of mosquitoes now." Who wants to picnic where there is lots of mosquitoes?
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect has the cubs acting bratty by condradicting their parents and grandparents when the family is looking for a picnic spot. However, a lot of their comments are quite valid. For instance, Mama suggests a spot by the pond because that's where she and Papa had their first date. Brother responds with "That's was ages ago. It's full of mosquitoes now." Who Sure, he could have said it a bit more politely but who wants to picnic where there is lots of mosquitoes?
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect has the cubs acting bratty by condradicting their parents and grandparents when the family is looking for a picnic spot. However, a lot of their comments are quite valid. For instance, Mama suggests a spot by the pond because that's where she and Papa had their first date. Brother responds with "That's was ages ago. It's full of mosquitoes now." Who wants to picnic where there is lots of mosquitoes?
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** Bad Habit - Develop a bad habit, and your parents will bribe you with money to end it!
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** Bad Habit - Develop a bad habit, and your parents will bribe you with money to end it! it!
** The Aesop of ''The Berenstain Bears Clean House'' seems to be "if you have a bunch of old junk sitting around yourself, stuff it in the attic and put off the cleaning until another day."
** The Aesop of ''The Berenstain Bears Clean House'' seems to be "if you have a bunch of old junk sitting around yourself, stuff it in the attic and put off the cleaning until another day."
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The Bully really has a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop if you think about it...Getting beaten up by a bully? Don't bother contacting the school authorities because AdultsAreUseless. Get beaten up, and finally fight back? Then and ''only'' them will they get involved. Oh, and Sister gets off scot-free, only be given a slap on the wrist. Yeah, how many kids in real life were just given a slap on the wrist for punching someone, even if it was in self-defense?
** Bad Habit - Develop a bad habit, and your parents will bribe you with money to end it!
** Bad Habit - Develop a bad habit, and your parents will bribe you with money to end it!
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* PainfulRhyme: In theme song of the Creator/PBSKids version - "They're kinda furry around the torso / They're a lot like people only more so."
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* PainfulRhyme: In theme song of the Creator/PBSKids version - "They're kinda furry around the torso / They're a lot like people only more so.""
* UnfortunateImplications: Oh lord have people found a lot of these in the series...
* UnfortunateImplications: Oh lord have people found a lot of these in the series...
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* PainfulRhyme: In theme song of the Creator/PBSKids - "They're kinda furry around the torso / They're a lot like people only more so."
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* PainfulRhyme: In theme song of the Creator/PBSKids version - "They're kinda furry around the torso / They're a lot like people only more so."
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* MemeticMutation: Mama Bear's frustration with the cubs' messy room in the AnimatedAdaptation.
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* MemeticMutation: Mama Bear's frustration with the cubs' messy room in the AnimatedAdaptation.AnimatedAdaptation.
* PainfulRhyme: In theme song of the Creator/PBSKids - "They're kinda furry around the torso / They're a lot like people only more so."
* PainfulRhyme: In theme song of the Creator/PBSKids - "They're kinda furry around the torso / They're a lot like people only more so."
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* IAmNotShazam: The bears' surname is Bear, not Berenstain.
** And, despite the common mispronunciation, it's not [[AmbiguouslyJewish "Bernstein"]], either.
** Or "Berenstein," for that matter.
** And, despite the common mispronunciation, it's not [[AmbiguouslyJewish "Bernstein"]], either.
** Or "Berenstein," for that matter.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Sister beating a bully by herself after being coached by Brother.
