The Characters of Paw Paw Bears
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The Paw Paws
Princess Paw Paw
Voiced by: Susan Blu
- The Chief's Daughter: She is Wise Paw's daughter.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Wasn't very pleased when Brave Paw kept trying to talk to the strange girl Paw Paw (really Aunt Pruney in disguise) in "Waif Goodbye to the Paw Paws".
- Damsel in Distress: Being the owner of the Mystic Moonstone does have its drawbacks. Many of Dark Paw's schemes involve getting rid of the princess so she can't call Totem Bear.
- The Kid with the Remote Control: She's the one with the Mystic Moonstone and has the responsibility to summon Totem Bear when they need help.
- Missing Mom: Although her father, Wise Paw, is very well present, her mother is neither seen or mentioned.
- Princesses Prefer Pink: Princess Paw Paw wears a pink outfit trimmed with white fur.
- Ship Tease: With Brave Paw.
Brave Paw
Voiced by: Thom Pinto
- The Ace: He's courageous, dependable, and will stand up to any forces of evil.
- Ship Tease: With Princess Paw Paw.
Mighty Paw
Voiced by: Robert Ridgely
- Brains and Brawn: Brawn to Trembly Paw's brains.
- Deadpan Snarker: Surprisingly so for a Dumb Muscle character.
- Gentle Giant: Compared to the other bears, anyway
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Manly Man to Trembly Paw's Sensitive Guy
- Vitriolic Best Buds: with Trembly Paw
Trembly Paw
Voiced by: Howard Morris
- Brains and Brawn: Brains to Mighty Paw's brawn.
- The Cassandra: In "The Greedie Greenies", when he told everyone he saw green blobby creatures eat his hut and everyone's missing items, no one believed him until Wise Paw confirmed it.
- Deadpan Snarker: He easily has the sharpest tongue of the paw paws.
- Miles Gloriosus: Subverted, he can be really courageous if he puts his mind to it but he usually talks tough when he's really a scaredy cat.
- Nerds Are Sexy: In "S'no Business", the princess kisses him after he uses a magnifying glass to melt a snow monster.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Sensitive Guy to Mighty Paw's Manly Man.
- The Smart Guy: Uses his cunning and wits more than the other paw paws. A good example would be the S'no Business episode where he melts a giant snow monster with a magnifying glass. Sometimes fits The Lancer role as well.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Later episodes like The Lake Monster and S'no Business have him saving the day after he's been pretty much the Butt-Monkey and
The Woobie of the series. - Vitriolic Best Buds: with Mighty Paw.
Laughing Paw
Voiced by: Alexandra Stoddart
- The Cutie: A very sweet and adorable girl.
- Genki Girl: Bubbly, cheerful, and has a great sense of humor.
- Girlish Pigtails: Has two brown pigtails.
- Out of Focus: After episode 16, she just makes cameo appearances.
PaPooch
Voiced by: Don Messick
- Not Now, Kiddo: Sometimes received this in the earlier episodes, but is taken more seriously as the series goes on.
Wise Paw
Voiced by: John Ingle
- Really 700 Years Old: Just turned 100 in "Honey of a Robbery".
- We Used to Be Friends: With Aunt Pruney.
Medicine Paw
Voiced by: Jerry Dexter
Other Characters
Totem Animals (Totem Eagle, Totem Bear, and Totem Tortoise)
Totem Eagle
Totem Bear
Voiced by: Frank Welker
- Gentle Giant
- Logical Weakness: One episode has the bears trapped at the bottom of a lake. Totem Bear, who usually saves the day, can't get down to help (he floats because he's made of wood, and as a result he's worthless in that situation).
- Silent Snarker
Totem Tortoise
- A Day in the Limelight: Is the least used of the Totem Animals, but gets to save the day in "The Lost Lake Monster".
- Overshadowed by Awesome: He's one of the powerful Totem Animals but logistics greatly limit how useful he can be. He's at the bottom of the stack so he's the last to go into action and has the poor luck of being the "Sea" part in Land, Sea, Sky dynamic they have so while he's the only one that has any utility in the water he rarely gets the chance to showcase his value.
Villains
Dark Paw
Voiced by: Stanley Ralph Ross
- Adaptation Dye-Job: During most of the series, he has brown fur and red eyes, but in the last four episodes, he has gray fur and normal white eyes.
- Berserk Button: In "The Wishing Star Crystal", he goes bananas whenever Totem Bear's name is mentioned.
- Big Bad: He's the main antagonist of the series and chief of the Meanos.
- Determinator: In every episode, he's constantly plotting to take control over the Paw Paws, usually by stealing the Mystic Moonstone.
- Dirty Coward: Talks big, enjoys terrorizing and zapping others. However, when the Paw Paws (mainly Brave Paw or Mighty Paw) step up to fight back or sic Totem Bear on him, he'll either try to counter with a dirty trick, beg for mercy, or just plain hightail it.
- Evil Sorcerer
- Glad I Thought of It: When his minions (usually Slippery Paw) come up with a good idea, Dark Paw would repeat it and pass it off as his own idea. And if he comes up with an idea that fails, he would blame his two cohorts.
- Hair-Trigger Temper
- Magic Staff: Uses this to zap others, especially Slippery Paw and Bumble Paw.
- Surrounded by Idiots: His two henchbears are clearly not at all bright, but, then again, Dark Paw is pretty incompetent himself.
- Too Dumb to Live: If it means he can defeat the Paw Paws, he'll ignore any threat or warning given to him. In "The Greedie Greenies", he tried to get the Great Greenie to work for him despite his Aunt Pruney warning him how dangerous the Greedy Greenies were.
Slippery Paw
- The Ditz: Both he and Bumble Paw are complete idiots, but Slippery Paw is slightly smarter.
- Genius Ditz: Despite his low intelligence, he comes up with the best ideas for schemes (which Dark Paw steals).
Bumble Paw
Voiced by: Frank Welker
- The Ditz: He's the dumbest of the Meano trio.
Aunt Pruney
Voiced by: Ruth Buzzi
- Lethal Chef: Her cooking is far from good. She constantly has Dark Paw try some of her strange new recipes whenever he visits, much to his disgust.
- Villainous Rescue: When Dark Paw uses some evil spirits to make the Paw Paws grow old in "The Rise of the Evil Spirits", Pruney helps them remove the spirits and turns Dark Paw old in retaliation for her nephew putting her to sleep with a knock-out drink and stealing her magic book.
- We Used to Be Friends: With Wise Paw.
The Mutt Pack
- Dirty Coward: They're mean and vicious, but they're really just all bark. PaPooch was once easily able to intimidate them even though they were bigger and had the tiny dog outnumbered.
- Right-Hand Attack Dog: For Dark Paw.
