Care Bear

Brand name. The characters were introduced in 1981 for use on greeting cards, and turned into plush toys in 1983.

Care Bear (plural Care Bears)

1. Any of a brand of cheerful bear figures, seen on greeting cards and as stuffed toys.
   • 1994, Edward R. Christophersen, Pediatric Compliance: A Guide for the Primary Care Physician, page 171:

     The baby or toddler who goes to sleep alone (with a Care Bear, with his favorite blanket, or by sucking his thumb) learns valuable self-quieting behaviors that can be used for many years to come.

   • 2004 , Jerry Sullivan: Hunting for Frogs on Elston, and Other Tales from Field & Street, page 68 :

     But the domestic turkey is about as remote from the wild animal as a Care Bear is from a grizzly.

   • 2007 March 13, Will Wright, keynote, South by Southwest, Austin:

     One of my real aspirations of this is I wanna see interstellar wars between Care Bears and Klingons.

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