Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
Tags: good versus evil

Plot synopsis:
Aboard their boat, a yellow bear and a purple horse look after the baby animals known as the Care Bear Cubs and Care Bear Cousin Cubs. On the way, a red sea serpent threatens them—one of the many forms of Dark Heart, an evil spirit. They escape by following a rainbow up to the sky, while the boat transforms into the Cloud Clipper. There, the Great Wishing Star gives the group their "tummy symbols", pictures that indicate each creature's role or specialty. True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse, as the characters are named, become founders of the Kingdom of Caring, a land which comprises Care-a-Lot and the Forest of Feelings.
For the Bears' first Caring Mission, True Heart and stowaway Swift Heart Rabbit (one of the Cousins) travel to Earth and visit a summer camp. There, they meet three of its participants: a girl named Christy, and her friends, the twins John and Dawn. A boastful boy nicknamed the "Camp Champ" always defeats them in competitions, and assigns them to trash duty. Christy is unsatisfied at this; she and her friends run away, only to get lost in the woods. True Heart soon finds John and Dawn, and brings them to the Kingdom of Caring. After they arrive, the children hear a bell toll from the Caring Meter, which tells the Bears how much caring is taking place on Earth. Noble Heart and True Heart tell them to babysit the Cubs, before they leave to search for Dark Heart and Christy.
Meanwhile, in the woods, Christy meets Dark Heart (as a human boy) for the first time, and asks him to make her the new Camp Champ. He grants her that wish, telling her she must pay him back with one favor, and heads away while she rejoins her friends. Aware of Dark Heart's potential, True Heart and Noble Heart move the Bear Cubs to Care-a-Lot, and the Cousin Cubs to the Forest of Feelings. Both sets quickly grow up to become the Care Bear Family.
Later, while the Bears prepare a party for the Kingdom's founders, Dark Heart enters Care-a-Lot in disguise so that he can capture the whole Family. A cluster of Star Buddies, assistants to the Bears and Great Wishing Star, drives him off; he then morphs into a raging red cloud. The Bears shoot light at him from their bellies, forming their "Care Bear Stare"; the Cousins also help by using their "Care Cousin Call". Afterward, True Heart and Noble Heart decide to search for him, and leave the Bears to handle missions all by themselves.
During their patrol, Wish Bear spots Christy stranded in a canoe within a lake; the other Bears and Cousins set out to rescue her. Dark Heart fires lightning bolts before the team, and captures many of them with his magic bag— the favor he wanted Christy to do all along. The few Family members at hand determine that she has teamed up with him. This prompts Tenderheart Bear to hold a conference at the Hall of Hearts; Friend Bear, Secret Bear and Christy's friends later join them.
That night, Dark Heart's influence causes the other children to wreck the camp. The Bears and Cousins search for the Family members, before Dark Heart imprisons them—first in cages, then inside big rubies hanging from a chandelier. Meanwhile, John and Dawn tell Christy of their conviction to rescue the Family from the villain. Feeling guilty, she finally pays him back by admitting what she has done. Despite this, her bargain with Dark Heart is over.
True Heart, Noble Heart, John and Dawn enter Dark Heart's lair amid his impending deed; Christy asks him to free the others. While True Heart and Noble Heart enact their Stare, lightning from his cloud strikes Christy, who screams in fear and gets strucked and wounded. With little energy left in her, she crashes down the chandelier with a marble. The Family members, finally free from the rubies, help True Heart and Noble Heart out.
At the sight of a dead Christy, Dark Heart becomes remorseful for his actions. He asks the Care Bears to bring her back to life, but is disappointed that their kindness is not even enough. So he, the Family, John and Dawn chant "We care!" enough times to bring her back to life. Soon after, the group quickly leaves the cave as it transforms into an outhouse.
Dark Heart becomes a real boy, and everyone is overjoyed. After a swim in the lake, the campers say goodbye to the Bears and Cousins; the former Dark Heart promises to be a better person at camp. The film ends with a message from its narrator, the Great Wishing Star, and flashbacks of the Care Bear Family's childhood.

Review: For the longest time, I liked this movie better than the original Care Bears movie.
The first one is a better Care Bears movie (as you may have guessed if you read my review for it).
I can't think of another sequel that contradicts the original so blatantly (especially with the genders of some characters and how they all met).
I felt the same way watching it as an adult!On to the reasons why the movie is actually pretty good (IF you disassociate it from the first movie).
I can't think of another movie for little kids with a DEMON as it's villan!
Now I am not for a minute suggesting that evil demons who want to steal the souls of campers and Care Bears are good, I just find it cool that there's a SUPREMELY EVIL BEING in a movie for little kids!
Anyhow, the demon's name is Darkheart and he wants this chick to help him get the Care Bears in return for him giving her special powers.
Meanwhile some other kids are in Care-a-Lot looking after BABY CARE BEARS!
Demons and baby Care Bears IN THE SAME MOVIE!!!!!Needless to say, everything gets cleared up in the end (but not before we get to see Darkheart trap the Care Bears' souls in this scary chandelere thing in one [surprisingly] deeply disturbing scene).
This cartoon was strange, but the story actually had a little more depth and emotion to it than other cartoon movies.
I found this film to be very true to life and just when things couldn't be worse, the girl sees what she's done, she feels remorse and then changes and then she helps this dark, mystical creature learn the human quality of love.
The people who made it may have used "New Generation" to note that this is another way the Care Bear Family could have began.
Perhaps we are meant to decide for ourselves how the Care Bear family truly began.This was my favorite movie at age 3-6, and it did not scare me or confuse me at all..
The second Care Bears movie is immensely better than its predecessor.
It has a deeper plot, better character development, and the tunes (especially the closing song) are both catchy and warm-hearted.
Sure the movie tends to over stress caring but come on, it IS a Care Bears movie.
This movie is a great picture to show to kids because it emphasizes friendship, love, and again, caring.
Not to mention the Care Bears are just too adorable!.
Care Bears Movie 2: A New Generation isn't at all a bad movie.
The songs and score are lovely, especially Growing Up and Forever Young, the latter has always been my personal favourite of the two.
The care bears, who I do like, are adorable, and the human children are well done too.
Origins of the Care Bears & their Cousins.
The Cousins are raised with the Care Bears, rather than meeting them later.
If you have an open heart, love the toys or enjoyed the original, this is not to be missed.
As a child I preferred the first Care Bear movie since this one seemed so dark.
What I do think is that this film is too dark for infants, but as you get older you learn to treasure it since you understand it more, it doesn't seem as dark as it was back when you were a child.This movie, in my opinion, is better than the first one, everything is so much deeper.
I love every song in this movie, I have downloaded them all and is all I am listening to, I'm listening to 'Our beginning' also known as 'Recalling' at the moment.
I have always preferred this sound track to the first one, although I just totally love Carol Kings song in the first movie 'Care-A-Lot'.I think the animation is great, the animation in both movies are fantastic.
I was surprised when I sat down and watched it about 10 years later and saw that the animation for the time was excellent.
It was really surprising.There is not a lot of back up from other people to say that this movie is great, but it is.
I think it is a wonderful movie.Basically, this movie is about how the Care Bears came about and to defeat the Demon, Dark Heart.
The end is surprising and again, beats any 'Pokemon Movie' with the Care Bears Moral issues.
I think the "Dark-Heart" character is a little on the rough side and I don't like the way he shape-shifts into a "mean" frog, fox, boy I was wrong, This movie was made for my kid, not for me.
This isn't one of the NEW kids movies that adults will ALSO enjoy.
I loved this movie when I was a kid.
And when I recently found the movie in my storage room and watched it again, I found that I still loved it!
In today's world of kid's toys/movies/TV shows filled with violence and fighting, it's nice to again see the Care Bears, who fight evil with nothing but the power of love and caring.
And best of all, the characters are well developed, but not so over developed that little kids (the movie's target audience) can't understand and love them.
The movie is great fun for kids and adults who want to lose their age for a while!!!.
I was 4 and I fell in love with the Care Bears.
I thought that the story line didn't even follow the actual timeline of the Care Bears Evolution, but loved it nonetheless.
In Lamen's, despite the film's inaccuracy, it's still the most adorable kid's movie.
I love this movie & it the best Care Bears Movie ever!!!.
Later, The care meter went down more & True Heart Bear & Noble Heart Horse check to see if it Dark Heart but they can't go unless the club at care for so they ask Dawn & John to care for the club.
After True Heart Bear & Noble Heart Horse Come back, They send Dawn & John back to camp.
Than the club & cousin bears have grown up to get ready to fight Dark Heart.
At the end, Dark Heart kidnap all the care bear & the kids (Dawn & John) have to tell Christy that Dark Heart is evil.
Than they work to together to save the Care Bears.
Later, True Heart Bear & Noble Heart Horse found out it Dark Heart shadow & return to care land to find that their gone.
The Kids (Dawn, John, & Christy) come but they was not powerful to stop Dark Heart.
True Heart Bear & Noble Heart Horse come to help Dawn, John, & Christy to free the other care bears but Christy got in the way & was hit by Dark Heart magic.
Than Dark Heart saw Christy got hit & stop fighting the care bear in order to help her but he can't because Dark Heart (himself) don't have the power of caring to save Christy.
The care bears & the kids help Dark Heart save Christy.
Now Dark Heart starting to care & became a real boy to fall in love with Christy.
Dark Heart is now a real boy & help out Christy to work out in camp.This is a great move ever & the best Care Bears Movie I ever seeing.I like all the care bears movies & I can't wait to see "Care Bears: Big Wish Movie (2005)".Who like this movie?.
The Best of the Care Bear Movies.
This movie does contradict the first one as far as the origins of the Care Bears and the Care Bear Cousins goes.
However, if you look at "Part II" as a separate film, then it's a very good movie.
I remember watching this in the early 80's (and fitting into its targeted demographic audience then), and absolutely loving it much more than the first movie (not that I didn't enjoy that one too, it's just that this one seemed to have a little something extra to it).
And it's dark in deeper kind of subtle way too (that kids may not fully understand, but could still be a bit scared of because of the atmosphere it gives off, and adults watching will surely get quicker as I have now watching this film again now in my mid-twenties) where you basically have a young girl making a deal with an evil spirit/demon in exchange for something else.
I can't tell you the number of times I used to pretend Dark Heart wanted to imprison me, have me help him capture the Care Bears, tried to make me turn over to his dark side, and other things like that etc.
I used to watch it at least once a week.Also Hadley Kay was the perfect choice for the voice of Dark Heart (I always thought so and I always will).Now it's just too bad that they never made a soundtrack available.
Sometimes I just want to hear Growing Up without watching the movie, as good as it is."What good is love and caring if it can't save her?".
This installment of the care bear movies.
Is i think the best if you actually want to know how these characters began.
It shows characters in a way that reflects well on the T.V series but it also shows a beginning for example you can't just have turned up in care a lot.
Ther story begins when the care bears ship is attacked by an evil being named dark heart but they are saved.
In this time you see how the care bears got their symbols and how they grew up.
They eventually defeat dark heart in the end and watchers get to relearn som e important lessons about caring.
This movie would be cherished by any child who had found the T.V show care bears enjoyable to watch.In a nutshell the care bears shows us how to care and be friendly it sets a perfect example to kids.
It also shows how to fight the obstacles that your caring will encounter this shows this in characters such as Dark Heart in this movie.
Feel free to make more movies as this is one show kids won't learn violence from.
Not Bad. I remember seeing Care Bears Movie 2 when i was young and i never saw the 1st care bears movie.
I thought that the care bears movie 2 was good, and i use to be obsessed with the word Cart Wheels, when i was 6 i started doing Cart wheels alot and now i'm 16 and i can still do them, i still have fun now..
I can tell you the whole plot exactly, I must have seen it 100 times at least, and I can say it is a good kids/family movie.I still have the tape, I haven't watched it in 5 years, but maybe I'll get around to it this week, and be a kid for the day.
You just have to love the care bears, and their messege..
Despite it's non-association with the original (which as a kid I never noticed and as an adult I don't care about), this is what cartoons *should* be like.
This movie is great, the music "with the exception of the very first song in the movie" was awesome.
The story line is awesome too, it's just basically a wonderfull movie, for ALL ages.
(Heck, I'm 33 and I'm horrified NOW!) They'll also be appalled to realise that that greeting-card toy creation the Care Bears were popular enough to have numerous animated TV specials, a TV show, and no less than three movies - and I certainly can't blame them."Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation" capsulises all that was bad about the Neon Decade's cartoons - unabashed commercialisation, animation that isn't even as good as Disney's TV cartoons of the time (surprisingly, it took the House of Mouse until the mid-1980s to take the plunge into tele-cartooning), incredibly bad writing from Nelvana's answer to Hanna-Barbera's Glenn Leopold, Peter Sauder (everybody here moralises and/or lectures rather than talks, and the Great Wishing Star is supposed to be the narrator but serves more to tell the story for anyone who really can't follow the plot), and music - both the songs by Dean & Carol Parks and the score by Patricia Cullen - that makes your average Don Bluth movie's backing seem like Danny Elfman on peak form.
Pathetic excuse for a Care Bears sequel.
This film is a sorry excuse for a Care Bears sequel.
It contradicts most of what happened in the first movie, and really treats it's audience like children...
The only good thing about this film is the music- Dean Parks is a well-know studio guitarist who laid down many tracks in the 70's and 80's for big names like Billy Joel and Barry Manilow.
Not that I haven't tried, mind you - but I sit down, and I pop in the aged VHS, and I watch the opening...and suddenly I'm five years old again and clutching my very own Care Bear and watching the movie with open eyes and an eager heart.I can see, objectively, that this movie is a BIZARRE combination of cuddly baby merchandising-mascots and creepy prepubescent children with evil powers that has a thin story and uninteresting animation.
Care Bears!" every time I think about it.
So - I'd only (cautiously, reluctantly) recommend this movie for those who saw it during their early youth and can call on the awesome power of nostalgia while watching it (like me) OR those lovably cynical Gen-X/Y-ers who deliberately seek out the wonderfully bad/strange (a category in which this movie...definitely belongs).
Surprisingly dark and mean-spirited would-be children's film has our heroes fighting a demonic force that poses as a young boy at a summer camp.
It is now up to the Care Bears to save the day, help the children, defeat the evil spirit and hopefully turn everything back to the way it should be.
Good thing, because the movie needs to be given a bear tranquilizer.
I encourage adults, parents to watch this movie with or even without their kids.
Granted that's probably why adults like to watch them every now and again but again beyond the point..
I grew up on this movie and I can remember when my brother and I used to play in the backyard and pretend we were in Care-a-lot.
If you are parent and you have not watched this movie with your children, then you should, just so you hold them in your arms and watch them get thrilled over the care bears and care-a-lot!
Parents, I highly recommend this movie for all kids so they can learn how enjoyable caring for others can be!
When it comes down to all the trash that is on TV, you can raise your children to have the right frame of mind about life with movies like these..
Granted, I can watch it now and realize the animation wasn't that great, and that the plot is trite.
Hey, if every villian introduced themselves by saying "I ammmmm DAAAARRRKK HEEEEAAARRT" I think they might be laughed at, but for young children it is a moral story with catchy music.Music so catchy, mind you, that I still had the words memorized after not seeing this film in twenty years.
This movie's score has gone up a lot since the last time I checked, but I still think it's crap.
I was willing to at least give credit for the original for having a coherent story and trying to show off some of the Care Bears mythology.
We already saw the Care Bear Cousins origins and this completely changes that!
In a movie that's intended to be a direct sequel, I would think you'd at least know what the original movie was about.There are too many songs to list in this movie and most of them are just plain stupid.
I of course mean the original series and not the awesome new one, as I'd watch that one over anything.
At the end, the villain Darkheart realizes he cares and that turns him into a real boy.
When did anything in this story imply his mission was to become a real boy?Apparently, time moves differently as the Care Bear Cousins grow up instantly.
This is my favorite of the three care bears movies.
The big problem however as most people have pointed out was that this story contradicts the original.
For those that saw the first movie recall the bears met their "cousins" who they apparently never knew about.
In this story however the cousins grow up with the care bears and have tummy symbols all along.
But at the same time I felt it added a sort of balance to the sweetness of the care bears.
I also liked the we care part at the end, although I know other people had mixed feelings about that scene.
The care bears movies have always had such good songs.
Ten stars for a very good movie..
A demon named Dark Heart visits two last-place children at a summer camp and offers them a deal: Kidnap the Care Bears and he will make them both Camp Champs.
In other words: The Devil descends upon two kids and offers them good fortune in return for the CB's mortal souls (The movie doesn't say that but I got the idea).Meanwhile somewhere in the Kingdom of Caring the Care Bears fight back with their little caring patches on their stomachs and shoot colored beams that make a happiness rainbow.
I like the apathetic Grumpy Bear, at least he and I had one thing in common.Sometimes I sit through a movie and declare that I want to see it as part of my life experience.