The Adventures of Little Brown Bear

***The Adventures of Little Brown Bear*** () is a French animated children's television series loosely based on the 1975 children's book _Little Brown Bear_ by Danièle Bour and Claude Lebrun. The series ran between 20 October 2003 to 12 January 2004 and aired on France 5, each contains 52 episodes with the series aimed at 3-to-7-years-old children.

## Premise

Through the adventures of a bear, the series depicts the life of a 3-year-old child in everyday and universal situations.

### Major

- Little Brown Bear (voiced by Antoine Bonnaire in French, Jules de Jongh in North America, and Regina Candler in the UK) is a 3-year-old French-accented brown cub who indeeds to have fun and causes misunderstood. He has brown eyes with black pupils, he wears a red jumper with blue trousers and green shoes.
- Mr. Brown Bear (voiced by Pierre Forest in French, Tony Clarke Hill in North America, and Andy Turvey in the UK) is Brown Bear's father. He has brown eyes with black pupils, he wears a yellow jumper, orange trousers, yellow socks, and orange shoes.
- Mrs. Brown Bear (voiced by Ivana Coppola in French and Joanna Ruiz in English) is Brown Bear's mother. She has blue eyes with black pupils, she wears a yellow collared shirt, blue dress, and red slippers.

### Others

- Baby Grey Bear is an infant cub. He has grey eyes with black pupils and wears bluish coloured clothes.
- Bertha Bear is a female grey bear and pre-school teacher.
- Black Bear
- Little Gold Bear (voiced by Jules de Jongh in English) is Brown Bear's boyfriend. He has brown eyes with black pupils, he wears a green collared shirt, blue trousers, orange socks, and lime socks.
- Little Grey Bear (voiced by Jules de Jongh in English) is Brown Bear's girlfriend. She has blue eyes with black pupils, she wears a purple sleeved shirt with white lace and blue dungarees, white socks, and blue shoes.
- Mrs. Grey Bear (voiced by TBA) is a grey female bear. She has grey eyes with black pupils, she wears an orange shirt, purple trousers, and blue shoes.
- Narrator (voiced by Isabelle Giami in French and Joanna Ruiz in English) is a female narrator who narrates each episode.

## Broadcast

The series aired on France 5 on 20 October 2003 to 12 January 2004 with reruns airing until 26 August 2022, in the series _Les Zouzous_ then in the programs _Ludo Zouzous, Zouzous_ and _Okoo_, but also on France 3 in the series France Truc on 5 July 2005 and Playhouse Disney and Disney Junior. In acquiring broadcast, in Quebec (13 September 2004 on Télé-Québec), the Arab world (25 January 2008 on Toyor Al-Janah, 2009 on Baraem, and 2017 on Gulli Bil Arabi). On 17 May 2021, the English YouTube channel is founded.

## Reception and controversy

The series is a rip-off of _Little Bear_, with some animation flashbacks for some faked characters and added a surname "brown", formed by Little Brown Bear, with this rant will be shocked their options.

On 28 September 2024, the once-completely obscure _The Adventures of Little Brown Bear_ has receiving heavy bashing aimed over an age 13 towards YouTube audiences hosted by VP Awesome, SnipeSnap, The Cartoon Movement, and Matt Neff. The critics alike, the titular character always misbehaved and whining throughout the series by notable clips:
- _Wants a Cake_: He complains for wanting a cake at the bakery, his mother refuses then leaves and she gives a supper tonight.
- _Argues with his Mommy_: He works to plant some flowers in the backyard, refusing to change his clothes while Mama Bear took his boots off, then loses his temper by calling his mother "horrible". However, the episode changes when she deserves an ass-whooping. After he got dressed, later turns out to be good and he rewards an apple pie until the rain stops. This theme about upsetting each other.

Little Brown Bear reveals a brattiness worse than Caillou from the _titular series_, Dora Winifred Read and Muffy Crosswire from _Arthur_, and Horrid Henry with Perfect Peter from _Horrid Henry_.

On 1 November 2024, GoAnimate and Vyond video maker XanMan is formed as a troublemaker cub called "Little Brown Brat" on YouTube.

## Infobox (television)

- **genre**: Adventure fiction, Adventure
Children's television series, Children
- **voices**: Antoine Bonnaire
Fluorine Orphelin
Ivana Coppola
John Dindinaud-Ferrets
Pierre Forest
- **narrated**: Isabelle Giami
- **country**: France
- **language**: French
- **num seasons**: 1
- **num episodes**: 52
- **list episodes**: List of Little Brown Bear episodes#Season 2: The Adventures of Little Brown Bear
- **producer**: Bayard Presse
- **runtime**: 3 minutes
- **network**: France 5
- **related**: _Little Brown Bear_ (1988)
_Little Brown Bear 3D_ (2018)