Bear (Nelvana)

Bear is an anthropomorphic bear and Franklin's best friend. He is the deuteragonist of the series, Franklin and its spin-off, Franklin and Friends. He is voiced by Cody Jones (1997–1998), Luca Perlman (1998-2002), Marc McMulkin (2003-2004) and Mark Ramsay (2011–2013).
==Appearance==
Bear first appears as a bear with brown fur, rounded figure, black nose, light brown muzzle and despite not having claws he has toe nails. From Season 3 forward, his fur gets dark brown, gets a bit slim and starts wearing a blue vest (which he has never been shown taking off or putting on).
==Personality==
Bear is mainly known to be gluttonous but he is shown to have a big heart as he cares very deeply about his friends. He has proven to be loyal, selfless, kind, reasonable, mature, wise and responsible. His friends also see him as very brave.
==History==
===Series===
====Season 1====
In "Franklin Plays the Game", Bear appears as captain of the opponent football team who always wins. After his team's victory, he cheered up Franklin by telling him that having fun is more important than winning. Later Bear sees Franklin's team training in a rainy day while he's out to pick berries. The next match, Bear's team plays against Franklin's team and they won but the only difference being that Franklin's team finally scores a goal.
In "Franklin Wants a Pet", Bear hears about Franklin's opportunity for getting a pet and suggests a bird due to the birds' beautiful singing but Franklin points out that birds will wake him up too early. Later he is seen waiting at the pets store with Beaver, Goose, Otter and Snail to see what his new pet will be and they meet Franklin's pet fish, Goldie. 
In "Hurry Up, Franklin", Bear appears in his house ready to celebrate his birthday and gets surprised to see all of his friends in time throwing a party and getting his baseball hat and more gift from Franklin.
In "Franklin's Bad Day"...
In "Franklin Goes to School"...
In "Franklin Is Lost", Bear is playing hide and seek with his friends until he gets found. He goes back home with the rest of his friends thinking that Franklin and Fox are okay.
In "Franklin Has a Sleepover"...
In "Franklin's Halloween"...
In "Franklin Rides a Bike"...
In "Franklin Is Messy"...
In "Franklin Fibs"...
In "Franklin's Blanket"...
In "Franklin is Bossy", Bear loses the game of "Franklin Says" first due to Goose tickling him, after that he gets annoyed by the heat, Franklin's choice of game and change of rules, so he and the rest of Franklin's friends make up excuses so they can go the lake for a swim. On the next day, Bear and the others agree to play baseball with Franklin only to notice that Franklin is being bossy again and watches Beaver snapping and complaining (in the books Bear is the one who complains), and also agrees that Franklin is being bossy. In the end Franklin apologizes to his friends and promises to not boss around.
In "Franklin's Fort"...
In "Finders Keepers for Franklin"...
In "Franklin's New Friend"...
In "Franklin's School Play"...
In "Franklin and the Secret Club"...
In "Franklin and the Red Scooter"...
In "Franklin and the Tooth Fairy", Bear's tooth falls off due to eating an apple and explains to Franklin about baby teeth. At the bus, Bear and his friends tell Franklin about The Tooth Fairy (as he doesn't know about her due to turtles not having teeth). The next day he shows his gift from The Tooth Fairy which is a book and learns from Mr. Owl that loosing a tooth is a sign of growing up and afterwards learns why Franklin doesn't know about The Tooth Fairy. In the end Bear sees that Franklin has the same book and he is eating an apple again.
In "Franklin Takes the Blame"...
In "Franklin's Christmas Gift"...
In "Franklin and the Baby"...
In "Franklin Goes to Day Camp"...
====Season 2====
In "Franklin's Not-So-Broken Bone"...
====Season 3====
In "Franklin and His Night Friend"...
====Season 4====
Coming Soon!
====Season 5====
Coming Soon!
====Season 6====
Coming Soon!
===Movies===
====Franklin and The Green Knight====
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====Franklin's Magic Christmas====
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====Back to School with Franklin====
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====Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure====
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==Trivia==
* Bear is greatly afraid of spiders, as seen in "Franklin and the Thunderstorm".
* He shares some traits with Franklin: 
** They both wear all-time clothes while the rest of their friends don't.
** They both have a little sister that has an actual name.
** They both have big interest with sports.
* Bear is the only main character to have his appearance changed through the series.
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