Josh

**Josh** is a recurring character in the *Bear and Friends* franchise and the secondary protagonist of Unicorn: A Bear and Friends Story. He is the Australian cousin of Unicorn and her childhood best friend who often returns to help her with her problems or issues. He is portrayed by Gabriel Combs.

## Fictional character biography

### Prior to the series

Josh was born on January 14, 2000 in Australia. He is the cousin of Unicorn and would often travel to see her, as they were described as the "best, worst, and craziest of friends". Eventually, after the disappearance ("death") of Unicorn's Mom, the two split apart and Josh returned to Australia. Sometime before they reunited, Josh met Mario in a lab and learned that he tried to collect Unicorn DNA to extract their powers and stopped hanging out with him.

### *Unicorn: A Bear and Friends Story*

Josh receives a phone call from an unknown figure who reveals that Unicorn caused a plane crash and returns to America to visit her. He decides to reunite with her and revisit their childhoods together. Throughout the film, they revisit old memories from their past and remember their entire friendship.

Eventually, the two are captured by Mario and his sidekick, Master Goat, before being rescued by Unicorn’s Dad and Unicorn's Mom, who is revealed to Unicorn to be alive. After a distraught Unicorn leaves, he attempts to apologize to Unicorn by revealing that he knew the truth the entire time and had to lie to her to protect her feelings, but she abandons him and tells him to leave. While gone, he watches *Bear and Friends: The Movie* and learns the hardships that Unicorn has had to face throughout her life with Bear and Dog.

Josh and Unicorn reunite after Josh discovers that Unicorn's parents were captured, but the two end up getting captured by Mario and Master Goat while trying to rescue them. Mario extracts Unicorn's powers and sends her to the beginning of time while tying Josh and Unicorn's parents to a chair in an airplane that is set to fly into the mouth of an open volcano. Suddenly, Unicorn returns, unties them, and orders Josh to battle and defeat Master Goat. Josh wins the battle and, following the battle between Unicorn and Mario, calls the police to have Mario arrested, but apologizes after learning that he and Unicorn reconciled.

Three Days Later, Mario is released from prison as Unicorn and her family have a dinner together. Suddenly, everybody, including Josh, return to their homes.

### *The Bear and Friends Movie*

Throughout the first half of the film, Josh is noticeably a side character, but gets an arc of helping Unicorn later in the film.

In the film, Steve arrives and manipulates Unicorn, knocking her out and causing her powers to malfunction. Josh arrives and levitates Steve into the air, throwing him far away. Josh awakens Unicorn and promises to train her to help her recover her powers. The next day, he completes her training, and the day after, the two fight and defeat Steve and play a big part in defeating Steinbeck. Josh also attends Dog and Unicorn's wedding and was initially the Best Man before Bear's arrival.

## Personality

Josh is the friendliest character in the *Bear and Friends* franchise. He rushes to help when someone needs it and doesn't ever think about himself during certain situations. He is mainly affectionate towards Unicorn, due to their friendship and childhood.

## Appearance

Josh is a blue, Australian Unicorn whose appearance is similar to hers but with color differences. He has light blue fur, black eyes, a dark blue horn, light blue hair, light blue wings, and dark blue hooves.