Boo-Boo Bear

**Boo-Boo Bear** (nicknamed as **Boo** or **Boob**) is an anthropomorphic bear, Yogi's best friend, and one of the main fictional characters of the *Yogi Bear* franchise.

## Background

### **Personality**

Boo-Boo likes to do the right thing, often acting as Yogi's conscience. He tries (usually unsuccessfully) to keep Yogi from doing things he should not do, and also to keep Yogi from getting into trouble with Ranger Smith. Often, he would say say, "But Yogi, Mr. Ranger isn't gonna like this," or some variation.

### **Physical Appearance**

Boo-Boo is a small anthropomorphic bear (possibly even a bear cub), with tan-brown fur, a light tan muzzle and a tuft of hair on the top of his head. His only set of clothes is a blue (or sometimes purple) bowtie.

In the series, *Laff-a-Lympics*, as part of the Yogi Yahooeys, he wears a red-orange T-shirt with a white "Y" on it.

## Appearances

### **Television series**

* *The Huckleberry Hound Show* (1958-1961)
* *The Yogi Bear Show* (1961-1962)
* *Yogi's Gang* (1973)
* *Laff-a-Lympics* (1977)
* *Yogi's Space Race* (1978)
* *Galaxy Goof-Ups* (1978)
* *Yogi's Treasure Hunt* (1985-1988)
* *The New Yogi Bear Show* (1988)
* *Fender Bender 500* (1990)
* *Yo Yogi!* (1991)

### **Films and specials**

* *Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!* (1964)
* *Yogi's Ark Lark* (1972)
* *Casper's First Christmas* (1979)
* *Yogi's First Christmas* (1980)
* *Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper* (1982)
* *Strong Kids, Safe Kids* (1984)
* *Yogi's Great Escape* (1987)
* *Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose* (1987)
* *The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound* (1988)
* *Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears* (1988)
* *The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera* (1990)
* *Yogi the Easter Bear* (1994)
* *Arabian Nights* (1994)
* *Yogi Bear* (2010)

### **Educational films**

* *Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips*
	+ *Yogi Bear: Play it Safe* (1979)
	+ *Yogi Bear Visits His Medical Friends* (1980)
* *Learning Tree Filmstrip Set*
	+ *Learning About Citizenship with Yogi Bear* (1982)
	+ *Learning About Groups and Rules with Yogi Bear* (1982)
* *Earthquake Preparedness* (1984)
* *D.A.R.E. Bear Yogi* (1989)

### **Video games**

* *Yogi's Frustration* (1983), by Mattel for Intellivision
* *Yogi Bear* (1987)
* *Yogi's Great Escape*
* *Yogi Bear and Friends in The Greed Monster*
* *Yogi Bear's Math Adventures*
* *Yogi Bear visits... the National Parks*
* *Yogi's Big Clean Up* (1992)
* *Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast*
* *Yogi Bear: The Video Game* (2010)

### **Publications**

* *Yogi Bear (comic strips)* (1961-1981)
* *Yogi Bear (Dell Comics)*
* *Yogi Bear (Gold Key Comics)*
* *Yogi Bear (Charlton Comics)* and *Harvey*
* *The Flintstones (Marvel Comics)*
* *Yogi Bear (Marvel Comics)*
* *Yogi Bear (Archie Comics)* (Hanna-Barbera All-Stars, Hanna-Barbera Presents and Yogi Bear #1)
* *Cartoon Network Presents*
* "*Bear-ly Scared*" (*Scooby-Doo! Team-Up* #35)
* *Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special #1*

## Portrayals

### **Television shows, films and specials**

* **Don Messick** (1958-1996)
	+ *The Huckleberry Hound Show* (1958-1961)
	+ *The Yogi Bear Show* (1961-1962)
	+ *Yogi's Ark Lark* (1972)
	+ *Yogi's Gang* (1973)
	+ *Laff-a-Lympics* (1977)
	+ *Casper's First Christmas* (1979)
	+ *Yogi's First Christmas* (1980)
	+ *Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper* (1982)
	+ *Yogi's Treasure Hunt* (1985-1988)
	+ *Yogi's Great Escape* (1987)
	+ *Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose* (1987)
	+ *The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound* (1988)
	+ *Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears* (1988)
	+ *The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera* (1990)
	+ *Fender Bender 500* (1990)
	+ *Yo Yogi!* (1991)
	+ *Yogi the Easter Bear* (1994)
	+ *Arabian Nights* (1994)

### **Other**

* Jack Mercer - *Movie Wheels Present Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear* (1960)
* Frank Milano
	+ *Songs of Yogi Bear and his Pals* LP (1961)
	+ *A Hap-Hap-Happy Christmas from Yogi Bear* (1961)
	+ *How to Be a Better-Than-the Average Child Without Really Trying!* (1962)
	+ *Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!* (1964)
* Ernest Newton (singing voice in *Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!*)
* June Foray - *Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo Tell Stories of Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk* (1965)
* Chuck McCann - *Wake Up, America!* (1965)
* Daws Butler - *"Hear-See-Do" Hanna-Barbera Record of Safety* (1973–1983)
* Keith Scott - Pauls commercial
* Billy West - Cartoon Network bumpers (1993–1999)
* Jeff Bergman (1997-2002)
	+ *When Animals Nap*
	+ *Lullabye-Bye Bear* (2001)
	+ GEICO commercial
* Greg Burson (PrimeStar commercial)
* John Kricfalusi
	+ *Boo Boo Runs Wild*
	+ *A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith*
	+ *Boo Boo and the Man*
* Tom Kenny (1998-2004)
	+ *I Am Weasel*
	+ *Fruity Pebbles* commercial
	+ *Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law*
	+ *The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy*
* Scott Innes - *At Picnic*, *Forest*, and *Honey Lesson*
* Justin Timberlake - *Yogi Bear* (2010)
* Tom Virtue - *Yogi Bear: The Video Game*
* Eric Bauza - Quicken Loans commercial (2020-present)
* C.H. Greenblatt - *Jellystone!* (2021–2022)

## Notes/Trivia

* It is apparent that Boo-Boo is simply an adult bear who is short of stature.
* Boo-Boo has remained at Yogi's side through almost all of the franchise in which Yogi appeared, the only exceptions being *Yogi's Space Race* and *Galaxy Goof-Ups*, in which Boo-Boo's place was taken by a new character, Scare Bear.
* Boo-Boo's voice actor, Don Messick, also voiced Ranger Smith.
	+ No other actors have replaced or filled in for Messick, and he has yet to be officially succeeded as Warner Bros. Animation (who completely took over Hanna-Barbera in 2001) have not done anything new with the franchise.
* *The 1991 Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals* by Jeff Rovin notes that Boo-Boo lives by himself in his own cave; but some episodes show them sleeping together in the same bed.