Bear

**Bear Michael Roarington** is the main protagonist of the Bear and Friends franchise. He is a 17-year-old Kermode Bear who is friends with Dog and Unicorn. His favorite show is *Astronaut Tales from Outer Space* and is favorite movie is *Astronaut Tales: The Movie*. His arch enemy is Principal Steinbeck.

## Fictional character biography

### Childhood

Bear was born on May 8, 2000. His backstory and childhood are mostly unknown and is set to be explored during the events of *The Bear and Friends Movie*.

### Series

Throughout the series, he lives with Dog and Unicorn in the BAF House. He has an unrequited crush on Sam and makes friends with a flamingo named Fred at a playground. During the events of Unicorn Goes to School!, he makes enemies with Principal Steinbeck after sending him to prison for trying to kill Unicorn.

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

Bear, along with Dog, is mostly absent during the events of *Unicorn: A Bear and Friends Story*. He and Dog take a "Bro's Week Out" camping trip and end up on the Alaska Beach questioning whether they should return home to help Unicorn with her problems throughout the film. At the end, Bear and Dog return home and greet Unicorn.

### *The Bear and Friends Movie*

Before the events of the series or even the film, it's revealed that Bear's Dad was forced to abandon him as a child by his mother for being a bad influence on him.

During the events of the film, Bear and his friends Dog and Unicorn are living their best lives without a care in the world. One morning, Bear's Dad arrives to visit, revealing to Bear that a war is coming and that someone is coming after them. Bear disbelieves him and kicks him out of the house, upset with him over him walking out of his life 12 years ago.

Suddenly, a bounty hunter named Steve breaks into the house and battles the three, knocking out Bear and badly injuring Unicorn. As Bear awakens, Bear's Dad reveals that he was sent by Steinbeck, who was once his enemy when he was friends with Dog's Dad and Unicorn's Mom. Bear decides to travel to Steinbeck's lair with the help of his friends - Bear's Dad, Dog, Unicorn, Sam, Fred the Flamingo, Josh, and Unicorn’s Dad - to figure out what he's planning. They arrive at Steinbeck's lair, where he captures them and reveals that he plots to wipe out animals from the planet following the death of his parents. Afraid, Bear and his friends escape and return to the house.

That night, Steinbeck breaks into the house. He battles Bear, but overpowers him, and Bear and his friends escape the house and go into hiding. They return to the Dandelion Field, where they agree to take refuge for the next few days. Bear then sees this as an opportunity to ask Sam out and walks with her to collect food, but she rejects him. Dog fails an attempt to ask Unicorn to marry him, prompting Bear to help him by having him sing a song. The next day, Bear reveals to Dog that Sam rejected him and shows his heavy insecurities, as he secretly worries that once Dog and Unicorn get married they'll want him out of the house. Bear attempts to sing a song to help, but this fails as his insecurities are too big.

The next day, Steinbeck arrives and finds them. Bear and his friends run to the park where they go into hiding, with Steinbeck heavily in pursuit. Bear stays behind to fight off Steinbeck while Unicorn teleports everyone else away, leading to Bear's capture. Bear's Dad and Dog attempt to sneak into the house and rescue him, but Steinbeck arrives and captures them as well. As the three have an emotional goodbye, Bear reveals his insecurities to his Dad, who reveals that he suffered the same thing from a young age and tells him that he's not alone. With a new set of confidence, Bear breaks out of his restraints as Unicorn arrives and rescues Bear's Dad and Dog. Unicorn and Josh set off to battle Steve while Bear stays behind to fight off Steinbeck alone.

Bear battles Steinbeck, who overpowers him and nearly kills him as Bear's Dad arrives with the rest of the group. The group unites and defeats Steinbeck, sending him back to prison and returning their lives to normal. Josh returns to Australia to see relatives, Unicorn's Dad reunites with Unicorn's Mom, and Sam and Fred leave. Dog finally asks Unicorn to marry him and she accepts. Bear spends the remaining week of Bear's Dad's life bonding with him before he succumbs to his illness and dies.

6 months later, Bear has been distant from his friends following Bear's Dad's death. Dog and Unicorn invite him to the wedding, and he decides that it's time to re-enter society and arrives at the wedding as the Best Man and officiator. Dog and Unicorn officially become husband and wife. Bear's insecurities finally go away when Dog and Unicorn tell him that he's welcome to stay with them for the rest of their lives as they get back to kissing.

## Personality

Throughout earlier seasons of the series, Bear comes off as an arrogant control freak who wants everything to go his way. However, as the series and films go on, he becomes more gentle and friendly towards his friends. It is revealed in *The Bear and Friends Movie* that he comes across as a control freak but is secretly insecure and fears a life without his friends or family. By the end of the film, he gains a new set of confidence.

## Appearance

Bear is a spirit bear who weighs 85 pounds and is 3’5”. He has white, well brushed fur with black eyes, a brown nose, and a yellow bowtie that disappeared after *Bear and Friends: The Movie*. It is implied that the actors lost the bowtie sometime into production.