WHO-CARES BEARS
Membership: Bored Bear, No-No-Bear, Unbearable
Bear, Unfair Bear (all mutated Shadows)
Purpose: To ruin the reputation of the Care
Bears
Affiliations: Beastly, No-Heart
Enemies: Care Bears (notably Bedtime Bear,
Cheer Bear, Funshine Bear, Good Luck Bear)
Base of Operations: No-Heart's Castle;
Southside School
First Appearance: Care Bears#11 (July, 1987)
Powers: Each
of the Who-Cares Bears had their own attitude and could influence
humans around them to feel bad emotions so as to spark arguments,
foster laziness
and cheating. Together, the Bears could combine and blast the Who-Cares
Bear Glare from their chest, a dark powerful shadow that evoked bad
emotions in those caught in its beam.
History:
(Care Bears#11) - No-Heart, the diabolical wizard who
sought the downfall of the kindly Care Bears, initiated another
nefarious plan and sent his henchman Beastly to the cloud-based land of
Care-A-Lot to gain the dimensions of a Care Bear. Once identified,
No-Heart turned four of his evil lackey Shadows, mixed with garbage,
into dark forms of Care Bears with nasty traits; No-Heart dubbed them
the Who-Cares Bears, comprising the selfish killjoy Bored Bear, the
forever stubborn No-No-Bear, the ill-mannered gluttonous Unbearable
Bear, and the corrupting and cheating Unfair Bear.
Sent to the
children's
soccer field and Southside Schoolyard below Care-A-Lot, the Who-Cares
Bears
created trouble with their influence, causing fights, eating all the
food and encouraging cheating. Seeing the trouble down below, four Care
Bears (Bedtime Bear, Cheer Bear, Funshine Bear, Good Luck Bear) went to
investigate but the Who-Cares Bears had already left, leaving the real
Care Bears to take the blame. No-Heart next intended to disrupt the
school assembly using the Who-Cares Bears, but the real Care Bears had
finally found out the wizard's evil plan and rushed to counter it. This
led to a confrontation between the four Who-Cares Bears and the four
real Care Bears on the stage at the packed school assembly. The
powerful Care Bear Stare matched the Who-Cares Bear Glare until the
children in the audience started cheering for the good-hearted and
protective Care Bears. The
bumbling Beastly inadvertently interfered and the Who-Cares Bears were
revealed as empty husks with Shadows inside. Good Luck Bear cast them
away with his chest beam.
Comments:
Created by Michael Gallagher, Howard Post, Roberta Edelman.
Profile
by Grendel
Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Who-Cares Bears have no known connections to:
- or any other "Who-Cares" or
"Bears" characters/groups
Bored
Bear
Bored Bear was a product of the nefarious wizard
No-Heart, combining the bad emotions of a Shadow minion with garbage,
all fused with dark magic. Bored Bear was selfish and cared only for
himself. He yawned loudly to deliberately express dissatisfaction with
everything around him. Bored Bear could combine with his fellow copycat
Bears to cast the powerful Who-Cares Bear Glare from their chest. His
selfishness spoiled the fun for the local children, who confused him
for a real Care Bear. In the final confrontation with the true Care
Bears, the school children recognized the duplicity of the evil copycat
Bears and cheered for the Care Bears, who defeated the Who-Cares Bears.
--Care Bears#11
No-No-Bear
No-No-Bear was a creation of the evil wizard
No-Heart, who sought the downfall of the Care Bears. No-Heart used a
Shadow, a dark emotion-filled lackey, mixed with garbage and sorcery,
to create his own Bears. No-No-Bear stubbornly and arrogantly said "no"
to everything. No-No-Bear could combine with his fellow copycat Bears
to cast the powerful Who-Cares Bear Glare from their chest. He spoiled
the fun for the local children, who confused him for a real Care Bear.
In the final confrontation with the true Care Bears, the school
children recognized the duplicity of the evil copycat Bears and cheered
for the Care Bears, who defeated the Who-Cares Bears.
--Care Bears#11
Unbearable
Bear
The gluttonous Unbearable Bear was another creation
of the evil wizard No-Heart, created from a the dark emotion of a
Shadow lackey and rubbish, fused with black magic. Unbearable Bear was
ill-mannered and greedy, and dismissive of others' needs. Unbearable
Bear could combine with his fellow copycat Bears to cast the powerful
Who-Cares Bear Glare from their chest. His gluttonous greed spoiled the
fun for the local children, who confused him for a real Care Bear. In
the final confrontation with the true Care Bears, the school children
recognized the duplicity of the evil copycat Bears and cheered for the
Care Bears, who defeated the Who-Cares Bears.
--Care Bears#11
Unfair
Bear
Unfair Bear was a creation of the dire wizard
No-Heart, combining the bad emotions of a Shadow minion with garbage,
all fused with sorcery. Unfair Bear was a nasty cheat who sought to
corrupt others and encouraged children gambling. Unfair Bear could
combine with his fellow copycat Bears to cast the powerful Who-Cares
Bear Glare from their chest. His cheating nature spoiled the fun for
the local children, who confused him for a real Care Bear. In the final
confrontation with the true Care Bears, the school children recognized
the duplicity of the evil copycat Bears and cheered for the Care Bears,
who defeated the Who-Cares Bears.
--Care Bears#11
images:
(without ads)
Care Bears#11, p11, pan1 (main image)
p19, pan2 (original Shadows form)
p18, pan5 (Who-Cares Bear Glare)
p13, pan6 (Bored Bear)
p15, pan7 (No-No-Bear)
p13, pan4 (Unbearable Bear)
p14, pan2 (Unfair Bear)
Appearances:
Care Bears#11 (July, 1987) - Michael Gallagher (writer), Howard Post
(pencils), Roberta Edelman (inks), Sid Jacobson (editor)
Last updated: 12/25/2021
Last updated:
12/25/2021.
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