(Note: The subject of this article has conflicting sources to their gender. For the purposes of consistency and readability, gender-neutral pronouns will be used to address this character throughout this article due to their neutrality.)
America Cares Bear, formerly known as Proud Heart Bear, is a toy-exclusive Care Bear who was first sold as a very limited release in 2003, despite initially debuting as an "environmentally aware" bear in 1991.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
As Proud Heart Bear[]
Proud Heart Bear had white fur with a blue Belly badge depicting a heart-shaped American flag in the center.
As America Cares Bear[]
America Cares Bear has white fur and their Belly badge depicts a blue and white shooting star with a red and white-striped trail.
Personality[]
As Proud Heart Bear[]
Proud Heart has a strong connection to the environment, encouraging others to make sure they take care of it.
As America Cares Bear[]
America Cares is a happy, patriotic, and energetic bear who believes that America's greatest strengths are caring, helping others, and teamwork.
Appearances[]
Care Bears Care About the Environment[]
Proud Heart Bear debuted as part of the short-lived Care Bears Care About the Environment campaign in 1991, which featured redesigned versions of many of the Care Bears which were done in order to raise environmental awareness.
They also appeared as a walkaround character for promotional events.
2003 Toy Range[]
Under their current name, America Cares Bear was first released as a collector's edition plush toy by Play Along in 2003 to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Care Bears franchise. They were since made available in several variants, including loose and boxed versions.
Care Bears: Unlock the Magic[]
America Cares appears in Unlock the Magic merchandise, such as in the book The Bears Are Back in Town - The Ultimate Guidebook. They first appeared in this form on the Care Out Loud calendar on the Care Bears website.
The Bears Are Back in Town - The Ultimate Guidebook refers to the character with she/her pronouns.
Descriptions[]
1991: Proud Heart Bear is an All-American Care Bear. He is proud of the many things that make our country great, things like freedom and justice. Proud Heart Bear has a strong sense of fairness and will always stand up for what is right. He will find a situation to any problem, using his great supply of American know how and "stick-to-it kindness". Proud Heart Bear -- He's proud to be an American and proud to help others care about America, too!
2002-2006: America Cares Bear loves all that's good about our country. This happy and energetic bear shows that we should do all we can to care for America and the world. America Cares Bear even shows he cares about our country with his red, white and blue tummy symbol -a shooting star.
The Bears Are Back in Town - The Ultimate Guidebook: No other bear out there is as patriotic as America Cares Bear. This optimistic go-getter knows that everything is possible as long as one keeps at it and never gives up. She believes that the many different backgrounds and influences of Americans is what makes the United States truly great. America Cares reminds us that we should all do what we can to care for one another and the world.
Trivia[]
- America Cares was probably renamed to avoid confusion with the Care Bear Cousin of the same name, Proud Heart Cat.
In other languages[]
- German: Amerika-Bärchi ("America Bear")
- Japanese: アメリカベア ("America Bear")
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