| Good Luck Bear | |
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Species: |
Care Bear |
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Home: |
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Gender: |
Male |
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Debut: |
American Greetings Cards (1982) |
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Fur color: |
Green |
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Belly Badge: |
Green four-leaf clover |
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Voice Actor |
Marla Lukofsky (Nelvana) |
Good Luck Bear is one of the ten original Care Bears who first appeared on American Greetings greeting cards in late 1982. Since then, he has made numerous appearances in various forms of Care Bear media, including movies, TV shows, and books.
Appearance
He has green fur with a matching green four-leaf clover Belly badge.
Personality
Though it might seem improbable, this fortuitous bear never seems to run out of good luck. However, this has less to do with the fact that he can create his own four-leaf clovers, and more to do with his exceptionally bright, positive outlook on life. Truly believing that there is no such thing as "bad luck", the fortunate fellow tries to help others my improving the power of their own self-confidence and removing all doubt from their heart. After all, if luck is something that can't be controlled, why not make your own?
He speaks with an Irish accent in both the original 1985 Care Bears and 2012 Welcome to Care-a-Lot series, and an American accent in all other appearances.
Original series
The Land Without Feelings
Good Luck Bear makes his animated debut in the very first Care Bears 1983 television special. After a boy named Kevin runs away from home, he ends up in the gloomy Land Without Feelings ruled by Professor Coldheart, who turns him into a Green Creature Slave. It's up the Tenderheart and the rest of the crew to defeat the mad professor and return the boy to normal. The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings
Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine
In the follow-up to the original TV special, Good Luck is among the bears who must once again stop Coldheart and his new sidekick Frostbite from tricking a boy named Paul into helping him complete his "Careless Ray Contraption" that will freeze everyone's feelings. The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine
The Care Bears Movie
Good Luck in his rain slicker from The Care Bears Movie
When a boy named Nicholas makes a pact with a magic book possessed by an evil female Spirit to have great magic power, she tricks him into concocting a spell that will remove all caring from the world. When the Care Bear's home of Care-a-Lot begins to fall apart due to the massive drop in caring energy around the world, Good Luck and Grumpy Bear stay behind to try and fix things,while the others travel to Earth to stop the Spirit themselves. After finally getting Grumpy's teleporter device working (with a little luck), the two join the rest of the bears and their new allies, the Care Bear Cousins in the final confrontation. The Care Bears Movie
Care Bears TV series
Good Luck makes only one speaking appearance in DiC's Care Bears television series when he and the other bears have to help a girl named Millie, who believes she is jinxed. After giving her a "lucky charm" inside box, he tells her it will improve her luck, but only if she doesn't open. After her luck begins to improve over time, she is able to do things she couldn't before, and it is only then that Good Luck tells her she can look inside, and finds only a picture of herself, meaning she had created her own luck this whole time. Lucky Charm He would later be seen only in background cameos, such as when the Care Bears planned a comedy show to cheer up Cheer Bear and Grumpy Bear, The Last Laugh, and when the bears met the villainous Strato Nefarious, who was stealing the stars from the sky. The Night the Stars Went Out
Care Bears Movie II
The second Care Bears theatrical film tells the story of how the bears themselves, including Good Luck, first arrived in Care-a-Lot after being rescued from the clutches of the evil Dark Heart. When the villain once again plans to capture all the denizens of Care-a-Lot, Good Luck is among the many who are imprisoned in his secret lair. With the help of a girl named Christy, he and his friends are freed, and help Dark Heart car enough to transform into a real boy. Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
Care Bears Family TV series
After going to Earth on a caring mission with Grumpy and Wish Bear, Grumpy stumbles upon a rare eight-leaf clover, which Good Luck remarks is so rare that actually grants its finder three wishes. Grumpy's Three Wishes
Good Luck gets lucky from "The Long Lost Care Bears"
Later, when the Care Bears cleaning out an attic, they find an old photo album that contains baby pictures of two unknown pandas, who they deduce must be long-lost members of the Care Bear Family. No sooner do they make they revelation that the Caring Meter alerts them to trouble on Earth, with Good Luck, Tenderheart, and Swift Heart Rabbit responding to the call. Upon arriving in a place known only as "The Valley", a verdant paradise in the middle of an icy wasteland, they coincidentally run into the very pandas they just found out about: Perfect and Polite, the latter developing an immediate crush on Good Luck. However, their relationship is short-lived when the pandas find out they don't fit in with the rest of the bears in Care-a-Lot, and return home. Upon arrival, they find that the icy storm has crept into the valley and threatens the lives of the humans who live there. Using the power of their inner love and warmth, the pandas push the storm back, and realize that it was there own inner caring that kept the valley alive in the first place. Polite and Good Luck have a tearful goodbye as the two hope to see each other again someday. The Long Lost Care Bears
Adventure in Wonderland
Good Luck from Adventure in Wonderland
Good Luck is one of the main characters in the third Care Bears movie, and travels to Wonderland along with other Care Bears and Care Cousins and a girl named Alice to help find a missing princess. He becomes part of a team comprised of Swift Heart Rabbit, Brave Heart Lion, and Grumpy Bear, who find the princess in the home of the Stan the Jabberwocky. By freeing her and returning to the palace, they are able to stop the Wizard of Wonderland from ascending to the throne and return Alice home safely. The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland
2000's series
Journey to Joke-a-Lot
Good Luck makes his first appearance in the 2000's Care Bears series revival in the straight-to-video computer animated film Care Bears Journey to Joke-a-Lot. Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot
Big Wish Movie
In the second CG Care Bears video, Good Luck is among the residents of Care-a-Lot who welcome their new neighbors, Me Bear, Messy Bear, and Too Loud Bear to the community. Later in the film, when the new bears abuse the power of Wish Bear's wishing star Twinkers, their greed eventually becomes too severe and Care-a-Lot begins to fall apart at the seems. Its up to the Care Bears, including Good Luck, to rebuild it in the aftermath. The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie
Oopsy Does It!
Good Luck appears in the Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! film as one of the citizens of Care-a-Lot whose Belly Badge is stolen by Grizzle after he tricks Oopsy Bear into helping him. However, when Grizzle attempts to use the combined badges of all Care Bears to destroy Care-a-Lot, he finds that they won't respond to his commands because he simply "doesn't care". Though the orb containing the badges eventually gets destroyed, Good Luck and the other Care Bears hold hands and are able to reclaim their powers by remembering how much they care. Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!
Adventures in Care-a-Lot TV series
Good Luck as seen in the episode "Luck 'O The Oopsy"
Good Luck makes a few appearances in the 2007-2008 Adventures in Care-a-Lot series, mostly in background roles such as preparing for a town festival. A Little Help
His first major speaking role comes in the ninth episode, where he tries to console Oopsy after he becomes depressed about having "bad lucK". After seeing Good Luck's Belly Badge, he gets the idea to find a four-leaf clover of his own to improve his chances at an upcoming race. However, when he manages to win the race even after the clover falls out of his helmet at the starting line, he realizes that his misfortune was all in his head this whole time. Luck'O Oopsy
Good Luck Bear makes minor appearances in the 2009 direct-to-video Care Bears film as one of the citizens of Care-a-Lot. We first see him among the bears who perform in the "I Believe" music sequence, and again at the end of the film during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Caring Station's new light-equipped tower. Care Bears: Share Bear Shines
2010's series
Welcome to Care-a-Lot TV series
Good Luck as seen in the episode "Cub Bouts"
Good Luck Bear appears in the Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot series sporting his Irish accent that had been absent since the original DiC episodes. He is seen during the annual Belly Badge Bout competition as a member of the "Bear-a-Lots" with Love-a-Lot Bear, Wish Bear, and Best Friend Bear. He and his team have a rivalry against team Bear Power, made up of Grumpy, Funshine, Harmony Bear, and Share Bear, but spend so much of the episode bickering among themselves that they don't even have time to practice. Cub Bouts
Care Bears: The Care Quests
Good Luck Bear is one of the playable characters in the 2005 Game Boy Advance video game Care Bears: The Care Quests during the minigame "Lucky Day", where he must float around and drop clovers on other Care Bears to help them avoid obstacles.
In other languages:
Danish: Lykkebjørn ("Happiness Bear")
Dutch: Geluksbeertje ("Luck Bear")
French: Grosveinard ("Great Luck")
French (Canadian): Chançour ("Luck Bear")
German: Glücks-Bärchi ("Good Luck Bear")
Italian: Fortunorso ("Luck Bear")
Japanese: グッドラックベア ("Good Luck Bear")
Norwegian: Lykkebamse ("Good Luck Bear")
Polish: Miś Szczęścia ("Happiness Bear")
Portuguese: Boa Sorte ("Good Luck")
Spanish: Suertosito ("Luck Bear")
Swedish: Turnalle