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Cindy Bear

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Cindy Bear
The Yogi Bear Showcharacter
First appearance"Acrobatty Bear" (1961)
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voiced byJulie Bennett(1961–1988)
Cecil Roy(Casanova Yogi Bear and Cutie Cindy Bear, Songs of the Cave Set(1960),Songs of Yogi Bear and his PalsLP (1961),A Hap-Hap-Happy Christmas from Yogi Bear(1961),Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!LP (1964))[1][2][3][4]
Dottie Evans (How to Be a Better-Than-the Average Child Without Really Trying!(1962))[5]
Jackie Ward(singing voice inHey There, It's Yogi Bear!)
Chuck McCann(Wake Up, America!LP, 1965)[6][7]
Janet Waldo(Yogi's First Christmas)
Linda Harmon (singing voice inYogi Bear and the Invasion of the Space Bears)
Kath Soucie(Yo Yogi!)
Mary Ellen Thomas ( "Boo Boo Runs Wild" )
Grace Helbig(Jellystone!,2021–present)
In-universe information
SpeciesBrown bear
GenderFemale
FamilyMrs. Bear (mother)
SignificantotherYogi Bear(boyfriend)
Mojo Jojo(love interest) (Jellystone!)
RelativesBoo-Boo Bear(friend)
Ranger Smith(friend)

Cindy Bearis a cartoon character created byHanna-Barbera Productions.She is one of the primary supporting characters of theYogi Bearfranchise as well as a regular in the stable of frequently appearing Hanna-Barbera animated personalities. Cindy was originally portrayed by voice actressJulie Bennett,who reprised the part for most of the character's appearances from the 1960s through the 1980s.[8]

Personality

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Cindy Bear is the love interest ofYogi Bearand a resident of Jellystone Park. She speaks with a pronouncedSouthern accent,and she carries aparasol.[9]Cindy rarely engages in the same antics as Yogi andBoo-Booand does not share the same antagonistic relationship withRanger Smith.Her romance with Yogi Bear is typically portrayed as on-again/off-again, with her pursuing him while he avoids and evades her advances. Just as often, however, Yogi is shown to return her affections.[10]

Development

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Cindy Bear was originally designed byEd Benedict.One early sketch saw her clad in a bonnet, a frilly scarf and an apron with an elongated, pointed muzzle.[11]A second sketch dropped all accessories save the frill scarf and shortened her muzzle.[12]

Cindy made her debut in the 1961 television seriesThe Yogi Bear Showas a semi-recurring character. Her finalized animation design featured blue/grey fur, a hat, a white frill scarf and a necklace.[13]

Cindy appeared prominently in the 1964 feature filmHey There, It's Yogi Bear!in which she is kidnapped, spurring Yogi andBoo-Booto come to her rescue.[14]She was redesigned by art directorIwao Takamoto[15]for the film into the more familiar modern version with light brown fur and a yellow scarf.

Cindy has received a few slightly different, one-off redesigns. InYogi's First Christmas,she was given dark brown fur and white hair, as well as a number of different outfits which she wore throughout the film.[16]For theSpümcøshort "Boo Boo Runs Wild",she retained her modern character design, but with the blue/grey fur of her original design.[17]Yo Yogi!featured a preteen Cindy Bear with a significant redesign, wearing a modern 1990s outfit consisting of a white skirt/top, purple jacket, purple shorts, white boots and a ponytail.[18]

Cindy Bear appears inJellystone!as a medical doctor.[19]

Animated media

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Television shows

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Films and specials

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Comics

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While only a recurring character in the animated shorts, Cindy Bear featured prominently in the variousYogi Bearand other Hanna-Barbera comics published byDell Comics,Charlton ComicsandMarvel Comics.

Cindy made her debut in Dell's Yogi Bear #5, detailing her back story. It is revealed that Ranger Smith had her transferred to Jellystone from Red Oak National Park in a scheme to hamper Yogi's mischief by distracting him with Cindy's persistent wooing. The plot eventually backfires when Yogi succumbs to Cindy's advances and begins stealing twice as many picnic baskets to feed her.[20]

She would also appear frequently in the Charlton Comics series, drawn in both her early design[21]and her revised design.[22]

Cindy also appeared as a participant in Marvel'sLaff-A-Lympicscomic series. In Laff-A-Lympics #5, she helps uncover a false identity scheme by the Really Rottens. In Laff-A-Lympics #13, she was revealed to be the team'schefduring the offseason....at least until the eating habits ofGrape Apedrove her to quit.

Licensing

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  • Cindy Bear can be regularly encountered as a costumed meet-and-greet character at a chain ofrecreational vehicleand camping parks ( "Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp Resorts"[23]). The first of these parks opened in 1969 inSturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.As of 2011, over 70 locations have hosted the parks.

References

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  1. ^"Frank Milano – Casanova Yogi Bear And Cutie Cindy Bear: Songs Of The Cave Set (1960, Vinyl)".Discogs.RetrievedMay 20,2021.
  2. ^"Frank Milano – Songs Of Yogi Bear And His Pals (1961, Vinyl)".Discogs.RetrievedMay 20,2021.
  3. ^"Total TeleVision Cartoons – on Records".cartoonresearch.com.Retrieved20 May2021.
  4. ^"Hanna-Barbera's First Movie Soundtrack".cartoonresearch.com.Retrieved20 May2021.
  5. ^"Frank Milano, Dottie Evans, Mike Stewart – How to Be a Better-Than-the Average Child Without Really Trying (1962, Vinyl)".Discogs.RetrievedMay 20,2021.
  6. ^"Chuck McCann, Yogi Bear And His Friends – Wake Up America! (1965, Vinyl)".Discogs.RetrievedMay 20,2021.
  7. ^"Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 9): Ask What You Can Chew For Your Country".cartoonresearch.com.Retrieved3 June2021.
  8. ^Julie Bennett credits at IMDB.com
  9. ^Rovin, Jeff (1991).The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals.Prentice Hall Press. p. 31.ISBN0-13-275561-0.Retrieved8 April2020.
  10. ^Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!,Yogi's First Christmas
  11. ^Early sketch credited to Ed Benedict #1
  12. ^Early sketch credited to Ed Benedict #2
  13. ^Warner Bros. Online official video trailer forYogi's Birthday Party(mistakenly credited asYogi's All-Star Christmas Caper)
  14. ^Sennett, Ted (1989).The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity.Studio. p. 64.ISBN978-0670829781.Retrieved2 June2020.
  15. ^Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!credits at IMDB.com
  16. ^Screenshot of Cindy fromYogi's First Christmas
  17. ^"Boo Boo Runs Wild" video featuring Cindy
  18. ^Behind the Voice Actors - Yo Yogi!
  19. ^Jellystone! | Official Trailer | HBO Max Family
  20. ^Yogi Bear #5 Oct/Nov 1961
  21. ^Yogi Bear #10 March 1972
  22. ^Yogi Bear #18 June 1973
  23. ^"Find A Park | Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts".Campjellystone.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-19.Retrieved2013-02-01.
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