The Adventures of Little Brown Bear
| The Adventures of Little Brown Bear | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure Children |
| Based on | Little Brown Bear by
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| Voices of | Antoine Bonnaire Fluorine Orphelin Ivana Coppola John Dindinaud-Ferrets Pierre Forest |
| Narrated by | Isabelle Giami |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Bayard Presse |
| Running time | 3 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | France 5 |
| Release | 20 October 2003 – 12 January 2004 |
| Related | |
| Little Brown Bear (1988) Little Brown Bear 3D (2018) | |
The Adventures of Little Brown Bear (French: Les Aventures de Petit Ours Brun) is a French animated children's television series loosely based on the 1975 children's book Little Brown Bear by Danièle Bour and Claude Lebrun. The series ran between 20 October 2003 to 12 January 2004 and aired on France 5, each contains 52 episodes with the series aimed at 3-to-7-years-old children.[1]
Premise
Through the adventures of a bear, the series depicts the life of a 3-year-old child in everyday and universal situations.
Characters
Major
- Little Brown Bear (voiced by Antoine Bonnaire in French, Jules de Jongh in North America, and Regina Candler in the UK) is a 3-year-old French-accented brown cub who indeeds to have fun and causes misunderstood. He has brown eyes with black pupils, he wears a red jumper with blue trousers and green shoes.
- Mr. Brown Bear (voiced by Pierre Forest in French, Tony Clarke Hill in North America, and Andy Turvey in the UK) is Brown Bear's father. He has brown eyes with black pupils, he wears a yellow jumper, orange trousers, yellow socks, and orange shoes.
- Mrs. Brown Bear (voiced by Ivana Coppola in French and Joanna Ruiz in English) is Brown Bear's mother. She has blue eyes with black pupils, she wears a yellow collared shirt, blue dress, and red slippers.
Others
- Baby Grey Bear is an infant cub. He has grey eyes with black pupils and wears bluish coloured clothes.
- Bertha Bear is a female grey bear and pre-school teacher.
- Black Bear
- Little Gold Bear (voiced by Jules de Jongh in English) is Brown Bear's boyfriend. He has brown eyes with black pupils, he wears a green collared shirt, blue trousers, orange socks, and lime socks.
- Little Grey Bear (voiced by Jules de Jongh in English) is Brown Bear's girlfriend. She has blue eyes with black pupils, she wears a purple sleeved shirt with white lace and blue dungarees, white socks, and blue shoes.
- Mrs. Grey Bear (voiced by TBA) is a grey female bear. She has grey eyes with black pupils, she wears an orange shirt, purple trousers, and blue shoes.
- Narrator (voiced by Isabelle Giami in French and Joanna Ruiz in English) is a female narrator who narrates each episode.
Broadcast
The series aired on France 5 on 20 October 2003 to 12 January 2004 with reruns airing until 26 August 2022, in the series Les Zouzous then in the programs Ludo Zouzous, Zouzous and Okoo, but also on France 3 in the series France Truc on 5 July 2005 and Playhouse Disney and Disney Junior. In acquiring broadcast, in Quebec (13 September 2004 on Télé-Québec), the Arab world (25 January 2008 on Toyor Al-Janah, 2009 on Baraem, and 2017 on Gulli Bil Arabi). On 17 May 2021, the English YouTube channel is founded.[2]
Reception and controversy
The series is a rip-off of Little Bear, with some animation flashbacks for some faked characters and added a surname "brown", formed by Little Brown Bear, with this rant will be shocked their options.
On 28 September 2024, the once-completely obscure The Adventures of Little Brown Bear has receiving heavy bashing aimed over an age 13 towards YouTube audiences hosted by VP Awesome, SnipeSnap, The Cartoon Movement, and Matt Neff. The critics alike, the titular character always misbehaved and whining throughout the series by notable clips:
- Wants a Cake: He complains for wanting a cake at the bakery, his mother refuses then leaves and she gives a supper tonight.
- Argues with his Mommy:[3] He works to plant some flowers in the backyard, refusing to change his clothes while Mama Bear took his boots off, then loses his temper by calling his mother "horrible". However, the episode changes when she deserves an ass-whooping.[4] After he got dressed, later turns out to be good and he rewards an apple pie until the rain stops. This theme about upsetting each other.
Little Brown Bear reveals a brattiness worse than Caillou from the titular series, Dora Winifred Read and Muffy Crosswire from Arthur, and Horrid Henry[5] with Perfect Peter[6] from Horrid Henry.
On 1 November 2024, GoAnimate and Vyond video maker XanMan is formed as a troublemaker cub called "Little Brown Brat" on YouTube.[7]
References
- ↑ "Little Brown Bear". Teletoon Wiki. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ↑ "Little Brown Bear English channel". YouTube. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ↑ "Meet Little Brown Bear, Worst Cartoon in HISTORY". YouTube. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ↑ "If Little Brown Bear's Dad Was Black". YouTube. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ↑ "little brown bear is horrid, not henry". YouTube. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ↑ "LBB IS WORSE THAN PERFECT PETER!". YouTube. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ↑ "Little Brown Bear Gets Grounded". YouTube. Retrieved 13 January 2025.