ShareBear


 * For the object itself, see ShareBear (object).

"ShareBear" is the second episode of Birdgirl season one. It aired on April 12, 2021 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Anca Vlasan, produced by Susan Shipsky and Melissa Warrenburg, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hall.

When Meredith makes Judy feel incompetent, she takes a major financial risk in supporting a new therapeutic bear from the socially awkward Etan DelVay and his tech company.

Memorable quotes
Judy: It's payday, bitch! I was talking to myself. I wasn't calling you a--. Meredith: Payday! Judy: Payday!

Meredith: Head turn, right arm, knee bend, elbow grab, shake it 'round, thumb up hoo-hah.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gillian Sans
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kether Donahue
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdgirl/Judy Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Meredith Mindtaker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Negin Farsad
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jessica
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lani-Marie Pfluger
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dog with Bucket Hat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Doman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brian O'Brien
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rob Delaney
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paul
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gillian's lover
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Etan DelVay
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Nicholas Braun
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tim Berners-Lee (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Scot
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Charley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lorelei Ramirez
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Josh
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dave
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lance Saxe-Cabung
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gillian's baby
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdcat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Scot
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Charley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lorelei Ramirez
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Josh
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dave
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lance Saxe-Cabung
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gillian's baby
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdcat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gillian's baby
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdcat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdcat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Sebben & Sebben Worldwide
 * Birdteam

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Sebben & Sebben Worldwide headquarters
 * Etan's company building
 * California (indirectly mentioned)
 * Stanford (mentioned)
 * Stanford University (mentioned)
 * Jeanette's (mentioned)
 * Japan

Objects

 * Neodymium
 * Sebben & Sebben Check Book
 * Calypsis (indirectly mentioned)
 * GoPro
 * The New Yorker
 * ShareBears (voiced by Ron Funches)
 * Genius Monthly
 * ShareBear prototype
 * Sebben & Sebben XXX
 * Baltimo
 * Passé

Vehicles

 * Nothing of importance

Development
It was copyrighted in 2021.

Music
The theme song was performed by Leikeli47 and Michael Barney. The music was composed by Michael Kohler, although he's not expressly credited as such. Instead, he's credited for dialogue and other sound edits.

Crew credits

 * Series creators: Michael Ouweleen, Erik Richter
 * Series developers and executive producers: Erik Richter, Christina Miller
 * Animation director: Richard Ferguson-Hall
 * Consulting producer: Cirocco Dunlap
 * Staff writers: Lorraine Degraffenreidt, Ele Woods, Jessica Haymond, Jonterri Gadson
 * Writers' assistant: Anca Vlasan
 * Script coordinator: Brittnay Johnston
 * Animated services: Awesome Inc.
 * Executive producer: Ashley Kohler
 * Associate producer: Brandon Betts
 * Producer: Joshua Spencer
 * Production assistants: Kaila Knight Tryal, Allie Wisniewski
 * Storyboard artists: Joanna Davidovich, Adam Ford, Drew Schmidt, Cassidy Stone, Felipe Di Poi Tamargo
 * Main character designer: Carly Monardo
 * Lead character and prop designers: Claire Almon, Beth Lewis
 * Character and prop designers: Kaila Knight Tryal, Alfred Taylor
 * Lead character rigger: Bo Cai
 * Character rigger: Jack Huang
 * Lead background designer: Kat Stockton
 * Background designers: Juan Montoya, Chris Nickels, Tessa Pray, Anna Renee, Kat Shea
 * Assistant animation director: Melissa Wolfert
 * Lead animator: Laura Ceredona
 * Animators: Sam Alkaitis, Heather Bay, Angela De Vito, Davonne Dupart, Sofia Guerra, W. Justin King, Tatiana Moniz, Linh-Chi Nguyen, Torrey Notestine, Yuki Okamura-Wong, Emily Rodriguez, Ma. Belén Sáenz De Viteri, Gabriel Silva, Katelyn Walsh
 * FX animator: Jenny Plyler
 * Compositing and visual effects animators: Shannon Dingle, Jamie Galatas
 * Conform editor: Thomas Fine
 * Sound designer and mixer: Bluetube
 * Supervising sound editor: Michael Kohler
 * Audio assistant: Matt Peery
 * Casting director: Dawn Hershey-Lopes
 * Title sequence animator: Candice House
 * Editor for WarnerMedia Studios: Jon Dilling
 * Production coordinators: Inés Michelena, Sally Skinner
 * Production assistant: Kat Daugherty
 * Executive producers for Williams Street: Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 12, 2021 at 12am on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: June 28, 2021 at 11pm on E4

Behind the scenes

 * The ShareBears are a parody of Care Bears.

Errors

 * The first check Judy signs is signed to a Lani-Marie Pfluger which she then passes to a character later identified as Jessica.
 * The door on Brian's lab spells his surname O'Brian, but his own inspirational quote on his wall spells his surname as O'Brien.

Everlasting influence

 * A poster in the breakroom informs of a monthly meeting about if the company should get the internet, which happens in "We Got the Internet."
 * A photo of a ShareBear is on the Sebben & Sebben Memories Case in "Baltimo."
 * For Adult Swim's 2022 April Fools prank, the episode was altered to have Pibby and Bun Bun from Learning with Pibby appear as cameos. They get tossed into the air along with all the other ShareBears.
 * This won't be the only time Ron Funches voices a small teddy bear.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😥