ShareBear


 * For the object itself, 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, and directed by Richard Fergusion-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 the 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"| Charlie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lorelei Ramirez
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Drinks guy
 * 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"| Charlie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lorelei Ramirez
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Drinks guy
 * 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.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 12, 2021 at 12am on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
 * United Kingdom & 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 a cameo. They get tossed into the air along with all the other ShareBears.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😥