Boo Boo Bear
Boo Boo Bear | |
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![]() The Ranger isn't gonna like this, Yogi... | |
Species | Bear (bruin) |
Gender | Male |
Member of | Yogi's Gang[Note 1] Yogi Yahooeys[Note 2] Yogi's Treasure Hunters[Note 3] L.A.F. Squad[Note 4] |
Affiliation | Yogi Bear Ranger Smith Cindy Bear |
Goals | Keeping Yogi away from getting into trouble |
Father | Not mentioned |
Mother | Not mentioned |
Marital status | Single[Note 5][1][Note 6][2] |
First appearance | YB: "Yogi Bear's Big Break" (1958) |
Played by | Don Messick (1958-94) Tom Kenny (1997-2003) John K. (1999) Justin Timberlake (2010) C.H. Greenblatt (2021-present) |
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Boo Boo Bear is a talking anthropomorphic bear and the sidekick of Yogi Bear in the Yogi Bear animated franchise. His voice was originated by Don Messick.
Character description
Boo Boo is a bear with light brown fur and a blue bow tie. He is short in height and has droopy eyelids that cover part of his eyes. Although he has a youthful appearance, it is not readily apparent whether Boo Boo is a juvenile bear with a vast intellect, or simply an adult who is short of stature.
Boo Boo acts as a constant companion to Yogi Bear, as well as his voice of reason. He resides in a cave on Jellystone National Park, and follows Yogi in his various exploits and schemes. He acts as his conscience who constantly tries to keep him (albeit, unsuccessfully) from doing things he should not do, and also to keep Yogi from getting into trouble with Ranger Smith. One of his trademark phrases is "The Ranger isn't gonna like this, Yogi." Boo Boo is incredibly friendly and is a straight man to Yogi's more eccentric ego. He is also admired by Ranger Smith, since he sees Boo Boo as a bear who respects the park rules more than Yogi.
In the Jellystone! reboot, his personality appears to be more hyperactive, but is still level-headed and loyal to his more off-the-wall friends.
Appearances
TV series
- Yogi Bear
- 1.1 "Yogi Bear's Big Break"
- 1.3 "Pie-Pirates"
- 1.4 "Big Bad Bully"
- 1.12 "The Buzzin' Bear"
- 1.17 "Prize Fight Fright"
- 1.18 "Brainy Bear"
- 1.19 "Robin Hood Yogi"
- 1.21 "Scooter Looter"
- 2.2 "Lullabye-Bye Bear"
- 2.4 "Papa Yogi"
- 2.7 "Bear for Punishment"
- 2.8 "Nowhere Bear"
- 2.9 "Wound-Up Bear"
- 2.10 "Bewitched Bear"
- 2.11 "Hoodwinked Bear"
- 2.12 "Snow White Bear"
- 2.13 "Space Bear"
- 3.2 "Booby Trapped Bear"
- 3.3 "Gleesome Threesome"
- 3.4 "A Bear Pair"
- 3.5 "Spy Guy"
- 3.6 "Do or Diet"
- 3.7 "Bears and Bees"
- 3.8 "Biggest Show Off on Earth"
- 3.9 "Genial Genie"
- 3.10 "Cub Scout Boo Boo"
- 3.11 "Home-Sweet Jellystone"
- 3.12 "Love-Bugged Bear"
- 3.13 "Bearface Bear"
- 3.14 "Slap Happy Birthday"
- 3.15 "A Bear Living"
- 3.16 "Disguise and Gals"
- 4.1 "Touch and Go-Go-Go"
- 4.2 "Acrobatty Bear"
- 4.3 "Ring-a-Ding Picnic Basket"
- 4.4 "Iron Hand Jones"
- 4.5 "Yogi's Pest Guest"
- 4.6 "Missile-Bound Yogi"
- 4.7 "Loco Locomotive"
- 4.8 "Missile-Bound Bear"
- 4.9 "A Wooin' Bear"
- 4.10 "Yogi in the City"
- 4.11 "Queen for a Day"
- 4.12 "Batty Bear"
- 4.13 "Droop-a-Long Yogi"
- 4.14 "Threadbare Bear"
- 4.15 "Ice Box Raider"
- 4.16 "Barefoot Soldiers"
- 4.17 "Yogi's Birthday Party"
- 5.1 "Kahuna Yogi"
- 5.2 "Grin & Bear It"
- 5.3 "Board Silly"
- 5.4 "Shine on Silver Screen"
- 5.5 "Buffalo'd Bear"
- 5.6 "The Yolk's on Yogi"
- 5.7 "Yogi De Beargerac"
- 5.8 "Bearly Sick"
- 5.9 "Bear Exchange"
- 5.10 "To Bear Is Human"
- 5.11 "Slim & Bear It"
- 5.12 "Old Biter"
- 5.13 "Pokey, the Bear"
- 5.14 "Shadrak Yogi"
- 5.15 "Bruise Cruise"
- 5.16 "Bear Obedience"
- 5.17 "Come Back, Little Boo Boo"
- 5.18 "La Bamba Bear"
- 5.19 "Clucking Crazy"
- 5.20 "Misguided Missile"
- 5.21 "Double Trouble"
- 5.22 "Attack of the Ninja Raccoon"
- 5.23 "Biker Bear"
- 5.24 "Bearly Buddies"
- 5.25 "Predaterminator"
- 5.26 "Little Lord Boo Boo"
- 5.27 "Yogi, the Cave Bear"
- 5.28 "Little Big Foot"
- 5.29 "Top Gun Yogi"
- 5.30 "The Hopeful Diamond"
- 5.31 "Real Bears Don't Eat Quiche"
- 5.32 "Slippery Smith"
- 5.33 "In Search of the Ninja Raccoon"
- 5.34 "Balloonatics"
- 5.35 "The Big Bear Ballet"
- 5.36 "Blast Off Bears"
- 5.37 "Battle of the Bears"
- 5.38 "Bringing Up Yogi"
- 5.39 "Unbearable"
- 5.40 "Banjo Bear"
- 5.41 "Boxcar Pop"
- 5.42 "Yogi Meets the Mummy"
- 5.43 "Ninja Raccoon, The Final Shogun"
- 5.44 "The Not So Great Escape"
- 5.45 "My Buddy Blubber"
- The Flintstones
- 3.26 "Swedish Visitors"
- Yogi's Gang
- Laff-A-Lympics
- 1.1 "The Swiss Alps and Tokyo, Japan"
- 1.2 "Acapulco and England"
- 1.3 "Florida and China"
- 1.4 "The Sahara Desert and Scotland"
- 1.5 "France and Australia" (no lines)
- 1.6 "Athens, Greece and the Ozarks"
- 1.7 "Italy and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina"
- 1.8 "Egypt and Sherwood Forest"
- 1.9 "Spain and the Himalayas"
- 1.10 "India and Israel" (no lines)
- 1.11 "Africa and San Francisco"
- 1.12 "The Grand Canyon and Ireland"
- 1.13 "Hawaii and Norway"
- 1.14 "North Pole and Tahiti"
- 1.15 "Arizona and Holland" (no lines)
- 1.16 "Quebec and Baghdad" (no lines)
- 2.1 "Russia and the Caribbean" (no lines)
- 2.2 "New York and Turkey" (no lines)
- 2.3 "South America and Transylvania"
- 2.4 "French Riviera and New Zealand" (no lines)
- 2.5 "New Orleans and Atlantis" (no lines)
- 2.6 "Morocco and Washington D.C."
- 2.7 "Canada and Warsaw, Poland" (no lines)
- 2.8 "Siam and the Moon"
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt
- Fender Bender 500
- Yo, Yogi!
- Super Secret Secret Squirrel
- 1.9 "Scirocco Mole" (no lines)
- Dumb and Dumber
- 1.12A "Chipped Dip" (no lines)
- Dexter's Laboratory
- 2.2b "Chubby Cheese" (animatronic robot)
- I Am Weasel
- 2.7 "I Am My Lifetime"
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
- 1.4 "Death by Chocolate"
- 2.5 "Back to the Present"
- 2.6 Blackwatch Plaid (live action, no lines)
- 3.9 "Return of Birdgirl" (no lines)
- 4.7 "The Death of Harvey" (no lines)
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- 2.7B "Here Thar Be Dwarves!"
- Duck Dodgers
- 2.3B "K9 Quarry" (taxidermized)
- Wacky Races
- 2.22 "Super Wacky" (painting)
- Animaniacs
- 1.2C "Suffragate City" (no lines)
- Jellystone!
- 1.1 "Yogi's Tummy Trouble"
- 1.2 "Gorilla in Our Midst"
- 1.3 "Boo Boots"
- 1.4 "My Doggie Dave"
- 1.5 "A Coconut to Remember" (no lines)
- 1.7 "Must Be Jelly"
- 1.9 "VIP Baby You Know Me" (no lines)
- 1.10 "El Kabong's Kabong is Gone"
- 1.11 "Mr. Flabby Dabby Wabby Jabby" (no lines)
- 1.12 "Ice Ice Daddy"
- 1.13 "DNA, A-OK!"
- 1.14 "Face of the Town!"
- 1.15 "Catanooga Cheese Explosion"
- 1.16 "Squish or Miss"
- 1.18 "Jelly Wrestle Rumble!" (no lines)
- 1.19 "A Fish Sticky Situation" (no lines)
- 1.20 "A Town Video: Welcome to Jellystone"
- 1.21 "Spell Book"
- 1.22 "Lady Danjjer: Is It Wrong to Long for Kabong?"
- 1.23 "Baby Shenanigans"
- 1.24 "Bleep!"
- 1.25 "Yogi's Mid-Life Crisis"
- 1.26 "Jellystone Moon Platoon"
- 1.27 "The Sea Monster of Jellystone Cove"
- 1.29 "Pants!"
- 1.30 "Uh Oh! It's a Burglar!" (no lines)
- 1.31 "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Rat Race"
- 1.32 "The Brave Little Daddy" (no lines)
- 1.33 "The Big Stink" (no lines)
- 1.34 "Boo Boo and Benny: Little Buddy Trouble"
- 1.35 "The Box Thief"
- 1.36 "Jailcation" (no lines)
- 1.39 "Heroes and Capes"
- 1.40 "Sweet Dreams"
- 2.1 "Meet the Jetsons"
- 2.2 "Disco Fever" (no lines)
- 2.4 "Hot Guys, Cold Turkey"
- 2.6 "LAFF Games" (no lines)
- 2.7 "Frankenhooky"
- 2.8 "Girl, You My Friend!" (no lines)
- 2.10 "Vote Raspberry"
- 2.12 "Mummy Knows Best"
- 2.13 "Augie-mented Reality"
- 2.14 "Space Con" (no lines)
- 2.15 "Sha-zogi"
- 2.16 "Lil' Honk Honks!"
- 2.17 "Epic Rager"
- Teen Titans Go!
- 8.24 "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary" (no lines)
Movies
Specials
Shorts
- Loopy De Loop
- 1.35 "Not in Nottingham" (mentioned)
- American Cancer Society commercial
- D.A.R.E Bear Yogi
- American Melanoma Foundation commercial
- Rocket Mortgage commercial
- Geico commercial
- Cartoon Network Shorties
Comics
- Yogi Bear (Dell Comics)
- Yogi Bear (Gold Key Comics)
- Yogi Bear (Charlton Comics)
- Yogi Bear (Marvel Comics)
- Laff-A-Lympics
- The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
- Issue #3: "The Man Who Stole Thursday"
- Yogi Bear D.A.R.E.
- Yogi Bear (Harvey Comics)
- Cartoon Network Presents
- Issue #2B: "Hermit Helper"
- Issue #3A: "The Twiddle Method"
- Issue #22B: "Brain Food"
- Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
- Issue #35: "Bear-ly Scared"
- Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special
- Issue #1A: "Jellystone Dark"
Books
Video games
Biography
Debut Series
The Early Cameos
Snagglepuss Cameo
Flintstones Cameo
Crossover Era
It's Yogi's Gang
Yogi's Ark Lark
Laff-A-Lympics
In the Laff-A-Lympics television series, he is a member of the Yogi Yahooeys, while not being a primary character in the show itself, he does compete in a few competitions.
Yogi's First Christmas
Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper
Casper's First Christmas
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Yogi's Great Escape
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
Celebrating another 50 years! 50 years of fun!
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo cameo
Fender Bender 500
Yo, Yogi!
I'm Chubby, I'm Cheesie
At the Chubby Cheese restaurant, he's a part of Chubby Cheese's animatronic band. He plays the kazoo-like instrument.[3]
I Am Cameo
Having become old and retired, Boo Boo now lives at the Old Cartoon Sidekicks Retirement Home.[4]
Harvey Birdman Represents
Everyone's Back in Jellystone!
In Jellystone!, Boo Boo works as a nurse alongside Doctors Yogi and Cindy Bear at Jellystone Hospital.
Boo Boo Gets the CGI Treatment
Boo Boo Sells Out
In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Here There Be Dwarfs," he is portrayed as a drug addict trying to steal a picnic basket from Billy. In "Irwin Gets a Clue," he's one of the Hanna Barbera characters run over by Hoss Delgado's truck.
In the Duck Dodgers episode "K9 Quarry," stuffed trophies of Yogi, Wally Gator, Boo Boo, Hong Kong Phooey, and Top Cat, appear on an alien hunter's ship.
Boo Boo has a non-speaking cameo in the song "Suffragette City," in the Animaniacs episode of the same name.
Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Into the Serververse
In the Warner Bros. Serververse in Space Jam: A New Legacy, Yogi and Boo Boo arrive at the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad in the Mystery Machine. Like all the other IPs, they have no particular preference and just react to whatever is happening.
Boo Boo in the Funny Books
Flintstones visit New York World's Fair
Scooby-Doo Teams Up with Yogi
Development
Behind the scenes
- Boo Boo has remained at Yogi's side through almost all of the cartoons in which Yogi appeared, the only exceptions being Yogi's Space Race and Galaxy Goof-Ups, in which Boo Boo's place was taken by another character, Scare Bear.
- Sometimes, Yogi will refer to Boo Boo as "Boob."
Gallery
- Main article: Boo Boo Bear/Gallery
Toys and merchandise
- Main article: Boo Boo Bear/Toys
In popular culture
WARNING: The following section contains content that may be seen as mature or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. |
- Main article: List of pop culture references to Yogi Bear
- In an episode of the British sitcom Mind Your Language, called "No Flowers by Request," Mr. Brown mentioned (John) Logie Baird, the Scottish inventor of the television, but Ali thought he meant Yogi, who he watched the previous night, along with Yogi's friend Boo Boo.
- In the film Slumber Party Massacre, Diane's nickname for her boyfriend John is "Boo Boo."
- In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode "72 Hours," when Will warns Carton against going to MacArthur Park, but Carlton assures him that he'll inform the park rangers if something happens, to which Will replies, "It's not that kind of park, Boo Boo!"
- In The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Stupid Sidekick Union," Ren sets up an audition line from Scab Sidekick Union after Stimpy quits, which includes Boo Boo wearing a tie like Yogi, a Squiddly Diddly lookalike, and Barney Rubble with Fred Flintstone's hair color.
- In the Animaniacs segment "Back in Style," the Warner Siblings were loaned off to other cartoon studios, including one run by Phil and Shmoe (parodies of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera). One of the cartoon characters that the Warners met is a spoof of Yogi Bear, named Who Who Hooey, where they mocked his cartoon's superficial dialogue and flat backgrounds. The Warner siblings interfere in the lunchbox stealing escapades of Calhourn Capybara and his impressionable young sidekick, Lew Lew, parodies of Yogi and Boo Boo.
- In Chris Rice's song "Cartoons," Rice questions if Yogi is religious and would say "Hey, Boo-Boo-loo-ya" in place of "Hallelujah."
- In the Moesha episode "All This and Turkey, Too," Moesha called Q Boo Boo Bear while speaking to him on the phone.
- In the Family Guy episode "Hell Comes to Quahog," Meg berates Peter for getting her tank confiscated, but he tells her it's not as worse as the time he did a park ranger (likely Ranger Smith) a favor by fatally stabbing Yogi with a hunter's knife and then suffocating him to get the job done faster, while Boo Boo watches helplessly. After Peter is done, he callously orders Boo Boo to tell the other bears what he just saw.
- In the Robot Chicken skit "Laff-A-Munich" segment of the episode "Ban on the Fun," he is awoken to witness Yogi's struggle to prevent the Really Rottens from getting in, but the Dread Baron manages to shoot Boo Boo to the point of his head exploding. In this skit, Victor Yerrid provided his voice.
- Pop star Justin Timberlake used to do voice impressions as a kid to get better at singing, one of them was Boo Boo. He would go on to voice the bear in the live action Yogi Bear movie.
- In the movie Just Go with It, Devlin and Ian get romantic on their date with Katherine and Daniel, using Yogi/Yogi Bear and Boo Boo as pet names for each other, respectively. Ian even does Yogi's voice.
- In "Episode 18" (series 7) of the UK BBC One Pointless game show, the first round of questions that fell into the "Cartoon" category is Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, with host Alexander Armstrong showing an image of several of them together. The contestants have to be able to pick out all the obscure characters that 100 anonymous public people had been able to guess. Contestant John chose Boo Boo, which 27 out of the anonymous public had also chosen correctly. Cohost Richard Osman pointed out that Boo Boo first appeared in 1958.
- In the Mad episode "Life of Rhyme/Here Comes Yogi Boo Boo," there is a segment named "Here Comes Yogi Boo Boo," a parody of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo where Boo Boo plays the role of, well, Honey Boo Boo.
- In the Nickelodeon series The Loud House and The Loud House Movie, Lori's pet name for her boyfriend, Bobby, is "Booby Boo Boo Bear," or just "Boo Boo Bear." It is also used in the live-action adaptations beginning with the TV movie A Loud House Christmas, and its full-length TV series spin-off, The Really Loud House.
- In the Bargain Hunt episode "Christmas Special - Malvern 27," fiberglass rubbish bin lids shaped like Boo Boo, Huckleberry, and Yogi were found at a car boot sale by the red team who bought the Yogi one for £110, which they sold at auction for £80. The loss of this particular item resulted in them losing to the blue team.
Dead Ringers (radio)
- "Episode Two" (series 2): Nick Russ presents Cartoon Crimewatch that reports the theft of a picnic basket on Easter Sunday, providing a reenactment of the crime with Yogi ordering Boo Boo to provide a distraction so Yogi can steal the picnic basket, but his plan is foiled by the appearance of Ranger Smith. Russ ponders if Boo Boo is a friend or accomplice, and notes that Yogi is distinguished by a "trilby hat." He asks viewers to call if they have any knowledge.
- "Episode Seven" (series 2): On The Jerry Springer Show, Jerry Springer has Yogi and his nephew (yes, nephew) Boo Boo on the show as Yogi wants to confess that he has been having an affair with Ranger Smith (and I thought the nephew relation was bad enough). Boo Boo doesn't like this and is concerned for Yogi's girlfriend, Cindy. But Yogi feels powerless against Ranger Smith's "picnic basket," and calls Cindy a "trailer trash hoe." Boo Boo can't hear anymore and responds with, "Talk to the paw, cos the face ain't listening!" As Yogi and Boo Boo bicker, Jerry closes the show with his "Final Thoughts," that if you go into the woods be careful because you'll be in for a big surprise.
The Simpsons
- Main article: The Simpsons
- "When You Dish Upon a Star:" Homer dreams he's Yogi/Homie, with Bart as Boo-Boo/Bart-Bart. Homie is enthusiastic about swiping another "pic-a-nic" basket, when Ranger Smith/Ranger Ned pops up and asks him to stay away, which angers Homie into mauling him. Bart-Bart warns him off, but backs off when Homie asks Bart-Bart if he wants some too.
- "Treehouse of Horror XXXI:" In the "Into the Homer-verse" segment (a parody of the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Homer accidentally releases Homer-Barbera, who was in the middle of getting Boo Boo to steal a "pic-a-nic meal" with him. Upon introducing himself to Homer, he says he's "smarter than the average Homer." Homer tells him he sounds like Art Carney, something Homer-Barbera doesn't want his estate to know about. After meeting Disney Princess Homer, a crow steals his crown, causing Homer-Barbera to shapeshift into a parody of Snagglepuss.
- "Marge the Meanie:" At the Comic Book Guy's shop, there is a poster of Booboo Fett, a parody of Disney+ series The Book of Boba, with Boo Boo as the title character, co-starring Yogi as a Darth Vader-type and Ranger Smith.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US)
- November 21, 2001: A game of "Press Conference" had Colin Mochrie as Yogi announcing he killed Boo Boo. The host, Drew Carrey, points out that the audience may not like Boo Boo, as they cheered at the fact he was killed.
- January 31, 2002: A game of "Questionable Impersonations" had Brad Sherwood asking Boo Boo when Mr. Ed's wife was due, with Ryan Stiles as Mr. Ed believing that Yogi was the doctor.
Footnotes
- ^ In Yogi's Gang.
- ^ In Laff-A-Lympics.
- ^ In Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
- ^ In Yo, Yogi!
- ^ Husband to Harvey Birdman in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
- ^ Husband to Yogi Bear in Jellystone!
References
- ^ Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: "Return of Birdgirl," season 3, episode 9 (2005).
- ^ Jellystone!: "Hot Guys, Cold Turkey," season 2, episode 4 (2024).
- ^ Dexter's Laboratory: "Chubby Cheese," season 2, episode 7B (1997).
- ^ I Am Weasel: "I Am My Lifetime," season 2, episode 7 (1998).
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