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1

Where in the brothers' cave does Ice Bear of We Bare Bears choose to sleep each night?

In the refrigerator is where the youngest brother beds down, though he also does nearly all the cooking and cleaning that his brothers take for granted.

2

How does Ice Bear, the youngest brother in We Bare Bears, almost always refer to himself?

In the third person is how he delivers nearly every line, a habit he most likely picked up from the gruff hermit who raised him as a cub.

3

What kind of animal is Nom Nom, the internet-famous rival of the brothers in We Bare Bears?

A koala who never speaks in his cute viral videos, Nom Nom is foul-tempered off camera and spends two seasons as the brothers' main antagonist.

4

In We Bare Bears: The Movie, which country do the brothers try to reach to escape Agent Trout?

Canada is the refuge Grizzly proposes, but a border guard turns the brothers away because they are not carrying passports.

5

Near which West Coast city do the three brothers of We Bare Bears live in a cave?

San Francisco and its Bay Area are home turf, which the brothers cross in a bear stack, one standing on another's back, the best-known image from the series.

6

In We Bare Bears, which giant food does Grizzly grow so attached to that he carries it everywhere?

A burrito the size of a bear becomes his constant companion after an eating competition, and a closing flashback ties the attachment to a forgotten rescue in his cub days.

7

Which birds run the underground crime ring that steals the brothers' belongings in We Bare Bears?

Pigeons make up the cartel that takes Grizzly's wallet and Panda's phone in the opening episode, and they are the nearest thing the brothers have to arch-enemies.

8

What do the three cubs travel in while searching for a new home in the spin-off We Baby Bears?

A magic box that teleports carries the cubs between adventures, echoing the plain one they tried to sell themselves from at the roadside in the original show.

9

Which tool does Ice Bear of We Bare Bears keep beside him even while he sleeps?

An axe lies beside him at night, and he can swing it with either hand, a skill he learned as a cub alongside cooking, knitting and fixing machinery.

10

Which legendary creature is Charlie, the lanky, camera-shy friend of the brothers in We Bare Bears?

A Bigfoot who is apparently more than a century old, Charlie fears cameras because humans keep hounding him for a photograph.

11

Which channel premiered We Bare Bears and later aired a spin-off about the brothers as cubs?

Cartoon Network grew the show out of its shorts development programme, so a pilot existed before a full series was ever ordered.

12

Which former Pixar story artist created We Bare Bears from a short webcomic of his own?

Daniel Chong pitched his ten-strip webcomic after a different pilot of his was turned down, later saying the bears were simply the closest idea to hand.

13

What does Lucy, the object of Panda's crush in We Bare Bears, sell and deliver for a living?

Fresh produce is Lucy's trade, and she brings fruit to the brothers every Friday without ever noticing how Panda feels about her.

14

Why does child prodigy Chloe Park first visit the brothers' cave in We Bare Bears?

To study them for a college presentation is her plan, and the friendship survives even after the brothers re-edit her slide show to their own liking.

15

Which affectionate nickname does Grizzly use for his brother Panda in We Bare Bears?

Pan-Pan is the eldest brother's pet name for the middle one, the most anxious of the three and the one who spends his days on his phone and on dating sites.

16

In We Bare Bears, what does Grizzly discover he alone among the three brothers is able to do?

Hibernate is something only he can do, so he gets ready for a long winter sleep by building himself a giant cave of pillows.

17

Which food allergy does Panda of We Bare Bears suffer from, alongside a severe allergy to cats?

Peanuts baked into cookies nearly finish him off in an early episode, and the stranger who saves him turns into his longest-running crush.

18

Which former Saturday Night Live cast member voices Panda in We Bare Bears?

Bobby Moynihan was in the sketch show's cast from 2008 to 2017, and he also voiced Louie Duck in the 2017 DuckTales series.

19

Which K-pop group guest-stars as themselves in the last regular episode of We Bare Bears?

Monsta X are the band Panda adores, so his brothers sneak him into the group's hotel, having at first confused them with a metal act of almost the same name.

20

Which disaster traps the brothers and Agent Trout at the climax of We Bare Bears: The Movie?

A forest fire sparked by an electrified fence closes in on them, an ending inspired by the wildfires that struck California in 2018.

21

What business do the We Bare Bears brothers open in their cave thanks to Ice Bear's hidden talent?

A coffee shop takes over the cave when he proves a gifted barista, but it unravels after his brothers ignore his warnings and give him caffeine.

22

What is the name of the girl-scout troop that Ranger Tabes leads in We Bare Bears?

Poppy Rangers is the troop's name, and their bitter rivals on the kickball field are the Ivy troop led by Ranger Zhao.

23

Which Grammy-winning British singer performs We'll Be There, the theme song of We Bare Bears?

Estelle sings the theme and later guest-stars as a pop idol whom Panda queues to meet; she is also the voice of Garnet in Steven Universe.

24

In We Bare Bears flashbacks, what was Grizzly doing as a cub before he left to find a real family?

Starring in a sitcom called Family Troubles made him famous as a cub, but he gave up the fame once he saw that his TV family offered him no real love.

25

Which stand-up comedian voices Ice Bear in We Bare Bears and narrates the spin-off We Baby Bears?

Demetri Martin, a former Daily Show correspondent, is known on stage for the same deadpan delivery he gives the bear of few words.

26

Which comedian voices Nom Nom, the vain internet celebrity of We Bare Bears?

Patton Oswalt, who also voiced Remy the rat in Ratatouille, plays the short-tempered star, who eventually admits that Grizzly is the closest thing to a friend he has.

27

Which actor and former professional skateboarder voices the towering Charlie in We Bare Bears?

Jason Lee, the lead of My Name Is Earl and the voice of Syndrome in The Incredibles, plays the gangly loner who nearly wrecks the brothers' cave on his first stay.

28

In the We Bare Bears episode Icy Nights, what do a gang of techies steal from Ice Bear?

His robot vacuum is no ordinary cleaner: the gang's leader wants its technical specifications, hoping they will finally win his own father's approval.

29

What does Darrell, a friend of the brothers in We Bare Bears, sell in his struggling store?

Mousepads are all he stocks, and the brothers try to rescue the store by running their stack as a ride-share taxi to raise money.

30

Which NBA legend's trading card comes to life to teach the cubs teamwork in We Bare Bears?

Charles Barkley voices himself, and his coaching is how the cubs come up with the stack they still travel in as adults.

31

Which Arctic hermit in We Bare Bears raised Ice Bear and taught him to cook, knit and fix machinery?

Yuri, a Russian survivalist, had to cut the cub adrift on the ice to save him from a hunter, which is how the youngest brother ended up alone at sea.

32

As a cub, Panda of We Bare Bears lived in an enclosure near a fictional version of which city?

Shanghai is where the cub slips out through a food chute and hides in a bamboo delivery truck, after a stuffed toy coaxes him into seeing the outside world.

33

What is the name of the action hero Grizzly plays in his own home-made films in We Bare Bears?

Crowbar Jones fronts a run of cheesy amateur action films, and when Grizzly screens one for a focus group the audience starts walking out.

34

What are Chloe and the brothers driving to see in the We Bare Bears episode Road Trip?

A meteor shower is the goal, with Ice Bear at the wheel as the only licensed driver, until a hitchhiker and an empty fuel tank get in the way.

35

After firefighters rescued him as a cub, what does young Grizzly of We Bare Bears admit he is afraid of?

Being up a tree frightens him because a rescue crew once stopped him falling from a treetop; he admits the fear in a flashback about delivering newspapers.

36

In the We Bare Bears episode Shush Ninjas, where do the brothers go to silence noisy people?

A movie theater is their beat after a rowdy audience ruins a film for them, so they dress as ninjas to hush anyone who talks.

37

What happens to Ice Bear after he hits his head in the We Bare Bears episode I Am Ice Bear?

He becomes talkative, sociable and cool, which delights his brothers until the new version of him starts abandoning them and acting like a jerk.

38

Which dish do the brothers race to buy from a new food truck early in We Bare Bears: The Movie?

Poutine draws them out to be first in line, and the havoc they cause on the way is what finally turns the city's residents against them.

39

Which Pixar film did the creator of We Bare Bears go on to write and direct?

Hoppers came after he returned to Pixar in 2020, and its heroine transfers her mind into a lifelike mechanical beaver.

40

The kitten that the brothers of We Bare Bears name Thunderbolt turns out to be which animal's cub?

A cougar family follows the cub home and settles into the cave, leaving the brothers to win their own house back.

41

In which language does the multilingual Ice Bear of We Bare Bears write his poetry?

French is the language of his verse, while Grizzly writes his own poems in English and Panda turns to songwriting instead.

42

What does Panda of We Bare Bears call his beloved body pillow, printed with an anime schoolgirl?

Miki-chan is what the Japanese call a dakimakura, and Panda pretends that she is his actual partner, one more sign of his devotion to anime.

43

Which NBC comedy set in New York did the creator of We Bare Bears cite as an inspiration?

Seinfeld is on his list of influences alongside Broad City, Aardman's animation and the films of Wes Anderson.

44

Whom was the creator of We Bare Bears trying to make laugh when he first drew the bears in a stack?

His girlfriend's niece was the audience for those first doodles, which grew into a webcomic posted online in 2010 and 2011.

45

Which medium was used for much of the We Bare Bears pilot before the series went digital?

Watercolors gave the pilot a naturalistic feel, but painting by hand was not possible for a full series, so the art team found a digital way to look painterly.

46

In which European city did the We Bare Bears pilot have its world premiere at an animation festival?

Amsterdam hosted the 2014 screening at the KLIK! festival, where the pilot won the young audience prize a year before the series began.

47

Which English actor voices Professor Lampwick, the teacher the brothers kidnap in We Bare Bears?

Malcolm McDowell, best known for A Clockwork Orange, plays the professor, who turns his captors against one another instead of giving in.

48

Which band's song Everywhere is covered over the end credits of We Bare Bears: The Movie?

Fleetwood Mac recorded the original, and the film closes on a 2019 cover by the German musician Roosevelt that was left off the official soundtrack.

49

Which actor, also heard as Chad in the series Clarence, voices Grizzly in We Bare Bears?

Eric Edelstein voiced the eldest brother for the whole run and the film, and on screen he plays a paddock supervisor in Jurassic World.

50

Which accessory do the We Bare Bears brothers adopt after seeing every market shopper carry one?

Tote bags, the decorative reusable kind, win the brothers over after a near-disgrace at the market, and they throw themselves into the lifestyle.

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