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50 free Care Bears trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Care Bears started out in 1981 as a handful of pastel characters and became one of the defining toy lines of the 1980s. Plush bears, storybooks, records, cinema films and several television series followed, and each new generation of children has met a redesigned line-up. This quiz covers the whole family: the original bears and the badges on their bellies, the Care Bear Cousins, and the villains who try to stamp out kindness, from the earliest television specials to the 2019 series. It also looks at the people and companies who made it all, the voices and songs of the films, and a few odd corners of the franchise's history. It suits anyone who grew up with a bear on the bed, parents meeting the characters again with their own children, and fans who think they can name every villain. Each answer comes with a short explanation, so you learn something even when you guess.
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Q 01Which of the Care Bears had an ice cream soda with two straws swapped for crossed lollipops over worries about germs?
Share Bear
Share Bear traded the two-straw soda for a pair of crossed lollipops when the toys were relaunched in 2002. The new toy maker suggested the swap, reasoning that passing one drink around could spread germs.
Q 02Before the plush toys and cartoons, the Care Bears first appeared in 1981 as artwork for what product?
Greeting cards
Greeting cards came first: artist Elena Kucharik painted the bears for a card company, and the plush toys followed in 1983. More than 40 million of those toys had sold by 1987.
Q 03The Care Bears' home of Care-a-Lot and their heart-shaped meeting table both pay homage to which legendary ruler?
King Arthur
King Arthur is the model: Care-a-Lot is a play on Camelot, and the heart-shaped table echoes his Round Table. Love-a-Lot Bear's name is a nod to Sir Lancelot.
Q 04The Care Bears Movie earned more in 1985 than which Disney animated feature released a few months later?
The Black Cauldron
The Black Cauldron cost Disney far more to make, yet the low-budget bears out-earned it at the box office. The upset left Disney's own animators worried about the future of their studio.
Q 05Sophia Bush designed a one-off Care Bears 'Justice Bear' for a 2019 charity auction, basing it on which judge?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired the bear, which the actress created for the humanitarian group CARE. Celebrities each designed a single bear, sold to mark the International Day of the Girl.
Q 06Which toy company, maker of the first Star Wars action figures, turned the Care Bears into plush toys in 1983?
Kenner
Kenner launched the plush bears in spring 1983 behind a multi-million-dollar advertising push. The Cincinnati firm also sponsored the bears' first television special that year.
Q 07Which hit singer-songwriter of the 1970s wrote and performed the theme song Care-A-Lot for The Care Bears Movie?
Carole King
Carole King wrote and sang the film's title song, while John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful wrote several of the others. One of his numbers earned a Genie Award nomination in Canada.
Q 08When the Care Bears stand together for their famous Care Bear Stare, the beam of light shines from where?
Their tummies
Their tummies light up: each bear's belly badge fires a beam, and the beams merge into one ray of love. The Cousins' version of the move is known as the Care Cousin Call.
Q 09Cozy Heart, who joins a raccoon, a monkey and an elephant among the Care Bear Cousins, is what kind of animal?
A penguin
A penguin, Cozy Heart made a screen debut in The Care Bears Movie in 1985. Three decades later the character was one of only four Cousins brought back for a new series.
Q 10Which of the Care Bears is the team mechanic aboard the Cloudseeker in the series Care Bears: Unlock the Magic?
Grumpy Bear
Grumpy Bear fixes whatever breaks while fretting about everything else. Earlier series had already made him an inventor, forever building gadgets for his neighbors in Care-a-Lot.
Q 11Which original leader of the Care Bears welcomes the Cousins into the family in The Care Bears Movie?
Tenderheart Bear
Tenderheart Bear inducts the Cousins at the film's end and hands each of them a belly badge. Until then the Cousins had no badges and joined the fight by calling out in their own animal voices.
Q 12Which of the Care Bears wears a rainbow belly badge and took over as unofficial leader in the 2007 series?
Cheer Bear
Cheer Bear took the lead when the 2007 reboot trimmed the main cast to five. The pink optimist doubles as the resident cheerleader, making up encouraging chants on the spot.
Q 13Which of the Care Bears runs away after a joke backfires and is crowned king of Joke-a-lot in a 2004 film?
Funshine Bear
Q 21Which Care Bear Cousin has an uncle who arrives in Care-a-Lot seeking help to find a missing princess?
Swift Heart Rabbit
Swift Heart Rabbit's uncle is the White Rabbit himself, who needs a stand-in for a lost heir in the 1987 film. The bears recruit an ordinary girl named Alice for the job.
Q 22Which Care Bear Cousin sails a ship full of cubs at the start of Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation?
Noble Heart Horse
Noble Heart Horse co-founds the bears' realm in the film, a prequel that tells how the family began. The cubs aboard grow up to be the bears and Cousins of the first movie.
Q 23Actor Harry Dean Stanton made a guest appearance singing as which Care Bear Cousin in The Care Bears Movie?
Funshine Bear is hailed as the town's long-lost king, but a scheming rat only wants him crowned to get at the royal sceptre. The film was the first in the franchise made with computer animation.
Q 14Which of the Care Bears, introduced in 2007, has no belly badge and draws one on with a crayon?
Oopsy Bear
Oopsy Bear sketches a badge with a special crayon, usually a shooting star, and rubs it out when his mood changes. The accident-prone newcomer was one of the five leads of the 2007 relaunch.
Q 15Which young cub created for Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot carries a stuffed toy named Floppy Bunny?
Wonderheart Bear
Wonderheart Bear, nicknamed Little Wonder, was the first all-new character made for the 2012 series. She is the niece of the bears' wise elder and spends the show learning what her badge can do.
Q 16Which of the Care Bears is the caretaker of baby cubs Hugs and Tugs and wears a rose tied with ribbon?
Grams Bear
Grams Bear raises the two youngest bears and made her debut alongside them in a 1984 television special. A later series redrew her with glasses, a shawl and a walking cane.
Q 17A factory error on the first Care Bears plush toys made Bedtime Bear and Wish Bear swap what?
Their fur colors
Their fur colors were switched, so the sleepy bear came out aqua and the wishing bear blue until the mistake was caught. A children's story was later written to explain the mix-up.
Q 18Birthday Bear, one of the ten original Care Bears, wears which birthday symbol as a belly badge?
A cupcake
A cupcake topped with one candle sits on the golden-yellow bear, whose whole job is celebrating birthdays. He was among the first bears to reach toy shops and television in 1983.
Q 19What is the name of Wish Bear's wishing star companion in The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie?
Twinkers
Twinkers is the star she found as a cub, and his power backs every wish she grants. Her wishes misfire in the film and conjure up three badly behaved new neighbors.
Q 20Aboard which craft do the Care Bears sail along a river to search for lost friends in The Care Bears Movie?
Cloud Clipper
The Cloud Clipper carries the search party in the 1985 film. The sequel shows it starting out as an ordinary boat that transforms while sailing up a rainbow into the sky.
Brave Heart Lion
Brave Heart Lion borrows Stanton's voice for a single number, Home Is in Your Heart. The same soundtrack also features the bands NRBQ and Tower of Power.
Q 24The Care Bears live in Care-a-Lot, but what is the name of the home of the Care Bear Cousins?
Forest of Feelings
The Forest of Feelings is where two orphaned children first stumble on the Cousins in The Care Bears Movie. In a later series, one of the bears keeps a tree house there.
Q 25Which winter-loving villain rules the Land Without Feelings in the first Care Bears television special?
Professor Coldheart
Professor Coldheart turns a runaway boy into a green goblin with a fizzy potion before the bears come to the rescue. He stayed on as the main foe when a weekly series began in 1985.
Q 26Which evil wizard, uncle of the shrieking Shreeky, is the main villain of the series The Care Bears Family?
No Heart
No Heart arrived with the 1986 series, and his ill-tempered niece joined him in its second season. The same show let its heroes wrestle with conflict and even depression.
Q 27Which bumbling henchman from The Care Bears Family returned as a mischievous king in a 2012 series?
Beastly
Beastly spent the 1980s botching an evil wizard's schemes. The 2012 reboot gave him a crown and a band of minions called Beasties, recasting him as more frenemy than foe.
Q 28Which shape-shifting villain of Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation ends the film as an ordinary human boy?
Dark Heart
Dark Heart first attacks as a red sea serpent and later appears as a teenage boy. A dying girl's kindness breaks his magic, and he leaves the film as a human for good.
Q 29Which villain in a big metal suit tries to conquer Care-a-Lot in Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot?
Grizzle
Grizzle builds robots and a ride called the CareTaker to steal every belly badge, only to learn the magic works just for those who care. His helper robot ends up siding with the bears.
Q 30Which leader of the Bad Crowd tries to turn the Silver Lining into his own land in Care Bears: Unlock the Magic?
Bluster
Bluster wants to rename the place Blusterland and sends his gang out to plant Bad Seeds across it. One member was thrown out of the gang for being too nice.