We Baby Bears is an American animated television series developed by Manny Hernandez for Cartoon Network. It is a spin-off prequel of the animated series We Bare Bears, which was created by Daniel Chong. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios, it premiered on January 1, 2022. On January 31, 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 17, 2023.[2]
Premise[]
We Baby Bears follows Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear as cubs searching for a new home in a magical teleporting box.
Voice cast[]
- Connor Andrade as Baby Grizz[3]
- Amari McCoy as Baby Panda / Box[3]
- Max Mitchell as Baby Ice Bear[3]
- Demetri Martin as the Narrator[1] (Martin previously voiced Adult Ice Bear in the original show)
- Willow Smith as Unica[3]
- Gunnar Sizemore as Squatter Otter
- Janeane Garofalo as Madame Malin[3]
- Kaya McLean as Madeline
- Paris Newton as Dippy
- Dominique Jackson as Cassi[4]
- Olivia Olson as Ursa / Pegasus / Employee / Goblin
- Em Hagen as Polly
- Cameron Esposito as Winnie
- Toby Fox as Jared
- Haley Joel Osment as Teddi Bear
- Rhys Darby as Craig[3]
- Toks Olagundoye as Lady Lima / Yam / Radish
- Damian O'Hare as Carrot / Castle Guard / Pea
- Eric Bauza as Sam Spider Spade / Chief of Police / Wasp / Robot Panda / Cashier
- Young M.A as Pip
- Anderson .Paak as TK
- Soul Anderson as Teejay / Tad
- Bernardo Velasco as Luis[3]
- Alok Vaid-Menon as Kiara[4]
- Sunita Mani as Laila
- Sendhil Ramamurthy as Ben
- Anjali Bhimani as Amy / Diya / Hillbilly Birds[3]
- Kari Wahlgren as Twinky
- Tru Valentino as Blinky / Finky
- Deedee Magno Hall as Fairy
- Manila Luzon as Gouda
- Tom Kenny as Landlord / Squid / Davy Jones
- Lori Alan as Goose
- Sirena Irwin as Mayor Centipede / Silk Worms / Mom
- Debra Wilson as Mole Queen / Dope Butterfly / Mole Soldier
- Sean Giambrone as Francis
- Jason Mantzoukas as Zorpo[3]
- Stephen Oyoung as Wally[3]
- Harvey Guillén as Genie / Wishbone Salesman[4]
- Salli Saffioti as Gloria / Rat / Manager
- Manny Hernandez as Clam
Production[]
The series was first announced on May 30, 2019, which was slated to premiere on Cartoon Network in spring 2021 but was delayed to January 2022.[5][6] A trailer was released on November 25, 2021,[7] and the series premiered its first 10 episodes in a marathon on New Year's Day 2022. The series is rendered in an anime-esque style and features the bears going on various adventures in their magical box. Manny Hernandez, who served as supervising director on the original series, serves as the showrunner while Daniel Chong is involved as an executive producer.[8]
The series had a crossover Halloween special with Summer Camp Island, which premiered on October 8, 2022.[9]
Episodes[]
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 40 | January 1, 2022 | May 13, 2023 | ||
| 2 | TBA | June 17, 2023 | TBA | ||
Season 1 (2022–23)[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [10][11][12] | Written and directed by | Storyboarded by | Original air date [10][11] | Prod. code [12] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | “Magical Box” | Manny Hernandez | Manny Hernandez & Chana Kim | January 1, 2022 | 002 | 0.28[13] |
| 2 | 2 | “Bears and the Beanstalk” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : George Kaprielian | Sooyeon Lee & Geno Rodriguez | January 1, 2022 | 003 | 0.24[13] |
| 3 | 3 | “BooDunnit” | Written by : Shawn Pearlman Directed by : George Kaprielian | Andrew Stewart & Chana Kim | January 1, 2022 | 008 | 0.22[13] |
| 4 | 4 | “The Little Mer-Bear” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : George Kaprielian | Kris Stanton & Sarah Sobole | January 1, 2022 | 006 | 0.22[13] |
| 5 | 5 | “Modernish Stone Age Family” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : George Kaprielian | Sarah Sobole & Kris Stanton | January 1, 2022 | 010 | 0.23[13] |
| 6 | 6 | “Excalibear” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : Christina Chang | Christina Chang & Yvonne Hsuan Ho | January 1, 2022 | 004 | 0.26[13] |
| 7 | 7 | “Meathouse” “Meat House” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : Christina Chang | Geno Rodriguez & Yvonne Hsuan Ho | January 1, 2022 | 007 | 0.27[13] |
| 8 | 8 | “Pirate Parrot Polly” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : Christina Chang & George Kaprielian | Sooyeon Lee & Nora Meek | January 1, 2022 | 005 | 0.28[13] |
| 9 | 9 | “Baby Bear Genius” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : Christina Chang | Yvonne Hsuan Ho & Chana Kim | January 1, 2022 | 011 | 0.27[13] |
| 10 | 10 | “Bug City Sleuths” | Written by : Dick Grunert Directed by : George Kaprielian | Sarah Sobole & Kris Stanton | January 1, 2022 | 014 | 0.27[13] |
| 11 | 11 | “Hashtag #1 Fan” “Hashtag Number One Fan” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : Christina Chang | Gladyfaith Abcede & Sooyeon Lee | January 3, 2022 | 009 | 0.17[14] |
| 12 | 12 | “Snowplace Like Home” “Snow Place Like Home” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : George Kaprielian | Kris Stanton & Sarah Sobole | January 3, 2022 | 001 | 0.16[14] |
| 13 | 13 | “Fiesta Day” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : George Kaprielian | André Lamilza & Geno Rodriguez | January 10, 2022 | 012 | 0.18[15] |
| 14 | 14 | “Baba Yaga House” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : Christina Chang | Yvonne Hsuan Ho & Chana Kim | January 10, 2022 | 019 | 0.15[15] |
| 15 | 15 | “Bears in the Dark” | Written by : Shakira Pressley Directed by : George Kaprielian | Sarah Sobole & Kristin Stanton | January 17, 2022 | 018 | 0.13[16] |
| 16 | 16 | “Big Trouble Little Babies” | Written by : Shawn Kenji Pearlman Directed by : George Kaprielian | André Lamilza & Geno Rodriguez | January 17, 2022 | 015 | 0.13[16] |
| 17 | 17 | “Triple T Tigers” | Written by : Charley Feldman Directed by : Christina Chang | Yvonne Hsuan Ho, Kris Stanton & Chana Kim | January 24, 2022 | 016 | 0.16[17] |
| 18 | 18 | “Panda's Family” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : Christina Chang | Christina Chang, Melissa Sheng & Sooyeon Lee | January 24, 2022 | 017 | 0.15[17] |
| 19 | 19 | “A Tale of Two Ice Bears” | Written by : Mikey Heller & Kris Mukai Directed by : George Kaprielian | André Lamilza & Geno Rodriguez | January 31, 2022 | 020 | 0.17[18] |
| 20 | 20 | “Unica” | Written by : Mikey Heller & Kris Mukai Directed by : Christina Chang | Sooyeon Lee, Melissa Sheng & Gladyfaith Abcede | January 31, 2022 | 013 | 0.20[18] |
| 21 | 21 | “Sheep Bears” | Written by : Charley Feldman Directed by : George Kaprielian | Sarah Sobole & Kris Stanton | May 2, 2022 | 021 | 0.10[19] |
| 22 | 22 | “Ice Bear's Pet” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : George Kaprielian | Melissa Sheng & Sooyeon Lee | May 3, 2022 | 022 | 0.15[20] |
| 23 | 23 | “Dragon Pests” | Written by : Shawn Kenji Pearlman Directed by : George Kaprielian & Caroline Director | André LaMilza & Geno Rodriguez | May 4, 2022 | 023 | 0.12[21] |
| 24 | 24 | “No Land, All Air!” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : George Kaprielian | Chana Kim & Yvonne Hsuan Ho | May 5, 2022 | 024 | 0.15[22] |
| 25 | 25 | “Tooth Fairy Tech” | Written by : Lindsay Kerns Directed by : George Kaprielian | Kris Stanton & Sarah Sobole | May 6, 2022 | 025 | 0.15[23] |
| 26 | 26 | “High Baby Fashion” | Written by : Jen Bardekoff Directed by : George Kaprielian | Melissa Sheng & Sooyeon Lee | July 18, 2022 | 026 | 0.08[24] |
| 27 | 27 | “Teddi Bear” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : George Kaprielian | André LaMilza & Geno Rodriguez | July 19, 2022 | 027 | 0.10[25] |
| 28 | 28 | “A Gross Worm” “Gross Worm” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : George Kaprielian & Caroline Director | Chana Kim & Yvonne Hsuan Ho | July 20, 2022 | 028 | 0.09[26] |
| 29 | 29 | “A Real Crayon” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : George Kaprielian | Sarah Sobole & Kris Stanton | July 21, 2022 | 029 | 0.15[27] |
| 30 | 30 | “Witches” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : George Kaprielian | Melissa Sheng & Sooyeon Lee | October 8, 2022 | 030 | 0.15[28] |
| 31 | 31 | “Happy Bouncy Fun Town” | Written by : Lorraine Degraffenreidt Directed by : George Kaprielian | André Lamilza & Geno Rodriguez | October 8, 2022 | 031 | 0.13[28] |
| 32 | 32 | “Back to Our Regular Time Period” | Written by : Karen Joseph Adcock Directed by : Caroline Director | Chana Kim & Yvonne Hsuan Ho | October 15, 2022 | 032 | 0.12[29] |
| 33 | 33 | “Bath on the Nile” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : George Kaprielian | Sarah Sobole & Kris Stanton | October 22, 2022 | 033 | 0.23[30] |
| 34 | 34 | “Bubble Fields” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : Caroline Director | Melissa Sheng & Sooyeon Lee | October 29, 2022 | 036 | 0.12[31] |
| 35 | 35 | “Who Crashed the RV?” | Written by : Mikey Heller & Kris Mukai Directed by : George Kaprielian | André Lamilza & Geno Rodriguez | January 7, 2023 | 038 | 0.07[32] |
| 36 | 36 | “Temple Bears” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : George Kaprielian | André Lamilza & Geno Rodriguez | January 14, 2023 | 034 | 0.16[33] |
| 37 | 37 | “Lighthouse” | Written by : Lorraine Degraffenreidt Directed by : Caroline Director | Sarah Sobole & Caroline Director | January 21, 2023 | 035 | 0.09[34] |
| 38 | 38 | “Doll's House” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : Caroline Director | Chana Kim & Yvonne Hsuan Ho | January 28, 2023 | 037 | 0.12[35] |
| “Little Fallen Star” “The Little Fallen Star” | Written by : Mikey Heller & Kris Mukai Directed by : Manny Hernandez, Caroline Director & George Kaprielian | Melissa Sheng, Sooyeon Lee & Kris Stanton | May 13, 2023 | 0.09[36] | |||
Season 2 (2023–24)[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [10][11] | Written and directed by | Storyboarded by | Original air date [10][11] | Prod. code [12] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part | ||||||||||||
| “The Big Wish” | Written by : Mikey Heller & Kris Mukai Directed by : Caroline Director & George Kaprielian | Geno Rodriguez, Joy Yang, Kris Stanton & Julian Sanchez | June 17, 2023 | |||||||||
| 43 | 3 | “Polly's New Crew” | Written by : Madeline "moop" Khare Directed by : George Kaprielian | Melissa Sheng, Erin Kim, Christina Chang & Caroline Director | June 17, 2023 | 043 | ||||||
| “Bug City Frame Up” | Written by : Mikey Heller & Kris Mukai Directed by : Caroline Director & George Kaprielian | Sarah Sobole, Sooyeon Lee, Geno Rodriguez & Joy Yang | June 24, 2023 | |||||||||
| “The Great Veggie War” | Written by : Mikey Heller & Kris Mukai Directed by : Caroline Director & George Kaprielian | Kris Stanton, Julian Sanchez, Melissa Sheng & Erin Kim | July 1, 2023 | |||||||||
| Part | ||||||||||||
| 48 | 8 | “Unica's House” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : Caroline Director | Sarah Sobole & Sooyeon Lee | August 26, 2023 | 048 | ||||||
| 49 | 9 | “Rexford's Nectar” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : George Kaprielian | Geno Rodriguez & Joy Yang | August 26, 2023 | 049 | ||||||
| 50 | 10 | “Grizz's Doc” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : Caroline Director | Kris Stanton & Julian Sanchez | August 26, 2023 | 050 | ||||||
| 51 | 11 | “Triple T Tiger Lilies” | Written by : Madeline "moop" Khare Directed by : George Kaprielian | Melissa Sheng & Erin Kim | August 26, 2023 | 051 | ||||||
| 52 | 12 | “After Bedtime” | Written by : Madeline "moop" Khare Directed by : Caroline Director | Sarah Sobole & Sooyeon Lee | August 26, 2023 | 052 | ||||||
| 53 | 13 | “The Parade” | Written by : Kris Mukai Directed by : Caroline Director | Geno Rodriguez & Joy Yang | August 26, 2023 | 053 | ||||||
| “The Big Bloom” | Written by : Mikey Heller Directed by : George Kaprielian & Caroline Director | Kris Stanton, Julian Sanchez, Melissa Sheng & Erin Kim | August 26, 2023 | |||||||||
| Part | ||||||||||||
| 56 | 16 | “Return to the Sea” | Sarah Sobole & Sooyeon Lee | May 25, 2024 (Asia) | 056 | |||||||
| 57 | 17 | “Shark!” | Written by : Mikey Heller | Geno Rodriguez & Joy Yang | May 25, 2024 (Asia) | 057 | ||||||
| 58 | 18 | “Sunken Sub” | Kris Stanton & Julian Sanchez | May 26, 2024 (Asia) | 058 | |||||||
| 59 | 19 | “Flounder Fam” | Melissa Sheng & Erin Kim | June 1, 2024 (Asia) | 059 | |||||||
| 60 | 20 | “Land World” | Geno Rodriguez & Joy Yang | June 2, 2024 (Asia) | 060 | |||||||
| 61 | 21 | “Bermuda Baby Bears” | Sarah Sobole & Sooyeon Lee | June 7, 2024 (MENA) | 061 | |||||||
| “Welcome to Atlantis” | Kris Stanton, Julian Sanchez, Melissa Sheng & Erin Kim | June 9, 2024 (Asia) | ||||||||||
Broadcast[]
We Baby Bears premiered on Cartoon Network UK on April 4, 2022.[37]
Home media[]
We Baby Bears had its first DVD release on October 25, 2022, consisting of the first 20 episodes from the first season.[38]
Notes[]
- ↑ Additional music by Inon Zur, Udi Harpaz, Manny Corallo & Matt McGuire
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "We Baby Bears". Apple TV (December 31, 2021).
- ↑ Michael Schneider (January 31, 2022). "We Baby Bears Picked Up for Season 2 on HBO Max and Cartoon Network (EXCLUSIVE)".
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Perine, Aaron (December 1, 2021). "We Baby Bears Announces Premiere Date With Theme Song". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2022.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bloom, Allison (May 8, 2023). "WATCH: Exclusive Clip from Cartoon Network's "We Baby Bears" featuring Dominique Jackson". GLAAD. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2024.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.
- ↑ Manny Hernandez [@mannymator] (May 30, 2021). "Sorry, the release is taking a bit longer than anticipated....".
- ↑ "Keynote: WarnerMedia's Tom Aschiem". World Screen Events (June 8, 2021).
- ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Cartoon Network (25 November 2021). "We Baby Bears Official Trailer". YouTube.
- ↑ Mulligan, Mercedea (October 6, 2020). "Li'l Bros Return in Magical New CN Series We Baby Bears". Animation Magazine.
- ↑ Webabybears [@webabybears] (July 23, 2022). "SOS, we've accidentally summoned some witches - does ANYONE know them??? 🐱🧙♀️🪄 Here's sneak peek of a spooky new We Baby Bears episode - coming this HALLOWEEN! 🎃".
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Cite error: Invalid
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedZap2it - ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "We Baby Bears"]". United States Copyright Office.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 Mitch Salem (January 5, 2022). "Saturday 1.1.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Mitch Salem (January 5, 2022). "Monday 1.3.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Mitch Metcalf (January 11, 2022). "Monday 1.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Mitch Salem (January 19, 2022). "Monday 1.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Mitch Metcalf (January 25, 2022). "Monday 1.24.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Mitch Salem (February 1, 2022). "Monday 1.31.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (May 3, 2022). "Monday 5.2.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Salem (May 4, 2022). "Tuesday 5.3.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (May 5, 2022). "Wednesday 5.4.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Salem (May 6, 2022). "Thursday 5.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (May 9, 2022). "Friday 5.6.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (July 19, 2022). "Monday 7.18.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Salem (July 20, 2022). "Tuesday 7.19.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (July 21, 2022). "Wednesday 7.20.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Salem (July 22, 2022). "Thursday 7.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Mitch Metcalf (October 11, 2022). "Saturday 10.8.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Salem (October 18, 2022). "Saturday 10.15.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (October 25, 2022). "Saturday 10.22.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Salem (November 1, 2022). "Saturday 10.29.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (January 10, 2023). "Saturday 1.7.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (January 18, 2023). "Saturday 1.14.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Salem (January 24, 2023). "Saturday 1.21.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (January 31, 2023). "Saturday 1.28.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ Mitch Salem (May 16, 2023). "Saturday 5.13.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals".
- ↑ "Cartoon Network UK April 2022 Highlights". RegularCapital/Warner Bros. Discovery UK.
- ↑ "Animated "We Baby Bears: The Magical Box" Arriving on DVD Oct. 25 – Media Play News" (August 16, 2022).
