Care Bears & Cousins

*Care Bears & Cousins*
Care Bears & Cousins
Genre	Comedy
Directed by	Andrew Young
Voices of	Olivia Hack; Doug Erholtz; Braeden Fox; David Lodge; Patty Mattson; Stephanie Sheh; Ryan Wiesbrock
Theme music composer	Chip Whitewood; Elizabeth Ashley Gerrard
Opening theme	"Care Bears & Cousins"
Ending theme	"Care Bears & Cousins" (instrumental)
Composers	Richard Evans; Chip Whitewood
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Sean Gorman; Ryan Wiesbrock
Producers	Liz Young; Mike Young; Nicolas Atlan
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	American Greetings; American Greetings Properties
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	November 6, 2015 –; February 5, 2016
Related
	Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot; Care Bears: Unlock the Magic;

Care Bears & Cousins is an American animated adventure television series released on November 6, 2015, on Netflix.^[1]^[2] Produced by American Greetings Properties and animated by Splash Entertainment^[a], the series is a continuation of the previous series Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot, re-introduces four of the Care Bear cousins - Brave Heart Lion, Bright Heart Raccoon, Lotsa Heart Elephant and Cozy Heart Penguin.

Synopsis

Set in Care-a-Lot, a magical land in the clouds, Tenderheart Bear, Cheer Bear, Grumpy Bear, Share Bear, Harmony Bear, Funshine Bear and new playful, curious cub Wonderheart Bear all go on adventures that emphasize messages of caring and sharing. Human children from Earth often visit Care-a-Lot and participate in new adventures and valuable lessons learned. The Care Bears' mischievous frenemy King Beastly often attempts to make trouble for the bears.

Characters

Main Care Bears

Tenderheart Bear (voiced by David Lodge)
Cheer Bear (voiced by Patty Mattson)
Funshine Bear (voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas)
Grumpy Bear (voiced by Doug Erholtz)
Harmony Bear (voiced by Nayo Wallace)
Share Bear (voiced by Stephanie Sheh)
Wonderheart Bear (voiced by Michaela Dean)

Cousins

Brave Heart Lion (voiced by Braeden Fox)
Bright Heart Raccoon (voiced by Ryan Wiesbrock)
Lotsa Heart Elephant (voiced by Olivia Hack)
Cozy Heart Penguin (voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas)

Other Care Bears

Amigo Bear
Best Friend Bear
Birthday Bear
Good Luck Bear
Love-a-Lot Bear
Secret Bear
Surprise Bear (voiced by Melissa Mable)
Thanks-a-Lot Bear
Wish Bear (voiced by Melissa Mable)

Other Care-a-Lot Residents

King Beastly (voiced by Doug Erholtz)

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes
Season		Episodes	Originally released
	1	6	November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
	2	6	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)

Season 1 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Take Heart"	Andrew Young	Amy Keating Rogers	November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
The Care Bear Cousins return to Care-a-Lot and showcase their lessons in Care Hearts.
2	2	"Return to Tender"	Andrew Young	Amy Keating Rogers	November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
Tenderheart and Wonderheart are split away from each other when Wonderheart splits away from home.
3	3	"The Bright Stuff"	Andrew Young	Amy Keating Rogers	November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
Beastly steals the Cousins' ship, and it's up to Bright Heart Raccoon to save it and the Share Cloud.
4	4	"The Share Shack"	Andrew Young	Dave Polsky	November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
After building a Snack Shack, The Cousins and the Bears end up competing to see whose shack is the best.
5	5	"Belly Badgered"	Andrew Young	Dayla Kennedy	November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
Beastly attempts to ruin the Belly Badge Bonanza after being left out of the events.
6	6	"Wonder's Heart"	Andrew Young	Chara Campanella	November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
Wonderheart's Belly Badge Power has unleashed itself, and the Cousins wonder when it's needed the most.

Season 2 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
7	1	"BFFs"	Andrew Young	Guy Toubes	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)
A jealous Harmony attempts to get back at her best friend, Share Bear when she starts playing with someone else during a picnic.
8	2	"Wishing Well"	Andrew Young	Jennifer Muro & Amy Keating Rogers	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)
Lotsa Heart Elephant accidentally causes a night-time problem when one of Wish Bear's Wishes goes wrong for her.
9	3	"Awesomest Day Ever"	Andrew Young	Dave Polsky	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)
Brave Heart Lion attempts to have a fun day with two of his friends at the same time, but finds that it's more trouble than he thought.
10	4	"Share Air"	Andrew Young	Guy Toubes	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)
Harmony makes a new song, which Share shares to the whole of Care-a-Lot before it's finished.
11	5	"Nurture Is Her Nature"	Andrew Young	Dave Polsky	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)
Lotsa-Heart Elephant accidentally injures Grumpy, and attempts to heal him.
12	6	"Beastly Bungalow"	Andrew Young	Guy Toubes	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)
Beastly and Share have trouble operating snack bars right next to each other.

References

^ "Care Bears and Cousins Gives Netflix a Loving Hug". The Toy Insider. 2015-11-11. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
^ Natalie Jarvey (2014-10-13). "Netflix Rebooting Care Bears With New Animated Series". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2016-08-17.

Notes

^ Animation outsourced to Xentrix Studios.

External links

Care Bears & Cousins at IMDb

[1] "Care Bears and Cousins Gives Netflix a Loving Hug". The Toy Insider. 2015-11-11. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-17.

[2] Natalie Jarvey (2014-10-13). "Netflix Rebooting Care Bears With New Animated Series". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2016-08-17.

[3] Animation outsourced to Xentrix Studios.

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