Care Bears

The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on greeting cards. The original artwork for the cards was painted by artist Elena Kucharik. In 1983, Kenner took the characters and made the first in a line of very succesful teddy bears based of the Care Bears. Over 40 million units were sold between 1983 and

Friends

• The Cloud Keeper is the portly gentleman who maintains Care-a-lot. He only appeared in some of the franchise's early publications and on the DiC-produced TV episodes.
• The Star and Heart Buddies look out for the Bears whenever they are on missions in caring.
• The Birds are usually seen in the Forest of Feelings with the Care Bear Cousins and watch over them.