The Calculated History of The Care Bears
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In the early 1980's, with a hit on their hands in Strawberry Shortcake, Kenner approached American Greetings about reimagining the Teddy Bear so they could take a bite out of the plush market.
What American Greetings came up with was not only a reimagining of the Teddy Bear but Care Bears were a full out assault on the marketplace in the United States with every kind of merchandise imaginable.
The Care Bears were everywhere and on everything.
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Grumpy Bear is my spirit animal.
I still have mine from when I was a kid.
Mine toi
I used to say Eeyore for my spirit animal, but Grumpy Bear might be a major contender.
He's not my spirit animal, but he is my favorite.
His mere existence likely prevented thousands of would_be self_un-alive-ing attempts over the last 30 years.
. Knowing (at a subconscious level) that it is not "a sin" to be a not_happy_person, is extremely important to children.
-> Otherwise: They will grow believing there is something intrinsically "wrong" with themselves.
I think it's hilarious that every toy I grew up with [Care Bears, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake] were originally from my mom's childhood. It's almost like the 80s never did leave. Speaking of the 1980s, I hope Toy Galaxy will cover The California Raisins one day.
'90s fandom is gaining in strength of course, but considering how awful the 2000s were, I don't think it's too surprising how you don't hear too much about 2000s nostalgia even though that was 20 years ago now (and in the 2040s we probably won't be hearing too much about 2020s nostalgia). Of course, I've heard accounts of people who were actually adults or teens in the '80s saying "who in their right mind WANTS to remember the decade of 'greed is good', the AIDS epidemic, and nuclear near misses?" when '80s nostalgia started coming on the scene.
I for one would love a Care Bear/Sunbowverse crossover.
Tenderheart: "No weapon forged by man can defeat the power of caring!"
Megatron: "Allow me to introduce you to my fusion cannon, you pastel plushy pushover!"
Grumpy will always be my bear.
I still have mine from when I was a kid on my shelf. He scowls at me every day.
@@HarryBuddhaPalm we could never buy them fast enough. My mother went to Joanne fabrics and bought their early patterns and made me my own Grumpy. He is here at home with me still. Love you mom.
And mine.
Same
He's my favorite, too.
I loved The Care Bears Movie so much as a young kid that my mom has a picture of the cake from my 5th birthday, which said “Happy Birthday, Nicholas”, which was the name of the main human character from TCBM. My name is not Nicholas, but apparently that’s what I asked for.
Its lore accurate that way
Wait... wait wait- so humans all look alike to CareBears? Those racists f**ks!
Insert obligatory reminder that the Care Bears Movie beat out the Black Cauldron at the domestic box office here and we’re good
I saw both - one was awesome, one made me run out of the theatre… damn those skeletons were scary…
The movie that was the début of CZcams commenters!
I'm a 51 year old man- and I'm not ashamed to say the first time I ever saw a film *by myself* in the theater was 1985's _The Care Bears Movie..._
When the movie came out (I would have been in first grade or thereabouts), Pizza Hut did the obligatory themed kids' placemats that had games and activities. One of the activities was to draw your own Care Bear. I drew Grim Reaper Bear. My mom was so proud.
Those placemats are probably worth quite a bit nowadays. First comes merchandising, then comes collectibles.
LMFAO! The new version of the "I warned you" clip with the "Care Bear Stare" is f*ckin' hilarious. My favorite of your cutaway gags!
Chef's kiss 💋
Indeed. Love the Death Wish 4 clip. Doing it with Care Bears is gold.
Care Bears were legit. Both the movies and Nelvana series had surprisingly good writing. They were mostly tame for the younger viewers but just enough tension and heroism for older kids.❤
I know this wasn’t how it was intended but the idea that modern Care Bears would include emotions like “Would” is amazing.
WTF?? "Would" Isn't an emotion, it's a conditional statement!
"Hey Tenderheart, why does Would Bear always say he busy in the morning? He just woke up, what could he have to do?"
He was referencing 'Battle Beasts'. Which were little armored animal figures with 'rub signs' that when they were activated showed one of three symbols - fire, wood, and water. They were then used in a 'rock-paper-scissors' like system to determined victors and losers. He said he'd hoped for a cross over between Battle Beasts and Care Bears, making Battle Beast plushies. Apparently, it was an inside joke.
Grumpy bear will always be the most popular one mainly due to the fact that he's the most relatable to adults.
I loved being a kid in the 80s, materialistic as it was.
I also loved a lot of villains (cobra, mum-ra, and shredder come to mind) had their own sub licensing and branding
The materialism was what made it great.
@@Belgand Agreed
That is wild. Transformers the Movie now with Care Bears.
Tenderheart zapping Prime with Heart stare.
Tenderheart: "Fall. Fall!"
Tenderheart: "I would have waited an eternity for this. It's over Prime!"
Later:
Grumpy: How it pains me to do this!
Tenderheart: Wait, i'm still living!
Grumpy: Wanna bet?
Tenderheart: Gruuuuumppyyyyy!
@@The_Str4nger But what would Unicron transform Grumpy into?
@@FunkyM217 into nothing. He got killed ne a reformed Tenderheart
“The Land Without Feelings”…So THAT’S what that one “Rugrats” episode was parodying.
(In the episode, Tommy and Chuckie are taken to the movies, where the film the adults intend for them to see is “The Dummy Bears in: The Land Without Smiles”. Naturally, Tommy wants to see the Reptar movie after catching a trailer on TV.)
The Squishy Bears from Eek! The Cat are the superior Care Bears parody, especially Pierre the French-Canadian Squishy Bear.
What about Fluffy and Uranus from “Duckman”?
"...emotions like wood, and fire." LMAO! Thanks, Dan, for that. Now I'm wearing my mouthful of soda.
Ah yes, the relatable emotions, wood and fire
I worked on the more recent Unlock the Magic animated series while I was staying in Canada, so I can't hate. They paid my salary. The Care Bears marketing and licensing is insane though. I don't have my childhood Cheer Bear anymore but the merch is still everywhere, even all these years later.
[ Please, do not reply if it collides with your N.D.A. ]: I would like to know:
. The date of your last day of work (in this project).
. If you worked in any "season finale" episode.
. If you have personally read the "Bible of the Show".
Thanks.
@@adolfodef The studio was working on multiple shows at the time, and I and a few others were moved to a different show about half way through the season so I didn't work on the finale. I didn't read the show bible. I think we had access to it, there were some preproduction things we could look at that weren't animation specific, but it wasn't need-to-know info that was given to us in the way they gave us model sheets and notes and such. I have read some of the scripts though, like if a word of dialogue is hard to hear or if the animatic shows the wrong bear speaking then referring to the script could help.
Also, The Care Bears Movie saved Nelvana from bankruptcy after the failure of Rock & Rule, and outperformed Disney's own The Black Cauldron.
I remember a few of the pillow dolls.
It always comes back to the death of Optimus. 😢 If I were to design a care bear it would be dark gray with no articulation like Optimus’ corpse. Its name: “Trauma Heart”.
I volunteered to provide medical coverage for a Roller Derby tournament recently and one of the players I met works in an ICU as a nurse. Her Derby Name is "Intensive Care Bear", or "Care Bear" for short. I work in a medical clinic and one of my co-workers is named Claire. Everyone calls her "Claire Bear".
Safe to say Care Bears are a part of the social zeitgeist.
Definitely. My friend's nickname in high school was Care Bare (as in naked).
"Emotions like wood and fire." 🤣
FIRE Bear, as voiced by Beavis.
A Death Wish IV clip in a video about the Care Bears. I can't even begin to explain how much I appreciated that.
In the Grumpy Bear club since '83. Favorite moment might be in the movie:
Grumpy Bear: How come I'm always the one fixing things around here?
Share Bear: Because you never complain, Grumpy Bear.
😆😆😆
I can only remember the Robot Chicken sketch: "Bring out the Gimp!"
I watched the first movie and the cartoon and had several PVC mini-figures, which were my primary thing at the time, because they were cheap enough and small enough to allow you to get a big selection of characters, plus all my PVC minis could play with each other across franchises.
That said, while I liked the Care Bears all right, I was aging out of the pastel coloured cuddliness by that time and was more into He-Man, She-Ra, MASK and Jem at the time.
I was more of a Strawberry Shortcake person, because she came out exactly when I was at the right age for her. I remember being sent to stay with my grandparents over New Year 1981/82, because my parents were on a cruise. Grandma took me shopping and after endless clothes shopping, we went to Wichlein's toy store (still around, but more focussed on educational stuff these days) and they had just gotten Strawberry Shortcake mini-figures in stock. And Grandma brought me the entire line of ten or twelve figures, which must have cost her a lot of money. So thank you, Grandma, whereever you are now.
Wow, that's really cool, and great of her to do!
@@TitularHeroine That's one of my happiest memories involving Grandma and I'm sorry that I never told her later on how much it meant to me that she got me all of those Strawberry Shortcake toys. Though I guess Grandma and Grandpa knew, because I spent much of that stay with them sitting on their kitchen floor, playing with my new Strawberry Shortcake toys with Grandpa's footstool doubling as a castle.
My Grandma actually worked as a dollmaker for a few years after WWII, so I guess she just understood how important toys can be.
@@CoraBuhlert Yeah, wow, I certainly sympathize with missing an opportunity to tell a loved one something important. But it sounds like she did know. I'm sure she did.
And the fact that she was a dollmaker for a time makes this story even better!
I really enjoyed your description of the same-sized figurines ....well, inhabiting the same world, basically. I do somewhat the same thing now as an adult collector; as a creative type (I am so sorry if that sounds pretentious) those "what if's" spark the imagination. I don't believe it's required of us to lose our sense of wonder and imagination as we grow up. I'm grateful that my ex (and still best friend) and our now-adult son share that in common, and that hopefully it was we two that gave him that.
Thank you -- your story brought me a lot of joy.
I love how you are unsure if youre grandma went to heaven or hell! 😇😈
J/K of course. You were blessed to have a grandma in your life. I never knew mine.
Critics always complain about toyetic brands in the 1980s, but I think it was the pinacle of toys and cartoons. I loved the multi-faceted approach that gave us comics, toys, cartoons and more, of the characters we loved.
A moral lesson is all well and good, but kids also need something to be passionate and excited about. It's things like the Transformers cartoon and the G.I.Joe box art that inspired me to go to art school, then study animation!
When I was 4 or 5 years old I fell over in the back yard and went face first into the concrete ground! My nose burst open and I had to be rushed to hospital. I had seven stitches and was awake the entire time I was being stitched up! Afterwards my Mam got me Braveheart Lion. I loved that lion and still have him today.
Good Luck Bear was my favorite. Cute and cuddly battle beasts?? Damn it, I'm in!
In an odd bit of consistency, Good Luck Bear, all green and with Irish implications, was the one I wanted as a little kid in the 80s… Green is still my favorite color. And I’ve been to Ireland repeatedly since becoming an adult.
Ahh Care Bears. The first emojis?
The movie that came out in the 80s before the animated series was syndicated on TV was great
I never watched the show or movies (was before my time) but I have become aware of it through osmosis... so what left the biggest impression on me was that there was SO much planning going on. These people were NOT playing around when it came to mascot design, this was a war performed with surgical precision and meticulous planning. I admit it, American Greetings, You have impressed me.
You shoulda mentioned how the Nelvana episodes of Care Bears were a little saucier than the DIC ones. Like, when the baby Care Bears sing, it pans over to the anti-Care Bear Beastly, tapping a baseball bat in his palm. Or those episodes where the Care Bears were on Star Trek (complete with The Next Generation offering a riposte in an episode where they encounter the planet Nelvana, a barren and empty world without meaningful resources).
I had the Lucky Care Bear ( the one with the 4 leaf clover on its belly) when I was little. 😎👍
Care Bears, Stare! Edit: HE SAID THE THING!!!! I had the raccoon
CARE COUSINS...CALL!!!
When anthropomorphic animals shoot lasers from the tattoos on their bellies ... It would be METAL if it weren't so plush.
@@spoonimefan they'll reboot it to where they're unintentionally blasting people with lethal amounts of radiation. A Cronenburgian body horror.
The raccoon was the best.
ONLY $9.99! PESTER, SCREAM, AND YELL AT YOUR PARENTS UNTIL THEY FINALLY BREAK DOWN AND BUY YOU ONE!
I had bedtime bear. Carebears where HUGE.
I was more of a Strawberry Shortcake and Holly Hobby girl, later Cabbage Patch doll. I never really got into Care Bears. About 20 years ago a cousin of mine gave my then 5 year old daughter a huge Cheer bear (the rainbow). She still has it. Care Bear is now passing on in the generations and is a classic.
Was Care Bears 2 the one with kid who was possessed by evil and in the climax he killed the girl character in the movie but then they brought her back to live because he broke the possession by realizing he cared?
I remember that whole plot scared me as a kid.
If you’re thinking of the one where the kids were at a summer camp that was the 2nd movie. Called Care Bears II A New Generation. The devil was called Darkheart and he disguised himself as a boy with red hair. I’ve never watched the other Care Bears movie so I can’t tell you what it was about. The main human characters names were John, Dawn, and Kristy. I hope that information helps you figure out which movie scared you as a kid. 😉
My sister and I had a nanny growing up named Darlene, we called her Dee Dee, and I shit you not, she had an entire bedroom filled floor to ceiling with this Care Bear merch. Every single bear you can imagine, giant stuffed bears, lunch boxes, ceramic figurines, LAMPS(?), everything. It was buck wild.
We're going to talk about the Care Bears movie and NOT talk about one of the most terrifying 80s cartoon movie antagonists ever? I mean, the death of Optimus Prime was heavy, but the evil book that possesses the kid was WAY more intense than 8 year old me was expecting from the frelling Care Bears movie! As such, it still remains a favorite of mine!
I don't need an evil book to make me a jerk. Or a CZcams commenter, but I repeat myself.
Wish Bear is my favorite Care Bear. I didn't have a plush toy as a kid, but I bought some once they came back in 2002. I love the line from the executive about setting up the licensing like a D-Day invasion. Caring is serious business!
I like how the commissions constantly take things away from kids without even asking their opinions
Are you really lamenting the notion that 8-year-olds aren't asked what's best for them?
I still have my Good Luck bear and my Braveheart Lion from childhood. I picked up several others from yard sales and flea markets when I was in Highschool and College. They are all on display in my art studio with so many other 80's/90's toys that made my childhood wonderful.
The first 3 movies I saw in theaters as a kid: Disney’s Snow White (rerelease), Carebears: The movie and The Transformers: The Movie. Man, what a time to be alive.
The first movie I ever saw in a cinema was a 1988 reissue of Disney's The Rescuers. The second movie I ever saw in a cinema was The Rescuers Down Under.
Secret Galaxy is the only youtube channel of which I am a member. It's such a small amount of money for such a great benefit - not only getting an extra video each month but also helping the channel.
I did have a care bear growing up in the '80s! I had Grumpy Bear. I remember watching the show, and seeing the movies on tv but I never did get to see any of them in theaters.
I'm always more amused by how DARK OG Care Bears could get, with No Heart, Dark Heart, the Spirit in the Book etc.., but they got bumbling sidekicks like Shrieky and Beastly so they wouldn't get too scary. So much 80s animation was taking cues from The Black Cauldron.
"If you just Love allot, Share allot, help allot, care allot, give allot right to the end." 😂😂😂
Man, I had that VHS of the Care Bears battle the freeze machine and i WORE THAT VHS OUT 😂. I had Bedtime bear as well. I embraced the care bears when I was in preschool and kindergarten even first grade lol. I was born in '85 and what i remembered, Care Bears was for both Boys and Girls. Man Goodtimes.
I was definitely a Care Bear kid in the 80s, at least early on before discovering GI Joe and Transformers, but I remember having a Tenderheart Bear during that time. I’ve gone back and rewatched the movies as an adult and there is definitely still some nostalgia for being a sweet and innocent kid embracing the message of the Care Bears, tho that message does still resonate in part because of watching those movies. That said, Grumpy Bear will always be my favorite.🌧️
I was a huge fan of Care Bears movie 2, wherein the message was DONT SELL YOUR SOUL TO BECOME CAMP CHAMP! As a kid who never went to summer camp, was there some sort of rash of 80s kids selling their souls we had to have a movie about it?
I like The Care Bears I watch it a lot when I was a kid and they are still great today. 😀👍🐻
Tenderheart Bear has always been my favorite. Not only do I like his disposition & color scheme, but also becausethe same actor who played him in Welcome to Care-A-Lot was also the voice of Wickett in the Ewoks cartoon.
Braveheart and Sunshine Bear were my favorite. She was just so nice to everyone it always made me smile and Braveheart is basically a superhero.
Awesome t-shirt Dan!
The Care Bears are one of the truly great elements of 80s culture, love it!
Me and my siblings had care bears in wonderland taped on VHS... we always thought it was a beloved classic kids movie... until last year when we showed my son and looked it up on Wikipedia and discovered it kinda killed the franchise... well we loved it as kids haha.
I love that "It's OK, he's just in a coma" was said as a voice over.
My favorite was always Tenderheart. My favorite Cousin was Brightheart Racoon. I had the first movie and a few cartoon episodes (including the original special) on VHS. My favorite Care Bear movie was Adventures in Wonderland.
I watched actual R rated horror movies as a kid but that damn green face in the book from the Care Bears movie scared me more than any horror villain ever did.
I had Birthday Bear as a pillow doll and had one of the books. Wow, the 80s were a great time to be alive in consumerism.
9:06 This is it. This is the pinnacle. This is the highest form of this running gag, as if everything else was setting it up.
Good job, sirs, that was terrific.
I kept laughing when I saw this. 😹😹😹😹
What is that scene from?
the editor on this channel is awesome. I love the joke clips that are always slipped in.
Henry Rollins said in the eighties you could hug your Care Bear while being evicted from your home.
I love how it's a toss up whether Nobleheart appears as a horse or a "well we tried" bear/horse hybrid.
Took you guys a while to do this one; this was an 80s staple! As a Care Bear fan in my elementary school days, I was basically the equivalent of today's Bronies, so this is something I'd long been hoping to see!
We (i say we, my older brother and i shared a lot of toys as kids) had a couple of the figures but that's it. Don't even recall who. I would love to see a history of the influence of greeting card companies on the pop culture landscape, i feel like that is something that has happened almost secretly amongst hundreds of toylines, cartoons, video games, comic strips, etc.
I appreciate the fact that your promoting a shop that sells an officially license product I've seen youtuber that promote site that sells clothing with stolen fanart. Keep up the good sponsors.
Land Without Feelings is worth it *entirely* for Professor Coldheart's villain song about himself.
Kids who saw that film did not know that they were seeing the future, minus the happy ending, of course, because happy endings don't happen in the real world.
OMG I love the CBs! Cannot wait to watch this! 😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤
Even learning it was all a very blantant ad, it was still one of the most positive shows of my childhood and still a great message.
I always thought Care Bears were a product of the archetyped characters fad all over the 80's. I was under the impression it was just another way to capitalize on the Smurfs popularity...
I love the second Care Bears movie! I watched it with my 5-year-old son last year and had a blast sharing it with him.
The world needs Care Bears now more than ever.
I have the complete 20th anniversary 8” collection of bears and cousins. I wish they’d add the cousins to unlock the magic. They really were the best part of the franchise.
The Care Bears movie being responsible for what happened to Optimus Prime in the '86 movie is not something one would expect
I actually liked the old movies. Those had some dark themes
I had Wish bear. I wanted Sleepy Bear. Worst X-mas ever. But I still loved that care bear. I used to watch the movie over and over again on VHS. Such great memories.
Great video. Keep up the good work.
"we approached it like a D-Day invasion"
Simply heartwarming!
The Burwell Class of 1998 (my high school graduating class) wore rainbow colors for graduation day because of all the pop culture using rainbows (Care Bears, Rainbow Brite, Star Trek The Motion Picture Movie Poster, University of Hawaii, etc).
We each wore a color of the rainbow and those of the same color stood next to each other in a type of cluster.
I actually got a Birthday Wishes Bear as a gift for my 1 year birthday and I still have it! That bear is older than many people watching this video today.
My daughter has all of them. Grumpy was her first & favorite. She has the Horse plushie still in plastic to protect it.
I never had a Care Bear as a kid, but now I want one.
We never had the dolls, but we did have several Care Bears figures. And used to watch the show and movie all the time. Even as an adult, I still enjoy the OG franchise because in this exhausting world I do occasionally want to see something cheesy.
Wish Bear is my spirit animal. She was the first toy i remember receiving as a child. Care Bear fan to this day.
In southern Iowa my mom looked for a Grumpy for me for months. She even got me a Good Luck Bear since she couldn’t find what I wanted. Finally got one for Xmas and it was amazing.
When I saw part of the "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism" video, I legit died for 2 minutes from laughing so hard!
The Care Bears in The Land Without Feelings made "Cheer Bear" my favorite due to his ultimately powerful rainbow-belly "Care Bear Stare" attack which could bounce and penetrate deep into Professor Cold Heart's castle which freed most of the transformed children inside, unlike the rest of the Care Bears' stare-attacks which were limited to line of sight.
A few years ago, my family was having a yard-sale, and my sister-in-law had brought over some items that she was going to sell at our yard-sale. One of these items was an original Care-Bears, plush "Friendship Bear," which was still in very good condition. When I saw the iconic bear, I immediately bought the bear from my sister-in-law as I couldn't bear to see it leave the family (plus, I don't think she realized how iconic and even valuable the bear was, or maybe didn't care. 🤷♂😏) I have since given the bear to my niece (daughter of my brother and sister-in-law) who appreciates the historical value of the plush toy and continues to maintain great care of the bear of friendship.
I had one of the plastic one - Sunshine Bear or something like that. There was a kid in my grade six class who was bonkers for anything Care Bear. He had all of the plastic figures and would regularly bring them to school to try and get everyone to play a Care Bear adventure.
Did it work, did anyone ever comply?
@@TitularHeroine I remember maybe two or three times, but it was a heavy lift.
Grim Reaper Bear would be the shit
Care Bears on 'The Hub'? I had to roll that back for context. lol
"How do we reinvent the Teddy Bear boss?" 'Shave it's torso and put a full chest tattoo on that bad boy like he was a sailor or in the yakuza.'
Grumpy Bear is my boy for life.
I had the first two Care Bears movie recorded on a vhs tape, and I much preferred the second movie. Probably in part because that kid who got possessed by that book near the end of the first movie scared the fuck out of me when I was little. I never knew there was a third movie. Funny thing about the second movie is that it completely ignores the first one.
I admit I had Care Bears, I had the “action figures” the cloud car was pretty rad with opening trunk to store all your Care-a-lot picnic goodies.
As a kid I had a stuffed Cheer Bear, Care A-Lot playset poseable Granny Bear, Tenderheart, Cheer Bear, Goodluck Bear, Brightheart Raccoon, the elephant (can’t remember his name lol) the cloud car and a glass from Pizza Hut with Cheer Bear on it. As an adult I bought the other Care Bears from the original 10, the twins Hugs & Tugs, and the rainbow roller car. I still have all of them, but I don’t have new ones or any other stuffed ones. Oh I forgot I have the series on dvd and the Care Bears II movie. One reason I’ve managed to hold onto my entire collection is even though my mom would go through fits of getting rid of my childhood toys; she never remembered my toys that weren’t out in the open and cuz I stored tons of things in a trunk I had so those toys never were taken away from me. 😀😀😀
Major points for throwing a clip from The Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video in here.
Always warms this former Clevelander’s cold gray heart.
I had Grumpy Bear and Brightheart Racoon as a child...and I purchased an updated Grumpy Bear as a Christmas gift for myself a few years ago.
8:20 I think that kid was a star on the '80s sitcom "Small Wonder".
The Care Bears Stare vs. The Battle Beasts
My favorite, when I was little, was the Care Bear version of The Nutcracker. I used to keep my Polly Pockets in my Care Bear lunch box. 😂 wow I hadn’t thought about that in years! I also had a Friend Bear. Wish my parents had let me keep it, I guess they’re collectors items now.
Nutcracker one was the first care bears thing I ever saw and I still remember it.
So, weirdly enough, the second movie and the second series are the ones I remember the most.
I'm not 100% sure I ever had one of the plushies, but that might have been do to having a normal teddy bear I adored.
I feel like I recall having one of Brave Heart, but that could honestly be a false memory.
I remember watching the care bear movie in theaters when it came out back in the day
I was addicted to the Care Bears when I was 5-8. I grew up during the Play Along era (2002-2007) and my collection was massive, especially for a five year old. Thanks to PA including them with the basic toys I had a good chunk of the Nevana TV series, Dad got my the Dic series on DVD, I had the first 2 movies on DVD and VHS respectively (never knew about the Wonderland and Nutcracker movies until high school), had multiple versions of (almost) every Bear (Wish Bear was my favorite) and at least one of each Cousin (minus Noble Heart Horse and Perfect Panda), and was there for the DVD premires for Journey to Joke-A-Lot (and got the plushies of King Funshine Bear (both the singing and non-singing versions) and Gig the Pig) and The Big Wish Movie. Fell off shortly after the release of Oopsy Does It but they were still something I enjoyed and like to keep tabs on (and still do).
I liked the Care Bears cartoon. Between that and The Smurfs it was a good way to balance out the action cartoons I was watching.
The first movie I remember seeing in the theatre was The Care Bears, I would have been 2 or 3. 5 kids in my family, I think 1 of my sisters had a Care Bear doll. My two brothers and I had a bunch of Transformers toys, but we didn't get to see the movie in the theatre, we had to wait to see it on video at someone else's house.