Celebrity bears have played a leading role in modern popular culture. From starring in television roles to blockbuster films and even professional wrestling, their presence always enhances the genre and spreads their evil agenda of dominating the world by killing innocent children. For their contributions to the Maul the Children: A Bear's Foundation, they have been named "godless killing machines." Professional Wrestling is any art of wrestling where two or more participants are in a show. ...

Bart the Bear

Was a male Alaskan Kodiak brown bear who appeared in several Hollywood films throughout his career. Bart the Bear (January 10, 1977 – 2000), was a male Alaskan Kodiak brown bear who appeared in several Hollywood films throughout his career. ...

Bear JJ1 (aka Bruno the Bear)

In June 2006, a wild bear made headlines in Bavaria. The first brown bear spotted in Southern Germany for a century, Bruno became something of a celebrity inspiring songs, toys and an online game. However, when it became apparent Bruno had killed dozens of sheep and goats, Bavaria's Environment Ministry warned that Bruno posed a serious risk to public safety. JJ1s route Bear JJ1 (2004 – 26 June 2006) was a brown bear whose travels and exploits in Austria and Germany in the first half of 2006 drew international attention. ...

Bruno was shot dead hours after the Bavarian authorities approved a shoot-to-kill policy. His death prompted public out-cry, many questioned why a tranquilizer dart had not been used. Albeit the controversy, many have also praised the use of the shoot-to-kill policy due to later discoveries of the bear's indulgence in alcohol, drugs, and honey.

Hercules the Bear

Scottish wrestling bear Hercules achieved world fame when in 1980 he went missing. He subsequently became a regular star of British children's television, and appeared in the James Bond film Octopussy. Hercules (1975-2000) was a trained wrestling bear from Scotland who appeared in a number of cameo roles for various television productions, reaching the height of his popularity in the 1980s. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond 007 is a fictional British agent[1] created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. ... Octopussy is the thirteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions. ...

His trainer, Andy Robin, used gentle giant Hercules in his act on the UK wrestling circuit in the late 1970s and early 1980s, regularly drawing audiences of 15 million viewers on ITV's "World Of Sport" programme. Professional wrestling performed within the boundaries of the United Kingdom spans over 100 years but became popular when the television show World of Sport was launched featuring wrestling in the mid-1960s, making household names of the likes of Mick McManus, Count Bartelli (the dominant wrestler in Britain during the... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... ITV (Independent Television) is the name popularly given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. In England, Wales and southern Scotland, the network has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of... World of Sport was a British television sport anthology programme launched on ITV on January 2, 1965 in response to Grandstand. ...

See also

• Bears
• List of fictional bears
• List of historical bears