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These people really need to get their networking right. This cartoon is another that aired on Disney Channel. These morons need to get it right. And this show never jumped, I'm sorry, but it didn't.

well i certainly don't remember this being a week day cartoon. I thought it was only a Saturday morning cartoon. I just remember waking up early on Saturday morning and turning it on and singing along with the theme song. Of course, that didn't go over to well with my parents who were still trying to sleep in at 8:00 A.M. on a Sat. morning. I don't remember to many specifics, (i was 10 in 85) except that they drank that gummi juice and could bounce and Igthorn and his ogres were out to get the gummi's for some reason. I guess it might have been their gummi juice? Maybe someone could help me out with the reason there. I also remember that they were always trying to search for any long lost gummi's. I can't remember why they all got seperated in the first place. Oh, and the underground network they had was very Disneyesque. Hmm... Yeah.. i could go along with what some of you have said concerning Disney trying it's hand at making a comeback with the Gummi's. Possibly a big movie and then starting the cartoon series again? Maybe just a movie trilogy.... Look how Shrek and most kid movies are doing these days... Good kids movies always make the most money. Just don't put any kind of political message in the movie and they're guaranteed to make bank. I am a 32 yr old ex Army Ranger and i still love that darn theme song. So sue me, but don't question my manhood!

Jezzz,
I thought I was the only one to LUV this show. The show started when I was 19, and I was still watching the smurfs!!
This was a cutzy cuddly gummy bears. I thought their outfits was adorable. Hey, any show with the genius,
immortal June Foray couldn't be that bad.

To be honest, I cannot remember a single episode. However, I do remember the gummi berri juice and that I enjoyed the show immensely as a 10 year old. Excellent.

This show never jumped the shark. It was great from start to finish. I wish Disney's other TV cartoons would be like this one.

The Gummi Bears was the last of the great cartoons. Too bad nothing has approached it in terms of quality since. Would have liked to have seen it turned into a movie, but am afraid it will never happen. Even if it does, the quality probably won't be there.

Not a chance did this gem ever jump. Even when compared to Disney's golden era of 80's TV 'toons (Darkwing Duck, Ducktales, various other non-duck-related programs, etc), this show could hold its own, and then some. Whimsical tales that played like a comedic, kiddie version of King Arthur or Lord of the Rings, er, with talking bears that drank magic soda to get their butts nimble enough on which to bounce "all through the forest as they sing out in chorus." Okay, so it's a bit high-end. But the stories were fanciful, the characters were fun (magical Zummi, maternal Grammi, oh I can't eat the candy now!), even the four-star voice actors (Lorenzo Music, June Foray), it all just clicked. And for a show to click when it focuses on ass-bouncing candy animals, that's pretty tough.

I love this show to bits. It's medieval, it's anthropomorphic, it's well drawn and animated in a unique style, and has some of my all time favorite cartoon characters. This series never truly jumped the shark, though it has the odd terrible episode here and there that makes me wonder how I can stand watching it, but they are few, and more than weighed out by the spectacular overall quality of the rest. Oh and to that guy with the gummibear-stain on his pants; Those parents must be the toughest, cruelest bastards in existence.

Never. I completely disagree with the Gusto Appearing argument. Gusto was a fantastic character who rounded out the cast extremely well. He was sort of crazy, but a creative thinker. That's just plain valid, and he filled a role that none of the other Gummis did. This show had an amazing story arc that went all the way to the end. The King Igthorn pt 1 and 2 episodes are just gut wrenching. They were so close!

This underrated series was consistently entertaining for five seasons (1985-86 thru 1989-90) and even IMPROVED in season five, as the "Ursalia/Barbic Bears" and "Lady Bane" themes were introduced. However, in order to allow the series to join the new syndicated "Disney Afternoon" lineup in the fall of 1990, Disney TV commissioned a bunch of episodes to be hastily pumped out in order to reach the "magic number" of 65 episodes (13 weeks, 5 eps per week). These episodes were assigned to raw and untrained overseas studios and the results were, by and large, dreadful. To add insult to injury, the series' last five original episodes premiered in Feb. 1991, AFTER the two-part "King Igthorn" story that was designed to bring the series to a definitive and satisfying conclusion. The series didn't "jump the shark" during the final season so much as it was pushed in!

It is the best TV animation show ever made, in my opinion. The writing did become worse at some point when Jymn Magon (writer for Gummi Bears, Tale Spin, and Goofy Movie) left the team. Still, the concept was strong enough to make real failures impossible. Besides, it was the first Disney TV show.. they really wanted to make it good.

I'm not surprised at all to see that the show ran for six seasons; my Saturday morning favorite from childhood, the show was a delightful blend of adventure, child's entertainment and adult wit. Cavin - not Johan, that's the Smurfs! - and the Princess were the perfect vicarious human characters. Igthorn and the ogres worked as a primary and secondard plot device; especially when battling with patriots of Dunwyn. The addition of Gusto was one of the most seamless cast changes and, for a show that always managed to set every single character and situation back in the same place as when an episode began, was quite a courageous feat for the production staff. Unfortunately, production is what seemed to send the program into decline. I lost interest in the show, thankfully, when writing and direction markedly diminished in quality. Plots became so contrived and clumsy that even a youth like myself grew bored with them upon a chance viewing. The show seemed to die a graceful death; no last-ditch efforts to spice up character interaction as with the Smurfs - "Smurflings" and other enterprising suffixed cast additions - were brought in. The Gummi Bears continued to foil Duke Igthorn, and the Dunwyn children enjoyed their company and adventure. Cut to black. All in all, a classic.

This show never jumped the shark. I loved this show, and I watched it all the time when I was little. My favorite character was Cubby. I remember the episode where they met some Gummi Bears from a different city, and they were barbarians. The whole barbarian thing fascinated me when I was little.

This show never jumped the shark because it has the most singable (is that a word?) theme song of any television show ever! It has always been my dream to audition for a pretensions broadway show (like Rent)with the Gummi Bears theme song as my audition song. I can see myself in the footlights with a group of judges and other self important hopefuls looking on..."Gummi Bears! BBBouncing here and there and everywhere"...I'll admit that I'm no troubador, but I defy anyone to not recognize my true spunk when I belt out ..."They are the Gummi Bears...They are the Gummi Bears!"

Gummi Bears was (is still) hands down Disney's best animated cartoon series. I think problems arose when they introduced all the Barbic angles, but I stayed with it until the end in 1991.