Ah, the cultural smorgasbord that is the American mall has reached back in time to yank on the pastel fur of the Care Bears and drag them out of hibernation. They will be at my mall tomorrow and Saturday (Free Ice Cream!). My coworkers are horrified. I am dismayed. I don’t dare tell my children (ages 17 and 20 ) because they still watch the stupid Care Bears movie every couple of months. (I thought video tapes were supposed to deteriorate after 15 years and 1000 viewings.) When Holly Hobby comes back, I’m retiring to a distant mountaintop.
Between the bears and most especially the ice cream, you are going to be inundated with little ankle biters. I feel your pain. When the migraine has receded let us know how it went.
I never decided which I disliked the most: Care Bears, Smurfs, Shirt Tails, or Strawberry Shortcake.
And if you recognize those names, I apologize for the horrible memories I likely brought back.
My Pretty Pony — the cartoon.
Damn. You trumped me.
They must be stopped and destroyed!!!
didn’t monchichis have a cartoon for a while?
Uh, I think it was actually called “My little pony”. and then: Curses! you reminded me of the “My little pony the movie”!
No, thankfully, my relative’s kids never got to like them, but when commercials of that monstrosity appeared on TV, the energy generated by enraged animation lover’s brains, was enough to melt uncle Walt from his cryogenic crypt! 
In perhaps a related story, I saw a rather haggard, strung-out looking older woman digging through the park’s trash bins looking for recyclable cans. She was wearing rainbow striped leggings and oversized boots and the first thing that sprung to mind was “Wow, Raibow Brite has sure seen better days”.
Since these charactors are making a comeback, maybe we can expect a heart wrenching VH-1 “Where Are They Now” special featuring her stunning rise to fame, the battle with anorexia, her addiction to Star Dust, the failed love affair with Twink, etc.
I remember when the Care Bears were ubiquitous presences at Pizza Hut. The coloring placemats encouraged you to “Make Your Own Care Bear!” My adolescent friends and I laughed our selves silly designing “Child Molester Bear” and “Festering Disease Bear.”
I liked Shirt Tails 
I don’t remember the Shirt Tails, never really cared for the cared for the Bears, and thought Strawberry Shortcake was a little too sweet even when I was a little kid, but I absolutely loved My Little Pony. If you’re a 7yo girl, crazy about horses, and into mythology, how much better than that does it get? I mean, it’s not like they were Barney or anything.
Sniffle Why do you hate my friends?
I’m 18 and just see the words “Care Bears” and “My Little Pony”, enduced happy bouncing and singing. I had no idea they were making a come back. Frabjous day! Calloo! Callay! But sadly, I think I might have to avoid them now. I don’t want to tarnish my inner 4 y.o.'s view of them.
GIGOBuster, does “the schmooze!” bring back and memories? devilish grin
I see Hans beat me to it. I loved Shirt Tails. Somewhere, in the Black Hole that is my parent’s crawlspace, are a stuffed possum and racoon from ST. So 
to you, Crunchy.
I hated them all with a passion. Let’s not forget
“Poochie. Poochie for girls!” I had a poor unfortunate bet friend who had gone by Gooch. Tsk, tsk.
BTW this thread has a really cool ID#.
Okay, here’s the update…while there were plenty of “ankle-biters” because there was a KidsFest going on, the target group for the CareBears was 20-50 year-old women. Lots of them in line for pictures…and lots of adult males, too. When I mentioned their appearance to my daughter, she told me that if GrumpyBear was there I had to get my picture taken with him. Fortunately for my dignity, Grumpy was not there. WishBear, FunBear, SunshineBear…, or as I call them, Pink, Green, Orange, Yellow, Brown.
Then came a moment of drama that had high potential, but fell short…The A&W RootBeer Bear decided to take advantage of all the hugging going on and made an unscheduled, unapproved appearance. I hoped the CareBears would form a united front and repel the invader, chasing him past the fountain and back to his restaurant, but love and civility reigned and they ignored him, tho later A&W told me he didn’t like the looks he was getting from the Pink Bear, whose ears looked like she been in a few fights in the past.
Most people were more than happy to tell me that they had ALL the bears at home, and there was a rock band playing totally un-child-friendly music, and lots of free cake and ice cream…and they return tomorrow.
I was a Gummi Bears fan myself. And in a minor way, The Smurfs.
Actually, my friend and I recently discovered we STILL HAVE VHS tapes of most of the cartoons we watched as kids, including My Little Pony and The Care Bears. I watched them recently, and I am pleased to say that they are still VERY entertaining.
Whindwhistler is my favourite
Crispy, I’ll go one better:
(begins singing) “Nothing can stop THE SCHMOOZE!”
“Has anybody seen this girl… Has anybody seen this girl… We might have to look alll over the World… Has anybody seen this girl…”
I think the care bare stare is a very effective method of dealing with bigots and trolls.
And I want some Punky Brewster socks, dammit!