Boo-Boo Bear is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character on The Yogi Bear Show and
Yogi's constant companion. Boo-Boo is portrayed as an anthropomorphic bear cub
wearing a blue bow tie. Boo-Boo often acts as Yogi Bear's conscience. He tries
to keep Yogi from doing things he should not do, and also to keep Yogi from
getting into trouble with Ranger Smith. Often he would say "But Yogi, Mr. Ranger
isn't gonna like this," or some variation. It is not readily apparent
whether Boo-Boo is a juvenile bear with a precocious intellect or simply an
adult bear who is short of stature. However, in the episode "Cub Scout
Boo-Boo", Yogi tries to persuade Boo-Boo to become a Boy Scout. Boo-Boo declines
the offer, but Yogi corrects him by saying that he will be joining the "Cub
Scouts", which Boo-Boo would obviously accept.
History = Hanna-Barbera appearances=
Boo-Boo first appeared along with Yogi in the "Yogi Bear" segment of The
Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958; when Yogi was given his own series in 1961,
Boo-Boo went with him. Since then, Boo-Boo has remained at Yogi's side
through almost all of the Hanna-Barbera series, movies, and specials in which
Yogi appeared, the only exceptions being Yogi's Space Race and Galaxy Goof-Ups,
in which Boo-Boo's place was taken by a new character named Scare Bear.
Boo-Boo's classic voice actor was Don Messick who also voiced Ranger Smith.
Other appearances Throughout the 1990s, Boo-Boo usually
appeared with Yogi in various Cartoon Network commercials and also bumpers.
Boo-Boo and Yogi Bear both appear as guests in a 1996 video called Kids for
Character. In the Dexter's Laboratory episode
"Chubby Cheese", an animatronic Boo-Boo can be seen on stage playing the trumpet
with other Hanna-Barbera characters. Boo-Boo appears in the I Am Weasel
episode "I Am My Lifetime" voiced by Tom Kenny.
Spümcø has made a few parody cartoons starring Boo-Boo and other characters
from the original Yogi Bear series, starting with 1999's Boo Boo Runs Wild.
In this half-hour tale, Boo-Boo's nice-guy persona is heavily satirized
with him simply being repressed by all of Ranger Smith's rules and regulations,
and finds him regressing into a primal state, complete with typical bear-like
urges and mannerisms. He was voiced by John Kricfalusi.
Boo-Boo appears with Yogi Bear in the The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
episode "Here Thar Be Dwarves!", voiced by Tom Kenny. He later appears in the
episode "Irwin Gets a Clue" as one of several Hanna-Barbera characters to be
run into by Hoss Delgado's truck. Boo-Boo appears in the Yogi Bear feature
voiced by singer/actor Justin Timberlake. In the film, he has a pet
frog-mouthed turtle named Turtle, and must help Yogi save Jellystone from
Mayor R. Brown. Portrayers
From the time of the character's debut until 1994 in his last performance as
Boo Boo in Yogi the Easter Bear and Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights, the
character was voiced by Don Messick who died in 1997.
In the Yogi Bear film, the character is voiced by singer/actor Justin
Timberlake. Animated media
The Yogi Bear Show Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
Yogi's Ark Lark Yogi's Gang
Laff-A-Lympics Casper's First Christmas
Yogi's First Christmas Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas
Caper Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Yogi's Great Escape Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the
Spruce Goose Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound The New Yogi Bear Show
Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration
Wake, Rattle, and Roll Yo Yogi!
Yogi the Easter Bear Arabian Nights
Boo Boo Runs Wild and A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith
Boo Boo and the Man Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear 2 See also
List of Hanna-Barbera characters List of Yogi Bear characters
Yogi Bear The Yogi Bear Show
The New Yogi Bear Show Yogi's Gang
Yogi's Treasure Hunt Yo Yogi!
References External links
Boo-Boo Bear at the Internet Movie Database
Don Markstein’s Toonopedia – Yogi Bear at Toonopedia
The Cartoon Scrapbook – Profile on Yogi Bear