list of fictional bears

Bears in books

The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare famously includes the stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear".

Barney Bear from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s.
Bears (several characters) in the Walt Disney Studios animated film Brother Bear
Bear, from Franklin
Blinky Bill, an animated koala from the eponymously named Australian series (not actually a bear, but sufficiently teddy-like to warrant inclusion)
Blubber, Luke's racing partner in Hanna-Barbera's Wacky Races
the Buddy Bears, recurring children's show bears who promote conformity and collectivism on Garfield and Friends
the Care Bears
Eddy and the Bear
the Gummi Bears
Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch: Hanna-Barbera
Humphrey Bear, a Walt Disney character appearing in 1950s shorts, usually harassing Donald Duck
Kissy Fur - Animated series in the United States from the 1980s about two run away circus bears that now live in the Bayou.
Little Bear
Little John was a bear in Disney's version of Robin Hood
Nameless bear from Harvey Birdman
The Three Bears, Looney Tunes characters
unnamed sailor bear who catches the magic bed in Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Yogi Bear and his pal Boo Boo, created by Hanna-Barbera

Smokey Bear, mascot of the U.S. Forest Service. He is also only semi-fictional, as he was based on a real orphaned bear cub also named Smokey.
George, the cool, stylish bear in British Hofmeister Beer commercials of the 1970s. "For great lager, follow the bear".
the Hamm's Beer bear
the ICEE Polar Bear, an animated mascot for The ICEE Company, as seen on TV ads.
Talking polar bear from British Fox's Glacier Mint commercials
Talking polar bear from British Cresta soft drink commercials of the 1970s
Polar bears from international Coca-Cola commercials
the Labatt's Blue bear
Grizzly bears in ads for Charmin toilet paper
"There's a bear in the woods. . ." Presumably representing the Soviet Union, this bear appeared in Ronald Reagan's campaign advertising.
Snuggles, the fabric softener bear
Sugar Bear, mascot for General Foods Corporation's Post Sugar Crisp cereal

was a bear

Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair

So Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he.

Algy saw the bear.

The bear saw Algy.

The bear was bulgy.

The bulge was Algy.

Bear, the title character from the Disney television program Bear in the Big Blue House
Gentle Ben, grizzly Bear companion to "Grizzly Adams"
Buttons, the womanizing teddy bear on "Puppets Who Kill"

Mister Woppit, mascot of Donald Campbell, breaker of speed-records killed on Lake Coniston in 1967.
Bear, the mascot of the Windows 3.1 (and later Windows 95) team
Teddy Ruxpin, the popular animatronic teddy bear from the 1980's.
Pooky,teddy bear from the comic strip Garfield.
Winnie the Pooh, teddy bear of Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne.
Corduroy, Don Freeman's classic teddy character

Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear, a mondegreen created from the misheard lyrics of a hymn (Gladly, the Cross I'd bear. . .). Used as the name of Baby Grumpling's teddy bear in British comic strip The Perishers.
Drop Bear, an urban mythical marsupial in Australia said to be similar to the Koala Bear
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor the two bear constellations, sometimes also referred to as the big dipper, or the drinking gourd.