The Bear (rus. Медведь) is one of the two title characters and the deuteragonist of the Masha and the Bear series. In the Russian version of the series, Masha calls him Мишка (Mishka).
Description[]
The Bear is a retired circus performer who lives in a tree-house in the middle of the forest. His past job made him very talented in performing arts such as juggling, unicycling, and even stage magic, although he's also interested in many intellectual pursuits and other hobbies. Some episodes feature flashbacks in which he remembers himself as a bear cub living in the same house. He is a huge bear with a big heart and Masha's best friend.
He cherishes calm and quiet, but his world is turned upside down when Masha appears in his life. The Bear's dream is to live in peace, however, he finds that he misses Masha when she is not around.
The Bear can't speak the human language, but understands it and communicates with Masha through gestures and growl of different tonality. However, in the ep. 11. First Day of School, showing the letters to Masha, the Bear pronounces them.
Physical appearance[]
The Bear is one of the tallest characters, on a par only with the Himalayan Bear. He has a brown color, lighter on the belly, breast and muzzle. The bottom of his paws also has a cream color. His claws are a different shade of brown while his ears and eyebrows are darker than the rest of the body. He has dark brown eyes and a black nose. On special occasions, he wears a red-and-white polka dot bow tie.
Abilities and skills[]
In his life, the Bear acquired very many skills and a lot of knowledge — there is almost nothing that he can't do. He very much tinkers with instruments and can do almost anything with his hands: from repairs of broken items to building a time machine or a rocket. He likes intellectual entertainments: sudoku, chess, puzzles, painting, writing; is learning to play checkers. Although he also likes to watch football and go fishing. In addition, the Bear is keeping fit, exercises, can ride a bicycle, rollerblade, ski, play tennis; he is interested in gardening.
Family[]
The Bear has a father, but he lives separately and they rarely see each other. It was the father who taught Bear to play various musical instruments. About his mother nothing is known, but her portrait can be seen on the family tree in the ep. 48. Sabre-Toothed Bear in which the Bear built a time machine and got acquainted with the Cave Bear, who is his ancient ancestor.
The Bear's nephew the Panda, the same age as Masha, sometimes comes to visit Bear from China. The Bear is normally very pleased with nephew's behavior, but the Panda together with Masha represent for him a nightmare because of their constant rivalry.
In addition, the Bear has a foster son the Penguin, whose the egg was found by Masha, which forced Bear to incubate it. The Bear is very attached to him, although they can neither live nor spend a lot of time together.
Relationships with other characters[]
The Bear does not seriously conflict with anyone: he is not afraid of anyone and at the same time doesn't scare anyone. However, the Bear maintains more or less friendly relations with many other characters.
Lady Bear[]
Starting with the episode 07. Springtime for Bear, the Lady Bear becomes the love interest of the Bear. With time, she reciprocates his feelings; slowly, their relationships are developing and becoming stronger. The Bear can be quite timid, shy and clumsy when he talks with her.
Himalayan Bear[]
The Himalayan Bear, by contrast, is a rival of the Bear for the Lady Bear's attention, and therefore clashes often occur between them. However, it never develops into a real enmity and everything is resolved peacefully.
Bunny[]
In the episode 12. No Trespassing!, the Bear along with the Bunny planted carrots in the Bear's garden, but their goals were different. Bear wanted to get a record-sized crop, but Bunny just wanted to eat, so when the carrots grew a little, they quarreled, and then Bunny began to regularly visit the vegetable garden of the Bear and steal the carrots. However, Bear confines himself to chasing away Bunny, and they maintain rather friendly relations.
Wolves[]
The wolves also are close friends of the Bear. He often uses their medical skills. Masha sometimes calls them when the Bear needs help.
Rosie[]
The Bear has friends and outside the forest. Of course, one of them is Masha, and besides her is the piggy Rosie. Masha brought him Rosie so often that after a while the Bear befriended her and even invited her to his birthday party.
Tiger[]
The Bear still has a good friend from his circus past, the Tiger, who comes to visit him occasionally.
Personal belongings[]
The Bear's house
The Bear lives in his own house, which is in the trunk of a huge fallen tree. Near the house is a courtyard with a garden and an apiary. There are a lot of things in his house that are important to him:
- It is awards, they stand on the fireplace.
- It is honorary letters and photographs, they are hung on the walls around the fireplace.
- It is the bookcase with a large number of books.
- It is the armchair and the televisor. Bear likes to watch football or read a book in the chair.
- It is the samovar for tea drinking.
- It is the magic chest, which stores circus accessories and various magical things.
- It is the Robot that Bear built to help around the house, but he got out of control.
- It is the refrigerator of brand Animaccord, which is a reference to the studio producing the series.
- In the bedroom there is a clock that can show not only time, but also various events, in particular, a New Year and a good time for fishing.
- In the storage room there are tools for work, fishing tackle, a ball, a bicycle and a lot more.
Interesting facts[]
- The Bear appears in almost all episodes.
- In the Russian version of the episode 03. One, Two, Three! Light the Christmas Tree!, the Bear was voiced by Eduard Nazarov, who also voiced the Father Frost in this episode.
- In the episode 47. Victory Cry Bear's front yard was converted into a tennis court.
| Characters T • E • C | |
| Masha's House | Masha • Rosie • Goat • Dog • Chickens and roosters |
| Forest | Bear • Lady Bear • Wolves • Hare • Squirrels • Hedgehogs • Rival Bear • Frogs • Bees • Insects • Raccoon • Mouse • Cat • Mermaid |
| Other | Panda • Tiger • Penguin • Dasha • Father Frost • Masha the Eskimo • Cave Masha • Cave Bear • Aliens • Bear's father • Monkeys • King Lion III • Sheeps • Genie |
| Items | Masha's toys • Mashuko • Bear's Robot |