Cindy Bear is a cartoon character created by Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

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History

Cindy Bear (voiced by Julie Bennett) is the girlfriend of Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear is a fictional bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually more popular than...

. She speaks with a pronounced Southern accent

Southern American English

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, and carries a parasol.

Cindy Bear originally appeared in the shorts Acobatty Bear, A Wooin' Bruin and the three-parter Yogi's Birthday Party where her fur was blue, but it was later changed to match that of Yogi's and Boo Boo's in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!

Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!

Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! is a 1964 American animated feature film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The film stars the voices of Daws Butler, Don Messick, Julie Bennett, and Mel Blanc...

in 1964. She also wore a hat in the original 1961 cartoons and on a few of her later appearances as well.

Other appearances

Cindy has appeared in some episodes of Yogi's Gang

Yogi's Gang

Yogi's Gang is a 30-minute animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired 16 half-hour episodes on ABC from , to . The show began as Yogi's Ark Lark, a special TV movie on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie in 1972...

in 1973, as a member of the Yogi Yahooeys in the Laff-A-Lympics

Laff-A-Lympics

Laff-A-Lympics was the co-headlining segment, with Scooby-Doo, of the package Saturday morning cartoon series Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show was a spoof of the Olympics and the ABC television series Battle of the Network Stars, which debuted one...

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in the holiday

Holiday

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 telefilm Yogi's First Christmas

Yogi's First Christmas

Yogi's First Christmas is a 1980 holiday-themed television film first aired on November 21, 1980 and produced by Hanna-Barbera. Throughout the 1980s it was offered to U.S...

in 1980, in the Yogi's Treasure Hunt

Yogi's Treasure Hunt

Yogi's Treasure Hunt is a segment that kicked-off in 1985 as the first of the programming block, The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. It also ran as a regular series in syndication from 1985 to 1988.-Plot:...

episode "To Be Bee or Not to Be Bee," in the telefilm Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears

Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears

Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears is an animated television movie that premiered in 1988 as part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 film series. It was the last time Daws Butler voiced Yogi.-Plot:...

, as a regular in The New Yogi Bear Show

The New Yogi Bear Show

The New Yogi Bear Show is a 30-minute weekday animated series which aired on syndication in 1988 and featured one of Hanna-Barbera's most well-known classic characters, Yogi Bear...

, and as a teenager in Yo Yogi!

Yo Yogi!

Yo Yogi! is an animated series first aired on NBC on Saturday mornings during the 1991-92 season. It is, to date, the last television series to feature or star Yogi Bear. It is also the last Hanna-Barbera show to premiere on NBC to this date...

(in which she was voiced by Kath Soucie).