Nev The Bear is a small, blue puppet

Puppet

A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre....

 bear

Bear

Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...

 that originally appeared in the CBBC

CBBC

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 television programme Smile

Smile (TV series)

Smile was a British Sunday morning children's programme created by production company Darrall Macqueen Ltd for CBBC. It first aired in 2002 and was originally shown on the CBBC Channel. It was moved to BBC Two to make way for Dick and Dom in da Bungalow. Although Dick and Dom finished in 2006,...

. Since 2007, Nev has starred in his own CBBC show Bear Behaving Badly

Bear Behaving Badly

Bear Behaving Badly is a British children's television comedy programme, first broadcast in 2007. Broadcast on BBC One, BBC Two and the CBBC Channel, the programme is centered around the daily adventures of Barney Harwood, his pet bear Nev, his koala friend Crazy Keith and the caretaker of the...

, alongside Barney Harwood

Barney Harwood

Barney Harwood is an English television presenter and actor, known for his work with CBBC.-Television:For CBBC, he presented Prank Patrol and was a voice-over commentator for The Smokehouse, while on BBC Two, he co-presented Basil's Swap Shop , alongside Basil Brush.Previous work for CBBC included...

. His name was created from the name of his co-star Dev Griffin

Devin Griffin

Devin "Dev" Joseph Jordan Griffin is a British actor, radio presenter and DJ who is most commonly known for currently presenting the weekday early breakfast show on BBC Radio 1.-Early life:...

 on Smile

Smile (TV series)

Smile was a British Sunday morning children's programme created by production company Darrall Macqueen Ltd for CBBC. It first aired in 2002 and was originally shown on the CBBC Channel. It was moved to BBC Two to make way for Dick and Dom in da Bungalow. Although Dick and Dom finished in 2006,...

. Nev has patches in places on his body and is missing part of his ear. This is due to Bandit the cat, who is seen in some episodes of Bear Behaving Badly, trying to eat him. Nev often has trouble with pronunciation of certain words, he cannot sing but he can rap

Rapping

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 well. Nev likes ice cream

Ice cream

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, dressing up, sleeping in and his 'snuggly ducky duck duck

Rubber duck

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'. When scared or intimidated, he growls, just like a real bear would. Originally on Smile, the voice of Nev was prerecorded with his limited vocabulary played in as appropriate. When Nev took on a more significant role in Smile, puppeteer Ross Mullan, who also stars in Bear Behaving Badly, was recruited to provide the voice live. On December 28, 2007, Nev appeared on a puppet special of The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link

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hosted by Anne Robinson and broadcast on BBC One

BBC One

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. In 2004, a soft plush Nev was released, but was only available in a few stores. In 2005, a talking Nev was released, speaking a number of catch phrases including "Fwightened" and "No no no no". A complaint was made against the toy with regard to the word "Quick", by an individual who believed he had heard a similar sounding profanity instead. A smaller version of the soft toy has since been released.

Nev's Most Famous Quotes

• "Happy Eater" ("Happy Easter
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  ")
• "Hello, Ian" ("Halloween
  Halloween
  Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
  
  ")
• "Chrissy-mussy" ("Christmas
  Christmas
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  ")
• "Nappy birthday" ("Happy birthday")
• "Love you (insert name) !"
• "Duckie!"
• "Jam!"
• "No, no, no, no."
• "Three, two, one...Jibadeeha"
• "Three, two, one...Jam"
• "Go, go, go, go!"
• "I win, I win!!"
• "Ooops!"
• "Confused"
• "Fwightened."
• "Groovy."
• "Here I am."
• "Aye, aye captain!"
• "Can't scare me"
• "Can't bath me."
• "Oops"
• "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear"
• "Sorry!"
• "Doggie"
• "Musley Sun" ("Music Lesson")
• "Shibadeeha!"
• "Piggies"
• "Yum yum"
• "Tip topper roo!"
• "GRRRRRR!"
• "Rumble the Crumble" ("Rumble the Jumble")
• "No Way José!"
• "No problemo"
• "Yeah yeah!"
• "Snuggly Ducky Duck Duck"
• "Hungry."
• "Socks!"
• "I know! I know!"
• "Beetroot" ("Beatrice")
• "Smellanie" ("Melanine")
• "Brabra" ("Aunt Barbara")
• "Angry Pants" ("Andrew Prank")
• "Postie" ("The Postwoman")
• "Bouncey Belly" ("Bouncer Boy")
• "Cwazy keef!" ("Crazy Keith")
• "Crusty" ("Kirsten O'Brien
  Kirsten O'Brien
  Kirsten O'Brien is an English television presenter and stand-up comic.She is known for presenting SMart, and presented Smile and Totally Doctor Who alongside Barney Harwood on CBBC....
  
  ")
• "Looky my eyes" ("Look into my eyes")
• "Too right bro!"
• "Mine!"
• "Muma-Dabi-Dun" ("Medallion")
• "Mundo Problemo"
• "Nah nah nah nah nah!"
• "Smarty Pants" ("Martin Prank")
• "Bubby!" (Buxton "Bumper" Bunny)
• "Ducky!"

External links

• CBBC website
• Production company website
• Official Nev the bear merchandise website