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The 3 Bears


1991-02-14 Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster
Release date: 1991-02-14
Plot: The special features Bugs Bunny conducting a classical music concert, completely unaware of a newspaper headline announcing the escape of an experimental fly that can't be killed. As the show unfolds, various Looney Tunes characters perform musical numbers, while the fly wreaks havoc among the audience and performers alike.
Name and role: The trio introduces the special, deciding to go to the opera after reading about the evening in the newspaper. Thanks to that same newspaper, we find out about the fly. Not them. And they'll pay the price for it.
Trivia and other appearances: The Three Bears also appear in classic shorts such as Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944), What's Brewin', Bruin? (1948), The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949), Bear Feat (1949), and A Bear for Punishment (1951).


1996-11-10 Space Jam
Release date: 1996-11-10
Plot: Basketball legend Michael Jordan teams up with Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes to win a wild basketball game against alien villains called the Monstars. The aliens stole NBA players' talents, so it's up to Jordan and the Tunes to slam, jam, and bring the chaos. It's sports meets cartoons in the most 90s crossover ever.
Name and role: Back then, it was complicated to animate all the well-known and lesser-known characters to create a big cheering crowd, so we mostly see what look like GIFs in the background: two-dimensional characters moving in a loop. When Bugs Bunny is announced, the crowd throws on bunny ears to cheer him on. Among them, we can spot The Three Bears family
Trivia and other appearances: These characters, seen here only as cameos, have many other appearances, including: Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944), What's Brewin', Bruin? (1948), The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949), Bear Feat (1949) and A Bear for Punishment (1951)


2003-11-01 Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Release date: 2003-11-01
Plot: Daffy Duck, feeling overshadowed by Bugs Bunny, is fired from Warner Bros. and teams up with security guard DJ Drake. They embark on a globe-trotting adventure to rescue DJ's father and thwart the evil plans of the Acme Corporation's chairman, who seeks to use the Blue Monkey diamond to turn humans into monkeys.
Name and role: The Three Bears are on vacation in France and end up in front of DJ Drake, who has just lost his pants. He steals a pair right off Henry "Papa" Bear, unlucky for him, he's the only one wearing any.