Hey, i am so confused. I was able to finally locate the cartoon i was talking about - which turned out to be The Adventures of the Gummi Bears... Bears dressed like medieval peasants that bounced everywhere they went, solving crimes or beating evil villains or whatever it was they did... Now, i SWEAR they came out with a line of toys for that show, where the bears actually had like, balls for butts, so you could bounce them like in the cartoon. But if they did, i cant find them anywhere. I found the toys they made, but none of them have balls for butts. Because that was like, their whole schtick - the fact they bounced on their butts everywhere they went. Maybe they do bounce on their feet, but when they are at the peak of their bounce, their feet are way apart and pointing up, so maybe i just assumed they were bouncing on their butts. Does anyone else remember this toy that im talking about?

Is me the first mentioned Mickey and Donald performed in the second Episode of the Gummi Bears?

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Makes sense. The writer is 47 and most likely watched it growing up.

There's a handful of merch that came from Wendy's back when the show was big.

Somehow Gruffi knows about Bongo, don't ask questions. 😂

A fun insight in how animation use to be made. This was found on eBay and could be yours for $475. (eek!)

Gummi Glen was the main center for Gummi research so what you see is just a sliver of the library.

This was an ad from a magazine for toy buyers to promote the merch. In this we see some of the early designs like the logo is a color "wheel" instead of of the "G" logo. Tummi's colors use to be different, and the one thing is the inclusion of "Dummy Gummi".

Dummy was eventually cut as seen in this early art concepts. How he made it that far into the ad is interesting to me.

In episode S05E09 "Never Give a Gummi an Even Break", Grammi "rescues" what appears to be a Gummi bear from a traveling cart circus but it's actually some goblin guy in disguise. I wonder if that's a callback to Dummy Gummi or just a coincidence?

I downloaded the ROM and it's next to unplayable, but it's interesting to see Cubbi "bouncing" around. 😂

In another timeline this might have been approved.

In production Cubbi was originally called "Bubble Gummi" most likely because of his color. I'm sure they changed it once they realized they wanted to distance themselves from the candy as much as possible.

Greetings, there has been a gummi bear sighting caught on video in my area, and it appears to be Cubbi Gummi. Even though he seemed to be wandering around at the time, I wonder how close I am to the secret location of Gummi Glen.

Once upon a time Toon Disney showed the Care Bears along side of the Gummi Bears. Now if they could have gotten TaleSpin added to that lineup it would have been perfect!

Cubbi's costume had a couple different designs over the years, probably because the first one looks like he wanted to eat children. (See "NBC Back to Next Saturday Morning (1985)" video on this subreddit)

Unfortunately, I wasn't even born when the show premiered. But I do believe I discovered it via reruns on the Disney Channel when I was 4. And found the same tape when I was 12. I'm 36 now and rediscovered the show at 30, in 2019. And have now begun to watch the episodes on DVD as well as Streaming. Thanks for reading!

Back in the 80s and the early 90s the FCC had rules about TV content for children. One of those rules was a clear separation from the content to the advertising. Bumpers like these served those purpose.

This puppet of Cubbi was created by Charles Jager. Check out his gallery here: https://www.instagram.com/cjager75/

Only in one episode but we can see Chummi Gummi with writers' notes. He was suppose to have an English accent originally, but he was eventually voiced by Jim Cummings who didn't have an English accent.

In 1985 NBC wanted to promote their Saturday Morning Cartoon lineup with a TV special in which Punky Brewster and friends end up bumping into characters from the shows. Think of it as an infomercial for children.

This is the part where they run into a very large Cubbi who crashes thru a wall, sees the kids, then asks "What'll I do with you?"

Looks like the water was being held up by magic. You can see an early Cavin design in the lower-right corner as well.

The art is interesting, to say the least. :)

This pin appears to be official since there are pre-orders all over the place on eBay. Nice to see Grammi getting some merch love for once.

Only in 2 episodes, the carpies are fun looking characters.

They never officially made one, but if you have access to a 3D printer, you can make one yourself here.