Gummibär (; German for "gummy bear") or Gummy Bear is a German Eurodance multilingual character and virtual musician that performs

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-related songs on various albums, including '' I Am Your Gummy Bear'' (2007) and '' La La Love to Dance'' (2010). The video for the song "

I'm a Gummy Bear "I'm a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)" is a novelty dance song by Gummibär, in reference to the gummy bear, a type of bear-shaped candy originating in Germany. It was written by German composer Christian Schneider and released by Gummibär' ...

" and its Spanish version has 3.2 billion and 1.2 billion views on

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respectively.

Name origins and appearance

The name "Gummibär" is taken from a German brand of bear-shaped gummy candies from

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introduced in 1920. The highly-stylized, green-coloured, blue-eyed

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ous bear character (with belly button) wears orange Y-front briefs and white sneakers.

Popularity

Gummibär's popularity as a phenomenon is very similar to that of fellow European music phenomenon

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, characterised by repetition of lyrics and singing of catchy melodies. Variants of the character's music have been released in various languages internationally.

Video

The video, a 30-second CGI pop promo animated in

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, was directed, designed and

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by Pete Dodd and produced through Wilfilm in

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for

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GmbH in

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. The original video was a 30-second version of the Hungarian version, "Itt Van A Gumimaci" which was posted on site Mojoflix.com

DVD

''Gummibär: I Am Gummy Bear - The Gummibär Video Collection'' was released on 28 April 2009 in the US. The DVD contains a video collection of "I'm a Gummy Bear" in nine different languages, as well as some of the character's other releases. They promote their merch by putting it in their videos at the start of the music videos.

Other media

Film

The Yummy Gummy Search For Santa

''Gummibär: The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa'' was released in the United Kingdom on 8 October 2012, and in the US on 6 November 2012 from

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. It is Gummibär's first feature-length film. It was directed by Bernie Denk and Jurgen Korduletsch, and written by Robert David Stevenson and Leo St. Pierre. Aside from the titular character, it stars Harry, a male chameleon, Vampiro, a Dracula-esque vampire bat, and Kala, a female cat, as they embark on a search for Santa Claus, who is reported missing on Christmas Eve. The film aired in the US on 1 December of the same year on The CW's

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Saturday morning cartoon block, which billed the airing as a "world premiere".

Gummibär & Friends: Operation Cotton Candy

''Gummibär & Friends: Operation Cotton Candy'' is scheduled to be theatrically released in 2026 by Toonz Media Group, Gummybear International, Telegae, and Space Age Films. Toonz Media Group AFM 2024
(November 1, 2024). Retrieved January 11, 2025.Gummybear International, Toonz Unveil ‘Gummibär and Friends, Operation Cotton Candy’ at EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
''Variety'' (February 13, 2025). Retrieved February 13, 2025. Directed by Pete Dodd, written by Dan Berlinka, and produced by P. Jayakumar and Paul Cummins, the film marks the second feature length film featuring the ''Gummibär'' character.

Web series

In 2016, a YouTube animated web series titled '' Gummibär and Friends'' was released online on the official Gummibär YouTube channel, consisting of one season of 39 episodes. Those international versions were released on a channel titled "Gummy Bear Show International" beginning on 1 April, 2020.

Discography

* '' I Am Your Gummy Bear'' (2007) * '' La La Love to Dance'' (2010) * ''Christmas Jollies'' (2010) * ''Party Pop'' (2015) * ''The Gummy Bear Album'' (2019) * ''Gummy Bear Album 2020'' (2020) * ''Holiday Fun Time'' (2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gummibar Internet humor category:Internet characters introduced in 2006 Fictional musicians Fictional singers 2000s fads and trends Fictional bears Anthropomorphic bears Dance-pop musicians Fictional characters invented for recorded music German house musicians 2006 establishments in Germany German pop musicians Fiction about confectionery German comedy musical groups Mascots introduced in 2006