| GENUS PEDIGREE: |
Bearclaw |
| KNOWN ALIASES: |
unknown |
| KNOWN RELATIVES: |
unknown |
| KNOWN PETS: |
unknown
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| CITIZENSHIP: |
unknown
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| KNOWN CONFIDANTS: |
Lulubelle; Foxy and Hoppity. |
| KNOWN RIVALS: |
Lumpjaw
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| PARAPHERNALIA: |
Unicycle, fez, red bow-tie and jacket. |
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| 1st PRINT APPEARANCE: |
"Walt Disney's Showcase" #3 (Apr. 1971). |
| 1st FILM APPEARANCE: |
"Fun and Fancy Free" segment "Bongo" (Sep. 27, 1946).
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| VOICE ACTOR: |
unknown
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| SIGNATURE: |
unknown
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| BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: |
Bongo is the story of a little bear raised in a circus who wears a little fez cap, red jacket and big blue bow and rides around on a unicycle, even better than he can walk. Tired of being caged when not performing, Bongo escaped the circus train and rode into the woods. After several adventures and making an enemy in the form of a huge bully bear named Lumpjaw, he meets the cute she-bear Lulubelle; they fall in love. Bongo has even more adventures in comics where he often interacts with many other Disney characters. The circus train which was origianlly carrying Bongo was supposedly Casey Junior, the same train which carried Dumbo and his mother. |
| HISTORICAL FACTS: |
Bongo was a character created by Sinclair Lewis expressly for Walt Disney's film "Fun and Fancy Free" and was introduced by Jiminy Cricket and narrated by Dinah Shore's singing. It was a co-feature with the more popular "Mickey and the Beanstalk." |
| LITTLE KNOWN SECRETS: |
unknown |
| WORKING THEORIES: |
none |
Bongo, "The Wonder Bear"