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CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE EVERYONE!

So there are 3 Christmas episodes in We Bare Bears: Christmas Parties, The Perfect Tree and Christmas Movies. While the latter two are great episodes on their own (and I'll probably do another episode analysis on them), I believe that Christmas Parties just offers more value in terms of the characters and the overall theme of the show.

I’ll talk about the overall theme of this episode before delving into each character specifically.

1. THE THEME

As you can probably tell, one of the main themes of We Bare Bears is acceptance, where the bears always try to fit in. And Christmas Parties demonstrates the bears’ success in this as they gained three valuable friends, Tabes, Charlie and Chloe, who all consider the bears as their best and most trustworthy friends as well.

This is what I especially love about this episode. It shows that the relationship between the bears and their friends is a two-way one. The side characters don't just contribute to the bears like some kind of a plot device, we can also see how the bears contribute to the side characters in their own way as well. These side characters have great development throughout the series and the bears significantly facilitate such growth.

When the bears are invited to the parties, they aren't just a small part of them, they are actually the core of the parties. And when they leave, you can see how the parties are much less fun without them. As mentioned at the beginning of the episode, this is the 1st year when the bears get to celebrate Christmas with other people, which is the reason why they didn't recognize the values of Christmas parties at first and believe that rushing through the parties is fine. In the end, they realized that participation in their friends' parties is not enough, but contributing to them is what makes these parties MEANINGFUL, and so they did, making it a great analogy of building relationships.

Now I will talk about each side character in this episode.

2. THE CHARACTERS

• NOM NOM:

Let's start with Nom Nom actually. I like that Nom Nom provides the contrast between him and other side characters. For Tabes, Charlie and Chloe, the bears can see glimpses of their personalities and lives as well as their struggles and understand how to contribute to making their lives better. For Nom Nom however, the bears barely know anything about him and therefore, unable to provide any values to his life. The bears have a strong and clear impact on the other side characters' parties, while at Nom Nom’s, they are just an insignificant and negligible part of it, a metaphor for their relationship too.

I also like the theory that Nom Nom actually intended to send the bears the invitation email, he just doesn't want to admit it to the bears. He does so because he wants to see whether the bears will show up or not. And if they do, it means that he hasn't lost his only “friends” yet.

• TABES:

As Grizz mentioned in the episode: “I don't think anyone can match your level of energy, Tabes.” However, what the bears did in this episode is exactly that, matching her level of energy by making the party more exciting. The bears are the only ones who could understand Tabes enthusiasm in everything and be able to have the same kind of energetic personality as well. Their impact is clearly shown when they left the party as the entire ranger crew went back to sleeping and the party died down completely.

It's quite obvious but giving Tabes a puppy is the best possible gift that the bears could have given to her.

• CHARLIE:

We didn't get much with the Charlie section in this episode but there are still things to talk about. Despite having no knowledge about Christmas, Charlie still put in the effort to decorate a whole tree and organize a party for the bears, which I find very wholesome. The bears act as Charlie’s only friends who make his life less lonely. They may find Charlie annoying at times, but they feel sympathy for his isolation from everyone. Them leaving Charlie’s party means that Charlie will spend the night of Christmas alone like always, which I would have liked the episode to emphasize this a bit further.

Gifting Charlie a star for his tree means nothing more than an act of friendship.

• CHLOE:

The bears while presented as Chloe’s friends, I typically saw them as bigger brothers and a little sister (this is even more evident with the times when Ice Bear hangs out with Chloe, just pure sibling vibes there). Thus, the bears provide Chloe a form of family who would always care and protect her. Similar to Tabes and Charlie, the bears also have an understanding of Chloe’s struggles as a kid prodigy and they always act as a form of guidance to Chloe like what real families do.

The bears messing up Chloe’s party is the tipping point of this episode, where the bears can finally see the impact on their friends. If they hadn't caused the table of food to be knocked over and just left the party without any problems, then they would probably not find out how much they contributed to each party. This accident is the wakening call for the bears on how their rushing through the parties is a selfish and inconsiderate thing to do to their friends. Chloe probably spent the whole evening making the best food for the bears to enjoy and organize a grand party for them and yet they ruined all of it. The same can be said about Tabes and Charlie parties as well. The bears have always understood Chloe, but in that moment, they did not care for what Chloe wants but only what they want. Chloe has basically lost a second family who cared about her on that Christmas night.

The bears cooking a whole meal as breakfast for them is not only to make up for what they have taken away that night, but also symbolises what a family member would do, bringing Chloe’s entire family and themselves together that morning.

To sum up, the bears act as Tabes’s colleagues who share the same energy, act as Charlie’s only friends who would always provide him company and act as Chloe’s family who understand and care for her. You can see that the bears’ role in each side character’s life is different from each other, which is why the gifts they brought to each of them are also different and are suited to what they needed.

CLOSING THOUGHTS: Christmas Parties is a great episode that demonstrates the bears relationship with Tabes, Charlie and Chloe almost flawlessly. Each side character has their own needs and the bears cleverly chose their gifts suitably to cater to those needs. All of these factors combined make this episode the most enjoyable Christmas episode for me personally.

Grizz: (IDK please give me a better suggestion)

Panda: They're both the innocent ones and are the emotional glue of the team

Ice Bear: Both are silent, but deadly

That is my Question

What are your top 10 We Bare Bears and why? And what makes these episodes Epic, Awesome or Hilarious or a combination of all 3

and which characters in your opinion has the best episodes and why and did you include some of those episodes apart of your top 10 if you didn't why?

And what Episode from. The Series deserve a mention or 2 despite them not being in your top 10

So here we go as the Title says what is your Top 10 We Bare Bears Episodes?