Each Care Bear comes in a different color and has a specialized insignia on its belly that represents its duty and personality. This symbol was known as their "tummy symbol". However, the movie Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! renamed them " belly badges". Adding to the Care Bear family are the " Care Bear Cousins", which feature a lion, rabbit, penguin, raccoon, monkey, elephant, pig, dog, cat, and other such animals created in the same style as the Bears. Hutchins, Aaron (August 12, 2014). "Care Bears count down to new toy line". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015 . Retrieved April 29, 2015. Care Bears are multi-colored bears, originally painted in 1981 by artist Elena Kucharik to be used on greeting cards from American Greetings. They were turned into plush teddy bears and featured in The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (1983) and The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine (1984) before headlining their own television series called Care Bears from 1985 to 1988. They also made multiple more feature films including: The Care Bears Movie (1985), Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986), and The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987). The franchise consists mainly of the Care Bears themselves, as well as the later additions the Care Bear Cousins. Both of these groups live in the Kingdom of Caring, which is made up of Care-a-Lot (the home of the Care Bears proper) and the Forest of Feelings (the home of the Care Bear Cousins). In 1989, Carole Ashkinaze of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution referred to them as "the whimsical, late 20th-century descendents[ sic] of what we used to know as guardian angels: furry, friendly, adorable creatures whose mission is to guide small children and protect them from bogeymen". Though it is never directly stated that Hugs and her brother Tugs are twins, it is revealed that the two do have the same birthday in the Care Bears Family episode " The Most Ancient Gift".

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Hugs is the main character in the episode " A Day Without Tugs" where she plays with her shadow that talks to her.

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In that same year, it was announced that the master rights to the toys for the Care Bears had changed hands from Play Along Toys to Hasbro.Appearances [ ] The Care Bears Movie [ ] DIC series [ ] Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation [ ] The Care Bears Family [ ]