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== Television series (1997-present) ==
=== Paramount Home Entertainment ===
These titles were released on behalf of Nickelodeon and were exclusively duplicated, marketed and distributed in the US. Pre-2008 releases carry the Nick Jr. branding, while post-2008 releases solely carry the Nickelodeon branding.
==== May 1997 ====
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| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 13, 1997 || VHS ||
* Some copies were not encoded with the Macrovision APS.
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| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 13, 1997 || VHS ||
* Some copies were not encoded with the Macrovision APS.
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
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| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January
* Reuses the May 1997 cover and master.
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| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January
* Reuses the May 1997 cover and master.
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
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| 837483 || ''Little Bear: Winter Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 8, 1998 || VHS ||
* Reuses the October 1997 cover and master.
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| 838893 || ''Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear'' || USA || 1998 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 8, 1998 || VHS ||
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| 835763 || ''Little Bear: Friends'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 12, 1999 || VHS ||
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| 839323 || ''Little Bear: Little Goblin Bear'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 24, 1999 || VHS ||
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==== November 1999 ====
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
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| 837483 || ''Little Bear: Winter Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || November 2, 1999 || VHS ||
* Reuses the October 1997 cover and master.
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
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| 835763 || ''Little Bear: Friends'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 1999 master.
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| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
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| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
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| 838753 || ''Little Bear: Parties & Picnics'' || USA || 1998 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the April 1998 master.
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| 838893 || ''Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear'' || USA || 1998 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 4, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the September 1998 master.
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| 839543 || ''A Kiss for Little Bear'' || USA || 2000 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 11, 2000 || VHS ||
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
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| 835763 || ''Little Bear: Friends'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 1999 master.
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| 835843 || ''Little Bear: Summertime Tales'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the June 1999 master.
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| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
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| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
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| 838753 || ''Little Bear: Parties & Picnics'' || USA || 1998 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the April 1998 master.
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| 838893 || ''Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear'' || USA || 1998 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the September 1998 master.
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| 839543 || ''A Kiss for Little Bear'' || USA || 2000 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 2000 master.
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| 839553 || ''Little Bear's Band'' || USA || 2000 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the March 2000 master.
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| 839683 || ''Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales'' || USA || 2000 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 6, 2000 || VHS ||
* This release was one of the first Nickelodeon home video releases overall to use a wavy orange bacon on the far top corner of the front and spines of the cover.
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==== August 2000 ====
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
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| 837483 || ''Little Bear: Winter Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 29, 2000 || VHS ||
* Reuses the October 1997 cover and master.
|}
==== January 2001 ====
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
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| 835763 || ''Little Bear: Friends'' || USA || 1999 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 1999 master.
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| 836703 || ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
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| 837783 || ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the May 1997 master.
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| 838753 || ''Little Bear: Parties & Picnics'' || USA || 1998 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the April 1998 master.
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| 838893 || ''Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear'' || USA || 1998 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the September 1998 master.
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| 839543 || ''A Kiss for Little Bear'' || USA || 2000 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the January 2000 master.
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| 839553 || ''Little Bear's Band'' || USA || 2000 || 32 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the March 2000 master.
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| 839683 || ''Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales'' || USA || 2000 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 2, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the June 2000 master.
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| 839903 || ''Little Bear: Little Sherlock Bear'' || USA || 2001 || 34 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || February 6, 2001 || VHS ||
* Some rare copies may have been duplicated in EP/SLP mode; most copies were duplicated in SP mode.
* This was the final new release from Paramount Home Entertainment, let alone the final new Nickelodeon home video release, with the notation "Duplicated in EP/SLP" printed above Paramount Pictures' address, the "Licensed for Sale" notation and the Paramount Pictures copyright notice on the back of the cover.
* Some copies were duplicated in SP mode.
|}
==== August 2001 ====
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Format !! Note(s)
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| 837483 || ''Little Bear: Winter Tales'' || USA || 1997 || 33 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 28, 2001 || VHS ||
* Reuses the October 1997 cover and master.
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=== Reader's Digest (2002-2005) ===
These titles were released under the company's Young Families label and were exclusively distributed in the US through mail-order. Just like the US mass-market titles from Paramount Home Entertainment, these titles were released on behalf of Nickelodeon.
=== Alliance Atlantis (1997-2009) ===
These titles were exclusively duplicated, marketed and distributed in Canada.
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In December 2009, Canadian distributor Phase 4 Films acquired the US and Canadian home entertainment rights to some of Nelvana's library, including the Canadian home entertainment rights to the Little Bear television series. These titles were released under the company's children's division label, kaBOOM! Entertainment.
== Direct-to-video films (2001-present) ==
=== August 2001 ===
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| 061513 || ''The Little Bear Movie'' || USA || 2001 || 75 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 7, 2001 || VHS ||
* Released by Paramount Home Entertainment. In addition to the US, this release was also available in Canada.
* The only mass-market video release of the franchise without the Nickelodeon or Nick Jr. branding; however, some copies of this release use orange cassette shells.
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== Trivia ==
* The television series and the direct-to-video film were produced by Nelvana, itself a Canadian animation studio, in association with Wild Things Productions, which holds the copyrights and trademark rights to the franchise's name, characters and original story.
** In addition, the television series was co-produced with Nickelodeon's preschool television production arm, Nick Jr. Productions. Thus, Nickelodeon holds exclusive US distribution rights to the series, while Nelvana holds the copyrights and worldwide distribution rights to the series.
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