Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears

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Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears
Genre Comedy
Science fiction
Written byNeal Barbera
Directed by Don Lusk
Ray Patterson
Starring Daws Butler
Don Messick
Julie Bennett
Susan Blu
Sorrell Booke
Victoria Carroll
Townsend Coleman
Peter Cullen
Linda Harmon
Maggie Roswell
Rob Paulsen
Michael Rye
Frank Welker
Patric Zimmerman
Composer Sven Libaek
Country of origin United States
Production
Executive producers William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
ProducerBerny Wolf
Running time90 minutes
Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network Syndication
ReleaseNovember 20, 1988 (1988-11-20) [1]

Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears is a 1988 animated made-for-television film produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication as part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 series. [2] This Hanna-Barbera production was the last to feature Daws Butler as the voice of Yogi Bear and Julie Bennett as Cindy Bear. Yogi and Boo-Boo go on an out-of-this-world voyage. When they are kidnapped by spacemen, the duo are cloned, and the clone bears soon invade Jellystone Park. [3]

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Synopsis

Ranger Smith, fed up with Yogi constantly stealing campers' picnic baskets, declares it to be "Y. B. Day", and plans to send Yogi Bear to Siberia. While in hiding, Yogi and Boo-Boo are abducted by two aliens, Zor 1 and Zor 2, and taken to Planet Daxson. The next day Ranger Smith and his sidekick Ranger Roubideux try to find Yogi but find Cindy instead, who is angry and refuses to talk. Meanwhile, Zor 1 and Zor 2 introduce Yogi and Boo-Boo to their boss, DAX Nova. DAX Nova creates clones of Yogi and Boo-Boo and sends them to take over Jellystone Park.

Cindy meets with Smith and Roubideux, and tells them she's worried about Yogi and Boo-Boo, but Smith, who thinks she might be "covering up" for them, tells her there is no sign of them. He then spots the clones and locks them up. He then notices another three clone pairs, and in a panic locks himself up before calling for help. Back in space the real Yogi and Boo-Boo need help to get home. Boo-Boo meets his love interest Snulu and asks for her help in returning home. DAX Nova attempts to catch them, but ends up capturing a pair of bear robots.

Back at Jellystone, Roubideux takes Cindy to see Smith, who tells her about the three Yogi Bears and three Boo-Boos and jokes that he was having a nightmare. Cindy visits Mountain Bear and asks where Yogi and Boo-Boo are gone. Upset, she starts crying, saying she misses Yogi. The next day she spots the Bear Robots and thinks she's having a nightmare, but she hears the voices of the real Yogi and Boo-Boo. Yogi tells her all about the Bear Robots, and tells her that they're called Dupiods. He tells her that he and Boo-Boo trapped Zor 1, Zor 2 and DAX Nova in space and saved the park. That night they find Boo-Boo singing to his girlfriend Snulu, whom he had to leave behind. Yogi tells Cindy that Boo-Boo can sing now, and Cindy is so happy that she gives him a big bear hug.

The next day Ranger Smith gets into trouble with the commissioner, but Yogi and his friends clean up the robots. Ranger Smith then thanks Yogi for saving the park.

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Home media

The movie was released on VHS by Goodtimes Home Video in 1992.

On December 7, 2010, Warner Archive released the movie on DVD in NTSC picture format with all region encoding, via their collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. [4]

The film was released on Blu-ray as part of a Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 boxset through Warner Archive on February 20, 2024. [5] The film was remastered in HD.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on November 20, 1988 · 433". 20 November 1988.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 349. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Big Cartoon Database Used With Permission
  4. ↑ "The Yogi Bear Show DVD news: Yogi's Great Escape and Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose and Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  5. ↑ "Hanna-Barbera's Superstars 10: The Complete Film Collection Blu-ray (Yogi's Great Escape / Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers / The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones / Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose / Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats / The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound / Rockin' with Judy Jetson / Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School / Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf / Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears | Warner Archive Collection)".
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