Da Bears

"And now, ladies and gentlemen, I give you... Da Bearz!"

- Sonic in Mad Mike, Da Bear Warrior



Da Bearz are a pair of Bears known as Big Griz and Big Mike. The duo is fairly slow in the head, they are gullible and easily tricked, but they mean well and claim to be Sonic's biggest fans. They are skilled drivers and are gifted with considerable strength. They have brown fur, and Big Griz has blue eyes while Big Mike has green eyes.

They made three appearances in the show Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog in the episodes "The Robotnik Express", "Mad Mike, Da Bear Warrior" and "Hero of the Year". Big Griz and Big Mike are voiced by French Tickner and Michael Donovan respectively.

The Robotnik Express
This episode was the first appearance of Big Griz and Big Mike. Hearing Scratch and Grounder gloat through a long distance mega phone about capturing Sonic on board a train heading for Robotnik's munitions factory (Robotnik's Emporium of Devastation, Destruction and Demolition), Da Bearz come to the rescue. However, by the time they got there, Sonic had already freed himself and Tails, wrapped up Scratch and Grounder like Mummies and escaped. Da Bearz freed Scratch and Grounder thinking they were Sonic and Tails. Scratch and Grounder played along, telling Da Bearz that they need to capture Grounder who has two tails and Scratch who is spiney and blue.

Throughout the episode, Sonic makes idiots out of Scratch, Grounder and Da Bearz until he realizes he has gone too far and Da Bearz end up stuck to the front of the train which is heading for a large cactus patch. Sonic rescues Da Bearz and convinces them that they had been tricked by Scratch and Grounder. Da Bearz do not believe Sonic and Tails until Sonic runs to Big Griz's cave and brings back his personal pot of honey in a matter of seconds. From there, Da Bearz became allies to Sonic and Tails and assisted them in preventing the explosive-laden train from crashing into a valley village.

Mad Mike, Da Bear Warrior
With help from Da Bearz, Sonic and co. put a stop to the construction of a Robotnik statue and save the village of a rabbit named Updike. Mad Mike is kidnapped by Scratch and Grounder who drag him under a car and interrogate him. Big Mike gets angry and changes his name to Mad Mike. At the end Sonic redesigns Robotnik's statue to depict Mad Mike and Big Griz, to honor his friends, Da Bearz.

Hero of the Year
As their final appearance, Da Bearz make a cameo in the episode Hero of the Year. Tails invites them to Sonic's award ceremony and they agree to attend. Big Mike refers to himself as Mad Mike. Throughout the rest of the episode, the duo can be seen in the background of multiple shots.

Trivia

 * The name of Da Bearz is taken from a Saturday Night Live Sketch titled Bill Swerkski's Super Fans which is based on the sports team, The Chicago Bears.