Teddiursa is a bipedal, ursine Pokémon covered in short, orange-brown fur. Its muzzle is light tan with a small black nose and black eyes. There is a slightly paler tan crescent marking on its face, and it has round ears. It has three claws on its forepaws, and two claws and yellow paw pads on its hind paws. Its tail is short, round, and puffy.
Teddiursa uses Beedrill pollen and fruit to create its own honey. The marking on its face glows when it finds honey already made. Honey is often absorbed into the forepaws, and Teddiursa is often seen licking them. It will hide food stores throughout its territory before food becomes scarce in winter. Teddiursa lives in mountainous forests.
In the anime
Teddiursa in the animeA Teddiursa Egg in the anime
Major appearances
Molly Hale used an illusion of a Teddiursa to battle Brock in Spell of the Unown. She is seen with a real one at the end of the movie.
Teddiursa's first major TV appearance was in UnBEARable. This Teddiursa was a manipulative thief who would pretend to be cute to humans to steal their food and blame it on their Pokémon. Ultimately it evolved into Ursaring at the end of the episode, no longer able to use its charm on humans with ease anymore.
A Teddiursa appeared in Going For A Spinda. This Teddiursa was disguised as a Spinda by Team Rocket and tied up in order to lure a Spinda to them, but instead its Ursaring parent came and blasted them away.
Teddiursa, the Little Bear Pokémon. This cute, cuddly Pokémon is easily frightened and frequently licks its paws, which are usually covered with sweet honey.
This Pokémon likes to lick its palms that are sweetened by being soaked in honey. Teddiursa concocts its own honey by blending fruits and pollen collected by Beedrill.
This Pokémon likes to lick its palms that are sweetened by being soaked in honey. Teddiursa concocts its own honey by blending fruits and pollen collected by Beedrill.
Teddiursa can be seen as a parallel to Phanpy. Both of them are Generation II Pokémon. Teddiursa is exclusive to Pokémon Gold*, and SoulSilver, while Phanpy is exclusive to Pokémon Silver* and HeartGold. They both also have one evolution each and both have Pickup as an Ability, while both their evolved forms do not.
Teddiursa and Phanpy, along with their evolutions, are the only Pokémon to swap version-exclusive status between localizations.
Origin
Teddiursa is based on a teddy bear and possibly a sun bear or sloth bearcub, both honey bears. The moon marking and the fact that it is a bear cub may mean it might have been based on the constellation Ursa Minor's mythology.
Name origin
Teddiursa is a combination of teddy bear and ursa (Latin for bear).
Himeguma may be a combination of 姫 hime (princess) or hi (an alternate reading of 朏 mikazuki [crescent moon]) and 熊 kuma (bear).
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