Boo Boo Bear

Boo Boo Bear is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character on The Yogi Bear Show. Boo-Boo is an anthropomorphic bear cub wearing a purple bowtie. Boo Boo is Yogi Bear's constant companion, and often acts as his conscience. He tries (usually unsuccessfully) to keep Yogi from doing things he should not do, and also to keep Yogi from getting into trouble with Ranger Smith. It is not readily apparent whether Boo Boo is a juvenile bear with a precocious intellect or simply an adult bear who is short of stature. However, in the episode "Cub Scout Boo Boo", Yogi tries to persuade Boo Boo to become a Boy Scout. Boo Boo declines the offer, but Yogi corrects him by saying that he will be joining the "Cub Scouts", which Boo Boo would obviously accept.

History
Hanna-Barbera appearances Boo Boo is a bear first appeared along with Yogi in the "Yogi Bear" segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958; when Yogi was given his own series in 1961, Boo Boo went with him. Since then, Boo Boo has remained at Yogi's side through almost all of the Hanna-Barbera series, movies, and specials in which Yogi appeared, the only exceptions being Yogi's Space Race and Galaxy Goof-Ups, in which Boo Boo's place was taken by a new character named Scare Bear. Boo Boo's classic voice actor was Don Messick who also voiced Ranger Smith.