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This adaptation may lack the depth of its source material, but it isn’t a bad option if you’re itching for a new legal drama.
Here come the seven dwarfs. Oops! I mean the seven bears.
These bears love only a few, simple things: stump scratches, helping folks around the forest and each other. Oh, and raw potatoes, too.
In Fairytale Forest these bears join Prince Charming and Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Witch, and more as they take on classic fairytales and add their own furry twist to the tail…err, tale.
Only this time, Prince Charming is more shallow than charming. Snow White is not a very good singer. And, well, the Witch has a teenage, purple-haired daughter named Fairy.
For the most part, Netflix’s 7 Bears is a fun, laugh-out-loud trek through this wacky Fairytale Forest. The show tries to keep its younger viewers in mind while slipping in a few jokes to engage their parents.
But it’s in those more adult quips that we start running into problems. Certain jokes bring about some parental concern. There’s a nod or two to the LGBT community and plenty of bathroom humor. Some characters talk back to their parents and complain. The bears often take part in bad actions––though mostly for the right reasons. And, of course, you’ll find a bit of magic in play.
Though these seven bears are goofy and love to have fun, parents may find it best to stick to the more classic fairytales.
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In Snow White and the Seven Bears, the bears pick up their axes ready to go dig potatoes. But just before they leave Snow White shows up at their house and refuses to leave. Someone stole her magic boots, and the bears must track down this mysterious boot thief. In The Seven Bears Not Dwarfs, the bruins discover at the breakfast table that a bear has gone missing. In his seat: A fly. The remaining six believe their brother has been turned into that very fly and seek out the Witch to change him back.
There are multiple bathroom jokes, and one character says, “what the hexed apple?” When Prince Charming asks Snow White to try on a glass shoe, we see her bare foot, to which some guards (and some bears) gawk at while others stare in disgust. The bears drag a character by his feet and run him into a tree.
One girl wears a cropped shirt. The Witch brews potions and has animal skulls for décor. When the bears go to the Witch, one bear states, “Our brother has transitioned into a fly!”
“Living his truth. Good for them,” the Witch replies.
In The Dancing Potion, the bears head off to the king’s ball. The king’s son, Prince Charming, refuses to dance to find a bride and if the prince doesn’t find a bride, then no one gets to eat the king’s special bacon-wrapped potatoes. The bears seek out a potion to make the prince groove again. The Potato Touch is a gift given to one of the bears by the Witch. Yet, he dismisses her warning to be careful and accidentally turns his six brothers into potatoes. Now he needs help to reverse his gift.
The bears sniff a person’s behind. A bear crawls under a girls’ dress. Often the bears use the phrase Crystal Potato as if the potato in question was a deity: “Oh thank you great Crystal Potato,” one might say, or, “Great Crystal Potato, this is gonna change everything.” The word “stupid” is uttered a few times. When Prince Charming complains about marrying the first girl he dances with, one bear says the prince should be out drag-racing horses or skinny-dipping in the moat instead.
We’re exposed to lots of bathroom humor, and magic is used to cast spells and potions. While we don’t see this, we do know a horse goes to the bathroom and the bears take its waste and turn it into potatoes. A daughter talks back to her mom.
Natalie Dean is Plugged In’s 2025 Summer Intern. A native from South Dakota, she recently graduated from South Dakota State University with a degree in Journalism and in the fall will be pursuing a master’s at Liberty University. Growing up in the Black Hills, Natalie enjoys spending her time outside, whether that be riding bikes or kayaking with her sisters, walking the dogs or going on long hikes. Her love for movie soundtracks stems from her sister asking, “what movie is this from” and “name the movie scene.” She has a passion for writing and hopes to one day be a published author.
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