Characters

• Bear, the main character from the TV series Bear in the Big Blue House
• Bear, a major character in The Railway Series
• Bear, a character from the .hack multimedia franchise
• Bear, a character from the TV series WordWorld
• Bear, a character in the Adventure Time animated series episode "In Your Footsteps"
• The Bear (Bo' Selecta!), a comic character created by Leigh Francis
• Br'er Bear, a character from the Disney picture film Song of the South
• King Bear, a recurring character in the Tara Duncan book series

Films

• Bear (2010 film), a US natural horror film
• Bear (2011 film), a black comedy short film by Nash Edgerton
• Bears (film), a 2014 Disneynature film
• The Bear (1938 film), a Soviet drama
• The Bear (1984 film), an American biopic about football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
• The Bear (1988 film), a French adventure-drama
• The Bear (1998 film), a British animated television short
• The Bear (2012 film), an Iranian film (original release Khers)

Literature

• Bear (novel), by Marian Engel
• Bear, a novel by Ben Queen
• The Bear (fairy tale)
• The Bear, a children's book by Raymond Briggs
• The Bear, a novel by Claire Cameron
• The Bear (play), by Anton Chekhov
• "The Bear", a short story by William Faulkner from Go Down, Moses
• "The Bear", a short story by Stephen King that was later incorporated into The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
• The Bear, a novel by Andrew Krivak

Music

• The Bear (album), by Element Eighty
• The Bears (band), an American power pop band formed in 1985
  • The Bears (album), 1987
• Symphony No. 82 (Haydn), popularly known as the Bear Symphony

Radio stations

Television

• "Bear", a 1984 presidential candidate Ronald Reagan ad, known for its "bear in the woods" line
• "Bear", an episode of Servant
• The Bear (TV series), a 2022 television series on FX on Hulu
  • "The Bear" (The Bear episode), a 2023 episode of The Bear
  • "Bears" (The Bear), a 2025 episode of The Bear
• "Bears", a 2004 episode of QI
• "Bears", an episode of the series Zoboomafoo

Other arts, entertainment and media

• Bear (comics), by Jamie Smart
• The Bear (opera), by William Walton
• Bear Magazine, a gay and bisexual men's periodical

Collegiate

• Baylor Bears, United States
• Brown Bears, United States
• California Golden Bears, United States
• Central Arkansas Bears, United States
• Mercer Bears, United States
• Missouri State Bears, United States
• Morgan State Bears, United States
• Northern Colorado Bears, United States
• NYIT Bears, United States
• Washington University Bears, United States

Professional

• Brisbane Bears, an Australian rules football club
• Bristol Bears, an English rugby union team
• Chicago Bears, an American football team
• Coventry Bears, an English rugby league football club
• Doosan Bears, a KBO League Baseball club
• Hershey Bears, an American hockey team
• North Sydney Bears, an Australian rugby league football club
• Oldham R.L.F.C. or Oldham Bears, an English rugby league football club
• Perth Bears, an Australian rugby league football club
• Pori Bears, a Finnish-based American football team

Computing

• Bear (app), note-taking software
• BEAR and LION ciphers, in cryptography
• Microsoft Bear, the mascot of the Windows 3.1 development team