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{{short description|1986 animated film by Dale Schott}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Care Bears Movie II:<br /> A New Generation
| image = The Care Bears Movie II – A New Generation (1986) poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| alt = Standing on a cloud, a purple horse (Noble Heart Horse), a cream white bear (True Heart Bear), a pink bear cub (Cheer Bear) and a blue baby rabbit (Swift Heart Rabbit) face off before a menacing red dragon (Dark Heart). A yellow bear cub (Funshine Bear), and two human children (Dawn and John), gaze on behind them. The film's title logo, and its two taglines, float atop this scene. One of the credits below reads "Story by Nelvana"—the company that produced this film.
| director = [[Dale Schott]]
| producer ={{Plainlist|
*[[Michael Hirsh (producer)|Michael Hirsh]]
*[[Patrick Loubert]]
*[[Clive A. Smith]]}}
| writer = [[Peter Sauder]]
| music = Patricia Cullen
| editing = Evan Landis
| starring ={{Plainlist|
*[[Maxine Miller]]
*[[Pam Hyatt]]
*[[Cree Summer]]
*[[Hadley Kay]]
*[[Alyson Court]]
*[[Billie Mae Richards]]
*[[Chris Wiggins]]}}
| country = Canada<br />United States
| language = English
| runtime = 76 minutes
| studio = [[Nelvana|Nelvana Limited]]<br />[[Lexington Broadcast Services Company|LBS Communications]]<br />[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />[[Cloudco Entertainment|Those Characters from Cleveland, LLC]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = March 7, 1986 <small>(limited)</small><ref name="the-numbers-2">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1986/0CBM2.php|title=Box office information for ''Care Bears Movie II''|access-date=June 20, 2010|work=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services LLC|archive-date=February 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212032856/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1986/0CBM2.php|url-status=live}}</ref><br />March 21, 1986 <small>(North America)</small><ref name="the-numbers-2" />{{#tag:ref|In the U.S. and Canadian domestic market, wide release occurs when a film is playing in 600 or more theatres.<ref name="Box Office Mojo">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/boxoffice.htm|title=About Movie Box Office Tracking and Terms|access-date=September 18, 2010|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-date=August 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815011543/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/boxoffice.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=nb}}
| budget      = at least US$3.4 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57282-CARE-BEARSMOVIEIIANEWGENERATION?sid=c9eb4434-83a3-4be1-9ac3-7e86255380c3&sr=6.855572&cp=1&pos=1|title=''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' (1986)|access-date=February 16, 2021|work=AFI Catalog|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|quote=According to a 12 Aug 1985 ''DV'' article, filmmakers spent 'slightly more' than the $3.4 million cost of the first movie in the series.|archive-date=25 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104136/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57282-CARE-BEARSMOVIEIIANEWGENERATION?sid=c9eb4434-83a3-4be1-9ac3-7e86255380c3&sr=6.855572&cp=1&pos=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross       = $12 million<ref name="financial-post">{{cite news|last=Lerch|first=Renate|title=Nelvana finds reel success in animated films|date=February 9, 1988|work=[[The Financial Post]]|publisher=Financial Post Ltd.|page=17|quote=The first [Care Bears] movie, released in 1985, grossed $25 million at the box office. Its $3.5-million budget was financed by American Greetings in partnership with Kenner-Parker Toys Inc. of Beverly, Mass. The Americans also funded the sequel, which brought in $12 million. Nelvana financed the third movie itself and it has so far grossed $6 million.}}</ref>
}}

'''''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation''''' is a 1986 [[animation|animated]] [[musical film|musical]] [[fantasy film]] produced by [[Lexington Broadcast Services Company|LBS Communications]] and [[Nelvana]]. It is the third animated feature from Nelvana and the second film based on the [[Care Bears]] franchise. It was directed by Dale Schott, written by [[Peter Sauder]], and produced by Nelvana's three founders; [[Michael Hirsh (producer)|Michael Hirsh]], [[Patrick Loubert]], and [[Clive A. Smith]]. It stars the voices of [[Alyson Court]], [[Cree Summer]], [[Maxine Miller]] and [[Hadley Kay]]. In the story, The Great Wishing Star (voiced by [[Chris Wiggins]]) tells the origins of the Care Bears and the story of their first Caring Mission. True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse lead the other Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins in aiding Christy, a young camper who is tempted by the evil shape-shifting Dark Heart. This is also the first appearance of the Care Bear Cubs, who also had their own line of toys.

''A New Generation'' was made over a seven-month period at Nelvana's [[Toronto]] facilities, with additional work handled by Taiwan's [[Wang Film Productions]], and involved several crew members who had worked on the original ''[[The Care Bears Movie|Care Bears Movie]]''. Patricia Cullen served as composer, and Los Angeles musicians [[Dean Parks|Dean]] and [[Carol Parks]] worked on the film's six songs. [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]], the US distributor for the first film, was originally set to release the sequel, but demands from the film's producers caused the company to give up. The worldwide distribution rights were then acquired by [[Columbia Pictures]].

Upon its release in March 21, 1986, ''A New Generation'' was criticized for its unnecessary merchandising tie-ins, poor animation quality, and frightening themes for a children's movie. Some of its key elements received comparisons to the German legend ''[[Faust]]'' and [[J. M. Barrie]]'s ''[[Peter Pan]]''. The film grossed only $8.5 million in North America, about a third of what the previous installment earned, and over $12 million worldwide. It was released on video in August 21, 1986, and the final home media release to date was a DVD issued in April 2003. The film was followed by ''[[The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland]]'' in 1987.

==Plot==
On the ocean, a yellow bear and a purple horse, who live in a giant ship, look after a pack of baby animals known as the Care Bear Cubs and Care Bear Cousin Cubs.{{#tag:ref|Introduced by American Greetings in 1984,<ref name=guilford>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKk7r9uEgrIC&q=Care+Bears+Movie&pg=PA52|last=Pecora|first=Norma Odom|title=The Business of Children's Entertainment|chapter=The Industries: Television and Toy|pages=52–55|isbn=1-57230-774-9|year=2002|access-date=June 17, 2010|publisher=[[Guilford Press]]|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104204/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Business_of_Children_s_Entertainment/HKk7r9uEgrIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Care+Bears+Movie&pg=PA52&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref> the Care Bear Cousins are a group of animals who serve as relatives to the Care Bears.<ref name=gainesville>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rKkRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4657,3747590&dq=dark-heart&hl=en|last=McLane|first=Mike|title=The Care Bears don't disappoint|date=March 28, 1986|access-date=June 21, 2010|work=[[Gainesville Sun]] Scene Magazine|page=20|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804160603/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rKkRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4657,3747590&dq=dark-heart&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The group consists of different species, such as a monkey, an elephant and a penguin;<ref name=gainesville /> Noble Heart Horse is one of them.<ref name=cbm2>{{cite video |people=Schott, Dale (director) |date=1986 |title= Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation |medium=Animated film |publisher= Columbia Pictures (distributor) / Nelvana Limited / LBS Communications }}</ref> The characters made their official debut in ''The Care Bears Movie''.<ref name=guilford/><ref name=cbm1 />|group=nb}} During their journey, a red [[sea serpent]] threatens them; it is revealed to be one of the many forms of Dark Heart, an evil [[shape-shifting]] mist that brings chaos to the land. They escape by following a rainbow up to the sky, while the boat transforms into the Cloud Clipper.{{#tag:ref|The Cloud Clipper is seen and mentioned by name in "Lost at Sea", an episode of Nelvana's ''[[The Care Bears Family]]''.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Lost at Sea |series=The Care Bears Family |series-link=The Care Bears (TV series) |credits=Nichol, b.p. (writer) |network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |airdate=October 11, 1986 }}</ref>|group=nb}} In the sky, they meet the Great Wishing Star, who gives the group their iconic "symbols", which indicate each creature's role or specialty, and are attached to their chests. True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse, as the characters come to be known, become founders of the Kingdom of Caring, a land which comprises Care-a-Lot and the Forest of Feelings.

For the Bears' first Caring Mission, True Heart and one of the cousins, Swift Heart Rabbit, travel to [[Earth]] at a [[summer camp]], where they meet three of its participants: a kind and determined young girl named Christy and her best friends, twins John and Dawn. Christy and the twins are concerned because a boastful boy nicknamed the "Camp Champ" always emerges victorious in showdowns. They decide to confront him, only for him to assign them to trash duty. A distraught Christy resolves to run away with her friends, only to get lost in the nearby forest. True Heart soon finds and rescues John and Dawn and brings them to the Kingdom of Caring. Upon arriving, the children hear a bell toll from the Caring Meter, which tells the Bears how much caring is taking place on Earth. Noble Heart and True Heart tell them to babysit the Cubs before leaving to search for Dark Heart and Christy.

Meanwhile, in the forest, Christy meets Dark Heart, disguised as a human teenage boy, and asks him to make her the new Camp Champ. He grants her wish, but warns she must pay him back later and walks away as she finally encounters her friends. Aware of Dark Heart's potential, True Heart and Noble Heart take action by moving the Bear Cubs to Care-a-Lot, and the Cousin Cubs to the Forest of Feelings. Both sets quickly grow up to become the Care Bear Family.

Later, while the Bears and cousins decide to celebrate the Kingdom of Caring's anniversary and prepare a party for the Kingdom's founders, Dark Heart sneaks into Care-a-Lot disguised as a [[repairman]] to capture the Family. A cluster of Star Buddies, an army of stars which defend the kingdom under the command of the Great Wishing Star, drive him off; he then morphs into a red cloud of mist. The Bears shoot light at him from their bellies, forming the "Care Bear Stare"; the Cousins also help by using their "Care Cousin Call". After Dark Heart is fended off, True Heart and Noble Heart decide to search for and defeat him, leaving the Bears to handle missions by themselves.

During their patrol, the Bears and Cousins spot Christy stranded in a canoe within a lake, but before they can rescue her, Dark Heart appears as an aura of mist and attacks them. The family decides to retaliate, only to be captured and trapped in his magic bag, which was the favor he wanted Christy to do all along. The few Family members at hand determine that she has teamed up with him. This prompts Tenderheart Bear to hold a [[press conference|press wheel]] in the Hall of Hearts. John and Dawn join the conference after Friend Bear and Secret Bear save them from a moose that was under Dark Heart's influence and listen to Tenderheart Bear discuss his plans to successfully put down Dark Heart.

Later that night, Dark Heart brainwashes everyone staying at the camp, causing them to wreak havoc. The Bears and Cousins search for any stranded Family members and engage Dark Heart again, only for Dark Heart to imprison them—first in cages, then freezing them inside big [[Ruby|rubies]] hanging from a chandelier. Meanwhile, John and Dawn tell Christy of their conviction to rescue the Family from Dark Heart. Feeling guilt, she finally comes to her senses and pays him back by admitting what she has done. Her bargain with Dark Heart is over, and she finally admits that he must be expelled once and for all.

True Heart, Noble Heart, whom Dark Heart tricked into leaving the family alone while chasing his shadow, John, and Dawn partake in a heist to reach and destroy Dark Heart inside his lair. After sending Grumpy Bear and other two mates in an attempt to steal a necklace with a key, Dark Heart attacks them again. Christy soon joins the heist and threatens Dark Heart to release the bears. He refuses, and shows her the chandelier in which the Family is trapped. After an argument with Christy, Dark Heart warns her that if she saved his life, she should run and save hers before shooting bolts of red magic into True Heart and Noble Heart. Both confront Dark Heart, which transforms again into an aura of red magic. Christy attempts to intervene, only to be struck by one of Dark Heart's bolts of lightning. In a last ditch effort, she flicks a marble into the lever holding the chandelier before dying. When the chandelier breaks, the family confronts Dark Heart one final time. He looks at Christy, who tells him that be it good or bad, he is still a person.

Dark Heart's evil magic fades. and he begs the family to bring her back to life. In a ritual meant to resurrect her, the family chants that to Christy that they care, and Dark Heart, who is hesitant at first, finally opens his mind and stops calling himself Dark Heart. Christy comes back to life, and due to Dark Heart's magic perishing, his lair collapses. After a successful escape, Dark Heart is freed from the dark magic and becomes human, much to everyone's delight.

After a large celebration, the bears bid farewell to the campers and return home. The Great Wishing Star delivers an ending speech, which is followed by Harmony Bear and Brave Heart paddling a rowboat past the castle and flashbacks of the family's childhood.

==Cast==
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! style="background:darkGrey; width:200px;"|Name<ref name=cbm2 /><ref name=oscar>{{cite web |url=http://wwwdb.oscars.org:8100/servlet/impc.DisplayCredits?vetted=T&primekey_in=1999090819:40:1872-166907 |title=Credits for ''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' |access-date=June 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727155250/http://wwwdb.oscars.org:8100/servlet/impc.DisplayCredits?vetted=T&primekey_in=1999090819:40:1872-166907 |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |work=Index to Motion Picture Credits |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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| [[Hadley Kay]] || [[Dark Heart (Care Bears)|Dark Heart]]/The Boy
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| [[Chris Wiggins]] || Great Wishing Star
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| [[Cree Summer]]{{#tag:ref|Credited as Cree Summer Francks.|group=nb}} || Christy
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| [[Alyson Court]] || Dawn
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| Michael Fantini || John
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| [[Sunny Besen Thrasher]] || Camp Champ
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| [[Maxine Miller]] || True Heart Bear
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| [[Pam Hyatt]] || Noble Heart Horse
|-
| [[Dan Hennessey]] || Brave Heart Lion
|-
| [[Billie Mae Richards]] || Tenderheart Bear
|-
| Eva Almos || Friend Bear
|-
| [[Bob Dermer]] || Grumpy Bear
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| Patrice Black || Share Bear/Funshine Bear does not have a speaking role but singing role
|-
| [[Nonnie Griffin]] || Harmony Bear
|-
| [[Jim Henshaw]] || Bright Heart Raccoon
|-
| [[Melleny Brown]] || Cheer Bear
|-
| [[Janet-Laine Green]] || Wish Bear
|-
| [[Marla Lukofsky]] || Playful Heart Monkey
|-
| Gloria Figura || Bedtime Bear one speaking role
|-
|}

==Production==

===Development===
The Care Bears franchise was created in 1981<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hK0rPUF85loC&q=%22Care+Bears%22++-+1981&pg=PA70|last=Mansour|first=David|title=From ABBA to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century|page=70|isbn=0-7407-5118-2|year=2005|access-date=July 15, 2010|publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing]]|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104421/https://books.google.com/books?id=hK0rPUF85loC&q=%22Care+Bears%22++-+1981&pg=PA70|url-status=live}}</ref> by Those Characters from Cleveland, a division of the greeting card company [[American Greetings]].<ref name=beck>{{cite book|last=Beck|first=Jerry|author-link=Jerry Beck|title=The Animated Movie Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck|url-access=registration|year=2005|isbn=1-55652-591-5|publisher=Chicago Reader Press}}<!--|access-date=June 18, 2010--></ref>{{rp|47–48}} Early in their tenure, the characters appeared as toys from the [[Kenner]] company,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSjcHeg2BIEC&q=%22Care+Bears%22&pg=PA100|last=Steyer|first=James P.|title=The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on Our Children|page=100|isbn=0-7434-0583-8|year=2003|access-date=July 20, 2010|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104423/https://books.google.com/books?id=fSjcHeg2BIEC&q=%22Care+Bears%22&pg=PA100|url-status=live}}</ref> and also in greeting cards by [[Elena Kucharik]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnjYAAAAMAAJ&q=Kucharik+-+Care+Bears|last=Gardella|first=Peter|title=American Angels: Useful Spirits in the Material World|page=29|isbn=978-0-7006-1537-7|year=2007|access-date=August 12, 2010|publisher=[[University Press of Kansas]]|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104424/https://books.google.com/books?id=gnjYAAAAMAAJ&q=Kucharik+-+Care+Bears|url-status=live}}</ref> They starred in two syndicated television specials from a Canadian animation studio, [[Atkinson Film-Arts]] of Ottawa: ''[[The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings]]'' (1983)<ref name=woolery>{{cite book|last=Woolery|first=George W.|title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962–1987|isbn=0-8108-2198-2|year=1989|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield|Scarecrow Press]]}}<!--|access-date=September 21, 2010--></ref>{{rp|58–60}} and ''[[The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine]]'' (1984).<ref name=woolery />{{rp|57–58}} After the specials, Toronto's [[Nelvana]] studio produced the first ''[[The Care Bears Movie|Care Bears Movie]]'' in less than eight months.<ref name="nelvana-25">{{cite journal|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Three+men+and+a+bear%3A+Nelvana+at+25-a030533629|last1=Besen|first1=Ellen|last2=Glassman|first2=Marc|title=Three men and a bear: Nelvana at 25|date=September 22, 1996|access-date=September 29, 2010|journal=[[Take One (Canadian magazine)|Take One]]|publisher=Canadian Independent Film & Television Publishing Association|archive-date=October 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021063946/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Three+men+and+a+bear:+Nelvana+at+25-a030533629|url-status=live}}</ref> It was distributed in the United States by [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]], an independent outfit, and grossed US$22.9 million at the North American box office,<ref name="bomojo-cb1">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebearsmovie.htm|title=Box office information for ''The Care Bears Movie''|access-date=June 18, 2010|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=July 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714174309/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebearsmovie.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> the largest amount for a non-[[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] animated film at the time.<ref name="nelvana-25" /> This success guaranteed production of a second film,<ref name="star-1">{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474724701.html?dids=474724701:474724701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+16%2C+1985&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Nelvana+cornering+kid+market&pqatl=google|author=Staff|title=Nelvana cornering kid market|date=November 16, 1985|access-date=June 18, 2010|url-access=registration|work=[[Toronto Star]]|page=F.2|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102151119/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474724701.html?dids=474724701:474724701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+16,+1985&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Nelvana+cornering+kid+market&pqatl=google|url-status=live}}</ref> which was in consideration by May 1985.<ref name="maclean-1">{{cite journal|last=Walmsley|first=Ann|title=A bearish movie with bullish results|date=May 27, 1985|journal=Maclean's|publisher=Maclean Hunter Limited|page=54|quote=Nelvana is now the prime candidate for a sequel to ''Care Bears'' for release in 1986}}</ref> As with the original, production took place at Nelvana's facilities<ref name=cbc>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474894701.html?dids=474894701:474894701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+05%2C+1986&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=CBC+reported+to+be+getting+%2420+million+increase&pqatl=google|last=Adilman|first=Sid|title=CBC reported to be getting $20 million increase|date=February 5, 1986|access-date=June 12, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Toronto Star|page=F.1|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134304/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474894701.html?dids=474894701:474894701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+05,+1986&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=CBC+reported+to+be+getting+$20+million+increase&pqatl=google|url-status=live}}</ref> and Taiwan's [[Wang Film Productions]];<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TNJulkqR774C&q=%22Care+Bears%22+-+Wang+Film&pg=PA125|last=Lent|first=John A.|title=Animation in Asia and the Pacific|chapter=James Wang and His Crazy Climb to Taiwan's Cuckoo's Nest|page=[https://archive.org/details/animationinasiap00john/page/125 125]|isbn=0-253-34035-7|year=2001|access-date=June 18, 2010|publisher=[[Indiana University Press]]|url=https://archive.org/details/animationinasiap00john/page/125}}</ref> the Canadian studio also hired South Korean personnel to handle inking and painting.<ref name="maclean-2">{{cite journal|last1=Johnson|first1=Brian D.|last2=Smith|first2=Douglas|title=Spinning a spell of cartoon magic|date=March 24, 1986|journal=Maclean's|publisher=Maclean Hunter Limited}}</ref> This time, over one hundred Nelvana animators worked on the film over a seven-month period<ref name=cbc /> that lasted until February 1986;<ref name=oscar /> the company itself received credit for the story development.<ref name="star-1" /><ref name=philadelphia>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2987FC5C6B243&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title='Care Bears II': Better story and less scary|date=March 22, 1986|access-date=June 18, 2010|url-access=registration|work=[[Philadelphia Daily News]]|page=16 (Features)|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023132112/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2987FC5C6B243&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref> American Greetings and Kenner commissioned Nelvana to make the sequel<ref name="maclean-2"/> on contract;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/470944381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+1%2C+1989&author=Arn+Saba&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=V.13&desc=When+Who+Frame+Roger+Rabbit+hits+video+this+month%2C+it+stands+a+very+good+chance+of+becoming+the+best-selling+videocasette+in+the+industry%27s+short+history.|last=Saba|first=Arn|title=A Celebration of Animation: The history of the cartoon, from Gertie The Dinosaur to Roger Rabbit<!-- LexisNexis title -->|date=October 1, 1989|access-date=October 27, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Toronto Star|page=V.13|quote=The Care Bears made it into three reasonably successful feature films, produced on contract by Toronto's Nelvana Productions.}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> television syndicator [[Lexington Broadcast Services Company|LBS Communications]], a co-financier of the first one,<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|last=Salamon|first=Julie|title=At the Movies: Care Bears Hit It Big, Onscreen and Off|date=April 16, 1985|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|page=32 (W)/28 (E)}}</ref> became the producer and presenter.<ref name="film-journal">{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAfsAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Care+Bears%22+-+%22LBS%22|title=Columbia|access-date=June 18, 2010|journal=The Film Journal|publisher=Pubsun Corp.|volume=89|number=1–6|page=106|year=1986|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104425/https://books.google.com/books?id=MAfsAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Care+Bears%22+-+%22LBS%22|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Care Bears Movie II'' was Nelvana's third animated feature film, after 1983's ''[[Rock & Rule]]'' and ''The Care Bears Movie''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Nelvana Animated Feature Films (Special Report: Nelvana 25th Anniversary)|date=April 22–28, 1996|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|page=72}}</ref> It marked the directorial debut of Dale Schott, a Nelvana staff member who served as assistant director on the first ''Care Bears Movie'', as well as the Nelvana/[[Lucasfilm]] TV series ''[[Star Wars: Ewoks|Ewoks]]''.<ref name=beck />{{rp|47–48}} Several other crewmembers from the first film returned to the fold; Nelvana's founders ([[Michael Hirsh (producer)|Michael Hirsh]], [[Patrick Loubert]] and [[Clive A. Smith]]) served as producers, while [[Peter Sauder]] wrote the screenplay<ref name=cbonline>{{cite web |url=http://members.shaw.ca/carebearsonline/tv/cb2.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070316200955/http://members.shaw.ca/carebearsonline/tv/cb2.htm |title=Production information for ''Care Bears Movie II''|archive-date=March 16, 2007|access-date=June 18, 2010|publisher=Care Bears Online}}</ref> and [[Charles Bonifacio]] handled animation duties.<ref name=hirschhorn>{{cite book|last=Hirschhorn|first=Clive|title=The Columbia Story|isbn=0-600-59836-5|year=1999|publisher=[[Sterling Publishing]] Co./[[Hamlyn (publishers)|Hamlyn]]}}<!--|access-date=June 22, 2010--></ref>{{rp|341}} [[Jack Chojnacki]], the co-president of American Greetings' licensing division Those Characters from Cleveland,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB294D2283BB84A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=DeWolf|first=Rose|title=Out to launch: Is there shelf life after Holly Hobbie? You bet|date=October 12, 1982|access-date=August 21, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Philadelphia Daily News|page=33 (Features)|quote=Jack Chojnacki, copresident of Those Characters from Cleveland, a subsidiary of American Greetings set up just to handle licensing, told a recent meeting ...|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609153627/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB294D2283BB84A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref> served once again as an executive producer.<ref name=cbm2/> A roster of Toronto voice actors&mdash;among them Cree Summer, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Dan Hennessey and Hadley Kay&mdash;appeared in this follow-up.<ref name=cbc /> [[Mickey Rooney]] and [[Georgia Engel]], who appeared in the first film, did not return.<ref name=cbc/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Novak|first=Ralph|title=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|date=April 7, 1986|journal=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|number=25|page=12}}</ref>

At one point, The Samuel Goldwyn Company was about to release ''A New Generation'', but lost the distribution rights after turning down demands from the producers.<ref name=rabkin>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kx0jAAAAIBAJ&pg=3809,1956260&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|last=Rabkin|first=William|agency=Entertainment News Service through Los Angeles Times Syndicate|title=Animated movies making comeback at the box office|date=May 2, 1986|access-date=June 17, 2010|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|page=TGIF 24}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Eventually, Nelvana went into negotiations with [[Columbia Pictures]], which acquired worldwide theatrical rights in early 1986.<ref name="film-journal" /><ref name=rabkin />{{#tag:ref|Up to this point, Columbia Pictures had also acquired several foreign and independently produced films since the 1950s and 1960s, all made outside its facilities.<ref name=hirschhorn />{{rp|6, 404}} As Clive Hirschhorn states in ''The Columbia Story'', the company was mainly involved in the advertising campaign for said product.<ref name=hirschhorn />{{rp|404}}|group=nb}} This led founder [[Samuel Goldwyn Jr.]] to remark: "The fact that Columbia is distributing the Care Bears sequel is typical of the greed of the big studios. Someone else has to go in and prove something works, then a studio will charge in."<ref name=rabkin /> By contrast, Goldwyn acquired the rights to the original film after major U.S. studios passed on it; they did not see the financial potential in a movie aimed strictly for children.<ref name=wsj />

===Allusions===
[[File:True Heart's plead.jpg|thumb|To help save Christy, True Heart Bear (Maxine Miller) turns to the film's audience and tells them, "If you have ever cared, do it now."<ref name=cbm2 /> Critics found this scene similar to one in [[J. M. Barrie]]'s ''[[Peter Pan]]''.<ref name="la-times" /><ref name=lipper /><ref name=scarecrow />|alt=A boy dressed in red looks down at a girl with a crystal glow. A yellow bear stands up with her hands outstretched; some of her partners are holding hands and chanting.]]
According to Richard Freedman of the [[Newhouse News Service]], "This must be the first version of the [[Faust]] myth in which not only does Faust (or Faustina [Christy], here) manage to weasel out of the pact with the Devil, but succeeds in regenerating him, as well."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1fQRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3397,4261687&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|last=Freedman|first=Richard|agency=[[Newhouse News Service]]|title='Care Bears' is unbearable|date=March 21, 1986|access-date=June 17, 2010|work=[[The Spokesman-Review|The Spokesman-Review/Spokane Chronicle]]|page=Weekend 13|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104445/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1fQRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3397,4261687&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> Elliot Krieger of Rhode Island's ''[[Providence Journal]]'' also took note of such a theme, headlining his review "Faust goes to summer camp".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/601691871.html?dids=601691871:601691871&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+28%2C+1986&author=ELLIOT+KRIEGER+Journal-Bulletin+Books+Editor&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc=%27Care+Bears+II%3A%27+Faust+goes+to+summer+camp&pqatl=google|last=Krieger|first=Elliot|title='Care Bears II:' Faust goes to summer camp|date=March 28, 1986|access-date=June 18, 2010|url-access=registration|work=[[Providence Journal]]|publisher=[[A. H. Belo|A.H. Belo Corporation]]|page=D-05}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In regards to continuity issues, a reviewer in ''The Scarecrow Movie Guide'' observed a "montage showing the Care Bears and their Cousins growing up together from infancy to full Care Bear maturation&mdash;[[retroactive continuity|nullifying everything that happened in the first movie]]".<ref name=scarecrow>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0qiQLs-6SocC&q=Care+Bears+Movie+II&pg=PA510|author=C.B.|title=The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide|chapter=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|pages=510–511|isbn=1-57061-415-6|year=2004|access-date=June 18, 2010|publisher=[[Sasquatch Books|Sasquatch Press]]|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104930/https://books.google.com/books?id=0qiQLs-6SocC&q=Care+Bears+Movie+II&pg=PA510|url-status=live}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|''The Scarecrow Movie Guide'' mentions this scene as occurring at the start of the film; it actually occurs nearly half an hour in.<ref name=cbm2 />|group=nb}}{{#tag:ref|In the original ''Care Bears Movie'', the Care Bears met the Cousins in the Forest of Feelings; those characters only received their tummy symbols at the end of the film.<ref name=cbm1>{{cite video |people=Selznick, Arna (director) |date=1985 |title= The Care Bears Movie |medium=Animated film |publisher= The Samuel Goldwyn Company (distributor) / Nelvana Limited / [[American Greetings]] / CPG Products Corp }}</ref> In ''A New Generation'', the Bears and Cousins received their symbols when they were orphan Cubs.<ref name=cbm2 />|group=nb}} Mike McLane of Florida's ''[[Gainesville Sun]]'' gave a few suggestions of the storyline's possible religious subtext. He compared the Great Wishing Star to God, the Bears' "beautiful cloud kingdom" of Care-a-Lot to Heaven, and Dark Heart to Satan; he also hinted that the Bears protected humankind like angels did.<ref name=gainesville />

Charles Solomon pointed out that the film's climax, in which the Bears help revive Christy, "borrows...flagrantly from ''[[Peter Pan]]''".<ref name="la-times" /> The ''Scarecrow'' contributor took note of this aspect, writing, "There's an excruciating scene where the Care Bears turn to the audience and plead for help in the form of excessive and focused caring."<ref name=scarecrow /> In his critique, Hal Lipper called it the "Tinker Bell Principle", whereupon the audience must come together to save a dying character.<ref name=lipper /> In Vincent Canby's opinion, the Great Wishing Star "looks like [[Tinker Bell]] if she were a star-shaped beanbag".<ref name="ny-times" />

===Music===
{{Infobox album
| name       = Care Bears Movie II: Original Soundtrack Recording
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[Dean Parks]], [[Carol Parks]], [[Debbie Allen]] and [[Stephen Bishop (guitarist)|Stephen Bishop]]
| cover      =
| border     = yes
| alt        = Upon a white background, the film's poster artwork dominates the left of the album cover. The logo for Kid Stuff Records is on the top right.
| released   = 1986
| recorded   =
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| genre      = Children's music
| length     =
| label      = [[Kid Stuff Records]]<br />{{small|DAR 3905 (LP) / DAT 4905 (Cassette)}}<ref name="cbm2-lp">{{cite AV media notes|others=Dean Parks, Carol Parks, Debbie Allen and Stephen Bishop|title=Care Bears Movie II: Original Soundtrack Recording|type=Front and back LP covers|year=1986 |publisher=Kid Stuff Records}}</ref>
| producer   = Dean and Carol Parks
| prev_title =
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}}
As with the original film,<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4Y_OgckDmIC&q=Care+Bears+-+%22Patricia+Cullen%22&pg=PA36|last=Wyse|first=Wyndham|title=Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film|chapter=Care Bears Movie, The|page=36|isbn=0-8020-8398-6|year=2001|access-date=June 18, 2010|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104930/https://books.google.com/books?id=m4Y_OgckDmIC&q=Care+Bears+-+%22Patricia+Cullen%22&pg=PA36|url-status=live}}</ref> Patricia Cullen composed the score for ''Care Bears Movie II''.<ref name="ny-times" /> The soundtrack album was released in [[gramophone record|LP]] format by [[Kid Stuff Records]].<ref name="st-collector">{{cite web|url=http://soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=29162|title=Album information for ''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation''|access-date=February 16, 2007|work=Soundtrack Collector|publisher=C&C Content and Creation|archive-date=September 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193341/http://soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=29162|url-status=live}}</ref> Los Angeles musicians [[Dean Parks|Dean]] and [[Carol Parks]] were credited as producers, writers and performers of the film's six songs,<ref name=cbm2 /> which were included on the album.<ref name="st-collector" /> [[Stephen Bishop (guitarist)|Stephen Bishop]], performer of the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Oscar-nominated]] "[[It Might Be You]]" from ''[[Tootsie]]'', and [[Debbie Allen]] from the TV series ''[[Fame (1982 TV series)|Fame]]'', were on hand as vocalists.<ref name=cbonline /> John Braden arranged and edited the album.<ref name="cbm2-lp" />

The Parks recorded their contributions to the project at their home.<ref name=cbonline /> At the time of production, they shared their experiences of working on the soundtrack:

{{blockquote|Our children helped us tremendously with their feedback as real Care Bear fans. When we took on this project, we made up our mind not to write down to children. There's a huge library of over-simplistic music available to children, but kids love music and they have very sophisticated tastes.

When Debbie came over to the house to record 'Care Bears Cheer Song,' she brought her baby and nanny and manager and everyone had a great time.<ref name=cbonline />|sign=Carol Parks}}

{{blockquote|The songs are particularly important because they forward the movement and reflect the action and feelings of the story. We try to make it so that everyone can relate to the music.<ref name=cbonline />|sign=Dean Parks}}

Paul Attanasio of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' gave a mixed response to the film's music. "The songs are dopey," he said, "but the score [...], which is mostly seven kinds of sprightly, has its occasional moments."<ref>{{cite news|last=Attanasio|first=Paul|title=Winning, Bear & Square|date=March 28, 1986|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=D3}}</ref> Vincent Canby wrote in his review, "[There are] unseen loudspeakers [that] pour out a nonstop Hit Parade of songs to be interred by, including 'I Care for You,' 'Our Beginning' and 'Forever Young.{{'"}}<ref name="ny-times" /> But Joe Fox of ''[[The Windsor Star]]'' recommended it, adding, "[W]henever things start to drag a snappy tune comes along to get everyone interested."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D2Q_AAAAIBAJ&pg=878,2342559&dq=care-bears&hl=en|last=Fox|first=Joe|title=The Care Bears are back in town riding on kiddie entertainment boom|date=March 11, 1986|access-date=January 19, 2011|work=[[The Windsor Star|The Saturday Windsor Star]]|publisher=Southam Inc./[[Postmedia Network]] Inc.|page=A14|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104923/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D2Q_AAAAIBAJ&pg=878,2342559&dq=care-bears&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Song
!align="left"|Vocal(s) by
!align="left"|Notes
|-
| "Our Beginning" || Carol Parks ||
|-
| "Flying My Colours" || Dean and Carol Parks || Additional lyrics: [[Alan O'Day]]<br />Background vocals: Amanda and Acacia Parks{{#tag:ref|Amanda and Acacia are the Parks' daughters.<ref name=cbonline />|group=nb}}
|-
| "I Care for You" || Stephen Bishop || Background vocal: Carol Parks
|-
| "Growing Up" || Stephen Bishop || Background vocal: Carol Parks
|-
| "The Fight Song" || Debbie Allen || Background vocals: Carol, Acacia and Amanda Parks
|-
| "Forever Young" || Carol Parks ||
|}

==Release==
[[File:CB cubs waiting on rainbow.jpg|thumb|''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' introduced the Care Bear Cubs and the Care Bear Cousin Cubs, younger versions of the franchise characters.<ref name=solomon>{{cite book|last=Solomon|first=Charles|title=Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation|url=https://archive.org/details/enchanteddrawing0000solo|url-access=limited|chapter=The Captains and the Kings Depart, 1960–1989|page=[https://archive.org/details/enchanteddrawing0000solo/page/283 283]|isbn=0-394-54684-9|year=1989|publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] ([[Random House]])}}<!--|access-date=June 18, 2010--></ref>|alt=On a cloud, six baby animals in shoes and diapers—a penguin chick, a lion cub, a baby raccoon, and three bear cubs—look to their right as rainbows float down towards them. The raccoon is staring upward at the one above his head.]]

===North America===
Initially intended for a mid-year release,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Forkan|first=James P.|title=LBS Seeking to Channel Kiddievid into VCRs|date=June 10, 1985|location=Chicago|journal=Advertising Age (Midwest Region Edition)|publisher=[[Crain Communications]]|volume=56|number=45|page=62|quote=LBS is also a partner in the ''Care Bears Movie'' with American Greetings Corp., Those Characters from Cleveland, and General Mills Toy Group. A sequel is expected to be released in summer 1986}}</ref> ''Care Bears Movie II'' opened on March 7, 1986, in the U.S. and Canada,<ref name="the-numbers-2" /><ref name="the-numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/charts/weekly/1986/19860307.php|title=Weekend Box Office Results for March 7–9, 1986|access-date=December 4, 2005|work=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services LLC|archive-date=July 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706020605/http://the-numbers.com/charts/weekly/1986/19860307.php|url-status=live}}</ref> grossing US$243,161 from 55 theatres,<ref name="the-numbers" /> and US$449,649 by its first few days.<ref name=ottawa>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dr8yAAAAIBAJ&pg=1196,2314546&dq=care+bears+movie&hl=en|last=Thomas|first=Bob|agency=[[Associated Press]] (AP)|title=Care Bears spark revival in animated movies|date=April 5, 1986|access-date=June 18, 2010|work=Ottawa Citizen|publisher=Canwest Global|page=C10|archive-date=July 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709211425/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dr8yAAAAIBAJ&pg=1196,2314546&dq=care+bears+movie&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> At this stage, it managed to rank above a reissue of [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney's]] 1959 production ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'', which also premiered that same weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475073481.html?dids=475073481:475073481&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+19%2C+1986&author=Sandy+Greer&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Land+of+Ewoks+%27n%27+Droids+Canada%27s+Nelvana+Ltd.+is+a+hit+with+kids+as+the+creators+of+cartoon+wonders+that+include+Droids+R2D2+and+C-3PO%2C+Ewoks+and+the+ever-popular+Care+Bears&pqatl=google|last=Greer|first=Sandy|title=Land of Ewoks 'n' Droids: Canada's Nelvana Ltd. is a hit with kids as the creators of cartoon wonders that include Droids R2D2 and C-3PO, Ewoks and the ever-popular Care Bears|date=April 19, 1986|access-date=October 11, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Toronto Star|page=S.92|quote=Nelvana's ''The Care Bears Movie'' was the top-grossing Canadian film in 1985. The recently released ''Care Bears Movie II'' grossed more than the re-release of Disney's ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' during their respective premiere weeks.}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However, when the final weekend box office results were announced ''Sleeping Beauty'' outgrossed ''Care Bears II'' by $59,000.<ref name="bo-mojo2" /> Its wide-release opening on March 21 brought in $2.5 million from 1,446 theatres, placing seventh on the box office chart.<ref name="bo-mojo2">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1986&wknd=12&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for March 21–23, 1986|access-date=December 4, 2005|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=November 26, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126071744/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1986&wknd=12&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Over the next two weekends, it earned little more than $1 million in 12th place.<ref name="bo-mojo3">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1986&wknd=13&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for March 28–30, 1986|access-date=December 4, 2005|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=March 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316015151/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1986&wknd=13&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bo-mojo4">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1986&wknd=14&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for April 4–6, 1986|access-date=December 4, 2005|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=March 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313125720/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1986&wknd=14&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> During release, it faced competition from another toy-based film, [[Atlantic Entertainment Group|Atlantic Releasing]]'s ''[[GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]''.<ref name=ottawa /> At the time ''A New Generation'' opened, Richard Martin of the ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'' commented: "... The first Care Bears movie has become the most successful non-Disney animated feature ever. This second movie from Nelvana could very well surpass that record, since it held the attention of all but the youngest members of the first-night audience and even has something to offer adults."<ref name="ottawa-1">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_dYyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1112,3833862&dq=care+bears+movie&hl=en|last=Martin|first=Richard|title=Care Bears sequel has lots to offer for kids and adults|date=March 8, 1986|access-date=June 18, 2010|work=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|publisher=[[Canwest|Canwest Global]]|page=C7|archive-date=October 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012212248/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_dYyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1112,3833862&dq=care+bears+movie&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> Ultimately, this installment earned US$8,540,346{{#tag:ref|Approximately US${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|8450356|1986|r=3}}|0}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars.{{Inflation-fn|US}}|group=nb}} in North America&mdash;about a third of what the previous one earned;<ref name="bomojo-cb2">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebearsmovie2.htm|title=Box office information for ''Care Bears Movie II''|access-date=June 18, 2010|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=December 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221203742/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebearsmovie2.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bomojo-cb1" /> over US$1 million of this total came from Canada.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475038641.html?dids=475038641:475038641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+03%2C+1986&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Winners%2C+losers+in+sweepstakes+for+movie+houses&pqatl=google|last=Adilman|first=Sid|title=Winners, losers in sweepstakes for movie houses|date=April 3, 1986|access-date=October 16, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Toronto Star|page=C.1|quote=Bear-ing Up: Those oh-so commercial Care Bears get their own ABC-TV series in the fall, produced by Toronto's Nelvana, which also made the animated Care Bears movies. ¶ The second movie, showing currently, has grossed slightly more than $1 million in Canada but is doing just okay in the United States. It's splitting the kiddie audience with the Disney reissue, ''Sleeping Beauty'', and neither is luring them in big numbers.|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104064032/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475038641.html?dids=475038641:475038641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+03,+1986&author=Sid+Adilman+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Winners,+losers+in+sweepstakes+for+movie+houses&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 1988, it made over US$12 million worldwide.<ref name="financial-post" />{{#tag:ref|Approximately US${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|12000000|1986|r=3}}|0}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars.{{Inflation-fn|US}}|group=nb}}

===Overseas===
''Care Bears Movie II'' made its debut in the United Kingdom, via Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors,<ref name=bbfc>{{cite web|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/2420EC964CCB3CC1802566C800350278?OpenDocument |title=Certificate data for ''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' (Ref. AFF058333) |date=February 10, 2009 |access-date=June 20, 2010 |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] (BBFC) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812063624/http://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/2420EC964CCB3CC1802566C800350278?OpenDocument |archive-date=August 12, 2011 }}</ref> on July 25, 1986;<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxoIAQAAMAAJ|journal=[[Photoplay]]|title=Film Merchandising and its Role in Cinema|publisher=Argus Specialist Publishers Ltd.|year=1986|access-date=September 28, 2010|volume=37|page=68|quote=''Care Bears II: The Next Generation'' (Jul 25)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|title=Times Choice|date=July 19, 1986|work=[[The Times]]|number=62513|quote=CARE BEARS MOVIE II: A NEW GENERATION (U): Animated feature-length advertisement for the Care Bears soft toys. [...] From Fri.}}</ref> it later appeared on home video in that country under the RCA/Columbia Pictures and Video Collection International labels.<ref name=bbfc /> Warner-Columbia Film of France<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuoqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Dale+Schott%22|author=L'Office catholique français du cinéma|title=Fiches du Cinéma: Tous les Films 1987|language=fr|year=1988|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=L'Office catholique français du cinéma|page=68|isbn=9782902516063|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105159/https://books.google.com/books?id=BuoqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Dale+Schott%22|url-status=live}}</ref> released it on April 8, 1987<ref name=hebdo>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzkvAQAAIAAJ|author=Staff|language=fr|year=1987|access-date=June 20, 2010|title=Livres hebdo|publisher=Éditions professionelles du livre|volume=9|number=11–20|pages=37, 182|quote=Les Bisounours, dessin animé de Dale Schott (livres chez Hachette Jeunesse). Sortie du film le 8 avril}}</ref> as ''Les Bisounours II&mdash;Une nouvelle génération'';<ref>{{cite journal<!-- Snippet no longer appears as of this edit: https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq4cAQAAIAAJ&q=Bisounours+II&dq=Bisounours+II&hl=en -->|author=L'Office catholique français du cinéma|title=Fiches du Cinéma: Tous les Films 1988|language=fr|year=1989|publisher=L'Office catholique français du cinéma|page=10}}</ref> publishing rights were held by [[Hachette Livre]].<ref name=hebdo /> It was released in the Netherlands on April 9, 1987, as ''De Troetelbeertjes Deel 2: Nieuwe Avonturen Van De Troetelbeertjes''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.film1.nl/films/28041-De-Troetelbeertjes-Deel-2-Nieuwe-Avonturen-Van-De-Troetelbeertjes.html|title=Filminfo: ''De Troetelbeertjes Deel 2: Nieuwe Avonturen Van De Troetelbeertjes'' (1986)|language=nl|access-date=June 29, 2010|work=Film1|publisher=Chellomedia Direct Programming B.V|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726085401/http://www.film1.nl/films/28041-De-Troetelbeertjes-Deel-2-Nieuwe-Avonturen-Van-De-Troetelbeertjes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film is also known as ''Gli orsetti del cuore II'' in Italy,<ref name=mereghetti>{{cite book|last=Mereghetti|first=Paolo|title=Il Mereghetti: Dizionario dei Film 2002|chapter=Orsetti del cuore II, Gli|page=1488|language=it|isbn=88-8490-087-5|year=2001|publisher=Baldini & Castoldi|quote=Un ragazzine pestifero minaccia il regno degli orsetti, ma alla fine la melassa contagerà anche lui. Brutto seguito con goffe animazioni, poco divertente anche per i piccoli.}}<!--|access-date=June 20, 2010--></ref> and ''Krambjörnarna: på nya äventyr'' in Sweden.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrMqAQAAIAAJ&q=Krambj%C3%B6rnarna|author=Svensk Filminstitutet|title=Filmårsboken 1993: Samtliga Filmer som Premiärvisades på Biograf och TV 1993|chapter=Krambjörnarna: på nya äventyr|trans-chapter=320|language=sv|isbn=91-7118-805-3|year=1994|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=Proprius förlag|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104932/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Film%C3%A5rsboken/nrMqAQAAIAAJ?hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Warner-Columbia branch in [[West Germany]] released it under the title ''Glücks-Bärchis, Teil 2&mdash;Jetzt im Abenteuerland'' (''Care Bears lucky, Part 2 Now in Adventureland'')<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ41AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Dale+Schott%22|author1=Katholisches Institut für Medieninformation|author2=Katholische Filmkommission für Deutschland|title=Glücks-Bärchis, Teil 2—Jetzt im Abenteuerland|language=de|year=1986|access-date=June 20, 2010|journal=Film-Dienst|publisher=Verl. Deutsche Zeitung|volume=39|number=13–26|page=626|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725104932/https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ41AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Dale+Schott%22|url-status=live}}</ref> on December 11, 1986.<ref name=filmlexikon>{{cite web|url=http://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?wert=1893&sucheNach=titel|title=''Glücks-Bärchis, Teil 2&mdash;Jetzt im Abenteuerland''|language=de|access-date=September 30, 2010|work=FILME von A-Z|publisher=Zweitausendeins|archive-date=July 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727121211/http://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?wert=1893&sucheNach=titel|url-status=live}}</ref> It sold 174,550 tickets and ranked 84th place among the year's releases in that market (excluding re-issues),<ref name=kino>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/D1986.htm|title=Die erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland 1986|language=de|date=December 11, 2004|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=InsideKino|archive-date=May 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527085650/http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/D1986.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> grossing approximately {{Euro|665,000}} (the equivalent of [[Deutsche Mark|DM]]1,300,000, or US$824,000).<!-- €{{#expr:174550 * 3.81 round -3}} --><ref name=kino /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=665035.5&From=EUR&To=DEM|title=Conversion of €665035.5 to Deutsche Marks|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=[[XE.com]]|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611144745/http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=665035.5&From=EUR&To=DEM|url-status=live}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|In 1986, the average price of a movie ticket in Germany was equivalent to {{Euro|3.81}}.<ref name="kino-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.insidekino.de/DBO.htm|title=Jahres und All-Time Charts (Box Office Deutschland)|language=de|access-date=June 20, 2010|publisher=InsideKino|archive-date=June 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619182144/http://www.insidekino.de/DBO.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>|name=de-ticket|group=nb}} By comparison, Filmwelt's release of the first film that same year placed 47th with 538,487 tickets.<ref name="kino-2" />{{#tag:ref|Filmwelt is abbreviated as "FW" on the InsideKino chart.|group=nb}} On October 13, 1987, RCA/Columbia Pictures released the local version of ''Care Bears Movie II'' on video.<ref name=filmlexikon />

The film was released in Mexico on December 25, 1986, as ''Los Ositos Cariñositos II'',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLxBcHacjkAC&q=Ositos+cari%C3%B1osos+II&pg=PA347|last1=Amador|first1=María Luisa|last2=Blanco|first2=Jorge Ayala|title=Cartelera Cinematográfica, 1980–1989|language=es|pages=347–348|isbn=970-32-3605-7|year=2006|access-date=June 21, 2010|publisher=[[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] (UNAM)|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105201/https://books.google.com/books?id=XLxBcHacjkAC&q=Ositos+cari%C3%B1osos+II&pg=PA347|url-status=live}}</ref> and on April 3, 1987 in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wmwVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4041,4299074&dq=care-bears+disney&hl=en|last=Soriano|first=Luciano E.|title=''Care Bears Movie II''|date=April 6, 1987|access-date=October 18, 2010|work=[[Manila Standard|The Manila Standard]]|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|volume=1|number=55|page=14|archive-date=October 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012193032/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wmwVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4041,4299074&dq=care-bears+disney&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Opens Today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19870403&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|work=[[Manila Standard|The Manila Standard]]|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=April 3, 1987|volume=1|number=52|page=15|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327093015/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19870403&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> By the early 1990s, it was marketed as ''Ursinhos Carinhosos II'' in Brazil.<ref>{{cite book |title=Visão |language=pt |year=1990 |page=x |quote=De quinta (8) a quarta (14) será exibido, diariamente as 16h00, ''Ursinhos carinhosos&mdash;II'', de Dalle{{sic}} Schott }}</ref> In China, it is known under the title of ''Baby Love Bears'' ({{zh|s=爱心熊宝宝|p=Àixīn xióng bǎobǎo}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/2006-07-20/20031165993.html|script-title=zh:动画电影院《爱心熊宝宝》(7月30日16:54)|language=zh|date=July 20, 2006|access-date=June 21, 2010|publisher=[[SINA Corporation]]|archive-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012030951/http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/2006-07-20/20031165993.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In Russia, the movie was distributed under several names, such as ''Wonder Bears: The New Generation'' ''({{lang-ru|Чудо-мишки. Новое поколение}})'', in a more corresponding translation to the original ''({{lang-ru|Заботливые Мишки 2: Новое поколение}})''<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/8245/|title = Page of movie on "Kinopoisk"|access-date = 2015-05-21|archive-date = 2016-03-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084834/http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/8245/|url-status = live}}</ref> and other. In Japan, the film was released direct to video through the VHS market on November 21, 1990, under the title ''Little Bears of the Fairy Star'' ({{Nihongo|2=おとぎの星のこぐまたち|3=Otogi no hoshi no ko gumatachi}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://filmarks.com/movies/67360 |title=おとぎの星のこぐまたち - 映画情報・レビュー・評価・あらすじ |publisher=filmarks.com |access-date=2019-09-22 |archive-date=2019-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923011146/https://filmarks.com/movies/67360 |url-status=live }}</ref> Subtitled and dubbed versions have been released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://busilyfocal.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2012/10/vhs-cae8.html |title=おとぎの星のこぐまたち(日本語吹替版) [VHS]: ソニーソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメントブルーレイアニメチョイス ココログ |publisher=cocolog-nifty.com |date=2012-10-25 |access-date=2019-09-22 |archive-date=2019-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923011146/http://busilyfocal.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2012/10/vhs-cae8.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Reception==

===Critical response===
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The film was lambasted by critics, in part because of their theory that ''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' was part of the franchise's marketing scheme at the time of release. This led ''[[The New York Times]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> [[Vincent Canby]] to begin his review by proclaiming, "Product merchandising marches on."<ref name="ny-times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/21/movies/screen-care-bears-in-a-sequel.html|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=Screen: Care Bears in a Sequel|date=March 21, 1986|access-date=June 12, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-date=December 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224221048/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/21/movies/screen-care-bears-in-a-sequel.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Another reviewer claimed to have seen almost every collectible within the film's first twenty minutes.<ref name=guilford /> The film was produced to serve as the franchise introduction of the Care Bear Cubs and the Care Bear Cousin Cubs,<ref name="maclean-2" /> who also had their own line of toys<ref name=solomon /> from Kenner.<ref name="mother-jones">{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-cDAAAAMBAJ&q=Care+Bear+Cubs&pg=PT32|last=Engelhardt|first=Tom|title=Saturday Morning Fever: The Hard Sell Takeover of Kids TV|date=September 1986|access-date=September 18, 2010|journal=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|publisher=Foundation for National Progress|volume=11|number=6|page=45|quote='Ten Care Bears are better than one': Care Bear Cubs sell in bunches for Kenner Products|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105203/https://books.google.com/books?id=u-cDAAAAMBAJ&q=Care+Bear+Cubs&pg=PT32|url-status=live}}</ref> The plushes, measuring 11" in height, consisted of Bedtime Cub, Cheer Cub, Funshine Cub and Share Cub; the line of Care Bear Cousin Cubs included Li'l Bright Heart Raccoon, Li'l Proud Heart Cat and Li'l Swift Heart Rabbit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kW8vAAAAIBAJ&pg=856,6137067&dq=care+bear+cubs&hl=en|title=Freshness abounds in cuddly, lovable animals|date=November 27, 1986|access-date=September 18, 2010|work=The Palm Beach Post Gift Guide Advertising Section|page=24}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Kenner announced the introduction of the Cubs in 1985, shortly before the film opened,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LHA1AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Care+Bear+Cubs%22|title=No title provided|journal=[[BusinessWeek]]|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]]|year=1985|access-date=January 31, 2010|number=2919–2927|page=47|quote=Kenner Parker will expand existing lines with such toys as the Care Bear Cubs, miniature versions of its popular Care Bear stuffed animals|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105745/https://books.google.com/books?id=LHA1AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Care+Bear+Cubs%22|url-status=live}}</ref> and showcased them at the [[American International Toy Fair]] in February 1986.<ref>{{cite news|last=Span|first=Paula|title=Playthings to Come; Hype and Hoopla at the N.Y. Toy Fair|date=February 11, 1986|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|page=B1|quote=Meanwhile, across the showroom in the fluffy Care Bears exhibit, Kenner displays one of its new products for girls: Care Bears Cubs. Even more treacly than the original pastel bears, these come with booties, baby bonnets and pacifiers or rattles. Watch for a sequel movie called, naturally, the ''Care Bear{{sic}} Movie II''.}}</ref>

In ''The Motion Picture Guide 1987 Annual'', Jay Robert Nash wrote that its title "refers to the new featured characters who, more than coincidentally, have ended up on the toy shelves of stores everywhere."<ref name="jr-nash">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYgqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22|last=Nash|first=Jay Robert|editor-last=Ross|editor-first=Stanley Ralph|title=The Motion Picture Guide 1987 Annual: The Films of 1986|page=43|isbn=0-933997-15-9|year=1987|access-date=June 19, 2010|publisher=Cinebooks|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105746/https://books.google.com/books?id=aYgqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22|url-status=live}}</ref> Steve Millburg from the ''[[Omaha World-Herald]]'', however, found it misleading and complained that the Cubs "are not 'a new generation' at all".<ref name=omaha>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118951733/omaha-world-herald/|last=Millburg|first=Steve|title=At the Movies: 'Care Bears' Fails to Score Triumph Over Critic's Scorn|date=April 7, 1986|work=[[Omaha World-Herald]]|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218111852/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118951733/omaha-world-herald/|url-status=live}}</ref> Several critics considered the film a [[prequel]] to the original: the ''Omaha World Herald'' reviewer;<ref name=omaha /> Edward Jones of Virginia's ''[[The Free Lance-Star]]'';<ref name="free-lance">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aw0QAAAAIBAJ&pg=5455,4319984&dq=care-bears+prequel&hl=en|last=Jones|first=Edward|title='Care Bears' an ultrasweet ode|date=April 7, 1986|access-date=June 17, 2010|work=[[The Free Lance-Star]]|page=30}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Charles Solomon of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'';<ref name="la-times">{{cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1986-03-21/entertainment/ca-5385_1_animated-films|last=Solomon|first=Charles|title=3 animated films: good, bad, ugly|date=March 21, 1986|access-date=October 12, 2010|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|page=Calendar 17|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102185809/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-03-21/entertainment/ca-5385_1_animated-films|url-status=live}}</ref> and Bill Cosford of ''[[The Miami Herald]]''.<ref name="miami-1">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB364BB35ED5D52&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Cosford|first=Bill|title=Care Bears, GoBots just for kids|date=March 31, 1986|access-date=November 30, 2010|url-access=registration|work=[[The Miami Herald]]|publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]]|page=6D (Amusements)|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024020325/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB364BB35ED5D52&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Michael H. Price of the ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]'', "''Care Bears Movie II'' is what the film industry calls a 'requel,'{{#tag:ref|According to film critic [[Roger Ebert]]'s ''Movie Glossary'', the '''requel''' is a "practice common among long-running film series of copying plots of previous films in the series while maintaining those films as part of the series continuity."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071206/GLOSSARY/71206001/1005 |last=Weissenberger |first=Daniel |title=Movie glossary definition for 'requel' |access-date=June 17, 2010 |work=rogerebert.com |publisher=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105195447/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071206%2FGLOSSARY%2F71206001%2F1005 |archive-date=January 5, 2012 }}</ref>|group=nb}} tracing the origin of the Care Bear family and relatives of other species."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-04-04/entertainment/8601250103_1_sleeping-beauty-dark-heart-new-entries|last=Price|first=Michael H.|agency=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|title='Care Bears,' 'GoBots' no 'Beauty' but likeable|date=April 4, 1986|access-date=October 12, 2010|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|page=J|archive-date=June 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612024618/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-04-04/entertainment/8601250103_1_sleeping-beauty-dark-heart-new-entries|url-status=live}}</ref>

In his ''Animated Movie Guide'', animation expert [[Jerry Beck]] gave ''Care Bears Movie II'' a half-star (½) out of four, and offered this consensus:

{{blockquote|Unfortunately not many critics cared for the [[Saturday morning cartoon|television standard limited animation]], bland songs, and blatent{{sic}} product placement in this film. Strictly for toddlers over age six, [it] tries too hard to cram new characters into the plotline. The characters are obviously introduced to create toy lines.

This is the weakest of the Care Bear movies. Avoid at all costs.<ref name=beck />{{rp|48}}}}

John Stanley expressed his views likewise in his 1988 film guide, ''Revenge of the Creature Features'':

{{blockquote|[This] inferior sequel [is] rather charmless. This is strictly Saturday Morning at the Cartoons, a blatant commercial for Care Bear toys and related products ... [T]he bulbs are out as far as ideas are concerned.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stanley|first=John|title=Revenge of the Creature Features Movie Guide: An A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic; or, Is There a Mad Doctor in the House?|url=https://archive.org/details/revengeofcreatur00stan|url-access=registration|chapter=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)|page=[https://archive.org/details/revengeofcreatur00stan/page/44 44]|edition=3rd|isbn=0-940064-04-9|year=1988|publisher=Creatures at Large Press}}<!--|access-date=May 18, 2011--></ref>}}

"''Care Bears Movie II'' is a sort of pre-sequel that, I suspect, requires its audiences to have some prior knowledge of Care Bears," Vincent Canby said in his ''New York Times'' review. "Very young kids may love this, but anybody over the age of 4 might find it too spooky."<ref name="ny-times" /> Hal Lipper of the ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' remarked that it "is an enormously engaging cartoon&mdash;quite a feat when you consider the saccharine psychobabble passing for dialogue".<ref name=lipper>{{cite news<!-- 404: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UQwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KGYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3872,6611809&dq=care+bears+movie+peter+pan&hl=en -->|last=Lipper|first=Hal|title=Encounter group for the kids|date=March 21, 1986|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|page=2D}}</ref> ''The Miami Herald''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Bill Cosford gave it two and a half stars out of four,<ref name="miami-1" /> the same rating he had applied to its predecessor.<ref name="miami-2">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB3623F838848CB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Cosford|first=Bill|title='Care Bears': movie or commercial?|date=April 8, 1985|access-date=November 30, 2010|url-access=registration|work=The Miami Herald|publisher=The McClatchy Company|page=4C (Amusements)|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023190916/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB3623F838848CB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref> Edward Jones commented that "The animation can't compare with the best of Disney. Take a look at ''Sleeping Beauty'' [...] and you'll see the difference."<ref name="free-lance" /> Likewise, Italian critic [[Paolo Mereghetti]] complained, "[This is an] ugly sequel with awkward animation, and not even the small fry will find it fun."<ref name=mereghetti />

Charles Solomon said, "The new Care Bears film...is even more sloppily made and hawks its goods even more shamelessly. [...] The film makers seem more concerned with showcasing the toys than providing entertainment; shared profits obviously count for more than shared feelings. If someone started selling 'Hate Bears,' there undoubtedly would be a film about them."<ref name="la-times" /> [[Gene Siskel]] awarded the film zero stars out of four <ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_TMQAAAAIBAJ&pg=7122,6408627&dq=dark-heart&hl=en|last=Siskel|first=Gene|author-link=Gene Siskel|title='Band of Hand' unworthy, 'Hannah' a 4-star film (Siskel's Picks)|date=April 20, 1986|access-date=June 21, 2010|work=[[Boca Raton News]]|page=8E}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (along with "Thumbs Down" on ''[[At the Movies (1982–1990 TV series)|At the Movies]]''—the ''[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|Siskel & Ebert]]'' TV show having not been introduced yet{{#tag:ref|The ''[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|Siskel & Ebert]]'' TV show first aired September 13, 1986, but the film debuted in March 1986.<ref name="the-numbers-2" /> (In the U.S. and Canadian domestic market, wide release occurs when a film is playing in 600 or more theatres.<ref name="Box Office Mojo"/>)|group=nb}}), while [[Leonard Maltin]] gave it a "BOMB" rating in his ''Movie Guide'', and added: "Your kids deserve better entertainment than this treacly stuff about the Kingdom of Caring. Prefab animation from the era of toy merchandising tie-ins."<ref>{{cite book|last=Maltin|first=Leonard|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2009|chapter=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|page=213|isbn=978-0-452-28978-9|year=2008|publisher=[[New American Library|Signet Books]]|title-link=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide}}<!--|access-date=June 17, 2010--></ref> The [[Gale (publisher)|Gale Group]] publication, ''VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever'', gave it one bone out of four in its 1992 edition,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4azirDJX73cC&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22|last=Weiner|first=David J.|title=VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1992|chapter=Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation|page=cix|isbn=0-8103-9404-9|year=1991|access-date=July 15, 2010|publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale Cengage]]|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105747/https://books.google.com/books?id=4azirDJX73cC&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22|url-status=live}}</ref> but revised it to two later on.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2RacqQu0B3IC&q=%22Care%20Bears%20Movie%22|last1=Connors|first1=Martin|last2=Craddock|first2=James|title=VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1997|chapter=The Care Bears Movie|page=xxx|isbn=0-7876-0780-0|year=1996|access-date=October 21, 2010|publisher=Visible Ink Press/Gale Cengage|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105747/https://books.google.com/books?id=2RacqQu0B3IC&q=%22Care%20Bears%20Movie%22|url-status=live}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The ''Golden Movie Retriever'' uses bones as its equivalent of stars. According to the staff's "Bone Ratings" system, a title given one bone demonstrates "Poor use of camera, film, sets, script, actors, and studio vehicles." A title given two bones "May be perfectly delightful for certain tastes. A waste of time for others. Usually uninspired genre flicks."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movieretriever.com/faq#7|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129121749/http://www.movieretriever.com/faq%237|archive-date=January 29, 2013|url-status=dead|title=What do the Bone Ratings mean? (Frequently Asked Questions)|access-date=July 15, 2010|work=VideoHound's MovieRetriever.com|publisher=Gale Cengage}}</ref>|group=nb}} In 2001, the Los Angeles-based [[Hastings Bad Cinema Society]] picked ''A New Generation'' as one of ''The 100 Worst Movies of the 20th Century''. "Even suffering through a [[Barney & Friends|Barney]] video would be preferable to sitting through this," said compiler Michael Lancaster.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020913142447/http://www.thestinkers.com/100stinkers.html |last=Lancaster |first=Michael |title=The 100 Worst Films of the 20th Century |date=January 2001 |access-date=June 18, 2010 |archive-date=September 13, 2002 |work=The Stinkers: The Ultimate Bad Movie Awards |publisher=[[Hastings Bad Cinema Society]] |url=http://www.thestinkers.com/100stinkers.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film itself had also been nominated for Worst Picture back at their [[1986 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|1986 awards]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1986 9th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1986/1986st.htm |access-date=6 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816012228/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1986/1986st.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 16, 2007}}</ref>[[Common Sense Media]] gave it slightly negative reviews, as the group responses "Young preschoolers may be frightened by this movie, which offers very little in the way of learning.". The group also aged this movie 6+, as the subplot is too dark for the ''Care Bears''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-care-bears-movie-ii-a-new-generation|title=Care Bears Movie II|work=Common Sense Media|access-date=2018-10-30|archive-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430061036/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-care-bears-movie-ii-a-new-generation|url-status=live}}</ref>

The film received some positive reviews, however. Writing for ''[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]'' of [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], Norma Dyess Michaud deemed it "a must-see for preschoolers, especially those who are in the throes of the current Care Bear mania".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB473CF4479BBF6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Michaud|first=Norma Dyess|title=Care Bears film sequel must-see for preschoolers|date=March 28, 1986|access-date=June 12, 2010|url-access=registration|location=Baton Rouge|work=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate]]|page=12 (Fun)|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609072132/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB473CF4479BBF6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref> Richard Martin praised the script and climax, along with the performances of the orphan Cubs. "Their pastel, birthday-cake-and-whipped-cream world has never looked sweeter," he stated.<ref name="ottawa-1" /> The ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' commented that it was "even better than the first one, which was good".<ref name=philadelphia />

===Home media===
''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' was released on [[VHS]] and [[Betamax]]<ref name=BB>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=Care+Bears&pg=PT68|title=Video Retailing: New Releases|date=August 23, 1986|access-date=September 4, 2010|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[ACNielsen|VNU/Nielsen Business Media]]|volume=98|number=34|page=57}}</ref> by [[RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]] on August 21, 1986,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24925573.html?dids=24925573:24925573&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+01%2C+1986&author=Mary+Stevens&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=CHILDREN+CAN+GET+VIDEO+LESSONS+FROM+MISTER+ROGERS%2C+MR.+WIZARD&pqatl=google|last=Stevens|first=Mary|title=Children can get video lessons from Mister Rogers, Mr. Wizard|date=August 1, 1986|access-date=June 12, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Chicago Tribune|page=60|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134351/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24925573.html?dids=24925573:24925573&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+01,+1986&author=Mary+Stevens&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=CHILDREN+CAN+GET+VIDEO+LESSONS+FROM+MISTER+ROGERS,+MR.+WIZARD&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> and debuted in 12th place on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s Top Kid Video Sales chart on September 27 that same year.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CMEAAAAMBAJ&q=Care+Bears&pg=PT36|title=Top Kid Video Sales|date=September 27, 1986|access-date=September 3, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=VNU/Nielsen Business Media|volume=98|number=39|page=37}}</ref> The film aired during 1987 on the [[Disney Channel]], a premium television station,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Cl8nAAAAIBAJ&pg=5237,114457&dq=care-bears&hl=en|title=Movies: Sunday Morning|date=May 8, 1987|access-date=October 18, 2010|work=[[Kingman Daily Miner|Mohave Daily Miner]] Nugget|page=6|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105845/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Cl8nAAAAIBAJ&pg=5237,114457&dq=care-bears&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> and was broadcast in later years on [[CBS]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NahAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1232,6099141&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|agency=[[United Press International]] (UPI)|title=Tune In Tonight: Thanksgiving is football, reruns|date=November 22, 1989|access-date=October 27, 2010|work=[[Ocala Star-Banner]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|volume=44|number=82|page=6E|archive-date=October 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012175025/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NahAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1232,6099141&dq=care-bears-movie&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> [[HBO]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|title=What's On Today|date=August 2, 1991|work=[[Daily News of Los Angeles]]|publisher=[[Los Angeles Newspaper Group]] ([[MediaNews Group]])|page=L60|quote=''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'', 7 p.m., Disney Channel: If there's a new generation, then the Care Bears must have been a lot friskier than we originally suspected. (Repeated at 6:40 a.m. Sunday on HBO.)}}</ref> [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF616CE6F44BD3A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Rosenthal|first=Phil|title=What's On TV Today|date=July 17, 1992|access-date=October 27, 2010|url-access=registration|work=Daily News of Los Angeles|publisher=Los Angeles Newspaper Group (MediaNews Group)|page=L52|quote=Saturday: ''Care Bears II: A New Generation'', 4:50 a.m., Showtime: If there's a new generation, obviously the Care Bears haven't been as innocent as they seem.|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023201218/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF616CE6F44BD3A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[The Movie Channel]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7D0FBCF1CE322&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=Yandel|first=Jerry|title=TV Watch: Wake Up, Couch Potatoes&mdash;It's Boob-Tube Boycott Day|date=October 29, 1991|access-date=October 27, 2010|url-access=registration|work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|page=C15 (Features)|quote=With that in mind, how about joining TV Watch for 24 hours of non-stop viewing. We can start with 'The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation' at 9:30 a.m. on The Movie Channel.|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023201235/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7D0FBCF1CE322&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref> It returned on VHS as part of the Columbia TriStar Family Collection on August 13, 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAcEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Care+Bears+Movie+II%22&pg=PA82|title=Billboard Spotlight|volume=108|number=34|date=August 24, 1996|access-date=June 12, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=VNU/Nielsen Business Media|page=82}}</ref> [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]] premiered it on DVD on April 8, 2003,<ref>{{cite journal|title=New releases: key data for ordering product|date=February 10, 2003|journal=Video Business|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=23|number=6|page=22}}</ref> as the film is digitally remastered with the picture and color enhanced. The only special features in this edition were trailers for several of the company's family-oriented titles.<ref name="DVD Verdict">{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/carebears2.php |last=Rankins |first=Michael |title=Review of ''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' |date=May 9, 2003 |access-date=December 11, 2009 |publisher=DVD Verdict |quote=The only supplements included are Family Fun, a compilation trailer for several other Columbia kidvids (''[[Jay Jay the Jet Plane]]'', ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'', ''[[Dragon Tales]]'', ''[[Maggie and the Ferocious Beast]]'', ''[[Harold and the Purple Crayon]]''), and a solo promo spot for ''[[Kermit's Swamp Years]]''. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515003316/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/carebears2.php |archive-date=May 15, 2010 }}</ref> This was the last animated feature to be released by Columbia Pictures until ''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]'' in 2001.<ref name=beck />{{rp|xv–xx}} As of 2018, there are consequently no plans for this prequel to be reissued on DVD, even a Blu-ray release has yet to occur. However, a widescreen version of this film (unlike the DVD release, which only contains the full screen version), is available to purchase on [[iTunes]], [[Amazon Prime]], and [[VUDU]]. The original theatrical trailer can be viewed in the iTunes Store.<ref name="cbmiiang.movie.list">{{Cite web|url = https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/care-bears-movie-ii-a-new-generation/id284799996|title = Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation on iTunes|website = [[iTunes]]|date = 7 March 1986|access-date = 29 July 2018|archive-date = 9 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032438/https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/care-bears-movie-ii-a-new-generation/id284799996|url-status = live}}</ref>

==Sequel==
In 1987, Nelvana followed ''A New Generation'' with ''[[The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland]]'' or ''The Care Bears Movie''. In this third film, the Bears and Cousins travel to Wonderland and save its Princess from a wizard; Alice, a girl from the real world, takes her place.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DEFDD1431F934A3575BC0A961948260|last=James|first=Caryn|title=Film: 'Care Bears' Adventure'|date=August 7, 1987|access-date=June 19, 2010|work=The New York Times|archive-date=July 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725105845/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/07/movies/film-care-bears-adventure.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Self-financed by Nelvana<ref name="financial-post" /> and released by [[Cineplex Odeon Films]], it was the last Care Bears movie of the 1980s to go into theatres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=carebears.htm|title=Box office statistics for the Care Bears series|access-date=June 18, 2010|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=June 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626035255/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=carebears.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It grossed US$2.6 million in the North American market,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebears3.htm|title=Box office information for ''The Care Bears Movie 3''|access-date=June 18, 2010|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=May 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526020804/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebears3.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and US$6 million worldwide by February 1988.<ref name="financial-post" /> The Care Bears would not appear in another feature production until 2004's direct-to-video effort, ''[[Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot]]''.<ref name=spectator>{{cite news|last=Foley|first=Doug|title=Gemini contender is only eight|date=November 18, 2005|work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|publisher=TDNG Inc.|page=G12}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Film|United States|Fantasy|1980s}}
* [[Canadian films of the 1980s]]
* [[List of Nelvana franchises]]
* [[List of animated feature-length films]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/carebearsmovieiianewgeneration/}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060415153849/http://www.keyframeonline.com/Animation/Care_Bears_Movie_II%3A_A_New_Generation/558/ ''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation''] at Keyframe: The Animation Resource
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