Editing Polar bear

{{about|the real life species of bear|the enemy in Wario World|[[Polar Bear (Wario World)]]|the character from the {{iw|nwiki|Ice Climber}} series that has appeared in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]] series as an enemy|[[List of Adventure Mode enemies#Polar Bear|List of Adventure Mode enemies § Polar Bear]] and [[List of Smash Run enemies#Polar Bear|List of Smash Run enemies § Polar Bear]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:PolarBear.jpg|250px]]<br>The polar bear in the ''Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode "Koopa Klaus"
|first_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' ("[[Koopa Klaus]]") (1989)
|latest_appearance=''[[Luigi's Mansion 2 HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|notable=[[Bashmaster]]<br>[[Benny]]<br>[[Björn]]<br>[[Blizzard (character)|Blizzard]]
}}
'''{{iw|wikipedia|Polar bear}}s''' are a species of bear with white fur that first appears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''

==History==
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
In the episode "[[The Bird! The Bird!]]", when [[Luigi]] tries to get out of climbing the dangerous snowy mountain, [[Mario]] tells him he can stay there and become "lunch" to the polar bears. Hearing that, Luigi follows his brother and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] in fear.

In the episode "[[Koopa Klaus]]", after [[Bowser|King Koopa]] is beaten and left on a floating iceberg, he laments on how can it get any worse, only to discover an angry polar bear on the iceberg.

===''Super Mario'' Kodansha manga===
In the ''[[Super Mario Land 3 (manga)|Super Mario Land 3]]'' volume of the ''[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Super Mario]]'' Kodansha manga, seven polar bears aid [[King Tetris]] on the icy [[Tetris Shima]]. They first help King Tetris in tossing {{wp|Tetromino|Tetriminos}} at Mario, Luigi, and Peach. After [[Chanchako]] helps them to clear the blocks, King Tetris retreats inside the island, while two polar bears use their ice skates to separate the section where Mario and his friends are standing off the island. Chanchako tries to stop King Tetris from escaping by jumping at him, but two polar bears kick him off.

During the Ice Hockey Tetris match, King Tetris asks three polar bears to help him on the rink, leaving the remaining four on the reserve bench. Seeing they are about to lose, King Tetris orders his polar bears to use their clone technique, but Peach quickly notices that the four reserves have disappeared. Mario and his team accuse King Tetris of cheating, who reveals that his polar bears minions are just [[Tetris Ningen]] in disguise, which the Mario team uses as Tetriminos to finish the match and win.

===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', three of the [[Brothers Bear]] are polar bears: the twins [[Benny]] and [[Björn]], and the mountain climber [[Blizzard (character)|Blizzard]]. In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance remake]], Blizzard is instead a grizzly bear. Benny was also considered to be one, but was ultimately left as a polar bear.

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', one of the generals of the [[Snowmads]] and the second to last boss is a polar bear named [[Bashmaster]].

===''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'' / ''Luigi's Mansion 2 HD''===
In ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'' and [[Luigi's Mansion 2 HD|its Nintendo Switch port]], inside the [[Chalet]] of [[Secret Mine]], a polar bear rug is set by the fireplace, covering the secret elevator shaft for the mines. Luigi can tug its tail with the [[Poltergust 5000]] to reveal a [[Gold Greenie]] hidden inside, that will cause the rug to growl.

===''Minecraft''===
In the ''[[Minecraft]]'' Super Mario Mash-up, Polar Bears (as capitalized in-game) are one of the few mobs to not have a ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' counterpart, with the only difference from the main game being a differently textured fur.

===''WarioWare: Get It Together!''===
In ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'', polar bears with human-like fists appear in the microgame [[Break the Ice]], where they repeatedly punch at the ice blocks that the player must move within range of their punches to win the microgame.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Benny & Björn.jpg|[[Benny]] and [[Björn]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
DKC3Blizzard.png|[[Blizzard (character)|Blizzard]] in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Tetris Human SML3.jpg|The [[Tetris Ningen]] disguised as polar bears in the ''[[Super Mario Land 3 (manga)|Super Mario Land 3]]'' manga
ChaletLMDM.png|The Polar Bear rug in ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
DKCTF Artwork Bashmaster.png|[[Bashmaster]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
Minecraft Mario Mash-Up Polar Bear Render.png|A Polar Bear in the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'' 
WWGIT Break the Ice.jpg|The two buffed polar bears in ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ita=Orso polare
|ItaM=Polar bear
|ItaC=<ref>"''O-o-orsi... P-p-polari?''" -[[Luigi]], ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', "[[The Bird! The Bird!|Vola! Vola!]]"</ref>
}}

==References==
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