"Why Bears Can"t Fly " is the seventh episode of Bear in the Big Blue House . It aired on October 28 , 1997 .
Summary [ ]
Pip and Pop invite Bear to the Otter Pond for a game of catch, but he keeps getting distracted by other events in the Big Blue House . Ojo and Treelo are pretending to fly and it gets Bear thinking about gravity and things that fly. When Ojo takes a fall and hurts herself, however, after trying to fly for real, she breaks down in tears and Bear has to tell her that bears and kids simply can't fly, no matter how hard they try. He also helps Tutter to use gravity to get eggs into his mouse hole. In the Shadow segment, Shadow retells the story of Humpty Dumpty .
Trivia [ ]
Moral: TBA
When the episode starts, the camera cuts to the season 1 intro instead of fading to it. This would happen again in "Music to My Ears ", "All Connected ", "Magic in the Kitchen ", "Spring Fever ", "A Plant Grows in Bear's House ", "Eat, Drink Juice and Be Merry", "Need a Little Help Today ", "Lost Thing " and "Listen Up! ".
This episode was made unavailable when the show became available on Disney+ on October 19 , 2022 .
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Episodes
Season One: "Home is Where the Bear Is " • "Water, Water Everywhere " • "Mouse Party " • "Shape of a Bear " • "Picture of Health " • "Share, Bear " • "Why Bears Can't Fly " • "Falling for Fall " • "What's in the Mail, Today? " • "Dancin' the Day Away " • "A Wagon of a Different Color " • "Dirt, I Love You So! " • "Music to My Ears " • "All Connected " • "Summer Cooler " • "The Big Little Visitor " • "A Winter's Nap " • "Working Like a Bear " • "Magic in the Kitchen " • "Spring Fever " • "A Plant Grows in Bear's House " • "Eat, Drink Juice and Be Merry " • "Need a Little Help Today " • "Lost Thing " • "Listen Up! " • "Friends for Life "
Season Two: "Ooh Baby, Baby " • "Raiders of the Lost Cheese " • "The Big Sleep " • "Clear as a Bell " • "Good Times " • "You Learn Something New Every Day " • "Back to Nature " • "The Ojolympics " • "The Great Pretender " • "It's All in Your Head " • "Oops, My Mistake " • "Bear's Birthday Bash " • "Picture This " • "The Big Blue Housecall " • "Change is in the Air " • "Look What I Made " • "If At First You Don't Succeed... " • "All Weather Bear " • "I Built That! " • "Tutter's Tiny Trip " • "Dance Fever! " • "Afraid Not " • "I Gotta Be Me! " • "Buggin' " • "Love is All You Need " • "It's a Mystery to Me " • "As Different as Day and Night " • "Grandparents Just Want to Have Fun " • "The Way I Feel Today " • "You Go, Ojo! " • "Scientific Bear " • "Boys Will Be Boys " • "I Was Just Thinking " • "Wish You Were Here " • "And to All a Good Night " • "Call it a Day " • "We Did it Our Way " • "What's the Story? " • "When You've Got to Go! "
Season Three: "Friends at Play " • "Nothing to Fear " • "Lost and Found " • "The Senseless Detectives " • "Halloween Bear " • "You Never Know " • "It's All About You " • "Woodland House Wonderful " • "I've Got Your Number " • "What's Mine is Yours " • "Bear's Secret Cave " • "Smellorama " • "I For-Got Rhythm?!? " • "Wait for Me " • "Morning Glory " • "That Healing Feeling " • "The Tutter Family Reunion " • "Bats are People Too " • "Words, Words, Words " • "Let's Get Interactive " • "The Yard Sale " • "The Best Thanksgiving Ever " • "Read My Book " • "Go to Sleep " • "A Berry Bear Christmas "
Season Four: "Welcome to Woodland Valley " • "Step by Step " • "First Day at Mouse School " • "Rockin' Rocko " • "When Harry Met Hallie " • "Show and Tell " • "Tutter Gathers Some Moss " • "History, Herstory, Bearstory " • "At the Old Bear Game " • "The Amazing Skippy " • "Let's Hit the Road " • "Great Ball of Firefighters " • "Appreciation Day " • "Show Your Stuff " • "Grandma Flutter's 100th Birthday " • "The View from You " • "To Clean or Not to Clean " • "The Great Bandini " • "Volunteers of Woodland Valley " • "Big Blue Home of the Brave " • "A Trip to the General Store " • "Tutter's First Big Sleepover Bash " • "A Strange Bird " • "Let it Go " • "This is Your Life, Bear "