Paddington Bear

Marmalade-loving emigrant

Paddington Bear is a fictional character created by Michael Bond—a polite, marmalade-loving bear from "darkest Peru" who arrives at London's Paddington Station wearing a duffle coat and floppy red hat.

He appears in children's books, films, and television series.

The character has become a British cultural icon, representing kindness and good manners: She gave him a hard Paddington stare.

character

duffel coat

Hooded coat with toggle closures

hard stare · stowaway · immigrant · refugee · politeness · good manners · well-meaning · misadventures · chaos · trouble

Peruvian

Andes

South American western range

Amazon · South America · explorer · marmalade · oranges · Quechua · Inca · alpaca · llama

kindness

politeness

Courteous, respectful conduct

empathy · gentleness · innocence · earnestness · well-meaning · courtesy · warmth · hard stare · moral lessons · doing the right thing

London

Portobello Road

London street market locale

Underground · Big Ben · Buckingham Palace · Thames · Tower Bridge · British Museum · red telephone box · black cab · Hyde Park · postbox

marmalade

orange marmalade

Preserved citrus with rind

breakfast · toast · Seville oranges · chunky · homemade · emergency supply · obsession

Categories
Opposites
cultural archetype

Paddington BearFreddy Krueger

Chucky · the Grinch · Cruella de Vil · Voldemort · Sauron

immigrant narrative

Paddington Bearnativist

Anti-immigration advocate

xenophobe · border guard · immigration officer · closed borders

disposition and manner

Paddington BearTed

Nickname for Edward

Bad News Bears · Teddy Ruxpin · Winnie the Pooh · Baloo

Family

bear, bearing, bears, bearable, unbearable, Bear, bearish, overbear, bearability

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G