Cindy Bear wore throughout the film. For the Spümcø short "Boo Boo Runs Wild", she retained her modern character design, but with the blue/grey fur of her original design. While only a recurring character in the animated shorts, Cindy Bear featured prominently in the various "Yogi Bear" and other Hanna-Barbera comics published by Dell Comics, Charlton Comics and Marvel Comics. Cindy made her debut in Dell's Yogi Bear #5, detailing her back story. It is revealed that Ranger Smith had her transferred to Jellystone from Red Oak National Park in a scheme to hamper Yogi's mischief by distracting him with Cindy's persistent
Yogi Bear (film) sing when he was younger, he imitated various cartoon characters. Eric Brevig announced that he intended to make a film that didn't want parents who remembered watching "Yogi Bear" cartoons to feel marginalized and displaced by the contemporary rendition of Yogi Bear. Rhythm and Hues Studios provided CGI character animation for Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear and the Frog-Mouthed Turtle in the film. The company had previously worked with Hanna-Barbera on past theatrical productions: "The Flintstones" (1994), its prequel "Viva Rock Vegas" (2000), "Scooby-Doo" (2002) and its sequel "" (2004). The film was originally slated for release on June 25, 2010,