Br'er Bear

Br'er Bear is the secondary main antagonist of Song of the South.

The character was voiced by Nick Stewart; in Australia, he was voiced by Max Tegas.

Brer Bear is portrayed as stupid, slow-witted and prone to violence when provoked, leaving him open to being tricked repeatedly by Br'er Rabbit when he accompanies Br'er Fox. Unlike the character's depiction in the earlier illustrations of Frederick S. Church, A. B. Frost, and E. W. Kemble, the Disney animators redesigned Br'er Bear in a more slapstick, cartoony style.

Bre'r Bear is very easily angered and unlike the hyperactive and crazed Br'er Fox is a slow-moving brute of a beast who seems to be pleasant enough until he thinks someone is making a fool of him, (something that is not very hard to do considering he is a very dim-witted individual): at the slightest provocation Bre'r Bear will fly into a rage and attempt to clobber his victim (usual Br'er Rabbit or Br'er Fox) with his large club or his bare paws - he is naturally the strongest of the group as well since he is a bear, a naturally strong animal.

Unlike Bre'r Fox, Br'er Bear is not devoted to eating Br'er Rabbit but rather wants to get revenge on the Rabbit for continually tricking him - in fact he and Br'er Fox often quarrel over what to do with Br'er Rabbit when they catch him with Fox wishing to roast him on a fire while Br'er Bear simply wants to "knock his block clean off".

Brer Bear helped Brer Fox in making the Tar Baby. B'rer Fox tore the buttons of B'rer Bears coat. When B'rer Fox wants to put hair on the Tar Baby, he pulls the hair off B'rer Bears butt. When B'rer Fox wants to put a nose on Tar Baby, he takes B'rer Bear's pipe.

Both B'rer Bear and B'rer fox are chased away by a swarm of bees in the movie, although in Splash Mountain at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, B'rer Bear and B'rer Fox  are defeated by B'rer Gator

Trivia

 * In the non disney film, brer bear seem to be a friendly figure.