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{{Infobox film
|name     = Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot
|image          = Jal title card.jpg
|caption        = Title card
|alt            = The film's title logo appears against a blue sky with some white clouds. The words "Care Bears" are stacked above the subtitle, "Journey to Joke-a-lot".
|writer         = Jeffrey Alan Schechter
|starring       = [[Julie Lemieux]]<br />Allie Cannito<br />Adrian Truss<br />[[Susan Roman]]<br />[[Katie Griffin]]
|director       = Mike Fallows
|producer       = Cynthia Taylor
|music          = [[Ian Thomas (Canadian musician)|Ian Thomas]]
|editing        = Annellie Samuel
|studio         = [[Nelvana|Nelvana Limited]]<br>[[American Greetings]]<br>[[Mainframe Entertainment]]<br>[[Sparx Animation]]
|distributor    = North America:<br/>[[Lions Gate Home Entertainment]] (<small>[[Family Home Entertainment]]</Small>)<br/>Overseas:<br/>[[Universal Pictures]]<ref name=c21>{{cite news|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/nelvanas-care-bears-return/|last=Grant|first=Jules|title=Nelvana's Care Bears return|date=February 15, 2005|access-date=August 20, 2010|publisher=[[C21Media]]|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215034309/https://www.c21media.net/news/nelvanas-care-bears-return/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|released       = {{Film date|2004|9|8|[[2004 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2004|10|5|North America}}
|runtime        = 83 minutes<ref name=star-phoenix>{{cite news |last1=Fuller|first1=Cam|last2=Bernhardt|first2=Darren|last3=Robertson|first3=Bill |title=Mellencamp collection a must for Cougar Club|date=October 28, 2004|work=[[The Star-Phoenix]]|publisher=[[Canwest]] Interactive|page=D2}}</ref>
|country        = Canada<br>United States
|language       = English
|budget         = US$3–5 million<ref name=playback>{{cite journal|author=Staff|title=Youth: Care Bears out of hibernation|date=April 25, 2005|journal=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]|publisher=Brunico Communications|page=15}}</ref>
}}
'''''Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot''''' is a 2004 animated [[Musical film|musical]] [[adventure film]], co-produced by [[Nelvana|Nelvana Limited]] and released by [[Lions Gate Home Entertainment]]. It was the first [[Nelvana|Nelvana Limited]] co-production featuring the [[Care Bears]] in the last 24 years, since the [[Care Bears Nutcracker Suite]] television film in 1988. Directed by Mike Fallows and written by Jeffrey Alan Schecter, this was the fourth film to star the [[Care Bears]] and their first in 17 years. This was also the first one in the franchise to be [[computer-animated]].
The film centres on Funshine Bear, a Care Bear who loves to laugh and tell jokes.  After one of his jokes backfires against Grumpy, another of the Bears, Funshine runs away to find a place where others can appreciate his talents better.  He discovers a town known as Joke-a-lot, where laughter and humour are the order of the day, and soon becomes the area's "King".  Unknown to the Bear, a rat named Sir Funnybone is using him that way in order to possess an important object called the Royal Sceptre.
''Journey to Joke-a-lot'' premiered in the United States on October 5, 2004, direct-to-video through Lions Gate Home Entertainment, and was subsequently released in 2005 in international territories through [[Universal Pictures]].  It received generally positive reviews, although the computer animation was singled out.  In the midst of this installment's success, Lions Gate released a 2005 sequel, ''[[The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie]]''.  A soundtrack album, featuring the film's songs and some original tracks, was released by [[Madacy Entertainment|Madacy Kids]] on the same day as the film's debut.
==Plot==
The Care Bears live in a cloud-filled land known as Care-a-lot ("With All Your Heart").  One of the Bears, Grumpy, is working on a rainbow [[carousel]] for the upcoming Care Bear Fair.  His fellow Care Bears come by for a look; one of them, Funshine, loves telling jokes and making the other Care Bears laugh.  After they reluctantly agree to try the carousel, it goes out of control and sends them into the sky before crashing down.  Grumpy feels even worse after Funshine tries to cheer him up with a joke on height restrictions, which the other Bears find funny.  Grumpy is not amused and even goes so far as to tell Funshine that if he doesn't understand that cheering up isn't making fun of, then maybe Funshine doesn't belong in Care-A-Lot.  As a result, the Bears force him to make up with Funshine by apologizing. Upon reaching his house, they find no trace of their friend.  Reading from a note, Tenderheart Bear realizes that Funshine has felt sorry for Grumpy and has gone in search of a place where his talents can be better appreciated.  The other Bears are worried about his fate; as they cannot hold their Fair without him, they decide to look for him regardless and bring him back to Care-a-lot.  Five of them&mdash; Tenderheart, Grumpy, Wish, Cheer and Share volunteer, while Laugh-a-Lot, Love-a-Lot, Friend, Good Luck, Bedtime, and Champ stay home to get ready for the fair.
The day after he runs away ("Make Em Laugh") from home, Funshine hears circus music in the distance and strays from his camping spot to find out.  Taking a seat on a [[bumper car]], he embarks on a long ride which leads him to Joke-a-lot, a town where humour is dominant ("In the Land of Joke-a-Lot").  The area's residents are astonished when he lands via parachute upon the [[town square]]; a female [[Piglet (animal)|piglet]] called Gig tells him where he now is.  Then a rat named Sir Funnybone arrives at the scene and dubs Funshine the area's long-lost King (although Funshine insists otherwise).  Funnybone actually placed the car within the woods so that he could begin to gain his own power; he tells that to his henchmen, a trio of houseflies named Phido, Cleon, and Bidel.
Eventually, Funshine learns the hard way that "serious" is a [[Profanity|very bad word]] in Joke-a-lot. The Joke-a-lot residents celebrate a "Laff-Fest" in his honour; Funnybone gives him a tour of the town and takes him to his Royal Palace, where Funshine learns of the last two Kings and is introduced to the Royal Sceptre. Stored in a vault within the voice-activated Royal Treasury, the [[sceptre]] holds the Royal Jewels of Joke-a-lot, which Funnybone says are "the source of the magic power behind all the fun" there; only the king is granted access. Funshine wants to look, but Funnybone tells him that a coronation is about to take place.  He plans to take command of the sceptre, now in the hands of a slow, elderly alligator called Grand Duke Giggle.
At the coronation, Joke-a-lot's new "king" tells his audience two jokes to pass the time, before Grand Duke Giggle proceeds to give him the sceptre.  Meanwhile, the other Care Bears find his belongings and take the same ride that he did. After they crash into the Royal Palace, Funshine is delighted to see them, but the Bears are a bit puzzled over what he has become. They miss Funshine and want him to return home to Care-a-lot where he belongs. Even Grumpy apologizes for his earlier harsh words towards him. Thus, he must make a very difficult decision&mdash;to head back home with them, or remain King of Joke-a-lot ("Here I'm a King") and no longer live with his fellow Care Bears. After a [[chain reaction]] that caused him to slip on a [[banana peel]] and getting wrapped around in a [[carpet]], bang around the [[statues]] like a [[pinball]], through a [[hallway]], crash into a clown-face [[laundry shoot]], travel through a colorful tunnel where he screams for dear life, into a [[bakery]] where he lands on a [[cake]] that is being prepared, where a bunch of [[weasels]] laugh at him, and reuniting with the Care Bears. He announces that he will go home, but Sir Funnybone wants him to stay as king.
During the "Laff-Fest", Giggle gives the sceptre to the new king.  Funnybone orders Phido, Cleon, and Bidel to steal it when Funshine is not looking.  He gets into the Treasury with it, unlocks the Royal Jewels, (But not before getting beat up by a bunch of giant [[boxing gloves]]), and escapes with this loot on a pink [[airship|dirigible]].  As Grumpy is fixing his carousel, the other Bears must use it to stop Funnybone.  The machine spins onto the dirigible, bursting the balloon and sending it aground.
When the Care Bears come to Funnybone, he reveals his real name and homeland&mdash;[[Basil Rathbone|Basil Ratbone]], from the No Fun Atoll, whose inhabitants have lived through a "serious" ''[[modus operandi]]''.  He wanted the jewels so much to enliven his fellow residents that he planned on stealing them from Joke-a-lot, and even pretended that Funshine's "tummy symbol" was the royal birthmark.  Instead, the real one&mdash;a "smiley mouth"&mdash;was at the back of Gig's ears.  The other Bears open the chest to find a jack-in-the-box, and other toys, which Funshine assures them are the real magic jewels. Funnybone apologizes for his misdeeds, and soon all of Joke-a-lot attends a coronation in which Gig becomes their Princess (though she is really more like a Queen). The Bears promise to return to Joke-a-lot some other day and ride home to Care-a-lot on the flying horses from their carousel thanks to Twinkers.
==Cast==
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| [[Julie Lemieux]] || Funshine Bear || rowspan="22"|<ref name=cb-jal/>
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| [[Stevie Vallance]] || Share Bear
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| [[Andrew Sabiston]] || Tenderheart Bear
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| [[Sunday Muse]] || Cheer Bear
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| [[Rob Tinkler]] || Grumpy Bear
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| [[Sugar Lyn Beard]] || Wish Bear
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| Angela Maiorano || Love-a-Lot Bear
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| [[Katie Griffin]] || Laugh-a-Lot Bear
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| [[Catherine Disher]] || Friend Bear
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| [[Linda Ballantyne]] || Champ Bear
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| [[Scott McCord]] || Bedtime Bear
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| [[Susan Roman]] || Good Luck Bear
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| Adrian Truss || Sir Funnybone
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| Alessandra Cannito || Gig
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| James Rankin || Grand Duke Giggle
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| Jamie Watson || Scribe
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| [[Len Carlson]] || Philo
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| [[Neil Crone]] || Bidel
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| [[Tony Daniels]] || Cleon
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| Rick Miller || Kangaroo Guard
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| Carolyn Larson || Computer (PAL)
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| Richard Binsley || Twinkers
|}
==Production==
''Journey to Joke-a-lot'' was produced at Toronto's [[Nelvana]] studio,<ref name=artisan>{{cite journal|last=Spielvogel|first=Cindy|title=Artisan cuddles with Care Bears: franchise returns with new movie, TV episodes on DVD|date=April 28, 2003|journal=Video Business|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|volume=23|number=17|page=8}}</ref> and also at [[Sparx*|Sparx Animation]],<ref name=cb-jal>{{cite video |people=Fallows, Mike (director) |date=2004 |title= Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot |url= |medium=Animated film |language= |publisher= Lions Gate Home Entertainment (distributor) / Nelvana Limited |location= |time= |quote= }}</ref> under the working title ''The Care Bears in King Funshine the Great''.<ref name=artisan/>  The first in a tentative series, it was self-financed by Nelvana in the US$3–5 million range; a team headed by the studio's executive vice-president, Scott Dyer, oversaw its production.<ref name=playback/>  In early 2003, [[Artisan Entertainment]] acquired the distribution rights to the film from Nelvana.<ref name=artisan/>  Glenn Ross, the president of [[Family Home Entertainment]] (then owned by Artisan), announced the characters' reinvention and re-introduction to parents and young viewers.<ref name=artisan/>
==Release==
Upon release, ''Journey to Joke-a-lot'' was the fourth film to feature the Care Bears,<ref name=spectator>{{cite news|last=Foley|first=Doug|title=Gemini contender is only eight|date=November 18, 2005|work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|publisher=TDNG Inc.|page=G12}}</ref> and their first one in over 15 years.<ref name=pipeline>{{cite journal|title=In the Pipeline: Lions Gate Cares a Lot with New 'Journey to Joke-a-lot|date=May 9, 2004|journal=Video Store|publisher=Advanstar Communications|volume=26|number=19|page=34}}</ref>{{refn|In 1987, the Care Bear characters appeared in ''[[The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland]]'' from [[Cineplex Odeon Films]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebears3.htm|title=Box office information for ''The Care Bears Movie 3''|access-date=October 14, 2010|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-date=May 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526020804/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carebears3.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=nb}}  It was also the first computer-animated installment in the franchise,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Fair days: buyers flocked to American International Toy Fair 2004 to check out the latest product offerings|date=April 2004|journal=License!|publisher=Advanstar Communications|volume=7|number=3|page=44}}</ref> and its first feature to go direct-to-video.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Care Bears (New & noteworthy: what's new in licensing)|date=June–July 2004|journal=Children's Business|publisher=Fairchild Communications|volume=19|number=6|page=15}}</ref>  Backed by an advertising campaign worth more than US$2 million,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ebenkamp|first1=Becky|last2=Wasserman|first2=Todd|title=Tennis + Romance = love; Lions Gate slates DVD romp|date=August 23, 2004|journal=[[Brandweek]]|publisher=[[ACNielsen|VNU/Nielsen Business Media]]|volume=45|number=30|page=8}}</ref> the film was released in North America by Artisan's successor, Lions Gate,<ref name=pipeline/> on October 5, 2004;<ref>{{cite journal|last=Magiera|first=Marcy|title=Just Announced: ''Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot''|date=May 10, 2004|journal=Video Business|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=24|number=19|page=11}}</ref> overseas rights were handled by [[Universal Pictures]] soon after.<ref name=c21/>  In the U.S., the film's release coincided with the second annual National Care Week;<ref>{{cite journal|last=Alexander|first=George|title=Licensed Drivers: There's no speed limit on sales velocity for these market movers|date=June 1, 2004|journal=[[Playthings (magazine)|Playthings]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|volume=102|page=22}}</ref> it debuted at eighth place on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]<nowiki>'</nowiki>s VHS sales chart in late October 2004,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top VHS sales|date=October 30, 2004|magazine=Billboard|publisher=VNU/Nielsen Business Media|volume=116|number=44|page=37}}</ref> and sold more than 500,000 copies by April 2005.<ref name=playback/>  In January 2005, ''Journey to Joke-a-lot'' was a nominee in the "Animated DVD Premiere Movie" category at the fifth annual DVD Exclusive Awards.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hettrick|first=Scott|title=Spidey takes on Frodo in DVD kudos|date=January 3, 2005|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=286|number=1–2|page=16}}</ref>  The film aired on U.S. cable television's [[Disney Channel]] in December 2004<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Listings: Sunday Afternoon|date=December 12, 2004|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=B8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=TV Listings: Thursday Afternoon|date=December 19, 2004|work=The New York Times|page=B34}}</ref> and May 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/835340471.html?dids=835340471:835340471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+09%2C+2005&author=ROGER+CATLIN%3B+Courant+TV+Critic&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=A+SALUTE+TO+THE+CARTER+FAMILY&pqatl=google|last=Catlin|first=Roger|title=A salute to the Carter family|date=May 9, 2005|access-date=October 18, 2010|url-access=registration|work=[[The Hartford Courant]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]]|page=D.8|quote=Can't help but list 'Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-Lot' (Disney, 8 p.m.) one more time.|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104072133/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/835340471.html?dids=835340471:835340471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+09,+2005&author=ROGER+CATLIN%3B+Courant+TV+Critic&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=A+SALUTE+TO+THE+CARTER+FAMILY&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In the midst of ''Joke-a-lot''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s success, Lions Gate Home Entertainment released another computer-animated film with the Care Bears, ''[[The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie|Big Wish Movie]]'', on October 18, 2005.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Spielvogel|first=Cindy|title=Thru the DVD premieres gate|date=September 12, 2005|journal=Video Business|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=25|number=37|page=28}}</ref>
The DVD contains seven deleted scenes: "Laugh If You Want To!", "Caring Is Serious Business", "Which Way to Funshine?", "I Wonder", "Packs-A-Magic!", "Unpacks-A-Magic!" and "The Great Escape!".<ref name=cb-jal/>  In his introduction to those scenes, director Mike Fallows says to the audience, "Congratulations on finding your way this far."<ref name=cb-jal/><ref name=vb>{{cite journal|last=McClain|first=Buzz|title=These bears really care|date=September 27, 2004|journal=Video Business|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=24|number=39|page=25}}</ref>  All of the scenes have partially completed animation except the last one, "The Great Escape!", which has finished animation.<ref name=cb-jal/>
==Reception==
A writer for the ''Video Business'' magazine said of ''Journey to Joke-a-lot'': "While [it] ain't no ''[[Shrek]]''—the gold standard—the movie is still amusing enough to charm the target demographic of ages 2–5 and should do well with parents looking for harmless kiddie fare."<ref name=vb/>  Bruce Kluger of ''Parenting'' commented likewise: "The computer animation might not be as quaint as the pen-and-ink of the 1980s version, but the new songs and brisk pace make this one a keeper for a new generation."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kluger |first=Bruce |title=DVDs/videos of the year: 3 years and up |date=February 2005 |magazine=[[Parenting (magazine)|Parenting]] |volume=19 |number=1 |pages=173–176}}</ref>  In July 2005, Rob Lowing of Sydney, Australia's ''[[The Sun-Herald]]'' gave it three stars out of five, and wrote: "Adults will find this computer-generated cartoon as sickly sweet as fairy floss but tiny tots will love the colourful blobs&mdash;oops, we mean the Care Bears. [...] Support characters that look like toys, four bright songs and lots of giggling will score with the under-fives."<ref>{{cite news|last=Lowing|first=Rob|title=Video & DVD|date=July 17, 2005|work=[[The Sun-Herald]]|publisher=John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd.|page=10 (Television)}}</ref>  Saskatchewan's ''[[The Star Phoenix]]'' also praised the film and its soundtrack, adding that "Even the movie is "bear"-able for grown-ups with subtle adult humour woven into the silliness."<ref name=star-phoenix/>  However, MaryAnn Johanson of the Flick Filosopher called it a "horrifying attempt at children's entertainment", adding that "The cold CGI animation removes any vestige of coziness that might have been found in what is essentially a giant advertisement for itself."  She referred to the title setting, Joke-a-lot, as "a sort of Oz-meets-Candyland with just a soupcon of pastel near-oddity [[Tim Burton]] might have pondered in a moment of sentimental weakness".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2004/10/care_bears_journey_to_jokealot.html|last=Johanson|first=MaryAnn|title=New on DVD: ''Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot''|date=October 22, 2004|access-date=August 26, 2010|work=The Flick Filosopher|publisher=MaryAnn Johanson|archive-date=June 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605103457/http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2004/10/care_bears_journey_to_jokealot.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Music==
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The music for ''Journey to Joke-a-lot'' was composed and produced by Canadian musician [[Ian Thomas (Canadian musician)|Ian Thomas]]; [[Jane Siberry]] wrote and performed the opening track, "With All Your Heart".<ref name=cb-jal/>  A soundtrack album released by [[Madacy Entertainment]]'s Madacy Kids label<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/20040901/music.html|last=Castleman|first=Lisa|title=Licensed kids music in tune with the times|date=September 1, 2004|access-date=August 20, 2010|work=Kidscreen|publisher=Brunico Communications|archive-date=October 31, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031130648/http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/20040901/music.html|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- MK2 50705 --> features 13 tracks,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rOo0AAAAIBAJ&pg=6732,5484499&dq=care-bears+joke-a-lot&hl=en|author=Copley News Service|title=Spirited reading for the holidays|date=October 19, 2004|access-date=August 20, 2010|work=[[Lodi News-Sentinel]]|page=19|archive-date=November 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123021701/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rOo0AAAAIBAJ&pg=6732,5484499&dq=care-bears+joke-a-lot&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> five of which were featured in the film:<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|title=Time Off: Prize will make you laugh a lot; Care Bear DVD brings your favourite teddies to life|date=September 20, 2005|work=[[Liverpool Daily Post & Echo|Liverpool Daily Echo]]|publisher=The Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd.|page=20}}</ref>  "With All Your Heart", "Make 'Em Laugh", "In the Land of Joke-a-lot", "Here I Am a King" and "I Like My Friends a Lot".<ref name=cb-jal/>  Some weeks after the release of ''Joke-a-lot'', Siberry performed "With All Your Heart" at the Alix Goolden Hall in Victoria, British Columbia; Adrian Chamberlain of that province's ''[[Times Colonist]]'' wrote that "[she] performed [the song] with absolute sincerity, even the jaunty refrain which is whistled. Only an artist like this—so intensely focused, so innately talented—could deliver such a diversity of elements in a potent and convincing manner."<ref>{{cite news|last=Chamberlain|first=Adrian|title=Siberry performs purely from the heart|date=November 30, 2004|work=[[Times Colonist]]|publisher=Canwest Interactive|page=D7 (Arts)}}</ref>  In 2005, Ian Thomas was nominated for a [[Gemini Award]] for Best Original Score for an Animated Program or Series, for his work on the film.<ref name=spectator/>
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| title1          = In the Land of Joke-a-lot
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| title2          = I Like My Friends a Lot
| length2         = 3:05
| title3          = Make 'Em Laugh
| length3         = 2:38
| title4          = Joke-a-lot Tour (Instrumental)
| length4         = 1:37
| title5          = Here I'm a King
| length5         = 2:51
| title6          = When I Get Home
| length6         = 4:04
| title7          = Everyone Loves the Care Bears
| length7         = 3:01
| title8          = You and Me
| length8         = 3:20
| title9          = Me and My Amigo
| length9         = 3:10
| title10         = Seriously
| length10        = 4:02
| title11         = Show That You Care
| length11        = 3:39
| title12         = We Love to Laugh
| length12        = 3:05
| title13         = With All Your Heart
| length13        = 4:45
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==See also==
* [[List of American films of 2004]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 2004]]
* [[List of Nelvana franchises]]
* [[List of animated feature-length films]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|0429739}}
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* {{AllMovie title|308391}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061010135507/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/carebearsjourney.php DVD Verdict review]
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