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Parker is a supporting character in We Bare Bears.
Like her fellow Poppy Rangers, Parker is an amazonic and adventurous little girl scout/park ranger and troop who has a close friendship with Ranger Tabes and the bears, more especially Grizz. Parker shows high commitment to her aforementioned fellow Poppy Rangers, but Parker is more silent and confident than the other Poppy Rangers, like Nguyen. Additionally, Parker seems to be the most patient and affectionate towards Grizz, similar to Murphy. Outside of her career as a park ranger like Ranger Tabes, Parker is typically seen casually playing with the other Poppy Rangers and having fun, more especially by having tissue and pillow fights with the other Poppy Rangers and/or flying kites with them.
Episode Appearances[]
Season 3[]
- "Poppy Rangers" (Debut)
- "Hurricane Hal"
- "Ranger Games"
Season 4[]
Movies[]
Appearance[]
Parker is a rather tall and quite thin young girl who has black skin complexion. Her hair is pulled up into two Afro-proportioned puffs on either side of her head. She is of above-average height, being the second-tallest member of the Poppy Rangers after Nguyen.
Parker's "Poppy Ranger" outfit consists of a light-moss green short-sleeve shirt, overlaid with a yellow bandanna around the collar with a single olive stripe across the middle. As well, this includes green-toned khaki shorts, tennis shoes of the same color, and tube socks underneath. Over-top the entire outfit is a dark green sash.
Personality[]
Like her fellow Poppy Rangers, Parker is kindhearted, affable, selfless, harmonizing, brave, and adventurous, typically following the commands of their superior Ranger Tabes and Grizz, even if it leads all of them into severe endangerment. Furthermore, Parker shows high loyalty, especially towards her fellow Poppy Rangers, demonstrated by Parker working with the Poppy Rangers as an excellent heroic team, saving Wallace from Hurricane Hal and assisting the three bears in defeating Agent Trout, leading to the latter's deserved incarceration.
Additionally, once Nguyen falls into insanity from too much hunger, Parker attempts to comfort and reassure her. Parker aspires to be an aeronautical engineer when she grows up, but like Nguyen, she is described as "quiet and confident," meaning that she does not desire to attract much attention, especially if it is unwanted, but is more convinced and hopeful more than the other Poppy Rangers as well (sans Nyguen).
Out of the rest of the Poppy Rangers (sans Murphy), Parker seems to be the most affectionate and most patient with Grizz, even with his flaws and incompetence, as she does not consistently show the significant amount of grudge against Grizz and his inconsistency in heroism, still having the courage to reassure Grizz that he will succeed in the end no matter what, shown in the annual Peewee Ranger Games when Grizz foils their winning streak, despite eventually culminating into stating that he "kinda stinks" and will mess it up big time, going as far as cheerleading for Grizz, which motivated the latter to ultimately win the kickball game.
Parker's valor and bond towards the other Poppies do not last long, however, demonstrated when Parker and the other Poppy Rangers scream in fear and embrace Grizz Bear for safety when thunder strikes, heavily implying that Diaz and the Poppy Rangers have pure fear of thunderstorms, such as the Hurricane Hal. Additionally, in the episode, Lord of the Poppies, as Grizz's incompetence hits the last straw of Parker's patience, she, alongside the other Poppy Rangers, eventually succumb to hunger and insanity, to the point that she decides to devour Grizz and turn against him, which references how Panda Bear and Ice Bear became primal animals in the episode, Primal, with Parker jumpscaring Grizz by emerging from the bush wielding a fork and spoon to devour Grizz out of starvation and insanity.
Not only that, Parker seems to crave deeply for leadership, which is what her fellow Poppy Rangers are also after, demonstrated when Grizz accidentally causes the Poppy Rangers to begin a "Ranger War," turning against and fighting each other for the guidebook, which Wallace stole from Grizz upon kidnapping and entrapping him to cook him for food, which is due to Grizz's "shoulder angels."
Along with the Ranger War, Parker is also shown to be quite lethal, like the other Poppy Rangers (although not to a significant extent of the other Poppies), shown when she and the Poppy Rangers were about to eat Grizz out of appetite before Tabes shows up with pizza, despite being initially reluctant about it, but this was due to Grizz's incompetence affecting her drastically.
History[]
Earlier Childhood[]
Prior to the events of We Bare Bears, Parker's earlier childhood was purely ambiguous, but it is assumed that she is a school student and had developed a pure friendship and bond upon her first interaction with the other Poppy Rangers (Wallace, Murphy, Diaz and Nguyen), and throughout the early stages of her childhood, Parker was raised by her unidentified parents and she spent most of her early childhood hanging out and playing with the other Poppies, as well as flying kites and exploring, and typically comes for assistance whenever the Poppies are going through trouble. Parker aspires to be an aeronautical engineer as she is purely experienced and sophisticated in certain aircrafts, such as airplanes and rockets. Upon first meeting Dana Tabes, Parker immediately saw Tabes as a mother-like figure and has shown high commitment towards her, and has relentlessly worked and trained hard to attain all badges possible from Ranger Tabes by succeeding several missions.
Rangers[]
Murphy and the Poppies with Grizz.
Years after Parker was dedicated to working with Ranger Tabes to attain badges, she was officialized as a Poppy Ranger, along with Wallace, Murphy, Diaz and Nguyen. In the episode, "Poppy Rangers," Parker and the Poppies are first seen marching with Tabes, before the girls analyze and examine a grasshopper found by Tabes and prepare to explore the Howling Mountain Cave for the Poppies to attain the final Poppy Ranger badge, the Spelunking Badge. The Poppy Rangers are reluctant on exploring the cave, but after Tabes announced that a cave expert is joining the squad, the Poppies become passionate and excited. The cave expert happens to be, much to Parker and the Poppies' surprise, Grizz. After Parker and the Poppies introduce themselves to Grizz, Parker and the Poppies start exploring the cave with Grizz and Tabes. While the Poppies spent most of the time analyzing the cave and asking questions about it to Grizz and Tabes to learn about it, the Poppies' journey through the Howling Mountain Cave was quite hectic: the five girls, including Parker, took legitimate entertainment and humor from Grizz being attacked by bats in the cave and while analyzing Grizz's supplies out of his backpack; Grizz's loud voice has caused the cave to temporarily collapse, prompting the Poppies to retreat for safety.
Further into the Howling Mountain Cave, however, things took a darker turn: Tabes chooses the darker route of the cave, at odds with Grizz choosing the more safer route of the cave. While Tabes is passionate to explore the darker route of the cave, Grizz and the Poppies, including Parker, embark through it in paranoia. It reaches a certain point where the Poppies, Grizz and Tabes are forced to cross the very narrow path to the way out of the cave, but eventually got themselves stranded due to Grizz and Tabes having a brief and heated argument about crossing the narrow path and deciding to go back. Ranger Tabes becomes hopeless upon the aftermath of it, but Grizz and the Poppies reassure her; Parker, in particular, reassured Tabes that the latter is the "coolest" ranger in the world, prompting Tabes to toss each Poppy Ranger out of the cave to safety after witnessing the grasshopper outside of the cave, as well as getting herself and Grizz out of the cave, much to Parker and the Poppies' cheer for them. In the end, Parker and the Poppies successfully attain their final badge by Tabes, including Grizz, and move on to another adventure.
Relationships[]
Grizz Bear[]
Parker canoeing to an island with Grizz, along with Diaz and Ranger Tabes.
Although this is not to show that Parker is not as affectionate towards the other bears, Parker has the closest friendship with Grizz aside from Ranger Tabes, affectionately calling him "Bear Guy," even though he is an animal. In "Poppy Rangers," while Parker is surprised to first meet Grizz, her first impression of Grizz is still affectionate nonetheless outside of that. Parker, along with the Poppy Rangers and Grizz, explores and embark through the Howling Mountain Cave with Tabes. Grizz examines the interior of the cave to Tabes and the Poppy Rangers. Shortly after, Grizz attempts to stand up against the bats, only to be attacked by them, which leads the Poppies enthusiastically laughing at him and taking humor at Grizz being attacked by bats. Later in the cave, Grizz draws sketches of himself and the Poppies on the wall of ammonite fossils, and Grizz teaches Parker and the Poppies about the cave full of stalactites by saying, "That's when it gets so hot that the cave starts to melt," much to Parker and the Poppies' interest. He eventually guides Parker and the Poppies into the giant stalactite above them, and while Grizz searches for a camera in his backpack, Parker and the Poppies investigate Grizz's supplies with a mix of enthusiasm, curiosity and interest. While going through the dark route of the cave, the Poppies side with Grizz for being reluctant on going much further in the path and decide to take the safer path, which dissatisfies Tabes. In "Hurricane Hal," the Poppies offer Grizz his kite to save Wallace from being blown away from the hurricane, and the Poppies work with Grizz to pull Wallace to safety. In "Ranger Games," Parker and the Poppy Rangers are motivated by Grizz's cheerleading to defeat the Ivy Rangers. Parker offers Grizz a positive influence to assist him in motivating himself from his lack of kickball skill in the Peewee Ranger Games to take the victory from the Ivies by calling out to him that "he can do it" in a show of pure kindness, even before Parker and the Poppies cheerleaded for Grizz.
Overall, Grizz Bear seems to be the closest to Parker aside from Ranger Tabes, almost seeing him as a "father" figure. To further contribute this, Parker lacking even just a good amount of grudge against Grizz's incompetence, along with her forgiving and compassionate personality, is what makes Parker arguably the most welcoming of the Poppy Rangers to Grizz (aside from Murphy and Diaz), in contrast to Wallace's bossiness and Nguyen's condescension.
Ranger Tabes[]
Parker and Ranger Tabes escaping from the collapsing Howling Mountain Cave, along with Murphy, Grizz and the other Poppies.
Upon first meeting Dana Tabes, Parker saw Tabes as a "mother" figure and shows high commitment towards her, and has relentlessly worked and trained hard to attain all badges possible from Ranger Tabes by succeeding and accomplishing several missions relative to the badges, and often calls Tabes "sir" due to the latter's strength and valor being comparable to a man, as well as the other Poppies. In "Poppy Rangers," Parker and the Poppy Rangers are seen marching forward with Tabes, singing their signature song, "Poppy Rangers have no fear, kind to every bird and deer!" After being stranded in the cave, the Poppies eventually motivate and reassure that Tabes is not a "terrible ranger." Parker, in particular, reassured Tabes that she is the "coolest" ranger in the world, prompting Tabes to reform herself from her overconfidence and leading to her getting herself, Parker, the Poppies and Grizz out of the cave before it collapses. Parker and the Poppy Rangers are typically obedient to Ranger Tabes in her commands, even if it leads them into possible danger, such as analyzing a grasshopper, embarking through the Howling Mountain Cave to earn the Spelunking Badge, heading back to the Ranger Station for safety from the Hurricane Hal even though Parker and the girls are disappointed that they cannot fly their kites due to the hurricane in "Hurricane Hal," and doing all they can to attain all badges from Tabes.
Overall, Ranger Tabes is the closest to Parker, along with the other Poppies, with the latter seeing Tabes as a "mother" figure.
Ivy Rangers[]
The Poppy Rangers vs. The Ivy Rangers.
The Ivy Rangers are the arch-rivals of Parker and the Poppy Rangers, along with Ranger Zhao. Despite the differences between the two groups, the Ivy Rangers are the egotistical, arrogant and inconsiderate counterparts of the Poppy Rangers, including Parker, with the latter standing up to the Ivies, stating that she and her fellow Poppies will take the trophy The Ivies have became the bullies of Murphy and the Poppies ever since their childhood, and the Ivies had defeated the Poppies in the annual Peewee Ranger Games up to three times with their sheer kickball skills. In "Ranger Games," Parker and the Poppies prepare to defeat the Ivies for the fourth time in the Peewee Ranger Games. Although hesitant at first, with the assistance of Tabes and more especially Grizz with his cheerleading, Parker and the Poppies succeeded afterwards after a rough match.
In the end, the Ivies end up losing to Parker and the Poppies and Grizz at the final round, and Parker and the Poppies would later potentially go on to defeat the Ivies more times in the Peewee Ranger Games, eventually leading to the Ivies disqualified from the Peewee Ranger Games.
Trivia[]
- Like the other Poppy Rangers, Parker has never had an interaction with Panda and Ice Bear, but would still show an affable and kindhearted disposition towards them nonetheless if she did interact with them.
- Parker is described as "quiet and confident" in her character portrait, like Nguyen. However, both Poppies have different future occupations.
- Parker is the first character Danity Harris would be the voice actress of in her entire career. This distinction is shared with the other Poppy Rangers (Diaz, Murphy, Nguyen and Wallace), but unlike the other Poppies, Parker is the only character Danity Harris has voiced so far.
- Parker is the only Poppy Ranger with a black/African-based ethnicity.