Editing Bear Holding a Shark

[[Image:bearholdingshark.png|thumb|Bear holding a shark.]]
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The '''[[Bear]] Holding a [[Sea Creatures#Fish|Shark]]''' (also spelled '''Bear-Shark''') is a wooden cut-out of a bear standing on its hind legs, holding a shark above its head. The cut-out lurks [[behind the fence]] of [[Strong Badia]]. 

The bear holding a shark is actually one of Strong Badia's "security counter-measures", as [[Strong Bad]] puts it; whenever [[The Cheat]] touches the [[Tire]], the bear holding a shark pops up along with an electric shock. For reasons that are never really explained, The Cheat seems to have a strong phobia of bears holding sharks. The Bear-Shark also plays the part of "headhunters" on Strong Bad's [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace USA#Riverquest Safariventure|Riverquest Safariventure]]. It is "scared off" by firing a [[Wikipedia:Starting pistol|starting pistol]] in its general direction twice. 

It has been featured in a documentary detailing its roots in [[History according to Strong Bad|Strong Badian lore]]. The myth/legend originated as a [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits#A fish wearing an afro wig and A British distance runner|British distance runner holding a fish with a 'fro wig]], and supposedly through years of bad storytelling and the [[Wikipedia: Chinese whispers|telephone game]], evolved into the Bear-Shark we know today. Apparently, [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] and his "dog" [[Pom Pom]] were walking in the woods when they saw (and caught footage of) the "very scary monster[[m'n]]", who suspiciously had white feet with blue soles. [[Strong Sad]] did not believe the myth/legend very much, and dismissed the bear holding a shark as either a weather balloon or a foreign exchange student.

In [[Fan Costumes '06]], two young women (referred to as "Ho-ties" by Strong Bad) are shown. One of them wears the Bear Holding a Shark t-shirt, with a frown on her face, while the other one is actually dressed as the bear holding a shark, with a full head bear mask, bear arms, and is holding a stuffed shark over her head.  Strong Bad remarks, "I like the upgrade to Bear holding a Tiger Shark...or was that just like...the only shark they had left at the aquarium gift shop."

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