Pop is a light brown bear and an adult character. Some people refer to him as the stereotypically clueless, bathrobe-wearing, pipe-smoking 1950s-style sitcom father. Pop only appeared without Cub in Something Fishy (excluding his BBQ Smoochie, Milk Pong, and the end of Tunnel Vision), though Cub has appeared in multiple episodes without Pop. He was originally going to appear in Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, but the creators considered it weird for Pop to kill Flaky and for him to appear without Cub. Instead Flippy took his place, which explains why Flippy had Pop's voice in the episode.
Pop seems like a good parent at first, but then...
Pop is one of the few characters in the show who has a somewhat intelligible way of speaking. He almost
speaks clear words in some of the episodes he appears in and even reads the story of "The Night Before Christmas" to Cub in Easy For You to Sleigh.
There was evidence in Can't Stop Coffin that Pop may very well be a widower, due to the fact that in their cameo, he and Cub are seen mourning at a gravestone which might belong to his dead wife. It was later confirmed by Kenn Navarro that Pop is a widower.
Pop is the show's most frequent and major parent character out of all of the parents seen within the show. Despite this, he is still somewhat heavily dependent on Cub in terms of prominence. However, to contrary to this fact, he's the centered of certain episodes without Cub being a major plot point. These includes A Hole Lotta Love and Clause For Concern. The only major episode he appears in without Cub is in his smoochie. Pop overall is not too behind in prominence, however, as he's close to having enough starring roles to the four main characters themselves. He appears in two separate smoochies and has quite of few episodes each season. He had made frequent appearances since the beginning and became the second most common adult character in the series, behind Lumpy, and proceeded to become one of the most frequent characters of the show, appearing in numerous episodes, rivaling Petunia and Sniffles even. He's also popular amongst advertisements, most specifically the warnings of the show not being for small children.
Due to Pop's responsibilities over Cub, he is rarely seen interacting with other characters. He usually calls for their help when he is having some problem with his son. Pop is also somewhat over-protective about letting Cub interact with others due the show's lack of other children at Cub's age. However, in season 4, he starts to socialize more with the other characters as seen in A Vicious Cycle and A Handy Nanny.
Pop is also impatient at most times, being times when he interacts with characters and when Cub gets in danger, that causes him to be freaked out and rushes, also that causes him and other characters to get a conflict, but he still has some patience for other characters.
Pop is infamously known for his bad parenting and somewhat neglective behavior. This is a list of Pop's acts as a bad parent, not counting instances where Pop does something clumsy like cutting off Cub's ear in Snip Snip Hooray!.
Pop allows Cub to use a lawnmower by himself in Chip Off the Ol' Block. To be fair, he noticed Cub sticking his hand under the lawnmower and pulled him away before Cub could get hurt.
Leaving Cub alone in a pool near the end of a waterslide in Let It Slide.
Pop leaves Cub alone with his body buried in the sand to get ice cream. He most likely repeated the same mistake in Milk Pong.
Pop is satisfied with leaving Cub with a tooth shoved through his upper lip in Stealing the Spotlight. Pop later hammers a nail into Cub's head when he realizes that he couldn't pull it out.
Pop leaves Cub and a dog alone on a bed in Doggone It, which would be a bad idea even if Whistle was a regular dog.
In Mime to Five, Pop allows Cub to sit in the passenger seat of his car.
Pop doesn't watch over Cub while he rakes outside in Chore Loser.
In A Sucker for Love Part 1, Pop leaves Cub on a bench alone while he goes to get a lollipop for him. When he gives Cub the lollipop he walks away again.
In Just Desert, Pop falls asleep fishing while Cub walks around the beach alone.
Pop stops to pick up a coin while Cub, in a stroller, is sitting in the street in Bottled Up Inside.
In A Vicious Cycle, Pop doesn't watch over his son when he's riding his trike outside, allowing for an altercation between Fliqpy and twocops to happen in front of Cub.
Pop places Cub on a counter and leaves him there when he goes to open the door for Handy in A Handy Nanny. Also, leaving his son with Handy doesn't seem like a very responsible idea.
Havin' a Ball: Is sliced into pieces by helicopter rotors.
Flippin' Burgers: Is crushed by a burger joint door from an explosion caused by Flippy.
Class Act: Dies in an explosion.
Stealing the Spotlight: Is boiled to death by Lumpy's bright lights.
Easy For You to Sleigh: Dies of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Pop's BBQ Smoochie:
Gets his eye, brain, and skull impaled by a Kebab.
Has various coal burned into his cranium and eventually into his heart.
Has popcorn pop from within him after being set on fire, crushing his organs and/or suffocating him.
Who's to Flame?: Dies in a fire truck explosion. (Death not seen)
Every Litter Bit Hurts: Is impaled through the head with a flaming pine cone, then burns to death.
It's amazing how this kills him instantly while most characters suffer when it happens to them.
As You Wish!: Is impaled on the tip of Sniffles' rocket.
Mime to Five: Is impaled by glass shards from a broken windshield.
Aw, Shucks!: Is crushed by a giant piece of popcorn. (Death not seen)
Wrath of Con: Dies when the Comic Con Center collapses on him. (Death not seen)
See You Later, Elevator: Is burned to death or dies from the explosion in the building.
Cubtron Z: Is crushed when Cubtron sits on him. (Death not seen)
A Vicious Cycle: Is electrocuted by a power switch and decapitated.
Pop goes the Pop.
Spare Tire: Is vaporized by an explosion.
Going Out With a Bang: Is crushed by Cub's baby leash when it is tied around his body.
Debatable Deaths
Wingin' It: Is sucked out of a plane along with Cub.
Chore Loser: Is killed by a dog.
Breaking Wind: Is killed either by Splendid's gas, or by Petunia setting the world on fire.
Additional
Overkill DVD box set: Is killed by Flippy's bomb. (Death not seen)
Freshly popped Pop popcorn. Say that three times fast.
Hop on Pop June 2009 Calendar: Is impaled in the stomach by some scissors Cub was holding. (Death not seen)
Bar-B-Qued Ribs August 2007 Calendar: Is killed when the barbecue he was lighting explodes.
Un-named Wallpaper: Is killed when Flippy's dynamite explodes. (Death not seen)
Dumb Ways To Die (Music video): Same as Pop's BBQ Smoochie Light option; however, the charcoal killing him is cut, since it's assumed that the grill explosion killed him.
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