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Gender |
Female |
Age |
Unknown |
Tuffy is a minor character in the Berenstain Bears series. She made her first and only appearance in the book The Berenstain Bears and the Bully.
Personality
Tuffy is, true to her name, an aggressive female cub who likes to pick on defenseless animals and other cubs. Her main target is Sister Bear, who Tuffy harasses on a weekly basis. However, it was shown that, according to Sister, Tuffy may have it rough at home, which is a possible attribution to why she is a bully.
Biography
Tuffy was introduced as a bully who enjoys picking on Sister Bear as her friends watch, much to their dismay. After Sister gets beat up, she ran home crying to her parents and Brother. Brother then decided to stand up for Sister, but when he realizes that he can't hit a girl, Brother walks off feeling ashamed as Tuffy relentlessly teases him. After Brother teaches Sister about self-defense, he reminds her that she still has to avoid Tuffy, which she successfully does on both Monday and Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Sister watches as Tuffy picks up some rocks to attack a baby bird that was unable to fly. Sister catches on and tells Tuffy to stop picking on the bird, to which Tuffy directs her attention toward Sister and charges at her. Sister ducks then punches Tuffy straight in her nose, causing her to fall on her bottom as she gets a nosebleed. As a result of the fight, the girls were called to Principal Honeycomb's office. Outside the office, Sister learns that Tuffy's worried about how her parents will react if and when they find out that she got in trouble. Sister becomes worried when Tuffy says that if her parents found out, she won't be able to sit down for a long time, making Sister conclude that Tuffy has a rough home life. One of the recess monitors tells Mr. Honeycomb that Sister was defending both the baby bird and herself when Tuffy attacked the latter in retaliation.
As punishment, Sister was let off with a warning. Tuffy, despite not having her parents called however, had to serve recess detention for a week and see the school counselor for a while.