Käptn Blaubär

The name pokes fun at the relative homophony between the German vowel e and umlaut ä, when pronounced in a more colloquial, everyday style of language, especially in Northern Germany.

The little bears habitually doubt the veracity of their grandfather's tales, while Hein Blöd acts as a buffoon character.

The episodes sometimes contained allusions to other popular characters of German children's television like the Sandmännchen, and also to other aspects of Walter Moers' work, e.g. in some episodes one of the little bears wears a pin-back button of Moers' adult comic character Das Kleine Arschloch (The Little Asshole).

The film also features an end title theme written and performed by Berlin rock group Die Ärzte.

[2] In 2006, The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear was adapted into a stage musical composed by Martin Lingnau and written by Heiko Wohlgemuth.

'Captain Bluebear: The Crazy Treasure Hunt') was developed by Shin'en Multimedia and published by Ravensburger for the Game Boy Color.