The mad scientist Professor Coldheart tricks him into fixing his "Careless Ray Contraption" after his henchman Frostbite accidentally breaks it.

The special, a follow-up to the previous installment The Land Without Feelings, sees the return of the ten original Bears, the Cloud Keeper, and Professor Coldheart.

The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine aired on over 100 U.S. TV stations in April 1984, and was sponsored by the Kenner company.

[5] A tie-in book based on the special (ISBN 0-910313-15-6) was written by Arthur S. Rosenblatt, illustrated by Joe Ewers and published by Parker Brothers as a part of the Tales from the Care Bears series.

[7] It was released for the first time on DVD, as a special feature, on MGM Home Entertainment's 2007 re-issue of The Care Bears Movie.