funny scene from Babylon 5 2x14 - There All The Honor Lies

[planetwalker]

I miss Babylon 5.

It is one of the best sci-fi stories out there.

[starflame34]

lol, I love this show!

[MsCreepyChan]

it could have been worse... the bear could have had "Muhammad" on it, then they would have been thrown in jail for racism.

[mitrooper]

@MsCreepyChan Oh boy you're an uptight person, you need to find a hobby or something.

[MsCreepyChan]

@mitrooper actually, i was referencing that infamous event where a british woman teaching in a middle eastern country was thrown in jail because the class had a teddy-bear and they voted to call it Muhammad, she was called Racist and spent about a month in jail

[hammerman6842]

I like the pilots face when it slids off his starfury. Priceless. Though what would you do in that situation?

[brownblair98]

Sheridan:Don't ask.

Ivanova:Don't tell.

[Spookssga]

Poor Teddy Bear got thrown out of an airlock. I wouldn't do that to my teddy bear.

[GIMPMan1972]

LOL

[gh0s7walk3r]

i never get over seeing the teddy bear on the targetting computer just slowly slide off

[babylon218]

Won't that bear be a hazard for navigation?

[akasarahsmom]

@babylon218 - if a small stuffed teddy bear is a hazard to your ship, you've got bigger problems than navigation. Small bits of asteroids are hazards to navigation, floating teddy bears are not. :)

[babylon218]

wont that bear be a navigational hazard?

[babylon218]

"J.S.?"

John Sheridan!"

Or Jeffrey Sinclair

[Martintheauthor]

@babylon218 Joe Straczynski actually. The bear was a gift to JMS from the wife of Sci-Fi author Peter David. JMS apparently hates cute and cuddly, thus the bear gets spaced. AND! In a bit of payback, in the kids show Space Cases (which Peter David worked on) they find a teddy bear drifting in space.

[Jiaal]

@Martintheauthor Lmao! 

[Jokie155]

JMS hates cute and cuddly, thats why Sheridan throws it out.

[tornadoe13]

ahh. that explains what I read in the security manual..

[JakeConhale]

I've never understood his immediate reaction to learning the bear is supposed to be him - his undying hatred.

[DLPBurke]

@gasdfw5 It is called great writing. B5 is the best.

[ccolimon]

Why do the doors have such a goofy shape ???

[Jordacar]

@ccolimon Same reason all the paper in BSG is missing the corners. IT'S THE FUTURE!

But yeah, I don't really know either.

[hcvang]

@ccolimon because it's the united nations in space - not all species are the same shape as you and me.

[IZEASGT]

@gasdfw5 It's never really a good idea for dramatic works to be afraid to have comedic moments. Compare The Last Airbender with the cartoon it was based on. Or look at Shakespeare's tragedies. Even The Wire had its share of humor.

[silaku]

ivanova is such a good manipulator, ain't she???

[danielinraleigh]

Imagine, some alien race somewhere is going to find that teddy bear and search the galaxy for its maker.

[FuumaDarina]

@danielinraleigh

Vorlons may be? Or Shadows...

[knoxvilleguy2]

Babylon 5 had all these great little moments like that. My other favorite series, Ronald D. Moore's BSG, could've used some light moments like that on a regular basis.

B5 & Battlestar Galactica had a lot in common.

[danielinraleigh]

@knoxvilleguy2 I think both of them were really good quality shows and achieved what few sci-fi shows with story arcs are able to do: NOT GET CANCELLED BEFORE THE STORY ARC IS FINISHED! Also, comparing both shows, I agree BSG needed more light moments like that, and it gives me the impression that one of BSG's biggest flaws in comparison to B5 was it took itself too seriously.

[finalfrontier1701]

@danielinraleigh When the premise of the show is the complete destruction and near genocide of the human race, finding those moments would certainly be few and far between I think.

[hcvang]

@danielinraleigh dont even compare BSG to Babylon 5 - they're nothing alike.

[danielinraleigh]

@hcvang Blow me.

[roaklin]

The actor's expression during the whole bear scene is awesome he deserved an award for that.

[AlbusBlanco]

Poor little teddy. I would have taken it as a present for my people at home.

[Frogmanbb66]

A classic hometown Vermont Teddy Bear!

[williamskidfears]

Another example of how Ivanova manages to get what she wants(she was opposed to the store from the beginning....).

[FrankWolenczak]

@williamskidfears You are SO SO RIGHT! I'm thinking she had that bear custom made just to show it to Sheridan knowing when he'd see it he'd blow his top and help her get what she wants.

[williamskidfears]

@FrankWolenczak Well, Sheridan DID want her to learn the "fine art of diplomacy...."

[1femalegeek]

I want that bear!

[hoosieryank1967]

Did the bear also appear in the new Battlestar: Galactica?

[williamskidfears]

@hoosieryank1967 No, but Sheridan would've been glad to throw THEM out the airlock as well.....

[Taospark]

The best part is the bear showing up in the fighter's targeting sensors.

[sparrowlt]

@Taospark Yeah.. i love how the bear 3D model shows up XD

[SomeDumbYankee]

Thump.

I love this scene.

[wishwizard]

and they say the shadows were unpleasant

[Griezz]

A bit more background about this scene...

The actual bear was a creation of the wife of Peter David, the writer for this particular episode. Apparently, when presented with the bear, Joe deliberately had this scene inserted to show his opinion of the gift.

Reportedly, Peter's wife was distraught and, in retribution, Peter used the bear discovery in his other TV job, "Space Cases", his work with Babylon 5 co-star Bill (Lennier) Mumy.

Thus... the reference to the evil "Straczyn".

[TheAssimilatedBorg]

I think it is funny that we are lead to believe that it is John Sheridan who jettisoned the bear. But, based on the actual reason for the scene, I think it is safe to say that the real culprit for this "unspeakable crime" was Joe Straczynski.

[AkeakamaiTheFirst]

One of the funniest episodes! The THUMP of the bear against the starfury's windshield always makes me laugh hysterically. As for where to get a bear like that one, try Vermont Teddy Bear. They do custom bears.

[MetallSwede]

you shouldn't have said that ... now I TOO crack up everytime i see the bear smacked up against the windshield ^^

[seph1r0th400]

What's even funnier is that someone actually wrote a story about the fate of that bear

[Samlizrabb]

omg where can i finf that one?

[seph1r0th400]

No idea but the show had the characters finding the bear floating in deep space.

One character asks "what kind of evil person spaces a teddy bear?"

And the answer was "The Straczyn" ;-)

[gerard5705]

It was a show called Spaces Cases, written by Peter David and Bill Mumy,

Also stared a very young Jewel Staite, who later when to to Firefly/Serenity and Stargate Atlantic.

There are some Spaces Caces clips here on youttube.

[Hauntedman1]

lol the bear got spaced

[ginsengaddict]

@Hauntedman1 : awesome :P

[xxoutwit222]

so sheridan keeps the one bear thats funny

[niikodas]

when he pushes the bear back into her chest.... lucky bear.

[ambiancesb]

Only to be spaced by Sheridan. Wouldn't call that Lucky. lol

[Zhaan4ever]

he spaced the teady bearrrrr........... waaaaa i thought it was soooo cute!

[Lonovavir]

My only question - Where can I get a Babearlon 5 teddy bear? Ebay? Wal-Mart? Can anyone help?

[proadmin1]

Custom made Vermont Teddy Bear. Actually it's an inside joke, the writer of Babylon 5 was Joe Stracynski & the JS was his. A writer from the show got it for him, even though he said he "Doesn't do cute", & when he received it, the writer was happy & enthusiastic about the fact that Joe said he would even use it in the episode the writer had written. To show his "appreciation", he spaced the bear.

In reality he may still have it but he still "Doesn't do cute". See Lurker's Guide to B5 for more.

[knoxvilleguy2]

That was absolutely CRAZY FUNNY !!! The bear is encountered in an alternate universe by the USS Voyager, then by the re imagined Battlestar Galactica on its way to Earth. What a story idea !!

[theninjaweirdo]

holy crap that sounds awesome!

[knoxvilleguy2]

That would make 1 helluva story ! The gang from " Sliders " encounter it as a tribal totem on an alternate Earth, then someone throws it through a Stargate powered by a ZPM, it finds its way to the Pegasus Galaxy, after which it  gets caught by the " Heart of Gold " when it uses its Infinite Improbability Drive near Magrathea !! It briefly becomes a war trophy of Darth Maul..... To be continued ?????

[Danny77uk]

Did you get the idea from Mr Burn's Bobo? :)

[DarkShinji250]

@knoxvilleguy2

Where in Voyager was this discovered?

[knoxvilleguy2]

@DarkShinji250

I was making that up as alternate universe story idea. It never actually took place.

[AkeakamaiTheFirst]

This is one of my favorite scenes of Babylon 5. And by the way... I WANT THAT BEAR!! Any rumors on who has it?

[MD2389]

Far as I know, JMS still has it. It was a gift to him (hense JS) and he put it on the show as a gag.

[Entilzha37]

Thought Peter David reclaimed. His wife made it as a gift, but JMS doesn't like cute. It was used as a prop in a show by Peter David. People were wondering who had spaced the Teddy Bear.

[Canaris3]

Poor teddy bear ;p Babearlon 5 ;p ;p OWNZ ! :D

[fate5demand]

I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! Space the teddy bears! HA!HA!

[dogsroxLP94]

i just realised jeffrey sinclair and john sheridan have the same initials. didnt think of that...

[21woman]

I love it, I love it all the time. lol

[quandary82]

hilarious. JMS is the best ;-)

[0Naberrie0]

Is this Bear being sold anywhere? :P

[Bronasaxon]

He spaced the bear!

ROFL!

[arwynt]

"Off my station!" ROTFL! Classic scene!

[Trek001]

was this in a deleberate blooper or was it in the full episode?

[arwynt]

In the script, full episode, deliberate! There's a whole funny story about it.

[YiddoBobbins]

Classic moment.

[raf7550]

JMS: "I hate cute. Everybody knows me, knows that. So after buying Peter David's script #2, Peter sends me a gift. A bear. A teddy bear. With my initials JS in front, and Bear-ba-lon 5 in the back. I call Peter back. I say that I must now get him for this. He asks what I had in mind. I said wait and see. So I wrote the entire bear thing at the end of the show, and inserted it into his script. Never send me something cute."

[COMALiteJ]

You should see Peter David's revenge for this in his own later series, "Space Cases" (Nickolodeon if I remember right).

[MegaRed124x]

What did he do?

[COMALiteJ]

Peter David wrote this particular episode (one of two that he wrote for B5). He bought the bear as a gift for JMS, knowing that JMS is, in his own words, "allergic to 'cute.'" The "J.S." stands, NOT for "John Sheridan" as stated in the dialog, but for "Joe Straczynski."

JMS added this scene in specifically to get back at PD for the bear (all in good-natured fun).

A few years later, PD had his own series on Nickelodeon called "Space Cases" (clips here on YouTube).

[COMALiteJ]

BONZAI! Not only are clips available, but someone posted the whole episode in question! See for yourself (before the Nick copyright police get it yanked): v=iTRZTHkA8ho

I won't spoil it for you. But pay close attention to the name of the species of evil aliens behind the plot. ;-)

[MegaRed124x]

Holy crap, thanks man!

[COMALiteJ]

Yer welcome.  :-)

[MegaRed124x]

And I remember Space Cases... Walter Jones was in it, he was Zack from the original Power Rangers.

[imacoony]

JS, funny.......

[myrddin13]

LOL!!! ur not the only one ;D

Thank you for posting xD

makes me lmao everytime

[Coloradoclaire]

I love this scene! Thanks for posting it!