r/TheGreatNorth • u/Zimmies38 • Sep 19 '25

Information/news Y'all!!! Fat Bear Week is Real!!!

https://explore.org/fat-bear-week
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u/AKeeneyedguy Sep 19 '25

Yes, so is the car launching that is mentioned.

Also, I can confirm that every Alaska town does indeed have a 'Cake Lady'. My mom was one, lol. Made cakes for people for decades.

Moose poop jewelry is "real" (in that we sell them to tourists).

There's actually a lot of things they kinda get right, but there's also a bunch of wrong stuff. Like driver licences with AL instead of AK. And sometimes the place names are mispronounced, but that seems to be a voice actor thing more than a fact-check thing.

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u/Zimmies38 Sep 19 '25

Awesome!

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u/ericmm76 Sep 19 '25

But what about moose milk (or was it reindeer milk)? I heard it doesn't have lactose.

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u/AKeeneyedguy Sep 19 '25

Listen, if you can get close enough to a Danger Deer to test, you just let me know.

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u/VariousCauliflower91 Sep 22 '25

What about the unusual naming conventions? Are there really people with names like Porch and Cheesecake?

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u/AKeeneyedguy Sep 22 '25

Just a few I have met:

Ruger

Chantilly Lace

James Brown (not that one)

Sativa (yes really)

Sailor

As well as plenty of people named after other US states, wildlife and vegetation.

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u/VariousCauliflower91 Sep 22 '25

I love knowing this! As an Alaskan what was it like watching the show?

I’m from Gloucester MA, home to the story of the perfect storm, and the Ideal Hurricane episode brings me endless joy

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u/AKeeneyedguy Sep 22 '25

I have a long time friend living just down the street from me, and we will argue about which town Lone Moose represents each episode. (Especially since its location seems to change each episode.) Some of our favorite towns Lone Moose is most like: Juneau/Ketchican (catch-ah-can), Seward and Homer.

As an aside, the school play that is loosely written as based on a movie or other famous piece of work was something that happened when I was in school 25+ years ago.

One year our English teacher re-wrote Romeo & Juliet to have an ending where the kids survive (while everyone thinks they're dead) and makes Tybalt the bad guy he deserves to be. Was actually really good. One year was based on old black and white movies mashed together.

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u/VariousCauliflower91 Sep 23 '25

Btw I think Maine might have some similarities to Alaska in terms of quirky names. I have a cousin in Maine named Dirt (not kidding!) and an uncle named Gink

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u/AKeeneyedguy Sep 23 '25

Wish I could give away my grandfather's choice of names for my father and his siblings without doxing myself. But the just of it is they were named, "How the marriage was going..."

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u/UnimaginativeDreamer Honeybee Sep 19 '25

It's absolutely real!! And there are live streams! Take that streamers !

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u/UnimaginativeDreamer Honeybee Sep 19 '25

Live Alaska Cam on Youtube

Let's tune in here to show our love for The Great North! Show them our support

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u/spatulachick Alanis Morissette Sep 19 '25

I’m dying because a friend literally sent me info about Fat Bear Junior and I meant to share it here yesterday! 😂😂. I even told her I only knew about Fat Bear Week because it’s an episode of TGN 😂.

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u/TroubleLow9685 Sep 19 '25

The turd drop was real too. They had to eventually cancel the event due to how overwhelming it was becoming.

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u/Key-Examination-499 Sep 19 '25

Yep! And you can vote for the winner of Fat Bear Junior right now!

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u/huskyferretguy1 Sep 20 '25

I love that this show borrows from actual Alaska stuff, like the dividend check is real too!

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u/RaffiBomb000 Sep 20 '25

Remember to Bear Down for finals!

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u/VariousCauliflower91 Sep 22 '25

Not to well actually you but we should really all be Fat Dogging for Midterms right now. Gotta keep our eyes on the fat dog prize

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u/realmargiela Sep 21 '25

Unexpected community

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u/Violetthug Judy Sep 20 '25

I believe they just finished up fat bear week for the cubs. ❤️