Yana (We Bare Bears)

Yana is a barista who is a minor character in We Bare Bears.

Story[]

Icy Nights[]

Yana makes her debut, acting somewhat aggressive towards her customers and acts resentful towards Ice Bear for a falling out in their relationship, but has a sentimental side and is implied to still harbor feelings for Ice Bear.

Icy Nights II[]

The Bears are preparing for dinner as they begin to watch TV. However on the television screen, it shows Yana bound and gagged, with Barry (disguising his voice) threatening to harm her if Ice Bear does not give Barry the Roomba. Grizzly and Panda mistake it for an advertisement, but an alarmed Ice Bear sneaks out to "get cilantro".

Ice Bear and Roomba go into the Shed and access hidden part, where they collect two axes, and a vacuum filter before heading off, unbeknownst to his brothers. After breaking through a vent, he finds a large room were Yana is being held hostage. Ice Bear tries to free her but Barry walks in, smirking. Ice Bear flashbacks to Icy Nights, remembering when the vacuum was destroyed, and when Barry escaped. Ice Bear is grabbed by one of Barry's robot bodyguards, with smartphones for heads. Another tries to take the vacuum but is electrocuted, Barry, after being embarrassed by his strict father tries to get the vacuum. Yana breaks free, while Barry, who is distracted with Ice Bear, gets electrocuted by the vacuum and runs off, hiding part of his face. Ice Bear and Yana are left to fight the robots, realizing smashing the phone screens disables them.

After the fight, Ice Bear and Yana break through an elevator and ride down, reminiscing about past times they saved each other. After some teasing about Halifax, Ice Bear compliments Yana's necklace and she returns the gesture saying that her father gave it to her, before pointing out there is going to be a trap waiting for them at the end. Ice Bear replies that he has a plan. After getting the drop on a hallway full of robots, they fight their way to the lobby, where they encounter a large robot controlled by Barry, who now has a burn scar on his face. He takes Yana hostage and attempts to kill her, but Ice Bear uses his axe to sever his hand. Barry uses the robot's laser ray to attack Yana and Ice Bear, incapacitating them long enough to steal the Roomba. Barry prepares to finish them off, but Ice Bear has Roomba use its tiny axe to destroy the phone controlling the robot. Angered, Barry vows revenge before Roomba completely destroys the screen.

After Barry's second defeat, Ice Bear and Yana leave the building, The latter thanks the former for saving her before leaving on a motorcycle. Ice Bear notices that she left her necklace and picks it up. He opens it, revealing the same picture Yuri had. Remembering how Yana said that her father gave it to her, Ice Bear comes to the realization that Yana is Yuri's long-lost daughter, Ice Bear notices it and to his shock, he says: "Yuri", ending the episode.

Personality[]

Yana is somewhat aggressive towards her customers and acts resentful towards Ice Bear for a falling out in their relationship, but has a sentimental side and is implied to still harbor feelings for Ice Bear. Likewise, she is implied to have a closer relationship with her father, as she fondly states that he gave her the locket necklace. Considering who her father is, it is also implied he taught her to be a survivalist before they lost each other.

Trivia[]

It is revealed that Yana knew Ice Bear preceding the events of "Icy Nights".
At the end of "Icy Nights II", it is revealed that she is the daughter of Yuri.
- It is unknown how she became separated from her father, but it does mean that she and Ice Bear share a family tie due to his closeness to Yuri.
  - It's also apparent that Yuri doesn't know she's alive.