Editing Smokey Bear (section)

== Adaptations ==
Smokey Bear has been featured in animation for over fifty years, including in parodies. In 1956, he made a cameo in Disney's In the Bag, voiced by Jackson Weaver. Later, Rankin/Bass Productions, collaborating with Tadahito Mochinaga’s MOM Production, created a stop-motion animated special Ballad of Smokey the Bear, narrated by James Cagney, which aired on NBC’s General Electric Fantasy Hour on Thanksgiving in 1966. A Smokey Bear balloon also appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade that day.

In 1969, Rankin/Bass produced The Smokey Bear Show, a Saturday Morning cartoon animated by Toei Animation in Japan, which aired on ABC. Though his official name is "Smokey Bear," the name "Smokey the Bear" continues in popular culture, largely due to Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins' song, which was later covered by the band Canned Heat on their album The Boogie House Tapes 1969–1999.

In modern references, Fortnite parodied Smokey in a loading screen featuring the Cuddle Team Leader character in a pose similar to Smokey's, paired with the message "Only YOU can prevent V-Buck scams," a warning against online scams. Additionally, Smokey is briefly referenced in Open Season: Scared Silly (2015), where Eliot the Deer names him as a favorite bear.