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Grizznom is the slash ship between Grizzly Bear and Nom Nom from the We Bare Bears fandom.
Canon[]
Nom Nom sees Grizzly as just another fan, but with moxie, but, in fact, their relationship is probably the one that evolves more in the show, from the annoyance to the friendship (sort of). They have spoken to each other in "Viral Video" where Grizzly becomes Nom Nom's groupie and follows him into his limousine. Grizzly wants to be Nom Nom's friend and initially thinks he's cool. Nom Nom is apathetic in explaining how he has the maximum amount of friends on every social media site and how he has no need to hang out with friends in real life. Grizzly is adamant about befriending him. Nom Nom eventually has Grizzly thrown out of the limousine.
Grizzly's and Nom Nom's first encounter in "Viral Video" would lead to the conflict shown in "Nom Nom", where Nom Nom had tricked Grizzly and Panda into "making a movie". He ended up luring them into a potentially deadly trap in order to regain his own fame while also trying to keep Ice Bear out of the picture as he had discovered Nom Nom's plan. Ice Bear managed to save his brothers and Nom Nom ended up getting what he wanted in the end, though it wasn't done according to his original plan.
In "Nom Nom's Entourage", Nom Nom recruits the Bears to act as his entourage of friends, but the Bears quickly realize that Nom Nom does not understand friendship. Nom Nom admits that he has never had a friend before, and the Bears offer to teach him to be a good friend, the Bears start by entering a shop, with Grizzly and Panda holding the door open for Nom Nom, but Nom Nom is too busy looking at his phone. He fails to hold the door, which then closes on Ice Bear's face. The Bears then teach Nom Nom a friend's handshake, which Nom Nom is reluctant to learn. Nom Nom then gets a friend request from Panda online, but he tries to delete it instead of accepting it. Finally, Nom Nom tries to place himself on the bear stack, lounging on Grizzly's back with a sunchair. That extra weight causes Ice Bear to fall, making the entire formation hit the ground.
After Nom Nom classifies Andy's campaign as "done" and Andy runs away crying. Nom Nom then declares that with his rival defeated, he no longer requires the Bears. The Bears are dropped off at their cave while Nom Nom deletes their photos on his phone. However, he does not delete the selfie he took with the Bears.
In "Anger Management", Nom Nom is forced to attend therapy thanks to a hissy fit he threw on a children’s television program. He was supposed to be guest starring on “The Corgis” everything went great until the theme song came on when the director kept asking him to smile bigger which caused him to flip out. His manager and his therapist have brought in someone to help Nom Nom be happier. Grizz. But Grizz doesn’t make Nom Nom happier. Actually, Nom Nom tries to kick Grizz out. Until his manager points out that his career depends on this therapy being successful. So Nom Nom gives it a try.
Grizz shows Nom Nom all his techniques for being happy. None of them work. Eventually, Nom Nom throws another fit. Grizz ends up hugging Nom Nom tightly. Amazingly, that makes the little koala relax and smile. Seeing that the hug works, Nom Nom takes Grizz with him back to the set of “The Corgis” so he can finish the job.
On the set, Grizz does his job and tightly hugs Nom Nom whenever he sees a fit coming on. At least until Grizz sees his favorite character on the show, the kangaroo. Grizz asks for an autograph but the kangaroo just has him kicked off set. When Nom Nom notices that Grizz is gone, he starts to freak out again. Luckily, Grizz is able to convince a worker that he belongs on the set as a clown. Granted, he had to get dressed up as a clown to get back inside. Grizz returns just in time to save Nom Nom from another tantrum. Nom Nom and The Corgis finish filming without any further problems.
Once the job is finished, Nom Nom fires Grizz. Grizz gives him one more hug and the two part ways.
In "The Nom Nom Show", Angry that the Bears are making better on the deal they made, Nom Nom prepares to get the show started. His agent informs him that Daredevil dog was injured and can't make the show. Nom Nom puts a helmet on Grizzly and gets him on a skateboard, showing to the live audience how dangerous the skateboard track is. When he pushes Grizzly down, he doesn't let go of the string and it hurtled down the skateboard track with Grizzly. Furious and injured, they stop filming, and Nom Nom is injured.
When the network agent talks to Nom Nom about the possibility of the TV special being a show and wanting Grizz and his brothers as co-hosts, he quits the project, because he doesn't want to share the spotlight with the Bears. As a result, Hedgehog takes his place.
In "Vacation", Nom Nom is told by Doctor Clark to get an emotional support animal due to some panic attacks that are starting to become detrimental to his health, which is understandable considering the rabid fans who are storming his home uninvited. As Doctor Clark explains how most celebrities these days now have emotional support pets of their own, he assigns to him Grizzly much to Nom Nom's displeasure. Begrudgingly, Nom Nom puts his anger aside and decides to go on vacation with Grizzly at a specific treatment center to escape from the fans with a device on his body to keep track of his heart rate. Grizzly, looking out for Nom Nom as he's trying his best not to blow his cover due to some rabid fans who also just happen to be in the terminal, fails when Nom Nom outs himself by accident with the intercom. This results in the fans losing it from just the mere mention of his name and leads to a comedic montage where they're being chased around until the third act, when the two decide to take a private plane out of their predicament. At first, everything seems very calm until even more chaos ensues when the pilot turns out to be a crazed fan from earlier. When the plane starts to experience turbulence, Nom Nom and Grizzly exchange honest words about one-another, with Nom Nom finally confessing that he loves Grizzly for being his only true friend, but out of dumb luck, land safely at the treatment center. The episode ends on an unexpectedly positive note when Nom Nom lets Grizzly accompany him for treatment.
He also wants Nom Nom to act in his movie 'Crowbar Jones' as shown in "Crowbar Jones: Origins", Nom Nom doesn't like Grizzy's movie. Later, Grizzly comes to rescue Nom Nom from getting his head ripped off by an automated machine, he uses a crowbar to save him. Then, Nom Nom accepted to join in the movie but he acts as secretly Crowbar Jones' son.
Fanon[]
Grizznom is one of the most popular ships within the We Bare Bears fandom, alongside Panlie, notably on Tumblr and fanfiction sites. The ship has carved out its own space among fans who emotionally complex or opposites attract pairings.
Grizz representing unconditional acceptance, and Nom Nom representing the difficulty of self-love and trust adds emotional depth to the pairing. The ship tends to resurface after rewatch cycles or when fans analyze character motivations more deeply. Occasionally, crossovers or alternate universe (AU) settings — like college AUs or celebrity life AUs — breathe new life into the ship, allowing more room to imagine their relationship outside the confines of the show’s comedic structure.
On AO3, the ship has 17 works written.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Grizz/Nom Nom tag on AO3
Trivia[]
- In the episode "Vacation", Nom Nom confesses that Grizzly is his only real friend, revealing that, in spite of his apparent bad mood, he really feels affection towards Grizzly.