The narrative kicks off in the small town of Timberline, where Boog (voiced by Martin Lawrence ) serves as the town mascot, performing in a nature show. His comfortable existence—complete with a stuffed animal named Dunkleman—is interrupted when he rescues Elliot ( Ashton Kutcher ) from the hood of a truck belonging to the obsessed hunter Shaw.

as Boog, the lovable but out-of-his-element grizzly.

as Elliot, the fast-talking, "unihorn" mule deer.