Bernd das Brot (lit. "Bernd the Bread") is a puppet character, star mascot, and pop cultural icon of the German children's television channel KiKA, currently featured in the programs Bernd das Brot, Bravo Bernd, and the KiKA late night loop programme. He is primarily characterised by his chronic depression.
Bernd is a depressed and curmudgeonly Pullman loaf, speaking in a deep, gloomy baritone. He is small, rectangular and golden brown with hands directly attached to his body, rings around his eyes and a thin-lipped mouth. According to himself, he belongs to the species homo brotus depressivus. His favourite activities include staring at the south wall of his home, memorising the pattern of his woodchip wallpaper, reading his favourite magazine The Desert and You, expanding his video collection of the most boring railway tracks, and eating lukewarm gruel. Bernd sympathizes firstly with himself, and is bad-tempered and fatalistic.
His favorite expression is Mist!, used in much the same way as the English "crap". His other catchphrases (translated to English) are: "I would like to be left alone."; "I would like to leave this show."; and "My life is hell."