为了巩固两人的婚姻，泰迪（塞思·麦克法兰 Seth MacFarlane 配音）和泰米琳（杰西卡·巴斯 Jessica Barth 饰）产生了要一个孩子的念头，在尝试了各种方法无果后，两人决定领养。然而，此时泰迪却发现政府并没有将他当做一个真正的“人”，而仅仅只是一份“财产”，因此，他不仅无法领养孩子，还丧失了身为一个“人”的所有公民权利——信用卡报废，工作泡汤，就连他和泰米琳的婚姻也成了一纸空文。 　　愤怒的泰迪和好友约翰（马克·沃尔伯格 Mark Wahlberg 饰）商量之后，两人决定起诉，他们找到了新手律师萨曼莎（阿曼达·塞弗里德 Amanda Seyfried 饰）三人共同为争取“熊权”而展开了战斗。Months after John's divorce, Ted and Tami-Lynn's marriage seems on the same road. To patch things up, Ted and Tami-Lynn plan to have a child with John's help, but their failed efforts backfire disastrously. Namely, Ted is declared property by the government and he loses all his civil rights. Now, Ted must fight a seemingly hopeless legal battle with an inexperienced young lawyer to regain his rightful legal status. Unfortunately, between Ted's drunken idiocies and sinister forces interested in this situation to exploit him, Ted's quest has all the odds against him.