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Happy Tree Friends is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Ken Navarro and Rhode Montijo.

As indicated at a corner of the official site, the show is "not recommended for small children or big babies." In contrast with the cuteness of its characters, the show is highly violent. Nearly every episode features the violent and bloody death of at least one character, with the exception of two episodes, "Out on a Limb" and "Nuttin but the Tooth". The violence of these deaths is comparable to those of Scratchy from The Itchy and Scratchy Show (a short cartoon featured on The Simpsons), and of Kenny McCormick of South Park, though the Happy Tree Friends deaths are significantly more graphic and drawn out. Also like Kenny and Scratchy, the characters return in later episodes.

The show is nearly free of dialogue, and when the characters do speak, their words are severely garbled. Though the creators make it obvious to the viewer what each character's reaction is, the language can barely be understood.

According to the website, the idea for Happy Tree Friends was conceived by Rhode Montijo when he drew a yellow rabbit on a piece of paper and wrote "Resistance Is Futile" underneath it.

Show characteristics

The show consists of 21 characters. (One of them has his own exclusive show, although he is apparently considered to be part of the Happy Tree Friends). The show takes place somewhere in the eastern woodlands of North America, and it is based on various North American animals.(except for Buddhist Monkey) Cro-Marmot, Cub, Cuddles, Disco Bear, Flaky, Flippy, Giggles, Handy, Lifty, Mime, Mole, Nutty, Petunia, Pop, Russell, Shifty, Sniffles, Splendid and Toothy are all from the United States of America, Lumpy is from Canada, and Buddhist Monkey is from China). All drawn in a cute style, some of the Happy Tree Friends who are the most cutest ones have light-colored bellies. Most of them has two front large buckteeth, and almost all the Happy Tree Friends (except for Lumpy and Sniffles) had the same pink Care Bear heart-shaped noses.

They are typically found at first at normal everyday life situations, which eventually develop into very violent occurrences, mostly very unfortunate accidents with common, otherwise harmless props.

Each episode starts with an introduction resembling a children's book, which portrays the show's logo, the episode's name and episode's cast. After the ending credits a moral follows. Examples are "Wash behind your ears!" and "Don't bite off more than you can chew!", which while adding to the cute children's book theme, sharply contrasts with the violence previously portrayed by the episode. (Typically, the moral is an ironic reference to what happened to the characters in that episode.)

Each episode has a typical duration of under three minutes. Usually a few (ranging from one to four) of the characters are used in a single episode, but occasionally larger episodes have been released where most of the characters appear.

Currently, new episodes are released on the scale of once a month. An episode list can be seen on the official website, which contains a list of older episodes available on the site. These episodes will only stay for a limited time. However, as this list is exchanged with other episodes every other week.

Worldwide broadcast

Happy Tree Friends has made a successful debut and is watched daily by fans all over the world.

In some countries previous episodes can be seen on television. Dutch, German, Polish, Brazilian, Italian and Latin American MTV channels, and on the Australian Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) TV network. On June 10, 2005, the shorts began showing during Attack of the Show!. A series, Happy Tree Friends and Friends, began to air on August 29, 2005 as part of the late night Midnight Spank block, which are all parts of G4 (TV channel of video games). The series has since been cancelled, but Happy Tree Friends shorts still air on Barbed Wire Biscuit/G4's Late Night Peep Show, a compilation of animation that continues to air on G4. HTF also has gained a collection of Audibles and an "environment" for Yahoo!'s instant messenger. It is featured on many websites in which flash cartoons can be watched, such as Newgrounds, Atom Films, Purple Twinkie and Albino Black Sheep.

Encouraged by the show's success, its creators have released four DVDs (First Blood, Second Serving, Third Strike, Winter Break.) containing the episodes shown on the website and others that have not been released. A collection of three DVDs has also been released.

Selected episodes of Happy Tree Friends are regularly featured in the annual Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation, among other diverse talents.

A video game for the series is also planned. Happy Tree Friends are currently searching for a publisher. It was also recently announced that a TV series is in the works hopefully to be released in September 2006. This TV series has been said to be pure Happy Tree Friends. Five of the characters, Cuddles, Giggles, Flippy, Lumpy, and Nutty have Myspace accounts. It was recently announced that the TV series is going to get a sneak preview at Comic-Con in San Diego, California on July 20 to July 23, 2006.

Characters

Characters each have their own distinct personality and traits. For example, Petunia could be playing with dolls or she could be a fry cook in a burger joint! Most of the Happy Tree Friends are very young, the children such as Cuddles, Flaky, Giggles, Handy, Lifty, Mime, Nutty, Petunia, Shifty, Sniffles and Toothy looks like the ages between four to eight years old. Teenagers such as Flippy and Russell are the ages between fifteen to eighteen years old. Adults such as Disco Bear, Lumpy, The Mole, Pop, and probably Splendid are ages between twenty to fifty-five years old.

Ants

Screaming terrified ants with sadistic manners of defending themselves. They appear as a family (two parents, a son and a daughter) and appear as secondary characters only along with Sniffles, who unsuccessfully tries to eat them.

Cro-Marmot

Animal: Prehistoric Marmot/ Place of Origin: Montana A marmot frozen in a block of ice. Like Handy, he somehow performs many tasks (such as throwing snowballs) while entirely encased in ice. Cro-Marmot is mostly seen in snowy areas, and sometimes drives an ice cream truck (supposedly to keep himself frozen.) He is the only Happy Tree Friend who we have seen die in only one episode, which occurred during the prehistoric age when he was not frozen, although he may have died in the explosion of the schoolhouse in Class Act. It's possible that the ice he's usually encased in protects him from disaster, so, unless something happens to the ice, he is almost invulnerable to most disastrous events (however he dies in Dino-Sore days). Cro-Marmot rarely appears in the series.

Cub

Animal: Grizzly Bear/ Place of Origin: California A very young light brown bear, only son of Pop, who likes to wander carelessly around and operate machines all by himself. He is doomed both by his father's attention and occasional lack of it. Being the youngest member of the Happy Tree Friends, he is often seen carelessly drifting into death-introducing hazards.

Cuddles

Animal: Eastern Cottontail/ Place of Origin: Indiana A canary yellow rabbit whose pursuits include skateboarding and swimming. Cuddles is claimed to be the head honcho main character in the series and stars in most of the advertisements. He dies in almost every episode he is in. Cuddles' favorite color seems to be pink? As he always wears pink bunny slippers, and has pink cheeks. His fondness is particularly noticeable in the episode Sweet Ride, where as well as his regular cheeks and slippers, he ordered a pink strawberry flavored ice cream, and was riding his pink skateboard. He was one of the first characters to be created in Happy Tree Friends. It appears that Cuddles and Giggles are very close friends since they appear in many episodes together. Flaky is another friend of his. He is also dangerously mischievous, as evidenced in the episode From A to Zoo. His account on Myspace mentions that he is actually allergic to carrots, although he enjoys blowing through a straw into a glass of carrot juice, which soothes his ears and tickles his pink little nose.

Disco Bear

Animal: Bear/ Place of Origin: New York A golden bear with an orange Afro who likes to boogie to disco music. He wears 1970s style clothing such as his bell bottoms and his dancing platform shoes. He usually gets everyone around him in life threatening trouble while dancing, but mistakes their movements of pain for his funky dance moves. He is sometimes seen trying to impress other female characters, such as Giggles and Petunia. He is even seen going on an awkward date with Petunia in the episode Blind Date. He appears to be stuck in the 1970s.

Flaky

Animal: North American Porcupine/ Place of Origin: Michigan A red porcupine whose quills are full of dandruff, thus by his name. His spiny quills are often what kills himself or the other Happy Tree Friends. His best friend appears to be Cuddles since they both appear in many episodes together. Flaky is normally frightened, delicate, paranoid, reluctant and always prefers extreme caution. Almost everything his own quills hurt and harm other characters a lot, and rendering him lots of danger and even hazards to his own life.

Flippy

Animal: Bear/ Place of Origin: New Jersey A green veteran bear, who is a survivor of a war sent into shell-shock when he hears or sees something that reminds him of war, such as a crackling campfire or someone with ketchup spilled on them that he thinks it was blood. His one flashback for example in the episode Flippin' Burgers he walked into the burger joint so happily, until he saw Cuddles and Giggles laughing because Cuddles squirted ketchup onto Giggles and he thought it was really blood. This makes Flippy out of control. His post-traumatic stress disorder is the cause for the grisly, guerrilla warfare. In every episode he appears in, he is usually the cause of everybody's deaths. Usually when he goes insane his eyes turn green, though they turned yellow in the episode Hide and Seek and blue in Remains To Be Seen. Another sign of his insanity is that his voice changes from a cute, innocent high-pitch to an evil, deep, creepy low-pitch. However, an exception to this is when Flippy appeared on Happy Trails Part 2, where he, for much of the episode, has a low-pitched voice like that of Pop which makes sense since both Flippy and Pop are both similar and alike and are voiced by the same person. A note of interest is that Flippy's preferred methods of killing and his own background are likely to be references to Rambo. This is especially evident in Hide and Seek, where Flippy mimicked Rambo's actions in a scene from Rambo: First Blood Part 2, as he hunted and killed his friends in the woods, in which they were supposedly playing a game of hide and seek. Flippy even sports a bowie knife similar to that wielded by Rambo, though in contrast to Rambo, Flippy rarely uses it. Flippy also, for unknown reasons, possessed hand grenades. A deluxe edition Flippy figurine shows him having the more modern M67 fragmentation grenade. Flippy always seems to have a specific method for killing the characters he appears with such as strangling them or snapping their necks (although for Petunia, he shoved her face on the frying grill in that episode Flippin' Burgers). HTF fans call him the most violent character in the show, and he is the most favorite Happy Tree Friend of many people, possibly for this reason. His Myspace account mentions that he enjoys jogging, feeding birds, eating chocolate chip cookies, and sewing. He is also one of the few characters who rarely die in the series, except in Happy trails Pt. 2, where he is in the spaceship with Handy and Sniffles flies and burns into the sun by its gravitational pull.

Giggles

Animal: Eastern Chipmunk/ Place of Origin: Vermont A pink chipmunk with a little red bow on her hair, who is one of the two female characters in the show. She has the personality of a young girl, as she enjoys frolicking through flowers and having tea parties. Unfortunately, until disaster befalls on her. She enjoys solving crossword puzzles and writing poetry. She tends to giggle a lot, by earning her name. Giggles is allergic to roses, though she quite likes them. Her Myspace account mentions that she wishes to see herself in a cereal box one day. Giggles is one of the main characters in the series and she appears in most advertisements along with Cuddles and Toothy and appears on a lot of the Happy Tree Friends merchandise.

Handy

Animal: Beaver/ Place of Origin: Minnesota An orange amputee craftsman beaver with ripped-off hands both are covered with bandages. He wears a tool belt and a worker's helmet. He still manages to perform all sorts of tasks but only off-screen. Ironically, his dam is littered with items that are operated by hand, like drills and yo-yos. Handy mostly gets angry and frustrated at times, that he wishes he had hands to do the things he needs to do. Some of the fans of the Happy Tree Friends say that Handy has a crush on Petunia referring to House Warming when Petunia hugged him.

Lifty & Shifty

Animal: Common Raccoons/ Place of Origin: New Hampshire Two green kleptomaniac raccoon brothers who are actually twins and they love to steal precious merchandise from the other Happy Tree Friends. Although they have the same markings, personality and voice, Shifty wears a fedora, and he sometimes bosses Lifty such as in that episode Milkin' It is where Shifty orders Lifty to milk the cow quickly before their hot-air balloon touches the telephone wires. Despite their smirks on their faces and their kleptomania, they almost always end up perishing in the process, although Lifty has on one occasion possibly survived. Their green color associates money, greed and selfishness in a general way to their "criminal duo" personalities.

Lumpy

Animal: Moose/ Place of Origin: Ontario, Canada A light blue moose with apparently very low intelligence, mouth jumped-off teeth, distorted eyes and mismatched antlers. Known to be the big brother or perhaps babysitter of many of the other characters and he is also the biggest idiot in the whole entire forest. He is one of the grown-up characters in the show and the only character having a standard nose with two nostrils. (the smaller Happy Tree Friends all have heart-shaped noses). It is possible he is a parody of Bullwinkle the Moose. (This resemblance is the reason his left antler is upside down). Lumpy has had many occupations in many episodes, such as a teacher, ticket clerk, a bus driver, a convenience store owner etc. He is often shown in tremendously incongruous situations, such as lounging lazily shirtless in a hammockwhile the rest of the Happy Tree Friends gang is playing in the snow. He does not die in most episodes despite being so stupid, and though this low intelligence is sometimes the cause of other characters' deaths. He lives in a trashy trailer and drives a Lincoln Continental. His Myspace account mentions that his favorite dessert is cheesecake and that he likes to talk to lettuce. Lumpy is considered to be the largest moron of the Happy Tree Friends series.

Mime

Animal: Woodland Reindeer/ Place of Origin: Maine A purple deer with a painted face, wearing a black and white striped shirt, and he is mute. Presumably, he does not speak because he is a mime. He is talented for his circus skills like juggling and creating balloon animals. His attempts to entertain his fellow Happy Tree Friends often have fatal consequences. Mime is considered the most unimportant Happy Tree Friend in the HTF series.

Mole

Animal: Mole/ Place of Origin: Pennsylvania A lavender blind mole with a mole on his face and dark sunglasses. He commonly wears a purple trenchcoat or a black turtleneck. Like Mime, he never speaks. It may be possible that he is not only blind, but he is also mute as well, but he is not deaf. Disaster follows his blind bumblings, and he seems to love stuffed animals. He doesn't appear to have his driver's licence revoked, since he has been seen driving. He also has an old-time arch-nemesis known as The Rat. It is questionable whether The Mole has actually died in the series although he has been injured. Just take a look at Class Act. We haven't ever seen him lying around dead anywhere but during the evacuation of the burning schoolhouse someone must have pushed him face-first piercing through his right eye and through his head with his walking cane. He may have died in Happy Trails Part 1, as he is seen in a window of the school bus as they run off the cliff. (He looks calm although, as he has no idea what is going on). And he doesn't appear in Happy Trails Part 2. His dead body is buried underneath one of the burial crosses of the stranded island. This may be the only episode where he apparently dies.

Nutty

Animal: Common Squirrel/ Place of Origin: Connecticut A light green insane rabid squirrel with a serious mental disorder and an enormous addiction for sugar, sweets and candies. Nutty has various candies stuck to his fur, including a lollipop, a candy apple and different other sweets. One of his wobbly eyes can move independently of the other. He is very hyperactive and jittery, which may be caused by extreme sugar overdose and his rabies. His craving for candy usually results in his and others' downfall. His Myspace account mentions that he currently has fourteen cavities. When deprived of candy his mouth starts foaming, evidencing his case of rabies. Nutty often becomes dissatisfied when he can't get the candy he desire, which eventually causes him more pain than gain.

Petunia

Animal: Striped Skunk/ Place of Origin: Illinois A pretty blue skunk, who is one of the two female characters in the show. She always wears a pine scent car air freshener or deodorizer around her neck to cover up her skunk smell, even though she bathe many times a day. She is said to be the cleanest skunk you'll ever met. People will often refer to Petunia as one of the most unfortunate Happy Tree Friends, with a long-range of gruesome deaths under her name.

Pop

Animal: Grizzly Bear/ Place of Origin: California A light brown bear who is another grown-up character, the stereotypically clueless, bathrobe-wearing, pipe-smoking 1950s style sitcom father. His inattention (or at times simply attention) often means bad things for his only son, Cub. (For example, lying on his hammock lazily, while Cub operates a lawnmower. Most of the time, he is ignorant of his son's death, and continues throughout the whole day as if nothing ever happened. What happened to his wife nobody knows. (Probably had a permanent death). But rest assured he can handle the stress of being a single parent. Pop is another character who rarely dies in the show. Pop along with Cub, is currently featured in the preloader image with the warning that said "Small Children Should Not Watch". It can also be noted that Pop has a much more intelligible way of speaking, as is especially noted in the episode Water Way To Go, mostly towards the end of the episode.

Russell

Animal: Atlantic Sea Otter/ Place of Origin: Massachusetts A turquoise sea otter pirate with typical pirate accessories. A Jolly Roger's hat, a hook, an eyepatch and two wooden peglegs. He enjoys fishing, sailing and eating seafood. Russell's initial character design depicted him with a five o'clock shadow, though since his early appearances, it seems as though he shaves regularly. Typically, his vocabulary consists only of "Yar?!", though in the episode Get Whale Soon, he can also say things like "Aha!" and "Huh?" Because Russell spends most of his time in the water, he is rarely seen with the other characters, though he did appear in a couple of episodes with Lumpy. Only in Remains To Be Seen and Class Act. He dies in about every episode he appears in. Russell can be said to be the opposite of Handy; as Handy has no arms, Russell does not have any real legs.

Sniffles

Animal: Anteater/ Place of Origin: North Dakota A nerdy bluish-grey anteater who likes to play in the sandbox, likes to learn about science and solve square roots. He always gets sticks his snout into trouble, and it seems like his worst enemies are actually his favorite snack; Ants. Sniffles has a rather large I.Q., as proven in the episodes Happy Trails Pt. 2 and Suck It Up, since he builds or invents things that are far more advanced than most things the other characters make. (Sniffles also does not have a heart-shaped nose like the other Happy Tree Friends because he has a snout). Despite his book-smarts, he's still not clever (or lucky) enough to avoid gruesome fates.

Splendid

Animal: Northern Flying Squirrel/ Place of Origin: Rhode Island A sky blue superheroic flying squirrel who is always doing housework. His superpowers are based loosely on those of Superman; he can fly, shoot laserbeams from his eyes, has super strength, supersonic hearing, and turning back time. Despite his power (or possibly because of it), he commonly ends up unintentionally killing the characters he rescues, and is usually oblivious to it afterwards. He may be a version of Rocky the Flying Squirrel. He is one of the only Happy Tree Friends that have not died yet. The reason as to why there is a lack of Splendid deaths may be due to the fact he has his supernatural powers to protect him from mishaps, while the others are just powerless and helpless. However, invincibility is not stated in his official profile, so it's possible that he's capable of dying, but it's never happened so far and would take a lot of power to overcome. From watching Remains To Be Seen, it would seem that Toothy is a fan of Splendid in that episode. Toothy dresses up as Splendid for Halloween.

Toothy

Animal: Beaver/ Place of Origin: Minnesota A light purple beaver with very large buckteeth but it literally means he is not stupid. Known to be a great fan of Splendid, he dresses up as Splendid in Remains To Be Seen. Usually, he acts before he thinks, for example running away and throwing a lit candle on a stage curtain behind him. He tends to cry a lot when in distress. As with Cuddles and Giggles he is another of the main characters since he's often seen with them both on Happy Tree Friends products and advertisements.

Buddhist Monkey

The creators thought this character was such a great idea that he deserved his own show, which has currently had only two episodes and were originally exclusive for the second and third DVDs. However, in June 2006, the episode Enter The Garden was released on the website. As his name implies, he is a Chinese monkey who lives his life in the way of Buddha. He has brown fur with four dots in the shape of a square on his forehead and wears what appears to be a brown, monk-like robe with three circle-like objects worn as a belt. He is often very calm and enjoys libraries and gardens, but he is known for his Flippy-style rages when the evil Unknown Ninjas ruin his day wrecking books and destroying gardens. Yet he only kills the ninjas, nobody else. He has made several cameo appearances in the regular episodes. Like clips from one Buddhist Monkey playing on a cinema screen, and Cub playing a claw-grabbing prize machine with an image of Buddhist Monkey on the side of it. He along with Splendid are the only two remaining characters who have not died yet.

Generic Tree Friend

Used en masse when needed, for example, in a large audience. They all look the same lavender in color, although they are rarely used as not many episodes require large crowds. In the Happy Tree Friends and Friends episode in which the dirty chair's spring goes right through Flaky's body bringing out his large intestine, and got smashed by the theater chair, you can see an unnamed Happy Tree Friend in the back row.

Unknown Ninjas

A special group of Generic Tree Friends from Japan, who terrorizes any secret or silent place where Buddhist Monkey is. These dark ninjas are exclusive to the only two Buddhist Monkey episodes, one of which recently shown online. They are always seem to be ruining gardens and wrecking libraries. This always brings on the full wrath of Buddhist Monkey, who will then proceed to defeat them brutally. Unlike real ninjas, they are dressed in dark green.

Cursed Idol

An ancient relic that looks like a native from Mexico, Central or South America, with mysterious powers and a menacing look. This means this Latin American artifact is cursed. It's a bronze statuette with long hair, with an ominous face, an open mouth and hollow eyes. And it is said the Cursed Idol is responsible for the Happy Tree Friends death tolls. It's first appearance is the episode Treasure Those Idol Momemts when Toothy was the first Happy Tree Friend who discovered it after he felled from the swing and was later killed by none other than the Cursed Idol. The Cursed Idol is considered to be a female.

Voice Talents

  • Rhode Montijo - Lumpy, Splendid.
  • Kenn Navarro - Cuddles.
  • Aubrey Ankrum- Flippy, Pop.
  • Warren Graff - Handy, Toothy.
  • Michael Lipman - Nutty.
  • Mark Giambruno - Lifty, Shifty.
  • Liz Stuart - Sniffles.
  • Jeff Biancalana - Russell, Buddhist Monkey.
  • Nica Lorber - Flaky.
  • Peter Herrmann - Disco Bear.
  • Dana Belben - Giggles, Petunia.
  • Ellen Connell - Cub.

Episode list (in chronological order)

  • Spin Fun Knowin' Ya starring Cuddles, Lumpy, Giggles and Toothy.
  • House Warming starring Petunia and Handy.
  • Helping Helps starring Splendid, Giggles and Mrs Giggles.
  • Crazy Antics starring Sniffles.
  • Havin' a Ball starring Lumpy, Pop and Cub.
  • Nuttin' Wrong with Candy starring Nutty.
  • Pitchin' Impossible starring Petunia, Mole and Lumpy.
  • Wheelin' and Dealin' starring Lifty, Shifty, Lumpy and Handy.
  • Stayin' Alive starring Disco Bear, Petunia and Giggles.
  • Off the Hook starring Lumpy and Russel.
  • Mime and Mime Again starring Toothy and Mime.
  • Water You Wading For starring Cuddles and Flaky.
  • This Is Your Knife starring Flippy, Cuddles, Giggles and Flaky.
  • Treasure Those Idol Moments starring Toothy, Flaky, Cub, Sniffles and Lumpy.
  • Snow What? That's What! starring Cro-Marmot, Lumpy, Petunia and Giggles.
  • Chip Off the Ol' Block starring Pop and Cub.
  • Nuttin' But the Tooth starring Nutty and Toothy.
  • Tongue Twister Trouble starring Sniffles.
  • Meat Me for Lunch starring Lifty, Shifty, Lumpy and Petunia.
  • You're Bakin' Me Crazy starring Lumpy and Giggles. (Cameo appearance of Petunia)
  • Boo Do You Think You Are? starring Sniffles, Giggles and Flaky.
  • Hide and Seek starring Flippy, Petunia, Flaky and Toothy.
  • Sweet Ride starring Cuddles and Nutty. (Cameo appearance of Cro-Marmot)
  • It's a Snap starring Splendid, Lumpy and Cub.
  • Spare Me starring Handy, Sniffles and Mole.
  • Happy Trails pt. 1 starring Lumpy, Petunia, Cuddles, Mime, Toothy and Sniffles. (Cameo appearance of the Mole, seen on the bus right at the end)
  • Happy Trails pt. 2 starring Lumpy, Lifty, Shifty, Giggles, Flippy, Flaky, Handy and Sniffles.
  • Whose Line is it Anyway? starring Russel.
  • Eye Candy starring Toothy.
  • Rink Hijinks starring Flaky, Lumpy, Disco Bear and Cub (Cameo appearance of Buddhist Monkey, though only as an image on the side of the machine Cub was playing with).
  • Flippin' Burgers starring Cuddles, Giggles, Flippy and Petunia. (Cameo appearance of Pop and Cub)
  • Get Whale Soon starring Russell and Lumpy.
  • Milkin' It starring Lumpy, Lifty and Shifty.
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mime starring Mime and Mole (Cameo appearance of Flaky, Lumpy and Giggles).
  • Class Act. (Christmas Special.)
  • Snip Snip Hooray! starring Pop and Cub.
  • Eyes Cold Lemonade starring Petunia and Giggles.
  • The Way You Make Me Wheel starring Handy and Lumpy.
  • Better off Bread starring Splendid, Giggles and Toothy.
  • I Get a Trick Out of You starring Lumpy and Cuddles.
  • Shard at Work starring Handy.
  • Remains to be Seen. (Halloween Special.)
  • Stealing the Spotlight. starring Pop & Cub and Lumpy
  • Water Way to Go starring Pop and Cub. (Cameo appearance of Cro-Marmot)
  • Out on a Limb starring Lumpy.
  • Keepin' it Reel starring Flippy, Mime, Lumpy, Petunia, Toothy. (Cameo appearance of Flaky and Cuddles, with Buddhist Monkey appearing on the theater's screen.)
  • A Hard Act to Swallow starring Sniffles.
  • Icy You starring Nutty. (Cameo appearance of Lumpy)
  • Hello Dolly! starring Petunia, Cub and Disco Bear. (Cameo appearance of Pop)
  • A to Zoo Part 1 starring Lumpy, Petunia, Toothy, Cuddles, Sniffles, and Flaky.
  • A to Zoo Part 2 starring Lumpy, Petunia, Toothy, Cuddles, and Flaky.
  • Blind Date starring the Mole, Lumpy, Handy, and Giggles.(Cameo appearance of Disco Bear, Petunia, and Buddhist Monkey appearing on the theater's screen.)
  • Suck it Up! starring Sniffles.
  • Enter the Garden starring Buddhist Monkey and Unknown Ninjas.

(unconfirmed)

  • Banjo Frenzy- pilot episode starring an unnamed Dinosaur (later developed into Lumpy) and early versions of Cuddles, Toothy and Giggles.
  • Books of Fury starring Buddhist Monkey and Unknown Ninjas.
  • Dino-sore days starring Cro-Marmot.
  • Let it Slide starring Lumpy, Cuddles, Flaky, Giggles and Cub.
  • Mole in the City starring Mole and Rat.
  • Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya! starring Flaky and Disco Bear (Cameo appearance of Giggles and Petunia).

It is said that in the French Happy Tree Friends movie, (a full-lengh feature which consists of several episodes and some other things like the making of the show) there is two brand-new episodes.

Smoochies

  • Cuddles Pet Smoochie
  • Giggles Valentine Smoochie
  • Nutty Party Smoochie
  • Petunia Summer Smoochie
  • Toothy Easter Smoochie
  • Pop BBQ Smoochie
  • Flaky Baseball Smoochie
  • Sniffles Science Smoochie

Kringles

  • Kringle Presents
  • Kringle Bells
  • Kringle Tree
  • Kringle Karols
  • Kringle Feast
  • Kringle Frosty

Character Death Tolls

There are several points to be taking into account when looking at this guide:

  • Every character has a Class Act: Dies when school explodes in their death. This is simply a guess, because none of them are actually seen dead. Some might have survived, or been thrown aside by the explosion. Some fans think The Mole walked in the wrong direction when the singing started, and wasn't blown up, or that Flippy was busy brutalizing the Happy Tree Friends to join. Once again, this is only a guess that everyone died, because that is the show's nature, but some might have lived.
  • Splendid hasn't ever died so far due the fact that his superpowers can shield him and his self-defense. Although it is debatable whether or not he died in Class Act, it can be said that his powers were able to shield him from the school's explosion.
  • Because Cro-Marmot is usually encased in ice, it's possible that the ice protects him for disasters surrounding him, so he can't die very often.
  • Idol-Introduced" means that the death was caused from the cursed idol.
  • Some deaths are questionable, as the characters are sometimes not actually shown dead.

This is a very questionable scene in HTF history, which has a 50/50 chance of either being 100% deaths or 100% recoveries for the whole cast.

Cro-Marmot: 2

  • Class Act: Possibly dies when the schoolhouse exploded.
  • Dino-Sore Days: Beaten and disembowled by various dinosaurs. Then eaten by a pterodactyl and fed him to its young.

Cub

  • Chip off the Old Block: Impaled by various pieces of shattered glass and fell off the hammock. Later underneath a pile of leaves accidentally set on fire by Pop.
  • Flippin' Burgers: Crushed by burger joint door when the restaurant exploded.
  • Havin' A Ball: Crushed by Lumpy who is in a gurney for an unknown reason.
  • It's A Snap: Splendid throws a beartrap into the air and snaps it onto Cub's head while he was playing with his toys.
  • Snip, Snip, Hooray: Puts an electric razor in his mouth when it is unplugged. Pop then plugged the cord into an electrical outlet and activated the razor, causing the razor to cut inside Cub's mouth, tongue and throat to pieces.
  • Treasure These Idol Moments: Crushed by a boulder rolling towards him on a slide. (Idol-induced).
  • Water Way to Go: Soda can embedded on his face. Sliced up by rowing boat engine rudder. His remains were floating on the water eaten by seagulls.
  • Let it Slide: Cut horizontally in two by Lumpy's antlers after drifting towards the slide exit.
  • Hello Dolly: Gets hit by the fire hydrant's spouting water smacking him into a wall. Guts were splattered on it. (Idol-induced).
  • Stealing The Spotlight: Loses one of his front buckteeth when Pop accidentally knocks him into the snow with the ladder. Bucket of nails fell on his head. Head exploded by a bright light.
  • Class Act: Head impaled by a wooden Christmas tree star. Dies when the schoolhouse exploded.
  • Kringles-Presents: Electrocuted after drooling on an electrical miniature toy train track, toy train plows right through his head.
  • Kringles-Feast: Died of starvation but the house he was in exploded thanks to Lumpy igniting the gas.
  • Happy Tree Friends And Friends Bumper: Choked to death on popcorn.

Cuddles

Disco Bear

  • Rink Hi jinks: Impaled by most of Flaky's spikes.
  • Class Act: Half of his afro gets burned off when the school is set on fire. Possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Hello Dolly: Head explodes from listening to headphones at Soundwave level(idol-induced).
  • Ski Ya Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!: The plank with the nail that Flaky used as a ski to get off the mountain impales him.
  • Blind Date: Petunia sprays pepper spray in his eyes. The Mole bumps into the car with they are in, pushing the car off the cliff. Though there is a remote chance he lived, it's highly likely he didn't.

Flaky

  • Hide and Seek: Strangled by Flippy with a wire.
  • Boo Do You Think You Are?: Melted by lava.
  • This Is Your Knife: Thrown into the campfire by Flippy while hiding in his sleeping bag. Though not shown dead, he probably will be soon.
  • Treasure These Idol Moments: Hit by Lumpy's car (Idol-induced, though probably would've happened anyway).
  • Happy Trails Pt 2: Buried alive (or possibly murdered) by Flippy, Lumpy, Sniffles, and Handy for accidentally ruining their only means of escape.
  • Rink Hijnks: Disco Bear bumps into him, which causes Flaky to get sucked into Lumpy's floor waxer. This sends his quills flying everywhere.
  • Class Act: Dropped down the chimney by Lifty and Shifty. Comes out the other end skinned. Possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Keepin' it Reel: Strangled by Flippy. Gets decapitated when Flippy uses him as a mace to hit Cuddles.
  • Let it Slide: Is pushed down the dry slide by Cuddles, which causes a skinning effect similar to the one seen in 'Class Act'. Finally drowns in the pool. (He has survived being skinned before)
  • Ski Ya Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!: After nearly getting strangled, losing the ability to use his left arm, and getting both his feet split apart by a plank with a nail in it, he is thrown towards the chain-fence surrounding Disco Bear's cabin, which slices him into cubes.
  • From A to Zoo Part 2: After being very severely traumatized, the bus he is in crashes because of a camera flash by a baboon. Though not shown dead, it's likely he died.
  • Smoochie-Catch: Eye explodes of inflation after it gets hit by a baseball.
  • Smoochie-Bat: Gets electrocuted by lightning when holding a metal baseball bat and gets his upper torso impaled by a baseball.
  • Smoochie-Gum: Suffocates from gum popped all over his face.
  • Happy Tree Friends And Friends Bumper: Smashed by Lumpy's van against the wall. Sat on a dirty theater chair and its spring sprung out his large intestine, and the chair crushed him.

Flippy

  • Happy Trails Pt 2: The rocket he is in with Handy and Sniffles burns up in the sun.
  • Class Act: Possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Kills himself along with the other happy tree friends after driving into them with a truck holding toxic waste. Revived as a zombie, thanks to toxic waste. Lumpy rams a leaf-blower (He intends to plant an electric saw to his severed arm but panicked and took the leaf blower instead)in his right eye, blowing his brain up like a balloon. Toothy bites his brain causing it to explode. He is buried back underground with the other Happy Tree Friends.

Giggles

  • Spin Fun Knowin' Ya!: Spun out of the playground, hits a chopping block and splits horizontally in two. Chest impaled by a steel rod.
  • Helping Helps: When Splendid zooms past a tree, Giggles's head is sliced off by a branch.
  • Stayin' Alive!: Spun around by Disco Bear, and gets her head impaled by a hot tea kettle. Not made certain whether she just passed out or died.
  • Boo Do You Think You Are?: Vertically sliced in two by a pendulum.
  • You're Bakin' Me Crazy!: Lumpy trips over some leads, causing an iron to burn her face. Lumpy smacks an active mixer into the air, and gouges out her eyes. Not made sure whether she passed out or died but likely the latter.
  • Snow What? That's What!: Eyes and mouth impaled by falling icicles.
  • This Is Your Knife: Flippy strangles her with Cuddles's intestines.
  • Happy Trails Pt 2: Has her foot burnt by a jellyfish, her burnt foot bloats monstrously due to the jellyfish poison, then next morning she is dead (her causa mortis in not really explained but may be evidenced by her bloated leg).
  • Flippin' Burgers: Flippy jams condiments into her ears and squeezes ketchup and mustard into her head, making it come out of her nose and thus dissolving her brain.
  • Eyes Cold Lemonade: Face ripped off by a lemonade banner board, then stings after Petunia spits lemonade (acid) into her mauled face. Does not die however, but it's counted as it definitely hurt.
  • Class Act: Facial lid sliced off by a sandbag whilst wearing a present costume. Possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Better Off Bread: Splendid breaks her spine. When Splendid flies an extremely high speeds, her eyes is pop off. Later, Splendid travels back in time, and it seems as though Giggles never died like this and apparently died when falling off the cliff.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Killed in the crash, revived as a zombie and dies again when Flippy's brain explodes.
  • Stealing the Spotlight: Burned by a bright light. Though not shown dead, she probably died.
  • Smoochie-Flowers: Since she's allergic to flowers Giggles sneezes out of control, the last sneeze is so strong that her head blows up from the back. The blood makes the shape of a heart.
  • Smoochie-Cupid: Pierced by many arrows. Slides slowly down arrows while making sharp scratching noise.
  • Smoochie-Note: Tongue sliced off whilst licking an envelope. Dies from blood loss.
  • Kringles-Feast: Possibly died of Gas from cooker or starvation, but the house she was in explodes thanks to Lumpy igniting the gas, possibly killing her.
  • Kringles-Tree: Lumpy nails his axe into the middle of her face in a horizontal motion, and due to the axe blow, one of her eyes fall off her face.
  • Happy Tree Friends and Friends Bumper: Melts when she accidentally sprays herself with popcorn butter.

Handy

  • Wheelin' and Dealin': Hits an ambulance and gets his lower torso taken off. His internal organs fall out of the ripped area.
  • Spare Me: A soda bottle goes through his eye socket after 'The Mole' throws Sniffles's head (which he thinks is a bowling ball) into the air and it bounces on Handy's head. He doesn't die, but it counts as it definitely hurt.
  • Happy Trails Pt 2: The rocket he is with Flippy and Sniffles burns up in the sun.
  • Class Act: He gets both his legs cut off somehow. Possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • The Way You Make Me Wheel: Crushed between Lumpy's car and his tow-truck. Tail caught under Lumpy's wheel and his guts are forced out of his mouth.
  • Shard At Work: Impaled by broken light bulb glass in his mouth before drowning when a fishbowl with water gets stuck on his head.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Killed in the crash, though not seen beforehand. revived as a zombie and dies again when Flippy's brain explodes.
  • Blind Date: 'The Mole's car bumps into the truck he's working on. The hood closes on his waist and horizontally snaps him in half. (The truck he's working on is a joke on Optimus Prime, as it has what looks like the Autobot symbol on it).

Lifty & Shifty

  • Wheelin' and Dealin': The steering wheel and wheels of their car break off causing the racing car to flip over, and drag/grind their bodies down on the road.
  • Meat Me For Lunch: Shifty is grounded up a sausage maker and later eaten by Petunia. Lifty is pinned down by cutlery and has his tail cut up by a slicer.
  • Happy Trails Pt 2: Both became shark food.
  • Milkin' It: Lifty is impaled by a pine-tree after being thrown out of the air-balloon by Shifty and Shifty has his body chopped up by a windmill.
  • Class Act: Lifty has had his lower torso taken off somehow. Both possibly die when school explodes.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Killed in the crash, though not seen beforehand, revived as zombies and they are then run over again by Lumpy's lawnmower.
  • Kringles-Feast: Either Lifty's or Shifty's feet are shown sticking out from the table (we don't see who it is completely) indicating that either one of them died of gas from the cooker or starvation. But whoever it was, the house he was in explodes thanks to the gas being ignited by Lumpy, possibly killing them.
  • Happy Tree Friends and Friends Bumper: Shifty's face melts after he eats a hot piece of pizza. Lifty does not die.

Lumpy

  • Havin' a Ball: Crushed by a helicopter while lying bandaged in a gurney.
  • Wheelin' and Dealin': The race car he's in burns up, but he probably does not die due to the fact we see his race car pass Lifty and Shifty's dead bodies in the end.
  • Pitchin' Impossible: Cut in two by a fast spinning 'Ferris Wheel'.
  • Treasure These Idol Moments: Though the cartoon fades to black before we see it, we can hear a sound of tires squeaking bruscally and a crash, evidencing a car accident (Idol-induced).
  • It's A Snap!: When Splendid removes a bear trap from Lumpy's arm, it's snaps the arm off. When Splendid slices off the biggest bear trap (which was trapping Lumpy's entire body) with laser eyes, it also slices off Lumpy's head which falls into another bear trap.
  • Rink Hi jinks: Killed by Cub operating the claw of the toy-vending machine, tearing his heart out.
  • Get Whale Soon: Russell tries to toss a harpoon out of the whale's blowhole, but it misses and impales through Lumpy's forehead.
  • Milkin' It: Turned inside-out after being dragged through the metallic-rope ring.
  • Class Act: Possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • The Way You Make Me Wheel: Cut by the blade of a shaving razor whilst pulling away from some ducks. Dies from blood loss in the end.
  • Out On A Limb: Leg struck under a fallen tree. Punctures the wrong leg with a spoon and the other leg with a paper clip ( did not die, but it must have really hurt).
  • Keepin' It Reel: Though the cartoon fades to black before we see it, Flippy seemingly snaps Lumpy's neck.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Arm bitten off by a zombified Flippy. Punched by his own zombified arm. Though not shown dead but he possibly will be soon
  • Snow What? That's What!: Gets some blood squeezed out of him in the hammock by Cro-Marmot
sliding as Giggles rushes by. He doesn't appear to be dead, though.
  • Stealing The Spotlight: Eyes melt from bright light.
  • Blind Date: When 'The Mole' drives into a truck it tears off the top part of his car and with it, the skin covering Lumpy's brain. His right foot is then scraped on the pavement when 'The Mole's car door closes on it.
  • From A to Zoo: The bus he is driving crashes because of a camera flash by a baboon.
  • I Get A Trick Out Of You: Uses a magic potion to disappear. Then we see Lumpy lying on the floor, dead.
  • Commercial 1: The cardboard box he's sitting in sets ablaze and he goes down with it. Though, he does not appear dead.
  • Commercial 2: Runs with a stick, trips, and is impaled in the head by it.
  • Commercial 3: Head sliced off by Flippy, whilst Flippy was hiding in the water.
  • Kringles-Feast: Lumpy ignites the gas from the cooker, causing the house he and all the other Happy Tree Friends are in at this time to explode.
  • Happy Tree Friends And Friends Bumper: At the end of the show, color film reels sliced Lumpy's body into pieces in the projector room.

Mime

  • Happy Trails Pt 1: Chokes on a peanut.
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mime: Decapitated by Lumpy's scythe. His head then gets carved into that of a Jack-O-Lantern by 'The Mole', when he thinks it's a pumpkin.
  • Class Act: Possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Keepin' it Reel: Flippy closes the theatre chair on him and then pulls it apart, which decapitates and dismembers Mime.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Killed in the crash, revived as a zombie and dies again when Flippy's brain explodes.
  • Happy Tree Friends and Friends Bumper: A straw impaled him in the eye after The Mole bumps into him.

The Mole

  • Happy Trails Pt 1: Though not shown on screen, it is likely that he died when the bus crashes on the island since he is seen in this part and not in the next. This is the only time, other than "Class Act", that the Mole is presumed to be dead. However, the probability of the Mole's death in this one is much higher, since there is no way he could have escaped from the bus as easily.
  • Class Act: Cane impaled through eye socket. possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Possibly killed by Flippy in the crash, but unlike all the other characters, he is not buried by in his grave because he was walking in the other direction when Flippy's brain exploded, making him the only zombie to have survived.

Nutty

  • Nuttin' But the Tooth: Toothy drills through his head - his lower jaw torn off with rope. Does not die, but counted as it definitely would have hurt (not to mention he would probably die eventually from blood loss or starvation(He can't eat without a jaw)).
  • Nuttin Wrong With Candy: Arm chopped off by holding the candy, then crushed by the candy vending machine and his eyes pierced through by its drill-like coils.
  • Stealing the Spotlight: After mistaking Lumpy's Christmas lights for candy and eating them, Lumpy yanks on what's left of the cord and pulls out Nutty's insides in the process.
  • Sweet Ride: Head gets stuck in bee hive; his face is stung by hundreds of bees.
  • Icy You: Drinks too much out of the Slushie machine thus causing his mouth to freeze onto the nozzle. Attempts to pull mouth free, rips mouth off, stumbles backwards into a rack and is "popped" like a balloon. He flies in between the candy shop's sliding doors and has his head crushed by them.
  • Class Act: possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Killed in the crash. revived as a zombie and dies again when Flippy's brain explodes.
  • Smoochie-Toy: Knocks his tooth out with a yo-yo and then throws a hard "sleeper," causing it to rub against himself and produce a buzzing sound until the friction burns him alive.
  • Smoochie-Gift: Chokes on balloon strings after setting a pair of scissors aside.
  • Smoochie-Treat: Suffocates from too much gas expelled from the cart.

Petunia

  • A to Zoo: (Part 1) Gets impaled by shards of glass and Lumpy hits her with a tranquilizer dart by accident, then falls into the snake pit where the snake devours her whole. (Part 2) When Lumpy cuts the snake in half, he sees Petunia covered in what looks like digestive fluids.
  • Blind Date: The mole bumps into the car she's in with Disco Bear pushing the car off the cliff. Death isn't certain but highly likely.
  • Happy Trails pt. 1: Is impaled by the bus' gear handle by a bump, Lumpy then changes gears with her still on it causing the handle to mutilate her body. (Idol induced)
  • Hide and Seek: Falls into a spike pit (reminiscent to the Viet Cong punji pits of the Vietnam War). Flippy then later hands her an active grenade, to finish the job and end her suffering. If mercy-killing is the case, then this marks the only time Flippy actually performed an act of mercy, in spite of his "Flip-out" (though, Petunia's death is not shown because the cartoon fades to black and then the grenade explosion can be heard).
  • House Warming: Is burnt to a crisp by the house fire followed by a bucket of petrol kicked at by Handy then being stepped on by Handy's cleats. She isn't actually shown dead, though, but probably will be soon.
  • Pitchin' Impossible: Head split apart by the carnival stand roof.
  • Snow What? That's What!: Squashed by Cro-Marmot while she was lying on the ground making a snow angel, Though she isn't shown dead, she probably will be soon.
  • Stayin' Alive: Disco Bear twirls her into an electric fence, though it's hard to tell whether she is dead or just unconscious.
  • Class Act: Arm half blown off somehow leaving the bone. Possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Flippin' Burgers: Flippy slams her face on the grill gruesomely grilling her face before the whole building explodes. Considered by many fans to be the most gruesome death on the show to date. When her face is lifted up, the skin on her face sticks to the grill, causing her face to be horribly unskinned (Flippy performs this in pure sadism and cruelty like would-be-done by The Punisher or Ryuji Yamazaki). Later killed when the restaurant explodes (after the explosion, Petunia's face is shown as burnt in a coal-like black color).
  • Eyes Cold Lemonade: Face crushed by the Lemonade banner board. She also loses an eye which will be used for Giggles' "lemonade". (picture of her death is shown above)
  • Keepin it Reel: Flippy throws her head into the popcorn machine, which cooks her brain "popcorn-style".
  • Hello Dolly: After getting into bed, the springs pop up and takes her internal organs with them (Idol-induced).
  • Remains to be Seen: Killed in the crash, though not seen beforhand. Revived as a zombie and dies again when Flippy's brain explodes.
  • Smoochie-Swim: Ripped in half and eaten by a shark.
  • Smoochie-Spin: Face thrashed by a fast-spinning pinwheel.
  • Smoochie-Water: Hose jams and expands, forcing her into the screen until she gets squished.
  • Kringle-Bells: Horse-kicked to death by a skinny, maybe neglected reindeer.
  • Kringles-Feast: Possibly died of Gas from cooker or from starvation but the house she was in explodes thanks to the gas being ignited by Lumpy, most likely killing her.

Pop

  • Flippin' Burgers: Crushed by burger joint door when the restaurant explodes.
  • Havin' A Ball: Sliced by helicopter rotors.
  • Smoochie-Light: Charcoal from BBQ grill burns holes through head.
  • Smoochie-Corn: Inflates to death from corn turning into popcorn after a fire from BBQ burns in his chest.
  • Smoochie-Kabob: Kabob stick impales eye. Eye tears out through back after falling face forward.
  • Stealing The Spotlight: Skin bubbles like crazy.
  • Class Act: possibly dies when the school explodes.

Russell the Pirate

  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Chokes on a pufferfish; and impaled by a swordfish.
  • Get Whale Soon: Impaled in the eye by a ship's mast.
  • Off the Hook: Is hooked in the eyelid by Lumpy's fishing rod. Dragged through water. Zapped by a eel. His skin torn off by coral. Hits a seamine and explodes when Lumpy yanks on the fishing line.
  • Class Act: possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Remains to be Seen: Killed in the crash. Revived as a zombie and gets run over by Lumpy's lawnmower.
  • Happy Tree Friend And Friends Bumper: Both Flaky and Russell got smashed against the wall by Lumpy's van.

Sniffles

  • A to Zoo: Attacked by the baboon when he gets too close to the cage for a picture.
  • Suck it Up: Sniffles's vacuum snout sucks up several tacks left by the Ants, a spill of acid which dissolves his snout (also made by the Ants), then sucks up his brains through his ear and finally, has the vacuum set on reverse and sucks up his whole body and spits it out of the end.
  • Happy Trails pt. 2: The rocket he is with Handy and Flippy burns up in the sun. Unlike the others, his head explodes before he hits the sun due to the intense heat.
  • Crazy Antics: Tongue mutilated by ants. Upper body explodes.
  • Boo do you Think you Are?: Skull is mutilated by the monster hand.
  • Tongue Twister Trouble: Gets tongue stuck on the ice while going after the ants. The ants release a cat onto the tongue, and the cat uses his claws to dig into the tongue. Then the ants stretch the tongue out, and finally, the cat slices the tongue in half, causing Sniffles to fall into freezing water.
  • Treasure These Idol Moments: Sinks into quicksand in the sandbox (Idol-induced).
  • Spare Me: Head comes off after applying snout-suction on bowling ball. His head is then thrown down the bowling aisle as if it were a bowling ball, and when his head knocks down a few pins, the bowling pin sweeper at the end of each bowling aisle cuts his snout off.
  • A Hard Act To Swallow: Heart blown apart by ants.
  • Class Act: Nutty bites a chunk out of his side, thinking he is a candy cane. Sniffles bleeds as he runs in panic. Dies when the school explodes.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Killed in the crash. revived as a zombie and dies again when Flippy's brain explodes.
  • Smoochie-Jet: Jetpack takes off and rips off his arms, faints from blood loss and smashed by the falling jetpack.
  • Smoochie-Magnet: Stabbed by iron, pins, a scissors, and a steel beam, and even a Bike attracted to a magnet around his waist.
  • Smoochie-Mix: Drinks a growing formula which causes his guts to grow, smashed by his own guts.
  • Kringle-Frosty: Impaled by Lumpy's skies.
  • Happy Tree Friends and Friends Bumper: Slips on a wet floor. Skull cracks open and brains spill out.

Toothy

  • Class Act: possibly dies when the school explodes.
  • Stealing the Spotlight: Explodes by a bright light.
  • A to Zoo: Gets impaled by the rhino's horn after Cuddles annoyed the rhino by poking it with a stick.
  • Eye Candy: Toothy trips over a log causing the lollipop he's holding to go through his eyelid. When he pulls the lollipop out, his eye and retinal cord are sent flying into the air and it ties itself onto a tree. Toothy climbs up the tree to retrieve his eye. He tries to keep his balance on the branch but loses it when a woodpecker pecks the loose eye. He is hanging off the branch by his retinal cord and his brain and other eye go through his right eye socket.
  • Happy Trails pt. 1: Flies and does backflip out of the bus.
  • Better Off Bread: Gets hit by a meteorite when Splendid destroyed the comet. Later, Splendid travels back in time, and it seems as though Toothy never died like this anymore and apparently died when the meteor may have hit the planet.
  • Hide and Seek: Neck snapped by Flippy, who suddenly appeared behind him as he is somehow camoflaged to the tree which Toothy is hiding behind, a la Rambo.
  • Mime and Mime Again: The bandage "hypnotised" by The Mime pulls up and breaks Toothy's leg in half, then the leg stings after The Mime accidentally spills medical alcohol above the broken sopt. The Mime fixes the broken leg, then he "hypnotises" the same bandage again, which is sucked into a fan and Toothy then gets torn apart by the fan blades.
  • Spin Fun Knowing Ya: Thrown off the ride and bloodily splatters against a tree.
  • Treasure These Idol Moments: Is impaled in the head by the swing (idol-induced).
  • Keepin' it Reel: Flippy jams the movie reeler into Toothy's left eye, also causing the film to back up.
  • Remains To Be Seen: Killed in the crash. revived as a zombie and dies again when Flippy's brain explodes after Toothy bites Flippy's brain.
  • Kringle-Frosty: Impaled by Lumpy's skis.
  • Smoochie-Yummy: Swallows Easter eggs, which hatch chicks and then burst out from his stomach.
  • Smoochie-Goody: Strangled by snake, eyes pop out.
  • Smoochie-Tasty: Eats a poisoned Easter egg, throws up and dies.
  • Kringles-Feast: Possibly died of Gas from cooker but the house he was in explodes thanks to the gas being ignited by Lumpy.
  • Happy Tree Friends and Friends Bumper: Drowns in soda.

Other Deaths

  • In the two episodes starring Buddhist Monkey, the evil ninjas are brutally beaten and killed by Buddhist Monkey in several different ways.
  • In the episode 'Mole and the City' a character (who only makes his appearance in that episode) called 'The Rat' dies when he falls into a mouse trap factory and dies when the factory explodes.
  • Generic Tree Friends are occassionally killed en masse, such as in Pitchin' Impossible, Class Act and Stealing The Spotlight.

What Sets Flippy Off

There are certain events in the episodes that Flippy appears in, which causes him to transform into his satanic alter-ego:

  • This Is Your Knife: The sparks from the campfire reminded him of campfires the soldiers made during the wars.
  • Hide and Seek: Listening to a woodpecker peck a tree reminds him of gunshots, particularly from automatic weapons.
  • Flippin Burgers: When Cuddles was putting ketchup on his hamburger, he accidentally sprayed some on Giggles. Then Flippy enters the restaurant. Two things set Flippy berserk: Cuddles's way of holding the ketchup bottle (like an enemy soldier pointing a gun at a war hostage) and Giggles' head soaked with ketchup (looking like blood).
  • Class Act: The burning school reminds him of a building set on fire, most likely similar to a scene in his war life.
  • Remains To Be Seen: A quiet exploding sound in the truck's exhaust pipe reminds him of a gunshot. The radioactive waste makes him even more vicious, turning his eyes blue instead of the usual green and with pointed teeth and a demented smile.
  • Keepin It Reel: Lumpy bumps into the movie reeler, which causes flickering that Flippy recognises as bombs going off in the night sky. It is also possible that simply seeing the ninja on the screen could have done it.

So far, the second part of Happy Trails is the only episode where Flippy doesn't flip out, though he did get angry with Flaky for ruining his (as well as the other Happy Tree Friends') means of escape from the island he was stranded on.

It is not yet known whether or not there are more things that could trigger Flippy's "Flip-outs" just yet, but surely future episodes featuring him will reveal new ways to begin his devastating rampages.

Possible Connections with the Vietnam War

Some, if not all, of these things that trigger Flippy's killing sprees are possibly connected to the Vietnam War in one way or another. The burning school in "Class Act", for instance, can be connected with the burning of the villages by US troops in their hunt for the elusive Viet Cong. The explosion in the truck's exhaust pipe in Remains to be Seen points to another possible connection to the war in Vietnam, that US troops sometimes ducked at such sounds in friendly territories, mistaking them for gunshots due to them being on-the-edge all the time. The campfire trigger in This is Your Knife is yet another possible connection, as it wasn't uncommon for US and North Vietnamese troops to make small campfires in the jungles. The flashes in Keeping it Reel is not as clear at first, but a quick look at Flippy himself will make it yet another possible connection with the Vietnam War. First of all, Flippy is possibly a member of the United States Army Special Forces (judging by the green beret he always wears), also called Green Berets, at one point of time in his life. Secondly, it is widely known that the Green Berets played a very active part of the Vietnam War, manning small bases which are constantly under attack by North Vietnamese forces, especially at night. During these intense night battles, machine gun fire merely looked like flashes and flickers, making the flickering in Keeping it Reel a trigger for Flippy. Of course, that ninja on the screen, despite not being dressed in black, may had reminded Flippy of his enemy (possibly the Viet Cong).

It must be noted that Flippy probably isn't created intentionally as a reference to the Vietnam War, although he (as stated earlier) is a possible reference to Rambo, who is a Vietnam veteran himself.

TV Series

Happy Tree Friends is scheduled to have it's own television show sometime in 2006. This show is not connected to the Happy Tree Friends and Friends series that briefly aired on G4.

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