September 25 (2006-09-25) – December 25, 2006 (2006-12-25)
Happy Tree Friends is an adult animated television series that was broadcast from September 25 to December 25, 2006, on G4 in the United States. With a total of thirteen episodes that were aired, the show is based on the web series of the same name, created and developed by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff for Mondo Media. The series was animated by Canadian studio Fatkat, while the opening and end credits were produced by Ghostbot.[1]
The series is a juxtaposition of cute cartoon anthropomorphic forest animals, who are suddenly subjected to extreme graphic violence.[2] Each episode revolves around the characters enduring accidental or deliberately inflicted pain or mutilation.[3]
Kenn Navarro, David Winn, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)
Splendid has to go to the laundry, but also has to stop a giant snowball from destroying the forest.
Starring: Splendid Featuring: Giggles, Cuddles, Pop and Cub Appearance: Toothy, Petunia, Sniffles, Nutty, Handy, Lumpy, The Mole, Flaky, Cro-Marmot, Russell, Lifty and Shifty Deaths: Cuddles, Petunia, Toothy, Sniffles, Nutty, Handy, Lumpy, Flaky, Russell, Lifty and Shifty, The Mole, Cro-Marmot, Giggles (debatable) and Cub
Moral: "It all comes out in the wash!"
1c
"And the Kitchen Sink"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and David Ichioka
September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)
Pop loses Cub, but then finds him playing in the mud. Then, however, while he bathes Cub in the kitchen sink, when he makes the mistake of leaving to pick up the phone, he causes all sorts of trouble for him.
Starring: Pop and Cub Appearance: Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, Flaky, Lifty and Shifty Deaths: Flaky, Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, Lifty, Shifty, and Cub
Moral: "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!"
2a
"Party Animal"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)
Flaky and her friends celebrate Flippy's birthday, but the carnage erupts when he flips out again.
Starring: Flaky and Flippy Appearance: Cuddles, Toothy, Mime, Sniffles, Nutty, The Mole and Lumpy Deaths: Toothy, Cuddles, Nutty, Mime, Sniffles, Flaky, and The Mole
Moral: "Life is a party and everyone is invited!"
2b
"Ipso Fatso"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)
Disco Bear finds that he is overweight and feeling insecure, goes to the gym to work out – but it's not as easy as he expects.
Starring: Disco Bear Featuring: Featuring Giggles, Petunia, Lumpy, Sniffles, Toothy and Handy Appearance: Lifty and Shifty, Pop, Cub, Russell, Cuddles, Nutty, The Mole, Flaky and Cro-Marmot Deaths: Sniffles, Toothy, Russell, Nutty, Handy, Cub, Cuddles, Lumpy and Disco Bear
Moral: "The way to one's heart is through their stomach."
2c
"Don't Yank My Chain"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Mark Zaslove, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)
After being arrested by Officer Lumpy, Handy and The Mole go to the slammer and drag a heavy ball to their chain.
Starring: Handy, The Mole and Lumpy Featuring : Lifty and Shifty, Pop and Cub Appearance: Cuddles Deaths: Cuddles, The Mole, Handy, Lifty and Shifty and Lumpy
Moral: "A chain's only as strong as its weakest link!"
Cub and Pop buy a puppy that seems harmless at first, but attacks them. Lumpy attempts to catch it, but the puppy escapes and goes insane whenever it hears a whistle.
Starring: Lumpy, Pop and Cub Featuring: Cuddles, Giggles, Disco Bear, Mime, Lifty and Shifty, and The Mole Appearance: Handy, Sniffles, Toothy, Nutty (cameo appearance – unseen, but his shriek was heard off-screen), and Petunia Deaths: Petunia, Sniffles, Handy, Toothy, Cub (debatable), Giggles, The Mole, Disco Bear, Mime, Lifty and Shifty and Lumpy
Moral: "Let sleeping dogs lie!"
3b
"Concrete Solution"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro and Ken Pontac
October 9, 2006 (2006-10-09)
Nutty takes a bag of sugar from the café while on his way home, but then drops the bag of sugar on a pile of cement bags and unknowingly takes a bag of cement home. When he eats the cement afterwards, he ends up in an ambulance, but the bridge it is on is made of sugar.
Starring: Nutty Featuring: Lumpy and Handy Appearance: The Mole, Cuddles, Toothy, Sniffles, Russell, Giggles, Mime, Flaky, Cro-Marmot, Lifty and Shifty, Pop and Cub Deaths: The Mole, Handy, Sniffles, Lumpy, Nutty, Toothy, and Cub
Moral: "Take the bitter with the sweet!"
3c
"Sea What I Found"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
October 9, 2006 (2006-10-09)
While Lumpy and Russell go fishing, they find a treasure map. Also discovering it, Lifty and Shifty go after the treasure.
Starring: Russell, Lifty and Shifty Featuring : Lumpy, Disco Bear, Pop and Cub Appearance: Cuddles Deaths: Cub, Disco Bear, Lumpy, Russell, Shifty and Lifty
Moral: "There's plenty of fish in the sea!"
4a
"Easy For You to Sleigh"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
Lifty and Shifty try to steal Christmas, but it won't be easy trying to ransack Flippy's home.
Starring: Lifty and Shifty Featuring: Pop, Cub, Mime and Flippy Deaths: Pop, Cub, Shifty and Lifty
Moral: "Give until it hurts!"
4b
"Wishy Washy"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and David Ichioka
October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
Petunia's toilet is clogged, so Lumpy comes to 'fix' it, but only ends up making a bigger mess.
Starring: Petunia and Lumpy Appearance: Disco Bear Deaths: Disco Bear, Lumpy and Petunia
Moral: "Wash behind the ears!"
4c
"Who's to Flame?"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro and Ken Pontac
October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
Petunia catches fire on her tail while making pancakes. The fire then spreads to Giggles, and then the whole house. Mime calls the firefighters for help, but things do not go well.
Starring: Mime Featuring : Giggles, Petunia, Lumpy, Toothy, Handy, Sniffles, Disco Bear, Russell, Cuddles, and Lifty and Shifty Appearance: The Mole, Nutty, Flaky, Pop and Cub, and a cat Deaths: Cuddles, Petunia, Giggles, Sniffles, Cub, Flaky, Pop, Lifty, Shifty, Russell, Handy, The Mole, Lumpy, Toothy, Disco Bear, and Nutty
Moral: "If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen!"
5a
"Every Litter Bit Hurts"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Don Gillies
October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16)
Giggles confronts Lumpy when she catches him emptying his garbage truck in a lake. She has The Mole, Sniffles, Pop, and Cub clean up his litter, but Lumpy will not stop his dreadful pollution.
Starring: Giggles and Lumpy Featuring: Sniffles, The Mole, Pop and Cub Deaths: A frog, numerous fish, Cub, Pop, a snail, Sniffles, Lumpy, and Giggles
Moral: "A new broom sweeps clean!"
5b
"As You Wish"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Mark Zaslove
October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16)
At Petunia's lights store, she throws away a lamp that supposedly doesn't work. When Lifty and Shifty take it from the trash, however, they find that it is a magic lamp with Lumpy the Genie inside. As it is passed between Happy Tree Friends, their wishes result in death.
Starring: Lumpy, Lifty and Shifty Appearance: Petunia, Nutty, Disco Bear, Cub, Pop, Sniffles, Mime and Giggles Deaths: Disco Bear, Cub, Nutty, Sniffles, Pop, Mime, Lifty, Shifty and Petunia
Moral: "Be careful what you wish for!"
5c
"Take a Hike"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro and Ken Pontac
October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16)
The Happy Tree Friends go camping, but there seems to be trouble.
Starring: Lumpy Featuring : Cuddles, Toothy, Petunia, Nutty, Sniffles, and Flaky Deaths: Flaky, Petunia, Nutty, Toothy, Cuddles, Sniffles, and Lumpy
Moral: "Walk a mile in someone else's shoes!"
6a
"Snow Place to Go"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Warren Graff, Aubrey Ankrum, Jeff Biancalana, and David Winn
October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23)
The boat catches fire and the Happy Tree Friends are marooned in the Arctic. Meanwhile, they have to escape a killer whale deep below.
Starring: Russell Featuring: Lumpy, Toothy, Cuddles, Flaky, and Giggles Deaths: Giggles, Cuddles, Toothy, Flaky and Russell
Nutty trades his cow to Lifty and Shifty for some magic jelly beans. The next day, he and Giggles' house is in the sky after a beanstalk grew out of Nutty. Giggles meets a giant (played by Lumpy), and must stop him, for he is making food with a nasty recipe.
Starring: Giggles Featuring: Lumpy, Nutty, Handy, Lifty, Shifty, Mime, Cuddles, Flaky, Toothy, Sniffles, and Petunia, with an appearance of a dead Generic Tree Friend Deaths: A Generic Tree Friend, Toothy, Handy, Mime, Flaky, Sniffles, Cuddles, Petunia, Nutty, Lumpy, Lifty and Shifty
Moral: "The sky's the limit when your heart's in it!"
6c
"Gems the Breaks"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and David Ichioka
October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23)
When Splendid attacks Lifty and Shifty, they use Kryptonut as a distraction to make him puke violently and fall sick. Whenever he tries to stop them, he fails because they have the Kryptonut in possession.
Starring: Splendid, Lifty and Shifty Appearance: Cuddles, Toothy, Sniffles, Lumpy, Giggles, Handy, Petunia, Pop, Cub, and The Mole Deaths: Cuddles, Toothy, Sniffles, Handy, The Mole, Cub, Lifty, Shifty, Giggles (debatable), Petunia (debatable), and Splendid[d]
Moral: "Pressure makes diamonds!"
7a
"A Change of Heart"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
November 6, 2006 (2006-11-06)
Disco Bear eats deep fried butter, causing him to suffer a heart attack. Lumpy removes the butter from Disco Bear's heart, but his heartbeat stops. As Giggles pumps life into Disco Bear's body, Lumpy has to find a replacement heart.
Starring: Lumpy and Disco Bear Featuring: Giggles, Cuddles, Petunia and Cro-Marmot Appearance: Handy, Mime, Toothy, Nutty, The Mole and Flaky Deaths: Handy, a whale, and Lumpy (debatable)
Mark Zaslove, Warren Graff, Kenn Navarro, and Ken Pontac
November 6, 2006 (2006-11-06)
When Pop thinks that Cub fell into a well, he enlists the help of Sniffles, Lumpy, and The Mole to rescue him, which leads them through a mayhem-filled adventure.
Starring: Pop and Cub, Sniffles Featuring: Lumpy, Mime, The Mole, Handy, Cuddles, and Petunia Deaths: The Mole, Handy, Petunia, Cuddles, Sniffles, Mime, and Lumpy
Moral: "Anything worth doing is worth doing well!"
Mark Zaslove, Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
November 20, 2006 (2006-11-20)
Sniffles uses a time machine to help the Happy Tree Friends on the playground.
Starring:Sniffles Featuring: Lumpy, Cuddles, Giggles and Toothy Appearance: The ants Deaths: Lumpy (Twice), Cuddles (Twice), Giggles (Thrice), Toothy (Twice), a turtle, two ants, and Sniffles (Twice).
Moral: "Time heals all wounds!"
8b
"Chew Said a Mouthful"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
November 20, 2006 (2006-11-20)
Nutty tries to eat a jawbreaker, and finds out the reason behind their name.
Starring: Nutty and Lumpy Featuring: Giggles, Toothy, The Mole, Mime, Disco Bear, and Flaky Appearance: Russell Deaths: Mime, Disco Bear, Flaky, Toothy and Nutty
Moral: "Keep a stiff upper lip!"
8c
"See What Develops"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
November 20, 2006 (2006-11-20)
While The Mole is photographing for the newspaper, Splendid has to save many people who need to be rescued.
Starring: Splendid and The Mole Featuring: Lumpy, Sniffles, Russell, Giggles, Cro-Marmot, Handy, Disco Bear, Flaky, Nutty, Mime, and Petunia Appearance: Cuddles, Toothy, Pop and Cub Deaths: Mime, Handy, Petunia, Giggles, Toothy, Flaky, Disco Bear, Nutty and Cuddles
Moral: "A picture is worth a thousand words!"
9a
"Idol Curiosity"
Kenn Navarro
Ken Pontac, Kenn Navarro, Warren Geadd, and David Ichioka
November 27, 2006 (2006-11-27)
Giggles, Flaky, and Sniffles discover the Cursed Idol, which summons a crack to kill them. Can Sniffles survive the danger?
Starring: Sniffles Featuring: Giggles, Flaky, The Mole, Russell, Lumpy, and Toothy Deaths: Numerous Monkeys, Giggles, Flaky, Lumpy, Russell, Toothy, The Mole and Sniffles
Moral: "Step on a crack, break your mother's back"
9b
"Home is Where The Hurt is"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Mark Zaslove, Warren Graff
November 27, 2006 (2006-11-27)
Handy fails to build a house for Giggles, so he gets help from his friends. Unbeknownst to them, Lumpy is using the blueprint paper to fold a crane as they create a house for her.
Starring: Handy and Giggles Featuring: Lumpy, Mime, The Mole, Cuddles, and Petunia Deaths: Cuddles, Mime, Giggles, The Mole, Lumpy, Petunia and Handy
Moral: "Charity begins at home"
9c
"Aw, Shucks!"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
November 27, 2006 (2006-11-27)
Lumpy's prized corn that he has been raising for years is sabotaged by a crow. He makes many attempts to stop it.
Starring: Lumpy Featuring: Cuddles, Toothy, Giggles, Disco Bear, Nutty, Sniffles, Mime, The Mole, Flaky, and Handy Appearance: Russell, Petunia, Pop and Cub, and Lifty and Shifty Deaths: Cuddles, Toothy, Giggles, Disco Bear, Flaky, The Mole, Nutty, Mime, Sniffles, barn animals, Lifty, Shifty, Handy, Russell, Petunia, Pop and Cub
Moral: "Friends are flowers in the garden of life"
10a
"A Sight for Sore Eyes"
Kenn Navarro
Ken Pontac, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff
December 3, 2006 (2006-12-03)
Lumpy the optometrist prescribes a seeing eye dog for The Mole and contact lens for Russell.
Starring: The Mole and Russell Featuring: Lumpy, Toothy, Sniffles, and Nutty Appearance: Cuddles and Handy Deaths: Toothy, Sniffles, Handy, Nutty and The Mole
Moral: "When the outlook isn't good, try the uplook!"
10b
"Wipe Out"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Mark Zaslove, and Warren Graff
December 3, 2006 (2006-12-03)
Cro-Marmot wants to have the same fame as Lumpy the surfer.
Starring: Cro-Marmot and Lumpy Featuring: The Mole, Flaky, Nutty, Giggles, Petunia, and Handy Appearance: Cuddles, Toothy and Sniffles Deaths: Nutty, Handy, Cuddles, Flaky and Lumpy
Moral: "Don't make waves"
10c
"Letter Late than Never"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Warren Graff, and Mark Zaslove
December 3, 2006 (2006-12-03)
Mailman Lumpy tries to deliver mail, but a killer turtle is after him.
Starring: Lumpy Featuring : Giggles, Cuddles, Pop and Cub Deaths: Giggles, Cub, and Lumpy
Flaky goes to the airport and has a fear of flying, which she must face in order to save the others from a plane accident.
Starring: Flaky Featuring: Sniffles, Mime, The Mole, Lumpy, Petunia, and Cuddles Appearance: Cro-Marmot, Pop, Cub, Giggles, and Toothy Deaths: Cuddles, Petunia, Sniffles, Pop (debatable), Cub (debatable), Giggles, Lumpy, Mime, and Flaky
Moral: "Look before you leap!"
11b
"Tongue in Cheek"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
December 10, 2006 (2006-12-10)
Sniffles attempts to eat his prey, the ants, but they defend themselves against their predator.
Starring: Sniffles and the ants Appearance: The Mole and Lumpy Deaths: Sniffles
Moral: "Don't make a mountain out of an ant-hill!"
11c
"Easy Comb, Easy Go"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
December 10, 2006 (2006-12-10)
Disco Bear has a burnt hair strand, but his barber, The Mole, cuts off everything but his sideburns. Now he has to get his hair (and his beloved afro) back or he'll face humiliation.
Starring: Disco Bear and Lumpy Featuring : The Mole, Nutty, Mime, Handy, Pop and Cub Appearance: Giggles, Petunia, Sniffles, Russell, Lifty and Shifty, Toothy, Cuddles and Flaky Deaths: Toothy, Nutty, Cub, Handy, and Cuddles
Moral: "Don't split hairs!"
12a
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
Kenn Navarro
Ken Pontac, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff
December 17, 2006 (2006-12-17)
Lumpy and Sniffles find an injured Giggles outside her house. Apparently, she has a bad cold, and Sniffles wants to cure her – but chaos ensues when Lumpy catches the cold and accidentally injects Sniffles into his own body.
Starring: Sniffles and Lumpy Featuring: Giggles Deaths: Lumpy, Giggles and Sniffles
Moral: "It's what inside that counts!"
12b
"In a Jam"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Mark Zaslove, and Warren Graff
December 17, 2006 (2006-12-17)
Cuddles auditions to join the Happy Tree Band to replace former member Russell, who has been electrocuted. Despite some difficulties, Cuddles gets the part, but then the real chaos begins during the band's performance.
Starring: Cuddles Featuring: Lumpy, Sniffles, Handy, The Mole, Russell, and Nutty Appearance: Mime and Cro-Marmot Deaths: Russell, Handy, Sniffles, Lumpy, and Cuddles
Moral: "He who pays the piper calls the tune!"
12c
"Junk in the Trunk"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
December 17, 2006 (2006-12-17)
Lumpy's beloved pet elephant would not listen to him, while Lifty and Shifty have plans with Lumpy's elephant.
Starring: Lumpy Featuring : Cuddles, Toothy, Lifty and Shifty and Mime Appearance: Giggles Deaths: Giggles, Mime, Cuddles, Shifty, Toothy and Lifty
Moral: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush!"
13a
"Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow"
Kenn Navarro
Ken Pontac, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff
December 25, 2006 (2006-12-25)
Lumpy and Cuddles are playing telephone when Cuddles accidentally causes Lumpy to lose his hearing. Even worse, Flippy is trying to kill Lumpy.
Starring: Lumpy Featuring: Cuddles, Sniffles, The Mole, Russell, Giggles, and Flippy Appearance: Handy Deaths: The Mole, Russell, Cuddles, and Flippy
Moral: "Actions speak louder than words!"
13b13c
"Double Whammy, Part 1""Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy, Part 2)"
Kenn Navarro
Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff
December 25, 2006 (2006-12-25)
Flippy consults Lumpy the psychiatrist upon becoming aware of his flip outs that result in him killing innocent people as victims. But when they keep on happening, Flippy eventually ends up in a heated battle with his evil side, Fliqpy.
Starring: Flippy Featuring: Lumpy, Mime and Nutty Appearance: Russell, Cuddles, Toothy, Handy, Disco Bear, Petunia, Giggles, Flaky, Sniffles, The Mole, Cro-Marmot, Lifty and Shifty Deaths: In Part 1: Disco Bear, Petunia, Giggles, Sniffles, Mime, and Nutty In Part 2: Cuddles, Toothy, Lifty and Shifty, and Flippy
Moral: Part 1 "Two heads are better than one" and Part 2 "Two is company, three is a crowd!"
International broadcast
In Canada, Razer aired the show in syndication with then-sibling television system Citytv.[5]
