Happy Tree Friends (TV series)
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Happy Tree Friends | |
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Country of origin | |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 (39 segments) |
Original release | |
Network | G4 (U.S.) |
Release | September 25 December 25, 2006 | –
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]
Cast
- Kenn Navarro as Cuddles, Flippy, Lifty and Shifty
- Ellen Connell as Giggles, Petunia, and Cub
- Warren Graff as Toothy and Handy
- David Winn as Lumpy and Splendid
- Michael Lipman as Nutty
- Liz Stuart as Sniffles
- Aubrey Ankrum as Pop and Fliqpy
- Nica Lorber as Flaky
- Peter Hermann as Disco Bear
- Francis Carr as Russell
- Sarah Castelblanco as Mime (audible noises only)
Episodes
No. | Title [4] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [4] | |
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1a | "The Wrong Side of the Tracks" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Warren Graff, Aubrey Ankrum, and Jeff Biancalana | September 25, 2006 | |
The Happy Tree Friends go to Lumpy's fun fair, but the roller coaster seems to be incomplete, troubling both the riders and Lumpy himself. Starring: Lumpy and Sniffles | |||||
1b | "From Hero to Eternity"[a] | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, David Winn, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | September 25, 2006 | |
Splendid has to go to the laundry, but also has to stop a giant snowball from destroying the forest. Starring: Splendid | |||||
1c | "And the Kitchen Sink" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and David Ichioka | September 25, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
2a | "Party Animal" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | October 2, 2006 | |
Flaky and her friends celebrate Flippy's birthday, but the carnage erupts when he flips out again. Starring: Flaky and Flippy | |||||
2b | "Ipso Fatso" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | October 2, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
2c | "Don't Yank My Chain" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Mark Zaslove, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | October 2, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
3a | "Doggone It"[b] | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro and Ken Pontac | October 9, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
3b | "Concrete Solution" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro and Ken Pontac | October 9, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
3c | "Sea What I Found" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | October 9, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
4a | "Easy For You to Sleigh" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | October 30, 2006 | |
Lifty and Shifty try to steal Christmas, but it won't be easy trying to ransack Flippy's home. Starring: Lifty and Shifty | |||||
4b | "Wishy Washy" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and David Ichioka | October 30, 2006 | |
Petunia's toilet is clogged, so Lumpy comes to 'fix' it, but only ends up making a bigger mess. Starring: Petunia and Lumpy | |||||
4c | "Who's to Flame?" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro and Ken Pontac | October 30, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
5a | "Every Litter Bit Hurts" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Don Gillies | October 16, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
5b | "As You Wish" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Mark Zaslove | October 16, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
5c | "Take a Hike" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro and Ken Pontac | October 16, 2006 | |
The Happy Tree Friends go camping, but there seems to be trouble. Starring: Lumpy | |||||
6a | "Snow Place to Go" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Warren Graff, Aubrey Ankrum, Jeff Biancalana, and David Winn | October 23, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
6b | "Dunce Upon a Time"[c] | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and David Ichioka | October 23, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
6c | "Gems the Breaks" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and David Ichioka | October 23, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
7a | "A Change of Heart" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | November 6, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
7b | "A Hole Lotta Love"[e] | Kenn Navarro | Mark Zaslove, Warren Graff, Kenn Navarro, and Ken Pontac | November 6, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
7c | "Mime to Five"[f] | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | November 6, 2006 | |
Mime wants to buy a unicycle, but he has no money. He tries to find a job to earn money. Starring: Mime | |||||
8a | "Blast from the Past"[g] | Kenn Navarro | Mark Zaslove, Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | November 20, 2006 | |
Sniffles uses a time machine to help the Happy Tree Friends on the playground. Starring:Sniffles | |||||
8b | "Chew Said a Mouthful" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | November 20, 2006 | |
Nutty tries to eat a jawbreaker, and finds out the reason behind their name. Starring: Nutty and Lumpy | |||||
8c | "See What Develops" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | November 20, 2006 | |
While The Mole is photographing for the newspaper, Splendid has to save many people who need to be rescued. Starring: Splendid and The Mole | |||||
9a | "Idol Curiosity" | Kenn Navarro | Ken Pontac, Kenn Navarro, Warren Geadd, and David Ichioka | November 27, 2006 | |
Giggles, Flaky, and Sniffles discover the Cursed Idol, which summons a crack to kill them. Can Sniffles survive the danger? Starring: Sniffles | |||||
9b | "Home is Where The Hurt is" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Mark Zaslove, Warren Graff | November 27, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
9c | "Aw, Shucks!" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | November 27, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
10a | "A Sight for Sore Eyes" | Kenn Navarro | Ken Pontac, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff | December 3, 2006 | |
Lumpy the optometrist prescribes a seeing eye dog for The Mole and contact lens for Russell. Starring: The Mole and Russell | |||||
10b | "Wipe Out" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Mark Zaslove, and Warren Graff | December 3, 2006 | |
Cro-Marmot wants to have the same fame as Lumpy the surfer. Starring: Cro-Marmot and Lumpy | |||||
10c | "Letter Late than Never" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Warren Graff, and Mark Zaslove | December 3, 2006 | |
Mailman Lumpy tries to deliver mail, but a killer turtle is after him. Starring: Lumpy | |||||
11a | "Wingin' It"[h] | Kenn Navarro | Ken Pontac, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff | December 10, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
11b | "Tongue in Cheek" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | December 10, 2006 | |
Sniffles attempts to eat his prey, the ants, but they defend themselves against their predator. Starring: Sniffles and the ants | |||||
11c | "Easy Comb, Easy Go" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | December 10, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
12a | "I've Got You Under My Skin" | Kenn Navarro | Ken Pontac, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff | December 17, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
12b | "In a Jam" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, Mark Zaslove, and Warren Graff | December 17, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
12c | "Junk in the Trunk" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | December 17, 2006 | |
Lumpy's beloved pet elephant would not listen to him, while Lifty and Shifty have plans with Lumpy's elephant. Starring: Lumpy | |||||
13a | "Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow" | Kenn Navarro | Ken Pontac, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff | December 25, 2006 | |
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 | |||||
13b 13c | "Double Whammy, Part 1" "Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy, Part 2)" | Kenn Navarro | Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff | December 25, 2006 | |
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 |
International broadcast
In Canada, Razer aired the show in syndication with then-sibling television system Citytv.[5]
The series has also been broadcast on MTV in Europe and Latin America, and on Animax in South Africa.[6]
Notes
- ^ The title is a pun on the film From Here to Eternity
- ^ The Dog in this episode is based on writer Ken Pontac's dog Whistle.
- ^ This episode is based on a fairy tale, 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
- ^ The first and only time that Splendid ever died in the series, unless the Internet short "Class Act" is counted where he possibly died too.
- ^ The title is a reference to the Led Zeppelin song "Whole Lotta Love"
- ^ The title of the episode is a pun on the phrase 9 to 5
- ^ Part of the episode features "Spin Fun Knowin' Ya"
- ^ It was originally entitled, "Sky's the Limits"
References
- ^ Battle, Chris (November 23, 2008). "Happy Tree Friends: Ka-Pow!". Chris Battle Illustration. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Happy Tree Friends: Season 1". Metacritic.com. CBS Interactive Inc. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ Horn, Jesse (December 10, 2010). "Happy Tree Friends". Interview with Mondo Media CEO John Evershed. Oddities Magazine. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- ^ a b "Happy Tree Friends – Episode Guide (season 3)". Zap2It. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ "CityTV.com". Archived from the original on June 18, 2008.
- ^ "Mondo Media Gaining Revenue from International Licensing". Beet.tv. March 9, 2010. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013.