Who are the Happy Tree Friends?
The Happy Tree Friends are a bunch of cartoon characters. They're cute,
they're warm, they're cuddly and they don't usually last the length of the
cartoon!
Imagine Itchy and Scratchy. Then imagine Itchy and Scratch on acid, now
add in a lot of senseless violence with some really sick humour and you are
getting close to HTF. That said, it's very funny - if you've not bought one
of the three DVDs, you can either
visit their website or
catch it on MTV2 (available on Sky Digital and various cable companies)
The cast
Okay, so who are these lovable little critters? Here, mercilessly ripped off from
the HTF friends website, but with a couple of changes (gifs to png, change from
being table based to being CSS based and probably some other bits), is the cast of
criminally nutty characters!
Cro-Marmot
Literally, the first “inanimate character.” This ancient
mammal is frozen in ice but manages to get around the block.
Cub
Innocent and cute, Pop has his hands full trying to keep this 'lil tyke from
crawling into trouble.
Cuddles
There’s nothing softer than this cute rabbit’s
fur… and unfortunately there’s always lots of it flying around in
every Cuddles episode.
Disco Bear
This funky bear has soul to spare! Always groovin’ it’s
trouble when he’s movin.’
Flaky
Whenever there’s prickly situation, this dandruff-laden porcupine
is sure to be far, far away.
Flippy
Emotionally tattered, this bear veteran will warm your home and leave no
witnesses.
Giggles
Shy and sweet, this little chipmunk’s trademark is her
bubbly personality and giggly attitude. You’ll want to squeeze her to death!
Handy
There’s no job too big for this amputee, beaver carpenter.
He’s always eager to lend a helping… limb and proves that you can do
anything with the right attitude.
Lifty
The kleptomaniac raccoon brothers and masters of the five finger
discount, Lifty and Shifty would steal your heart and sell it back to you.
Lumpy
Always the odd-man-out, this dim-witted blue moose is all heart and
all thumbs.
Mime
If actions speak louder than words then this silent deer never stops
talking. His annoying actions will leave you speechless.
The Mole
Keep your eye out for this blind mole. He manages to work his
way out of the most perilous situations. (Note: The Mole actually has a mole.)
Nutty
This jittery squirrel with the wobbly eye always gets into sticky
situations because of his sweet-toothed cravings.
Petunia
This sweet smelling skunk never raises a stink. You won’t
have to hold your nose around this friendly critter. Note - wears a pine scented
deodorizer around her neck.
Pop
This fatherly bear teaches us that there's always room for "inability"
in parental "responsibility."
Russell
Batten down the hatches when this sea otter pirate comes aboard.
He’s got a great right hook!
Shifty
The kleptomaniac raccoon brothers and masters of the five finger
discount, Lifty and Shifty would steal your heart and sell it back to you.
Sniffles
This brainy anteater loves to eat ants! Any way you add it up;
he’s always getting his nose intro trouble.
Splendid
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…
flying squirrel! Our hero of the skies is always ready to swoop in to the
rescue. Not knowing his own strength, he always does more harm than good.
Toothy
The only thing bigger than this freckle-faced beaver’s
tail his big ‘ol buckteeth. He always ends up biting off more than he can
chew.
The Dragon
A psychotic dragon who only ever appeared in one episode (the pilot - Banjo Frenzy)
The Blue One
This character is possibly an early incarnation of one of the HTFs, but I'm not sure.
Anyway, she (?) only appeared in Banjo Frenzy, so really, it's academic!
Buddist Monkey
The dojo of this simian is his garden. Disturb that and this peace loving monkey will
become very disturbed...
The Episodes
MAJOR SPOILERS
If you want to watch them all yourself, feel free to. Clicking
below here will whisk you to my review page of the entire grizzly lot, which
hasn't been ripped off from the HTF website, but has been done by me sitting down
and watching the lot on either the web or DVD. I've not put it on the left hand
menu to ensure you have to make an effort to find the link. Of course, once you know
it and have bookmarked it, then it's a pointless act anyway!
Clicking right here will take you to
my HTF reviews. Not clicking there but elsewhere on the line won't take you there
but will make quite a fun "clicky" noise from your mouse.