Happy Tree Friends
Happy Tree Friends title card
Genre	Black comedy Gore
Created by	Rhode Montijo Kenn Navarro Aubrey Ankrum
Developed by	Rhode Montijo (1999-2005) Kenn Navarro Warren Graff
Voices of	Kenn Navarro Rhode Montijo (1999-2005) David Winn Dana Belben (1999-2005) Ellen Connell (2006-Present) Warren Graff Aubrey Ankrum (1999-2006) Liz Stuart Nica Lorber Jeff Biancalana (1999-2005) Peter Herrmann Michael "Lippy" Lipman Francis Carr
Theme music composer	Jim Lively
Country of origin	United States of America. Black comedy, also known as black humor or dark comedy, is a sub-genre of Comedy and Satire where topics and events that are usually regarded Graphic violence is the depiction of especially vivid brutal and realistic acts of violence in visual media such as Literature, Film, Television Rhode Montijo is an American independent comic-book artist best known as the creator of Pablo's Inferno and co-creator of the Flash cartoon Kenn Navarro is a Filipino American Animator known for creating the popular internet cartoon Happy Tree Friends. Aubrey Ankrum is a 35-year-old American Animator and Graphic artist Rhode Montijo is an American independent comic-book artist best known as the creator of Pablo's Inferno and co-creator of the Flash cartoon Kenn Navarro is a Filipino American Animator known for creating the popular internet cartoon Happy Tree Friends. Warren Graff,born on June 23 1972 is an American writer and Voice actor who currently writes for the popular flash series Happy Tree Friends and Kenn Navarro is a Filipino American Animator known for creating the popular internet cartoon Happy Tree Friends. Rhode Montijo is an American independent comic-book artist best known as the creator of Pablo's Inferno and co-creator of the Flash cartoon David Winn is an American animator and writer who works in several animation projects Happy Tree Friends (Often abbreviated as HTF) is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Happy Tree Friends (Often abbreviated as HTF) is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Warren Graff,born on June 23 1972 is an American writer and Voice actor who currently writes for the popular flash series Happy Tree Friends and Aubrey Ankrum is a 35-year-old American Animator and Graphic artist Happy Tree Friends (Often abbreviated as HTF) is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Happy Tree Friends (Often abbreviated as HTF) is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Happy Tree Friends (Often abbreviated as HTF) is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Happy Tree Friends (Often abbreviated as HTF) is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Francis Carr ( December 6, 1751 - October 6, 1821) was a US Representative from the District of Maine, which was Jim Lively is an American Musician who works on various projects for Mondo Mini Shows and Happy Tree Friends.
No. of seasons	Three (Internet) One (TV series)
No.  of episodes	123 61 Internet Shorts 39 TV Series Segments 8 Smoochies 6 Kringles 9 Irregular Episodes 1 Music Video (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Evershed
Producer(s)	Liz Stuart
Running time	1 to 4 minutes (Internet) 21 minutes (TV) TV series episode segments are 7 minutes. This is a list of the Happy Tree Friends Internet and TV episodes John Evershed (26 February 1864 &ndash 17 November 1956 was an English Astronomer. Happy Tree Friends (Often abbreviated as HTF) is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn
Broadcast
Original channel	G4
Picture format	Flash cartoon
Original airing	Internet Series: 1999-present TV series: October 2, 2006-present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Happy Tree Friends is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Navarro and Aubrey Ankrum. G4 is an American cable and satellite Television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12&ndash34 devoted to the world of A Flash animation or Flash cartoon is an animated Film which is created using Adobe Flash animation software and often distributed in the A Flash animation or Flash cartoon is an animated Film which is created using Adobe Flash animation software and often distributed in the Mondo Mini Shows (also known as Mondo Media is a company that produces animation targeted at teens and young adults Rhode Montijo is an American independent comic-book artist best known as the creator of Pablo's Inferno and co-creator of the Flash cartoon Kenn Navarro is a Filipino American Animator known for creating the popular internet cartoon Happy Tree Friends. Aubrey Ankrum is a 35-year-old American Animator and Graphic artist Since its debut the show has become a popular internet phenomenon and has won a cult following. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture.

As indicated on the official site and evidenced by the show's TV-14 and TV-MA ratings, it is "not recommended for small children". Notwithstanding the cute appearance of its characters, the show is extremely violent, with nearly every episode featuring blood, gore, and violent deaths. Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes

While the violence of these deaths is comparable to that of The Itchy & Scratchy Show (the short cartoon featured on The Simpsons), the portrayal of death in Happy Tree Friends is more graphic and anatomically correct, depicting bloodshed and dismemberment in more vivid, exaggerated detail. The Itchy & Scratchy Show is a segment or "side-show" featured on The Simpsons which usually appears as a portrayal of the fictional Graphic violence is the depiction of especially vivid brutal and realistic acts of violence in visual media such as Literature, Film, Television

The show is nearly free of dialogue; however, when the characters do speak, their words are severely garbled. SpecialShortpages.-- Though it is obvious what each character's reaction is, their words can barely be understood. The exceptions to this are Pop and Lumpy, who can occasionally be easily understood when they speak. They have garbled speech as well, but can actually be understood on most occasions. According to the website, the idea for Happy Tree Friends was conceived by Rhode Montijo when he drew a yellow rabbit, slightly resembling the character Cuddles, on a piece of paper and wrote "Resistance Is Futile" underneath it. This article is about punk/rock/hardcore from eddy grant For other uses see Resistance is Futile (disambiguation.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Beginning 1.2 Success 1.3 TV Series 1.4 Comics 2 Show characteristics 3 Fall Out Boy music video 4 Characters 5 Video game 6 Controversies 7 Music and sound-effects 8 Crew 9 Awards 10 See also 11 References 12 External links 12.1 IMDB profiles

History

Beginning

While working on Mondo Mini Shows, Rhode Montijo drew on a little piece of scrap paper a character who would later become Shifty. Mondo Mini Shows (also known as Mondo Media is a company that produces animation targeted at teens and young adults Rhode Montijo is an American independent comic-book artist best known as the creator of Pablo's Inferno and co-creator of the Flash cartoon Then he drew on a spreadsheet poster a yellow rabbit that bore some resemblance to Cuddles and wrote "Resistance Is Futile" at the bottom. Montijo hung the poster in his workstation so others could see the idea, and eventually the idea was pitched to, and accepted by, the Mondo Media executives. ^[1] In 1999 Mondo gave Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo and Kenn Navarro a chance to do a short for them. Aubrey Ankrum is a 35-year-old American Animator and Graphic artist Rhode Montijo is an American independent comic-book artist best known as the creator of Pablo's Inferno and co-creator of the Flash cartoon Kenn Navarro is a Filipino American Animator known for creating the popular internet cartoon Happy Tree Friends. They came up with a short named Banjo Frenzy which featured a dinosaur (an earlier version of Lumpy) killing three woodland animals (earlier versions of Cuddles, Giggles, and Toothy) with a banjo. This is a list of Fictional characters from Happy Tree Friends. This is a list of Fictional characters from Happy Tree Friends. This is a list of Fictional characters from Happy Tree Friends. This is a list of Fictional characters from Happy Tree Friends. From there Mondo gave them their own internet series, which they named Happy Tree Friends. They got new writers and animators to work on the show.

Success

Shortly after its internet debut in 2000, Happy Tree Friends became an unexpected success, getting over 15 million hits each month^[2], and being shown in film festivals. ^[3] In some countries, the episodes can be seen on television. They can be seen on the French, Dutch, German, Polish, Filipino, Brazilian, Lithuanian, Italian, British and Latin American MTV channels, the Greek Mad Music Channel, the Russian 2x2 channel, the Canadian television channel Razer, the American television channel G4, the Czech musical channel Óčko and on the Australian Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) network. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. G4 is an American cable and satellite Television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12&ndash34 devoted to the world of On June 10, 2005, the shorts were shown during Attack of the Show!. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Attack of the Show! (commonly referred to as AOTS) is a Stony Awards winning U A series, Happy Tree Friends and Friends, began to air on August 29, 2005, as part of the late night Midnight Spank block, owned by G4. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Midnight Spank (formerly ' G4 Late Nights' and Barbed Wire Biscuit) is the name of the late-night block shown on G4. G4 is an American cable and satellite Television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12&ndash34 devoted to the world of The series also features Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Retarded Animal Babies and Angry Kid. Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law is a North American Animated television series comedy created by Williams Street that airs on Cartoon Angry Kid is a series of Stop motion animations from Darren Walsh at Aardman Animations, depicting the mini-adventures of a 15 year old British The series has been reformed into its own show, rather than as a part of a compilation as before. Happy Tree Friends has also gained a collection of Audibles and an "IMVironment" for Yahoo!'s instant messenger. Yahoo! Messenger is an Advertisement -supported Instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!. It is featured on many websites on which flash cartoons can be watched, such as YouTube, Atom Films, Purple Twinkie, Albino Black Sheep and the official Happy Tree Friends website. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees Albino Blacksheep is a website based in Toronto Ontario that posts humorous and artistic member-submitted digital media On select 2007 Ozzfests, some Happy Tree Friends episodes were shown on the big screen. Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States (and in some years Europe) featuring performances by many heavy metal and Hard rock

Encouraged by the show's success, its creators have released four DVDs (First Blood, Second Serving, Third Strike and Winter Break) containing the episodes shown on the website and others that have not been released. A collection consisting of the first three DVDs and five bonus episodes, Overkill, has also been released. Two episodes, Stealing the Spotlight and Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!, are only available in the Happy Tree Friends: Winter Break DVD.

Happy Tree Friends is currently one of the most downloaded iTunes podcasts and over 1500 fan-made videos have appeared on YouTube^[4]. iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees

TV Series

See also: List of Happy Tree Friends episodes

Happy Tree Friends gained its own TV show in 2006^[5]. This is a list of the Happy Tree Friends Internet and TV episodes It was first shown at Comic-Con, 2006 and some of the segments were shown on the website a few weeks prior the show's premiere. Comic-Con or Comic Con may refer to Comic-Con International, annual fan convention in San Diego held since 1970 also known as Comic-Con The Happy Tree Friends TV series premiered on September 25, 2006 at midnight on G4. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Each half hour episode of the TV series contains three 7 minute segments. So far 39 segments have been aired, making 13 full episodes for Season 1. Pictures of the first 6 episodes can be seen on G4's website. The Canadian channel Razer currently airs the show in syndication as do the Citytv stations throughout Canada. This article is about the general Citytv brand Individual stations are listed according to their call signs. [1] The show is also broadcast on MTV in Europe and Latin America. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. It was also shown on Paramount Comedy 1 in the UK from May 11, 2007 for a short time, with occasional reruns afterward. Paramount Comedy 1 is a Television channel shown in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, available through digital satellite ( Sky Digital Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It has also been shown on MTV One in the UK from September 7, 2007. MTV One is part of MTV Networks Europe. The channel is broadcast in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. According to the writers a second season is planned, but it is unknown when or if it will air.

Comics

See also: Happy Tree Friends comics

Show characteristics

All the characters are anthropomorphic animals, and many of them show two front large buckteeth when they smile. This is a list of the Happy Tree Friends comics HTF Comics #1 & #2 - Cuddles and Lumpy Http//scottthong Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely Human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings natural and supernatural phenomena material states and objects All the Happy Tree Friends except for Lumpy and Sniffles have the same pink Care Bear or Care Bear Cousin heart-shaped noses. The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on Greeting cards. In early episodes, most characters played the roles of children doing childish games. However, as the series progressed the age concept was dropped, and now characters act variously like children, teenagers and adults in different episodes. The only characters who are unaffected by this concept are Pop and Cub, who always act like an adult and a child respectively, and characters whose roles usually aren't affected by age, such as Splendid or Cro-Marmot.

At the beginning of each episode, the characters are typically found in everyday situations (also, they are often seen singing or humming the same tune). However, these situations always escalate into violence and the inevitable deaths of those involved and/or innocent bystanders, mostly because of very unfortunate, surprising accidents with otherwise harmless instruments. The show's characters sometimes appear not to notice other characters' deaths/injuries, despite clear indications (such as blood coming out of the latters' mouths), or they seem to quickly overcome their fellows' deaths. The only episodes where none of the characters died (merely being maimed) were Nuttin' But the Tooth, "Sucker for Love pt. Roles Starring Roles Nutty Toothy Featuring Roles Lumpy 1", "Out on a Limb", and "Asbestos I Can Do". Otherwise, every episode has had at least one death.

The continuity of the series does not seem to be affected by the frequent deaths of the characters, as they always appear alive and well in episodes subsequent to those in which they were killed.

Each episode starts with introduction credits resembling a children's book, which portrays the show's logo, the episode title (which is usually a pun) and the cast. Internet episodes have a typical duration of less than three minutes. Usually only a few of the characters are used in a single episode, but occasionally larger episodes have been released where most of the characters appear. TV episodes last about half an hour, having three segments of about seven minutes.

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

Fall Out Boy music video

Main article: The Carpal Tunnel of Love

Fall Out Boy's music video for "The Carpal Tunnel of Love" is an episode of Happy Tree Friends. " The Carpal Tunnel of Love " is a song on the Fall Out Boy album Infinity on High. Fall Out Boy is an American Pop punk band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001 Fall Out Boy is featured in the music video, appearing as cartoon bears, along with Cuddles, Giggles, Nutty, Toothy and the Mole. Lumpy causes the death of all the characters in the video, including himself. All of them die the same type of graphic, bloody deaths that are featured in the TV show.

Characters

There are 20 main characters in the Happy Tree Friends series, all of which have unique personalities and appearances. There have been many 'minor' characters that have appeared on the show, some appearing many times and some appearing only once.

See also: List of Happy Tree Friends characters

Video game

Main article: Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm

A video game titled Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is to be released on June 25, 2008. This is a list of Fictional characters from Happy Tree Friends. Happy Tree Friends False Alarm is a video game based on the Flash cartoon series Happy Tree Friends developed by independent software developers Happy Tree Friends False Alarm is a video game based on the Flash cartoon series Happy Tree Friends developed by independent software developers Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common It is being developed by Stainless Games and Sega for Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360 and the PC^[6] . Stainless Games is a Video game developer based on the Isle of Wight that specialises in developing downloadable games for Microsoft Windows is a multinational Video game Software and Hardware development company and a former Home computer Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA is an online service operated by Microsoft that is used to digitally distribute video games to Xbox and Xbox 360 owners The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated Writer Ken Pontac currently posts a blog on the Happy Tree Friends website telling fans about the adventures of the staff making the game. Ken Pontac (born May 22, 1957) is an American writer who has written for children's shows like ToddWorld and LazyTown. ^[7]

Controversies

Many parents have expressed concern about the graphic content of Happy Tree Friends. One parent even complained about the show in a letter to the Washington Post when she saw her 6-year old son watching the show. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D ^[8]

The warning "(CV CARTOON VIOLENCE Not recommended for small children or big babies)" is displayed in two places on the home page of the Happy Tree Friends website in very small type in the bottom left hand corner, and in larger, but subdued type on the right hand side under the bulletin board section. Neither the "About the Show" nor the FAQ page indicates that the show is not appropriate for young children. However, the episodes themselves contain the warning in large font before the cartoon begins.

In February 2008 Russian Media Culture Protection Department (Rossvyazohrankultura, a regulatory body for TV in Russia) issued warnings about Happy Tree Friends and The Adventures of Big Jeff, claiming that the shows "promote violence and brutality, harm the psychic health and moral development of children, attack the social morality; all of this being a violation of license agreement". ^[9] The department warned 2x2, which broadcasts the show, to remove it from air to avoid legal issue. The channel appealed to the evaluation ordered to Versia company ([2]), which denied the accusations.

Music and sound-effects

Sound Engineer Jim Lively

• The music featured before, after, and during each and every episode of Happy Tree Friends is composed by Jim Lively, the sound engineer for Happy Tree Friends. Lively has been in the sound business since the age of 16. Lively primarily works in sound design and dialog editing, although he continues to mix music. ^[10]

Foley Artist Francis Carr

• Foley artist Francis Carr joined the team later on in development. Usually working with sound engineer Jim Lively, he has been able to expand his career. Francis Carr is also noted for being the voice of Russell.

Crew

Name	Position	Years
Kenn Navarro	Director, Animation Director, Writer	1999 – present
Rhode Montijo	Director, Art Director, Writer	1999 - 2004
Aubrey Ankrum	Director, Writer, Storyboard artist	1999 – 2006
Warren Graff	Story Editor, Writer	2000 – present
Ken Pontac	Story Editor, Writer	2004-present
Jeff Biancalana	Writer, Animator, Storyboard artist	2001 - 2005
David Winn	Writer, Animator	2003 - present
Alan Lau	Animator, Writer, Director, Storyboard artist	2001 - present
Jason Sadler	Animator, Writer, Director	2001-present
Mark Fiorenza	Writer	2000 – 2003
Brad Rau	Animator, Storyboard artist	2001 - present
Roque Bollestros	Writer, Animator, Director, Storyboard artist	2001-present
Paul Allan	Writer, Animator, Director	2000 - present
Nica Lorber	Animator	2000-present
Michael "Lippy" Lipman	Storyboard artist, Animator, Director, Writer	2000 - present
Peter Herrman	Storyboard artist	2000 – present
Jim Lively	Sound Designer, Music	2000 - present
Francis Carr	Foley artist	2004 - present
Jerome Rossen	Music Composer	2005-present
John Evershed	Executive Producer	2000-present
Liz Stuart	Producer	2000 - present

Awards

• Annecy International Animated Film Festival
  • 2003: Best Animated Short Film Made for the Internet for the episode Eye Candy
  • 2007: Best Animated Series For Adults for the episode From Hero To Eternity

• Ottawa International Animation Festival
  • 2004: Best Animated Short Made For The Internet for the episode Out On A Limb
  • 2005: Best Animated Short Made For The Internet for the episode Mole in the City
  • 2007: Best Television Series For Adults for the episode Double Whammy Part 2

See also

• Mondo Mini Shows
• Thugs on Film
• The God & Devil Show
• Schadenfreude - the underlying principle of this cartoon's humor
• G4
• List of Happy Tree Friends characters
• List of Happy Tree Friends episodes
• List of Happy Tree Friends DVDs

References

External links

• Official Happy Tree Friends Website
• Mondo Minishows Official Site
• The official Happy Tree Friends forum
• Happy Tree Friends Video Game Blog by Ken Pontac.
• Unofficial Happy Tree Friends Website
• International Happy Tree Friends fan-site with all episodes and bonuses, daily updated
• Happy Tree Friends wiki
• Podcast interview with creator Kenn Navarro and writers Warren Graff and Ken Pontac
• HappyTreeFriends Episodes on MondoMedia's Youtube Account

IMDB profiles

• Happy Tree Friends TV series at The Internet Movie Database
• Happy Tree Friends Volume 1 at The Internet Movie Database
• Happy Tree Friends Volume 2 at The Internet Movie Database
• Happy Tree Friends Volume 3 at The Internet Movie Database

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