Happy_Tree_Friends_(TV_series)

<i>Happy Tree Friends</i> (TV series)

Happy Tree Friends (TV series)

Adult animated television series


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]

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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

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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

  1. The title is a pun on the film From Here to Eternity
  2. The Dog in this episode is based on writer Ken Pontac's dog Whistle.
  3. This episode is based on a fairy tale, 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
  4. 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.
  5. The title is a reference to the Led Zeppelin song "Whole Lotta Love"
  6. The title of the episode is a pun on the phrase 9 to 5
  7. Part of the episode features "Spin Fun Knowin' Ya"
  8. It was originally entitled, "Sky's the Limits"

References

  1. Battle, Chris (November 23, 2008). "Happy Tree Friends: Ka-Pow!". Chris Battle Illustration. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Happy Tree Friends: Season 1". Metacritic.com. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  3. Horn, Jesse (December 10, 2010). "Happy Tree Friends". Interview with Mondo Media CEO John Evershed. Oddities Magazine. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  4. "CityTV.com". Archived from the original on June 18, 2008.
  5. "Mondo Media Gaining Revenue from International Licensing". Beet.tv. March 9, 2010. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013.

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