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== Cuddles ==

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A cute yellow rabbit who has pink cheeks and is always wearing pink bunny slippers. Cuddles is the main character of the series more so than anyone else, and is one of the four "original" Tree Friends. Despite his cute nature, he has been shown to be a bit of a rebellious Tree Friend who enjoys skateboarding, snowball fights, and daredevil acts. He was the first Tree Friend created, appears in most advertisements, and to date holds the highest death count in the series.

 

== Giggles ==

{{quote|Voiced by: Lori Jee}}

 

A friendly pink chipmunk who wears a red hair bow. Giggles is one of the four "original" Tree Friends and is most often played as a girly girl, along with Petunia (with whom she is best friends). She also cares strongly for the environment, and will lose her cute nature when she sees someone littering or polluting. Despite being the one most often paired with other Tree Friends for Valentine's Day episodes, she and Cuddles are seen as the "default pairing" of the series.

 

* [[The Chick]]

* [[Damsel in Distress]]

 

== Toothy ==

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An unlucky purple beaver named for his [[Meaningful Name|large, gapped buckteeth]]. Toothy is one of the four "original" Tree Friends and is most often played as the everyman. The creators of the show feel he doesn't have enough of a personality, and plan to bring him out of his shell in later episodes. His trademark injuries have to do with his eyes, mostly as shout outs to his most famous episode, ''Eye Candy''.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I]].

* [[The Everyman]]

 

== Lumpy ==

{{quote|"For a lazy lunch, try leftover loaf!"

Voiced by: David Winn }}

 

An idiotic blue moose whose lack of intelligence often lands himself and others into trouble while driving the plot for many episodes. Lumpy is one of the four "original" Tree Friends and to date has the official highest kill count and starring count in the series. Despite his stupidity, he often holds high ranking jobs (such as a doctor), and is sometimes placed with the care of the smaller Tree Friends. He shows signs of greed as well, as visited in several episodes.

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I]], most of the time.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: When the smaller Tree Friends are in his care, he'll go to great lengths to try and protect them - even if he usually winds up killing them in the process.

 

== Flaky ==

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A nervous, cowardly red porcupine whose quills are [[Meaningful Name|full of dandruff]]. Flaky is the subject of a long-standing gender dispute, though most of the creators and fans refer to her as a female. Her official gender description on the website is a question mark. She is very cautious, scared of nearly everything, and is prone to motion sickness. Despite this, she can be very brave if the situation calls for it.

On April 28, 2012, on the twitter for Happy Tree Friends, in reply to someone's tweet, it was an actual disscusion about Flaky's gender and they intentionally stated Flaky was a girl, confirming Flaky's gender.

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I]].

* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: [[Word of God]] says girl. [[Word of God]] also likes trolling the fanbase, as seen in ''Something Fishy.'', when she couldn't decide whether to go into the men's or women's restroom.

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Averted - Possibly what leads to the high amount of [[Viewer Gender Confusion]].

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Flaky has an odd fear of baby chicks, more so than everything else. Guess what she encounters in the petting zoo in ''A To Zoo''. Weirdly enough, it seems to be just chicks. She doesn't appear to be particularly afraid of any other birds.

 

== Sniffles ==

{{quote|"Science is seriously satisfying!"

Voiced by: Liz Stewart }}

 

A nerdy blue anteater with glasses and a pocket protector. Often seen as the brains of the show, Sniffles is a [[Hollywood Geek|geek]] who loves science, inventing, [[Star Trek]], and superheroes (Splendid especially). He sometimes delves into mad scientist territory on a few occasions, however. There are several episodes dedicated to him and a family of ants who he always tries to eat, though the ants always end up killing him in the end.

 

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: He was able to build a functioning rocket ship out of the remains of a school bus and a [[Time Machine]] out of a washer, for starters.

* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: Happens to him a lot, even by Happy Tree Friends standards.

 

== Petunia ==

{{quote|"Plant plenty of pretty, perfumed, purple and pink flowers!"

Voiced by: Lori Jee }}

 

A sweet blue skunk who wears a flower on her head and a pine tree car freshener around her neck. Petunia suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and is quite a neat freak. She is best friends with Giggles and they like to hang around with each other, have tea parties, play with dolls, etc. She tends to die the messier deaths in the series, such as having her face pressed to a grill or getting pulled through a sink. She is the only character to have not killed another Tree Friend (though she did kill herself in one episode).

 

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Less than Giggles, but still falls into this on occasion.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: In ''Wishy Washy'', via '''''potato peeler'''''. [[Squick|Eeep.]]

 

== Nutty ==

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A hyperactive green squirrel who always has several pieces of candy stuck in his fur. Nutty is absolutely addicted to candy or anything sugary, and will sometimes add pounds of sugar to something just to make it sweet enough for him. His constantly-dilated eyes are mismatched with one lazy eye (a side effect from his high sugar consumption), and his vocabulary consists almost entirely of laughing and giggling. His sugar addiction has gotten him in trouble more than a few times.

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV]].

* [[Braces of Orthodontic Overkill]]: In ''Chew Said a Mouthful'', justified in that his jaw fell off without them.

 

== Handy ==

{{quote|"A happy home has all the right hardware for any happenstance!"

Voiced by: Warren Graff }}

 

A helpful orange beaver with [[Unfortunate Names|amputated hands]], who is always seen wearing a hard hat, a tool belt, and arm-nub bandages. Despite his handicap, Handy is most often seen doing (or at least attempting) activities that require hands. Ironically, his dam is full of things that are handheld. Whenever he fails at a task or remembers he doesn't have hands, he will pull his trademark look of a frustrated glance into the camera.

 

* [[Aside Glance]]

* [[Behind the Black]]: Whenever he successfully does something that requires hands, it's almost always done off-camera.

 

== Flippy ==

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A war-torn green bear who wears a military jacket, beret, and dog tags. His rank is apparently sergeant (by USA stripes; other countries have other rank insignia).

Flippy suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder due to the time he spent in the W.A.R (Weaponized Animal Regiment). While his "good" side tends to be one of the kinder and more sociable of the Tree Friends, his "evil" side will emerge whenever he sees or hears something that reminds him of war or death. Once in his evil state, he turns into an efficient killing machine, slaughtering everyone around him. He is arguably the most popular character of the series among fans. He stars in ''[[Spin-Off|Ka-pow!]]'' alongside Splendid and Buddhist Monkey.

 

* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type II]]

* [[Art Evolution]]: Originally his flipped out state was drawn with crooked teeth later episodes he has fangs.

* [[Cute and Psycho]]

* [[Enemy Within]]

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]

* [[Expy]]: Of [[Rambo]].

 

== Mime ==

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A quiet purple deer (he is actually capable of speech like the others, just choosing rather to be silent) who is ([[Meaningful Name|as his name suggests]]) a mime, complete with face-paint and a striped shirt. Mime is very talented at various circus and carnival acts, such as pantomiming, juggling, making balloon animals, fire breathing, and riding unicycles. His reluctance to speak often lands himself and others into trouble, and he will sometimes choose showmanship over actual helpfulness.

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I]], sometimes.

* [[Blush Sticker]]: As part of his mime getup.

 

== The Mole ==

{{quote|"Myopic, meandering marches most often lead to macabre mishaps."

Voiced by: Dean MacDonald }}

 

A blind lavender mole who wears sunglasses and a dark turtle neck sweater, with a mole on his face. His blindness drives the plot for many episodes, since the creators feel that he and [[Too Dumb to Live|Lumpy]] are the most inept Tree Friends for any given job. Paired with his blindness is also the inability to speak, possibly because of his sweater. His deaths are limited to the TV series because a producer for the internet seasons has a blind daughter. A lone ''[[Spin-Off|Ka-pow!]]'' episode, ''Mole in the Big City'', visits the idea that The Mole is an international spy, an actual character trait [[What Could Have Been|that was cut]] before he was introduced into the series.

 

* [[Behind the Black]]: Whenever he eats.

* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Literally. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|He's a blind idiot]] (who perhaps also is a mute with bad hearing).

 

== Pop ==

{{quote|"Parental parents are patient and proud."

Voiced by: Aubrey Ankrum }}

 

A bumbling tan bear who is almost always seen with a pipe and wears a red hat and robe. Pop is a single father to his son, Cub, whom he tends to accidentally kill on a regular basis due to his oblivious and slightly dim nature. Despite this, he is actually very caring towards his son and will go out of his way to save him in the few times he knows Cub is hurt or lost. What happened to his wife/Cub's mother is never explained, though it is hinted at that she may have died prior to the series.

 

* [[Bumbling Dad]]

* [[The Determinator]]: The few times he ever is aware that Cub is in danger he'll never stop in trying to save his son, up to and including going over a waterfall in ''And the Kitchen Sink'' and successfully fending off a rabid dog in ''Doggone it!''

 

== Cub ==

{{quote|"Cute kids are cuddly and carefree!"

Voiced by: Lori Jee }}

 

An adorable tan baby bear, who is always wearing a propeller beanie hat and a diaper/nappy. Cub is Pop's son, and often his deaths are due to his father's oblivious nature. He tends to act stereotypically baby-like (babbling, drooling, etc.), though he has the mobility of a toddler. Because of his babyish nature and innocence, he doesn't usually notice if someone has died or is in pain, and has even played with severed body parts on occasion.

 

* [[Baby Talk]]

* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: Literally.

 

== Lifty & Shifty ==

{{quote|"No need to be thrifty, just take whats nifty and be back in fifty!"

Both voiced by: Kenn Navarro }}

 

Two kleptomaniac green raccoon twin brothers, the older of which (Shifty) is always wearing a green fedora. Lifty and Shifty often scam or steal from unsuspecting Tree Friends (mostly [[Too Dumb to Live|Lumpy]]) in an effort to get rich. They are played as sinister characters with narrow eyes, dark mask-like markings around their eyes, wide grins, and trademark evil snickers. Often times they work together to steal or scam, though they will sometimes fight, kill one another, or abandon the other to die in favor of riches or goods.

 

* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]

* [[Evil Laugh]]

 

== Russell ==

{{quote|"Row, row, row your boat down a running river!"

Voiced by: Francis Carr }}

 

A turquoise pirate sea otter with a Jolly Roger hat, eye-patch, ripped striped shirt, black pants, two peg legs, and a hook hand. Russell dresses and talks like a pirate, with his vocabulary consisting almost entirely of "Yar!" He enjoys the sea and nautical activities, such as fishing, sailing, or hunting for treasure, and he even lives in a house boat (perched in a tree). His early design had him with [[Perma-Stubble|five-o-clock shadow]], but this has been retired since his second appearance onward.

 

* [[Cartoony Tail]]: He has a flat tail like a beaver. Real-life otters have long tails.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Or at least Eyepatch of Pirateness.

 

== Disco Bear ==

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A groovy golden bear with an orange afro, yellow leisure suit, yellow bell-bottoms, and platform shoes. Disco Bear is stuck in the seventies and lives the disco way of life, from his clothing to his dance moves to the music that plays on his alarm clock. He likes to roller blade, ski, and (unsuccessfully) hit on Giggles and Petunia, but most of all he loves to disco dance. However, he also loves deep fried/fatty foods, has a noticeable gut, and lives an unhealthy lifestyle. He takes great pride in his afro and goes to extremes to make sure it's perfect. It took until the TV series for the creators to stop finding him annoying and actually start liking him.

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I]].

* [[Casanova Wannabe]]

 

== Splendid ==

{{quote|"Super squirrel swooping in for the save!"

Voiced by: David Winn }}

 

A heroic blue flying squirrel who is always seen with a red mask. Splendid is a superhero with super strength/speed, heat vision, the ability to fly, and more. Despite his helpful nature, he always seems to hurt more than he helps. When not saving the world, he's quite the homemaker who enjoys baking and sewing. He is a comic book legend in-universe, and is an idol to Sniffles and Toothy in particular. His only weakness is a [[Green Rock|green acorn-shaped rock]] called Kryptonut, which caused his only confirmed death throughout the whole series. He has an evil twin/evil counterpart, Splendont, who ironically is much better at being a superhero. Splendid stars in ''[[Spin-Off|Ka-pow!]]'' alongside Flippy and Buddhist Monkey.

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type V]]

* [[Clark Kenting]]: At the ''Daily Acorn'' as a [[Stock Superhero Day Jobs|reporter]], no less.

 

== Cro-Marmot ==

{{quote|Voiced by: Dean MacDonald}}

 

A prehistoric yellow marmot who wears a leopard-skin loincloth and carries a club. Cro-marmot is always seen encased entirely in a large block of ice (except for the irregular episode Dino-Sore Days). Despite this, he will often be seen doing activities (almost always off-camera), and is apparently known for his impressive talents, all unseen by the viewer. His main method of transportation is an ice cream truck.

* [[Behind the Black]]: ''Everything'' he does.

* [[Blinding Bangs]]

 

== Buddhist Monkey ==

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A peaceful orange monkey who wears a dark orange Buddhist robe and large prayer beads. Buddhist Monkey is, [[Meaningful Name|as his name suggests]], a monkey who practices Buddhism and is normally nonviolent. However, when attacked by Generic Tree Ninjas and others sent from a [[Evil Overlord|mysterious, dark overlord]], he sheds his passive outer nature and call upon his extensive martial arts training to kill his enemies. A flashback focused on his training by [[Old Master|Sensei Orangutan]], who had died sometime between the flashback and the series. He is the only main recurring character to not have died yet (although the fact he's only appeared in person in ''Ka-pow!!'' helps immensely). He stars in ''[[Spin-Off|Ka-pow!]]'' alongside Flippy and Splendid.

 

* [[Badass]]: Very much so.

** [[Badass Adorable]]

 

== Lammy & Mr. Pickels ==

{{quote|"Long lasting friends don't tend to be fickle. More likely, they would laugh and love to tickle!"

Voiced by: Renée T. MacDonald }}

 

A wooly violet lamb who wears a purple hairbow and a white wool sweater, and a pickle dressed in a top hat and mustache. Winners of the ''Vote or Die'' 10th anniversary new character contest held by the Happy Tree Friends website in early 2010, Lammy and Mr. Pickels are the newest additions to the HTF cast. While Lammy appears to be a relatively normal girl, her (seemingly imaginary) friend Mr. Pickels gleefully causes mischief with others, even killing them. As a disturbing twist, when Lammy tries to stop Mr. Pickels from harming others, it's Lammy unintentionally causing pain and grief.

 

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Mr. Pickels (intentionally), and Lammy (unintentionally).

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

* [[The Voiceless]]: Mr. Pickels