Happy Tree Friends

Happy Tree Friends
Genre	Black comedy Splatter
Created by	Aubrey Ankrum Rhode Montijo Kenn Navarro
Developed by	Rhode Montijo Kenn Navarro Warren Graff
Directed by	Seasons 1–2: Rhode Montijo Seasons 2–5: Kenn Navarro
Creative director	Dean MacDonald
Starring	Kenn Navarro Nica Lorber Rhode Montijo David Winn Dana Belben Ellen Connell Lori Jee Warren Graff Aubrey Ankrum Liz Stuart Jeff Biancalana Peter Herrmann Michael "Lippy" Lipman Mark Giambruno Francis Carr Renée T. MacDonald Ken Pontac
Composers	RJ Eleven Jim Lively Winn Winn Situation Ashsha Kin Kadet Kuhne Jonathan Bach Jerome Rossen
Country of origin	United States Canada
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	93 (+ 13 TV episodes with 39 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	John Evershed Deirdre O'Malley Edward Noeltner
Producer	David Ichioka
Running time	1–5 minutes
Production company	Mondo Media
Original release
Network	Mondo Media (2000–present) YouTube (2007–present)
Release	2000 (2000) – present

Happy Tree Friends is an American adult animated web series. It was created by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, and Kenn Navarro, and developed by Montijo, Navarro, and Warren Graff.

The series is about the misadventures of cute anthropomorphic forest animals, who live peaceful lives until they are killed or injured in sudden, accidental, graphically violent incidents.

Episodes

See the main article: List of Happy Tree Friends episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Network
1	27		December 24, 1999 (1999-12-24)	October 20, 2001 (2001-10-20)	Mondo Media
2	28		September 1, 2002 (2002-09-01)	December 15, 2005 (2005-12-15)
TV series	13		September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)	December 25, 2006 (2006-12-25)	G4
3	25		October 24, 2007 (2007-10-24)	March 29, 2013 (2013-03-29)	Mondo Media YouTube
4	9		June 14, 2013 (2013-06-14)	March 6, 2014 (2014-03-06)
Still Alive	5		December 7, 2016 (2016-12-07)	December 22, 2016 (2016-12-22)

Characters and cast

Main characters

• Cuddles – voiced by Kenn Navarro.
• Giggles – voiced by Dana Belben (Season 1–2), Ellen Connell (TV Series–Season 4), and Lori Jee (for a few episodes of Season 3).
• Toothy – voiced by Warren Graff.
• Lumpy – voiced by David Winn (Seasons 2–4).
• Petunia – voiced by Dana Belben (Seasons 1–2), Ellen Connell (Season 3–4, TV Series), and Lori Jee (for a few episodes of Season 3).
• Handy – voiced by Warren Graff.
• Nutty –. Michael "Lippy" Lipman voices him.
• Sniffles – voiced by Liz Stuart.
• Pop and Cub – voiced by Dana Belben (Seasons 1–2), Ellen Connell (Seasons 2–4), and Lori Jee (for 1 episode of Season 3), which are the same voice actresses for Giggles and Petunia.
• Flaky – voiced by Nica Lorber.
• The Mole
• Disco Bear – voiced by Peter Hermann.
• Russell – voiced by Jeff Biancalana (Seasons 1–2) and later voiced by Francis Carr (TV Series–Season 4).
• Lifty and Shifty – voiced by Mark Giambruno (Season 1–2) and were later portrayed by Kenn Navarro (TV Series–Season 4).
• Mime – voiced by Sarah Castelblanco.
• Cro-Marmot –
• Flippy – voiced by Aubrey Ankrum, who also provided the voice of his good side up until 2006.
• Splendid – voiced by Rhode Montijo (Seasons 1–2) and later voiced by David Winn (TV Series–Season 4).
• Lammy – voiced by Renée T. MacDonald.
• Mr. Pickels –
• Minor characters

• Buddhist Monkey – voiced by Jeff Biancalana.
• Fall Out Boy - The alternative rock band Fall Out Boy made a cameo appearance as Tree Friend versions of themselves in the music video for their song "The Carpal Tunnel of Love".

Spin-offs

A spin-off series called Ka-Pow! was shown in September 2008. Six episodes have been made.