History Heartwarming / HappyTreeFriends

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** "Cubtron Z" has a BittersweetEnding. The city turns out to be destroyed but Pop and Cub's house is safe along with the Monster being [[MonsterIsAMommy Cubtron's mother figure]], unfortunately Cubtron unknowingly crushes Pop when he asked him to sit on his lap. However, at least Cub (as Cubtron) survives in the episode.

** "Cubtron Z" has a BittersweetEnding, The city turns out to be destroyed but Pop and Cub's house is safe along with the Monster being [[MonsterIsAMommy Cubtron's mother figure]], unfortunately Cubtron unknowingly crushes Pop when he asked him to sit on his lap. However, at least Cub survives in the episode.

* The ending of "Class Act", where everyone joins hands and sings "O Christmas Tree" together (except Flippy, who was triggered by the carnage in the actual school and was too busy stabbing someone), despite most of them being severely injured in some way. [[DownerEnding Then the school explodes and kills everyone.]] A couple of blink-and-you-miss-it examples from the aftermath of the school's carnage; Mime is trying to comfort a badly charred extra, Splendid has shown up presumably to try and help everyone and Shifty is trying to help out his [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe badly injured]] twin.

** And there's the implication that Fliqpy only kills those who he deems can fight back (like sparing an allergy-suffering Flaky and the Mole in ''Party Animal'').

* Despite the fact that he had previously ignored her in favor of Giggles and Petunia, Disco Bear [[ShipTease seems happy to see Flaky at his door]] in "Ski Ya! Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!"

* Speaking of Nutty, episodes like ''From Hero to Eternity'', ''Random Acts of Silence'', ''False Alarm'', and ''Concrete Solution'' indicate that he's good friends with Sniffles. Since it's implied that Nutty is TheFriendNobodyLikes to the other Tree Friends, it's nice to know that ''someone'' is willing to hang out with him.

** There's also the time when, in Happy Trails Part Two, they invite the surviving tree friends on an inflatable raft. It doesn't end well due to a certain PricklyPorcupine popping it by accident (which earns her a KarmicDeath and even worse in that the raccoon duo were the only ones who don't survive the swim back), but for the two selfish characters that would do anything for a quick buck, it is a nice surprise to see them genuinely charitable.

** Even one of their deaths can be considered a more twisted version of this. In ''Easy For You To Sleigh'', they die probably the most (and only) peaceful and painless death in the show: falling asleep and dying from carbon-monoxide poisoning while Pop is reading Cub a bedtime story. True, they're still dead, but considering the show's track record of going for the goriest deaths in a given situation, it's downright merciful.
** Even "Rink Hijinks" can be considered as one. In it, Cub is seen playing a claw-machine and Lumpy gets stuck inside it. Cub unintentionally grabs Lumpy's organ with the claw and then after looking at it for a few seconds, he adorably hugs it. While yes he did unintentionally kill Lumpy, but it's still one of the first episodes where Cub doesn't die and [[ThrowTheDogABone even has a happy ending for him.]]
** "A Handy Nanny". This is the first real Pop and Cub-centric episode where both of them survive. All Cub suffers is a slight bruise from falling off a table and Pop is completely unharmed. The real moment is at the end, combined with a little bit of {{Squick}}, when Cub is napping in his crib after Pop comes home from his bowling tournament. After Handy is shredded up by the knocked over fan, the camera irises in on Cub fussing and starting to wake up. You think the bowling trophy is gonna cause his death somehow, but instead Pop just gives Cub his pacifer and he suckles on it peacefully. The squick comes in with Handy's eye being stuck to said pacifier, but still it's the first time Pop and Cub have had a whole episode to themselves and came out alive.

* Lifty and Shifty have a long history of cheating and stealing from everyone, but Lumpy in particular. So when he sees them go flying by in a runaway cart on his death trap of an amusement park ride, what does he do? Hop on a handcar, chase them all over the ride until he sees the end of the tracks looming, then grab onto a string of flags and ''flip overhead into their cart'', pulling all three to a stop at the very last second. Their reaction cements the moment as a CMOH.

* The ending of "Class Act", where everyone joins hands and sings "O Christmas Tree" together (except Flippy, who was triggered by the carnage in the actual school and was too busy stabbing someone), despite most of them being severely injured in some way. [[DownerEnding Then the school explodes and kills everyone.]] A couple blink-and-you-miss-it examples from the aftermath of the school's carnage; Mime is trying to comfort a badly charred extra, Splendid has shown up presumably to try and help everyone and Shifty is trying to help out his [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe badly injured]] twin.
* In "As You Wish", Lifty and Shifty hugging each other twice in short succession: first after Lumpy saves them from falling to their deaths, then when their wish for riches comes true. With all the rivalry and betrayals you usually see between the twins, it's nice to see them [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther show some affection]] for once.

** In "A Concrete Solution", after they accidentally run over Lumpy, their immediate response is to grow concerned and try to help him, Shifty pushing at his chest and Lifty holding his arm up. Sure, they steal his wallet immediately afterwards, but for a moment, they cared to help someone in need.

* Doctor Lumpy patiently escorting Flaky (whom suffered a near fatal peanut allergic reaction) out of the hospital in "Party Animal". He even instinctively smacks any peanuts away from her!

* Nutty's FallingInLoveMontage in ''A Sucker For Love''. While it's mostly hilarious, the montage shows that, despite his selfish tedencies, he's much more romantic than you'd expect from his normal personality. He even brought his "wife" breakfast in bed and imagined having children with her.

** Hell, Sniffles' and Nutty's OddFriendship in general is heartwarming. Both of them are polar opposites - Sniffles is a smart, nerdy BadassBookworm who would be perfectly fit to say something sarcastic if he could and Nutty is a rambunctious, sugar-addicted {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who's always laughing (even when he's dying). Because of their opposite personalities, it sounds like they wouldn't get along, but they actually manage to do so after all. OppositesAttract indeed.

* ''A Bit of a Pickle'': Lammy seems to forgive Mr. Pickels for getting her in trouble and getting her sent to prison as she seems happy to see him when he sneaks into her cell. Likewise, it's also implied that Mr. Pickels came to visit her because he missed Lammy and wanted to apologize to her for getting her into trouble.

* ''Mime and Mime Again'': Even though he accidentally killed him, it was nice of Mime to try and make Toothy feel better when he gets hospitalized. Toothy even began giggling at Mime juggling balls. It's another moment like this that shows how much that the Tree Friends are as kind [[MadeofPlasticine as they are fragile]].

* ''Mime and Mime Again'': Even though he accidentally killed him, it was nice of Mime to try and make Toothy feel better when he gets hospitalized. Toothy even began giggling at Mime juggling balls. It's another moment like this that how much that the Tree Friends are as kind [[MadeofPlasticine as they are fragile]].

** There's also the time when, in Happy Trails part two, they invite the surviving tree friends on an inflatable raft. It doesn't end well due to a certain PricklyPorcupine popping it by accident (which earns her a KarmicDeath and even worse in that the raccoon duo were the only ones who don't survive the swim back), but for the two selfish characters that would do anything for a quick buck, it is a nice surprise to see them genuinely charitable.

* ''Mime and Mime Again'': Even though he accidentally killed him, it was nice of Mime to try and make Toothy feel better when he gets hospitalized. Toothy even began giggling at Mime juggling balls. It's another moment like this proves that the Tree Friends are as kind [[MadeofPlasticine as they are fragile]].

* Speaking of Nutty, episodes like ''From Hero to Eternity'', ''Random Acts of Silence'', and ''Concrete Solution'' indicate that he's good friends with Sniffles. Since it's implied that Nutty is TheFriendNobodyLikes, it's nice to know that someone is willing to hang out with him.
** Hell, Sniffles' and Nutty's OddFriendship in general is heartwarming. Both of them are polar opposites - Sniffles is a smart BadassBookworm who would be perfectly fit to say something sarcastic if he could and Nutty is a rambunctious {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who's always laughing (even when he's dying). Because of their opposite personalities, it sounds like they wouldn't get along but they manage to do so. OppositesAttract indeed.

* In ''I Get a Trick Out of You'', Cuddles seems to forgive Lumpy the magician for sawing him in half, laughing at one of his tricks. It seems that the Friends are as kind as they are fragile.

* ''Mime and Mime Again'': Even though he accidentally killed him, it was nice of Mime to try and make Toothy feel better when he gets hospitalized. Toothy even began giggling at Mime juggling balls. It seems that the Tree Friends are as kind as they are [[MadeofPlasticine fragile]].

* Speaking of Nutty, episodes like ''From Hero to Eternity'', ''Random Acts of Silence'' and ''Concrete Solution'' indicate that he's good friends with Sniffles. Since it's implied that Nutty is TheFriendNobodyLikes, it's nice to know that someone is willing to hang out with him.

** Hell, Sniffles' and Nutty's OddFriendship in general is heartwarming. Both of them are polar opposites - Sniffles is a smart BadassBookworm who would be perfectly fit to say something sarcastic if he could and Nutty is a rambunctious Cloudcuckoolander who's always laughing (even when he's dying). Because of their opposite personalities, it sounds like they wouldn't get along but they manage to do so. OppositesAttract indeed.

* The original four primary characters of the show: Cuddles, Toothy, Giggles, and Lumpy, singing Christmas Carols together in several shorts, [[TrueCompanions implying that they do this every year together]]. Made even better how the majority of the shorts [[BreatherEpisode have no death and gore in it]][[note]]''Kringle Karols'' being the only one that actually has blood.[[/note]].

* The original four primary characters of the show: Cuddles, Toothy, Giggles, and Lumpy, singing Christmas Carols together in several shorts. [[TrueCompanions Implying that they do this every year together]]. Made even better how the majority of the shorts [[BreatherEpisode have no death and gore in it]][[note]]''Kringle Karols'' being the only one that actually has blood[[/note]].

** Even one of their deaths can be considered a more twisted version of this. In ''Easy For You To Sleigh'', they die probably the most peaceful and painless death in the show: falling asleep and dying from carbon-monoxide poisoning while Pop is reading Cub a story. True, they're still dead, but considering the usual deaths in the show it's downright merciful.

* ''Mime and Mime Again'': Even though he accidentally killed him, it was nice of Mime to try and make Toothy feel better when he gets hospitalized. Toothy even began giggling at Mime juggling balls. It seems that the Tree Friends are as kind as they are {{MadeofPlasticine fragile}}.

* ''Wishy Washy'': Even though he ended up failing, he was nice of Lumpy to try and fix Petunia's plumbing for her. He even tried to save her when she was choking to death on a rubber glove. True, he only made things worse (as usual), but still, it's the thought that counts.
** Someone even wrote an [[https://fanfiction.net/Safe_From_Harm alternate ending to the episode]]. It's really sweet.
* ''A Change of Heart'': A minor one but when Disco Bear is lying on the ground, having a heart attack, Petunia seems to be worried about him. It's also implied that she was the one who took him to the hospital in the first place. Given how much she hates him, it's nice to see Petunia act nice to Disco Bear for once, despite how much she dislikes him.

* ''A Bit of a Pickle'': Lammy seems to forgive Mr. Pickels for getting her in trouble and getting her sent to prison as he seems happy to see him when he sneaks into her cell. Likewise, it's also implied that Mr. Pickels came to visit her because he missed Lammy and wanted to apologize to her for getting her into trouble.

** Someone even wrote an {{https://fanfiction.net/Safe_From_Harm alternate ending to the episode}}. It's really sweet.

** Someone even wrote an [[https://fanfiction.net/Safe_From_Harm alternate ending to the episode]]. It's really sweet.