History NightmareFuel / HAPPYTREEFRIENDS

* ''[[EyeScream Eye Candy]]'': This episode is the epitome of what this series is truly capable of. Toothy is running across the forest while carrying a lollipop, but he soon trips on a log and the lollipop ''gets stuck in his eye socket''. He tries to pull it out, but his eyeball flies off and onto a tree branch. Toothy's optic nerve gets tied around the tree branch, making it impossible for him to pull it free, so he decides to climb the tree to untie the nerve. However, before he can do something, a woodpecker comes into the scene and '''starts pecking Toothy's eye''', making him scream in pain and fall from the tree, which is revealed to be on the edge of a cliff. [[EyelessFace We then see Toothy's eye sockets and brain get removed from his skull]]. In addition to featuring one of the show's nastiest and most cringe-worthy deaths, it introduces a recurring theme of having characters see the world through their "messed-up" vision when something happens to their eyes. ''A Sight For Sore Eyes'' and ''Without a Hitch'' being other examples.

* ''Wishy Washy'':
** When Lumpy is trying to find out what's clogging up Petunia's water pipes, a jet of water pushes him against the heat tank, and he finds out that his drill has pierced the tank. Lumpy takes it off, causing hot steam to be sprayed on him, he falls over, and the tank tips over, crushing and burning Lumpy to death (while he lets out a ''very'' blood-curdling scream, even). Petunia, who is showering, notices that there's no more water. She goes into her basement to find out what's wrong and flips on the light switch. She notices that she is standing in filthy water, [[PeekABooCorpse and Lumpy's corpse bobs towards her]]. Then, we get a closeup of his corpse and see that his face is covered in blisters, his nose is missing most of its skin, there are geysers of snot coming out of it, and he has creepy green eyes. [[GrossUpCloseUp And it's drawn in a more detailed style than usual.]] And while the art style is normally cloyingly sweet, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/creepy_lumpy.png this is]] '''''THE''''' ugliest and most nightmarish image ever made in the show's history and among the creepiest Gross-Up Close-Ups ever known. It used to be the page image for a reason.

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* ''The Way You Make Me Wheel'': This episode has Lumpy ''accidentally slitting his jugular vein while driving'' and trying to avoid hitting the ducks crossing the road. Lumpy throughout the episode is constantly bleeding from his neck with him holding onto it to survive, and we're ''even shown that he's gone pale before his death'', with his [[GutturalGrowler gravelly voice]] not helping any matters. [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank He later dies in his car with it being flooded with his own blood]].

* ''Can't Stop Coffin'': Like many episodes, it starts off cute and innocent with Cuddles and his friends playing baseball. Then the ball goes over the fence and Cuddles tries to retrieve it. ''He then falls into a grave and is soon trapped in a coffin'' ([[JustForPun hence the name]]) ''while Lumpy unknowingly [[BuriedAlive buries him alive]]''. Cuddles tries lighting up a match and when he finally does it, it's revealed that he has scratched all the flesh off his fingers (thus leaving their bones exposed) when trying to escape the coffin.

* In episodes where Sniffles fights against The Ants, he tries to eat them, [[TheBadGuyWins but they end up torturing and killing him in the most painful way as possible]]. Heck, The Ants, in general, are terrifying due to their {{sadist}}ic behavior as they seem to ''enjoy'' [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing the poor anteater]]. Granted, Sniffles ''is'' trying to eat them, but they take such measures ''far'' [[DisproportionateRetribution beyond self-defense]].

* ''Concrete Solution'': Lumpy goes through quite the wringer in this one. His demise starts when he is hit by a flying Nutty off a bridge and lands really badly. He struggles to get up until he gets run over by Lifty and Shifty. Later still, he tries to get up again, until the middle part of his body is squished by the giant slab of concrete he hid Handy in, which causes ''gushers of blood to spew out of his nose and mouth''. Then the slab falls on the rest of him, finally finishing him off. [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking Oh, and his wallet gets stolen.]]

* ''Camp Pokeneyeout'': At one point in the episode, Nutty is roasting marshmallows to make s'mores but then is hit by a rock from a slingshot causing Nutty to '''[[EyeScream burn his eyeball]]'''. At the end of the episode, we see Nutty uses ''his own eyeballs as marshmallow replacements for his s'mores''. [[EyelessFace We are then treated to a shot of his eyeless face]]. We can't deny that Nutty will do '''anything''' to satisfy his SweetTooth.

*** Sniffles being frozen and hit by a comet [[JustForFun/RecycledInSPACE in space]].

* ''Read 'Em and Weep'': In this episode, Pop buys a [[CursedItem possessed book]] for Cub (due to the much more appropriate book being more expensive) and reads it to him. Cub is visibly disturbed at the book but we don't really know what Pop is saying. Then it starts raining ''dead birds'' and we see a [[HeroicBSOD mortified Cub]]. Then a green glow is under his bed and Cub looks under, ''[[JumpScare only to be charged by the demon]]''. In the next scene, we see that the demon [[DemonicPossession possessed]] [[WouldHurtAChild Cub]], giving him a disturbing appearance and having him [[ExorcistHead spin his head around]] and puking on Pop.

* "Who's to Flame?": While the show is already dark enough to begin with, this episode is considered one of the darkest episodes in the series. It has one of the highest kill counts in the series (every single character seen in the episode except Mime die, which is 16 out of a cast of then 20) and features the sight of characters violently burning to death.

* ''Concrete Solution'' doesn't start out too bad... Until Lumpy [[AccidentalMurder accidentally kills Handy.]] The moose tries to free him only to then cover up his crime. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. After the road is finished, many friends try to drive over it while it's raining. But thanks to Lumpy [[TooDumbToLive using sugar instead of concrete to build it,]] the road begins to melt. The chaos begins as Sniffles (who was transporting Nutty in an ambulance, as the squirrel ate the concrete meant for the road thinking it was sugar) is killed as another car crashes into him. We see his brain and eyes nearly pop out as Nutty flies out of the car, hitting Lumpy. Nutty tries to hang on, but his [[HalfTheManHeUsedtoBe lower half falls off.]] Lumpy meanwhile survives the fall... [[LaserGuidedKarma Until a part of the road that was concrete lands on him.]] Poor Nutty is then torn asunder and part of him crushes [[DeathOfaChild poor Cub.]]

Considering the [[{{Gorn}} nature]] [[TheManyDeathsOfYou of]] [[EverythingTryingToKillYou this]] [[SadistShow show]], there's got to be moments that are [[NightmareFuel pretty scary.]] People who are not used to gore or violence usually consider the whole premise of this show to be scary, gory, disgusting or even an unpleasant combination of all of them. Think of it as ''Franchise/CareBears'' meets ''JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow''.

** While the episode is [[BreatherEpisode not that gruesome]] in comparison to many others, it is one of the few that doesn't involve Fliqpy or the ants to feature outright ''murder''. Specifically, after Lifty and Shifty [[KindnessBall offer to help the characters who are stranded at the island with their inflatable boat]], [[TheWoobie Flaky]] accidentally punctures it, [[ThreateningShark and the two are eaten by sharks]]. Once the survivors come back to the island, Flippy, Sniffles, Handy and [[BewareTheSillyOnes Lumpy]] [[DeathGlare stare at Flaky with pure hatred]] before killing her [[NothingIsScarier off-screen]]. An important aspect of this scene is that Flippy ''isn't flipped out'', making this kill one of the few examples in the series where it's done by him ''intentionally''. He wasn't under the control of his alter-ego this time, he made a conscious decision to do it!

* [[MeaningfulName Fliqpy]], Flippy's evil side. Flippy at one moment will be [[NiceGuy an innocent and nice guy]] but as soon as he [[ShellShockedVeteran hears something related to his pastime in the war]], he'll rage into his evil self and ''kill almost everything onscreen''. And unlike most characters, Fliqpy will kill his victims on '''purpose''' as opposed to by accident (like with [[LethallyStupid Lumpy]]). [[FromBadToWorse Even worse]] is after Fliqpy turns back into his good self, [[ObliviouslyEvil Flippy doesn't remember his evil self's massacre]]. [[AxCrazy With the way Fliqpy kills his victims]] (read in the Episodes folder for information), [[NightmareFace his psychotic face]] and [[FangsAreEvil fangs]], and his [[EvilSoundsDeep unsettling voice]] (especially his [[EvilLaugh laugh]] and scream), there are good reasons for the characters in the show to fear him.

** Shortly after, Petunia, shocked and startled by Lumpy's corpse, slips in the filthy water and tries to use the shower, the bathroom sink and the kitchen sink to clean herself, all to no avail due to the dirty water. Petunia runs to the kitchen and attempts to clean herself with a brush, but to no avail. She then uses some steel wool to scrub herself, but she rubs so hard that it causes her skin to bleed. After finding a potato peeler, Petunia [[SanitySlippage completely and utterly loses her mind]]. Her eyes become bloodshot, she starts [[LaughingMad laughing like a maniac]], and proceeds to [[DrivenToSuicide furiously tear her own flesh off with the peeler]]. After she's finished, [[{{Gorn}} most of her skin is gone]], [[BodyHorror and even some of her bones are exposed]]. The now-insane Petunia lets out a sigh of relief and falls to the ground dead from blood loss with a crazed smile.

** Hell, just the fact that - although [[AccidentalMurder they're accidents]] - Lumpy managed to surpass Fliqpy as having the '''highest kill count in the entire series''' (if not in the ''entire'' adult animation multi-verse. Not even [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter and Stewie Griffin]] or [[WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpyAdultPartyCartoon Ren Hoek]] ''combined'' caused as much death and destruction as he did.

** Shortly after, Petunia, shocked and startled by Lumpy's corpse, slips in the filthy water and tries to use the shower, the bathroom sink and the kitchen sink to clean herself, all to no avail due to the dirty water. Petunia runs to the kitchen and attempts to clean herself with a brush, but to no avail. She then uses some steel wool to scrub herself, but she rubs so hard that it causes her skin to bleed. After finding a potato peeler, Petunia [[SanitySlippage completely and utterly loses her mind]]. Her eyes become bloodshot, she starts [[LaughingMad laughing like a maniac]], and proceeds to [[DrivenToSuicide furiously tear her own flesh off with the peeler]]. At the end, right before she finally dies, her arms are torn to shreds, leaving nothing but the bones. And the now-insane Petunia lets out a sigh of relief as she falls to the ground dead with a crazed smile.

** Shortly after, Petunia, shocked and startled by Lumpy's corpse, slips in the filthy water and tries to use the shower, the bathroom sink and the kitchen sink to clean herself, all to no avail due to the dirty water. After another attempt with a brush, she uses some steel wool to scrub herself, but she rubs so hard that it ''causes her skin to bleed''. Petunia then [[SanitySlippage completely and utterly loses her mind]]. Her eyes become bloodshot, and ''[[DrivenToSuicide she begins furiously ripping her own skin and flesh off with a potato peeler]], [[LaughingMad all while laughing psychotically.]]'' At the end, right before she finally dies, her arms are torn to shreds, leaving nothing but the bones.

* ''[[LifeOrLimbDecision Out On A Limb]]'': Anyone who's seen ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'' will know what to expect here. The episode involves Lumpy chopping down a tree but is soon hit by one, getting one of his legs stuck. He attempts to cut said leg with an ax but it breaks so Lumpy chooses a '''spoon''' and ''beings to chop his leg off with it while screaming in agony''. The worst part would be when he has to break his ''bare bone with the spoon''. And then we find out that [[WhatAnIdiot he accidentally chopped off the wrong leg]] and [[HereWeGoAgain we're treated to a shot of Lumpy now using a]] '''[[HereWeGoAgain paperclip]]''' to chop off the other one.

* ''Don't Yank My Chain'': Handy's scream '''(and the [[Nightmare Face]] [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/happytreefriends/images/3/31/Handy_death_Chain_Z.png/revision/latest?cb=20170912171634 he makes]]''') just before he dies might qualify as the most blood-curdling yell in the series.

* ''Don't Yank My Chain'': Handy's scream '''[[and the [[Nightmare Face]] he makes https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/happytreefriends/images/3/31/Handy_death_Chain_Z.png/revision/latest?cb=20170912171634]]''') just before he dies might qualify as the most blood-curdling yell in the series.

** While the episode is [[BreatherEpisode not that gruesome]] in comparison to many others, it is one of the few that doesn't involve Fliqpy or the ants to feature outright ''murder''. Specifically, after Lifty and Shifty [[KindnessBall offer to help the characters who are stranded at the island with their inflatable boat]], [[TheWoobie Flaky]] accidentally punctures it, [[ThreateningShark and the two are eaten by sharks]]. After the survivors come back to the island, Flippy, Sniffles, Handy and [[BewareTheSillyOnes Lumpy]] [[DeathGlare stare at Flaky with pure hatred]] before killing her [[NothingIsScarier off-screen]]. An important aspect of this scene is that Flippy ''isn't flipped out'', making this kill one of the few examples in the series where it's done by him ''intentionally''. He wasn't under the control of his alter-ego this time, he made a conscious decision to do it!
*** It's made worse with [[http://happytreefriends.wikia.com/wiki/Happy_Trails_Pt._2:_Jumping_the_Shark/Trivia the HTF Wiki's]] claim that it was rumored her death was supposed to be shown, but was cut because it was considered '''''too''' gruesome'' (Kenn Navarro, however, confirmed that her death was always intended to be a mystery) and that ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen Pop]]'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was going to be in the episode instead of Flippy]] (hence the unusually deep voice for him).
** The beginning of the episode has Giggles searching for food when she is soon shocked by an ElectricJellyfish. It seems to be nothing worse than a bruise until the SmashCut in the next shot, where we see her '''[[BodyHorror pulsating swollen leg pumping like a heart]]'''. Then, we see Flippy pounding on her grave.
** The ending of the episode has Sniffles, Flippy, and Handy escaping the island with their rocket ship (Lumpy was there too, but he was thrown out when the ship couldn't start up). Then they speed off so fast they end up flying into the Sun and we see ''all of the aforementioned characters screaming and [[ManOnFire burning inside the ship]], with Sniffles' [[YourHeadAsplode head exploding]]''. There is NightmareRetardant though with the cut to Lumpy casually relaxing on the beach.

* ''Treasure Those Idol Moments'': In the first episode to star the Idol, we see it kill Toothy, [[WouldHurtAChild Cub]], and Flaky. The deaths are pretty simple and Cub's is off-screen, but Sniffles' death is unpleasant as [[QuicksandSucks he is sucked in the sandpit and drowns in it]] while [[AndIMustScream muffling for help]].

* ''The Way You Make Me Wheel'': This has Lumpy ''accidentally slitting his jugular vein while driving'' and trying to avoid hitting the ducks crossing the road. Lumpy throughout the episode is constantly bleeding from his neck with him holding onto his neck to survive, and we're ''even shown that he's gone pale before his death'', with his [[GutturalGrowler gravelly voice]] not helping any matters. [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank He later dies in his car with it being flooded with his own blood]].

* ''Take A Hike':' This episode will probably make you want to stay inside for the rest of your life. Special mention goes to the ending, where Lumpy is mauled to death by [[BearsAreBadNews a bear]] '''onscreen'''.

** The second half of this episode is so gruesome and horrifying that Website/YouTube ''took Creator/MondoMedia's official upload down'' for violating their terms of use on violent content.[[note]]It's still available on the site via reuploads, though.[[/note]] '''They've NEVER done this with any other episode in the series.''' Considering [=YouTube=]'s notoriously low standards, that should tell you something.[[note]]Petunia's intentional suicide is most likely the reason why the video was taken down, as videos with intentional suicides aren't allowed on the site, regardless if they happen in a cartoon or a real-life recorded video. The other segments of the TV episode set ''Four on the Floor'' (which had ''Wishy Washy'' as part of it) were also removed from [=YouTube=] for this reason.[[/note]]

** The second half of this episode is so gruesome and horrifying that Website/YouTube ''took Mondo Media's official upload down'' for violating their terms of use on violent content.[[note]]It's still available on the site via reuploads, though.[[/note]] '''They've NEVER done this with any other episode in the series.''' Considering [=YouTube=]'s notoriously low standards, that should tell you something.[[note]]Petunia's intentional suicide is most likely the reason why the video was taken down, as videos with intentional suicides aren't allowed on the site, regardless if they happen in a cartoon or a real-life recorded video. The other segments of the TV episode set ''Four on the Floor'' (which had ''Wishy Washy'' as part of it) were also removed from [=YouTube=] for this reason.[[/note]]

** The ending of the episode has Sniffles, Flippy, and Handy (Lumpy was there but he was thrown out when they couldn't escape) escaping the island with their rocket ship. Then they speed off so fast they end up flying into the Sun and we see ''all of the aforementioned characters screaming and [[ManOnFire burning inside the ship]] and Sniffles' [[YourHeadAsplode head exploding]]''. There is NightmareRetardant though with the cut to Lumpy casually relaxing on the beach.