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* EverybodyDiesEnding: The first episode to have no survivors.



* KillEmAll: The first episode to have no survivors.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This episode reverses the Pop & Cub dynamic. While any episode starring them usually has Pop accidentally injuring Cub throughout the story, here Pop goes out of his way to make his son happy while being brutally bruised while Cub himself suffers little to no injures (though they both die).

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This episode reverses the Pop & Cub dynamic. While any episode starring them usually has Pop accidentally injuring Cub throughout the story, here Pop goes out of his way to make his son happy while being brutally bruised by enduring some painful slapstick while Cub himself suffers little to no injures (though they both die).
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This episode reverses the Pop & Cub dynamic. While any episode starring them usually has Pop accidentally injuring Cub throughout the story, here Pop goes out of his way to make his son happy while Cub himself suffers little to no injures (though they both die).

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This episode reverses the Pop & Cub dynamic. While any episode starring them usually has Pop accidentally injuring Cub throughout the story, here Pop goes out of his way to make his son happy while being brutally bruised while Cub himself suffers little to no injures (though they both die).

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Pop the father bear is playing catch with his son, Cub. It goes fine until the ball bounces off the bear cub's head instead of him catching it. The ball is then revealed to end up at the other side of a very busy road. Not wanting to make his son unhappy, Pop risks his life through all those vehicles to reach the ball. Despite all those injuries, he manages to get the ball, but he ends up walking off the cliff where he falls into a helicopter carrying an injured Lumpy. After his remains land at cliff's base, his son is seen climbing down with a rope. The bear cub succeeds in getting the ball back only to be crushed by the gurney holding Lumpy. Lumpy suddenly panics and tries to move away from the spot, but he ends up being crushed by the fallen helicopter. Cub's hat is seen landing on the blood-covered ball.

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Pop the father bear is playing catch with his son, Cub. It goes fine until the ball bounces off the bear cub's head instead of him catching it. The ball is then revealed to end have ended up at on the other side of a very busy road. Not wanting to make his son unhappy, Pop risks his life to get through all those vehicles to and reach the ball. Despite all those his injuries, he manages to get the ball, but he ends up walking off the a cliff where he and falls into a helicopter carrying an injured Lumpy. After his remains land at the cliff's base, his son is seen climbing down with a rope. The bear cub succeeds in getting the ball back back, only to be crushed by the gurney holding Lumpy. Lumpy suddenly panics and tries to move away from the spot, but he ends up being crushed by the fallen helicopter. Cub's hat is seen landing on the blood-covered ball.



** Cub is crushed by the gurney.
** Lumpy is crushed by the helicopter.

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** Cub is crushed by the a gurney.
** Lumpy is crushed by the a helicopter.



* FailedASpotCheck: Pop somehow fails to notice that he's at the edge of the cliff and walks off it, even though he looks in the direction of the edge when he grabs the ball.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Pop first walks into traffic to get Cub's ball, a rescue helicopter can be seen flying by in the background. This helicopter ends up being the cause of both his, Cub's, and Lumpy's deaths.



* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: Among Pop's injuries, one of these has his head run over by one of the trucks, as shown by the skid mark on his face. Being run over at all, much less on the head by a heavy vehicle, should be fatal.

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* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: Among Pop's injuries, one of these them has his head run over by one of the trucks, as shown by the skid mark on his face. Being run over at all, much less on the head by a heavy vehicle, should be fatal.



* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The "Classics Remastered" version of this accidentally spelled the show title's "Friends" wrong, turning it into "Firends".

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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The "Classics Remastered" version of this the episode accidentally spelled spells the show title's "Friends" wrong, turning it into "Firends".



* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Pop before going through the traffic.

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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Pop has this reaction before going through the traffic.



* UpdatedRerelease: One of the early episodes to be part of "Classics Remastered" releases, which rereleases early HTF episodes in HD.

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* UpdatedRerelease: One of the early episodes to be part of the "Classics Remastered" releases, which rereleases rerelease early HTF ''HTF'' episodes in HD.

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''"Eat your veggies!"''

Pop tries to retrieve Cub's ball.
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''"Eat -->''"Eat your veggies!"''

Airdate: February 4, 2000

"Havin' a Ball" is the fifth episode of the first (internet) season of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''.

Pop the father bear is playing catch with his son, Cub. It goes fine until the ball bounces off the bear cub's head instead of him catching it. The ball is then revealed to end up at the other side of a very busy road. Not wanting to make his son unhappy, Pop risks his life through all those vehicles to reach the ball. Despite all those injuries, he manages to get the ball, but he ends up walking off the cliff where he falls into a helicopter carrying an injured Lumpy. After his remains land at cliff's base, his son is seen climbing down with a rope. The bear cub succeeds in getting the ball back only to be crushed by the gurney holding Lumpy. Lumpy suddenly panics and tries to retrieve move away from the spot, but he ends up being crushed by the fallen helicopter. Cub's ball.
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hat is seen landing on the blood-covered ball.

!!"Havin' a Ball" contains the following:
* AmbidextrousSprite: Applied to Cub's safety pin.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** Pop's body is cut up by helicopter blades.
** Cub is crushed by the gurney.
** Lumpy is crushed by the helicopter.
* DebutQueue: Pop and Cub's debut.



* JustPlaneWrong: The helicopter depicted in this episode is way smaller than RealLife rescue helicopters.



* MeaningfulName: "Having a ball" means to have fun. This suits the pleasant beginning of the episode. The "ball" part is also related to the item being central to the plot.
* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: Among Pop's injuries, one of these has his head run over by one of the trucks, as shown by the skid mark on his face. Being run over at all, much less on the head by a heavy vehicle, should be fatal.



* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Pop, Cub, and Lumpy die.
* TooDumbToLive: Pop goes through heavy traffic to retrieve Cub's ball and when he does get it, he accidentally walks off a nearby cliff, resulting in him being [[HelicopterBlender diced up by a helicopter]].

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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Pop, Cub, and RougeAnglesOfSatin: The "Classics Remastered" version of this accidentally spelled the show title's "Friends" wrong, turning it into "Firends".
* ShoutOut: Pop's death is similar to Thomas Murphy's death in ''Film/Alien3''.
* SquashedFlat: Cub by Lumpy's gurney,
Lumpy die.
himself by the fallen helicopter.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Pop before going through the traffic.
* TooDumbToLive: Pop goes through heavy traffic to retrieve Cub's ball and when he does get it, he accidentally walks off a nearby cliff, resulting in him being [[HelicopterBlender diced up by a helicopter]].helicopter]].
* UpdatedRerelease: One of the early episodes to be part of "Classics Remastered" releases, which rereleases early HTF episodes in HD.
* YourSizeMayVary: Cub is almost as tall as Pop in the first scene. The former's remains also become as big as the latter's remains near the end of the episode.
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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Pop, Cub, and Lumpy die.

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* OhCrap: Pop has this reaction twice: Once when Cub's ball bounces onto the other side of a busy highway and later on when he walks off a cliff and sees that he's falling towards a helicopter.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Pop, Cub, and Lumpy die.die.
* TooDumbToLive: Pop goes through heavy traffic to retrieve Cub's ball and when he does get it, he accidentally walks off a nearby cliff, resulting in him being [[HelicopterBlender diced up by a helicopter]].
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* HelicopterBlender: Pop's death.
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* DownerEndig: Pop gets the ball, but dies in the process along with Lumpy and Cub.

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* DownerEndig: DownerEnding: Pop gets the ball, but dies in the process along with Lumpy and Cub.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Good luck with that.]]
''"Eat your veggies!"''
Pop tries to retrieve Cub's ball.
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* DownerEndig: Pop gets the ball, but dies in the process along with Lumpy and Cub.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This episode reverses the Pop & Cub dynamic. While any episode starring them usually has Pop accidentally injuring Cub throughout the story, here Pop goes out of his way to make his son happy while Cub himself suffers little to no injures (though they both die).
* KillEmAll: The first episode to have no survivors.
* NoodleIncident: Lumpy is already in a rescue helicopter at the start of the episode for an injury that is never explained.
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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Pop, Cub, and Lumpy die.

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