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2[[caption-width-right:350:[[SchmuckBait We're not gonna spoil the surprise.]][[note]] From top to bottom: [[FearlessInfant Cub]], [[LivingProp Cro-Marmot]], [[BumblingDad Pop]], [[RascallyRaccoon Lifty and Shifty]], [[TheCameo Truffles]], [[DiscoDan Disco Bear]], [[MooseAreIdiots Lumpy]], [[BusyBeaver Handy]], [[TheSmartGuy Sniffles]], [[NonIronicClown Mime]], [[{{Pirate}} Russell]], [[LovableCoward Flaky]], [[{{Yandere}} Mr. Pickles]], [[BlindMistake The Mole]], [[ShellShockedVeteran Flippy]], [[SeriesMascot Cuddles]], [[SweetSheep Lammy]], [[SweetTooth Nutty]], [[UnluckyEverydude Toothy]] and [[GranolaGirl Giggles]]. (Not pictured: [[FailureHero Splendid]] and [[ObsessivelyOrganized Petunia]].)]][[/note]]
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4->''"Cute, Cuddly, and Horribly Wrong"''
5-->-- The show's ''very'' appropriate {{tagline}}
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7''[[https://mondomedia.com/channel/HappyTreeFriends Happy Tree Friends]]'' is an American series of web-based (and, at one point, televised) Flash animated shorts and one of Creator/MondoMedia's [[LongRunner longest-running shows]], premiering in 1999 and currently consisting of five seasons. The series stars a cast of colorful, adorable animals that live in a wonderful, bright and happy world...
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9...[[DisguisedHorrorStory at first glance.]]
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11Actually, it's a candy-colored BlackComedy where each and every character is a ChewToy (sometimes a CosmicPlaything) doomed to suffer a [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]], [[BloodyHorror gruesome]], and[=/=]or [[NauseaFuel absolutely disgusting]] demise. Expect to see a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath violent death]] at least OncePerEpisode, more often than not rife with BodyHorror and/or painful injuries galore. It is one of the most prominent and infamous among online series in wide circulation that [[CrossesTheLineTwice Cross the Line Twice]], since it's designed to horrify people to such extremes that we [[BlackComedy laugh]]. SubvertedKidsShow doesn't even ''begin'' to describe it.
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13After you pick up your [[JawDrop jaw from the floor]], you'll likely be laughing your guts out (not literally, though the show ''does'' do that a few times). It doesn't help that the SickeninglySweet characters and setting so perfectly emulate a number of children's shows (they even have ''Franchise/CareBears''-esque hearts for noses) or that the poor critters are [[NegativeContinuity endlessly resurrected]] between episodes [[TheyKilledKennyAgain to die in new ways]] that even [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Kenny McCormick]] would wince at.
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15[[OrphanedSeries No new episodes were produced]] following the conclusion of the show's fifth season in 2016. Although the show wasn't officially declared ended or cancelled, no further updates on its status were made, leaving it in limbo until 2023, when Mondo Media's [[https://www.youtube.com/@MondoMedia YouTube channel]] began posting messages and releasing videos teasing a return for the show. This led to announcements of both [[https://youtu.be/Up9NHS3Xb7Y a crossover with]] ''VideoGame/TheCrackpetShow'' in a DLC and [[https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwDezlPITPl/ the first new episode since 2016]], both released on September 27, 2023.
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17----
18!!Other works in the ''Happy Tree Friends'' franchise:
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20[[foldercontrol]]
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22[[folder:Comics]]
23* ''HTF Comics #1 & #2''
24* ''Drop Me a Line''
25* ''The Choke's on You''[[labelnote:Note]]Not to be confused with the Season 3 episode "The Chokes on You".[[/labelnote]]
26* ''Don't Worry, Bee Happy''
27* ''I Get a Kick Out of You''
28* ''Big Bubble''
29* ''Bank on It!''
30* ''Lost Claws''
31* ''Things That Go Bump in the Night!''
32* ''Puppy Love''
33* ''Bird Brained''
34* ''Pretty in Shrink''
35[[/folder]]
36
37[[folder:Games]]
38[[AC:Web-only games]]
39* ''Going Overboard''
40* ''Hot Potato''
41* ''Sugar High''[[labelnote:Note]]Got an iOS and Android port at one point, only for it to be removed, possibly due to being an unauthorized port.[[/labelnote]]
42* ''Tightrope-A-Dope''
43* ''Disco Inferno''
44* ''Fire Escape''
45* ''Socks to be You''
46* ''This Game Is All Flocked Up''
47* ''Hare Trigger''
48* ''Aim to Freeze''
49* ''On Thin Ice''
50* ''Candy Cave''
51* ''Stay on Target''
52* ''Aggravated Asphalt''[[labelnote:Note]]Has no confirmed smartphone release, but, being a [=HTML5=] game, can also be played that way, albeit without being a standalone app.[[/labelnote]]
53* ''Milk Pong'' (can also be played on Website/YouTube as an interactive video)
54* ''Double Vision'' (Website/YouTube only)
55* ''Lumpy's Lame Card Trick'' (can also be played on Website/YouTube as an interactive video)
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57[[AC:Platform-exclusive games]]
58* ''Spin Fun'' (Java mobile game)
59* ''Homerun'' (Java mobile game)
60* ''Flippy's Flying Frenzy'' (Java mobile game)
61* ''Blood Money'' (Java mobile game)
62* ''Happy Tree Friends: Slap Happy'' (iOS)
63* ''Happy Tree Friends: Deadeye Derby'' (iOS)
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65[[AC:Multiplatform games]]
66* ''Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm'' (Xbox, PC)
67* ''Happy Tree Friends: Strandead'' (iOS, Android)
68* ''Happy Tree Friends: Run and Bun'' (iOS, Android)
69[[/folder]]
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71[[folder:Spin-offs]]
72* ''Ka-Pow!''
73** ''W.A.R. Journal''
74** ''Buddhist Monkey''
75** ''Splendid's [=SSSSSuper=] Squad''
76* ''D_Void''
77[[/folder]]
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80!!''Happy Tree Friends'' provides grisly examples of:
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82[[AC:General examples]]
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84[[index]]
85* HappyTreeFriends/TropesAToF
86* HappyTreeFriends/TropesGToZ
87[[/index]]
88
89[[AC:Tropes with their own pages]]
90[[index]]
91* [[EyeScream/HappyTreeFriends Eye Scream]]
92[[/index]]

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