- "Brush after every meal!"
Airdate: May 19, 2000
"Nuttin' but the Tooth" is the thirteenth episode of the first (internet) season of Happy Tree Friends.
Toothy the dentist (with very little experience) is treating Nutty's tooth problem — a rotten tooth/cavity. With the help of his instructional book, he first tries picking it out using a probe before improperly injecting Novocain into the squirrel's mouth. Next, he tries drilling the tooth, only to run out of battery. Fortunately (or unfortunately?), he inserts a brand new battery into his drill. He then proceeds with drilling further, causing him to create a hole in the back of poor Nutty's head. Panicked, Toothy tries to find another way to resolve this. He ends up using the old-fashioned method of pulling the rotten tooth using a string tied to a doorknob, with the doorknob itself located at Lumpy's house. When Lumpy opens the door, all Toothy has accomplished is the loss of Nutty's jaw except for the rotten tooth at first, until the closing iris shows that particular tooth finally popping out.
"Nuttin' but the Tooth" contains the following:
- Caption Humor: One of the episodes with a BlurB! version.
- DIY Dentistry: Nutty goes to a rather inexperienced dentist named Toothy to get rid of his rotten tooth. Toothy tries the old-fashioned method of tying one end of a string to the tooth and the other to a doorknob. This procedure ends with Nutty's whole lower jaw being ripped off, with the rotten one being one of the few teeth not to fall out.
- Easter Egg: The BlurB! version's release comes with binary codes as part of its video description. Deciphering them shows the approximate release date for the then-upcoming episode "Royal Flush".
- Everybody Lives: Nobody dies in this episode, though one of the
planned endings would avert this by having Nutty die. - Hope Spot: One would be forgiven for thinking that Toothy would just stop at the first drilling attempt when the drill ran out of battery...
- Jawbreaker: Toothy's last resort in pulling his patient's rotten tooth results in Nutty's bottom jaw being ripped off.
- Lampshade Hanging:
- The BlurB! during the intro mentions how the starring characters actually wait for a long time before their cue to pop out from the bush.
- It also questions if Nutty's rotten tooth is really a wooden tooth due to its coloration.
- Pun-Based Title: "Nothin' but the truth"
- Shaped Like Itself: From the BlurB! version:Tooth decay is the number 3 cause of tooth decay. Number 1, Justin Beaver.
- Skewed Priorities: The BlurB!'s reaction to Toothy drilling through the back of Nutty's mouth, as well as the dentist chair.OH NO! That's going to dull his blade!
- Take That!: The BlurB! version involves the old Justin Beaver joke.
- Take That, Audience!: The last few captions in the BlurB! version mocks the target audience for being disappointed by the show's sudden lack of deaths in an episode and wanting more Dick Figures content instead.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Nutty, Toothy, and Lumpy survive.
- The Tooth Hurts: Nutty suffers from this throughout the episode thanks to Toothy's treatment.
- Updated Re-release: The BlurB! version also doubles as this, as it also upscales the episode's resolution into HD.
