History Recap / HTFHappyTrailsPartOne

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is Mime's first death and it shows. His demise in this particular episode is slower compared to his future deaths, is rather mundane, and vocal noises can even be heard as he suffocates on the peanut.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Regarding Mime's first demise. His death in this particular episode is slower compared to his future deaths and vocal noises can even be heard while Mime is suffocating on the peanut. Mime's trademarked miming isn't even referenced.

* OffModel:
** Toothy lacks his tail for the whole episode, including when he gets thrown out of the bus.
** For some reason, Cuddles is shown to have pink paw pads, something he does not have in any other episode (normally wearing his bunny slippers or having blank feet like the rest of the main cast).

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] by accident. To reiterate, this was originally going to be the final episode of the show. The creators were surprised when they were asked to create more episodes, so they did just that. In fact, the very next episode immediately resolves the cliffhanger.

Followed by "[[Recap/HappyTrailsPartTwoJumpingTheShark Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark]]".

Followed by "[[Recap/HappyTrailsPt2JumpingTheShark Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark]]".

* ThemeTuneCameo: The friends are singing the show's theme at the beginning of the episode.

!!"Happy Trails" contains the following:

* ToiletHumor: The only time in the show to show urine.

"Happy Trails" is the twenty seventh episode of the first (internet) season of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''. It was going to be the final episode of the show had Mondo not asked for more episodes.

A school bus carrying a group of friends is traveling along. All is well until Petunia, who drank too much cherry juice, suddenly needs to go. She begins to ask Lumpy, only for him to chastise her for bothering him. The bus hits a small rock, causing one of the windows to close down on Cuddles, slicing him in half. It also causes Mime to choke on a peanut. He fails to wake up the napping Sniffles, who is wearing headphones. He asks Lumpy for help instead, but Lumpy chastises him too, leaving him to die. Petunia, in a frantic, suddenly points to the front, showing that the bus is heading towards a winding path with no guardrails. This scares both Petunia and Lumpy, the latter jumping into the former's arms, while Petunia herself ends up wetting herself. The bus hits another bump (The Cursed Idol), causing Petunia to lose balance and get impaled on the bus's gear lever, which Lumpy tries to control but fails. The bus then ends up driving off a cliff. "To be continued..."

** For some reason, Cuddles's soles are depicted in the form of pink paw pads: something he does not have anywhere else (normally blank like the rest of the main cast).

* SpecialEditionTitle: After the show's title card is shown, the theme song is changed into a more intense music track as the logo gets crushed by rocks carved in the shape of the "SEASON FINALE" text, with the falling leaf being blown to the episode's title card.

* SuddenlyVoiced: Mime lets out a noise when he is choking in this episode.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Cuddles, Petunia, Mime, Mole, and Toothy die. The others would be left with an unknown fate had Mondo not request more HTF episodes.
* ToiletHumor: The only time in the show to show urine.
* VocalDissonance: Toothy has a much higher-pitched voice than usual when he is giggling in this episode.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Mime starts chocking on a peanut, Lumpy scolds him for making too much noise, not noticing that he's choking.

* ComicallyMissingthePoint: When Mime starts chocking on a peanut, Lumpy scolds him for making too much noise, not noticing that he's choking.

"Happy Trails" is the twenty seventh episode of the first (internet) season of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''. It was going to be the final episode of the show had Mondo not ask for more episodes.

A school bus carrying a group of friends is traveling along. All is well until Petunia, who drank too much cherry juice, suddenly needs to go. She begins to ask Lumpy, only for him to chastise her for bothering him. The bus hits a small rock, causing one of the windows to close down on Cuddles, cutting him off. It also causes Mime to choke on his peanut. He fails to wake up the napping Sniffles, who is wearing headphones. He asks Lumpy for help instead, but Lumpy chastises him too, leaving him to die. Petunia, in a frantic, suddenly points to the front, showing that the bus is heading towards a winding path with no guardrails. This scares both Petunia and Lumpy, the latter jumping into the former's arms, while Petunia herself ends up urinating in the bus. The bus hits another bump (The Cursed Idol), causing Petunia to lose balance and get impaled on the bus's gear lever, which Lumpy tries to control but fails. The bus then ends up driving off a cliff. "To be continued..."

* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Lumpy is a bus driver this time around.

** Toothy lacks his tail for the whole episode, including when he gets thrown out from the bus.
** For some reason, Cuddles's soles are depicted in the form of pink paw pads, something he does not have anywhere else (normally blank like the rest of the main cast).

* SpecialEditionTitle: After the show's title card is shown, the theme song is changed into a more intense music as the logo gets crushed by rocks carved in the shape of the "SEASON FINALE" text, with the falling leaf being blown to the episode's title card.

* VisualPun: The episode literally ends with {{Cliffhanger}}.

-->''"Keep your promises"''

Lumpy the bus driver must deal with the rowdy Tree Friends while keeping eyes on the road!
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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Cuddles, Petunia, Mime, The Mole, and Toothy die.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Sniffles, Flaky, Handy, Lumpy, and Giggles survive.

* BringMyBrownPants: Petunia urinates herself whie she and Lumpy brace for impact.

* PottyEmergency: Petunia distracts Lumpy, urging him that she needs to use the bathroom -- which in turn starts the chain reaction of chaos inside the bus.