Line #31 Recap/HTFSkiYaWouldntWannaBeYa


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flakyintears.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:Flaky can't [[{{Pun}} ski]] why this is so fun.]]
3	-->''"Put your best foot forward!"''
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5	Airdate: January 4, 2004
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7	"Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!" is the twenty-fourth episode of the second (internet) season of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''. It is also one of the episodes featured in the ''Happy Tree Friends Winter Break'' collection.
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9	After Disco Bear accidentally bumps into Flaky, causing her to get caught on a ski lift, she must face her fears and ski down a mountain when she gets stranded at the top. As in, she ends up suffering from a foot pierced by a nail on a board, an outstretched arm, an avalanche going after her, and another foot also getting pierced, only this time as her only chance at survival. She eventually crashes through a chain link fence surrounding a cabin. Disco Bear opens the cabin door, showing Flaky shortly before she breaks into numerous little pieces. The cabin is finally hit by the avalanche, covering everything in snow. Disco Bear pops out seemingly fine, only for the board that Flaky was riding on to hit him in the face, the nail piercing his skull.
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11	!!"Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!" contains examples of:
12	* AgonyOfTheFeet: Flaky accidentally steps on a nail stuck on a wooden board. The affected foot ends up with a cut after she gets released from the board the first time, forcing her to use her other foot to escape the avalanche.
13	* ArtisticLicenseSpace: Yet again, the stars are drawn over the shaded part of the moon.
14	* AssholeVictim: Disco Bear, who, after accidentally starting Flaky's torment, is killed by the nail on her board at the end.
15	* BaitAndSwitch: The episode starts with a close-up of Flaky skiing, screaming in terror as her scarf flaps in the wind... before it zooms out to show that the "hill" she's skiing on is only a small mound of snow.
16	* BreakTheCutie: Flaky goes through hell trying to survive.
17	* BrickJoke: The [=BlurB!=] version asks the audience the answer two particular questions at the end of the show. During the credits roll, the answers are revealed... as letters from an unseen multiple-choice format, with no actual answer given.[[note]]Though fans can easily count for the former ("How many days was Flaky up there?") during the FastForwardGag, while the latter ("What is Flaky's acceleration if a=F/m? F is the net force and m is Flaky's mass"), depending on how one looks at it, either is answered by question itself or has no actual answer.[[/note]]
18	* CaptainObvious: The [=BlurB!=] is back with a vengeance.
19	-->Fun Fact: Ski lifts work better when you sit on the seats.
20	* CaptionHumor: One of the episodes with a [=BlurB!=] version.
21	* CatharticExhalation: Flaky breathes a sigh of relief after managing to jump over a rock in her way with the plank she's unwillingly using as a ski. Her relief is shortlived, however, as she hits a stump instead just a second later.
22	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Flaky ends up cut into numerous pieces from crashing through a chain link fence.
23	* ChainLinkFence: What separates the flying Flaky and the cabin, her only hope for help from the avalanche chasing her. She ends up crashing through it, cutting her into pieces.
24	* ComicalOverreacting: The episode starts with Flaky screaming in horror as she is skiing down... a small mound of snow.
25	* DelayedReaction: After Flaky gets her foot pierced by a nail, she looks down in confusion for a moment before she starts screaming in pain.
26	* EarlyBirdCameo: Cro-Marmot, as depicted in the short "[[Recap/HTFDinoSoreDays Dino-Sore Days]]", can be seen on Flaky's watch. Said short was released seven months later.
27	* FaintInShock: Flaky faints after realizing that the ski lift she ended up on has carried her way too high.
28	* FastForwardGag: Days pass by quickly after Flaky passes out on the ski lift. Even funnier, the lone lift is still going at the same pace despite the time skip.
29	* GratuitousDiscoSequence: Disco Bear's arrival is signaled by a disco ball inexplicably dropping down out of nowhere and his usual {{Leitmotif}}.
30	* HairTriggerAvalanche: Flaky's [[OhCrap horrified scream]] after noticing her damaged foot starts an avalanche.
31	* HopeSpot: Twice for Flaky.
32	** First is when she thinks she can simply hold onto a branch to stop her forced skiing. It breaks from the force, and the arm she used to grab it ends up outstretched and unusable.
33	** Second is after she is sent flying from her board the second time. She notices a cabin, making her smile. Shortly after, she realizes that it is surrounded by a chain link fence...
34	* InstantWristwatch: Flaky's watch, which only appears during the scene where she checks the time after waking up from her unconsciousness.
35	* LifeOrLimbDecision: After Flaky is released from the wooden board that damaged one of her feet the first time, the avalanche chasing her is still going. Simply standing on the board with her cut foot does not help... No choice but to impale her other foot.
36	* PunBasedTitle: "See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!"
37	* RasputinianDeath: Flaky suffers from a few injuries from her predicament before she finally dies from crashing through a chain link fence.
38	* RubberHoseLimbs: One of Flaky's arms becomes this from trying to hold onto a branch during a high-speed ski down a a slope, which fails.
39	* ShipTease: Despite initially ignoring her for Giggles and Petunia, Disco Bear is very pleased to see Flaky standing at his cabin door at the end.
40	* ShootTheShaggyDog: Poor Flaky has to go through a lot of pain just to survive, not helped by the avalanche she triggers. At the end, she dies anyway, just as she made it to a cabin that she hoped to get help from.
41	* SkiResortEpisode: The episode takes place at a ski resort.
42	* StuckOnASkiLift: Flaky in the first half of the episode.
43	* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: After Disco Bear's ski cabin gets buried in an avalanche, he pops his head out of the snow and sighs in relief over being okay. Then the board with a nail Flaky previously got her foot stuck on hits him in the head, the nail piercing his skull.
44	* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Flaky and Disco Bear die.
45	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Flaky cries when she realizes that she has to impale her other foot on that wooden board.
46	* TotallyRadical: Said word for word in the [=BlurB!=] when Flaky manages to jump over a rock in her way with the plank she's skiing with.
47	* UncertainDoom: The fates of Giggles and Petunia. They may have died in the avalanche, as Giggles's bow can be seen buried in the snow in the final shot.
48	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Disco Bear's reaction towards Flaky breaking apart is less shocked and more confused. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the [=BlurB!=].

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