Happy Tree Friends

Happy Tree Friends are cute,cuddly animals whose daily adventures always end up going horribly wrong. It is a web series and a tv show created by Kenn Navarro,Aubrey Ankrum et Rhode Montijo. It was uploaded on the internet in the 2000's and since October 2006 on G4. In France,it aired on MTV and 20 episodes aired October 16th 2007 on Virgin 17.The show uses dark humor and animated gore. Pretty much an adult swim but used with a childish animation style and cute characters.

The concept of this series is heavily inspired by Itchy and Scratchy from the Simpsons. The way of mixing the bloody scenes with the animated styled characters is perfectly identical like in Squeak the mouse. The only big difference is the absence of the dialogue in Happy Tree Friends.

The characters are Cuddles,Giggles,Handy,Lumpy,Toothy,Nutty,Petunia,Sniffles,Splendid,Flaky,The Mole,Disco Bear,Russell,Mime,Liffy and Shifty,Cro-Marmot,Flippy,Pop and Cub,Buddhist Monkey,Lammy,Mr.Pickles and Truffles.

Two video games were made.