Success
Only after its internet debut in 2000, Happy Tree Friends became an unexpected success, getting over 15 million hits each month,[2] and being shown in film festivals.[3] In some countries, the episodes can be seen on television. They can be seen on the French, Dutch, German, Polish, Swedish, Filipino, Brazilian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Italian, Israeli, Indonesian, British, Australian, Mexican, Greek, and the Spanish TV channels, the Greek Mad Music Channel, channel C4 in New Zealand, the Russian 2×2 channel (though it was pulled from the station following a warning from a government group),[4] the Canadian television channel Razer, the American television channel G4, the Czech musical channel Óčko, and on the Australian Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) network. The series has been reformed into its own show, rather than as a part of a compilation as before. Happy Tree Friends has also gained a collection of Audibles and an "IMVironment" for Yahoo!'s instant messenger. It is featured on many websites on which flash cartoons can be watched, such as YouTube, Atom Films, Purple Twinkie, Albino Black Sheep and the official Happy Tree Friends website. On select 2007 Ozzfests, some Happy Tree Friends episodes were shown on the big screen.[citation needed]
Encouraged by the show's success, its creators have released four DVDs (First Blood, Second Serving, Third Strike and Winter Break) containing the episodes shown on the website and others that have not been released. A collection consisting of the first three DVDs and five bonus episodes, Overkill, has also been released. Two episodes, "Stealing the Spotlight" and "Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!", are only available in the Happy Tree Friends: Winter Break DVD.
Happy Tree Friends is currently one of the most downloaded iTunes podcasts and thousands of fan-made videos have appeared on YouTube.[5]
Encouraged by the show's success, its creators have released four DVDs (First Blood, Second Serving, Third Strike and Winter Break) containing the episodes shown on the website and others that have not been released. A collection consisting of the first three DVDs and five bonus episodes, Overkill, has also been released. Two episodes, "Stealing the Spotlight" and "Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!", are only available in the Happy Tree Friends: Winter Break DVD.
Happy Tree Friends is currently one of the most downloaded iTunes podcasts and thousands of fan-made videos have appeared on YouTube.[5]
history
While working on Mondo Mini Shows, Rhode Montijo drew on a little piece of scrap paper a character who would later become Shifty. He then drew on a spreadsheet poster a yellow rabbit that bore some resemblance to Cuddles and wrote "Resistance is futile" underneath it. Rhode then hung the drawing up in his workstation so other people could see his idea, and eventually the idea was pitched to and accepted by the Mondo Media executives.[1] In 1999, Mondo gave Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo and Kenn Navarro a chance to do a short for them. They came up with a short named Banjo Frenzy, which featured a blue dinosaur (an earlier version of Lumpy) killing three woodland animals, a rabbit, squirrel and beaver (earlier versions of Cuddles, Giggles and Toothy) with a banjo. From there, Mondo gave them their own internet series, which they named Happy Tree Friends. They got new writers and animators to work on the show.
Happy Tree Friends
Happy Tree Friends is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created and developed by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, Kenn Navarro and Warren Graff. The show has become a popular Internet phenomenon since its debut and has also won a cult following.
As indicated on the official site, it is "not recommended for children under 10". Despite its childish appearance, the show is extremely violent, with every episode featuring blood, pain, and gruesome deaths. The portrayal of death in Happy Tree Friends is usually graphic and exaggerated, depicting bloodshed and dismemberment in a vivid manner. The episodes last from between 1 to 7 minutes.
The show is nearly free of dialogue, and when the characters do speak, it is mostly in gibberish. According to the website, the idea for Happy Tree Friends was conceived by Rhode Montijo when he drew a yellow rabbit slightly resembling the character Cuddles on a piece of paper and wrote "Resistance is futile" underneath it.
As indicated on the official site, it is "not recommended for children under 10". Despite its childish appearance, the show is extremely violent, with every episode featuring blood, pain, and gruesome deaths. The portrayal of death in Happy Tree Friends is usually graphic and exaggerated, depicting bloodshed and dismemberment in a vivid manner. The episodes last from between 1 to 7 minutes.
The show is nearly free of dialogue, and when the characters do speak, it is mostly in gibberish. According to the website, the idea for Happy Tree Friends was conceived by Rhode Montijo when he drew a yellow rabbit slightly resembling the character Cuddles on a piece of paper and wrote "Resistance is futile" underneath it.
Personnages happy tree freind
- Cuddles (Calineur) : Il n'y a rien de plus doux que la fourrure de ce mignon lapin... Et malheureusement, ses poils finissent par voler dans tous les sens à la fin de chaque épisode avec Cuddles.Voix de Kenn Navarro
- Giggles (Rigolade) : Timide et douce, la marque de fabrique de cette petite écureuil tamia est sa personnalité pétillante et ses petits gloussements. On voudrait la serrer très fort dans ses bras... à l'en étouffer!.Voix de Lori Jee
- Handy (Manuel) : Il n'y a pas de travail impossible pour ce castor amputé des bras. Il est toujours prêt à donner un coup de moignon et vous prouvera que quand on veut, on peut.Voix de Warren Graff
- Lumpy (Bossue) : Toujours à côté de la plaque, cet orignal bleu un peu bêta a beau être généreux, il est toujours maladroit.Voix de David Winn
- Toothy (Denté) : La seule chose plus grande que la queue de ce castor à taches de rousseur est sa mâchoire. Il finit toujours par mordre plus qu'il ne peut mâcher.Voix de Warren Graff
- Nutty (Foldingue) : Cet écureuil nerveux à l'œil fou se met toujours dans des situations vaseuse à cause de sa grande gourmandise pour les sucreries.Voix de Michael Lipman
- Petunia : Cette mouffette à l'odeur douce ne lâchera jamais de pet odorant ; la présence de cette créature amicale ne vous fera jamais boucher votre nez. Elle a la délicatesse de porter un sapin désodorisant « Arbre Magique© » autour de son cou !Voix d'Ellen Connel
- Sniffles (Renifleurs) : Ce fourmilier intello adore manger des fourmis, ce qui lui attire des ennuis à tous les coups.Voix de Liz Stewart
- Splendid (Splendide) : Ce n'est pas un oiseau, ce n'est pas un avion, c'est un écureuil volant ! Ce héros des cieux est toujours prêt à porter secours. Ne mesurant pas la force de ses pouvoirs, il fait plus de mal que de bien !Voix de David Winn
- Flaky (Floconneux) : Dès que la situation devient épineuse, ce porc-épic est sûr d'être loin, très loin...Voix de Nica Lorber
- The Mole (La Taupe) : Gardez un œil sur cette taupe aveugle. Elle trouve le moyen de se sortir des situations les plus périlleuses. Elle a réellement un grain de beauté, en anglais « a mole ».
- Disco Bear (L'Ours Disco) : Cet ours funky a l'âme charitable ! Toujours groovy, les ennuis arrivent quand il bouge.Voix de Peter Herrmann
- Russell : Fermez les écoutilles quand ce vieux loup de mer vient à bord. Il a un bon crochet du droit !Voix de Francis Carr
- Mime : Si les actions parlent plus que les mots, alors ce cerf silencieux est un grand bavard. Ses superbes mimes vous laisseront sans voix.Voix de Warren Graff (pour les rares sons audibles que Mime émet)
- Lifty et Shifty (Débrouillard) : Frères ratons laveurs kleptomanes et maîtres de la remise à 5%, Lifty et Shifty voleraient votre cœur et vous le revendraient. Voix de Mark Gianbruno (Shifty) et de Kenn Navarro (Lifty)
- Cro-Marmot (Cro-Marmotte) : C'est le premier personnage inanimé du dessin animé. Ce mammifère antique est gelé dans un bloc de glace et glisse sur les soucis.
- Flippy (Disjoncté) : Cet ours vétéran de la guerre du Viêt Nam, psychologiquement instable, brûlera votre maison sans laisser de survivant... et sans le faire exprès.Voix de Kenn Navarro (état normal) et de Aubrey Aukrum (état meurtrier)
- Pop (Papa) : Cet ours paternel nous apprend qu'il y a toujours une place pour l'incompétence dans la responsabilité parentale.Voix de Aubrey Aukrum
- Cub (Ourson) : Innocent et mignon, Cub provoquera malheureusement des ennuis à son pauvre père Pop... Avant qu'ils ne retombent sur lui.Voix d'Ellen Connel
- Buddhist Monkey (Le Singe Bouddhiste) : Quand il s'énerve, mieux vaut ne pas être là, car il s'énerve pour n'importe quoi.Voix de Jeff Biancalana
Happy Tree Friends
Happy Tree Friends est une série télévisée d'animation américaine créée par Kenn Navarro, Aubrey Ankrum et Rhode Montijo et diffusée depuis 2000 sur Internet et depuis le 2 octobre 2006 sur le réseau G4. En France, vingt épisodes ont été diffusés le 16 octobre 2007 sur Virgin 17.