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Happy Tree Friends is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows , created and developed by , , Kenn Navarro and Warren Graff. The show has become a popular Internet phenomenon since its debut and has also won a .

As indicated on the official site, it is "not recommended for children under 10". Despite its childish appearance, the show is extremely 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 with some simple English words. 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 " " underneath it.

A spin-off called Ka-Pow! premiered on September 2, 2008.

History Beginning

While working on Mondo Mini Shows , 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. In 1999, Mondo gave , 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 Giggles and ) 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.

Success

Only after its internet debut in 2000, Happy Tree Friends became an unexpected success, getting over 15 million hits each month, and being shown in film festivals. In some countries, the episodes can be seen on television. They can be seen on the Portuguese , German , Polish , Filipino , Lithuanian , Japanese , Israeli , Indonesian , Mexican , Spanish TV channels, the Greek Mad Music Channel, channel C4 in New Zealand, the Russian , the Czech musical channel ko , 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 Albino Black Sheep and the official Happy Tree Friends website. On select 2007 Happy Tree Friends episodes were shown on the big screen.

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