happy tree friends

added Jun 21, 2009 at 02:40PM UTC

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Happy Tree Friends is a Flash cartoon series by Mondo Mini Shows, created by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Navarro, Warren Graff, and Aubrey Ankrum. 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 small children”. While the violence of these deaths is comparable to that of The Itchy & Scratchy Show (the short cartoon featured on The Simpsons), the portrayal of death in Happy Tree Friends is usually more graphic and anatomically correct, depicting bloodshed and dismemberment in more vivid and often exaggerated detail.

The show is nearly free of dialogue; however, when the characters do speak, their words are severely garbled. Though it is obvious what each character’s reaction is, their words can hardly be understood at all. 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.

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9 Comments

Andrew W
Jun 21, 2009 at 08:36PM UTC , Andrew W wrote:

No.

Richie McNuggets
Jun 23, 2009 at 09:43AM UTC , Richie McNuggets wrote:

this is no meme

DJ Intercept
Jun 24, 2009 at 02:46PM UTC , DJ Intercept wrote:

really awesome series, but not memetic.

4ndre D'Form
Jun 30, 2009 at 09:20AM UTC , 4ndre D'Form wrote:

Is great as it lacks dialog and has several doses of fun and gore, but not a meme…but full of win XD

OctopusGuy
Jul 04, 2009 at 11:37AM UTC , OctopusGuy wrote:

This aint no meme, bro.

Jack Smack
Sep 04, 2009 at 02:24PM UTC , Jack Smack wrote:

Not a meme but full of awesomeness.

Enrique Fidel
Dec 28, 2009 at 05:11PM UTC , Enrique Fidel wrote:

This is a meme, the fan created many fancharacters of this serie.

KingStarscream
Dec 30, 2009 at 02:41PM UTC , KingStarscream wrote:

Just because there are fan characters doesn’t make it a meme. It needs parodies and/or derivatives.

As has been stated numerous times, just because something is awesome and popular is not a good enough qualification of becoming a meme.

Chris Menning
Dec 30, 2009 at 02:51PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

Happy Tree Friends is a series, and not a meme.

The behavior of creating fan art based on these characters didn’t spread from one mind to another in a viral spread. It was from the series to the fans of the series in a top-down fashion.

Now, if one person were to put their own unique twist on it, say “super deformed” versions of the characters, and then more people imitated that, then it would be more of an Internet Meme.

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