Cuddles

Cuddles is the main character of the show Happy Tree Friends. He was designed by Rhode Montijo and Kenn Navarro.

Cuddles is a mischievous rabbit who loves to be reckless. He lives in a hollow tree and is the best friend of Toothy and the love interest of Giggles.

Cuddles has the third most appearances. He has 78 overall appearance, with 28 being major.

Biography
Cuddles’s birthdate is unknown and so is his age. He has been depicted as a kid in some episodes and an adult in others. He is at least 8 years. Cuddles’ celebrated an unspecified episode in Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow. If the episodes takes place during when they are airing, Cuddles would be a teenager in Season 2, and an adult in Season 3-4 which would explain why the characters are now all of a sudden acting like adults.

Cuddles has had different homes in different episodes. It is a tree in some episodes, and in others it is a normal house. His main home is a tree, as it has been seen at least twice in the episodes In a Jam and Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow. His normal-looking house was also seen twice, in the episodes A Hole Lotta Love and Letter Late than Never, although it was destroyed by Pop and Sniffles in the former. He appears to live on a green farm in Don't Yank My Chain. He also appears to own a small mouse.

Cuddles’ has various jobs, with the first being a student. He was taught by Lumpy and his peers was Toothy, Sniffles, Petunia, Mime, Giggles and Nutty. He also owns a blue, red and brown car.

Concept and Creation
Cuddles is the second character to be created, first is Shifty. Rhode Montijo first drew him on a piece of paper with the phrase Resistance Is Futile above and that was how the creators got the idea for the show. They creator of the show also decided to voice Cuddles. The creators then made Banjo Frenzy, the pilot of the series. Cuddles soon became the most advertised character in the show.

Psychical Appearance
Cuddles is a yellow rabbit with pink cheeks. He is commonly seen wearing pink bunny slippers. He has a fluff of hair on his head and has a tail that looks identical to it. He has long ears with light yellow insides and a light yellow belly.

Cuddles‘ ears would move depending on his mood. When Cuddles is sad, his ears would face down. When Cuddles is happy, they would jolt up. Cuddles’ cheeks commonly face goofs; they would sometimes turn white or would just completely disappear.

Cuddles has no special features on his feet according to Home is Where the Hurt is and Carpal Tunnel of Love but in Happy Trails, he is seen with paws.

Personality
Cuddles’ personality is somewhat mixed. On one hand, he is a nice person who hangs out with Toothy, Giggles, Flaky and Lumpy. On the other hand, he is mischievous. He has caused the deaths of the aforementioned friends. He also is somewhat cruel to animals as he poke a stick at a rhino and burns it’s skin and taunts a bamboo. He also loves sports such as surfing, skateboarding and soccer. Cuddles retain some features of a bunny such as his love for carrots. He also apparently has a degree in karate and starred in a movie named “Paws of Fury”.

Cuddles’ recklessness has cause a lot of mayhem. In Water You Wading For, Cuddles jumps into a lake despite the fact that swimming is not allowed, which Flaky points out. Because of this, Cuddles is attacked and killed by the creatures in the lake. In Let It Slide, Oblivious that a water valve was turned off, he pushes Flaky (whom clearly didn't want to go down a dry slide), skinning her and loosening all the bolts on a section of the slide. In From A To Zoo, he messes with some of the animals and plays with a helium tank by inhaling the air to make his voice a higher pitch.

He's a brave daredevil who likes to do dangerous things. In Sweet Ride, he does a stunt on a ramp. In Happy Trails Pt. 2, he sticks his head out the window. In Mime to Five, he's a litteral daredevil. In Water You Wanding For, he enters a forbidden lake.

Cuddles’ also has a habit of not caring for other characters’ deaths and injuries. He was pleased to see Nutty dying in Sweet Ride, shows no expression when Sniffles runs off stage with his torso bitten in Class Act, plays with Toothy’s severed finger in We’re Scrooged and holds no remorse of shooting Toothy in the eye in Camp Pokeneyeout. In You're Kraken Me Up, he is present at the beach when Lumpy saves "Giggles" from drowning, and doesn't notice it's actually Giggles severed head on a tentacle

Despite his rough nature, he can be friendly. He comforts Toothy when he breaks his arm, saves Toothy from getting his eye impaled on a coat rack, and volunteers to help build Giggles‘ house. He is best friends with Toothy, Lumpy, Flaky, and Giggles. He treats Giggles and Lumpy better than the others but he still is very close with Flaky and Toothy. Toothy is his best friend and the two hang out often. He also loves Giggles as seen in I Nub You, The Carpal Tunnel of Love, YouTube 101: Subscriptions, Flippin' Burgers and Remains to be Seen.

Prominence in the show
Cuddles is considered to be the shows main mascot. He is arguably the most popular character in the show and it could be considered that he is the titular character. Cuddles is one of the primary characters of the show along with Lumpy (who is just as popular as he is), Toothy (the deuteragonist) and Giggles (the tritagonist). Cuddles has made over 78 appearances, 28 of them are his starring roles. Cuddles has a major role in Season 1 and 2. His prominence has decreased however, when the TV Series aired. However, he would still proceed to make more major appearances.

Cuddles’ roles aren’t limited to regular episodes. He does have a very prominent role in Breaks, Kringles and Inregular episodes. Cuddles has made 3 major roles in Kringles, has 4 breaks starring around him and appeared in episodes aren’t in the main line series. Cuddles also made appearances in comics and arcade games. Cuddles had has made 5 comic appearances. The video games Cuddles has had a major role are Hare Trigger, Aim To Freeze, Hot Potato, Run and Bun, Spin Fun, Homerun, Flippy’s Flying Frenzy, Bloody Money, Slap Happy and Deadeye Derby.

Cuddles most primary apppears in advertisements and merchandise. Cuddles has 5 Figurines, 6 keychains, 5 Cuddles plushes, 7 T-Shirts, a Costume, 3 patchworks, 7 badges and several other merchandise. Cuddles also appears on DVDs. He also is featured on the ads about them which are dedicated to Cuddles. Cuddles has made appearances in ads about Slap Happy. Cuddles has appeared on multiple merch and ads. This makes Cuddles the most advertised character.

Various Skills and Talents
Cuddles has many skills and talents due to his brave and strong personality.
 * Skateboarding: In Sweet Ride, Happy New Year, and Bun and Run, he owns a skateboard and is almost perfect in the sport.
 * Slingshot Skills: In Camp Pokeneyeout and Deadeye Derby, Cuddles can use a slingshot very well.

Toothy
Cuddles is Toothy’s best friend and they are often seen doing activities together though almost always with at least one other character. In Spin Fun Knowin' Ya and Blast from the Past, they play at the park together with Lumpy and Giggles; in Class Act, they acted in a school play together along with Giggles, Sniffles, and Nutty; in Remains to be Seen, they went trick-or-treating with many other characters; in From A to Zoo, they went on Lumpy‘s school field trip along with several other characters; in Take a Hike, they went on a camping trip with the same group of characters with the addition of Nutty; in Snow Place to Go, they went on a sailing trip with several other characters; in Party Animal, they attended Flippy’s birthday party; in Concrete Solution, appear sitting together at the cafe, seemingly having a friendly chat using their eyes given how often they glance at each other; in Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part II), they play dress-up together with Cro-Marmot; in Can't Stop Coffin, they played baseball with Russell and Cro-Marmot; in Wrath of Con, they walk together into the convention center, and later attend Splendid's speech; in Strain Kringle, they play with snowballs, with the former looking for unsuspecting targets; in ''Who's to Flame? and Mime to Five they are even co-workers and seem to work well together; and in Going Out With a Bang'', they light fireworks together. Toothy often seems quick to follow along with Cuddles’ naturally mischievous behavior when he is not known to do so when he’s alone. In From A to Zoo, he teases a baboon and even let’s himself be used for Cuddles to stand on so he can terrorize a rhinoceros through a small hole and in Strain Kringle, he followed Cuddles’ instructions to throw a snowball at Lumpy. He is also quick to make up with Cuddles at the end of Camp Pokeneyeout. There is only one example against Toothy’s opinion but nonetheless, the conflict was very major and very famous as in Camp Pokeneyeout, a misunderstanding on Cuddles’ part leads to a full on physical battle with slingshots that many other characters got involved with though Toothy himself with very quick to retaliate and allow the situation to escalate.

Lumpy
Though not as much as he is with Toothy or Flaky, Cuddles seems to be friends with Lumpy and seems to be a better friend to him then the aforementioned two, they are seen at the waterpark together with Flaky in Let It Slide. They also played telephone with tin cans at the beginning of Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow and play videogames together in Seize the Day. Cuddles also invites Lumpy to play with him on the teeter-totter in Blast from the Past. He volunteers for Lumpy’s magic trick in I Get a Trick Out of You, showing that he has a certain level of trust in Lumpy, though this doesn’t require much given Cuddles’ characteristic bravery. Cuddles is also shown to be a huge fan of Lumpy’s band in In a Jam.

There are however, two shining examples against his relationship with Lumpy. Most famously, Cuddles instructed Toothy to hit Lumpy with a snowball when the latter was simply walking down the street in Strain Kringle. The other being The Carpal Tunnel of Love, Cuddles may have been annoyed by Lumpy for constantly getting in his way of getting closer to Giggles.

Flaky
Though he does a terrible job at it, many would call Flaky Cuddles’ best friend or at least tied with Toothy. They were shown to already be friends by Flaky’s debut episode, Water You Wading For in which though he encouraged her to go into the water with him, he did nothing to force her, though this practice does not carry on to future episodes. After that, they have been seen doing many things together like: camping (This Is Your Knife), going to the water park (Let It Slide), going to the amusement park (The Wrong Side of the Tracks), going on a cruise (Snow Place to Go), going to the zoo (From A to Zoo), and playing soccer (A Change of Heart), however, it is likely that most if not all of these were against Flaky’s will since none of them seem like something she’d enjoy in any situation (though she seemed content in This Is Your Knife).

Despite his attitude though, Cuddles presumably tries to save her from Fliqpy in Keepin' it Reel, only to end up killed himself as well as her. He also panics and runs away in Class Act when Flaky is skinned even though he barely reacted to any of the other injuries. In Mime to Five, Cuddles was obviously annoyed at Flaky for walking on his intestines, as it increased his pain. He also cringes upon witnessing her death, though this may be because she hurt his intestines when she was sliced. Cuddles can also be seen smiling at Flaky at the theaters in Happy New Year and Take Your Seat and is horrified by her death in the latter.

On the flip side, even though he clearly expects her to trust him, he does not put any of his own trust in her, this can be seen in that he completely ignores Flaky’s warnings in Water You Wading For. Also, in Snow Place to Go, he along with Lumpy, Russell, and Toothy volunteer Flaky to retrieve the can from Giggles’ dead body. Another example of Cuddles’ treatment to Flaky is in Wingin' It, even though he obviously knows that Flaky suffers from motion sickness, as he saw her vomit in The Wrong Side of the Tracks, he took her barf bags without permission to use as a puppet to play with his own, which he also made into a puppet and continues playing with them when she was very clearly about to throw up that second. Though it is possible he didn't notice.

Giggles
Cuddles is shown to be great friends with Giggles in many cases, in Blast from the Past, they skip along to the park along with Toothy and Lumpy; in This Is Your Knife, they are seen camping together along with Flaky and later Flippy; sat at a table together in Flippin' Burgers; in Class Act, they acted together in a play; in From Hero to Eternity, they had a snowball fight against each other; in Snow Place to Go, they were seen tanning next to each other; and at the beginning of Double Whammy Part I, they are seen riding a rollercoaster together and we’re riding on an elevator together in See You Later, Elevator. In We're Scrooged!, when Cuddles found that Toothy’s severed finger is fun to play with, he immediately went over to Giggles to play with it with her. He also pushed her on the swing in I Nub You. Cuddles was also one of the tree friends who volunteered to help build Giggles new house in Home Is Where the Hurt Is. Cuddles has been shown in a few episodes to have romantic feelings for Giggles. Most notably, here spends the entirety of The Carpal Tunnel of Love of love attempting to woe her in numerous ways. The also shared a kiss in a reference to Lady and the Tramp as zombies in Remains to be Seen.

Though he is a much better friend to Giggles than he is to Flaky, the relationship is not perfect. In YouTube 101: Subscriptions, he is shown to take these feelings too far by covering his walls with her pictures as well as kissing one of her pictures on his desk, stalking her YouTube account, and going into an angry and emotional break down when he thought she was on a date with Disco Bear. In Class Act, he also had almost no reaction to her face getting sliced off. He also automatically assumed Giggles was going to miss her throw in From Hero to Eternity and laughs based on this assumption.

Criminal Record

 * Tresspassing: In Water You Wading For, he swims in a lake despite there being a sign that restricts anyone from doing so.
 * Animal Abuse: In From A to Zoo, he pokes a stick at a baboon in a tiny cage. This may seem somewhat harmless, but he later ends up sticking a branding iron on the rump of rhinoceros.
 * Intentional Assault: In Camp Pokeneyeout, he intentionally flings a rock at Toothy. He does this again and damages one of his eyes

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