Forms of Transportation

This is a list of every form, method, and device used for transportation in the Happy Tree Friends world.

Ambulances
Ambulances are used to carry injured characters to hospitals. An ambulance is first seen in Wheelin' and Dealin' though it is parked and causes Handy's death. In I Get a Trick Out of You, an ambulance is called to pick up a bisected Cuddles. An ambulance is seen in Ski Patrol, with Cuddles once again being the patient. A small ambulance can be outside of the hospital in Party Animal. In Concrete Solution, Sniffles drives an injured Nutty in ambulance when he finds out about his stomach problem. An ambulance gets in a crash accident with The Whale's heart and a truck in A Change of Heart. In A Sucker for Love Part 1 and A Sucker for Love Part 2, The Mole helps both Cub and Nutty with there medical problems, using an ambulance. In All In Vein, a vampire Lumpy is driven in an ambulance by Toothy.

Bus
A bus is first seen in The Carpal Tunnel of Love with Lumpy, Cuddles, and Giggles getting a ride to a diner. Sniffles would later take the bus in order to get to a convention in Wrath of Con.

School Bus
While these buses have never been used for school purposes, it is the name given to yellow buses. The school bus is first seen in Happy Trails Pt. 1 and Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, though it is destroyed in the latter. It used to take Cuddles, Flaky, Toothy, Petunia, and Sniffles on a field trip to the zoo with Lumpy as the driver in From A to Zoo. The school bus is seen again in Gems the Breaks, with Cuddles, Toothy, and Sniffles inside. The school bus is lastly seen in Cubtron Z, Cubtron rips off the roof of the bus to pull Cuddles, Giggles, and Petunia out. Coincidentally, Cuddles is always seen in the school bus.

The Characters' Cars
Cuddles' first car is seen in Ipso Fatso.

The first car seen in the series is Lumpy's Brown Lincoln Continental, it appears first appears in Treasure Those Idol Moments, Lumpy is later seen driving the same car in Get Whale Soon and The Way You Make Me Wheel. Lumpy always seems to ruin this car as he first crashes it, has it somehow eaten by The Whale, and ends up losing a tire and floods the car from the inside with his blood. The car can also be seen in Lumpy's stack of lights in Stealing the Spotlight, which coincidentally is the one time Lumpy didn't ruin the car as he didn't even drive it.

Police Cars
A police car is first seen when Lumpy is seen driving one to pull over Lifty and Shifty. A police car is seen again in A Vicious Cycle this time with Lumpy and Disco Bear.

Race Cars
In Wheelin' and Dealin', Handy, Lifty, Shifty, and Lumpy are seen in a race in their own crafted race cars. All three of the race cars appear to mostly made from a log of tree wood. Lumpy's race car is blackened and burned when Lifty and Shifty steal his tires, the duos race car later ruined when it falls sideways and skids against the pavement.

Other Cars
Three cars, excluding The Mole's car, can be seen at the drive-in theater in Blind Date.

Handy and The Mole are seen using a red car in Don't Yank My Chain though it is unknown who the actual owner of the car is. It is later stolen by Lifty and Shifty and destroyed by a train.

Motorcycle
Lumpy is the only character to be seen driving a motorcycle. He does this first as a police officer in A Bit of a Pickle and again in Brake the Cycle as a daredevil.

Cro-Marmot's Ice Cream Truck
Cro-Marmot can be seen driving his iconic ice cream truck in a number of episodes, serving ice cream to the characters.

Fire Trucks
A fire truck is first seen in Who's to Flame?, under the control of Disco Bear, Cuddles, The Mole, Toothy, and Sniffles. Another fire truck appears randomly as a result of Pop's wish in As You Wish.

Garbage Trucks
The exact same model of the garbage truck is used in both Every Litter Bit Hurts, with Lumpy as the driver, and Blast From the Past.

Handy's Tow Truck
Handy can be seen with his tow truck The Way You Make Me Wheel and his TV starring pop-op. Handy is later seen driving it in Concrete Solution. It later appears without Handy in The Carpal Tunnel of Love.

Pickup Truck
Flippy is seen using a rusty pickup truck with barrels filled with radioactive goop in the trunk.

Semitrailer
First seen being used by numerous Generic Tree Friends on a busy road in Havin' A Ball. Handy is seen checking the engine to his semi-truck in Blind Date. Lumpy is later seen driving one in From Hero to Eternity. Two semi-trucks are seen in the road in And the Kitchen Sink.

Bicycle
Bikes are very popular with the HTF characters as they are used to just have fun, to move faster, or to do paper routes.

Roller Skates
Disco Bear and Flaky are both seen using skates in Rink Hijinks. Giggles uses roller skates while she works as a waitress in Concrete Solution and later uses them again in Buns of Steal.



Skateboard
Cuddles is first seen using his skateboard in Sweet Ride which he uses to get away from Nutty, who is trying to steal his ice cream.

Scooter
In Sweet Ride, Nutty uses his skateboard to chase Cuddles down for his ice cream.

Stroller
Petunia owns a stroller, which she uses to push her teddy bear and The Cursed Idol in Hello Dolly.

Tricycle
Cub is seen riding his unicycle in A Vicious Cycle. The tricycle ends up getting possessed by Fliqpy when he is struck by lightning while holding the tricycle.

Unicycle
A frequent use of transportation by Mime (and Cro-Marmot on one occasion).

Wagon
Used by Pop and Cub in And the Kitchen Sink and is later used by Lifty and Shifty to steal meat. Toothy owns a wagon in An Inconvenient Tooth.

Wheelchair
A mode of transportation for injured or the disabled. Lumpy uses one in Ipso Fatso after he breaks his back.

Ski Lift
A mechanism used to transport skiers up hills. Flaky fell asleep on one in Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya! and woke up near a hill that reaches near space. Lumpy is given instructions on how to be safe around the ski lift in Ski Patrol though he ends up increasing the speed of the lift causing it to fling characters out of their seats.

Handcar
The handcar is first seen in The Wrong Side of the Tracks used by Lumpy. It later reappears in Clause for Concern.

Train
Trains are sometimes seen passing by in the series. The first appearence by trains is in Don't Yank My Chain and later appearing in Aw, Shucks!, Clause for Concern and later in Mirror Mirror too.

Garbage Boat
A garbage boat is seen being used by Russell to carry out trash in Who's to Flame?.

Motorboat
Pop uses a motorboat to find Cub, who he thinks was taken by the tide.

Rowboat
Lumpy first uses a rowboat in Off the Hook to go fishing. Russell uses a rowboat to go harpooning in Get Whale Soon. Handy and The Mole both use a rowboat to escape from Lumpy who is trying to get them back in jail.

Sailboat
Seen very briefly at the end of Get Whale Soon.

Raft
Lifty and Shifty use an inflatable raft to help the characters stranded on a desert island.

Ships
Russell and Lumpy are always associated with ships. In Sea What I Found, Russell and Lumpy use a ship to find treasure. In Snow Place to Go, Russell, Lumpy, Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, and Flaky all go on a trip together in the arctic ocean. Lastly, in Idol Curiosity, The Mole drives a ship, Lumpy looks out for trouble, Russell swaps the deck, while Sniffles and Toothy act more as guests.

Submarine
Owned by Disco Bear and immediately stolen Lifty and Shifty in Sea What I Found.

Airplane
An airplane is seen in the first episode of the show as there is a parked plane in Spin Fun Knowin' Ya. The same plane is seen in Blast From the Past by Sniffles. Sniffles would later pilot a plane in Wingin' It with Mime as a flight attendant and Cuddles, Giggles, Lumpy, Flaky, Petunia, Pop, and Cub riding as passengers. Handy is also seen using an airplane in Gems the Breaks and A Change of Heart.

Helicopter
A helicopter is seen carrying an injured Lumpy in Havin' A Ball, in the same episode the helicopter kills Pop and crash lands on Lumpy at the ending. Handy uses a helicopter in Who's to Flame? to put out city fires, he is later killed by his helicopter when he hits the eject button. He reappears with the same helicopter in Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow. In the same episode, Flippy uses a helicopter to chase and to try and kill Lumpy.

Hot-Air Balloon
Used only by Lifty and Shifty. They use one in Milkin' It as a getaway ride to get away from Lumpy. In As You Wish, Lumpy grants the duo a balloon in order to save their lives.

Rocket Ship
The first rocket ship is built from spare parts of a broken bus by Sniffles, Flippy, Handy, and Lumpy in Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark. In As You Wish, Lumpy grants Sniffles a rocket. It is knocked over, however and kills it's owner, Pop, and Mime.