From A to Zoo

Internet Season: 2 Episode: 54 Production Number: 227 Writers: Warren Graff Ken Pontac David Winn Jeff Biancalana Kenn Navarro Director: Kenn Navarro Episode list: Internet Season 2 Previous Episode: Suck it Up Next Episode: From A to Zoo pt. 2 "From A to Zoo" is the first part of an episode of the Happy Tree Friends internet series.

Starring roles

 * Lumpy

Featuring roles

 * Petunia
 * Flaky
 * Cuddles
 * Toothy
 * Sniffles

HTF's Episode Description
This is our first "extra long" episode, coming in at 7 minutes. As we started thinking about how we'd produce shows for the upcoming television series, we had to take a shot at a more complete episode, showcasing more characters and delving into their personalities. We first screened this piece at Comic-Con 2005 to an overwhelming reception. the crowd went nuts! We think it's a great story and the team has had a lot of fun continuing the process for the upcoming series.

Plot
Lumpy the bus driver parks his school bus outside a zoo. Taking attendance, he looks around to see Petunia, Cuddles Toothy, and Sniffles are excited while Flaky wears her trademark nervous expression. The group enters the zoo, holding hands and singing the Happy Tree Friends tune, and walks up to a sign designating where everything is. While Lumpy ponders what they should look at first, the others scatter and run off to various parts of the zoo. Noticing the kids are gone, Lumpy runs after them.

Cuddles and Toothy are standing at the baboon cage, poking it with a stick and laughing. The two run off when Sniffles approaches, camera in hand. Lumpy catches up to Sniffles who asks Lumpy to take his photo next to the baboon. Lumpy has Sniffles back all the way up to the cage, so that his body is pressed up against the bars. When Lumpy takes the photo, the baboon is surprised and enraged by the flash and begins attacking Sniffles.

Lumpy looks around and spots a blowdart gun and two tranquilizer darts in a glass case. Standing next to the case is Petunia, eating an ice cream cone and watching Lumpy as he breaks the glass. Unfortunately, the glass shards fall on Petunia, piercing her face and causing her to scream in pain and stumble around. Lumpy is concerned by this, but quickly turns his attention back to Sniffles upon seeing that he's being torn to pieces by the baboon.

Lumpy aims the blowdart gun and fires a dart. Unfortunately, he misses and hits Petunia in the eye, causing her to stumble and fall into a snake pit. Lumpy quickly loads in the second dart, not realizing he's inserting it backwards. He takes a deep breath and ends up swallowing the dart, making him pass out.

to be continued...

Moral
"Don't bite the hand that feeds you!"

Deaths

 * Sniffles is torn to pieces by a baboon.

Goofs

 * The directions of Lumpy's antlers change multiple times throughout the episode.