Helping Helps

"Helping Helps" is an episode of the Happy Tree Friends internet series. This episode introduces Splendid, the superhero who does more harm than good.

Starring Roles

 * Giggles
 * Splendid

Featuring Roles

 * Giggles' Mom

HTF's Episode Description
Poor Giggles is limping along when she's nearly crushed and drowned in a tidal wave. Luckily Splendid the flying squirrel saves the day, but not without incident! This episode is the only time you meet Giggles' mom, one of the only adults in Happy Tree Friends. Do you know who the other adult character is?

Plot
Giggles, who has a broken leg, happily walks through the forest with the help of a pair of crutches. Suddenly, a dam behind her bursts, and a rush of water barrels down upon her. She screams loudly, which Splendid, the heroic flying squirrel, hears. He abandons his task of collecting acorns to investigate the scream.

Giggles tries in vain to out-run the rushing water, while Splendid rushes to save her. Realizing the futility of her efforts, a tear rolls down Giggles cheek as certain death is only seconds away. Luckily, Splendid swoops down and saves Giggles from the raging water at the last second.

As Giggles celebrates her rescue, she is suddenly decapitated by a tree branch that Splendid flies too close to. Blood gushes from Giggles' neck and Splendid nervously looks around. He spots an acorn and gets an idea.

Splendid rings the doorbell to Giggles' home and Giggles' mother answers the door, crying at the assumed loss of her daughter to the flood. She dries her eyes and Splendid holds up Giggles body, now with an acorn on her neck and and a crudely drawn face on the acorn. Not realizing something is wrong, Giggles' mother takes and hugs Giggles' dead body. As Splendid flies away, the acorn falls off Giggles body and blood squirts all over her mother's face. Nevertheless, Giggles' mother smiles and thanks Splendid, still oblivious to her daughter's death.

Moral
"Don't forget to stop and smell the roses!"

Deaths

 * Giggles dies when Splendid flies too close to a tree branch, decapitating her.

Goofs

 * 1) Once again, the mark on Giggles' head does not appear in the opening credits, but does appear on her head in the episode.
 * 2) Giggles' bandaged leg changes several times, and disappears when she's being flown away.
 * 3) Splendid's tail disappears when he spots the acorn he uses for Giggles' replacement head.
 * 4) When Splendid holds up Giggles, his wings disappear.

Trivia

 * 1) This is the only episode that Giggles' Mom appears in.
 * 2) This is the only episode in which Splendid is seen eating.
 * 3) This is the first episode to show a main character's parent.
 * 4) On the "First Blood" DVD, Splendid appears to be dark blue, but his tail was light blue. On the internet version, he is completely light blue.
 * 5) This is the first episode in which Giggles' diamond marking is shown on her forehead.

6. 'Giggles Mom' is of a darker shade than Giggles.