Flippy

''This is an article about Flippy himself. To view information on Flippy's evil side, see Evil Flippy (Fliqpy)''

Flippy is one of the main characters in the Happy Tree Friends series. He has been liked by many fans over the years and he is often the base for HTF fanart, fanfictions, and fan characters. Because of this he is considered to be the most popular character in the series.

Character Bio
Flippy is a green male bear. He wears dog tags around his neck and a green beret with checkered crest on his head. He is a retired veteran soldier in the Army. He fought in the Weaponized Animal Regiment (The W.A.R), and he has an obsession with making booby traps inspired by the Viet Cong, as well as a flashback of his experience of being held captive by them (as seen in Easy For You to Sleigh). In addition, his attire seems to resemble to the U.S. Army Special Forces, which played a role during the Vietnam War. As he fought for years, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. According to writer Warren Graff, Flippy is mostly based on John Rambo. During the Internet and TV series, it is unknown if Flippy has retired from the Army or if they are simply in a time of peace. Flippy rarely appears in the series, most likely due to his repetitive behavior in most of the episodes in which he appears. Flippy most likely has even more kills than Lumpy (who has 151+ kills in 92 episodes), since he has over 65 kills and has only appeared in 15 episodes so far, so if he appeared in more episodes he would have the highest kill count.

Flippy is the only character in the series to cause the deaths of other characters on purpose in every episode which he appears(at least when he's "flipped out") (except Without a Hitch and Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part 2), where all of his kills happen by accident). He has a severe case of post traumatic stress disorder. Whenever he sees or hears something that reminds him of war (e.g., gunshot-like sounds or crackling campfires), he goes insane and kills everyone around him and sometimes himself, believing that he is still in war (it's likely that this is a split personality that he developed as a result of his experience in war judging from him basically becoming someone else in most of his appearances, not even being himself while flipped out and the few instances he resisted his evil side during Double Whammy and Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow). While flipped-out, several physical features about him change: his eyes turn a different color, usually green or yellow, his voice changes from high and cute to low and evil, and his teeth become sharp. In the early Internet shorts, his teeth simply became crooked. In later episodes when he flips-out he blinks changing his pupils from normal pac-man pupils to round pupils, his irises turn green (sometimes yellow), his voice deepens into an angry growl, and his teeth get sharp; there has even been an instance (Remains to be Seen) where his eyes became small, circular, with a light blue iris. If he is in his evil state, he (along with Lumpy, The Mole, Cro-Marmot and Nutty) doesn't have Pac-Man shaped pupils. When he is flipped out, he is known as Evil Flippy, or in W.A.R. Journal as Fliqpy. Although Flippy can be the most cruel and dangerous character in Happy Tree Friends when "flipped-out", in his normal state, he is considered to be one of the most sociable and kindest of characters. This is proven in several episodes where he is seen doing social activities with some of the other characters such as going to the movies and playing hide and seek. In most of the episodes where he appears, he is shown as a friendly individual before he goes insane, or as many people say, "flipping-out", hence his name. Additionally, when he "flips-out", he doesn't remember the bloody rampage that follows. However, in Double Whammy Part 1, (and possibly Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow when he resists his evil side for the first time) he finally realizes his problem and goes to Lumpy the psychiatrist for answers. After three attempts to cure him, Lumpy fails. At the end of the episode Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part 2), Flippy finally cures his post tramatic stress disorder, but is run over soon after by a chicken truck.

Flippy has actually killed Flaky without being "flipped-out." During Happy Trails Part 2, after failing to get off the island on the raft and the loss of Lifty and Shifty due to Flaky's spines (hair) pop the raft, it shows Flippy, Lumpy, Handy, and Sniffles angry at Flaky, then Flippy putting up a cross, showing that they ended up killing Flaky.

Flippy rarely dies in the series. When he does die, his deaths involve vehicles,machinery, Lumpy or explosions. Flippy is also one of the six playable characters in the XBOX 360 video game, Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm. He is also one of the most popular characters in the show.

He has his own action show called W.A.R. Journal, part of the Happy Tree Friends Action Series: Ka-Pow! show. According to the first episode, Flippy was originally not a particularly good soldier. He demonstrated an inability to throw his knife straight while under pressure, killed both of his teammates, hid in the carcass of one of his dead teammates in fear, and accidentally threw a slice of pizza at the enemy commander rather than his knife. He flips out for the very first time when he hides inside his comrade's dead body to not be killed by the Tiger Army. Most likely, the first time he flipped out, he did it because his consciousness needed to protect him, so his instinct told him to Fight or Flee, and he fought. He ended up losing his hands in a fight with the Tiger Commander, but he was apparently able to reattach them some time between the events of W.A.R. Journal and the regular Happy Tree Friends series (unless these episodes, like the regular Happy Tree Friends series, revert everything back to original at the start of each new episode). It is also possible that while he was int the W.A.R. he was their most devastating soldier when flipped out. The only episodes that Flippy dies when he appears are Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, Class Act (debatable), Remains to be Seen, Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow, Autopsy Turvy/Double Whammy Part 2 and Without A Hitch.

Famous deaths


Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow



Autopsy Turvy/Double Whammy pt. 2



Happy Trails Part 2: Jumping the Shark



Without A Hitch

Starring Roles


Hide and Seek



This is Your Knife



Happy Trails Part 2: Jumping the Shark



Flippin' Burgers



Keepin' it Reel



Remains to be Seen



Party Animal



Double Whammy



Double Whammy Part 2



Without a Hitch

Featuring Roles


Out of Sight, Out of Mime (DVD only)



Class Act



Youtube Live Episode



Easy For You to Sleigh



Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow



Something Fishy (as a drawing on the blackboard)



Kringle Feast (as a picture on the wall next to Flaky and Lumpy)

Occupations and Careers
For more information, see List of Occupations


 * Veteran - Almost every episode he has been in.
 * Nuclear Waste Trucker - "Remains to be Seen"


 * Carny - "Double Whammy"


 * Soldier - "W.A.R. Journal"

Seen on Computer and TV

 * Happy Trails Part 2: Jumping the Shark: Flies into the sun in a rocket, along with Handy and Sniffles. Not flipped.


 * Remains to be Seen: Zombie Toothy bites on his inflated brain, causing the Zombified Flippy to explode. He was flipped.


 * Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow: Shredded by the tail rotor of a helicopter, along with Cuddles. Not flipped.


 * Autopsy Turvy/Double Whammy part 2: Splattered by a chicken truck. Not flipped.


 * Without a Hitch: Stabbed in the eye with glass by Flaky, and splattered by Lumpy's truck. Not flipped.

Additional

 * Overkill DVD box set: Possibly killed himself, with a large bomb with all the other characters. (debatable)


 * Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm gameplay: Deaths and injuries various, depending on the environment of the level, such as getting sliced by blades and saws, getting crushed and flattened like paper or cardboard, getting electrocuted or burned, or drowning.


 * Flippy Attack (Arcade Game): After killing Cuddles with a machine gun, Flippy throws down the gun. The impact against the ground causes the gun to fire, in which the bullet blew off chunks of Flippy's head.


 * Blood Sample A-: Head explodes when he chews on a stick of dynamite. (Death not seen)


 * Spring Training March 2006 Calendar: Dies in an explosion (Death not seen and debatable)


 * August 2005 Calendar: Dies the same death as in Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark.


 * March Madness March 2008 Calendar: Possibly killed by his bomb (debatable)


 * November Fall Out 2009 Calendar: Dies in an explosion (debatable, death not seen)


 * Un-named Wallpaper: Flippy is seen seen holding grendades and sticks of dynamite. It can be assumed he died when they exploded. (Death not seen and Debatable)


 * November 2010:Dies when releasing his grenade(debatable).

Injuries

 * Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm gameplay: Wounds and injuries various, depending on the environment of the level, such as getting cut by blades and saws, getting crushed and flattened like paper or cardboard, getting electrocuted or burned.


 * Party Animal: Has an allergic reaction to peanuts and/or Mime (venison), causing him to get a purple rash and swollen lips. His lips are then torn off by the closing iris.


 * Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow: (before death) Hit by the back of a spiked log when it swings back at him.


 * Autopsy Turvy/Double Whammy Part 2: Injured throughout his fight with Evil Flippy.


 * W.A.R. Journal - Operation: Tiger Bomb: When fighting against the evil tiger general, he gets stabbed in the abdomen and his hands were sliced off leaving them with sharp bones sticking out. He was flipped.


 * Without A Hitch: (before death) 1. Flies out of the windshield of Flaky's car. 2. Eye is stabbed with a glass shard by Flaky.

Relationships

 * Lumpy-Friend? (He is seemingly the only one who can kill Flippy)
 * Handy- Friend
 * Tiger General- Enemy
 * Tiger Soldiers- Enemy
 * Sneaky- Ally
 * Mouse Ka-Boom- Ally
 * Lifty and Shifty- Enemy
 * Toothy - Friend (Met at birthday Party)

Number of Kills
For more information, see Flippy's Killing Methods


 * Cuddles - 7 ("This Is Your Knife", "Flippin' Burgers", "Keepin' It Reel", "Remains to be Seen", "Party Animal", "Autopsy Turvy/Double Whammy Part 2" ,Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow)


 * Giggles - 4 ("This Is Your Knife", "Flippin' Burgers", "Remains to be Seen", "Double Whammy Part 1")


 * Toothy - 5 ("Hide and Seek", "Keepin' It Reel", "Remains to be Seen", "Party Animal", "Autopsy Turvy/Double Whammy Part 2")


 * Lumpy - 1 ("Keepin' It Reel").


 * Petunia - 5 ("Hide and Seek", "Flippin' Burgers", "Keepin' It Reel", "Remains to be Seen", "Double Whammy Part 1")


 * Handy - 1 ("Remains to be Seen")


 * Nutty - 3 ("Remains to be Seen", "Party Animal", "Double Whammy Part 1")


 * Sniffles - 3 ("Remains to be Seen", "Party Animal", "Double Whammy Part 1")


 * Pop - 1 ("Flippin' Burgers")


 * Cub - 1 ("Flippin' Burgers")


 * The Mole - 1 ("Remains to be Seen")


 * Disco Bear - 1 ("Double Whammy Part 1")


 * Russell - 1 ("Remains to be Seen")


 * Lifty - 3 ("Remains to be Seen", "Easy for You to Sleigh", "Double Whammy Part 2")


 * Shifty - 3 ("Remains to be Seen", "Easy for You to Sleigh", "Double Whammy Part 2")


 * Mime - 4 ("Keepin' It Reel","Party Animal", "Remains to be Seen", "Double Whammy Part 1")


 * Others - 12+ (woodpecker from "Hide and Seek", multiple Evil Flippys from "Double Whammy Part 2" (hallucinations), Sneaky, Mouse Ka-Boom, Tiger General, and 8 Tiger Soldiers in "Operation: Tiger Bomb")

Trivia

 * According to his uniform he has a rank of a Sergeant (However, in Operation: Tiger Bomb he has the rank of a Private, but that operation might have happened prior to the series).


 * Flippy is similar to Lumpy in another way: both have sworn at least once in the series. Flippy said "fuck" in Autopsy Turvy, and Lumpy said "hell" in Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow and "dammit" in Kringle Feast.


 * Whenever Flippy appears, he is usually the character that all or part of the episode revolves around (the only exceptions being Out of Sight, Out of Mime (DVD only) and Class Act).


 * In the HTF official website, it states that Flippy, Splendid and Buddhist Monkey will appear in the spin-off web show called "Ka-Pow!" They will be accompanied by new characters. Ka-Pow! debuted on September 2nd, 2008.


 * A majority of Flippy's deaths occur when he's not in his flipped out state with the exception from the episode "Remains to be Seen".


 * In the W.A.R. Journal episode, Operation: Tiger Bomb, when Flippy experiences posttraumatic stress disorder, his name is spelled "Fliqpy" (the q symbolizing a flipped p to add to the concept of him "flipping".)


 * In Remains to be Seen, when Flippy flips out, his eyes turn blue instead of yellow like they normally do. His eyes remain that colour until the end of the episode.


 * He is Toothy's first victim as seen in Remains to be Seen. (As a Zombie)


 * While Flippy still has his green beret on, he is seen wearing a beige uniform, including pants, only in Ka-Pow!


 * Even though Flippy doesn't have buckteeth and mitten-like hands in W.A.R. Journal, he still has sets of sharp teeth when he flips out.


 * A majority of the time Flippy flips out, he is seen with sharp teeth. Back in the early episodes, he had 4 seperate crooked teeth.


 * He has the second or third highest kill count after Lumpy and possibly Splendid.


 * Flippy's evil side appears to be cannibalistic as seen in Flippin' Burgers when he dipped a French fry in a pool of blood and ate it, in Party Animal he drank a smoothie containing the remains of Mime, (although he wasn't flipped out at the time and probably didn't remember what he did while he was evil), and in Easy For You to Sleigh when he carved Shifty's skin off with a Christmas cookie and took a bite out the part of the blood-covered cookie. However, do note that Flippy's 'meals' are respectively a Rabbit (Cuddles), a Deer (Mime), and a Raccoon (Shifty), and, Flippy being a bear, shows it isn't quite as clear cut as first thought.


 * Most of the time when Flippy dies he dies alongside at least one other character. In Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark he flies into the sun with Handy and Sniffles, in Class Act he is (debatably) blown up in a school explosion alongside all the other characters (minus possibly Splendid and Cro-Marmot), in Remains to be Seen, he dies in a truck crash along with twelve other characters (and dies again when his brain explodes alongside the rest of the zombies), and in Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow, he is shredded by a helicopter's tail rotor with Cuddles. Autopsy Turvy/Double Whammy Part 2 depicts the first time he died alone.


 * Flippy is one of the playable characters in Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm.


 * So far, a generic tree friend, Toothy (as a zombie) and Lumpy are the only characters to have killed Flippy.


 * Flippy is one of only two characters who doesn't have any appearance roles. The other is Splendid.


 * He has killed every major character to date except for Splendid, Cro-Marmot, Lammy and Mr. Pickles.


 * So far, he has never killed The Mole, Pop, Cub, Handy and Russell individually - every time he killed them, he killed many other characters with them. In Flippin' Burgers, Pop and Cub (amongst several generic Tree Friends) were caught in an explosion caused by Flippy. In Remains to be Seen, he crashed his truck into a group of trick-or-treaters that included Handy, Russell and The Mole. Except for Handy (Happy Trials Pt. 2) and The Mole (Party Animal and Happy Trails Pt. 1), he has never met Pop, Cub, or Russell.


 * He is the only main character that did not appear in Wrath of Con.


 * Flippy is one of the green characters. The other four are Nutty, Lifty and Shifty, and Cro-Marmot.


 * Despite him being evil in almost every episode he appears in, Splendid has never tried to stop him.


 * Pop and Evil Flippy have the same voice actor, they both are bears and they both frequently kill other tree friends (though Pop does not do it on purpose and has one common victim: Cub; while Flippy just kills everyone on purpose).


 * He is one of the four bear main characters along with Disco Bear, Pop, and Cub.


 * He seems to be fairly wealthy since his house is full of trophies, statues, suits of armor, and a plasma TV, as seen in Easy For You to Sleigh.


 * Although he appears in a fairly low amount of episodes, he appears in all 3 episodes of Thirteen Eyes On Me.


 * Flippy, like Splendid and Cro-Marmot, is usually not hurt by some common things and rarely dies.


 * Flippy is the only main character who has not yet been killed by Splendid. In fact, they have never met face to face (a common misconception is that they have never been in the same episode, but they were both present in Class Act).


 * Flippy is one of the six characters with more kills than deaths. The others include Lumpy, Splendid, The Mole, Pop, and debatably Cro-Marmot.


 * In Easy For You to Sleigh, Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow, and Double Whammy Part 1, he purrs in his sleep.


 * The only episode, to date, where Flippy has not killed anyone or flipped out is Without A Hitch (as a note, even though he did flip-out in Flaky's imagination, this cannot count because it did not actually happen).


 * In the TV series, Flippy never killed or even remotely harmed Flaky. Despite killing her frequently beforehand, they appeared in several TV episodes together, yet he never killed her even when had the chance. This has continued, so far, past the TV series, as he hasn't killed her in Without A Hitch.


 * On November 30th, 2009, Mondo Media posted a video on YouTube called All Hail Flippy showing all the episodes Flippy has starred in.


 * Flippy is usually considered the character with the biggest fanbase.


 * It would appear that Flippy has now cured his PTSD.


 * In later episodes, an electric guitar riff can be heard in the background as Flippy flips out.


 * The only episode, to date, where he kills someone on purpose without actually flipping out is Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark.


 * In Something Fishy, Flippy cameos as a drawing on the blackboard.


 * In Kringle Feast, Flippy was in a same picture on the wall with both Flaky and Lumpy.


 * Flippy generally has a very difficult time killing Lumpy, having only caused the moose's death once (which was not shown onscreen). He spends the entirety of Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow trying to kill Lumpy in various ways and failing every time. He also tried to kill him in Remains To Be Seen and Double Whammy Part 1.


 * A reason for Flippy of seeing his alter-ego might be because he overdosed the pill he took in the earlier event of Double Whammy which caused him to see the evil side but attack nothing but himself. (in the fact that he wasn't made aware of)


 * His survival rate is 62.5%.


 * In the TV series his survival rate is 60%.


 * Flippy appears in a Confessional on the June 2010 Wallpaper Calendar #1, this may mean his a Roman Catholic.


 * Flippy sleeps with his beret on as seen in Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow.


 * He is one of four characters to survive in his debut episode on the Internet and TV Series. The others are Flaky, Disco Bear and Splendid.


 * In Hide and Seek, when he flips-out Flippy's green-yellow irises are only seen temporarily, afterwhich they return to the normal pac-man shape for the rest of the episode. As this was his first appearance, it is likely that the writers hadn't come up with the idea of making them permanent until his next appearance This Is Your Knife.


 * In the TV series, Lumpy and Cuddles appeared in all of his starring roles.