Flaky

"Wherever there's trouble, this dandruff-laden porcupine is sure to be far, far away."

- "Collect them All" card info

Flaky is one of the main characters of Happy Tree Friends and a playable character in the False Alarm video game and Deadeye Derby.

Character Bio
Flaky is a red porcupine whose quills are full of white flake-like dandruff, thus her name. She's one of the most popular characters in the series and she has the identifiable personality of a very cautious and timid character, which is understandable considering that Happy Tree Friends live in constant danger of being brutally killed.

Flaky is often seen as a coward and very shy in many cases. However, some of Flaky's actions in both the internet episodes and the TV series go against this, as she has been brave and on several occasions saved her own life. Flaky is actually one of the kindest characters on the show, doing things like saving a baby bird in Take a Hike. She's often seen around Lumpy, Sniffles, and Cuddles. Additionally, when hanging around with Cuddles, Flaky is often forcefully dragged into situations that lead to one or both of their demises, despite her warning Cuddles about possible dangers that could occur. This is seen in Water You Wading For, Let It Slide, and The Wrong Side of the Tracks.

Flaky seems to be somewhat mentally unstable, as seen in the episode Snow Place to Go. Near the end of the episode, she begins to go insane and treats a garden gnome as her companion, singing "Rock-A-Bye Baby" to her after being trapped in the Arctic with no food or civilization. This is also seen in Without a Hitch, where she suffers from fear-induced hallucinations over the course of the episode, culminating in her stabbing Flippy in the eye in imagined self-defense when Flippy pulls out a knife.

The episode Party Animal reveals that she's allergic to peanuts, as they give her a purple rash, big lips, and make her bloat up like a balloon. She's also prone to vomiting, usually triggered by her fear of heights and/or flying, as seen in Wingin' It.

The fact that she's a porcupine often causes trouble - her quills often impale other characters and destroy objects unintentionally. Flippy once even used her as a weapon to kill Cuddles with in Keepin' it Reel. They also sometimes lead to her being skinned, specifically in Class Act and Let It Slide, when she falls down a tight space, causing her quills to get caught on the way down, ripping her skin and fur off. When she comes out the other end, her muscles are exposed.

Her excessive dandruff has sometimes been exploited by other characters. In the Second Serving DVD, it was given its own breakfast cereal called Flaky Flakes, which resemble Cornflakes with red and white pieces mixed in. Her dandruff is also used to create a snowing effect for a play in Class Act. A running gag in the series is that whenever she runs, shakes, or is struck by something, her dandruff falls out.

A small portion of Flaky's kills were done after she had been killed. In the episode Rink Hijinks, when Disco Bear carelessly pushes her, she falls onto Lumpy's floor buffer, causing her quills to fly out of control and pierce Disco Bear to death, along with indirectly being responsible for Lumpy getting stuck in the crane machine. In Party Animal, after she gets popped like a balloon by The Mole, her quills pin it to the wall. In Let It Slide, she causes all of the bolts in a slide to fall out slicing Cuddles in half when she slides down. In Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!, she indirectly gets Disco Bear killed by a nail in a piece of wood and (debatably) kills Giggles and Petunia with an avalanche she caused. So far the only characters she has killed without her being killed first are Cuddles, Mime, Lifty, Shifty, Handy, and Flippy.

Flaky has been killed by almost every character. She is the first victim of Sniffles, Handy, Toothy, Nutty, and Good Flippy. Along with Cuddles, Pop, Mime, Nutty, and The Mole in the TV series. Her deaths tend to involve breathing problems, getting sliced up, burning, and getting eaten. She has been killed many times, but she survived in Water You Wading For, Out of Sight, Out of Mime, I Get a Trick Out of You (not seen but heard), Happy Trails Pt. 1, Something Fishy, Random Acts of Silence, Stealing the Spotlight (Debatable), From A to Zoo (Debatable), and The Chokes on You (Debatable). In the TV series, she survives The Wrong Side of the Tracks, Ipso Fatso, A Change of Heart, Double Whammy Part I, and Easy Comb, Easy Go.

Gender Dispute
Much debate has been raised about the true gender of Flaky. Several fans assume that Flaky is male due to the lack of a distinguishing feminine appearance; female characters tend to have long eyelashes, whereas Flaky has none. Girls don't necessarily have eyelashes. Series creator Rhode Montijo once stated that he initially created Flaky as a Male, however, most of the creators at MondoMedia regard Flaky as a Female character, whereas others simply don't know. Flaky's true gender has caused much confusion; even the Happy Tree Friends website is ambiguous about this. In the DVD commentaries, in fact, they regularly refer to Flaky as a "her", such as the commentary for And the Kitchen Sink.

Some even see the quills that distinguish that Flaky is a Porcupine as the character having long hair, especially due to the dandruff and the way they respond to hair growth formula in Easy Comb, Easy Go. However, Boys can have long hair as well. Flaky also carries a flower suitcase in Wingin' It, and the episode description refers to Flaky as "her". Some voice actors of the show are ambiguous about Flaky's gender, while others think she/he is Female. In Something Fishy, Flaky is seen trying to decide whether to enter the Girls' or the Boys' bathroom. So she or he may be gender-confused as well, which has further contributed to the ambiguity many fans feel about Flaky. However, it should be noted that in the example to the right, Flaky ultimately ends up going into the Boy's room. This is backed up by the fact that there was no blood on the floor where both Giggles and Petunia were killed in the toilets. As well as that, Flaky would have heard the screams and fled. As well as that, in Royal Flush, Lammy, Giggles and Petunia are somewhat surprised to see Flaky. Initially confused, they hesitate, then let Flaky in, further indicating that Flaky could be Male.

It has been previously stated that Rhode Montijo originally designed Flaky as Male, hence the lack of eyelashes. However, the reason that the gender debate started was that Flaky's voice actor was Female. On the official website, however, Flaky's gender was originally listed as "Female", but was later changed to "Unknown" meaning that the viewer gets to choose the gender.

Disco Bear is seen presumably flirting with Flaky in Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!, although this is debatable as it's more subtle than his usual forms of flirty behaviour. And, in See What Develops, he shakes Flaky's hand and winks. However, this could have been Disco Bear simply grooving like he usually does.

Flaky's gender was apparently confirmed on April 28, 2012, on the Happy Tree Friends Twitter account, in reply to a tweet by @AngryBurdsNigga. However, a little while after the confirmation, Ken Pontac stated that Mondo still wishes for Flaky's gender to remain a mystery, leading some fans to question the reliability of the confirmation. Despite this, Graff still believes Flaky to be Female. It is also referred to as a "her" in some posts on the official Happy Tree Friends Facebook page, and there is even a comment posted by the author in which they stated that "Flaky is a Girl". It is also stated by the producers and voice actors during the commentary for the Third Strike Happy Tree Friends DVD that Flaky is female.

To add to the gender debate, some Blurbs like in Without a Hitch use both male and female pronouns, even in the same bubble. Kenn Navarro, one of the main creators of Happy Tree Friends, has also stated on multiple occasions that Flaky's gender is very much open to interpretation, and the character can either be Male of Female to make Flaky a more interesting Happy Tree Friend.

In Behind the Screams, Micheal Lipman stated that Flaky is a "metrosexual" Happy Tree Friend, and her or his gender can go either way. In fact, just two years after Flaky was confirmed as Female, Kenn Navarro explained how the gender dispute started, stating that Flaky has no gender and could be a Male or Female in the process. He stated that, when they asked around the studio to find out what gender everybody thought Flaky was, the answer was split, so they "left the issue unanswered".

Phobias/Fears
Flaky is considered the cowardliest character in Happy Tree Friends. She has a long list of fears, including:
 * 88582524852.pngBirds and/or chickens (ornithophobia and/or alektorophobia) - From A to Zoo
 * Darkness (achluophobia) - Without a Hitch (Debatable)
 * Dead Things (necrophobia) - Snow Place to Go
 * Driving (amaxophobia) - Easy Comb, Easy Go
 * Flying (aviophobia) - Wingin' It
 * Heights (acrophobia) - Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!, Mime to Five
 * Flippy - Without a Hitch
 * Rats (musophobia or murophobia) - Out of Sight, Out of Mime
 * Roller coasters (coasterphobia) - The Wrong Side of the Tracks, Double Whammy Part I
 * Skiing (or possibly momentum) - Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!
 * Water (hydrophobia or aquaphobia) - Let It Slide, Wipe Out!, Water You Wading For
 * Sharks (selachophobia) - Wipe Out!

However, she may just have pantophobia, which is the fear of everything.

Occupations and Careers

 * For more information, see List of Occupations


 * 1) Soccer Goalie - A Change of Heart
 * 2) Trapeze Artist/Circus Performer - Mime to Five
 * 3) Grocer - See What Develops
 * 4) Explorer - Idol Curiosity
 * 5) Water Dunk Game Victim - Aw, Shucks!
 * 6) Student Driver - Easy Comb, Easy Go
 * 7) Student - Something Fishy

Seen on Computer and TV

 * 1) Treasure Those Idol Moments: Is hit by Lumpy with a car while hanging from a jungle gym. (Idol-induced)
 * 2) Hide and Seek: Is strangled and hung from a wire by Fliqpy.
 * 3) Boo Do You Think You Are?: Burned to the bone by lava.
 * 4) Happy Trails Part 2: Jumping the Shark: Is murdered and buried by Flippy, Lumpy, Handy, and Sniffles for puncturing their escape raft. (Death not Seen) Vlcsnap-2013-06-11-04h30m03s141.png
 * 5) Rink Hijinks: Is shredded by Lumpy's floor waxer after being accidentally pushed by Disco Bear.
 * 6) Class Act: Dies in an explosion
 * 7) Keepin' it Reel: Is strangled and decapitated by Fliqpy. (Death not seen)
 * 8) Let it Slide: Drowns in a pool after getting skinned on her way down the slide.
 * 9) Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!: Is sliced into cubes after flying through a chain-link fence. HTF Moments - Flaky and Disco Bear 'snow' dead (S02 E51) 5.png
 * 10) Ski Patrol: Flies into, and is wedged in a cliffside and gets crushed to pieces by a snowboard.
 * 11) From Hero to Eternity: Is sucked into a whirlpool and is later burned by lava.
 * 12) And the Kitchen Sink: Gets hit by a chunk of wall while trying to cross the street.
 * 13) Party Animal: Is popped by The Mole after bloating up like a balloon due to an allergic reaction to peanuts.
 * 14) Who's to Flame?: Is impaled through the head by a klaxon.
 * 15) Take a Hike: Is killed by an eagle.
 * 16) Snow Place to Go: Is eaten by the orca.
 * 17) Dunce Upon a Time: Is electrocuted and impaled by a fork while hiding behind a piece of toast in a toaster.
 * 18) Mime to Five: Bisected vertically in half by Cuddles' intestines.1185556176_1.jpg
 * 19) Chew Said a Mouthful: Is killed when an umbrella opens up in its mouth. (Confirmed by Warren Graff)
 * 20) See What Develops: Drowns in a flooded store. (Death not seen)
 * 21) Idol Curiosity: Is devoured by flesh-eating flowers.
 * Aw, Shucks!: Has its head knocked off by a huge piece of popcorn.
 * 1) Wipe Out!: Is eaten alive by seagulls after its head cracks open.
 * 2) Wingin' It: Is killed by Godzilla at the end of the episode. (Death not seen, confirmed by Kenn Navarro)
 * 3) Wrath of Con: Is crushed by a collapsing building. (Death not seen)
 * 4) Without A Hitch: Is blown apart by a deploying airbag.
 * 5) A Bit of a Pickle: Is sliced into three pieces by sheet metal siding.
 * 6) Happy New Year: Is crushed by Lumpy's van.
 * 7) Take Your Seat: Is impaled by a spring and crushed by a cinema seat.
 * 8) Royal Flush: Is impaled through the head by a toilet plunger.
 * 9) Breaking Wind: Has her skin and flesh incinerated by Splendid's fart. S3E20 BW Flaky's death.png
 * 10) By the Seat of Your Pants: Is sliced horizontally in half by Fliqpy. (Death not seen)
 * 11) Going Out With a Bang: Crushed by a manhole cover.

Debatable Deaths

 * 1) This Is Your Knife: Is thrown into a campfire by Flippy while hiding in her sleeping bag. (Since she was still screaming when the episode ended)
 * 2) Stealing the Spotlight: Dies from Lumpy's Christmas lights.
 * 3) From A to Zoo: Dies in a bus crash or is killed by a baboon.
 * 4) Concrete Solution: Dies when a bridge collapses.
 * 5) The Chokes on You: Chokes on a doughnut.

Additional

 * 1) Overkill DVD box set: Is blown up by Flippy's bomb. (Debatable)
 * 2) False Alarm Cover: Falls off a building. (Debatable and/or death not seen)
 * 3) Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm gameplay: Dies from various things 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 getting lit on fire.
 * 4) Spring Training March 2006 Calendar: Dies when she hits one of Flippy's grenades with a baseball bat. (Death not seen)
 * 5) Fall Harvest Wallpaper: Falls and splatters on the ground. (Death not seen)
 * 6) Un-named Wallpaper: Is killed when Flippy's dynamite explodes. (Death not seen)
 * 7) Dumb Ways To Die: Dies the same death as in Flaky's Baseball Smoochie Gum.
 * 8) Unfinished episode: Is crushed by the arms of two other characters when their arms get tied together.
 * 9) You're Bakin' Me Crazy Storyboard: Was supposed to suffer Giggles' death.
 * 10) Flippin' Burgers Storyboard: Flaky was originally supposed to suffer Petunia's death.

Seen in Comics

 * 1) Making a Good Bleed: Is killed in a car explosion.
 * 2) Lost Claws: Is sliced by a ladder.

Seen on Computer and TV

 * 1) Class Act: Is skinned when she falls down a chimney.
 * 2) Keepin' it Reel: Is strangled by Fliqpy.
 * 3) Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna be Ya (Before death):
 * 4) Is strangled by her scarf.
 * 5) Passes out and stays asleep for four days.
 * 6) Steps on a nail sticking out of a plank with both feet.
 * 7) Gets her arm stretched when she tries holding onto a branch in an attempt to stop herself as she's skiing down a large hill at a high speed.
 * 8) Both of her feet are split by the nail in the plank.
 * 9) Ski Patrol: Is slammed against the side of a cliff.
 * 10) The Wrong Side of The Tracks: Vomits while stuck in an upside-down roller coaster cart.
 * 11) Party Animal: Suffers an allergic reaction to peanuts (twice), causing her to develop a rash and swell up like a balloon. (Before death)
 * 12) Ipso Fatso: Gets hit in the head by one of Lumpy's detached arms.
 * 13) Snow Place to Go: Is dunked underwater and re-exposed to air twice.
 * 14) Dunce Upon a Time: Is hurt after she's knocked out of her jar.
 * 15) Wipe Out: Wipe_59.jpg
 * 16) Runs into a coconut tree.
 * 17) Gets hit in the head by a coconut, exposing her brain.
 * 18) Wingin' It:
 * 19) Vomits before she enters the airport.
 * 20) Vomits several times in the plane's bathroom all while being smacked against the walls.
 * 21) Is bitten by a shark.
 * 22) Something Fishy: Has the flesh on both of her hands eaten by Russell's piranha.
 * 23) Without a Hitch:
 * 24) Is slapped in the face by Flippy several times.
 * 25) Is badly injured when she crashes its car.
 * 26) The Chokes on You: Chokes on a doughnut, possibly dying.
 * 27) Royal Flush: Damages her large intestine by defecating out Mr. Pickels. (Not seen, Before death)

Games

 * 1) Deadeye Derby: Kills Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, Petunia, Handy, Sniffles, Nutty, Disco Bear, Russell, Lifty, Shifty, Fliqpy, Splendid, and a giant squid by flinging rocks at them with a slingshot
 * 2) Fire Escape: Accidently splatters Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, Petunia, Handy, Nutty, Sniffles, Pop, Cub, The Mole, Disco Bear, Russell, Lifty, Shifty, and Mime. (If they bounce off her umbrella first)

Survival Rate

 * Internet series: 23.07%
 * Breaks: 0%
 * TV series: 25%
 * Total Rate: 22.44%