Toothy

"The only thing bigger than this freckled-faced beaver's tail is his big 'ol buck teeth."

- "Collect them All" card info

Toothy is one of the main characters in Happy Tree Friends, and one of the four primary characters of the show, along with Cuddles, Giggles, and Lumpy.

Character Bio
A freckled light purple/mauve beaver with very large, gapped teeth (from which his name is derived), which appear to have a diastema. Although his character description on the official site says he has "big ol' buckteeth" larger than the other characters, in Season 2 he occasionally has the normal buckteeth. He is generally a very friendly character who likes to play around now and then, particularly with the younger characters. He admires Splendid, possibly because the latter saved Toothy in the episode Better Off Bread), and even dresses up as him for Halloween. He is good friends with Cuddles as seen in Spin Fun Knowin' Ya, Class Act, From A to Zoo, Remains to be Seen, Who's to Flame?, Take a Hike, Snow Place to Go, Blast from the Past, Can't Stop Coffin, Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part 2), Party Animal, Concrete Solution, Wrath of Con, and the Strain Kringle. He is also good friends with Giggles, Sniffles, Lumpy, and Petunia. Toothy is one of the primary characters in the show, as he appears in many commercials and advertisements.

There are a couple of ways in which he is famous: He is the first character to be killed in Happy Tree Friends (if one doesn't include Banjo Frenzy  as an episode) and he is also the character who suffered a very horrible death in the episode that won an award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France, the infamous Eye Candy. Also, Toothy has a wide range of deaths; usually involving his eyes, his head, getting crushed, and disintegrating. Despite his large buckteeth being an important part of him, including his name, he rarely suffers injuries involving his teeth, though they are not unheard of; in Spin Fun Knowin' Ya, he is seen losing both his buckteeth as he hits a tree trunk, the same thing happens in Blast From The Past and a much more significant tooth injury is in Snow Where To Go, where he chips his left bucktooth trying to open a can of beans, and later that very same episode, he hurts the nerves in that tooth when trying to eat a hamburger he made out of snow.

Unlike most of the other characters whose personality defines how they might act in a given situation, Toothy's personality varies a lot. He is impulsive - mostly acting before he thinks (e.g. running away and throwing a lit candle behind him in Class Act). He is generally not considered addle-brained, even though there have been instances where he has acted rather oddly in certain situations (such as misinterpreting some instructions and pouring two barrels full of gun powder into a cannon rather than the necessary two spoonfuls in Mime to Five). But he is shown to be rather handy, as he knows how to build and put together a bicycle in Brake The Cycle.

It is stated by one of the creators that Toothy is often used as a 'placeholder' character due to his ordinary 'Generic Tree Friend' appearance until they have decided upon a final character. For example, in the storyboard for Wipe Out, Toothy was originally drawn in Cuddles' place surfing and getting impaled on a buoy. His lack of a definite character also means that when he is used as a 'placeholder', he won't influence the shaping of the episode in ways the creators don't necessarily mean or want. Sometimes it is Toothy himself who plays the final role in an episode.

Also, while Toothy does have a starring pop-up, he never actually got a real starring role in the TV series. The only episode he starred in was Autopsy Turvy, which wasn't an actual episode.

Even though Toothy dies almost as often as Cuddles does, he has survived in Nuttin' but the Tooth, I Get a Trick Out of You, Kringle Karols, A Change of Heart, Wipe Out, Wingin' It, Read 'em and Weep, Can't Stop Coffin, Banjo Frenzy (debatable), Cold Hearted, Doggone It (debatable), the YouTube Live Episode, All Flocked Up, Something Fishy, YouTube Copyright School, Oh Xmas Tree, and the HTF Break shorts Deck the Halls, We Wish You, and Claw. Many of Toothy's injuries and some of his deaths involve his eyes, as seen in Eye Candy, Keepin' it Reel, Chew Said a Mouthful, Idol Curiosity, A Sight for Sore Eyes, The Carpal Tunnel of Love, and Camp Pokeneyeout.

In the HTF official forums, writer Ken Pontac said he feels Toothy is the most undeveloped character and needs more personality. It was stated by Ken that it might be done in the future. This is already happening in some of the recent episodes (such as the Love Bites short Cold Hearted, where he is shown to be mischievous by interfering with Giggles' and Cro-Marmot's relationship). In Brake the Cycle, he is also shown to enjoy bicycle riding and knows how to fix them. The episode shows he can be stubborn, as he decided to ride his bike anyways despite that a bird took some bolts, leading to fatal mishaps for him and other characters (though he may not have realised the bolt was missing).

It seems in some episodes that Toothy loves to sing, and others think he's a good singer. This can be seen in Class Act, Deck the Halls, and We Wish You. Toothy has also cried many times, such as Mime and Mime Again, Eye Candy (debatable), Class Act, Take a Hike, Snow Place to Go, Blast from the Past and Brake the Cycle.

Famous Deaths

 * Spin Fun Knowin' Ya (debatable)
 * Treasure These Idol Moments
 * Hide and Seek
 * Mime and Mime Again
 * Eye Candy
 * Brake the Cycle

Starring Roles

 * 1) Spin Fun Knowin' Ya
 * 2) Treasure These Idol Moments
 * 3) Nuttin' but the Tooth
 * 4) Hide and Seek
 * 5) Mime and Mime Again
 * 6) Happy Trails pt. 1
 * 7) Eye Candy
 * 8) Class Act
 * 9) Better Off Bread
 * 10) Keepin' it Reel
 * 11) Toothy's Easter Smoochie
 * 12) Autopsy Turvy
 * 13) New Season Teaser
 * 14) Brake the Cycle

Featuring Roles

 * 1) Banjo Frenzy (pilot episode)
 * 2) Remains to be Seen
 * 3) YouTube Live Episode
 * 4) Ipso Fatso
 * 5) Who's to Flame?
 * 6) Take a Hike
 * 7) Snow Place to Go
 * 8) Dunce Upon a Time
 * 9) Mime to Five
 * 10) Blast From The Past
 * 11) Chew Said a Mouthful
 * 12) Idol Curiosity
 * 13) Aw Shucks!
 * 14) A Sight for Sore Eyes
 * 15) Junk in the Trunk
 * 16) The Carpal Tunnel of Love
 * 17) Ski Patrol
 * 18) From A to Zoo
 * 19) We're Scrooged!
 * 20) Peas in a Pod
 * 21) See You Later, Elevator
 * 22) Camp Pokeneyeout
 * 23) Breaking Wind
 * 24) All In Vein
 * 25) Spare Tire

Appearance Roles

 * 1) I Get a Trick Out of You
 * 2) Stealing the Spotlight
 * 3) Can't Stop Coffin
 * 4) From Hero to Eternity
 * 5) And the Kitchen Sink
 * 6) Party Animal
 * 7) Doggone It
 * 8) Concrete Solution
 * 9) Gems the Breaks
 * 10) A Change of Heart
 * 11) See What Develops
 * 12) Wipe Out
 * 13) Wingin' It
 * 14) Easy Comb, Easy Go
 * 15) Read 'em and Weep
 * 16) Wrath of Con
 * 17) All Flocked Up
 * 18) Something Fishy
 * 19) YouTube Copyright School
 * 20) By the Seat of Your Pants
 * 21) Cubtron Z

HTF Break Roles

 * 1) Deck the Halls
 * 2) We Wish You
 * 3) Happy New Year
 * 4) Claw

Love Bites Roles

 * 1) Cold Hearted

Kringle Roles

 * 1) Kringle Karols
 * 2) Kringle Feast
 * 3) Kringle Frosty
 * 4) Strain Kringle
 * 5) Star Kringle

Occupations and Careers
For more information, see List of Occupations


 * 1) Dentist - Nuttin' But the Tooth
 * 2) Star of the Christmas Play - Class Act
 * 3) Firefighter - Who's to Flame?
 * 4) Circus Assistant - Mime to Five
 * 5) Film Developer - See What DevelopsHappy_tree_friends_see_what_develops_part_2.jpg
 * 6) Christmas Play Actor - Class Act
 * 7) Delivery Boy - Aw, Shucks!
 * 8) Mailman - Easy Comb, Easy Go
 * 9) Garage/Yard Salesman - Read 'em and Weep
 * 10) Toymaker - We're Scrooged!
 * 11) Paperboy- Peas in a Pod
 * 12) Carol Singer - Kringle Carols; Deck The Halls; We Wish You
 * 13) Student - Something Fishy
 * 14) Office Worker - See You Later, Elevator
 * 15) Ambulance Driver - All in Vein

Seen on Computer and TV

 * 1) Banjo Frenzy: Is decapitated by Lumpy's banjo. (Debatable, bit his leg afterwards so he may have been temporarily dead)
 * 2) Spin Fun Knowin' Ya: Is flung off a merry-go-round and flies into a tree, breaking his spine.(Debatable)
 * 3) Treasure These Idol Moments: Is impaled through the mouth by a swing. (Idol-induced)
 * 4) Hide and Seek: Has his neck twisted by Flippy.
 * 5) Mime and Mime Again: Is sucked into a fan his bandages are stuck to.
 * 6) Happy Trails: Flies out of a bus and either hits a cliff or falls into the water below. (Debatable)
 * 7) Eye Candy: Has his brain and left eye pulled out of his right eye socket.ImagesCAKCS16V.jpg''. This is his most famous death and role in the entire series.]]
 * 8) Class Act: Dies in an explosion when he sets the school on fire.
 * 9) Better Off Bread: Is crushed by a meteorite.
 * 10) Keepin’ it Reel: Gets a projector jammed through his skull, poking out his eye and burning his brain.
 * 11) Remains to be Seen:
 * 12) Is run over by Flippy's truck.
 * 13) Dies when he bites down on Flippy's brain, making it explode.
 * 14) Stealing the Spotlight: Is vaporized by the heat of Lumpy's Christmas lights.
 * 15) From A to Zoo: Is impaled through the head by a rhino's horn.
 * 16) Kringle Feast: Dies in an explosion caused by Lumpy.
 * 17) Kringle Frosty: Is impaled by Lumpy's skis.
 * 18) Ski Patrol: Is inflated with oxygen and pops when he hits a the sharp top of a flagpole.
 * 19) From Hero to Eternity: Is cut in half by Splendid's laser vision.
 * 20) And the Kitchen Sink: Gets run over by chunk of wall.
 * 21) Party Animal: Has part of his face sliced off by Flippy.
 * 22) Ipso Fatso: Is decapitated by a barbell.
 * 23) Doggone It: Is attacked by a giant squid. (Debatable)
 * 24) Concrete Solution: Dies when a bridge collapses.
 * 25) Who's to Flame?: Dies in a fiery explosion. (Debatable)
 * 26) Take a Hike: Is impaled in the stomach on a sharp rock.
 * 27) Snow Place to Go: Has his nerve system ripped out by Russell's fishing hook.
 * 28) Dunce Upon a Time: Has his head cracked like an egg by Lumpy.
 * 29) Gems the Breaks: Is flung out of a school bus and into a woodchipper.
 * 30) Mime to Five: Fires a cannon that explodes and sends him flying into a pole, where he turns to dust.
 * 31) Blast From the Past:
 * 32) Flies into and impales Lumpy, killing them both. (Debatable)
 * 33) Same death from Spin Fun Knowin' Ya. (Debatable)
 * 34) Chew Said a Mouthful: Has his bed crashed into a group of pipes, where he is crushed.
 * 35) See What Develops: Is disintegrated by the backlash of Splendid's speed.
 * 36) Idol Curiosity: Drowns when the ship he's on sinks. (Debatable, death not seen)Toothydeath.jpg''.]]
 * Aw, Shucks!: Is caught in barbwire and drowns.
 * 1) A Sight for Sore Eyes: Has his head cut in half by an open filing cabinet drawer.
 * 2) Easy Comb, Easy Go: Turns into dust by intense UV rays.
 * 3) Junk in the Trunk: Is run over by Lifty and Shifty's van.
 * 4) Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part II): Crushed by Cro-Marmot when Flippy's van knocks him into a closet.
 * 5) The Carpal Tunnel of Love: Is crushed by a door.
 * 6) We're Scrooged!: Is pushed purposely by Lumpy and torn apart by wind-up teeth.
 * 7) Peas in a Pod: Coughs out his organs due to the fumes from Lumpy's plane.
 * 8) Wrath of Con: Is squashed in the comic con center.
 * 9) Strain Kringle: Has his body forced through a strainer.
 * 10) See You later, Elevator: Is burned to death by Pop's match.
 * 11) Star Kringle: Has a Christmas Tree Star dropped on his head.
 * 12) Happy New Year: Is crushed by a chandelier. (Death not seen)
 * 13) Brake the Cycle: Is crushed by a dead Lumpy's motorcycle.
 * 14) Breaking Wind: Is hit by Handy's out-of-control truck.
 * 15) All in Vein: Has his head impaled by Lumpy's fangs.
 * 16) By the Seat of Your Pants: Is decapitated by Flippy.
 * 17) Cubtron Z: Has his body burnt to the bone by Cubtron's vomit, causing his head to explode.
 * 18) Spare Tire: Is forced into a wall by a fire extinguisher.
 * 19) Camp Pokeneyeout: Is crushed by a boulder.
 * 20) Toothy Easter Smoochie Yummy: Eats seven eggs, six of them without chewing, whereupon chicks hatch and burst out of his belly.
 * 21) Toothy Easter Smoochie Goody: Picks up a basket with a snake in it, and the snake curls around him, and the force makes his eyes pop out.
 * 22) Toothy Easter Smoochie Tasty: Eats a rotten Easter egg and vomits. He passes out and drowns in the pool of his vomit. (Debatable, as there is no reason to drown in a flat liquid surface)

Additional

 * 1) Overkill DVD Box Set: Dies from Flippy's bomb. (Debatable, death not shown)
 * 2) TV Series Volume 1 DVD: Is impaled through the eye and out the back of a head by a fork he was holding after tripping on an object Mime was juggling.
 * 3) 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, or getting electrocuted or burned.
 * 4) Fall Harvest Wallpaper: Dies when he falls to the ground head-first. (Death not seen)
 * 5) March 2005 Calendar: Is apparently squished along with Cuddles and Giggles.
 * 6) It's All Downhill From Here January 2007 Calendar: Is impaled on one of Lumpy's skis.
 * 7) Holiday Hangover January 2007 Calendar: Dies from breathing in gas, as in Kringle Feast.
 * 8) Spring Chicken Dinner April 2007 Calendar: Has five chicks burst out of his stomach.
 * 9) It's Back to Cruel Time September 2007 Calendar: Is impaled through the head with a projector.
 * 10) Fall Colors November 2007 Calendar: Splats into the ground after falling from a great height.
 * 11) Un-named Wallpaper: Plays with a bomb along with Giggles. It can be assumed he and Giggles dies when the bomb explodes. (Death not seen)
 * 12) Unnamed Merry-go-round Wallpaper: Is flung off a merry-go-round and breaks his jawbone.
 * 13) Un-named Wallpaper: Is killed when Flippy's dynamite explodes. (Death not seen)
 * 14) HTF Hot-Topic T-Shirt: Is burned by Flippy.
 * 15) Dumb Ways To Die: Runs holding a sharp stick and trips, impaling his eye (and brain) with it.

Seen in Comics

 * 1) Don't Worry, Bee Happy: Is sliced by the string of a kite (similar to Nutty's death in A Sight for Sore Eyes).
 * 2) Lost Claws: Is sliced by a ladder.

Seen in Arcade Games

 * 1) Fire Escape: Falls to his death.
 * 2) Ice Slide: Is run over by Cro-Marmot.
 * 3) Gogo Toothy: Has his brain torn out of his head. This death is similar to his death in Eye Candy.
 * 4) Flying High: Hits the ground too hard.
 * 5) Aim To Freeze: Is hit by an snowball thrown by Lumpy.
 * 6) Dumb Ways To Die: Gets impaled through the head with a stick.



Injuries

 * 1) Banjo Frenzy (pilot episode): Gets his head sliced off by Lumpy's banjo.
 * 2) Mime and Mime again: Gets his entire body (except for his eyes and nose) badly injured. (Only aftermatch seen)
 * 3) Eye Candy: Has his eye mutilated by a lollipop after tripping over a log.
 * 4) Snow Place to Go: Breaks one of his teeth when trying to open a can.
 * 5) Take a Hike: Has his arm bitten by a snake, making it swell up.
 * 6) Blast From the Past: Breaks his arm after flying off a slide.
 * 7) A Sight for Sore Eyes: Has his eyes cut by metal paper airplane.
 * 8) Idol Curiosity: Is stabbed in the eye by his drink's umbrella and pulls his eye out.
 * 9) The Carpal Tunnel of Love:
 * 10) Suffers an allergic reaction to a bee sting in his eye.
 * 11) Has his eye ripped off after Lumpy slams the door on him.
 * 12) We're Scrooged!: Finger bitten off by chattering teeth.
 * 13) Wrath of Con: Has his ears ruptured, and is then set on fire.
 * 14) All Flocked Up: Has his facial skin burnt and torn off by tar after Lumpy fires a rock at his head.
 * 15) See You later, Elevator: Is set on fire.
 * 16) Brake the Cycle: Is impaled through the anus and has his intestines pulled out.
 * 17) Camp Pokeneyeout: Is hit in the eye by a rock and crashes into Cuddles' cart.

Additional

 * 1) Picture on Pillow: Steps on a bear trap and gets his knee cut.
 * 2) Winter Break Intro: Has a Christmas ornament accientally dropped on him.
 * 3) Yule Tube (HTF Competition Intro): Has his hand is cut off and burned to nothing. (Debatable, may have been a Generic Tree Friend.)
 * 4) Homework is a PAIN! - September 2005 Calendar: Is impaled in the eye by a pencil.
 * 5) May 2005 Wallpaper: Has his eye torn out of its socket.

Number of Kills
Through a democratic poll, it has been decided that Toothy is not to be blamed for the deaths in Class Act involving the school explosion. For more information, see Class Act Explosion

Survival Rate

 * Internet series: 27.94%
 * TV series: 25%
 * Kringles & Breaks: 50%
 * Total Rate: 28.75%

Trivia

 * Toothy is the first character to die in the Internet Shorts, and thus the first to die in Happy Tree Friends. Similarly, he was the first (major character) victim of Evil Flippy in the internet shorts and the TV series.
 * In the Pop Corn edition episode of Spin Fun Knowin' Ya, it is revealed that Toothy had a tail enlargement surgery and is wanted for impersonating a dentist in seven states, and was last seen in Ohio (this may be a reference to Nuttin' but the Tooth).
 * Toothy almost never stars alone in an episode. The only episodes where he does are Eye Candy and Brake the Cycle.
 * The First Blood DVD "Collect them All" section reveals he flosses his teeth excessively.
 * Toothy loves watching monster movies like Godzilla, as seen in Wingin' It.
 * Toothy is the eleventh character to die in the TV series.
 * If one doesn't count debatable episodes, Toothy survived 17 out of the 70 episodes he appears in.
 * The Fall Out Boy music video The Carpal Tunnel of Love has hinted that Toothy has an allergy to bee stings.
 * He has a pet turtle that had his shell painted with hot rod flames as seen in Junk in the Trunk.
 * Cuddles and Lumpy are his most frequent victims.
 * Most of Toothy's kills are in Remains to be Seen.
 * He is one of the few characters to die in every episode he kills another character in. The others are Petunia and Handy (debatable).
 * Ever since Eye Candy, Toothy started suffering more eye-related injuries, as seen in A Sight for Sore Eyes, Chew Said a Mouth Full (not shown), Idol Curiosity, The Carpal Tunnel of Love, and Camp Pokeneyeout. Furthermore, in Remains To Be Seen, one of his eyes are missing when he comes back as a zombie.
 * In Spin Fun Knowin' Ya, Toothy was seen with two stray hairs on his head. They disappeared in all future episode, but stayed in his season 1 intro.
 * He is one of the few characters who have killed Lifty and Shifty a different number of times. The other is Lumpy and Cro-Marmot.
 * He is one of the two characters to kill Lifty but never Shifty.
 * A few of his deaths involve being vaporized, disintegrated, or turning into dust like in Stealing the Spotlight, Easy Comb, Easy Go, See What Develops and Mime to Five.
 * Toothy's buckteeth are normally longer than the buckteeth of other characters. In some earlier episodes, he has normal buckteeth. Furthermore, in early episodes, his buckteeth continuously change between being long and being normal. This was a mistake due to the laziness of the animators and was removed when FatKat took over for the TV series.
 * Toothy and Handy are both voiced by Warren Graff. Both characters are beavers and are quite famous for episodes they are featured in (Eye Candy and Shard at Work respectively). However there have been two times in which Kenn Navarro took Warren Graff's role, the first being in Keepin' it Reel, where he played Toothy, and the second being in a A Hole Lotta Love, where he played Handy.
 * Unlike Giggles and Petunia, who are voiced by the same person and also appear a lot, Toothy and Handy have rarely appeared together. The only episodes where they appeared on screen together were Remains to be Seen, Happy Trails pt. 1, Doggone It, Wipe Out, Wrath of Con, Concrete Solution, Breaking Wind, the YouTube Live Episode, and Dunce Upon a Time. All these moments were brief and involved no interaction, with the exception of Breaking Wind, where Toothy gets shocked seeing Handy's truck; and while they don't appear together at the same time in Class Act, Handy is clearly awed by Toothy's singing.
 * He was the first character to be killed by Fliqpy, Mime, and The Cursed Idol.
 * He is the only main character to not have a starring role in the first season of the TV series ("Autopsy Turvy" wasn't a real episode).
 * Toothy is one of the playable characters in Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm.
 * Toothy is one of the three main characters who don't normally wear any clothes/accessories of any kind. The others are Lifty and Flaky (Lumpy was seen ironing clothes the same color as his fur).
 * Toothy is Cuddles, Lumpy, and Mime's most frequent victim. Additionally, he is the Cursed Idol's most frequent victim.
 * So far, the only starring role he has survived is Nuttin' but the Tooth (if only regular episodes count).
 * His appearance is similar to SpongeBob SquarePants, as both have large gapped teeth and freckles on both sides the face and they both cry a lot. He is also similar to Timmy Turner from The FairlyOdd Parents due to their large front teeth, purple-pink color, and because they are both accident-prone.
 * In the episode Hide and Seek, Toothy was the first victim of Evil Flippy.
 * However, Flippy's first kill has no blood.
 * Coincidentally, Evil Flippy is the first victim of Toothy.
 * Toothy is also the first character to be killed by Evil Flippy in the TV series.
 * He is also the first victim of Mime and Nutty (along with every other character). In the TV series, he is the first victim of Russell.
 * The only characters who haven't killed Toothy are Flaky and Lammy. Coincidentally, they are both female characters.
 * Toothy is one of the only four characters - along with Lumpy, Flaky, Petunia, Splendid, and a Generic Tree Friend - to have killed Flippy.
 * If you count Autopsy Turvy (although it wasn't a real episode), Cuddles, Flippy, Cro-Marmot, Mole, Lumpy, Lifty, and Shifty appeared in all of his starring roles (since he only had one).
 * His season 3 alliterate sentence is: "Using a toothbrush is tantamount for twinkling teeth". Also, the toothbrush is a reference to his name.
 * He is the first character to cry during more than one death, in Eye Candy and again in Brake the Cycle.
 * Toothy and Mole are the last characters to die in season 1.
 * Toothy is (debatably) the first and last character to die in season 1.
 * He is the first to have a debatable death (Banjo Frenzy).
 * Toothy, as well as Lumpy, are the only characters to kill evil Flippy.
 * Toothy is tied with Giggles for having the 2nd highest death count out of all the characters, with 55 deaths. He is just behind Cuddles, who has 61.
 * Toothy is the only character to kill something else in a Smoochie (a chick in his Easter Smoochie).
 * There is a Halloween costume of Toothy with a pair of scissors impaled in his eye.
 * Toothy is one of the nine characters who have never intentionally killed a character. The others are: Cuddles, Cub, Disco Bear, Nutty, Lifty, Russell, Mime, and (debatably) Lammy.