Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark/Trivia

Trivia

 * This is the last episode to air in 2001.
 * Lumpy, Handy, Sniffles, and Flippy all have out of character moments in this episode. None of them would purposefully kill a character just for making a mistake (Flippy wasn't flipped out at the time). Its also against Sniffles, Handy and Flippy's character to throw Lumpy out of the rocket like that instead of more objects. Though Handy has shown to not care if a character has died.
 * This is the only episode Lifty and Shifty star in without killing another character.
 * It is also the only episode they star in without doing something antagonistic.
 * This episode makes Giggles the first character to die in the second internet season.
 * Throughout the episode, Flippy has Pop's voice. This is because Pop was originally supposed to star in this episode, but the writers thought that it would be too 'out of character' for Pop to kill Flaky, and for Pop to appear without Cub. They replaced him with Flippy (since both characters are voiced by Aubrey Ankrum, even though Pop has a much deeper voice) at the last moment, after all the voices were recorded. As a result, this is the only episode where Flippy doesn't 'flip-out' in any capacity.
 * This is the first time ever that Sniffles invents.
 * If one looks closely at the back of the bus in the first shot of the episode, the window was broken, and there was blood around it. It could be possible that was how Toothy was flung out of the bus in the first part.
 * Despite the numerous deaths in the series, this is one of the few times where the consequence of death is explored.
 * When Flippy, Handy, and Sniffles are in the rocket heading towards space, they are humming the theme song again.
 * All of the deaths in this episode are either bloodless or off-screen (Though Lifty and Shifty's deaths are onscreen only their silhouettes are seen), except at the end when Sniffles' head explodes - this is a good example of how Sniffles tends to die more gruesome deaths compared to most of the other characters.
 * Since Cuddles-Giggles and Handy-Petunia are confirmed couples on the show, it makes sense that Giggles and Handy would be mourning Petunia and Cuddles' deaths together.
 * In a deleted scene, the gang killed Flaky onscreen. This was cut as it was considered too gruesome. Flaky's off-screen death is often discussed by fans - some say she was buried alive or hung among other possibilities.
 * According to a tweet made by Kenn Navarro, he stated that Flaky's unseen death was intended to be a mystery.
 * Flippy didn't 'flip out' - his eyes were their normal black color, and not his crazed green color. This is the only time to date when Flippy has intentionally killed somebody. It's also the only time Flippy got help from someone else (Lumpy, Handy, and Sniffles) to kill someone.
 * This episode marks the first time that Flippy dies.
 * This is one of the few occurrences where Lifty and Shifty do a selfless deed by offering the others a chance to escape on their life raft. Although, they could have made people pay off-screen.
 * Giggles practically put her head on Handy's shoulder, indicating they are good friends.
 * This is the first time that Lumpy, Handy, and Sniffles have intentionally killed a main character - Flaky.
 * When the four are in the rocket, Flippy sported Flaky's frown.
 * A HTF HTML5 game named Strandead is based on this episode.
 * This is one of the only episodes where Lifty and Shifty died and they didn't do anything antagonistic.
 * If one looks close enough, the water was moving during the credits.
 * This episode has the highest amount of starring characters, with eight starring characters.

Cultural References

 * The phrase: "Jumping The Shark" was an internet phenomenon made from the '70s TV show "Happy Days", where, in the beach episode, The Fonz (Henry Winkler) dares to jump a shark on a jet ski.

Superlatives

 * Sniffles' death is similar to Cub's death in Stealing the Spotlight.