Pop



Pop is one of the main characters in the Happy Tree Friends series.

Character Bio
A light brown bear. He is another adult character. Some people refer to him as the stereotypically clueless, bathrobe-wearing, pipe-smoking 1950s style sitcom father. Pop only appeared without Cub in Something Fishy (excluding his BBQ smoochie and Milk Pong), though Cub has appeared in multiple episodes without Pop. He was originally going to appear in Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, but the creators considered it weird for Pop to kill Flaky. Instead Flippy took his place which explains why Flippy had Pop's voice. Though Pop may be an adult character, he is not as large as other adult characters like Lumpy and Giggles' Mom.

His son Cub often dies as a result of both his attention and inattention - although it's clear that he loves him. In the web series he usually didn't know of his son's deaths (as evidenced in Chip Off the Ol' Block, Snip Snip Hooray!, Water Way to Go and Hello Dolly), but he is more aware of them in the TV series (as evidenced in And the Kitchen Sink, Ipso Fatso, Sea What I Found, Who's to Flame?, Every Litter Bit Hurts, As You Wish and Gems the Breaks). He isn't very bright as seen in Easy For You to Sleigh where he disables the noisy smoke detector, leading to both their deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning. When he tries to save his son, he often kills him by mistake and sometimes kills himself too. The only time Pop killed Cub intentionally was in Read 'em and Weep, when Cub was possessed by a demon (though Pop kills him after Lumpy had already exorcised the demon from Cub). In both the Internet shorts and the TV series, he survives almost every episode in which he appears. When he does die, a lot of these deaths involve fire or explosions.

Pop is one of the few characters in the show who has a much more intelligible way of speaking. He almost speaks clear words in some of the episodes he appears in and even reads a story of "The Night Before Christmas" to Cub in one of them.

There is evidence in Can't Stop Coffin that Pop may very well be a widower, due to the fact that in their cameo, he and Cub are seen mourning at a gravestone which probably belongs to his dead wife. Pop surivies in most of the episodes he appears in, but he does die in Havin' A Ball, Flippin' Burgers, Class Act, Stealing the Spotlight, Easy For You to Sleigh, Who's to Flame?, As You Wish, Aw Shucks!, Every Litter Bit Hurts, Mime To Five, Wrath of Con and Wingin' It.

Famous Deaths

 * Havin' a Ball
 * As you Wish
 * Mime to Five
 * Every Litter Bit Hurts

Starring Roles

 * Havin' a Ball
 * Chip Off the Ol' Block
 * Snip Snip Hooray!
 * Water Way to Go
 * Stealing the Spotlight
 * Pop's BBQ Smoochie
 * And the Kitchen Sink
 * Doggone It!
 * A Hole Lotta Love
 * Read 'em and Weep
 * Pop & Cub's Christmas Smoochie

Featuring Roles

 * Flippin' Burgers
 * Out of Sight, Out of Mime (DVD Only)
 * Class Act
 * Hello Dolly
 * From Hero to Eternity
 * Don't Yank My Chain
 * Sea What I Found
 * Easy For You to Sleigh
 * Every Litter Bit Hurts
 * Mime to Five
 * Letter Late Than Never
 * Easy Comb, Easy Go
 * Can't Stop Coffin
 * A Sucker For Love Pt.1
 * A Sucker For Love Pt.2
 * Just Desert
 * Milk Pong

Appearance Roles

 * Ipso Fatso
 * Concrete Solution
 * Who's to Flame?
 * As You Wish
 * Gems the Breaks
 * See What Develops
 * Aw, Shucks!
 * Wingin' It
 * Wrath of Con
 * Something Fishy

HTF Break Roles

 * Chore Loser

Occupations and Careers

 * Full time Father - Every episode he has starred in
 * Enviromental Volunteer- Every Litter Bits Hurts

Seen on Computer and on TV

 * 1) Havin' a Ball: Sliced into pieces by helicopter rotors.
 * 2) Flippin' Burgers: Crushed by burger joint door from an explosion caused by Flippy, along with Cub.
 * 3) Class Act: Dies in an explosion.
 * 4) Stealing the Spotlight: Is boiled to death by Lumpy's bright lights.
 * 5) Pop's BBQ Smoochie Light: Lights a BBQ grill with a match, but the grill explodes after he used too much lighter fluid. Charcoal pieces then fall and burn a hole through his head.
 * 6) Pop's BBQ Smoochie Corn: Pop eats some corn, but then a flame from the grill pops the corn inside him, presumably crushing his organs.
 * 7) Pop's BBQ Smoochie Kabob: A kabob stick impales Pop through the eye and out of the other side of his head.
 * 8) Easy For You to Sleigh: Dies of suffocation from smoke.
 * 9) Who's to Flame?: Seen burnt to death on the ground (Death not shown, though he presumably dies when a firetruck explodes).
 * 10) Every Litter Bit Hurts: Impaled through head with flaming pine cone, then burns to death.
 * 11) As You Wish!: Impaled on the edge of Sniffles' rocket
 * 12) Mime to Five: Because of a magnified audio feedback, his eardrums rupture and he is impaled by windshield glass shards.
 * Aw, Shucks!: Crushed by a giant piece of popcorn.
 * 1) Wingin' It: Sucked out of plane along with Cub.
 * 2) Wrath of Con: Comic Con Center collapses on him.

Additional

 * 1) Overkill DVD box set: Presumed killed by Flippy's bomb. (Death not seen)
 * 2) Hop on Pop June 2009 Calendar: Impaled in the stomach by some scissors Cub was holding (Death not seen)
 * 3) Ice Slide: Flattend by Cro-Marmot.
 * 4) Bar-B-Qued Ribs August 2007 Calendar: Killed when the barbeque explodes when he lights it.
 * 5) Un-named Wallpaper: Killed when Flippy's Dynamite explodes. (Death not seen)

Seen in Arcade Games

 * 1) Fire Escape: Falls to his death.

Seen on Comics

 * 1) Making a Good Bleed: Dies in car explosion.

Seen on Computer and on TV

 * 1) Havin' a Ball: (Before death) Hit by numerous cars while trying to cross the road.
 * 2) Class Act: Burnt by a schoolhouse fire.
 * 3) And the Kitchen Sink: Walks through a cactus patch.
 * 4) Doggone It!: Attacked by Whistle.

Number of Kills

 * Cuddles - 2 ("And the Kitchen Sink", "A Hole Lotta Love" along with Sniffles)
 * Giggles - 1 ("And the Kitchen Sink")
 * Toothy - 1 ("And the Kitchen Sink")
 * Lumpy - 2 ("Havin' A Ball", "A Hole Lotta Love")
 * Petunia - 1 ("A Hole Lotta Love" along with Sniffles)
 * Handy - 1 ("A Hole Lotta Love" along with Sniffles)
 * Nutty - 0
 * Sniffles - 1 ("A Hole Lotta Love")
 * Cub - 8 ("Chip Off the Ol' Block", "Snip Snip Hooray", "Water Way to Go", "And the Kitchen Sink", "Sea What I Found", "Easy Comb, Easy Go", "Read 'em and Weep", "Pop & Cub's Christmas Smoochie Gift 2")
 * Flaky - 1 ("And the Kitchen Sink")
 * The Mole - 0
 * Disco Bear - 0
 * Russell - 0
 * Lifty - 1 ("And the Kitchen Sink")
 * Shifty - 1 ("And the Kitchen Sink")
 * Mime - 1 ("A Hole Lotta Love")
 * Cro-Marmot - 0
 * Flippy - 0
 * Splendid - 0
 * Generic Tree Friends – 1 ("Havin' A Ball")
 * Other - (numerous birds in "Read 'em and Weep")

Additional

 * 1) April Showers 2005 Wallpaper: Impales Cub with his umbrella.

Trivia

 * In the Internet shorts, there were a few episodes where Cub was in a certain episode, but Pop was not in the episode. In the TV series, however, Pop and Cub are always together.
 * One question on 'Question Kenn' asked if Disco Bear and Pop could be the same character, though this is certainly not the case as they have been seen as separate characters in episodes in which they both appeared in.
 * The fun fact of the "Collect Them All" section is that he even smokes in his sleep.
 * In the Halloween episode "Read 'em and Weep", Pop is a cheapskate as he's seen unwittingly buying the Necronomicon which is in the cent symbol box, which results in Cub being possesed by The Demon.
 * According to writer Warren Graff, Aubrey Ankrum has left Happy Tree Friends, but the creators will sample his voice rather than replacing him for the voices of Pop and Evil Flippy.
 * You could consider Pop to be 'bald', seeing as there have been times where Cub's Beanie is off and he has clearly visible auburn hair, when Pop takes off his hat, there is no 'hair' on his head.
 * Every time Pop died, Cub died as well (excluding his BBQ Smoochie).
 * Even though Pop usually kills Cub more than he killed any other characters, Lumpy killed Cub more than him.
 * In Pop's epsiodes, he doesn't always kill Cub, (e.g. Concrete Solution, when Cub was killed by Nutty's concrete-filled stomach).
 * Even though Smoochies usually feature one character at a time, Pop & Cub's Christmas Smoochie features the father and son duo. This marks the second Smoochie in which Pop is featured, though only Cub dies in this one.
 * Pop is one of five characters who doesn't have a debatable death (the other four being Mime, Disco Bear, Lifty & Shifty).
 * Pop (like The Mole) has a rather low death count despite having a large number of appearances.
 * Pop wears a hat, along with Shifty, Russell, Handy, Flippy and Cub.
 * Pop is one of the six characters wearing clothes. The other five are Mime, Disco Bear, Flippy, The Mole and Russell.
 * He and Cub (seeing how he's a young child) are the only characters who haven't held a job on the show yet.
 * Lumpy, Cub and Cuddles are the only main characters that Pop has killed more than once.
 * The only 2 times Pop died before Cub was Havin' A Ball and Stealing the Spotlight.
 * Pop is one of the five characters with more kills than deaths. The others include Lumpy, Splendid, Flippy, and The Mole.
 * Despite Pop often killing Cub due to his bad parenting, this was not the case in their debut episode.
 * In Just Desert, Pop was seen in during the credits still fishing. This makes him the second character to be seen during a credit sequence, the first being The Mole in Remains to be Seen.
 * Pop surived in all of his TV starring roles, along with Mime.