Cub, as his name suggests, is a very young light brown (tan) bear cub, who is the son of Pop. He has the appearance and personality of a baby but the intelligence and mobility of a young child (roughly 4 years of age). He is the youngest and smallest character of the Happy Tree Friends and his eyes consist only of Pac-man pupils, giving him a more adorable appearance than the other characters.
Cub is clad in a diaper with a pin. Also, he is usually seen wearing a little beanie with a propeller on the top; it has only been seen off his head a few times. Because Cub is rarely seen without his cap, Pop thinks that if he sees the hat, then he's seeing his son; this could be seen in Water Way to Go and Concrete Solution. If he wants to know where he went, he leaves his hat to mark his leaving spot like a marking trail, as seen in A Hole Lotta Love, however this sometimes backfires as it instead misdirects Pop away from Cub. Pop has also used Cub's hat to mark his grave by putting it on his tombstone, as seen in Read 'em and Weep.
He has appeared considerably more often and died much more in the series than his father. Usually his deaths are a result of Pop's bad parenting, even though Pop clearly cares about him. Other times, they may happen before Pop can even react to what's happening. If his father's not paying attention to him, he will often be seen wandering around operating machines by himself or carelessly drifting into death-inducing hazards. One example of this is sucking on an electric razor as if it was a pacifier, soon ending with Pop plugging it back in, much to Cub's despair. It seems like Cub enjoys playing with Lumpy's body parts, like in Rink Hijinks, where he ripped out Lumpy's heart while trying to get a prize, and in Just Desert, when he found Lumpy's skull and put it up to his ear like a conch shell.
So far, Cub has only killed other characters in 3 episodes. Lumpy was his only victim in Rink Hijinks, and he killed his father, among several others, in Cubtron Z. In the Halloween episode Read 'em and Weep, he was being possessed by a demon from within a book and subsequently killed Petunia in his possessed form, although it could be argued that this was really The Demon's kill, not Cub's.
In the Halloween episode Can't Stop Coffin, Pop and Cub can be seen mourning at a gravestone. This was confirmed to be his mother.
Gems the Breaks: Is disintegrated by Splendid's heat vision.
Mime to Five: Is impaled by glass shards.
Aw, Shucks!: Is crushed by a giant popcorn. (Death not seen)
Letter Late Than Never: Is forced through a mail slot in a box by Lumpy.
Easy Comb, Easy Go: Has his head cut in half by Pop's hedge clippers.
Read 'em and Weep: Is crushed after being slammed with a shovel many times by Pop, who thinks he is still possessed.
Cub's corpse in Read 'em and Weep. For the very first time, Pop killed Cub intentionally, although he didn't know that Cub had successfully been exorcised.
Can't Stop Coffin: Is crushed by a gravestone launched out of the ground by Lumpy's truck.
Chore Loser: Is violently torn apart by a dog.
Wrath of Con: Is splattered against a window by Splendid's super breath.
See You Later, Elevator: Is burned to death or dies in the explosion in the building. (Death not seen)
Pop & Corn: Chokes on a bunch of popcorn.
Clause For Concern: Is crushed by an opening door.
Bottled Up Inside: Is run over by Russell and forced through a milk bottle.
Not a bad decoration for your car.
You're Kraken Me Up: Is killed by the giant squid. (Death not seen)
Cubtron Z: Is decapitated and run over by Lumpy's street sweeper, but revived later as a robot.
Going Out With a Bang: Is impaled in the face by a rocket.
Debatable Deaths
It's a Snap: Is clamped on the head by a bear trap. (The bear trap pinched down on his face, not his brain)
Doggone It: Is attacked by Whistle the dog. For more information, see Cub's Death.
A Hole Lotta Love: Dies when he falls down a well.
Wingin' It: Is sucked out of a plane.
Breaking Wind: Is killed either by Splendid's gas or by Petunia setting the world on fire.
Additional
Overkill DVD box set: Is run over by Pop or killed by Flippy's bomb. (Death not seen)
April Showers 2005 Wallpaper: Is impaled through the stomach by Pop's umbrella.
Son-Burn September 2006 Calendar: Burns to death. (Death not seen)
Holiday Hangover January 2007 Calendar: Dies from breathing in gas, as in Kringle Feast.
Un-named Wallpaper: Is killed when Flippy's dynamite explodes. (Death not seen)
Dumb Ways To Die: Gets run over by a truck.
Epic Comments: Gets his face sliced off by a saw blade
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