- "The kleptomaniac of the raccoon brothers, Lifty manages to find the five fingered discount on any item."
- ―"Collect them All" card info[src]
- "No time to be thrifty, just take what's nifty and be out in fifty!"
- ―The description rhyme in the intros in late season 3-season 4.
Lifty is one of the main characters of Happy Tree Friends. He's also a boss in Deadeye Derby, along with Shifty, both together making a singular boss.
Character Bio
Lifty and his brother Shifty are two green kleptomaniac raccoon identical twin brothers with dark green mask-like markings around their eyes. They frequently steal merchandise and products from the other Happy Tree Friends (thus their names). They also hunt for treasure, ransack houses, or do anything to get rich quick. They mostly steal from Lumpy (in Meat Me for Lunch they steal meat from Lumpy's deli mart, in Milkin' It they steal a cow from Lumpy's farm, in Concrete Solution they steal his wallet, and in Junk in the Trunk they abduct his pet elephant). They probably rob Lumpy so frequently because his lack of intelligence and common sense makes him an easy target.
Although they have the same gender, appearance, and personality, Lifty is often the one bossed around. Despite the smirks on their faces, they almost always end up dying in the episodes in which they appear. They also have a trademark evil snicker (usually a different one for later episodes). Like most siblings, Lifty and Shifty argue about who is at fault when something goes wrong, but when trouble is afoot, they work together.
Despite their disagreements, they show brotherly love towards each other in some episodes, including The Wrong Side of the Tracks, in which they are paired up together while riding on Lumpy's theme park roller coaster, Sea What I Found, in which they play chess together while waiting underwater, As You Wish, in which they hug each other happily (first when being saved from falling to their deaths, then when having their wishes granted), and Gems the Breaks, in which they glance at each other lovingly while testing the kryptonut on Splendid.
Two brothers playing chess with each other.
Despite their numerous illegal activities, they sometimes contribute to recreational activities (such as going on a roller coaster and participating in a Christmas play) without causing any trouble. On rare occasions, they earn cash honestly (often by selling stuff, such as selling candy to Nutty) and have even been heroic, such as in Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, where they provide a life raft to help the characters escape from an island.
Both have proved to be physically capable, as they lift an elephant (with Cuddles' help) in Junk in the Trunk, lift a cow effortlessly in Milkin' It, and physically overpower Giggles and Petunia in Gems the Breaks. Lifty overpowers Shifty in Who's to Flame?.
In the internet series, Lifty and Shifty do not appear as often as other characters. However, Lifty and Shifty had a good number of starring roles in the TV Series, having the third highest number (behind Lumpy and Sniffles). Generally, both Lifty and Shifty are featured rather frequently in the TV series.
Lifty & Shifty occasionally make money by themselves without stealing, like when they sell dogs that go crazy when they hear a whistle in Doggone It and when they sell bottles of hair growth formula to Disco Bear in Easy Comb, Easy Go. They also trade or sell things to Nutty, such as in Dunce Upon a Time and the False Alarm episode (although it could be that these were stolen prior to the episode).
This is where greed will get you in life.
Lifty & Shifty die a lot due to their lack of teamwork and their greed. Like Cuddles, Petunia, Lumpy, and Sniffles, they tend to die some of the messiest deaths in the series. When they do, their deaths involve machines/vehicles, being mashed together or sliced apart, impalement, or some form of heat. In the internet shorts, Lifty & Shifty survive in Stealing the Spotlight (Debatable). In the TV series, they survive in Ipso Fatso, Concrete Solution, and Easy Comb, Easy Go and Disco Bears It All. They also survive in Happy New Year. Cheesy Does It, however, is the only episode in which Lifty survives without Shifty. It is also possible that they survive in Happy Trails Pt. 1, as they are on the island with the surviving characters in part 2, but are not seen in part 1.
He and Shifty both seem to have an unusual desire for meat, as can be seen in Meat Me for Lunch, Ipso Fatso, And the Kitchen Sink, Milkin' It, Dunce Upon a Time, and Disco Bears It All and their TV series title card. This at least makes more sense than Lumpy's love of meat, since real-life raccoons (unlike moose) do eat meat. They also have a knack for car building, being able to assemble/reassemble a car in Junk in the Trunk and maintaining their own race car in Wheelin' and Dealin'.
Lifty's Episodes
Starring RolesSeason 1Season 2TV SeriesSeason 3Season 4 |
Featuring RolesSeason 2TV Series
Shorts |
Appearance RolesSeason 2TV Series
Season 3Kringle RolesShortsHTF Break RolesShorts |
Role Count By Season
| Season | Number of Starring Roles | Number Of Featuring Roles | Number Of Appearing Roles | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| TV Series | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| HTF Break Roles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kringles Roles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Other episodes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
Known Thefts
- Cuddles:
- Pet mouse (Junk in the Trunk)
- Giggles:
- Lemonade stand profits (Gems the Breaks)
- Pet cat (Junk in the Trunk)
- Toothy:
- Pet turtle (Junk in the Trunk)
- Lumpy:
- Go-cart wheels (Wheelin' and Dealin')
- Meat (Meat Me for Lunch)
- Cow (Milkin' It)
- Wallet (Concrete Solution)
- Pet elephant (Junk in the Trunk)
- Petunia:
- Lemonade stand profits (Gems the Breaks)
- Handy:
- Steering wheel (Wheelin' and Dealin')
- Car (Don't Yank My Chain)
- Identity (Don't Yank My Chain)
- Nutty:
- Snow cone (Swelter Skelter: Melted before they could take it)
- Sniffles:
- Ripped his arms off while he was holding a magic lamp (As You Wish)
- Pop:
- Ransacked his house (Easy For You to Sleigh: Didn't actually steal anything)
- Wallet (Who's to Flame?: Took it after he was deceased)
- Cub:
- Red wagon (And the Kitchen Sink)
- The Mole:
- Identity (Don't Yank My Chain)
- Musical instruments (Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part II))
- Disco Bear:
- Meat (Ipso Fatso and Disco Bears It All)
- Submarine (Sea What I Found)
- Russell:
- Treasure chest (Sea What I Found)
- Shifty:
- All of his chess pieces (Sea What I Found)
- Himself as gold (Sea What I Found)
- Mime:
- Imaginary safe (Easy For You to Sleigh)
- Flippy:
- Everything in his house (Easy For You to Sleigh)
- Cro-Marmot:
- Kidnapped (Swelter Skelter)
- Generic Tree Friends:
- Mixed items (Gems the Breaks)
- Hair Growth Formulas (Easy Comb, Easy Go) (Debatable)
- Various pets (Junk in the Trunk)
- Video Games (the False Alarm episode) (Debatable)
- Candy (the False Alarm episode)
- Priceless artifacts in a museum (Gems the Breaks)
Occupations and Careers
Lifty and Shifty as street sellers.
- For more information, see List of Occupations
- Thief - many episodes.
- Race-car Driver - Wheelin' and Dealin'
- Christmas Play Special Effects Helper - Class Act
- Dog Breeder and Seller - Doggone It
- Street Seller - Easy Comb, Easy Go; False Alarm Episode
Fates
Deaths
Seen on Computer and TV
- Wheelin' and Dealin': Gets half of his body scraped off by pavement.
- Meat me for Lunch: Is sliced into portions of meat. (confirmed by Kenn Navarro)
Lifty's giant tail apparently only makes up two individual slabs of meat.
- Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark: Is eaten by a shark.
- Milkin' It: Is impaled on a tree.
- Class Act: Is killed in an explosion.
- Remains to be Seen:
- Is killed in a truck crash.
- Is killed again by Lumpy by getting run over by a lawnmower.
- Kringle Feast: Dies either from gas suffocation or in a massive explosion caused by Lumpy.
- YouTube Live Episode: Is killed either by Fliqpy or the claw. (Death not seen, confirmed by Kenn Navarro)
- The Wrong Side of Tracks: Is killed by a spinning pole by the park entrance.
- From Hero to Eternity: Is sucked into a whirlpool and burned by lava.
- And the Kitchen Sink: Is sliced in half by a rope.
- Don't Yank My Chain: Is hit by a train.
- Doggone It: Is crushed against a tree when Shifty crashes their van.
- Sea What I Found: Drowns in the sea.
Poor Lifty, he could have made a fortune selling his brother.
- Easy For You to Sleigh: Jumps out of a window and into a combine harvester.
- Who's to Flame?: Gets his head crushed by a motor.
- As You Wish: Is electrocuted by a lamp.
- Dunce Upon a Time: Is crushed by a castle spire.
- Gems the Breaks: Is boiled to death in a lake when Splendid magnifies his heat vision through a pair of binoculars.
- Aw, Shucks!: Is crushed by a huge piece of popcorn. (Death not seen)
- Junk in the Trunk: Is impaled through the head by a pogo stick.
- Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part II): Is pierced in the chest by a recorder.
They may not be the leaders of the band, but their blood runs through their instruments.
- Claw: Is killed either by Fliqpy or the claw. (Death not seen, confirmed by Kenn Navarro)
- Wrath of Con: Suffocates after Splendid sucks all the air out of the room.
- Swelter Skelter: Is killed in an ice explosion.
- Happy Tree Friends False Alarm episode: Has his head decapitated and mutilated.
- Buns of Steal: Is cut apart by a fence.
One dead Lifty = one strong tightrope.
Debatable Deaths
- Stealing the Spotlight: Is killed by Lumpy's Christmas lights. (Since The Mole survived the heat as well and they were not seen being killed, only running into each other.)
- Breaking Wind: Is killed by Splendid's fart or when the earth is set on fire.
Additional
- Overkill DVD box set: Is possibly killed by Flippy's bomb or a grenade he and Shifty were passing to each other. (Deaths not seen)
- Blood Sample O+: Gets his head impaled by a sharp object.
- Crazy Disco: Is crushed by falling disco balls.
- Fall Harvest Wallpaper: Falls from a high distance, and splatters on the ground. (Death not seen)
- Holiday Hangover January 2007 Calendar: Dies from breathing in gas, as in Kringle Feast.
- Fire Escape: Falls to his death.
- Unnamed Merry-go-round Wallpaper: Is flung off a merry-go-round.
- Unnamed Wallpaper: Is killed when Flippy's dynamite explodes. (Death not seen)
- March 2011: Same death as Swelter Skelter.
- Dumb Ways to Die: Same as the wallpaper.
Injuries
Seen on Computer and TV
- Meat Me for Lunch:
- His body breaks through an automatic door.
- Gets his arms and legs impaled by sharp utensils.
- Class Act: Gets the bottom half of his body torn off.
- Stealing the Spotlight: Blindly runs into Shifty.
- Kringle Feast: (If he wasn't dead) Is knocked out by a gas leak.
- The Wrong Side of the Tracks: Is slingshot out of his cart and lands on his posterior.
- Sea What I Found:
- Is crushed by a large iron bar.
- Gets torn and bloody ankles after being shot out of a submarine.
- Easy for you to Sleigh: Is impaled in the torso by candy canes acting as stakes.
- Junk in the Trunk: Gets his arms torn off when Lumpy and his elephant pull on him.
Lifty's arms being torn off.
- Wrath of Con: Is set on fire.
- Buns of Steal:
- Impales his foot with a jackhammer.
- Gets his other foot impaled with a jackhammer by Shifty.
Number of Kills
| Character | Number of Times Killed | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Cuddles | 5 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) Gems the Breaks (Along with Shifty and Splendid) Junk in the Trunk Claw (Along with Shifty) Buns of Steal (Along with Shifty and The Mole) |
| Giggles | 2 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) Buns of Steal |
| Toothy | 3 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) Gems the Breaks (Along with Shifty and Splendid) Junk in the Trunk |
| Lumpy | 2 | Milkin' It (Along with Shifty) Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Petunia | 2 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) As You Wish (Along with Shifty) |
| Handy | 2 | Wheelin' and Dealin' Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Nutty | 1 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Sniffles | 3 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) Gems the Breaks (Along with Shifty and Splendid) Buns of Steal (Along with Shifty and The Mole) |
| Pop | 2 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) Easy For You to Sleigh (Along with Shifty) |
| Cub | 3 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) Easy For You to Sleigh (Along with Shifty) As You Wish |
| Flaky | 1 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| The Mole | 1 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Disco Bear | 2 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) Sea What I Found (Along with Shifty) |
| Russell | 1 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Shifty | 4 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) As You Wish (Along with Lumpy) Junk in the Trunk (Along with Lumpy's Elephant) Buns of Steal |
| Mime | 1 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Cro-Marmot | 1 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Fliqpy | 1 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Splendid | 1 | Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Generic Tree Friends | 19+ | 19 from Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
| Other | 1 | The Reindeer in Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Shifty, and Flaky) |
Lifty kills Giggles.
Additional
Comics
- Bank On It: Accidentally hits Shifty in the face with a hammer, trying to break a piggy bank.
Games
- Deadbye Derby: Kills Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, Flaky, Nutty, Petunia, Handy, Disco Bear, and Splendid.
Episodes Survived by Season
| Season/Total | Number of Appearances | Deaths | Survived | Survival Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| TV Series | 17 | 14 | 3 | 17.65% |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Kringles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| HTF Break | 3 | 1 | 2 | 66.67% |
| Other Episodes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33.33% |
| Total | 34 | 28 | 6 | 17.65% |
Survival Rate
- Internet series: 0%
- Breaks, Kringles, and Love Bites: 50%
- TV series: 17.65%
- Total: 17.65%
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