Lumpy is very similar to Homer Simpson, as both are known for their stupidity, both have held many occupations, both have been shown to eat a lot, and Lumpy's relationship with Cuddles is somewhat similar to Homer's relationship with Bart. Also, Homer in the spin-off Halloween series, Treehouse of Horror, has the most deaths and kills, which Lumpy also has this status.
Lumpy is also the name of several other fictional characters.
Lumpy, along with Lifty, Handy, and Cuddles make a cameo appearance as a totem pole in Gundarr, another Mondo Media show.
Lumpy has been shown to enjoy eating meat, which is odd since real moose are herbivores. Then again, the characters of Happy Tree Friends are portrayed as mostly human in behaviour, which this may be an example of. But real moose have been known to chew on their shed antler skin.
Most of the time, Lumpy's mismatched antlers change positions, although there have been occasions where this does not happen. This is mostly due to laziness on the animators' part, similar to how Toothy's teeth change from his usual teeth to the standard buckteeth. This goof is easier to notice when Lumpy is looking back and forth.
Currently Lumpy has spoken English more than any other character in the show.
Lumpy is the third character to come back to life after dying in an episode, as he died in Havin' A Ball and appeared later in Wheelin' and Dealin'.
Although Lumpy appears to be an overall nice character and usually does not kill other characters intentionally, he seems to be one of the most hated characters in the show due to his stupidity.
Throughout the entire series, Lumpy is always seen with one of his antlers up and the other antler down. There were only two instances where both of Lumpy's antlers were pointing at the same direction, one was in From A to Zoo and the other one was in Concrete Solution.
Is it just me or does Lumpy look a little bit strange like that?
Similar to Flippy, he has cursed at least once in the series. Lumpy said "What the hell?" in Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow and "Come on, goddammit!" in Kringle Feast, and can at times be heard saying "What the fuck?".
Lumpy may also be based off Goofy from the Mickey Mouse cartoons, as both have similar personalities, voices, and are the tallest of their respective groups. Ski Patrol, which stars Lumpy, parodies the old Goofy shorts.
The Camp Lazlo character Scoutmaster Lumpus may be a reference to Lumpy. Most importantly, Lumpy had the position of scoutmaster in Take a Hikeand Camp Pokeneyeout.
In the "Rocko's Modern Life" episode "Bedfellows", a character looking almost exactly like Lumpy has a car dropped on him. However, this episode was made in 1993, so this is only a strangely accurate coincidence. Also Lumpy may be based loosely on that character.
In the Second Servings DVD, Lumpy has his own brand of sponge cakes called "Holiday Kringles", which look like Twinkies.
According to the Spin Fun Knowin' Ya Pop Corn video in the First Blood DVD, he went to the state senator to sponsor a bill in order to ban parking airplanes near playgrounds and saved six lives.
He can sometimes be selfish and greedy when it comes to money, as can be seen in Mime to Fiveand We're Scrooged!.
The first episode Lumpy was voiced by David Winn in was Remains to be Seen. Even though Rhode Montijo was credited, his voice was sampled, as can be heard after Flippy bit his left arm off and runs off.
There have only been 9 TV episodes out of 37 that Lumpy has been in where he has not had a job.
He is normally the victim of being robbed by Lifty and Shifty.
He is also the first character to get robbed by Lifty and Shifty in the series.
A rock on Mars was named after Lumpy.
In season 3, his alliterate sentence is: For a lazy lunch, try left-over loaf!
Lumpy's most common job so far is being a surgeon and a policeman.
If you choose Lumpy in the Vision-O-Rama feature on the Third Strike DVD, the movie theater's screen will show an upside down Spin Fun Knowin' Ya, referencing his stupidity.
Despite living in a trailer most of the time, he seems to be well off, even rich. Consider the following facts:
He owns an amusement park named after himself.
He owns a circus.
He owns a toy store which boosted its profits from selling toys and Toothy's body parts.
He owns an elephant.
He owns a house with a giant hamster cage.
He owns a motorcycle in addition to several vehicles.
He owns a farm where he grows corn and staffed with mindless workers that do not need to be paid (Pod Lumpys).
He owns his own newspaper.
He seems to have high paying jobs (particularly being a surgeon).
He has, at one time or another, employed practically all the other Tree Friends.
Lumpy, at one time or another, employed, served as boss to, was a superior to, or was in a position of influence to most of the other Tree Friends.
Lumpy has never been under the influence of another character in the work force.
Cuddles - Was employed as a daredevil in his circus in Mime to Five and as a reporter in See What Develops. He was part of a play directed by Lumpy in Class Act. He was part of a band where Lumpy was an influential member in In a Jam, where Lumpy alone took the decision to employ him. Lumpy was his scoutmaster in Take a Hike.
Sniffles - Worked at his newspaper in See What Develops and has a part in a play directed by Lumpy in Class Act. Lumpy was his scoutmaster in Take a Hike. He was part of a band where Lumpy was an influential member in In a Jam, as could be seen when Lumpy was seen as the one who decided to hire Cuddles.
The Mole - Worked at his newspaper in See What Develops and has a part in a play directed by Lumpy in Class Act.
Shifty - Has a part in a play directed by Lumpy in Class Act.
Lifty - Has a part in a play directed by Lumpy in Class Act.
Russell - He was part of a band where Lumpy was an influential member in In a Jam, as could be seen when Lumpy was the one who decided to hire Cuddles.
Handy - He was part of a band where Lumpy was an influential member in In a Jam, as could be seen when Lumpy was the one who decided to hire Cuddles.
So all in all, only Pop and Cub have not come into Lumpy's influence, authority, or have worked as a subordinate to the blue moose at least once.
Despite Lumpy being usually portrayed as unintelligent, there are some episodes where he shows some intelligence (to see the full list click here):
In Doggone It, he was the only one to realize the reason for Whistle's attacks.
In A Sight for Sore Eyes, he realized the danger of The Mole's blindness and gave him a dog to replace his cane.
In We're Scrooged!, he quickly manages to make a paddle with his own eye to prevent Sniffles from leaving the shop.
So far he is the only one to be aware of the causes of Flippy's PTSD, since in Without a Hitchand Random Acts of Silence, severalcharacterswho appear to be aware of Flippy's problem thought that he would flip out randomly, while in Double Whammy Part I Lumpy figured out the cause of his problem and attempted to cure it.
He managed to finish the bridge in Concrete Solution despite his workmates being dead.
In In Over Your Hedge, he combines a pair of hedge shears with a weed-whacker so he can trim his bushes quicker.
Theoretically, with very low IQ, he should have very high EQ, but he seems to be low on both.
Kenn Navarro has stated on Twitter that Lumpy is his favorite character design because his "lanky limbs" are fun to animate.
Design
The early version of Lumpy was a dinosaur-like animal (eg. Banjo Frenzy).
This design is also seen as mask in Wrath of Con, specifically worn by Cub.
He appears to have blue eyes in Concrete Solution when looking into a nail gun. In Wishy Washy, however, a close-up of his lifeless body shows his eyes to be intensely green.
Lumpy is the first character from Happy Tree Friends to wear pants, though they are the same color as his skin.
According to the commentary from Spin Fun Knowin' Ya, Lumpy's original antlers were bigger and normal, but the crew decided that he looked too much like Bullwinkle (whom he is based off), so his antlers were made smaller and turned in different directions.
Lumpy wears an invisible T-shirt that blends in with his skin. When he takes it off, he can be seen with a tan line, nipples, buttocks, and genitals. He accidentally flashes Giggles in both You're Bakin' Me Crazy and Let It Slide.
While most of the characters have visible ears, Lumpy has inner ear holes, as is evident in Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow.
Lumpy often shaves his face, even though he physically does not have a beard. However, in the episode Double Whammy Part I he had a beard while he worked as Flippy's psychiatrist. From this, it can be assumed that his natural hair color is black. This is proven false as he had a white beard in Just Be Claus.
He has chest hair in Ski Patrol, making him and Disco Bear the only characters with chest hair.
Lumpy with chest hair.
He is the only character apart from Lammy and Mr. Pickels who does not appear with mitten hands. He always has fingers.
Lumpy does not have a tail, which is odd as real moose have tails (though tiny stubby ones).
Lumpy's mouth has been known to move from below his snout to the tip of his snout. According to Kenn Navarro, this is done mostly to get a better read on his expressions, and partly for cartoonish value.
Episode Statistics
Lumpy survives in 56 episodes out of 114.
He has the highest number of appearances in the series.
Unless one counts his cameos, Lumpy is the only member of the original four main characters to not appear in a Smoochie.
He has co-starred with each main character at least once, with the exceptions of Lammy and Mr. Pickels
He has co-starred with Cuddles more than he has with any other character.
He's the only character to co-star with Lifty and Shifty multiple times.
Despite being the character with the most starring roles, he is the character with one of the least number of appearance roles. Only Flippy, Splendid, Disco Bear, and Mime have had less.
Deep Six is the only TV episode where Lumpy does not star in either of the three segments (though he would normally have a starring role in Dunce Upon a Time)
Lumpy is one of the few characters who starred in a Still Alive episode. The others are Nutty, Handy, Splendid, Flippy, and Toothy.
Kills and Deaths
He has more deaths then all of the other main characters.
He has the most kills with 350+ kills
He currently has the highest survival rate out of the four primary characters and lowest survival rate out of the characters who rarely die.
He is also the only one out of the four primary characters (Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, and himself) who "rarely dies"
Despite being a character who rarely dies, he has died in out numbers the amount of episode he survives.
Lumpy's deaths usually involve explosions, dismemberment, getting crushed, and animals.
While it didn't kill him, he was also eaten by a snake in From A to Zoo.
Cuddles and Toothy are Lumpy's most frequent victims, he has been killed both of them 26 times. Giggles is second, being killed 18 times.
He is the first victim of Russell and Cub, and one of the first victims of Toothy and Nutty. He is also the first character to be killed by Lifty and Shifty as a duo.
He is also the first victim of Cro-Marmot in the TV series.
He has appeared in most of the Halloween episodes and has only died twice.
He has the highest kill count of the main characters by far. In fact, he has more kills than Fliqpy and Pop combined, the next two characters who have the most kills, one of which is primarily famous for the fact that he tends to kill other characters. Splendid and Petunia in Breaking Wind may have more kills than Lumpy, but this is debatable.
Despite Fliqpy having a reputation for killing others, Lumpy has actually killed more characters in a single episode (Class Act, where he played a part in killing every main character at the time) than Flippy (whose highest kill in a single episode is 12 major characters in Remains to be Seen).
All in all, Lumpy killed someone 52% of the time he appeared, and he has 1.5 kills for every appearance he made.
Lumpy dies more often in the TV series than the internet series.
Lumpy has been the sole survivor of 14 episodes and kringles total. This makes Lumpy the most common sole survivor.
He and Giggles are the only main characters to interact with every other main character at least once.
He is usually seen with Handy and The Mole. This trio is described as "no hands, no eyes, no brain".
He is one of the three characters to do something religious in the show, he was a priest in Read 'em and Weep. The others are The Ants, who are seen praying, and Russell, who was praying for his life in Snow Place to Go.
He is one of three characters to not have a heart-shaped nose. The others are Sniffles and Mr. Pickels.
Lumpy is one of the the four characters who stars in an episode with a large cast and survives while everyone else dies. The other three are Mime, Splendid, and Giggles.
Lumpy's antlers usually changes positions; much like Lammy's bow, Flippy's beret, Nutty's eye and candy, Russell's eyepatch and hook, The Mole's mole, Handy's tools, Sniffles' pocket protector, and Cub's diaper pin.
Lumpy is one of the four blue main characters, the others being Petunia, Sniffles, and Splendid.
Lumpy is one of seven characters not to have the same kind of eyes as the other characters. The other six characters are Cub, Nutty, The Mole, Lifty & Shifty (from the TV series onwards), and Mr. Pickels.
He is one of the main characters who do not die in their debut episodes, the others being Petunia, Handy, Lammy, Splendid, Flaky, Cro-Marmot, The Mole, Flippy, Disco Bear, Toothy (Debatable), and Mime.
Lumpy is one of the few characters to eat/drink the remains of themselves or another character, the others are Cuddles (thrice), Giggles (four times, one time offscreen), Toothy, Petunia, Nutty (twice, one time offscreen), Pop (Offscreen), Cub, Flaky (twice, one time offscreen),The Mole (Offscreen), Russell (Offscreen), and both sides of Flippy (thrice).
Lumpy is one of the characters who does not have buckteeth, along with Sniffles, Cro-Marmot, Fliqpy (Although he had buckteeth in his episode debut), and Mr. Pickels.
Lumpy is one of the few characters who have smoked. The others are Pop and Giggles.
Lumpy, Giggles, and Cuddles (if you count the calendar) are the only characters who have had their posteriors exposed.
Lumpy is one of the few characters who have vomited, the others are Pop, Cub, Flaky, and Splendid. Giggles and Cuddles have been seen getting nauseous but have never actually barfed.
