He is a light blue moose with low I.Q. (Intelligence Quotance), bad teeth (though they are clearly white), distorted eyes, and mismatched antlers. He is sometimes portrayed as the babysitter or carer of many of the other characters. He usually means well and is nearly always kind and friendly, but he is clumsy and extremely stupid. Furthermore, he screams like a girl. His usual catchphrase is "Mmm-hmm!" when he thinks he has solved a problem or when he is satisfied.
Although Lumpy is normally portrayed as a good character, he can be portrayed as evil at times. While he generally never kills anyone by design, he is portrayed evil for the first time in Dunce Upon a Time. However, the first episode he killed another character intentionally was Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark. A famous example of Lumpy's antagonistic side is in We're Scrooged!, where he is shown to be quite greedy, cruel, and do some wrong-doings, such as stealing a coin from The Mole and intentionally killing Toothy to sell his body parts. This is one of the few times when Lumpy has deliberately done wrongful actions for his own gain, as in most cases, they are done because of his stupidity. One of the other notable cases is in Every Litter Bit Hurts, where he is seen dumping garbage into a lake, among doing other harmful acts towards the environment.
Lumpy has a unique design compared to most characters, as he is the only character with a standard nose and two nostrils (all of the smaller Happy Tree Friends, with the exception of Sniffles, Mr. Pickels and Truffles, have heart-shaped noses). He is one of two characters (along with Handy) whose hands do not turn mitten-esque. He is also one of the characters without Pac-Man-shaped pupils (along with The Mole, Lifty & Shifty (in later episodes), Nutty, Fliqpy, and Cro-Marmot). Lumpy has appeared in the most episodes out of all the Tree Friends, and most fans consider him the odd one out due to his height and lack of a normal Happy Tree Friend-style face. There have been arguments about his appearance being too close to "Bullwinkle" and "Montgomery Moose", the leader of The Get-Along Gang, so his right antler was drawn upside down. He is a hillbilly judging by his voice, his lifestyle, and the clothes he sometimes wears.
Lumpy is also known to care for things other than Tree Friends, like when he cared for his giant corn ear in Aw, Shucks! or his pet elephant in Junk in the Trunk.
Lumpy has had many occupations in many episodes, including teacher, farmer, bus driver, convenience store clerk, and police officer, only to name a few. He is usually a fill-in character. He is often shown in tremendously incongruous situations, such as lounging lazily, shirtless, and in a hammock, while the rest of the Happy Tree Friends are playing in the snow in Snow What? That's What!. He is also the tallest main character, standing about twice as tall as all the other characters. The only characters to match him in height have been minor characters, such as Giggles' Mom, or Ka-Pow! characters, such as the Tiger General.
Lumpy has the series' highest kill count by far. His low intelligence is often the cause of other characters' deaths, and sometimes his own. In fact, Lumpy has caused the death of every character at least once. Cuddles is Lumpy's most frequent victim. Lumpy's deaths usually involve explosions, dismemberment, getting crushed, and being mauled by animals. Due to his strength and size, he tends to survive more punishment than the other Tree Friends before finally dying. As a result, his deaths are usually extremely painful. Lumpy has a habit of falling from high places (Dunce Upon A Time, All Flocked Up, Concrete Solution, Take A Hike, Letter Late Than Never, Wingin' It, Cubtron Z). He usually lives in a trashy trailer and drives a Lincoln Continental. His MySpace account mentions that his favorite foods are cheese and sandwiches, that his favorite dessert is cheesecake, and that he likes to talk to lettuce. The last fact is also mentioned in the Collect Them All Section.
David Winn, the voice of Lumpy.
Lumpy is not a playable character in the video game Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm, although he does appear as an icon on the HUD (heads-up display). Lumpy is considered by many viewers to be extremely unintelligent, yet he is still given the most responsibility of the characters. A good example of this is in From A to Zoo, where it is his job to look after five of the younger characters. At times, he can be rather bossy, as seen in Peas in a Pod, A Change of Heart, and See What Develops.
He has spoken clear English the most times out of all the characters. He sometimes cusses "What the f*ck?" or "What the hell?" whenever he sees something strange or disturbing. He says "No, wait! Hold on a minute!" when Sniffles is about to exit his store in We're Scrooged!, he says "Boring..." to Mime when the latter juggles on a ball in Mime to Five, he carols four different songs at people's houses, and he is able to tell Sniffles about Toothy breaking his arm in Blast from the Past in clear English, only to name a few.
Despite being considered by a large majority of fans to have an extremely low level of intelligence due to his repeated stupid mistakes, and lack of common sense as can be viewed here, there are some people that take an entirely separate stance. These fans consider Lumpy to be very smart, due to his exceptional and unique planning skills seen in multiple episodes, for example, in Chew Said a Mouthful, when Nutty proved himself unwilling to keep his jaw wired shut, Lumpy came up with an idea to fit him into a locked metal headset.
Lumpy is well known for having a wide variety of jobs in different episodes. According to the writers, the reason why they give Lumpy most jobs is because his ineptitude often serves as the mechanism for something funny to happen. He is considered to be the "Jack of all Trades" of the show.
Tightrope-a-Dope: Is impaled by a pole and struck by lightning after falling from a tightrope.
Ice Slide: Is run over by Cro-Marmot.
Aim to Freeze - Is hit by an ice ball.
Milk Pong:
Is crushed by a tree.
Has most of his face gnawed off by a rat.
Lumpy's Lame Card Trick:
Is choked to death by three rings.
Rips/pulls his head open after his tongue turned into a blue cloth.
Accidentally makes his head disappear.
Injuries
Seen on Computer and TV
Banjo Frenzy (Pilot episode): Is bitten in the leg by Toothy's decapitated head.
Out on a Limb: Amputates one leg with a spoon and the other with a paperclip.
Icy You: Gets his tongue caught in hot dog machine. Later, with his tongue still caught in the machine, he slips on Nutty's blood and the machine may have fallen on him.
Remains to be Seen: Has his arm bitten off by zombie Flippy. The arm later punches Lumpy.
Stealing the Spotlight: Has his body blackened and eyes melted due to the heat of his Christmas lights.
Lumpy's eyes injury.
The Wrong Side of the Tracks: Slips on Flaky's vomit and falls to the ground.
Ipso Fatso:
Trips backwards and breaks his back on a bike.
Has his head constantly twisted by Disco Bear to shift directions, making slight snaps to his neck.
Loses his arms due to friction created by his wheelchair while attempting to slow down on a hill.
Concrete Solution:
Falls off a bridge and onto the road.
Is run over by Lifty and Shifty's van.
Has his legs crushed by a block of cement.
Sea What I Found: Suffers motion sickness and vomits after watching water move inside a washing machine. Has his limbs sliced off by a hose.
Dunce Upon a Time:
Gets electrocuted by sticking a fork in a toaster three times.
Glass impales his foot when he steps on Mime. (He doesn't appear to affected by this)
Falls off a high castle.
Gems the Breaks: Burns his tongue after drinking juice heated by Splendid's lasers.
A Change of Heart:
Is slammed into his bike by a semi-truck and becomes entangled in it.
Has a heart attack after to eating too many sandwiches.
Wipe Out: Has his arms cut off when he drops the chainsaws he is juggling. Later has his stomach sliced by the fin of a surfboard.
Letter Late than Never:
Has his finger bitten by a killer turtle.
Is attacked by a killer turtle.
Falls off a cliff, breaking numerous bones and dislodging part of his spine from his body.
Easy Comb, Easy Go: Has his chin skinned by The Mole and splashes alcohol all over his face.
I've Got You Under My Skin:
Accidentally amputates one of his legs.
Stabs himself in the stomach and neck with a straw.
Loses vision in one of his eyes because of Sniffles' machine.
In a Jam: Has one of his arms worn down from strumming his guitar very fast.
Junk in the Trunk: Has his face clawed by a cat.
Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow: Goes deaf while playing telephone with Cuddles.
We're Scrooged: Impales his eye on a top. He then pulls his eye out by trying to remove the top.
All Flocked Up:
Gets his nose is worn down by friction when it rubs against a tree at extreme speed.
Gets his hand pulled off when he grabs onto a branch while falling.
Aw, Shucks!: Gets his hands burned by scorching corn.
See You Later, Elevator:
Vomits after climbing up a long set of stairs.
Is slightly burned.
Lumpy's Lame Card Trick:
Makes his hand disappear when doing a magic trick.
Loses one of his eyeballs and uses it a a juggling ball.
Chokes himself with rings.
The Chokes on You:
Chokes on a doughnut twice.
Impales his hand on a knife.
Stabs himself twice in the throat.
Accidentally puts his hand in a deep frier and burns it.
Has his hand flattened, cut, and severed.
By The Seat Of Your Pants: Has his skin torn off from the lower waist down by Flippy.
You're Kraken Me Up: Has patches of skin sucked off by a squid.
Cubtron Z: Breaks his legs when he falls off his street cleaner.
Pet Peeve: Has his legs burnt off by Sniffles' acidic pet. Attacked by birds after he spills birdseed on him.
Additional
DVD promo: Is slightly burned while the cardboard box he is playing in lights on fire.
TV Series Volume 2: Accidentally cuts his arm off when he tries to cut a slice of meat.
December 2006 Wallpaper: Gets his antlers and forehead impaled by some candles.
HTF Bunch Wallpaper: Is stabbed by Flaky's quills.
YouTube - #1 Series on the Web: Gets his tongue chopped off by a fan.
HTF merchandise promo: Gets his mouth cut by numerous merchandises.
HTF Comics #1 and 2: Kills Cuddles with a baseball bat.
HTF Comic #3: Shakes a clothesline Mime is balancing on, causing Mime to fall on the rope and get cut in half. Also killing Giggles in the process with Mime's unicycle.
I Get a Kick Out of You!: Kicks Cuddles' head off.
Big Bubble: Kills Cuddles, Petunia, and himself when a huge bubble he blew exploded.
Ice-Scream: Feeds Nutty acid ice cream.
Making a Good Bleed: Kills Cub when ejected from his car.
Games
Aim to Freeze: Freezes Toothy and destroys his body.
Stay On Target: Impales Giggles, Lammy, and Petunia with darts.
Run and Bun: Kills Lammy, Disco Bear, Cuddles, Handy, Flippy, and Mime in a variety of ways.
Miscellaneous
Unnamed Merry-go-round Wallpaper: Pushes a merry-go-round, but spins it too fast and makes Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, Handy, Lifty, and Shifty fly off of it.
Unnamed Piñata Wallpaper: Kills Giggles, Toothy, Cuddles, and Nutty with a baseball bat.
First Blood DVD: Accidently crushes Cuddles with a giant TV.
It's All Downhill From Here January 2007 Calendar: Impales Toothy and Sniffles with his skis.
Disco Bear's Halloween Smoochie (Ghost Option): His decoration startles Disco Bear into a pair of scissors.
Disco Bear's Halloween Smoochie (Thrillah Option): Rips out Disco Bear's skull with a candy apple.
Episodes Survived by Season
Season
Number of Appearances
Deaths
Survived
1
12
5
7
2
16
9
7
TV Series
37
22
15
3
19
9
10
4
7
3
4
Kringles
5
1
4
HTF Break
7
2
5
Other Episodes
9
3
5
Survival Rate
Internet series: 64.5%
TV series: 40.5%
Breaks & Kringles: 75%
Total Rate: 52.67%
Trivia
Despite appearing in the most episodes, he doesn't die as often as Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, or Petunia do. In fact, he survives in more than half his total appearances.
Lumpy is 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.
Without his Class Act kills, his kill count would drop from 335 to 296.
Most of his injuries involve the removal of his appendages and falling from high distances.
Lumpy appears in every two-part episode, but has never had a real on-screen death in them.
Lumpy is one of the few characters to eat/drink the remains of another character, the others are Giggles, Cuddles, Lammy (Offscreen), Petunia, Flaky, The Mole, (Offscreen) Russell, and both sides of Flippy.
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.
Despite Lumpy being known for killing other characters, he has only killed Disco Bear (a character who dies often) four times.
He is one of the few characters to have made Flippy flip out. The others are Cuddles, Nutty (twice), Flaky (twice), Mime, and The Mole.
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 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 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.
Lumpy is one of the two characters to be killed by every original character of the show at least once, the other character is Toothy.
Cuddles is Lumpy's most frequent victim. He has been killed by him 26 times. Toothy is second at 25 deaths, and Giggles is third, being killed 18 times.
The Camp Lazlo character Scoutmaster Lumpus may be a reference to Lumpy. Most importantly, Lumpy had the position of scoutmaster in Take a Hike.
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.
He is usually seen with Handy and The Mole. This trio is described as "no hands, no eyes, no brain".
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.
He has the highest number of appearances in the series.
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.
In the Second Servings DVD, Lumpy has his own brand of sponge cakes called "Holiday Kringles", which look like Twinkies.
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 one of seven characters not to have the same kind of eyes as the rest. The other four characters are Cub, Nutty, The Mole, Lifty & Shifty (from the TV series onwards), and Mr. Pickles.
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 Five and We're Scrooged!.
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, assuming that it was not a fake beard like his fake hair in Wipe Out!.
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.
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 is normally the victim of being robbed by Lifty and Shifty.
He has appeared in most of the Halloween episodes and has only died twice.
He is the only character apart from Lammy and Mr. Pickels who does not appear with mitten hands. He always has fingers.
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.
There have only been 9 TV episodes out of 37 that Lumpy has been in where he has not had a job.
Despite being in most episodes, he has yet to star in a Smoochie.
He has the highest kill count of the main characters by far. In fact, he has more kills than Fliqpy and Sniffles 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.
A rock on Mars was named after Lumpy.
The only characters to not kill Lumpy are Flippy, Lammy, and Mr. Pickels.
Lumpy is one of the few characters with more than 100 kills. The others are Sniffles, The Mole, Pop, Mime, and Fliqpy.
So far, he and Flaky are the only characters to be killed by Cub in a regular episode.
He was listed as a starring role in the episode Easy Comb, Easy Go, but actually had more of a featuring role in the episode.
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 is also the name of several other fictional characters.
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.
Lumpy is the only character to star in three consecutive TV episodes. He is also the only character to star in all three segments of a TV episode (Every Litter Bit Hurts, As You Wish, and Take a Hike, of "Marooned Five"').
The early version of Lumpy was a dinosaur-like animal (eg. Banjo Frenzy).
He is often the last character to die in an episode.
Lumpy, Sniffles, Flaky (indirectly), and a Generic Tree Friend are the only characters to date who have killed Flippy.
Lumpy dies more often in the TV series than the internet series.
In season 3, his alliterate sentence is: For a lazy lunch, try left-over loaf!
Lumpy is the second character (next to Pop) who smokes.
Lumpy has been the sole survivor of 14 episodes and kringles total. This makes Lumpy the most common sole survivor.
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).
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.
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.
In the episode Wingin' It, Lumpy says, "Guess where I'm calling from... a plane." This may be a reference to a Family Guy episode were Peter Griffin is on a plane and says the exact same words as Lumpy.
Despite Lumpy being usually portrayed as unintelligent, there are some episodes where he shows some intelligence:
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 Hitch and 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.
Lumpy is the only character to defend himself from Evil Flippy. This occurred in By The Seat Of Your Pants.
Theoretically, with very low IQ, he should have very high EQ, but he seems to be low on both.
Lumpy shares the same name with the Star Wars character Chewbacca's son Lumpy. Lumpy only appears in the unpopular christmas special The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Kenn Navarro has stated on Twitter that Lumpy is his favorite character design because his "lanky limbs" are fun to animate.
If all three of Lumpy's debatable deaths were confirmed, then he would have a survival rate of exactly 50%.
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