Tongue Twister Trouble

Tongue Twister Trouble is an episode of the Happy Tree Friends internet series, the nineteenth of the first season. This episode continues Sniffles' eternal struggle with the ants. It also introduces Cro-Marmot, an ancient marmot frozen in a block of ice, and Mittens, Giggles' beloved cat.
==HTF Episode Description==
===Happy Tree Friends website (pre-Atom)===
What happens when a fleshy warm tongue meets frozen pond surface?https://web.archive.org/web/20030601074321/http://www.happytreefriends.com:80/watch_episodes/index.html
===Happy Tree Friends website (post-Atom)===
A leisurely ice skate goes horribly wrong in this snowy Happy Tree Friends episode. The ants once again take revenge on Sniffles the anteater. He just can't get a break!https://web.archive.org/web/20061102025301/http://mondo.happytreefriends.com//about_the_show//guide/guide_18_tongue.html
==Plot==
The episode begins with the Happy Tree Friends enjoying a day on the ice, ice skating. Sniffles, meanwhile, seems to have some trouble with his footing. As he gets a good balance, an ant skates by. Fascinated, Sniffles tries to eat the ant. When he launches his tongue, it misses the ant and instead hits the ice. Sniffles attempts to pull his tongue off the ice, but as he does so, he tears off the skin on the bottom. Because of this, he is trapped.
The ants now use this as an opportunity to get back at Sniffles. First, they throw a toy mouse on his tongue, and one of them releases a cat named Mittens. Mittens quickly jumps onto Sniffles' tongue, and she finds it so comfortable, that she begins pricking her claws on it, making Sniffles shout in pain.
Behind Sniffles, one of the ants ties a rope to Sniffles' tail and signals to another ant to do something. The other ant is seen holding a bottle of wine, and it swings it at an anvil that the rope is tied to. The anvil is sent sliding into a hole in the ice. As the anvil sinks, Sniffles starts to get pulled in as well, his tongue being the only thing that keeps him from falling in completely. Unfortunately, Mittens, still resting on Sniffles' tongue, uses her razor-sharp claws to slice it off with one swing. With his tongue severed, Sniffles starts sliding into the hole, up until he sinks completely. Seconds after falling into the ice-cold water, Sniffles re-submerges, now encased in a block of ice.
The final scene shows Mittens falling asleep on Sniffles' now severed tongue.
===Moral===
"Mind your manners!"
==Deaths==
*Sniffles is pulled into the water by an anvil and gets encased in ice, causing him to freeze to death or be put into suspended animation. (Debatable, because Cro-Marmot can survive in an ice block similar to the one Sniffles is in)
==Injuries==
* Sniffles gets his tongue stuck to the ice. The skin on the bottom of it tears off as he tries to get up.
*Sniffles' tongue is sliced by Mittens' claws.
==Survival Rate==
* Amount of surviving main characters: 3 (2 including Debatable deaths)
*Amount of dead main characters: 0 (1 including Debatable deaths)
*Total rate: 100% (66.67% including Debatable deaths)
==Destruction==
* A bottle of wine breaks when The Ant swings it at an anvil.
==Goofs==
# In the classics remastered version, due to the increased aspect ratio, Giggles appears out of thin air when she starts skating on the ice.
#Sniffles' snout shrinks in size when his tongue is stuck on the ice, staying this way for the rest of the episode.
#Mittens' cage opens on its own (unless the cage was meant to be opened by remote control in the hands of an off-screen ant).
# The width and size of Sniffles' tongue increase two times. The first time is when Mittens starts prickling her paws on it. The second time is in the ending when she falls asleep on it. 
#When one of The Ants ties the rope to Sniffles' tail, the rope is tied midway, but when Sniffles begins to slide into the ice, the rope has somehow moved further up his tail.
#Right before Mittens cuts off Sniffles' tongue, he stops sliding, meaning that it has reached its limit despite it being shown to be much longer in Crazy Ant-ics and Tongue in Cheek.
# Sniffles' scarf disappears as he begins sliding into the water, and then it reappears when he re-emerges in a block of ice.
#The end credits list Ellen Connell under voices even though Giggles doesn't make a sound in the episode. (Debatable, she may have voiced Mittens.)
==Quick Shot Moment==
Just before Mittens comes out of her cage, there's a brief shot of her resting on Sniffles' tongue, which looks exactly like the YouTube thumbnail for the HD version of the episode.
Note: This is fixed in the Classics Remastered version from YouTube and Mondomedia.com.
==References==
Category:Internet Episodes
Category:Internet Season 1
Category:Ants' Episodes
Category:Episodes
Category:Rebel Without a Cause
Category:Regular Episodes
Category:Episodes Starring Sniffles
Category:2000 Episodes
Category:Christmas Episodes
Category:Episodes With Titles That Have No Puns or References
Category:More Survived Than Killed
Category:Single-Character Torture Episodes
Category:Episodes written by Kenn Navarro
Category:Episodes written by Warren Graff
Category:Episodes written by Rhode Montijo
Category:Episodes written by Mark Fiorenza
Category:Episodes directed by Rhode Montijo
Category:One Death
Category:Character Debut Episodes
Category:Normal Animals