Going Out With a Bang/Trivia

==Trivia==
*Kenn Navarro stated that Ken Pontac has a friend who almost had an ember land in their eye. The experience alone is what sparked the idea for this episode.
*This is the first regular episode after a long hiatus since March 6th, 2014.
*This episode will be Flaky's first appearance since By The Seat Of Your Pants, indicating her first overall appearance in Season 5.
*Nutty's starring pop-up is reused from his featuring pop-up in Camp Pokeneyeout. Only his leg isn't as stretched. 
*This episode currently has more goofs than any other Still Alive episode.
*Truffles can be seen hiding behind a tree during Cub's death.
*This is the first season 5 episode to have both Pop and Cub die.
*This is the only Still Alive episode that Nutty and Flaky appear in.
*This is the first time Toothy has survived since Something Fishy.
*This is the first and only episode to have Toothy feature and survive.
*Pop is the only character who's death wasn't directly caused by a rocket.
*This is the first time Cub has killed another character since Cubtron Z.
**This is also the second time he killed Pop, the third would be in Too Much Scream Time.
**This is the second time Cub has indirectly killed another character, the first time being in Treasure Those Idol Moments with Flaky.
*Just like in Class Act, Chew Said a Mouthful, and Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm (episode), Nutty is responsible for every character's death.
*Flaky's death and Cuddles and Toothy setting off the fireworks can be seen in Still Alive Teaser.
**Nutty eating the candy and fireworks and Pop and Cub's death can be seen in the Still Alive Promo.
*The music that plays at the start of this episode is reused from the intro of A Hole Lotta Love.
**The background music that plays when Nutty steals Cuddles' box is also reused from A Hole Lotta Love, When Pop saves Cub from falling on a well
**The music that plays when Nutty runs quickly to an outhouse is reused from A Hole Lotta Love, When Pop panics trying to search Cub inside the well.
**The music that plays after Nutty lits a match is reused from Concrete Solution, when Lumpy tries to pull Handy's corpse out of a square of wet cement
**The music that plays when Cub grabs a sparkler is also reused from Concrete Solution, When Nutty starts eating the bridge since it was made with sugar 
**The music that plays after a rocket flies into cub's face is reused from Concrete Solution, When Nutty's stomach drops out of his body 
**The music that plays before Nutty dies is reused from Concrete Solution, When he struggles to grab the railing. 
**The music that plays after Nutty explodes is reused from Concrete Solution, When Lumpy tries to get up after falling from the bridge 
*This is one of the two Still Alive episodes that have more than one main character die, the other is Just Be Claus. Coincidentally, both episodes have four (Debatable) deaths.
* This is one of the rare instances where a starring character dies in a bloodless death.
*Pop is the only character who suffered a slow death.
*This is the fifth time a character lighting a match has caused the deaths of other characters. The other times were in Who's to Flame?, See You Later, Elevator, Breaking Wind, and Spare Tire.
*This is the second time a character rushes to the outhouse. The other was in A Hole Lotta Love.
*This is one of the many episodes that take place entirely at night. The others are This Is Your Knife, Class Act, Remains to be Seen, Blind Date, Without a Hitch, Out of Sight, Out of Mime, No Time Like the Present, Clause For Concern, and Just Be Claus.
*This is currently the only season 5 episode Nutty appears in without Sniffles.
*The sounds Cub makes while playing with his sparkler are the same sounds he made in Clause For Concern when he was trying to flip the light switch.
*This episode marks Flaky's debut, Toothy and Nutty's third appearance, and the fourth appearance of Cuddles, Pop, and Cub in season 5.
*It is ironic that Cuddles gets an eye injury rather than Toothy, considering Toothy's long history of eye-related injuries (examples being Eye Candy, Keepin' it Reel, Chew Said a Mouthful, Idol Curiosity, A Sight for Sore Eyes, The Carpal Tunnel of Love, and Camp Pokeneyeout).
*Nutty's therapy in Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm (episode) appears to have worn off in this episode. In the events between False Alarm and this episode, Nutty has acted very calm, but here he is back to his old self; jittering uncontrollably, stealing things that aren't his, and eating objects that look like candy.
*Flaky, Pop, and Cub's deaths were spoiled before this episode was released.
*This is Nutty's first starring role since Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm (episode) and his first starring role since the current character introductions were introduced. This makes Giggles, Flaky, Mime, and Cro-Marmot the only four characters yet to have a new season introduction.
*If Lammy's death from the storyboard had canonically appeared in the final episode, it would have been the first time Nutty killed her.
** This would have also resulted in Mr. Pickels being the only character in the show that Nutty would have left to kill.
*It has been speculated by some viewers that the ember that landed in Cuddles' eye melted through his brain and killed him.
* This episode shares some similarities with We're Scrooged!:
**6 characters appear in both episodes (Not counting Truffles).
**Both episodes are holiday-themed (Independence Day here, Christmas in We're Scrooged!).
**Both conflicts are made by a character with a unique set of eyes doing something selfish (Nutty here, Lumpy in We're Scrooged!).
** A tall character has an injury that involves their eye (Cuddles here, Lumpy in We're Scrooged!).
**A character with a unique appearance and no ears or tail has a death that involves their entire body being crushed and their teeth popping out (Flaky here, Lumpy in We're Scrooged!).
**The survival rate is completely opposite (2 characters survive here, 4 characters survive in We're Scrooged!).
**The thumbnails don't spoil anything.
*This is the second time Lammy was supposed to die in an episode, but was cut or changed. The first was in The Chokes on You.
**Coincidentally, both episodes share similarities with We're Scrooged!.
*This is the first season premiere where Lumpy doesn't appear.
==Cultural References== 
*The title of the episode means to do something amazing and noticeable before leaving or at the end of something.
== Superlatives==
*Cub's death is similar to his first injury in Water Way to Go and Toothy's death in Better Off Bread.
*Pop's death is similar to Nutty's death in A Sight for Sore Eyes and Lumpy's deaths in Breaking Wind and Happy New Year.
==Production Notes== 
*This is the second of the Still Alive episodes to be released for free. It was uploaded on Mondo's website on June 23rd, 2017. 
**The episode was released on YouTube the day after.
*Michael Lipman's voice was sampled for the voice of Nutty for most of the episode.
*Lori Jee's voice was sampled for the voice of Cub.
*Warren Graff's voice was sampled for the voice of Toothy.
*Aubrey Ankrum's voice was sampled for the voice of Pop.
*In the writer's session video, Flaky was briefly mentioned as being the character who gets the ember melted into their eye, though this ends up happening to Cuddles in the actual episode.
*There are a few major and minor differences between the storyboard and the episode. In the storyboard:
**The scene with three fireworks popping in the sky and Cuddles digging in the box for another firework wasn't drawn.
**In the storyboard, the manhole cover was supposed to slice Flaky vertically in half.
**Lammy and Mr. Pickels were originally supposed to appear in the episode. Their absence can be evidenced by how the third firework doesn't appear again after it is launched. Lammy was going to have her face blown up from the flames of a firework. This was cut due to budget issues and time constraints.
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