Flaky

**Flaky** is a red porcupine who is very cautious and timid. She is a paranoid tomboy who has a fear of dying.

## Origin

Flaky is a red porcupine with dark red quills that is sprinkled with dandruff. She also has an orange stomach and soles. She has no eyelashes nor any form of clothing. Flaky's quills have been pulled off of her many times, usually resulting in her getting skinned.

Flaky is very cautious and timid, often viewed as a coward. Despite this, she can be very helpful towards others, suggesting that Flaky is not only overly cautious (as opposed to being a coward), but also one of the more kind characters of the series. Flaky is often seen around Cuddles and Giggles. Additionally, when hanging around with Cuddles, Flaky is often forcefully dragged into situations that lead to one or both of their demises, despite her warning Cuddles about possible dangers that could occur.

Many debates have been raised as to the true gender of Flaky. Several fans assume that Flaky is male due to her lack of a distinguishing feminine appearance; female characters tend to have long eyelashes, whereas Flaky has none. Her/His gender has caused much confusion; even the *Happy Tree Friends* website is ambiguous to his/her true gender, but most of the creators refer to Flaky as a female. Flaky is seen trying to decide whether to enter the girl's or the boy's bathroom, further playing on her gender confusion. On the official *Happy Tree Friends* website, Flaky's gender was originally listed as "Female" but it is changed to "Unknown". Flaky was consistently portrayed by females even after constant changes to the choice of her voice actress. It was officially stated later that she is indeed a female via Mondo's tweet.

## History

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures*

In *Happy Tree Friends Adventures*, Flaky, along with Cuddles, Petunia, and Nutty, sets out to rescue Giggles from the evil Bowser. Her main ability is the more superior jumping height compared to the other playable characters. Like her three friends, she is capable of shooting orbs/balls to attack.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 2*

Flaky is playable once again, along with Cuddles, Petunia, Nutty, Giggles, and Toothy.

At the beginning of the game, Flaky is accompanying Princess Allay with her five friends. Bowser, on his alien pet, soon flies down and captures the princess. The six tree friends then give chase, traveling across various environments and eventually defeat Bowser.

Even after the addition of two playable characters, Flaky retains her superior jumping height. As she is a female character, she flies on WinBee in the "shoot 'em up" levels.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 3*

Flaky reprises her protagonist role in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 3* (along with Cuddles, Petunia, Nutty, Giggles, and Toothy).

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 4*

Flaky is one of the six playable characters. Her abilities from the previous games have been refined. Her sprite no longer has ears, finally matching her canon appearance.

### *Happy Tree Friends Origins*

In *Happy Tree Friends Origins*, Flaky appears as a minor character. She appears in Bowser's empire when Lemy/Allay succeeds in defeating Bowser, rescuing her and the other tree friends.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 5*

Flaky is a playable character in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 5*. She retains her abilities from *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 4*, while also gaining the ability to properly swim and climb.

This installment marks the first time Flaky's sprite not being based on the *Blood Money*sprites.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 6*

Flaky yet again appears as a playable character in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 6*. She and her friends are told by Neena, who got a letter, that Bowser kidnapped Princess Allay once again. Once her Special Power is unlocked, it is revealed that hers is the Spin Dash that involves her rolling at high speed to inflict damage.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Game Boy*

Flaky appears in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Game Boy* as one of the playable characters. She once again retains her superior jumping height.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Land*

Flaky is one of the playable characters in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Land*. In this game, her Special Power has been changed into High Jump that allows her to jump even higher than her default jump. Flaky appears to laugh nervously when she clears a level.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Maker*

Flaky appears in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Maker* as one of the playable characters.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures RPG: The Fire Point*

In *Happy Tree Friends Adventures RPG: The Fire Point*, Flaky is one of Cuddles's party members, along with Petunia, Nutty, Giggles, Toothy, Neena, Tacho, Minttles, and Lemy(temporarily). At the beginning of the game, she joins Cuddles, Toothy, and Neena to investigate the strange happenings inside Allay's castle. Once the journey properly starts, Petunia, Nutty, Giggles, Neena, and Tacho join in. After she and her friends found out they got tricked by Bowser and thus captured, Minttles is called upon to rescue them, joining them after that. Since then, Flaky spends most of the journey as one of Cuddles's companions until the end, marked with the defeat of Bowser (and his powered-up Gigaform) for the final time. At the end of the game, Flaky and her friends are congratulated by Princess Allay for returning peace to the planet once again.