Megaman Chronicles X Happy Tree Friends

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***Megaman Chronicles X Happy Tree Friends*** (Commonly abbreviated to **MMC X HTF**) is a Flash cartoon series by MMB Productions, Phantasia Entertaiment, & Mondo Mini Shows, created by Brandon Germain, Danny McLoughlin, Kenn Navarro, Rhode Montijo, and Aubrey Ankrum, and developed by Montijo, Navarro, and Warren Graff. Since its debut, the show has become a popular internet & Television phenomenon and has won a cult following. As is indicated on the official MMB Productions site, the show is "not recommended for small children". Notwithstanding the cute appearance of its characters, the show is extremely violent, with almost every episode featuring blood, gore, and violent deaths, to the point of being banned in Russia. While the violence of these deaths is comparable to that of "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" (the short cartoon featured on "The Simpsons"), the portrayal of death in *Megaman Chronicles X Happy Tree Friends* is more graphic and anatomically correct, depicting bloodshed and dismemberment in more vivid, exaggerated detail. The show is dialogue based; however, when the characters do speak, their words are in full english, unlike the Real HTF. According to the MMB website, the idea for *Megaman Chronicles X Happy Tree Friends* was conceived by Artist David Nelson when he drew a Tan Bear, slightly resembling the character Brandon Germain In HTF Form, on a piece of paper and wrote "Resistance Is Futile" underneath it.

## History

While working on Megaman Chronicles GX Zero, David Nelson drew on a little piece of scrap paper a character who would later become Jared Germain. He then drew a Tan Bear that bore some resemblance to Brandon Germain on a piece of paper and wrote "Resistance Is Futile" underneath it. The drawing (of Brandon Germain) made several employees laugh. In 2020 MMB Mondo gave Aubrey Ankrum, Montijo and Kenn Navarro a chance to do a short for them. They came up with a short named *This Is An XOver The MMC Verson Of Banjo Frenzy* which featured a dinosaur (an earlier version of Ryan Zerbinos HTF Character) killing three woodland animals (earlier versions of Ryan Dolbear, Cheyenne Wilson, and Ryan Shafer) with a Guitar. From there MMB Mondo gave them their own Television & internet series, which they first named it *Megaman Chronicles XOver,* only to be changed to *Megaman Chronicles X Happy Tree Friends* for obvious reasons. They got new writers and animators to work on the show.

## Show Characteristics

All of the show's main characters are anthropomorphic woodland creatures. Many of them show two front large buckteeth when they smile. All of the Happy Tree Friends, with the exceptions of Lumpy, Mr. Pickels, and Sniffles, have the same pink Care Bear or Care Bear Cousin heart-shaped noses. In early episodes, characters act variously like children, teenagers and adults in different episodes. The only characters who are unaffected by this concept are Lumpy, Disco Bear, The Mole, Cro-Marmot,Pop, and Cub, who always act like adults and a child respectively. At the beginning of each episode, the characters are typically found in everyday situations. However, these situations always escalate into violence and the inevitable deaths of those involved and/or innocent bystanders, mostly because of very unfortunate, surprising accidents with otherwise harmless instruments. The show's characters sometimes appear not to notice other character's deaths/injuries, despite clear indications (such as blood coming out of the latter's mouths), or they seem to quickly overcome their fellows' deaths. Although Some Episodes Might Have No Deaths. Brandon Germain has stated that, despite all of deaths in the show, There is only one character to be killed directly by a gun, But That Was Later Stated "as that would be too easy". The continuity of the series does not seem to be affected by the frequent deaths of the characters, as they always appear alive and well in episodes subsequent to those in which they were killed.

Each episode starts with introduction credits resembling a Vortex (Or Interdimentional Rift), which portray the show's logo, the episode's name, which is usually a pun, and cast. Episodes have a typical duration of three to Ten minutes. Usually only a few of the characters are used in a single episode, but occasionally larger episodes have been released where most of the characters appear. Each episode ends with Either A To Be Continued Or in Most Cases A moral that has some (or sometimes not) connection to the story.

## Characters

Along With The 22 main characters in the Happy Tree Friends series, There Are 35 Main MMC Characters, A Group Of HTF Fanon Characters, And Maybe Characters From Other Series, all of which have unique personalities and appearances, but there have been many 'minor' characters that have appeared on the show, some appearing many times and some have only been brought into one episode.

## Music and sound-effects

**Sound Engineer Jim Lively**

* The music featured before, after, and during each and every episode of Happy Tree Friends is composed by Jim Lively, the sound engineer for Happy Tree Friends. Lively has been in the sound business since the age of 16, and plans to continue his career of "making sounds for a living," as described by Jim Lively himself. Jim Lively primarily works in sound design and dialog editing, although he continues to mix music.

**Foley Artist Francis Carr**

* Foley artist Francis Carr joined the team later on in development. Usually working with sound engineer Jim Lively, he has been able to expand his career. Francis Carr is also noted for being the voice of the character Russell.

## Trivia

* Kenn Navarro said on a tweet the the cartoon "Peanuts" served as some inspiration for the show & The Crossover.
* The Survival Rate Is Calculated By Taking The Surviving Characters And Divide Them By The Total Characters To Get The Percentile.

## Gallery

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## Links To Other Media From MMC X HTF

* Megaman Chronicles X Happy Tree Friends Comic Series
* DVD's