Handy

Handy is one of the main characters of Happy Tree Friends. He’s a construction worker who likes to build stuff. He is a North American beaver (*Castor canadensis*).

He is often tormented by the world. He lacks hands which makes his life difficult and he is often injured and killed. He has 4 episodes that torments and brutally murders him.

He is the show’s butt-monkey and is the butt of the joke. He has one of the lowest survival rates. He tends to try to accomplish a task but everyone just argue and yell at him.

## Physical Appearance

Handy is an orange beaver with unexplained, amputated arms. He has a tool belt that consist of a hammer and a screwdriver. He has a large yellow helmet and a huge, dark orange tail.

Handy, in his first appearance, had shoes but they don’t reappear in the rest of the series. He also appears to not have ears.

## Personality

Handy is a character who loves to build stuff. His skills to build many things is impressive and has given the ability to work a lot of jobs. This includes being an architect, Auto Repairman, Emergency Rescue Squad and Underground construction worker. Member and Despite having no hands, he still can build stuff and do other things. He also is good at flying a helicopter or an airplane. He flies it to either help others or does it in his spare time. He can also drive a car perfectly fine by using his nubs as seen in Wheelin’ and Dealin’ and Don’t Yank My Chain.

However, Handy has a somewhat grumpy side to him. Firstly, his lack of hands has lead him to many lacking situations and caused him to do his signature look. He also is very grumpy overall about not being able to do something. One of the best examples are From Hero to Eternity where a giant snowball missed him and despite him being grateful, he gets mad due to making his expectations rise up and having to clean the drive way again and kicks his shovel which results in a then piece of ice slipping off his roof and slicing his head. He also doesn’t care when a character dies such as celebrating Cuddles’ and Nutty’s deaths In The Wrong Side Of The Tracks and Ispo Fatso, taunting characters about their doom and flat out ignores their deaths. He also kills Flaky in Happy Trails Part 2 - Jumping The Shark.

Handy’s grumpy side is more prevalent when he’s interacting with other characters. In A Hole Lott’s Love, he is easily infuriated when Pop can’t understand his directions. In Easy Comb, Easy Go, Disco Bear and Handy are yelling at each other. In Double Whammey Part 1, when Flippy gives him a glove for wining a test-you-strength game, Handy is offended by this and gets grumpy. He, along with Sniffles and Flippy, also willing throws Lumpy out of the rocket in Happy Trails: Jumping The Shark.

Handy is actually very intelligent. In The Way You Make Me Wheel Handy installs a new tire on Lumpy's car. In Shard at Work, In an attempt to save himself from drowning, he repeatedly bangs his head against a wall to break the fish bowl. In The Wrong Side of the Tracks, Unlike Cuddles, Handy ducks his head when the ride reaches the tunnel. In Don't Yank My Chain, Immediately after he and The Mole got arrested, he tried to reach for the keys to unlock their cell door. He gets an idea to break their chain with a sledgehammer and a spike (though, it would've been better if The Mole was the one holding the spike). Later in the episode, he tells The Mole to get in the water and to leave their ball on the log so when the log goes up the ramp to the saw, the ball will be cut in half, when his plan fails he uses his head to turn off the saw, instead of trying to use his hands to do it. He also tries to break the chain by letting a train run over it (in real life this would've worked). In Concrete Solution, When he struggles to open his truck's door, he simply exits his truck by squeezing through an open window.

## Scapegoat Side

Many times, Handy has been brutally murdered and injured despite being innocent most of the time.

* The Way You Make Me Wheel: Despite the fact that he fixed Lumpy’s broken tire, he accidentally gets murdered by him.
* Shard at Work: He impales his jaw with glass shards while trying to fix a lightbulb. He then proceeds to impale his foot with a glass shard and drowns in a fishbowl
* Don’t Yank My Chain: Along with The Mole, is beaten up by Lumpy who thought they were Lifty and Shifty.
* No Time Like The Presents: Gets his foot stabbed and is forced through a hole just to open his Christmas present.
* Handy Nanny: Despite taking care of Cub, Pop kills Handy by knocking the fan into his head, shredding him.

## Occupation

Handy works at a construction worker most of the time. He worked as an Architect in House Warming and Home Is Where the Hurt Is, where he build houses for Giggles and Petunia. He is also an Auto Repairman as seen in The Way You Make Me Wheel and Blind Date. He is also an Emergency Rescue Squad Member as seen in Who's to Flame? and Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow.

## Relationships

### Cuddles

While Handy and Cuddles has occasionally gotten along, Handy is considered the character who dislike Cuddles the most. Handy teases Cuddles after the latter loses his arms and is dying of blood loss in *The* Wrong Side of the Tracks. In the episode In A Jam, he didn’t seemed to care about his eye injury and had a distaste for his guitar playing skills.

### Giggles

Handy is usually seen getting along well with Giggles. However, unlike Handy's relationship with Petunia, Giggles and Handy are portrayed as nothing more than good friends. In Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, Handy is seen comforting Giggles at the funeral of their friends who died on the bus. In Home Is Where the Hurt Is, Giggles hugs him after he built her a house, but the happiness does not last long, as the house soon falls apart. In order to help, Handy hires everyone's help to build Giggles a better house.

### Toothy

Toothy and Handy seem to be in decent terms, though they also has their quirks. In Class Act, Handy listens to Toothy's singing and seems to be awed by it but is ultimately killed by the explosion he caused. In Breaking Wind, in which Handy accidentally kills Toothy with his truck due to having died while driving. In Remains to be Seen they go out together for candies with other friends but Toothy once again kills Handy when he bites into Fliqpy’s inflated brain, causing it to explode.

### Lumpy and The Mole

Lumpy and The Mole are best friends with Handy. They worked together in Concrete Situation, In a Jam, Home is Where Hurt Is and Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping The Shark. The Mole and Handy appears to go on a road trip together in Don’t Yank My Chain and they appear to be roommates as seen in No Time Like The Presents. Together, they are the ”No Brain, No Hands and No Eyes’ Trio.

### Petunia

Petunia is the girlfriend of Handy. They first appeared together in their debut, where Handy builds a treehouse for her, in which she hugs him for. Handy also mourns her death in Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping The Shark along with Giggles mourning Cuddles’ death, both mourning their love interests. In I Nub You, Petunia gets the idea that because she has no arms, she has something in common with Handy. The two then proceeds to date in the episode. In My Better Half, they went on another date. Petunia also helps Handy build Giggles’ house in Home is Where the Hurt is.