Cuddles and the Lake Treasure

*Cuddles and the Lake Treasure is* a Happy Tree Friends one hour special.

## Plot

The film opens with black and white and a young male moose burying a green box. The scene zooms out to a turtle shaped lake, then we see a picture of it as we hear a fire and someone shouting "Mother! Father!" before it then perishes on Lumpy, who wakes from a bad dream, and sighs sadly. The scene then pulls us to Cuddles, Sniffles and Nutty playing pirates, and they were about to go to a tree with an X. Just as they were about head towards there, Toothy appears playing the villainous captain and Cuddles defeats him. After that, the four went home. Cuddles and Nutty walk by Russell’s place and notice the door was open. They went inside to see if Lumpy was home, but instead someone in a mask scares them off and they run away. As they run off, the someone in behind the mask reveals to be a female pink chipmunk with a red bow on the head. two run, where Cuddles’ parents and brother Ben, get a message of Russell, with no post or stamp. When Cuddles revels what happened, Mr. Vandolf soon gets the answers and they walk around the house, where Russell appears to be. Russell was at Lumpy’s (his uncle) and promised to invite the Vandolfs over.

When Cuddles tells him about the monster at her place, Russell thinks it's his goddaughter. When the turtles arrive at Russell’s place, who is happy to see them here, Russell is in the backyard, with his goddaughter who reveals to be the chipmunk with red bow, named Giggles. The two aren't getting along very well and despite trying to be to nice to each other, their personality clashes keep getting the best of them. Later the next day, Toothy, Sniffles, and Nutty wait for Cuddles to play pirates again, when they see him with a bouquet of flowers. They decide to follow to see what's up. When they arrive, they meet Giggles, who thinks pirate games are for little kids, until Russell states that he is a pirate himself. As Giggles is still not interested, Russell decides to show her a map that shows real treasure: Lumpy’s box of memories. Cuddles and Giggles decided to meet Lumpy to talk to him about the box. Lumpy flashes back to when he was just a child, revealing to be the person we had seen at the beginning of the film. He lived in Lake. He spent mornings fishing with his father and afternoons picking berries with his mother. He found a secret hiding place and stayed there for hours and hours. Then, he buried his valuables inside a painted tin box in the ground to keep and remember, but he never got the chance to open it again. A few nights after he buried it, his parents let her sleep outside in a tent when a forest fire started and burned his tent and was about to damage his house. He manages to escape on the lake with a boat when the rain started. The next morning, his house was destroyed, the location of the time capsule was obscured, and the fire burned and his parents died. He went to live with his nephew’s family and hadn't been back ever since.

Interested by her past, Cuddles and Giggles decided to check on memories from Mr. Vandolf and Lumpy’s past. Later, the Vandolf’s get a call from Russell that Lumpy is sick, and they decided to check on him. When Mr. and Mrs. Vandolf leave the room, Cuddles put his face in the pillow and starts to cry. But Ben, in a change of heart, saw Cuddles cry and comforts him. Thinking that the box may be their only hope, Cuddles, Giggles, Russell, Sniffles, Toothy, and Nutty decide to head to Lumpy’s old ruined home. During the adventure, Giggles pulls a dirty trick by placing a rock in Sniffles’ backpack, causing him to slow down, until he finds out when he looks inside. He is not impressed by this joke and does not think it is funny. Suddenly, a flock of butterflies appears and they follow them, where they meet an old wise turtle, who gives an item, in which Lumpy also has it was imminently given back. Next day, they meet Little Crow, an orphan bird, who shows them the place with box use to be, revealing to be taken. Later, after placing flowers over Lumpy’s house, they head out where Little Crow takes Nutty to where three baby birds are.

Meanwhile, Toothy, Sniffles and Russell try look for Cuddles and Giggles, who went to looking for Nutty, and find an arrow Giggles left for them to follow. While trying catch up get, Cuddles and Giggles’ personality clashes happen again, until Little Crow, crying because the chicks wouldn't let him play with Snail (or "Pretty Shell" as he would call him), wanting to keep him to themselves. As they climb to reach to Snail, Giggles’ hand slips, causing her to fall, but is saved by Cuddles. They decided to rest rock that's safer not to fall. While waiting, they both apologize for what they said and did to each other, admitting that their personality clashes had gotten the best of them. They soon reach the top and try to save Nutty, but chicks refuse to let them take Nutty. Little Crow manages to save Nutty, but gets into a fight with the chicks, causing her to throw Nutty off the nest. Giggles saves her, but they all fall when the mother of the chicks appear and save them from falling to certain death. Russell, Toothy, and Sniffles arrive and help them all down. They decided to let Little Crow be with the Mother Hawk, as they set off.

They soon arrive at a chasm, where they hear a voice, and help him out. The voice reveals to be Grizzly and he brings them to his home. Back at Lumpy’s, Mr. and Mrs. Vandolf made sure Lumpy’s alive. It later reveals that Grizzly dug Granny's box out when he was digging. They thank him and leave for home, with Grizzly giving them his canoe as shortcut. They soon see Little Crow flying with Mother Hawk, and the wise old turtle. They make it back just in time. They give her the item, her dad's fishing hook, a picture of her house she drew and a sealed picture of her as an infant with her parents. She smiles as she finally recovers. Later that evening, the family has picnic and they enjoy rest of evening together. The two turtles and Harriet dance to Granny's song, and reveal it's back to school and they'll both miss each other, hoping to see each other again real soon. As a reminder of their summer, Cuddles gives Giggles the map and Giggles promises to never forget this summer as she kisses Cuddles. The film ends with Russell saying that life is full of surprises.

During the first half of the credits, we see several pictures hung in a room, with it ending with the picture of Granny Turtle as an infant with her parents.