Cuddles

Cuddles, as he appears in the TV Series, Season 3, Season 4, and Season 5 of Happy Tree Friends.

### Company

MondoMedia

**Cuddles** is one of the main characters of *Happy Tree Friends*, and is the main protagonist in the show, along with Giggles, Toothy, and Lumpy. He is widely considered the show's unofficial mascot.

Cuddles is one of the main characters in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures* series.

## Origin

Cuddles is a canary yellow rabbit with pink cheeks who inexplicably wears pink bunny slippers. His fluffy, curly white hair tuft and cotton tail look exactly the same. His ears move to match how he feels. For example, if he is happy they will stay up, and when he is sad they will droop.

He may look like a cute, cuddly, and sweet rabbit on the outside, but Cuddles's personality is somewhat mixed. On one hand, he can be rather bold, dangerously mischievous and fairly self-centered. On the other hand, he is most of the time friendly, caring, reliable, and responsible, making his personality more complex than the others. Cuddles doesn't speak clear English; most of his dialogue consist of grunts and yells. His voice is the typical cartoony high-pitched one associated with his mischievous personality.

Cuddles enjoys listening to music, riding his skateboard, and playing his guitar. His other talents include playing football and surfing. Giggles is considered his girlfriend. He dies most often in the series, and in terms of the ratio of deaths and appearances in episodes, only Lifty and Shifty have a lower survival rate.

## History

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures*

In *Happy Tree Friends Adventures*, Cuddles is one of the four tree friends who go on a journey to rescue fellow tree friend Giggles from the clutches of Bowser, who keeps her in his lair. Cuddles can jump to avoid hazards and throw balls/orbs to attack enemies. After defeating Bowser's Giga form, Cuddles and his friends find Giggles and leave the collapsing lair together in Toothy's spaceship.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 2*

In *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 2*, Cuddles is one of the six protagonists who go on a journey to rescue Princess Allay who got snagged away by Bowser while they were walking towards the kingdom's "Welcome" gate. After defeating Bowser once again, Allay is saved. In the "shoot 'em up" levels, Cuddles rides TwinBee.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 3*

Since *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 3* serves as a sequel to *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 2* with the same set of playable characters, Cuddles reprises his role as one of the protagonists.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 4*

Cuddles appears as one of the protagonists in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 4*. Like in the previous game, Cuddles is one of the tree friends who go on a journey to rescue Princess Allay from Bowser. In the end of the game, Cuddles, Allay, and their friends manage to escape Bowser's spaceship which is undergoing a self-destruction with the help of TwinBee.

### *Happy Tree Friends Origins*

Cuddles appears in *Happy Tree Friends Origins* as a non-playable character. He is one of the captured tree friends.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 5*

Cuddles appears in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 5* with an updated design instead of using the *Blood Money* sprite design. Cuddles and his friends have to travel through seven different kingdoms (counting Happy Tree Kingdom) to rescue Princess Allay. Cuddles can now properly swim underwater and climb vines and ladders.

Throughout the journey, Cuddles and his friends have to defeat a Birdo in order to proceed to the next level. Boss fights include against the Intruder, a Giant Snake, The Red Dragon, a Fire Dragon, Buirun, Wart, and Bowser. In the final level, Cuddles and his friends must navigate through the level while chasing Bowser to the top of the latter's castle, where they eventually defeat him and rescue Allay.

Cuddles's more refined abilities are carried over to the sequel, *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 6*.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 6*

Cuddles appears in *Happy Tree Friends Adventures 6* as one of the six (later eight) protagonists. Once his Special Power is unlocked, it is revealed that his is the Carrot Drill, which involves firing a carrot as another way to inflict damage, though it can also be used to break destructible blocks.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Game Boy*

In *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Game Boy*, Cuddles reprises his role as one of the protagonists. Cuddles and his friends have to go through various environments to reach Bowser and rescue Allay.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Land*

In *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Land*, the true objective is the same as in most HTFA games, but Cuddles and his friends must rescue the Rainbow Critters first by defeating the World bosses. Defeating a World boss allows Cuddles and his friends to access the next World, until the battle against Bowser, where defeating him allows Cuddles and his friends to finally rescue Allay.

### *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Maker*

Cuddles appears as one of the eight playable characters in the level-creation game *Happy Tree Friends Adventures Maker*.

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

Cuddles and his friends inexplicably end up facing a strange phenomena: Allay's crown giving off a strange glow. Bowser interrupts, but stops his actions upon seeing said anomaly. They soon end up fighting strange creatures called Hopmons before leaving for the Koopa Kingdom to plan their next action. At first, Cuddles and Bowser agree to work together to solve the problem, until the latter reveals that he has been tricking the former into getting a needed artifact for him.

Cuddles and his friends end up in prison, but thankfully, Minttles can be contacted for help. They soon escape with the help of TwinBee and Elica. After discussing a bit about the Hopmons' problem, Cuddles and his friends are asked to meet Sabby the Hopmon expert. Upon meeting him, Sabby tells Cuddles that non-hostile Hopmons live in the Crystal Cave located much further away. Later, Cuddles and his friends meet the kinder Hopmons themselves and begin to resolve their problem, one step at a time.

After overcoming various obstacles, Cuddles and his friends finally take care of the anomaly surrounding Allay's crown by placing it on a symbol deep inside Ice Cave. With that, the titular fire point (symbolizing Hopmons' home) and another point called the ice point (represented by an artifact; used to balance out the fire point) have their powers awakened. Cuddles is then given the Fusion of Points by the Crystal Cave Hopmons, who tell them that said artifact must be placed in the Space Palace located on the Moon to finally revert all harm done by Bowser and turn the hostile Hopmons back to their normal selves. On their way, however, Cuddles and his friends end up captured yet again. Only after exploring Bowser's spaceship and defeating him do the tree friends manage to place the Fusion of Points at the Space Palace.

In this game, Cuddles serves as the leading character except during the one time he and his friends got captured for the first time, where player control is shifted to Minttles temporarily.