Floky

Flokys Current Design (2018)

**Flaky** is one of the main characters of *Mondo Media* and a playable character in the False Alarm video game and Deadeye Derby.

## Character Info

Flaky is a red porcupine whose quills are full of white flake-like dandruff, thus her name. She's one of the most popular characters in the series and she has the identifiable personality of a very cautious and timid character, which is understandable considering that Mondo Media characters live in constant danger of being brutally killed, usually by either Condor (Evil) or Lunder's stupidity.

## Character Bio

Flaky is often seen as a coward and very shy in many cases. However, some of Flaky's actions in both the internet episodes and the TV series go against this, as she has been brave and on several occasions saved her own life. Flaky is actually one of the kindest characters on the show, doing things like saving a baby bird in *Take a Hike*. She's often seen around Lumpy, Sniffles, and Cuddles. 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. This is seen in *Water You Wading For*, *Let It Slide*, and *The Wrong Side of the Tracks*.

Flaky seems to be somewhat mentally unstable, as seen in the episode *Snow Place to Go*. Near the end of the episode, she begins to go insane and treats a garden gnome as her companion, singing "Rock-A-Bye Baby" to her after being trapped in the Arctic with no food or civilization. This is also seen in *Without a Hitch*, where she suffers from fear-induced hallucinations over the course of the episode, culminating in her stabbing Flippy in the eye in imagined self-defense when Flippy pulls out a knife.

The fact that she's a porcupine often causes trouble - her quills often impale other characters and destroy objects unintentionally (therfore a reason for her high kill count). Fliqpy once even used her as a weapon to kill Cuddles with in *Keepin' it Reel*. They also sometimes lead to her being skinned, specifically in *Class Act* and *Let It Slide*, when she falls down a tight space, causing her quills to get caught on the way down, ripping her skin and fur off. When she comes out the other end, her muscles are exposed.

A small portion of Floky's kills were done after she had been killed. In the episode *Rink Hijinks*, when Disco Bear carelessly pushes her, she falls onto Lumpy's floor buffer, causing her quills to fly out of control and pierce Disco Bear to death, along with indirectly being responsible for Lumpy getting stuck in the crane machine. In *Party Animal*, after she gets popped like a balloon by The Mole, her quills pin him to the wall. In *Let It Slide*, he causes all of the bolts in a slide to fall out, causing Cuddles to get sliced in half when he slides down. In *Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!*, she indirectly gets Disco Bear killed by a nail in a piece of wood and **(debatably)** kills Giggles and Petunia with an avalanche she caused. So far the only characters she has killed without her being killed first are Truffels, Mime, Sneaky, Trouble, Handy, and Condor.

### Allergies

The episode *Party Animal* reveals that she's allergic to peanuts, as they give her a purple rash, big lips, and make her bloat up like a balloon. She's also prone to vomiting, usually triggered by her fear of heights and/or flying, as seen in *Wingin' It*.

## List Of Flokys Phobias

Flaky is considered the cowardliest character in Mondo Media - but considering the world she lives in, who can blame her for being cautious? She has a long list of fears, including:

* **Birds and/or chickens (*ornithophobia and/or alektorophobia*) -** *From A to Zoo*
* **Darkness (*achluophobia and/or nyctophobia*) -** *Without a Hitch* **(Debatable)**
* **Dead Things (*necrophobia*) -** *Snow Place to Go*
* **Driving (*amaxophobia*) -** *Easy Comb, Easy Go*
* **Flying (*aviophobia*) -** *Wingin' It*
* **Heights (*acrophobia*) -** *Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!*, *Mime to Five*
* **Flippy -** *Without a Hitch*
* **Rats (*musophobia or murophobia*) -** *Out of Sight, Out of Mime*
* **Roller coasters (*coasterphobia*) -** *The Wrong Side of the Tracks*, *Double Whammy Part I*
* **Skiing (*or possibly momentum*) -** *Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!*
* **Water (*hydrophobia or aquaphobia*) -** *Let It Slide*, *Wipe Out!,* Water You Wading For
* **Sharks (*selachophobia*) -** *Wipe Out!*
* **Toys (*Toysemaphobia*)-** *Snow Place to Go*

However, she may just have pantophobia, which is the fear of everything.

## Gender Dispuite

Main Article: Theorys and Speculations

Much debate has been raised about the true gender of Floky. Several fans assume that Flaky is male due to the lack of a distinguishing feminine appearance; female characters tend to have long eyelashes, whereas Flaky has none. Girls don't necessarily have eyelashes. Series creator Rhode Montijo once stated that he initially created Flaky as a Male, however, most of the creators at MondoMedia regard Flaky as a female character, whereas others simply don't know. Flaky's true gender has caused much confusion; even the Happy Tree Friends website is ambiguous about this. In the DVD commentaries, in fact, they regularly refer to Flaky as a "her", such as the commentary for *And the Kitchen Sink.*

Some even see the quills that distinguish that Flaky is a porcupine as the character having long hair, especially due to the dandruff and the way they respond to hair growth formula in *Easy Comb, Easy Go*. Flaky also carries a flower suitcase in *Wingin' It*, and the episode description refers to Flaky as "her".  Some voice actors of the show are ambiguous about Flaky's gender, while others think she/he is female.

In *Something Fishy*, Flaky is seen trying to decide whether to enter the Girls' or the Boys' bathroom. So she or he may be gender-confused as well, which has further contributed to the ambiguity many fans feel about Flaky. However, it should be noted that in the example to the right, Flaky ultimately ends up going into the Boy's room. This is backed up by the fact that there was no blood on the floor where both Giggles and Petunia were killed in the toilets. As well as that, Flaky would have heard the screams and fled. As well as that, in *Royal Flush*, Lammy, Giggles and Petunia are somewhat surprised to see Flaky. Initially confused, they hesitate, then let Flaky in, further indicating that Flaky could be male.

Flaky's gender was later confirmed on April 28, 20, on the Mondo Media Twitter account, in reply to a tweet by @AngryBurdsHaha, stating that her offical gender is female.

## Flokys Episodes

### Main Internet Series

* Watter You Wadding For
* Hide and Seek
* This Is Your Knife
* Party Animal

### Other

* From A Too Zoo (Part II (debatable, since in the full fledge episode she has a secondary role.))