Editing Flippy (section)

== Concept and creation ==
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Flippy was inspired by [[Wikipedia:John Rambo|John Rambo]] from the ''[[Wikipedia:Rambo (franchise)|Rambo]]'' franchise, according to [[Warren Graff]]. His earlier design depicted him with an eyepatch and wore a bandage on his head and arm while wearing one dog tag. Another showed a bandage on his head and arm, but this time, he wore his traditional veteran outfit without the dog tags.<ref>[[Happy Tree Friends: Volume 1: First Blood]] DVD extra feature</ref>

As for the concept of Flippy having two sides, Kenn Navarro, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff already had the idea since the beginning. They thought the idea of a mild-mannered bear suddenly "flipping out" and going on a killing spree because of mundane every day things was funny. This was only explored further in the ''[[Ka-Pow!]]'' series to show how his flipping out tendencies came to be.<ref>https://mondomedia.com/channel/HappyTreeFriends/qa '''''Q:''' How did you come up with the character Flippy and Fliqpy - '''A:''' The idea for the two sides of Flippy was there from the beginning. We thought it was funny for a mild mannered bear to all of a sudden "flip-out" and go on a killing spree, triggered by the most mundane things that happen every day. For the Ka-Pow! series, we wanted to shed a little light on how Flippy got so traumatized in the various wars and conflicts he was involved in but rather than having a flashback he was actually living the nightmare, IRL!''</ref>