Editing Fan Fest

'''Fan Fest''' was an official ''[[Happy Tree Friends (franchise)|Happy Tree Friends]]'' playlist available on the Atom iteration of the show's website until the late 2012 revamp. The playlist was dedicated to a few ''Happy Tree Friends'' fan work officially acknowledged by Mondo. It began on December 8, 2009 with the promotion of Eddie Tse's (ctse2007)'s piano version of the show's theme song.

The Fan Fest playlist was one of the ways the show officially acknowledges fan-made content, as similar acknowledgements were done in the past albeit more limited in variety (mostly fan-made artwork).

==List of Fan Fest content==
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!Thumbnail !! Title !! Creator !! Release date !! Fan Fest description
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|[[File:ThemeSongPianoVersion.jpg|100px|center]]
|''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQIlwHuLVic Theme Song (Piano Version)]''<br>'''Original title:''' ''Happy Tree Friends Theme Song (Piano Version)''
|ctse2007
|November 17, 2009 (original)<br>December 8, 2009 (promoted date)
|'''Original:''' ''Eddie Tse, Piano''<br>'''''Happy Tree Friends'' website:''' ''It’s a Fan Fest! We’ve got the most creative fans on the web and we’re showcasing some of the best YouTube HTF fan videos right here.''
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|[[File:HappyTreeNews.jpg|100px|center]]
|''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdEzJfkJx_I Happy Tree News]'' (link goes to the first episode)
|FantasticFlaky
|January 18, 2010 (promoted date; original release date unknown)
|'''''Happy Tree Friends'' website:''' ''Fan Fest fever keeps on going! “FantasticFlaky” gives us the latest Happy Tree Friends news!''
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|[[File:YouTubeCopyrightSchool.jpg|100px|center]]
|''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InzDjH1-9Ns YouTube Copyright School]''
|YouTube
|March 25, 2011 (original)<br>May 26, 2011 (promoted date)
|'''Original:''' ''[[Russell]] learns some valuable lessons about copyright.''<br>'''''Happy Tree Friends'' website:''' ''Follow along with Russell as he pirates his way through copyright school learning how to stay out of the brig and not lose his booty!''
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|[[File:AllWorkAndNoBelay.jpg|100px|center]]
|''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g945XWWNvB0 All Work and No Belay]''<br>'''Original titles:'''<br>''Animation All Work, No Belay'' (DeviantArt)<br>''All Work and No Belay , A Happy Tree Friends Fan Animation'' (YouTube)
|Yudhaikeledai
|July 4, 2011 (DeviantArt)<br>July 5, 2011 (YouTube)<br>November 1, 2011 (promoted date)
|'''Original:''' ''Hey yakka dakka hambo! Sing the Hambo while ypu're climbing the mounts, at least until you find yourself losing your grip and *gasp* fall?<br><br>Presenting All Work and No Belay<br><br>This one is radically different compared to my first 2 fan-animations. Compared to the slow paced, but surprise filled Tools for Fools, or the colourful, flowing When You Fish Upon a Star, this one is more sharp, and to the point, with many lightning quick deaths following seconds after one another. The background might be quite bland as I'm taking a mountaineous setting, but it is compensated by its focus on the animation itself.<br><br>Blink, and possibly you'll miss a death, so DON'T BLINK!!!<br><br>DISCLAIMER: I do not own Happy Tree Friends. Happy Tree Friends belongs to Mondo Media. This is only a fanmade episode. Also, the original characters are also owned by Mondo Media.<br><br>Music is El Hambo, and Bear Hugger's theme from Punchout''<br>'''''Happy Tree Friends'' website:''' ''Check out this amazing fan-made “Happy Tree Friends” episode! It’s got adventure, danger, excitement and of course, buckets and buckets of blood! This is why we have the best fans in the world!''
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|[[File:NyanNyanCuddles.jpg|100px|center]]
|''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8mCWM8_UrE Nyan Nyan Cuddles]''<br>'''Original title:''' ''Happy Tree Friends - Nyan Nyan [[Cuddles]]''
|444memestreet
|December 20, 2011 (YouTube)<br>December 19, 2011 (promoted date)
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==Trivia==
*444memestreet, creator of ''Nyan Nyan Cuddles'', would later upload other ''Happy Tree Friends''-themed meme spoofs such as ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KUujV4HKkM GANGNAM HAPPY TREE FRIENDS STYLE]'' and ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y9FIZAV98w Harlem Shake - Happy Tree Friends Version]'', the latter of which was later released officially under the name ''[[Hot Tub Shake]]'' about two years later on MondoMedia's YouTube channel and about five years later on the official Mondo website. However, despite sharing the same animation, the music used in the official release is different as it uses original music by MethaPhorce Beats<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONUElgt4_IM ''Hot Tub Shake'''s description on YouTube.</ref> unique to this short.
**According to ''Hot Tub Shake''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s description on YouTube, the animation was originally made by the ''Happy Tree Friends'' creators a long time ago but was never uploaded properly. Whether 444memestreet is one of the creators in disguise or not is yet to be confirmed, not helped by ''Hot Tub Shake''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s description also mentioning "Harlem Shake", which was the inspiration for the animation.

==References==
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