Toothy

Toothy
Species	Beaver
First appearance	Happy Tree Friends - Spin Fun Knowin Ya (1999)
Latest portrayal	Warren Graff

"Using a toothbrush is tantamount for twinkling teeth."

— Toothy's starring intro, Season 3 of Happy Tree Friends

Toothy is a purple beaver from Happy Tree Friends and is one of the four main protagonists of franchise. He is a very friendly character and is often played as the Everyman. He likes to play around with the younger characters and partakes in activities with them, particularly Cuddles.

Concept and creation

A concept drawing that features two characters, one that bears a striking resemblance to Toothy

Not much is known about the concept of Toothy, None of the historic details of Toothy's creation was ever disclosed and he remained a anomaly in terms of origins. The best that was ever found that pre-dates the finalized product of Happy Tree Friends was a sketch of a similar looking beaver playing with a bomb along with a bunny who bears resemblance to Cuddles. This beaver later evolved into the purple beaver known as Toothy. The design of the beaver was used in Banjo Frenzy. A note in Toothy's design change is that he has been presented with sprouting hairs, which passed over to Spin Fun Knowin' Ya!. However, the trait was cut and Toothy remained bald for the rest of his appearances.

History

Happy Tree Friends

Toothy first appears in the Happy Tree Friends in the episode, "Spin Fun Knowin Ya". He serves as one of the four major characters within the series, and makes frequent appearances. However, his significance is quite lacking when compared to the other three protagonists.

Starring intros

• Season 1: Toothy waves both of his arms at the viewer.
• Season 2:Handy raises both of his hands up in excitement, all while within a purple landscape.
• Season 3 through Season 5: Toothy is holding a toothbrush.

Happy Tree Friends (television series)

Toothy appears in the television series adaptation of Happy Tree Friends. His first appearance is in the "One Foot in the Grave" episode, "From Hero to Eternity". Toothy's prominence has diminished much more, as he's the only character without an episode focusing on him.

Starring intros

• Season 1: As a nod to Eye Candy, Toothy bites a lollipop and proceeds to cheer.

Happy Tree Friends: Spin Fun

Toothy is a character Lumpy can spin off of the merry go round. Toothy can be launched a decent distance distance and will subsequently be killed when he hits the ground or an object.

Happy Tree Friends: Flippy's Flying Frenzy

Toothy is a character who appears within the game. Toothy is one of the characters the evil side of Flippy could drag into hazardous objects with his helicopter. In the opening cutscene, Toothy, along with Cuddles and Giggles, were blowing and inflating balloons, which would pop soon after. This frightens Flippy and prompts him to flip out.

Arcade games

Fire Escape

Toothy is one of the characters Flaky must catch in order to land in the ambulance.

Hare Trigger

Toothy makes an appearance in this game. At the beginning of the game in-question, Toothy is tasked with lighting up the fuse on a cannon Cuddles is in. Depending on how the player's scores, Cuddles proceeds to blast out of the canon at a either significantly high or low height.

Aim To Freeze

Toothy is one of two main protagonists of this game. Here, Toothy and Lumpy are engaged in a snowball war. Of course, Toothy has the ability to toss snowballs at Lumpy and vice-versa. Also like his opponent, Toothy has a health bar of three hits. If Toothy is pelted with a snowball three times, he will freeze up and suddenly shatter. Toothy also has the opportunity of tossing a snowball into a bucket. If he lands correctly, Toothy can one-hit Lumpy with a snowball. However, the same will apply to him if Lumpy successfully lands a bucket.

Happy Tree Friends: Aggravated Asphalt

Toothy plays a brief but somewhat important role in the game's story. Toothy was riding a bike and waving at Flippy, hardly realizing that a nail rests in his path. His bikes runs over the nail, puncturing the tire and causing him to run into trashcans, toppling them all. Toothy is decapitated by a mailbox in the process. Many disposed items falls out of the trashcans and a pineapple in the piles catches Fliqpy's attention, reminding him of the war and causing him to flip out.

Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm

Despite Toothy's absence in episode of the same name, he is a typical rescuable character in the video game, Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm, alongside Giggles, Nutty,Flaky, Flippy, Mole, and Russell. Lumpy needs to help aid him and the other Happy Tree Friends in every zone.

Happy Tree Friends: Deadeye Derby

Toothy is one of the playable characters of the game, and an unlockable one. He is unlocked by beating Sniffles' boss fight. When he is used, the player has improved aim. In his animation on the character select screen, he blows into a bottle, making a tune and proceeds to laugh playfully.

Biography

General information

Personality

Toothy crying due to his injury relating to his teeth.

Toothy is friendly and polite, more than most other characters. He likes to play around and engage in the childish actives. Toothy loves to sing, as this can be seen in Class Act, Deck the Halls, and We Wish You. He's also known for being impulsive, acting mostly before he thinks. He's also known to occasionally tag along Cuddles' in the latter's pranks and occasionally pull some on his own. Toothy also loves to gardening and is quite handy in repairing vehicles.

However, the most prominent character trait of Toothy is his tendency to cry. Toothy is known for being quite sensitive and it's one of his more prominent character traits. The first depiction of Toothy's sensitivity and wimpy personality was in Eye Candy, where he's seen letting out whimpers as he gets himself injured. However, the episode where it is openly expressed and visible is in Class Act, where he's seen shedding tears and showing actual signs of being traumatized. Later episodes then adapted to this character trait as he cries more commonly than most other characters and seems to be the most fragile emotionally.

Unlike most of the other characters whose personality defines how they might act in a given situation, Toothy's personality varies a lot. Toothy's personality can be hard to determined at times, and the portrayal of him can be heavily inconsistent. He could have the portrayal as having a similar personality to Cuddles, to being portrayed as a sensitive character, to having an interest in doing chores, to having the role of the Everyman.

Eye injuries

Toothy suffering an eye injury

A certain running gag within the series is that Toothy would suffer injuries that pertain to his eyes. The gag starting in Eye Candy, where the beaver ends up getting his eye lodge with a lollipop, forcing him to pull it out, However, the eyeball is pulled out from the socket, and Toothy is forced to retrieve his eye back. He suffers numerous injuries pertaining to his eyes afterwards, such as it getting pecked by a woodpecker or his death where his brain and other eye is forced out through his socket. After this episode, Toothy's deaths and injuries are mostly related to his eye.

In Keepin' it Reel, he gets a projector jammed through his skull, severing his eye and burning his brain from the heat of the projector. In Chew Said a Mouthful, he's seen to have suffered an eye-related injury prior, as he's already in the hospital with a visible hollow socket. In Idol Curiosity, he is stabbed in the eye by an umbrella of the drink he had and pulls his eye out when he was trying to remove the umbrella. In A Sight for Sore Eyes, he has his eyes cut horizontally by Sniffles' robotic airplane. In The Carpal Tunnel of Love, he suffers a sting from a bee to the eye and later the eye that was infected is ripped out of his head after Lumpy slams a door on him by accident. In Camp Pokeneyeout, he is hit in the eye with a rock by Cuddles' slingshot, causing visible swelling on the eye.

Physical information

Toothy is a freckled light purple/mauve beaver with very large, gapped teeth (from which his name is derived), which appear to have a diastema. He has a large dark purple tail and a light purple belly marking. Toothy's design is quite simplistic when compared to others.

Other outfits and designs

In Ski Patrol, Toothy is designed with stylized look. His limbs are designed with a more blocky look and his pupils were designed with a rounder look.

In Cubtron Z, Toothy is designed within a stop-motion environment, and was made with cardboard to be animated.

In the episode, "New Season Teaser", he is in the same art style as Dick Figures as a purple stick figure.

Occupations

Toothy is a character of many occupations. He has been a Christmas play actor in Class Act, a fire fighter in Who's to Flame?, a circus assistant in Mime to Five, a toymaker in We're Scrooged!, a carol singer in Kringle Karols, Deck the Halls, and We Wish You, an office worker in See You Later, Elevator, and a film developer in See What Develops. He is also in the industry of Postal Service, as he's a paperboy in Peas in a Pod, a delivery boy in Aw, Shucks!, and mailman in Easy Comb, Easy Go. He's also has a place in the medical industry, as he was a dentist in Nuttin' but the Tooth and an ambulance driver in All In Vein.

Relationships

Friends and love interests

Cuddles and Toothy teaming up to taunt a rhino.

Toothy is quite a shy and bashful character but at the same time, he's quite friendly. His best friend is Cuddles. Cuddles and Toothy are the most frequent paring on the show and the two are very commonly seen partaking in activities and games together. The two also commonly engage in mischievous antics, such as taunting a baboon in From A To Zoo. Toothy is often Cuddles' right hand man and the two are commonly together when either of them face a conflict. However, the two started a war in Camp Pokeneyeout where the conflict escalated from a simple misunderstanding. However, the two made up and are still very close friends.

Giggles is also one of Toothy's friends. Of course, this makes sense as he and Giggles are often together in a group with Cuddles and Lumpy, and Cuddles is both Toothy's closest friend and Giggles' boyfriend. The two do not interact too often but whenever they do interact, the two are on good terms. In Blast from the Past, she and Cuddles comforts Toothy after he broke his arm after falling off a slide. Toothy was also glad to see Giggles being put down by Splendid in Better Off Bread though, neither he nor Splendid didn't notice that she was dead at the time. He was also mad at Splendid for attacking Giggles in See What Develops.

Toothy and Lumpy have an interesting relationship. The two seem to be on good terms by default but sometimes, a conflict comes between the two. As a matter of fact, this rivalry occurred far back into the pilot, Banjo Frenzy, where a prototype Toothy chomps onto the leg of the dinosaur (who is a prototype Lumpy) in retribution for decapitating him. In the modern show, the rivalry appears to come out of strange moments of malice on Lumpy's side and Toothy's more unruly mischievous side. In We're Scrooged!, Lumpy intentionally kills Toothy just so he could make profit off of his body-parts and internal organs. He also captured Toothy along with several other characters and later cracked his head like an egg in Dunce Upon a Time. Toothy also threw a snowball at Lumpy in Strain Kringle as a mischievous prank while the latter was simply walking by.

Petunia and Toothy are friends, telling by their interactions. Toothy and Petunia were building a snowman together in From Hero to Eternity and the two also partake in a game of Hide-and-seek in the aptly named Hide and Seek, alongside Flaky and Flippy. The two have also been on several trips together on several occasions, such as Happy Trails Pt. 1, From A to Zoo, and Take a Hike. Also, various media supplementary to the TV series also commonly depicts Toothy and Petunia together.

Handy and Toothy are at a neutral level and the two hardly interact, despite common beaver specimen trait between them. In Class Act, Handy listens to Toothy's singing and appears to be delighted by it. In Breaking Wind, Handy accidentally kills Toothy with his truck due to the former suffocating of intoxication while driving. In Remains to be Seen, they both partake in trick or treating with the rest of the Tree Friends.

Nutty and Toothy are on friendly terms most of the time, but both of their personalities has caused a conflict for both of them. In Nuttin' but the Tooth, Toothy dresses up as a dentist to help remove Nutty's rotten tooth, but he ends up removing the latter's entire jaw. In Chew Said a Mouthful as Nutty kidnaps Toothy during surgery and kills him in pursuit of a jawbreaker that replaced his eye in operation.

Sniffles and Toothy practice operating slingshots.

Like Cuddles, Sniffles is a very close friend of Toothy. They appear together in various instances such as Ski Kringle or Camp Pokeneyeout. The two enjoy each other's company, with hardly a conflict made between their relationship. Toothy and Sniffles are often seen doing various activities together and have a great amount of fun from doing said activities. They are sometimes seen with Cuddles, forming a trio.

Toothy doesn't interact with Pop nor Cub on a personal level. With Pop, his most significant interaction with him is in Read 'em and Weep, where Pop bought one of his books from Toothy's yard sell. The only other major interaction Toothy had with Pop was in Class Act, where he admires Toothy's singing. With Cub, Toothy has been seen with him more, but mostly as a group within the rest of the younger characters. Toothy was suppose to eat Christmas dinner with Cub in Kringle Feast and the two attend the same birthday party in I Get a Trick Out of You. However, Cub killed Toothy in Cubtron Z as a giant robot via a giant puke wave that made his, Disco Bear's, and Mime's heads swell up and explode.

Toothy and Flaky are at a mutual level. They quite commonly partake in group activities together, as the two characters have been on trips in several episodes, acted in a school play in Class Act, celebrated Flippy's birthday party in Party Animal, attended a cruise in Snow Place to Go, and played hide-and-seek along with Petunia and Flippy in Hide and Seek.

Toothy and The Mole are on decent terms. They are often seen together in groups and often partake or work in the same affiliation but neither have interact that often on their own. Both characters worked as firefighters together in Who's to Flame?, celebrated Flippy's birthday in Party Animal, and were both seen at another birthday party in I Get a Trick Out of You. However, it's worth noting that when the two are directly acknowledging one other, a conflict is created. Toothy was visibly annoyed waiting for The Mole to order his meat in A Change of Heart. In Spare Tire, The Mole drives through Toothy's house, and although we only see the result, it causes a huge amount of damage to Toothy's house and the beaver is quite bothered by this occurrence.

Toothy and Disco Bear hardly interact at all, but in the exceptions where they do, they appear to get along well. In Who's to Flame?, Toothy and Disco Bear are co-workers in a fire brigade and in Cubtron Z, Toothy and Disco Bear are seen together with Mime.

Toothy is a mutual friends of Russell, as they played baseball in Can't Stop Coffin, went trick-or-treating together in Remains to be Seen, and they went on a cruise together in Snow Place to Go.

Toothy and Mime are pretty good friends. In Mime and Mime Again, Mime is Toothy's hospital entertainment while the latter was severely injured and put into a full body cast. Toothy and Mime comrade each other Mime to Five to set up Cuddles' daredevil stunt. They also watched "Lumpy and the Lumpettes" with Sniffles together in YouTube Copyright School. Toothy and Mime worked together to set up Flippy's birthday party in Party Animal.

Toothy is shown to be friends with Cro-Marmot. In Autopsy Turvy, the two play dress up with Cuddles and in Can't Stop Coffin, they play baseball together with, again Cuddles.

Toothy is impressed by Splendid's feat.

Toothy is a big fan of Splendid, as most other characters. However, his love for Splendid exceeds many of the other characters, and Toothy always takes any given chance to associate himself with Splendid. His first instance of admiring Splendid was in Butter Off Bread, where Toothy was impressed by Splendid's prevail in destroying an asteroid that was heading earth's way. Toothy is later seen wearing a costume very reminiscence of Splendid in Remains to be Seen. Oddly though, he was crossed with Splendid for attacking and ambushing Giggles (who Splendid mistaken for The Mole) in See What Develops.

While Toothy has never been seen interacting with Truffles on-screen, he does have a picture of him in his locker in An Inconvenient Tooth. The picture in question sits next to picture with Cuddles and Giggles. Telling by this observation, it can be concluded that they are friends.

Foes and rivals

Lifty and Shifty and Toothy aren't exactly at massive odds. The only real negative thing the duo have ever done to Toothy is taking advantage of him once in Junk in the Trunk just to kidnap his pet tortoise. Other instances seem mutual at bare minimum and outright friendly at best. They appeared at a dinner party together, sitting opposite to each other in Kringle Feast and they went trick-or-treating together in Remains to be Seen.

Speech

Toothy speaks in a high-pitch and child-like voice. He talks often but his words are commonly mumbled and he provides a squeaky voice spouting out his lines.

Trivia

• There is a Halloween costume of Toothy with a pair of scissors impaled in his eye.
• The First Blood DVD "Collect them All" section reveals he flosses his teeth excessively.
• According to the Favorite Character poll in 2003, Toothy was tied with Handy, Pop, and Cub for having 4% votes, putting all of them below Nutty, Cuddles, Flaky, Petunia, and Giggles (all at 6%) and above Sniffles (3%, placed #11). In the Best Happy Tree Friends Character tournament, he beat Disco Bear on Round 1 only to lose against Flaky on Round 2.