Lumpy

Lumpy
Species	Moose
First appearance	Happy Tree Friends - Spin Fun Knowin Ya (1999)
Latest appearance	Happy Tree Friends - In Over Your Hedge (2016)
Latest portrayal	David Winn

"For a lazy lunch, try left-over loaf!."

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

Lumpy is one of the main characters in the Happy Tree Friends franchise. He is tall blue moose with mismatched antlers who is characterized by his stupidity. Despite his obliviousness, Lumpy is often shown to have good intentions and rarely means any sincere harm. He is recognized by his unique appearance compared to other major characters in the series. He is good friends with several characters, particularly Cuddles and Giggles. While Lumpy made his official debut in Spin Fun Knowin' Ya, a blue dinosaur-like character resembling him appeared in the unreleased pilot, Banjo Frenzy.

Since his debut, Lumpy has appeared in over 100 episodes (93 of which being regular episodes), made several small appearances outside the series, appeared in many products in the Happy Tree Friends franchise, and has the highest number of kills in the series. Lumpy remains one of the most iconic characters in the franchise.

Concept and creation

An early sketch of the beginning shot in Banjo Frenzy, including a bear character that eventually became Lumpy.

Lumpy was derived from a bear character in a sketch during the creation of the pilot, Banjo Frenzy. This sketch depicted the bear roasting marshmallows over a campfire while three other woodland characters were sitting on a log. At some point, this bear character was replaced by a dinosaur-like creature that plays a banjo; this character was eventually used in Banjo Frenzy, where he also had a personality similar to Fliqpy. This dinosaur character was soon revised as a blue moose with mismatched antlers named Lumpy in the first public episode, Spin Fun Knowin' Ya!. As of this point, Lumpy no longer has the banjo seen in Banjo Frenzy.

History

Happy Tree Friends

Lumpy first appears in Happy Tree Friends in the episode "Spin Fun Knowin' Ya!". Since then, he has appeared in many episodes. Because of his many roles, he is the character with the highest number of appearances.

Starring intros

• Season 1: Lumpy looks at the viewer with a dull expression.
• Season 2: Lumpy is upside down while pointing at his chin.
• Season 3 through Season 5: Lumpy is holding a pork and beef sandwich. The quote says, "For a lazy lunch, try left-over loaf!."

Happy Tree Friends: Homerun

Lumpy appears in Happy Tree Friends: Homerun. In this game, he takes Cuddles, Giggles, and Petunia to a playground to have fun together on a new slide. Unfortunately for them, Flippy stumbles across them and happens to have flipped out. Lumpy is one of the Happy Tree Friends that will be launched off the slide, only to be hit by Flippy, the player character. When he is hit by Flippy's baseball bat, his head and hands are torn off from his body. If Flippy does not hit Lumpy in time, the latter will be lethally smacked into a wall.

Happy Tree Friends: Spin Fun

Lumpy appears in Spin Fun as the player-controlled character. Lumpy spins the roundabout, the speed of which is controlled by the player. This will affect how far Cuddles, Giggles, or Toothy is launched and to which direction.

Happy Tree Friends: Blood Money

Lumpy appears in Blood Money whenever Lifty and Shifty fail to bounce Cuddles, Giggles, or Petunia back up, thus he/she splatters on the ground. His role is to clean up the fallen corpse.

Happy Tree Friends (television series)

Lumpy appears in the television series adaptation of Happy Tree Friends. His first appearance is in the "One Foot in the Grave" episode, "The Wrong Side of the Tracks". As with the internet series, he remains the most prominent character. Lumpy has been absent in only two episodes, that being "And The Kitchen Sink" and "Easy For You to Seigh."

Starring intros

• Season 1: Lumpy is in a toilet and has a toilet paper roll on his right antler. He raises his hand up.

Arcade games

Tightrope-A-Dope

Lumpy is the playable character in Tightrope-A-Dope. The player has to keep him balanced as he walks on tightrope for as long as possible. Buckets will eventually appear to be filled by rainwater to throw his balance off. If Lumpy falls, he will end up impaled by his own balance pole and then fried by lightning.

Happy Tree Friends - Milk Pong

Lumpy appears in Happy Tree Friends - Milk Pong. In every round of that game, Lumpy will try to impede Nutty's thrown ball from falling into the cup, the outcome of which depends on whether the player clicks the screen when Nutty's hand is lined up with the cup or not. If successful, Lumpy takes the loss and drinks the milk from the cup. If failed, Lumpy will show triumph and the player has to try the current round again.

This Game Is All Flocked Up

Lumpy only physically appears on the title screen of This Game Is All Flocked Up.

Hare Trigger

Lumpy only appears on the title screen of Hare Trigger.

Aim to Freeze

Lumpy is the opponent character in Aim to Freeze. In a "1 Player" game, he is controlled by AI, while in a "2 Players" game, the second player controls Lumpy. The game pits him against Toothy, where the first one to hit the other three times or successfully hit the other with a frozen snowball wins.

Happy Tree Friends - Lumpy's Lame Card Trick

Lumpy is the focus character in the Happy Tree Friends - Lumpy's Lame Card Trick interactive video. Depending on the card picked, Lumpy will mess up his trick in some way, with two of the scenarios outright killing him.

Happy Tree Friends: Strandead

Lumpy only appears in the intro cutscene of Happy Tree Friends: Strandead.

Stay On Target

Lumpy only appears on the title screen of Stay On Target.

Happy Tree Friends: Run & Bun

Lumpy appears as an obstacle in all levels of Happy Tree Friends: Run & Bun:

• Park: Lumpy is using a lawnmower.
• City: Lumpy is repairing a car. If the player crashes into him, he will be cut in half by the car hood.
• Jungle: Lumpy is trying to free himself from vines.
• Construction Site: Lumpy is hammering.
• Amusement Park: Lumpy is lying down on a spiky mattress. If the player crashes into him, he will explode.
• Cave: Lumpy is mining.

Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm

Lumpy is the main protagonist of Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm. He is visible on the HUD and the player controls his "rescuer aim" to utilize one of the four abilities that can either affect the level environment or the rescuable Happy Tree Friends' movement behavior.

Happy Tree Friends - Double Vision

Lumpy is featured on levels 3 and 9 of Happy Tree Friends - Double Vision, taken from "Letter Late Than Never" and "Remains To Be Seen" respectively.

Happy Tree Friends: Deadeye Derby

Lumpy appears as the shopkeeper in Happy Tree Friends: Deadeye Derby.

Biography

General information

Personality

Lumpy is a bumbling moose frequently portrayed as dimwitted, clumsy, and extremely unintelligent. In most episodes, his stupidity drives the plot and often leaves several characters dead, including himself on occasion. However, he is well-meaning, as he would rather help his fellow peers and take any opportunity to rescue his friends when they are endangered. Lumpy is constantly depicted as a caretaker for several characters, and sometimes non-anthropomorphic animals or objects, such as cows, his pet elephant, or an ear of giant corn.

However, despite his kind nature, he is sometimes portrayed as an antagonistic character. In Dunce Upon a Time, he is depicted as a giant, where he kills several of his hostages after they have fled from their respective cages. In Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, he participated in murdering Flaky or at least supported it in some sort of way. An infamous example of Lumpy's antagonistic side has occurred throughout We're Scrooged!, where he is portrayed as a greedy business owner. His villainous acts include stealing coins from The Mole's charity bucket and intentionally killing Toothy to make a profit from his dismembered body parts. In Every Litter Bit Hurts, he is repeatedly seen committing harmful acts toward the environment. In Mime To Five, Lumpy is portrayed as a circus's oppressive and greedy owner. Most notably, in this episode, he treats Mime poorly, and uses unethical treatment to suppress his Killer Ducks. In The Carpal Tunnel of Love, he interferes with Cuddles' plan to show his affection for Giggles. In the same episode, he does careless actions that wind up killing the other characters in the cafe, such as stealing Handy's truck

Lumpy enjoys golfing, as seen in episodes like "Chew Said A Mouthful" and "Tongue In Cheek". He is a farmer in some episodes and cares about his farm, going to lengths to protect it that often results at his own expense, such as destroying his own house or getting himself killed . Lumpy has a sizable appetite and is most often seen eating various foods like sandwiches, meat, and beans. As demonstrated in a few episodes, Lumpy is skilled in a few talents, such as surfing or swimming.

While Lumpy often showcases his extremely low intelligence, there have been just as many instances where Lumpy has shown competence. In Doggone It, Lumpy was the only character to figure the temperament of Whistle to be caused by a whistling sound.

Physical information

Lumpy is a tall blue moose with mismatched antlers. His eyes are almost always crossed when he's idle, and his teeth are often seen sticking from beneath his nose when wearing his standard expression. He is notably slimmer and taller than the rest of the Tree Friends. In general, Lumpy has a very unique design compared to most characters. He lacks a heart-shaped nose and has two visible nostrils in place of it. He also lacks mitten hands, as his hands are always seen possessing four-fingered digits. He is one of the characters to have pupils without a prominent wedge, thus resembling a Pac-Man shape.

Though Lumpy is mainly depicted as bald, he is sometimes drawn with visible hair. In the episode "Double Whammy Part I", he is shown to have black facial hair. Even though his eyes are normally seen as black, they are revealed to be blue in "Concrete Solution" and green in "Wishy Washy".

Lumpy was briefly depicted with hoof-like feet akin to a moose in "Every Litter Bit Hurts". However, he has visible toes in "Wipe Out!".

While Lumpy seems to be completely nude, he has worn various outfits in several episodes, such as jackets, aprons, pants, shirts, and overalls. However, according to "Baking Me Crazy", it's implied that Lumpy wears an invisible T-shirt that blends in with his blue fur. When he takes it off, he can be seen with a tan line, nipples, buttocks, and unseen genitals.

Speech

Lumpy speaks with a very low-pitched voice. He has spoken clear English the most times out of all the characters. He sometimes cusses "What the fuck?" or "What the hell?" whenever he sees something strange or disturbing. He was able to tell Sniffles about Toothy breaking his arm in Blast from the Past in clear English.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Lumpy.

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Trivia

• His MySpace account mentions that his favorite foods are cheese and sandwiches, that his favorite dessert is cheesecake, and that he likes to talk to lettuce.
• According to the Favorite Character poll in 2003, Lumpy placed second with 16%, beaten by Flippy (32%) and putting him above Nutty, Cuddles, Flaky, Petunia, and Giggles (all at 6%). In the Best Happy Tree Friends Character tournament, he lost against Splendid on Round 2.