Helping Helps
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| Season | 1 |
| Date | January 7, 2000[1] March 27, 2008 (YouTube)[2] February 6, 2009 (Atom)[3] June 16, 2013 (YouTube, HD)[4] |
| Production number | 103 [citation needed] |
| Writer(s) | Warren Graff Rhode Montijo Kenn Navarro |
| Director(s) | Rhode Montijo |
| Starring | Splendid The Flying Squirrel Giggles |
| Appearance(s) | Giggles' mom |
| Previous | House Warming |
| Next | Crazy Ant-ics |
"Helping Helps", written as "HelpingHelps" in the Classics Remastered version, is the third episode of Season 1 of Happy Tree Friends. This episode is the first to introduce Splendid The Flying Squirrel. This is the first episode where Giggles is depicted with a head marking, though her pop-up retains her "Spin Fun Knowin' Ya!" design. This addition to her design has become a part of her appearance since then. This episode marks the only appearance of Giggles' mom. This episode is the first Happy Tree Friends episode released in 2000.
Synopsis
Happy Tree Friends website: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a flying squirrel?[3]
Happy Tree Friends website (Giggles Episode Guide): Poor Giggles is limping along when she's nearly crushed and drowned in a tidal wave. Luckily Splendid the flying squirrel saves the day, but not without incident! This episode is the only time you meet Giggle's (sic) mom, one of the only adults in Happy Tree Friends. Do you know who the other adult character is?[5]
Plot
Giggles, who has a leg injury, is limping along with her crutches when the nearby dam breaks, unleashing a large amount of water. Giggles turns toward the water and screams, which is heard by Splendid The Flying Squirrel, who stops eating an acorn and flies off. Giggles tries to get to the other side to avoid the water. When it looks like she is not going to make it, Splendid swoops in just in time to save her. Giggles is happy to be rescued, but she is then decapitated by a tree branch that Splendid happens to be flying by. Splendid looks around in panic before picking up an acorn. He then rings the doorbell to Giggles' house. Giggles' mom opens the door, crying. Splendid shows her Giggles, whose head has been replaced with the acorn which has a crudely drawn face on it. Giggles' mom embraces her daughter and, after Splendid takes off, thanks him. The acorn replacing Giggles' head falls off, splattering blood on her mother's face.
Moral
"Don't forget to stop and smell the roses!"
Fates
Deaths
- Giggles is decapitated after Splendid flies past a tree branch.
Injuries
- Giggles has an unexplained leg injury in this episode.
Survival rate
- Amount of surviving main characters: 1
- Amount of dead main characters: 1
- Total rate: 50%
Destruction
- The dam breaks from a large amount of water.
Quick shot moment
- When Splendid starts flying towards Giggles to save her and a shot of the wave is shown, there is a brief shot of Splendid flying.
Animation errors
- The intro's pop-up bush disappears when the "Almost there..." text is displayed. This only applies to the original release and not the Classic Remastered version which does not display this text.
- Splendid's tail is not drawn during the scene where he spots the acorn.
- Splendid's skin flaps are not drawn when he lifts Giggles to show her to her mother.
Staff
- Main article: List of Helping Helps staff
Rhode Montijo and Aubrey Ankrum created the episode while John Evershed was the executive producer.
Altered and deleted scenes
There are a few differences between the episode's storyboard and the final product.
- Originally, Giggles' mom would immediately welcome Giggles into her arms as soon as she opens the door.
- Splendid The Flying Squirrel flying off after returning Giggles to her mother is not part of the storyboard.
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A deleted scene showing Giggles' mom immediately welcoming Giggles into her arms.
Gallery
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Smaller version of the thumbnail from the official Happy Tree Friends website (pre-Atom).
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Screenshot from the official website's Giggles Episode Guide.
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Screenshot from the official website's Giggles Episode Guide.
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Screenshot from the official website's Giggles Episode Guide.
External links
References
- ↑ MondoMedia's website
- ↑ Happy Tree Friends - Helping Helps (Ep #3) - YouTube
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Helping Helps on Happy Tree Friends
- ↑ Happy Tree Friends - Helping Helps (Classics Remastered) - YouTube
- ↑ Happy Tree Friends website