
The most famous examples are " Home Is Where The Hurt Is" and " Idol Curiosity". Kill 'Em All: It doesn't happen often, but some episodes will have a large amount of characters and get all of them killed.The Hero Dies: The starring character usually dies by the end of the episode.Half the Man He Used to Be: A very common injury that nearly every character has had in at least some form is being split in half.So far, Cro-Marmot is the only character to not act like a real animal.
Hell, it even got to the point where the HTF Wiki has compiled a list of all the instances where a character has acted like a real animal.
Furry Reminder: Even though they're anthropomorphic, some of the Tree Friends act like real life animals at times. Four-Fingered Hands: They will get these sorts of hands every once in a while. HAPPY TREE FRIENDS BLOOD SERIES
The TV series thankfully attempts to flesh them out more.
Flat Character: Characters such as Petunia, Disco Bear, Mime, Cro-Marmot, and Russell, were seen as very generic and having little to no personality. Pickels) have mitten hands, although they will occasionally be drawn with Four-Fingered Hands. Fingerless Hands: The majority of them (except Lumpy, Handy, Lammy and Mr. Eye Scream: Nearly every character has suffered from an eye injury at least once. A Day in the Limelight: Every character has had at least two episodes focusing on them. Cruel and Unusual Death: All of them have been subjected to this at least once.
Even when there are no deaths in an episode, you can be sure that there will be excruciating pain for them.
The Chew Toy: Of course, since they get killed all the time in nearly every episode. Not even the seemingly impervious Cro-Marmot or the Invincible Hero Splendid have survived every episode (though he's definitely had the least deaths, period). Anyone Can Die: No main character is safe from at least a single Cruel and Unusual Death. Mentions a purple beaver, and the first thing that would probably come to one's mind is Toothy from this show. Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Most of the characters have very colorful and varied fur, which such colors wouldn't be on a real-life animal.