Disclaimer:
This is an analysis and a review of a crossover that contains strong moments of blood, gore and mutilation. Reader discretion is advised.
A collaboration between Mondo Media’s ironically gory franchise known as “Happy Tree Friends” and Metro’s musical public service announcement known as “Dumb Ways To Die” titled “Happy Train Friends” was released alongside the Bratz doll based on Regina George from Mean Girls and the official gameplay trailer for The Sims 4: Life & Death [2] [3] [14] [17] [83]. I am familiar with both groups of species that get killed in bizarre ways as a former friend of mine was a fan of Happy Tree Friends back when we were in high school and I fondly remember playing the first Dumb Ways To Die game on my iPod Touch between my first and second years of college [7] [49]. There are dumb ways to die in games like Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out! and Grand Theft Auto V [22] [25] [35] [76], but can the ways to die in a new crossover be dumber or simply shocking? Shortly after witnessing the rise of Harley Gaga with my fiancé [32], creating my own Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss character known as “Lisa Cooper” in the console version of The Sims 4 and thinking of some animation admirers getting starstruck by the return of the cast of the Sing duology in a haunting new animated short on Netflix [21] [65] [91], I advise you to brace yourself for a short but shocking crossover between vulnerable Beans and tree friends [14] [17].
HTF, why… Crossover with Ways to Die? Tree buddies, why-y-y… Find even more ways to die [15]? [17] |
The colourful characters from the iconic music video that turned out to be a PSA are called “Beans” [15]. And yes, many of their names are cringey [13]. I suspected that the insanity of Happy Train Friends would begin with Nutty, the lime green, sugar-addicted squirrel taking a bite out of Putz, the Bean who is known for holding a red balloon, mistaking him for a jellybean [15] [16], but it turns out that it begins with Handy being decapitated by a spinning stop sign due to Lumpy playing a game on what appears to be a handheld device based on the Game & Watch series from Nintendo when he is supposed to be the train’s conductor [17] [63] [82] [89] [90]. I admire how Handy provides some passable representation of those who have lost a limb [58] [59], but I also suspected that he would pretty much be one of the pawns for reminding us of the dumbest ways to die Metro warned us right after an iconic musical number just before the release of Happy Train Friends [15] [63]. I guess I was right. A new incarnation of Zip from Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is a brilliant comic relief with his wit and wisecracks [36], but that is not the case in the usual shock factor of the Happy Tree Friends series combined with dialogue limited to gibberish, gasps and screams and we shall expand on that as we go along [17].
I am pretty sure that Greg the Grim Reaper is bloody sick of the critters always dying by now [50] [55] [61] [62]. [17] |
Correcting me on his unhealthy antics, Nutty does take a bite out of Putz [17], quite like how Mac from Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends biting into a gummy bear’s ear whilst going crazy due to a sugar rush in the episode “Partying is Such Sweet Soiree” [30] [64], but even more unsettling [17]. I feel bad for the blonde-hair Bean named “Stumble” who is known as listening to music from his MP3 player as he gets pushed into the faulty luggage storage by a retreating Putz and has his feet grated away on the railway tracks [13] [15] [17], which is what running on a treadmill without shoes on feels like. Seriously, Lumpy? You have not learned anything from your past deathly experiences by now [56] [60]? And why the fudge and caramel ice cream truck would you try to start your car on a railway track after your duties as a train conductor [17]?! I am proud of Lara Croft reuniting with Camilla Roth, an old sister figure of hers in the fourth episode of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft [12], along with her efforts to find Jonah to make amends with him in the fifth episode, but as for the cute critters we knew and felt so bad for since 1999 [26], it looks like there are doomed to stick to the Kenny McCormick status with not much character progression [17] [85].
Any other tree friends and Beans? Flaky and Toothy are only background characters, along with the Bean by the name of “Doofus” known as disturbing a nest of wasps is covered in them (even though they look more like fleas) and do not contribute much to the crossover, which is a little disappointing, but at least Flaky and Doofus are part of a rather creative stoplight gag at the end of the short [13] [15] [17]. There is also the Bean named “Botch” known for wearing moose antlers guiding the lowering of a new stoplight, only for it to impale the heads of Putz, Nutty, Doofus and Flaky. In the post-credit scene, Handy’s head lands on Botch’s in a graphic result. Toothy’s supposed survival makes me wonder if there will be a chapter of Happy Train Friends. I know it would be wiser to just leave the idea as a one-note special event, quite like how some of us believe that the idea of the Rugrats being preteens should have only been in “All Growed Up” to halt the Rugrats franchise with a memorable sendoff as a big part of a 10th-anniversary celebration [67] [68] [69] [70], but who knows when Lifty and Shifty will hijack the next train [53]? And who knows when Clod will provoke Flippy into a duel [15] [55]?
Ever thought about sharing your sweets, Nutty? [17] |
Considering how short Happy Tree Friends is [17], is it at least sweet? Well, in terms of shock value, there is a little predictability that is at least salvaged by a pinch of build-up in moments such as Handy getting decapitated by Lumpy’s failure to concentrate on halting the train near a closed tunnel and Putz’s lack of awareness of Nutty’s true intentions at first. Aside from that, other horrific moments are pretty unexpected, such as Stumble getting rolled up into a blob of flesh after stumbling on what no treadmill runner would want to feel, which is a little unbalanced with the previously mentioned fatalities, but the imbalance is at least not blatant. Kudos to the crossover not occurring right away as the Beans arrive on the train after the title card’s appearance, thus being a little more effective when it comes to combining the two cartoons. Even as a crossover, the plot of Happy Train Friends feels like a regular episode of Happy Tree Friends and it is understandable why the series is not every animation admirer’s glass of ice-cold lemonade...or in the webseries’ case, eyes-cold lemonade [54] [79] [80], but I am thankful that the writing is nowhere near as choppy and messy of the first season of Mr. Pickles in terms of shock factor and as previously mentioned, there is potential for a second chapter if the reception is successful [17] [81].
Colourful and lacking frame rate issues, the animation is excellent [16] [17] [63]. The flow of the characters’ animation is elegant, even during the moments of their mutilations, aside from a few swift movements, like Nutty devouring all those jellybeans. The setting being a train arriving at two train stations, including one fittingly labelled as the train station in Dumbville is a good idea as the purpose of “Dumb Ways To Die” is to lead viewers into keeping railway safety in mind with a catchy song [15], despite the flak such a concept received [86]. The train station and railway backgrounds are bolder than the Summer backgrounds in The Duck Song 4 and the Autumn backgrounds in The Duck Song 5, but not as ambitious in terms of world-building [17] [23] [24]. Although the blood and gore are not as visually detailed as the injury details in Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, it is still impactful, considering how it is a crossover between two intellectual properties known for being gory and as previously mentioned, the brutality in Happy Tree Friends can been at least partially creative at times and you can tell which species’ blood is which as the tree critters have blood in a bold shade of red and the Beans’ blood is watermelon pink [15] [17] [54] [55] [59] [61]. Kudos to the animation team for their efforts [16] [17] [63], but we still need to be aware of recent issues in the animation industry and hope for some step-ups [4].
The auditory aspects of Happy Train Friends are also top-notch [17]. The first scene’s music is a cheery tune as an element of the harmless first impression the Happy Tree Friends series has had since 1999 [26] [54] [55] [62]. I like how the title card for the crossover consists of not only a spookily green palette, much like the logo for the crossover between Codename: Kids Next Door and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy but an upbeat remix of the Happy Tree Friends theme song, quite like how The Sims 2: Seasons and The Sims 2: Bon Voyage provided their own versions of the neighbourhood theme of the base game [18] [19] [20] [31] [33], even though the original theme song has been considered irritating by some cartoon critics [80]. I adore the instrumental of the chorus of “Dumb Ways To Die” that plays when three Beans enter the train [15] [17]. We hear a variety of sound effects, from the nostalgic bleeps from Lumpy’s handheld gaming system strongly resembling a Game & Watch to the usual sounds of blood being shed in comical ways [82] [88] [89]. Even though the sounds of adorable characters getting killed off are unnerving, the audio of Happy Tree Friends is almost as expectational as the audio in Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings, despite their entirely different motives [16] [17] [63] [96].
Oh! And let us not forget about the chime rising as the faces of Flay, Doofus and nutty's reappear on a stoplight, my favourite part of the crossover because of its creativity. [17] |
As much as I adore Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, the animated series based on Green Eggs & Ham and Hazbin Hotel for different reasons [78] [87] [88] [94] [95], I am appreciative towards the efforts put into this bizarre experiment for its great animation and simple but passable plot [17]. I see some potential in a second chapter featuring some other characters from the properties as a result of Toothy apparently being the only one to survive the first, such as Giggles, Cuddles, Petunia, Sniffles, Splendid and Flippy from Happy Tree Friends and Dippy, Clod, Lax and Bonehead from Dumb Ways To Die [13] [56] [57], resulting in more red and watermelon pink blood being shed [17]. Too bad the “I Like Trains” dude from the asdfmovie series would not take Metro’s advice [71] [72] [73] [74], but at least we can [15]. There has been quite a lot of cartoonish craziness in 2024, including Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland [38], four Helluva Shorts and Happy Train Friends [14] [17] [45] [46] [47] [48]. If you ask me, watching Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl on Netflix could be a swell way to start 2025 [66], possibly the year when X, formerly known as “Twitter” could be the closest to ending up like MySpace and I do not doubt that there will be more cartoony craziness, including a revival of Phineas and Ferb on Disney+ throughout a new year of the snake [10] [34] [37] [51] [77] [99].
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