Happy Tree Friends

http://nmaps.net/user/ · Postby **Vyacheslav** » 2010.10.25 (04:12)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugB7IfyeDgg

Cute, furry animated animals + nonstop gore and violence = My cup of tea.
EDIT: NSFW for blood and gore.

http://nmaps.net/user/rennaT · Postby **Tanner** » 2010.10.25 (05:24)

But they aren't clever at all! These are for people who didn't realize that Itchy and Scratchy were satirical.

http://nmaps.net/user/scythe33 · Postby **scythe** » 2010.10.25 (05:50)

I remember Happy Tree Friends, from 2003, before it was cool.

Postby **SlappyMcGee** » 2010.10.25 (14:40)

hairscapades wrote:But they aren't clever at all! These are for people who didn't realize that Itchy and Scratchy were satirical.

Itchy and Scratchy are brilliant.

Anyway, Tanner, I believe you are referring to the Simpsons' writers, since they wanted to give them a full spinoff.

Although, I will say this: why are I&S satire and this is not?

http://nmaps.net/user/heartattack · Postby **Heartattack** » 2010.10.25 (15:32)

scythe wrote:I remember Happy Tree Friends, from 2003, before it was cool.

I remember remembering things before they were cool, before it was cool.

http://nmaps.net/user/rennaT · Postby **Tanner** » 2010.10.25 (16:27)

=w= wrote:Although, I will say this: why are I&S satire and this is not?

That is a legit question. If we aren't expressly told by the creators that what we're seeing is satire, we have to interpret from the oeuvre itself. I feel that The Simpsons does provide a context through which we can interpret I&S as satire whereas HTF doesn't.

Thankfully, that's sort of moot point since, in the DVD commentary for Season 9's "Girly Edition" and Season 2's "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", Matt Groening and Mike Reiss, respectively, state that I&S cartoons are used to satirize issues. The only references I can find to HTF being satire are from third parties.

http://nmaps.net/user/ · Postby **Vyacheslav** » 2010.10.25 (16:49)

I think it should be noted that I&S, while satirical, is also a parody of Tom and Jerry whereas HTF is not.

Postby **SlappyMcGee** » 2010.10.25 (17:37)

hairscapades wrote:
=w= wrote:Although, I will say this: why are I&S satire and this is not?
That is a legit question. If we aren't expressly told by the creators that what we're seeing is satire, we have to interpret from the oeuvre itself. I feel that The Simpsons does provide a context through which we can interpret I&S as satire whereas HTF doesn't.

Thankfully, that's sort of moot point since, in the DVD commentary for Season 9's "Girly Edition" and Season 2's "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", Matt Groening and Mike Reiss, respectively, state that I&S cartoons are used to satirize issues. The only references I can find to HTF being satire are from third parties.

That is the disk I am missing from Season 9, and thus cannot confirm Tanner's claim.

http://nmaps.net/user/donfuy · Postby **Donfuy** » 2010.10.25 (20:08)

scythe wrote:I remember Happy Tree Friends, from 2003, before it was cool.

QFE

http://nmaps.net/user/ · Postby **Vyacheslav** » 2010.10.25 (22:27)

I guess this is further proof I am 7 years behind everyone.

http://nmaps.net/user/heartattack · Postby **Heartattack** » 2010.10.25 (23:00)

oeuvre wrote:I guess this is further proof I am 7 years behind everyone.

I realized that 7 years ago.

Postby **otters~1** » 2010.10.26 (02:49)

I had my scathing "found this in middle school" comment ready, but, as usual, I am far too late.

As far as I&S goes, there are several obvious in-episode plots about TV violence just to make sure we all understand Groening's point in creating it. Whereas HTF is creepy and didn't even make me laugh when I was 13.

http://nmaps.net/user/BluePretzel · Postby **BluePretzel** » 2010.10.26 (07:30)

WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!

QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!

Postby **t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư** » 2010.10.26 (20:23)

BluePretzel wrote:WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!

QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!

Who the hell are either of you?

http://nmaps.net/user/heartattack · Postby **Heartattack** » 2010.10.26 (20:51)

T̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư wrote:
BluePretzel wrote:WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!

QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!
Who the hell are either of you?

I love when Tsukatu notices random faceless people. He's all like, this is still an open forum? The fuck?

Postby **t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư** » 2010.10.26 (22:27)

Heartattack wrote:
T̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư wrote:
BluePretzel wrote:WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!

QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!
Who the hell are either of you?
I love when Tsukatu notices random faceless people. He's all like, this is still an open forum? The fuck?

I don't mind newcomers; I just think it's dumb when they expect to be known for some reason.

Postby **SlappyMcGee** » 2010.10.26 (22:42)

Heartattack wrote:
T̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư wrote:
BluePretzel wrote:WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!

QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!
Who the hell are either of you?
I love when Tsukatu notices random faceless people. He's all like, this is still an open forum? The fuck?

There's like thirty people on this forum. It's not hard.

http://nmaps.net/user/maxson924 · Postby **Rose** » 2010.10.27 (04:59)

flag wrote:As far as I&S goes, there are several obvious in-episode plots about TV violence just to make sure we all understand Groening's point in creating it. Whereas HTF is creepy and didn't even make me laugh when I was 13.

Postby **otters~1** » 2010.10.27 (21:59)

I remember in particular an episode in which one of the "friends" got his head stuck in a snack machine and screamed as the little corkscrew snack-pusher penetrated his eye. Ha.

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