Flippy/Fliqpy[]
Flippy is a 22-year old American with yellow green eyes. He wears dog tags around his neck and a green beret with checkered crest on his head. He is a retired veteran soldier in the Army. He fought in the Weaponized Animal Regiment (The W.A.R), and he has an obsession with making booby traps inspired by the Vietcong, as well as a flashback of his experience of being held captive by them (as seen in Easy For You to Sleigh). As he fought for years, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. During the Internet and TV series, it is unknown if Flippy has retired from the Army or if they are simply in a time of peace, but he's still a war hero. Flippy rarely appears in the series, most likely due to his repetitive behavior in most of the episodes in which he appears. Flippy most likely has even more kills than Lumpy (who has 151+ kills in 92 episodes), since he has over 483 kills and has only appeared in 15 episodes so far. The kill ratio between Flippy and Lumpy is 4 1/3:1 59/92, respectively.
Flippy is the only character in the series to cause the deaths of other characters on purpose in every episode which he appears (the one exception being Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part 2), where all of his kills happen by accident). He has a severe case of post traumatic stress disorder. Whenever he sees or hears something that reminds him of war (e.g., gunshot-like sounds, crackling campfires and ketchup), he goes insane and kills everyone around him and sometimes himself, believing that he is still in war. While insane, several physical features about him change: his eyes turn a different color, usually green or yellow, his voice changes from high and cute to low and downright evil, and his teeth become sharp. In the early Internet shorts, his teeth simply became crooked. In later episodes when he flips-out he blinks changing his pupils from normal pac-man pupils to round pupils, his irises remain blue (sometimes red), his voice deepens into an angry growl, and his teeth get sharp; there has even been an instance (Remains to be Seen) where his eyes became small, circular, with a light blue iris. If he is in his evil state, he (along with Lumpy, The Mole, Cro-Marmot, and Nutty's one eye) doesn't have Pac-Man shaped pupils. When he is flipped out, he is known as Evil Flippy, or in W.A.R. Journal as Fliqpy.
Although Flippy can be the most cruel and dangerous character in Happy Tree Friends, he is considered to be one of the most sociable and kindest of characters, when not flipped-out. This is proven in several episodes where he is seen doing social activities with some of the other characters such as going to the movies and playing hide and seek. In most of the episodes where he appears, he is shown as a friendly and social before he goes insane, or as many people say, "flipping-out" (thus his name). Additionally, when he "flips-out", he does not remember the bloody rampage that follows. However, in Double Whammy Part 1, (and possibly starting from Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow when he resists his evil side for the first time) he finally realizes his problem and goes to Lumpy the psychiatrist for answers. After three attempts to cure him, Lumpy fails. At the end of the episode Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part 2), Flippy finally cures his post traumatic stress disorder, but is run over soon after by a chicken truck.
Flippy rarely dies in the series. When he does die, his deaths involve vehicles/machinery or explosions and he is almost always not flipped-out. He is also one of the most popular characters in the show.
He has his own action show called W.A.R. Journal, part of the Happy Tree Friends Action Series: Ka-Pow! show. According to the first episode, Flippy was originally not a particularly good soldier. He demonstrated an inability to throw his knife straight while under pressure, killed both of his teammates, hid in the carcass of one of his dead teammates in fear, and accidentally threw a slice of pizza at the enemy commander rather than his knife. He flips out for the very first time when he hides inside his comrade's dead body to not be killed by the Tiger Army. Most likely, the first time he flipped out, he did it because his consciousness needed to protect him, so his instinct told him to fight or flee, and he fought. He ended up losing his hands in a fight with the Tiger Commander, but he was apparently able to reattach them some time between the events of W.A.R. Journal and the regular Happy Tree Friends series (unless these episodes, like the regular Happy Tree Friends series, revert everything back to original at the start of each new episode). The only episodes that Flippy dies when he appears are Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, Class Act (debatable), Remains to be Seen, Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow, Autopsy Turvy/Double Whammy Part 2 and Without A Hitch. That means that he survives Hide and Seek, This Is Your Knife, Flippin' Burgers, Keepin' it Reel, Party Animal, Double Whammy Part I, New Season Teaser, Out of Sight, Out of Mime, Easy For You to Sleigh, On My Mind, In Over Your Hedge and Operation: Tiger Bomb.
Character Relationships:[]
- He is only on good terms among all the characters in the series, but this changes when he turns into Fliqpy.
- The only character which he has a deep relationship is Flaky . He and Flaky are seen to be doing activities together like going to the movies, playing hide and seek, and going camping (although Flippy has killed Flaky several times). Flaky is the one who organizes his birthday party in Party Animal, proving that she knows personal dates about him, such as the day when he was born, implying that they are quite close. This has led some fans to believe that he has a crush on her. He didn't kill her in Party Animal, while she was vulnerable, and Flaky's scream snapped him out of his flipped-out mode in Double Whammy Part 1. Despite that they appear to be good friends, Flaky develops a phobia of him in the later episodes. She gets so scared of him, that she gathers the courage to kill him, going to the point where she stabs him in fear, when he tries to help her in Without A Hitch. The two of them are called as the most wanted couple through the fans.
- W.A.R comrades - Although they only appeared in the W.A.R Journal episode, he is on friendly terms with them.
- Tiger General and the Tiger Army - Although they only appeared in the W.A.R Journal episode, they were Flippy's Regiment archenemy back then in his war years.
- Splendid the Flying Squirrel - It's unknown what is their relationship to one another, but there are conclusions that they are rivals (only in Fliqpy). Although this is unconfirmed.
Personality:[]
Flippy is a kind and sociable character in the series. Although, this changes when he "flips out". In his Flipped-out mode or when he turns into Fliqpy, he then becomes violent, aggressive, and a blood thirsty character. He only "flips out" when he hear or see things that is related to war such as knives, gun shots, blood, military equipment, blood, etc.
Trivia:[]
- He has an allergic reaction to peanuts (or venison) just like Flaky, but he doesn't puff up like her, and is later cured.
- Flippy also appears to be an extremely heavy sleeper, as seen in Easy For You to Sleigh and Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow.
- In Happy Tree Friends, his bear age seems to be 11 months, but in some media adaptations, his human age used to be 41, 13 years from now.
- He is the only character which has his own episode. The episode is W.A.R. Journal, part of the Happy Tree Friends Action Series: Ka-Pow! show.
- His attire seems to resemble the U.S. Army Special Forces, which played a role during the Vietnam War.
- According to writer Warren Graff, Flippy is mostly based on John Rambo and The Incredible Hulk.
- The most popular pair he is included within is Flippy x Flaky.
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