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"Bargains to be had when Shifty is around! The street value of his love is priceless."
―"Collect them All" card info[src]
 


 
"No time to be thrifty, just take what's nifty and be out in fifty!"
―The description rhyme in the intros in late season 3-season 4.
 

Shifty is one of the main characters of Happy Tree Friends. He's also a boss in Deadeye Derby, along with Lifty, both together making an individual boss.

Character Bio

Shifty designs

Shifty and his brother Lifty are two green kleptomaniac raccoon identical twin brothers with dark green mask-like markings around their eyes. They frequently steal merchandise and produce from the other Happy Tree Friends (thus their names). They also hunt for treasure, ransack houses, or do anything to get rich quick. They mostly steal from Lumpy (in Meat Me for Lunch they steal meat from Lumpy's deli mart, in Milkin' It they steal a cow from Lumpy's farm, in Concrete Solution they steal his wallet, and in Junk in the Trunk they abduct his pet elephant). They probably rob Lumpy so frequently because his lack of intelligence and common sense makes him an easy target.

Brotherlybetrayal

Shifty has a tendency to abandon his brother.

Although they have the same gender, appearance, and personality, Shifty wears a fedora and often bosses Lifty around. Despite the smirks on their faces, they almost always end up dying in the episodes in which they appear. They also have a trademark evil snicker (usually a different one for later episodes). Like most siblings, Shifty argues with his brother about who is at fault it is when something goes wrong, but when trouble is afoot, they work together. Shifty has been known to betray Lifty at some points, as seen in Milkin' It when Shifty threw Lifty out of a hot air balloon as not to get caught by a power line. Also, in Sea What I Found, Shifty had a chance to save Lifty, but instead just stole the jewels. In Easy For You to Sleigh, he abandons Lifty when the latter gets caught in a trap.

Despite their disagreements, they show brotherly love towards each other in some episodes, including The Wrong Side of the Tracks, in which they are paired up together while riding on Lumpy's theme park roller coaster, Sea What I Found, in which they play chess together while waiting underwater, As You Wish, in which they hug each other happily (first when being saved from falling to their deaths, then when having their wishes granted), and Gems the Breaks, in which they glance at each other lovingly while testing the kryptonut on Splendid.

Despite their numerous illegal activities, they sometimes contribute to recreational activities (such as going on a roller coaster and participating in a Christmas play) without causing any trouble. On rare occasions they earn cash honestly and have even been heroic, such as in Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, where they provide a life raft to help the characters escape from an island.

Both have proved to be physically capable, as they lift an elephant (with Cuddles' help) in Junk in the Trunk, lift a cow effortlessly in Milkin' It, and physically overpower Giggles and Petunia in Gems the Breaks. While Shifty is known to boss Lifty around, Shifty is overpowered by Lifty in Who's to Flame?.

In the internet series, Lifty and Shifty do not appear as often as other characters. However, Lifty and Shifty had a good number of starring roles in the TV Series, having the third highest number (behind Lumpy and Sniffles). Generally, both Lifty and Shifty are featured rather frequently in the TV series.

Lifty & Shifty occasionally make money by themselves without stealing, like when they sell dogs that go crazy when they hear a whistle in Doggone It and when they sell bottles of hair growth formula to Disco Bear in Easy Comb, Easy Go. They also trade or sell things to Nutty, such as in Dunce Upon a Time and the False Alarm episode (although it could be that these were stolen prior to the episode).

MilkZ (31)

Lifty and Shifty often deserve their deaths due to their evil actions.

Lifty & Shifty die a lot due to their lack of teamwork and their greed. Like Cuddles, Petunia, Lumpy, and Sniffles, they tend to die some of the messiest deaths in the series. When they do, their deaths involve machines/vehicles, being mashed together or sliced apart, impalement, or some form of heat. In the internet shorts, Lifty & Shifty survive in Stealing the Spotlight (Debatable). In the TV series, they survive in Ipso Fatso, Concrete Solution, and Easy Comb, Easy Go. They both survive in Happy New Year and Disco Bears It All. It is also possible that they survive in Happy Trails Pt. 1, as they are on the island with the surviving characters in part 2, but are not seen in part 1. He is the only character who die in every episode that he has a starring role in.

He and Lifty both seem to have an unusual desire for meat, as can be seen in Meat Me for Lunch, Ipso Fatso, And the Kitchen Sink, Milkin' It, Dunce Upon a Time,and Disco Bears It All and their TV series title card. This at least makes more sense than Lumpy's love of meat, since real-life raccoons (unlike moose) do eat meat. They also have a knack for car building, being able to assemble/reassemble a car in Junk in the Trunk and maintaining their own race car in Wheelin' and Dealin'.

Shifty's Episodes

Starring Roles

Season 1

Season 2

TV Series

Season 3

Season 4

Featuring Roles

Season 2

TV Series

Shorts

Appearance Roles

Season 2

TV Series

Season 3

Kringle Roles

Shorts

HTF Break Roles

Shorts

Role Count By Season

Season Number of Starring Roles Number Of Featuring Roles Number Of Appearing Roles Total
1 2 0 0 2
2 2 1 2 5
TV Series 4 6 7 17
3 1 0 1 2
4 1 0 0 1
HTF Break Roles 1 1 1 3
Kringles Roles 0 1 0 1
Other episodes 0 3 0 3
Total 11 12 11 34

Known Thefts

Occupations and Careers

False Alarm 13

Shifty and Lifty as street sellers.

For more information, see List of Occupations

Fates

Deaths

Seen on Computer and on TV:

  1. Wheelin' and Dealin': Gets half of his body scraped off by pavement.
  2. Meat Me for Lunch: Is ground into sausage.
  3. Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark: Is eaten by a shark.
  4. Milkin' It: Has his bottom half torn to pieces and is tossed about by a windmill.
    MilkZ (31)

    Shifty gets mutilated by a windmill.

  5. Class Act: Is killed in an explosion.
  6. Remains to be Seen:
    1. Is killed in an truck crash.
    2. Is killed again when Lumpy runs him over with a lawnmower.
  7. Kringle Feast: Dies either from gas suffocation or in a massive explosion caused by Lumpy.
  8. YouTube Live Episode: Is killed either by Fliqpy or the claw. (Death not seen, confirmed by Kenn Navarro)
  9. The Wrong Side of Tracks: Is killed by a spinning pole by the park entrance.
    WTracks150

    Lifty laughs at his brother's misfortune.

  10. From Hero to Eternity: Is sucked into a whirlpool and burned by lava.
  11. And the Kitchen Sink: Is sliced in half by a rope.
  12. Don't Yank My Chain: Is hit by a train.
  13. Doggone It: Crashes his and Lifty's van into a tree and flies through the windshield, crushing his body against a tree.
  14. Sea What I Found: Is completely covered in molten gold.
    SWIF Shifty Death

    Gold is valuable, but a death like this is priceless.

  15. Easy For You to Sleigh:Has his stomach cut open by Fliqpy using a Christmas tree cookie.
  16. Who's to Flame?: Is impaled by many sharp objects dropped by Handy.
  17. As You Wish: Is impaled by a lamp.
  18. Dunce Upon a Time: Is crushed by a castle spire.
  19. Gems the Breaks: Is boiled to death when Splendid magnifies his laser through a pair of binoculars while Shifty hides in a lake.
  20. Aw, Shucks!: Is crushed by a huge piece of popcorn. (Death not seen)
  21. Junk in the Trunk: Is violently mangled by a van's axle.
  22. Autopsy Turvy (Double Whammy Part II): Is pierced in the chest by a recorder.
  23. Claw: Is killed either by Fliqpy or the claw. (Death not seen, confirmed by Kenn Navarro)
  24. Wrath of Con: Is crushed by Splendid's breath.
  25. Swelter Skelter: Is impaled in the eye by an icicle.
    Shifty Dead

    One of the times where Shifty didn't deserve to die

  26. Happy Tree Friends False Alarm episode: Has his head decapitated and mutilated.
  27. Cheesy Does It: Gets his face melted due to piping hot cheese on the pizza he takes a bite out of. (Confirmed by Kenn Navarro)
    Burn2

    Melted mozzarella cheese is both delicious and dangerous. (This is so far the only instance where only one of the brothers dies!)

  28. Buns of Steal: Gets his head cut in half.
S4E3 BOS Dead Shifty

Aww, it missed the bun.

Debatable Deaths

  1. Stealing the Spotlight: Is killed by Lumpy's Christmas lights. (Since The Mole survived the heat as well and they were not seen being killed, only running into each other.)
  2. Breaking Wind: Is killed by Splendid's fart.

Additional

  1. Overkill DVD box set: Is possibly killed by Flippy's bomb or a grenade he and Lifty were passing to each other. (Deaths not seen)
  2. Blood Sample O+: Gets his head impaled by a sharp object.
  3. Fire Escape: Falls to his death.
  4. Unnamed Merry-go-round Wallpaper: Is flung off a merry-go-round.
  5. March 2011: Same death as Swelter Skelter.
  6. Dumb Ways to Die: Vomits and dies from alcohol poisoning after drinking one too many bottles of booze and vomits in the TV screen that marks alcohol. Instead of Toothy's smoochie that eats a junk easter egg and vomits and on TV screen that marks "HAPPY EASTER".

Seen in Comics

  1. Bank on It!: Is impaled by a hammer.

Injuries

Seen on Computer and TV

  1. Meat Me for Lunch: His body breaks through an automatic door.
  2. Milkin' It: Shifty's lower half is sliced apart by a windmill. His spine also starts to tear apart as he holds on to the cow's udder.
  3. Class Act: Is burned by the fire in the school.
  4. Stealing the Spotlight: Blindly runs into Lifty.
  5. Kringle Feast: (If he wasn't dead) Is knocked out by a gas leak.
  6. Sea What I Found: Gets the skin torn off the soles of his feet when they stick to a hot metal floor.
    ETS131

    Really?

  7. Easy for you to Sleigh: Has his arm severed by a bear trap.
  8. Who's to Flame?: Is beaten up by Lifty after snatching away a wallet full of money.
  9. Junk in the Trunk: Is pushed through the front window of his truck by an elephant.
  10. Wrath of Con:
    1. Is set on fire.
    2. Suffocates from a lack of oxygen.
  11. Swelter Skelter: Has his hands catch on fire when he picks up a piece of frozen-solid fire.
  12. Buns of Steal: Is slammed against a tree, which leaves scratches on his face.

Additional

  1. Unnamed Comic: Gets his hand cut off when Lifty accidentally closes the door to a safety box with Shifty's hand in it.
  2. May 2005 Wallpaper: Gets his lower body torn off, with his spine stretching out.

Number of Kills

Character Number of Times Killed Episodes
Cuddles 4 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Junk in the Trunk
Claw (Along with Lifty)
Buns of Steal (Along with Lifty and The Mole)
Giggles 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Toothy 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Lumpy 2 Milkin' It (Along with Lifty)
Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Petunia 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Handy 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Nutty 2 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Swelter Skelter
Sniffles 2 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Buns of Steal (Along with Lifty and The Mole)
Pop 2 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Easy For You to Sleigh (Along with Lifty)
Cub 2 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Easy For You to Sleigh (Along with Lifty)
Flaky 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
The Mole 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Disco Bear 2 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Sea What I Found (Along with Lifty)
Russell 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Lifty 7 Meat Me for Lunch
Milkin' It
Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Doggone It
Sea What I Found
Swelter Skelter
Buns of Steal
Mime 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Cro-Marmot 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Fliqpy 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Splendid 1 Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
Generic Tree Friends 21+ 19 from Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
(2 Along with Pop)
Other 1 The Reindeer in Class Act (Along with Nutty, Toothy, Lumpy, Sniffles, Giggles, The Mole, Lifty, and Flaky)
S4E3 Buns of Steal 15

Shifty kills his brother...

S4E3 Buns of Steal 18

...and he doesn't even care.

Additional

Games

  1. Deadbye Derby: Kills Cuddles, Giggles, Toothy, Flaky, Nutty, Petunia, Handy, Disco Bear, and Splendid.

Miscellaneous

  1. March 2011: Kills Lifty the same way he did in the episode Swelter Skelter.

Episodes Survived by Season

Season/Total Number of Appearances Deaths Survived Survival Rate
1 2 2 0 0%
2 5 5 0 0%
TV Series 17 14 3 17.65%
3 2 2 0 0%
4 1 1 0 0%
Kringles 1 1 0 0%
HTF Break 3 2 1 33.33%
Other Episodes 3 2 1 33.33%
Total 34 29 5 14.71%

Survival Rate

  • Internet series: 0%
  • Breaks and Kringles: 25%
  • TV series: 17.65%
  • Total: 14.71%, the lowest out of all the characters.
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