Giggles is one of the main characters in Happy Tree Friends, and one of the four primary characters of the show, along with Cuddles, Toothy, and Lumpy.
Character Bio
Giggles is a pink chipmunk who has a white diamond-shaped marking, a white oval on her torso, and wears a big red bow on her head. She has the personality of a young girl, as she enjoys frolicking through flowers, having tea parties with Petunia, ice skating, and having a shy and sweet demeanor. Her name comes from her habit of giggling often. She appears to be allergic to roses which was revealed in her Valentines Smoochie. Giggles is one of the primary characters who is just a lonely girl. She becomes Cuddles' girlfriend. She may have also been one of the first characters to be created along with Lifty and Shifty.
Giggles is a very affectionate character and is often seen hugging, kissing, and playing with the other characters. However, she does not seem to be really compatible with Flippy (even if they were seen dating in On My Mind).She's also been seen with others characters. She was supposed to go on the Love Bites episode Cold Hearted she was seen with Cro-Marmot. She is best friends with Petunia, as seen in Eyes Cold Lemonade and Gems the breaks where both seem to run a lemonade stand together. She is also good friends with Lumpy, usually being seen in quite a few episodes with him.
Her deaths usually involve being crushed, her chest or her head (mostly sliced off, or somethings are ripped out of it). One of her most gruesome injuries is in Eyes Cold Lemonade where her face is sliced off by a sign and lemonade is spat in her face (by Petunia). Despite this, she doesn't die in the aforementioned episode.Giggles tries to be an environmental.
She is also considered as a damsel in distress. When she's in trouble, Splendid usually comes to the rescue, but injures or kills her in the process. For example, in From Hero to Eternity, Splendid explodes Cuddles and ruptures Giggles' eardrums. In another example, he accidentally decapitates her in Helping Helps while trying to rescue her from a flood. But on occasion, she can act the hero, like in Dunce Upon a Time, where she tries but fails to rescue the other characters destined for a gruesome fate.
Lemonade Stand Co-Owner - Eyes Cold Lemonade; Gems the Breaks; Milk Pong
Waitress - Concrete Solution
Environmentalist Leader - Every Litter Bit Hurts
Christmas Play Actor - Class Act
Genie - As You Wish
Nurse - Change of Heart; Chew Said a Mouthful; Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow
Explorer - Idol Curiosity
Carol Singer - Kringle Carols; Deck the Halls; We Wish You
Student - Something Fishy
Swimmer - By The Seat Of Your Pants
Fates
Deaths
Banjo Frenzy (Pilot Episode): Head gets sliced off by Lumpy's banjo.
For not paying attention.
Spin Fun Knowin’ Ya: Flung off a merry-go-round, sliced in half by a piece of wood, and impaled through the heart with handle.
Helping Helps: Splendid flies under a tree with her, accidentally decapitating her.
Stayin' Alive!: Giggles gets a teapot stuck in her head and hot tea possibly burns her brain (debatable).
Boo Do You Think You Are: Sliced in half by a pendulum.
You’re Baking Me Crazy: Lumpy accidentally launches an eggbeater at her, mutilating her eyes and brain.
Snow What? That’s What: Impaled through eyes and face by icicles.
Pretty ice, huh?
This is Your Knife: Flippy strangles her with Cuddles’ intestines.
Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark: Gets stung by jellyfish, has an allergic reaction and eventually succumbs to hypothermia.
Flippin’ Burgers: Flippy squeezes ketchup and mustard into her ears which comes out her nose, causing her to suffocate.
Class Act: Dies in a school explosion.
Better Off Bread: (1) Her back is broken when Splendid rescues her and the skin on her head is torn off when Splendid flies too quickly. (2) Falls off a cliff when Splendid goes back in time and refuses to rescue her. It is assumed she broke all her bones.
Remains to be Seen: Killed in truck crash, revived as zombie and killed again when zombie Flippy’s brain explodes.
Stealing the Spotlight: Burnt to death due to the heat released by Lumpy’s Christmas lights.
Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna be Ya!: Buried in avalanche, as her bow can be seen in the background when Disco Bear pokes his head out the snow before getting planked (debatable).
Kringle Tree: Lumpy accidentally hacks her face with an axe.
Kringle Feast: Killed in an explosion caused by Lumpy.
Kringle Karols: Burns alive when the candle she's holding fall on her, lighting her head on fire (debatable).
Ski Patrol: Her organs (and other items) pop out of her chest after Lumpy improperly performs open heart surgery on her.
The Wrong Side of the Tracks: Lands on the ground with so much force, her spine is forced out of her neck.
And the Kitchen Sink: Run over by Pop’s SUV.
Doggone It: Skinned and mauled by Whistle.
Who’s to Flame: Burns to death (death not seen).
Every Litter Bit Hurts: Mole stabs her heart out with a litter stick.
Giggles' heart is not trash, Mole. (PS. Do you think she deserved that?)
Snow Place to Go: Crushed by a burning mast.
Gems the Breaks: Hit by a massive wave of Splendid’s vomit.
Mime to Five: Mauled by killer ducks.
Blast from the Past: (1) Crushed by dump truck. (2) Squeezed to death by swing. (3) Same fate from Spin Fun Knowin' Ya.
See What Develops: Skin and flesh ripped off by Splendid’s speed.
Idol Curiosity: Crushed by earthquake. (Idol Induced)
Home is Where the Hurt is: Shredded in half by loose nails after sliding down a stair banister.
Aw, Shucks: Brain crushed out by giant popcorn.
Letter Late Than Never: Sweater shrinks, forcing her head off.
Wingin' It: Shredded by plane engines.
I’ve Got You Under My Skin: Head impaled on Sniffles’ shrinking machine.
Junk in the Trunk: Lumpy accidentally puts a poster over her, suffocating her to death.
Double Whammy pt. 1: Bones and organs to be yanked from her body through her eye sockets by a plane's propellers.
The Carpal Tunnel of Love: Impaled through the mouth by a pipe, along with Cuddles.
Wrath of Con: Head melted by a lightsaber.
Something Fishy: Eaten alive by Russell's killer fish (heard, but death not seen)
See You Later, Elevator: Crushed by a detached elevator.
Happy New Year: Crushed by the chandelier above (death not seen)
On My Mind: Dies from having thorns of a rose run through her brain. (due to Flippy)
Royal Flush: Sliced to pieces by poker cards.
New Season Teaser: Beheaded by Flippy.
Breaking Wind: Impaled on a set of pitchforks and many other sharp objects land on her and is decapitated by a shovel.
All in Vein: Crushed like a soda can by Lumpy.
By the Seat of Your Pants: Impaled through the back.
You're Kraken Me Up: Beheaded by a giant squid.
Buns of Steal: Cut in half by delivery truck wall. (due to Lifty and Shifty)
Cubtron Z: Body splattered onto a building by Cubtron
Spare Tire: Cut in half by numerous traffic signs (but revived later).
Additional
Overkill DVD box set: Possibly killed in the explosion from Flippy's Bomb. (Death not shown)
Giggles Bumper: Face melted with popcorn butter, as she screams in pain.
Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm gameplay: Deaths and injuries various, depending on the environment of the level, such as getting sliced by blades and saws, getting crushed and flattened like paper or cardboard, getting electrocuted or burned.
Mayhem 2008 Wallpaper: Cut in half by an axe. (Death not shown)
Ice Slide: Ran over by Cro-Marmot.
Sounds like April 2006 Calendar: Head explodes when Cuddles plays a trumpet close to her ear.
Fall Harvest Wallpaper: Dies when she falls to the ground. (Death not seen)
February 2005 Calendar: Impaled by 11 love arrows from outside the screen.
March 2005 Calendar: Apparently squished, along with Toothy and Cuddles.
Holiday Hangover January 2007 Calendar: Dies from breathing in gas, as in Kringle Feast.
May Day, May Day - May 2007 Calendar: Dies the same death as in Double Whammy Part 1.
February 2008 Calendar: Impaled through the head and mouth by a pole.
June 2008 Calendar: Top of her head comes off along with her mortar board.
Spring is in the Air March 2009 Calendar: Falls to her death down a cliff.
Easter Egghead April 2009 Calendar: Head is cracked like an egg.
Un-named Wallpaper: She and Toothy play with a bomb. It can be assumed she and Toothy died.
Unnamed Merry-go-round Wallpaper: Flung off a merry-go-round.
Un-named Wallpaper: Killed when Flippy's dynamite explodes (Death not seen)
Valentine Smoochie Flowers: Tries to stop her sneeze by covering her nose, but it blows her brain out the back of her head.
Valentine Smoochie Cupid: Shot by about a dozen arrows from outside the screen.
Valentine Smoochie Note: Envelope cuts her tongue in half. Dies of massive blood loss.
TV Series DVD Vol. 2 Extras menu: Crushed by the fridge door.
Seen in Arcade Games
Hot Potato: Dies in the explosion
Fire Escape: Falls to her death.
Strandead: Gets eaten by a shark (if can no longer stay on air), has her intestines tied around a buoy (if landed on a buoy), has her eye got impaled by Mole's umbrella (if won).
Stay On Target: Impaled by darts (death not seen).
Ice Slide: Gets hit by Cro-Marmot's ice block.
Dumb Ways to Die: Suffers a fatal jellyfish sting.
Seen in comics
HTF Comic 3: Killed by Mime's falling unicycle.
Just Plane Silly: Eyes sliced out her sockets from a paper plane.
Hear Today Gone Tomorrow: Brain shot out of her head.
Making a Good Bleed: Killed in a car explosion.
Puppy Love: Torn apart by puppies.
Pretty in Shrink: Suffocated by shrinking sweater.
Injuries
Helping Helps: She had an unexplained broken leg for the duration episode.
Stayin’ Alive: Shards of broken teapot get lodged in her face.
You're Baking Me Crazy: Got hit in the face with Lumpy's iron.
Eyes Cold Lemonade: Face thrashed off horribly and burned by lemonade.
Kringle Karols: Throws a candle in the air, and her head sets on fire.
Class Act: Sandbag falls on present costume she is wearing, cutting her face off. Killed later by explosion.
From Hero to Eternity: Suffers ear damage (possibly permanent deafness) when Splendid causes an explosion. Later, the top of her head is burnt by lava.
Wipe Out: Kisses Cro-Marmot, but lips stick to ice. She tries to pull them off, but they get torn off.
Home is Where the Hurt is: (Before Death) Attacked By Objects And Privates get scraped by nails when sliding down a banister.
I've Got You Under My Skin: Slips backwards and cracks her head on a mailbox when she pulls off the door knob.
Cold Hearted: Eyes get stuck on Cro-Marmot's block of ice. They get torn out of their sockets when she pulls her head off the ice.
Sea of Love: Facial skin ripped off by an angler fish.
Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm gameplay: Injuries various, depending on the environment of the level, such as getting sliced by blades and saws, getting crushed and flattened like paper or cardboard, getting electrocuted or burned.
Swelter Skelter: Skin on backside was peeled off and melted while sliding down a hot slide.
Holidazed & Confuzed: Burned by fire.
See You Later, Elevator: (Before death) Slighty burned(along with Lumpy).
Sight Kringle: Her eye got impaled.
Butter Me Up: Hot butter splashes on her face, melting one of her eyeballs and severely burning her skin.
The butter, it burns!
Breaking Wind: (Before death) Impaled on a set of pitchforks and many other sharp objects land on her.
All in Vein: (Before death) Body stabbed with straws by Lumpy, blood partially drained into a sink.
Additional
Winter Break DVD: Christmas light exploded in her face, sending shards of glass in her eye. She runs away screaming.
iPod Podcast Cover/ Blood Sample AB: Eye impaled by a safety pin.
Happy Killers: Scratched all over by Mittens/Honey.
ConGRADulations Wallpaper: Impaled in the eye by a pencil.
HTF Hot-Topic T-Shirt: Burnt by Flippy.
Number of Kills
Cuddles - 2 ("From Hero to Eternity" Along with Splendid, Wrath of Con" Along with Splendid)
Lumpy - 3 ("Snow What? That's What!" Along with Cro-Marmot and debatable, "Dunce Upon a Time" Wrath of Con" Along with Splendid)
Petunia - 4 ("Snow What? That's What!" Along with Cro-Marmot, "Eyes Cold Lemonade" debatable, it may have been Lumpy in "Milk Pong" "Dunce Upon a Time", "Wrath of Con")
Others - 1 (1 fish from "Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark") (debatable)
Additional
Unnamed Merry-go-round Wallpaper: She pushes Lumpy and kills him somehow.
Survival Rate
Internet series: 41.57%
TV series: 31%
Trivia
In the First Blood DVD, it says that Giggles enjoys crossword puzzles.
Despite being the character with the second-most appearances in the series, she has not died as much as Cuddles, Toothy, or Petunia. On the other hand she is in third place on appearances in the TV series.
She is the first to die in the entire series (Banjo Frenzy) the 2nd and the 4th internet season.
Most people mistake her for a bear, because the creators never gave her a tail.
She is the only main character that is pink other than her mom.
In "Crazy Disco", Giggles and Cuddles were seen wearing a bikini (even though Cuddles is a boy). In the updated version, Disco Inferno, they don't wear one.
In Giggles' Smoochie, all the blood spatters are heart-shaped.
She is allergic to roses as seen on her Smoochie.
She was listed as a featuring role in the episode, Peas in a Pod, although she didn't appear in that episode. This is because they were originally supposed to have Giggles in this episode but replaced her with Petunia.
She has the second highest number of appearances (after Lumpy).
She's one of the only four main female characters. The others are Petunia, Flaky, and Lammy
In Spin Fun Knowin' Ya, she didn't have the marking on her forehead. She also didn't have it in her season 1 pop-up, even though the marking was present within the episodes.
In all 3 episodes Disco Bear starred in in the TV episodes, Giggles, Petunia, and Flaky appeared as well and survived in them.
She is the one who gets paired up with the male characters the most.
Giggles is also the character mainly used for valentine episodes and love themes; she has been seen with Disco Bear, Lifty, Shifty, Pop, Cub, Splendid, and other male characters except for Cuddles.
Cuddles has a crush on her.
In the TV series Lumpy appeared in all of her starring roles.
Giggles originally had a tail like most chipmunks.
Her original design is similar to that of Petunia's. Many fans believed that she was an early version of Petunia in Banjo Frenzy.
In Season 1, Giggle's middle light pink part in her nose was missing, along in Spin Fun Knowin' Ya her buckteeth were missing. These goofs were also in the Internet Season 1 intro.
She has always kills Lifty, Shifty and Nutty in the episodes where all of them appear together.
She is one of the few characters so far that have killed Cro-Marmot. The others are Lumpy, Nutty, Splendid, and a pterodactyl.
She along with Splendid, made a lot of kills in Wrath of Con.
She was originally supposed to be blue and have a tail as seen in Banjo Frenzy.
Giggles is the only character to have been the only featuring role of a TV episode.
She mostly survives out of the episodes she only appears in not features.
Giggles is the first character to die in the second and fourth season
Both Giggles and Petunia have had many injuries and deaths to do with fire
She is one of the only two characters whose parent is shown. However, Cub's dad Pop is mostly seen, hence their names.
The part in the episode Doggone It when Giggles has her skin pulled off from the rear, exposing he muscles under, may be a reference to the old Coppertone sunscreen logo.
She may be a reference to the character Nazz from the Cartoon Network series Ed, Edd, n Eddy. Giggles and Nazz represent the calm female that everybody tries to attract, but they always fail. Unlike Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Nazz isn't always dating someone instantly.
She is the only female character who did not survive her debut. It is not known if Petunia survived her debut, but it is known that Flaky and Lammy survived theirs, respectively.
She is the only main character to be pink in the entire series.
