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Flaky is one of the main protagonists of the Happy Tree Friends franchise.
Her gender was previously a big debate among fans until in early 2012 where they confirmed that it was the viewers’ opinion, but she still uses she/her pronouns.
She was voiced by Nica Lorber.
Appearance[]
Flaky is a red female porcupine whose quills are full of white flake-like dandruff, thus her name. She is one of the most popular characters in the series and she has the identifiable personality of a very cautious and timid character.
Personality[]
Flaky is often seen as a coward and very shy in many cases. Her shy and nervous nature also gets her easily embarrassed, some episodes like Royal Flush made clear of. She is also very clumsy when around inflatable things due to her quills, sometimes even when not involving her quills. However, some of Flaky's actions in both the internet episodes and the TV series go against this, as she has been brave and on several occasions saved her own life. Flaky is actually one of the kindest characters on the show, doing things like saving a baby bird in Take a Hike. She is often seen around Lumpy, Sniffles, and Cuddles. Additionally, when hanging around with Cuddles, Flaky is often forcefully dragged into situations that lead to one or both of their demises, despite her warning Cuddles about possible dangers that could occur. This is seen in Water You Wading For, Let It Slide, and The Wrong Side of the Tracks. Flaky has also been shown to be close friends with Flippy, as they are shown doing activities together such as playing hide & seek, going camping, and going to the movies.
Flaky seems to be somewhat mentally unstable, as seen in the episode Snow Place to Go. Near the end of the episode, she begins to go insane and treats a garden gnome as her companion, singing "Rock-A-Bye Baby" to it after being trapped in the Arctic with no food or civilization. This is also seen in Without a Hitch, where she suffers from fear-induced hallucinations over the course of the episode, culminating in her stabbing Flippy in the eye in imagined self-defense when Flippy pulls out a knife. Sometimes, her own quills cause danger for her, such as in the episodes "Snow Place to Go", "Happy Trails", and "Wingin' It".
Trivia[]
- In the episode From A to Zoo, Flaky was scared of a baby chicken hopping towards her, giving the implication that she has a fear of birds. But in the episode, Take a Hike, Flaky was seen returning a baby eagle to its nest with no reservations, further implying that Flaky only has alektorophobia, which is the fear of chickens.
- Flaky is the only character who has lived in a regular house for the entirety of the series.
- Flaky likes corn dogs, as can be seen in the episodes The Wrong Side of the Tracks and Double Whammy Part I.
- In From A to Zoo and Take a Hike, every character can be heard singing the Happy Tree Friends theme song except for Flaky (possibly due to the fact that she is too nervous to sing).
- Not helped by her quills, Flaky is shown to be very clumsy when she is around rubber things, such as an inflatable raft and an inflatable slide.
- Flaky is considered a tomboy, as she seems to enjoy male-oriented or jock sports (her Smoochie is baseball-themed and she plays soccer with Cuddles in A Change of Heart. She was also the only female character in Wipe Out to try out for the surfing competition).
- Flaky saw Lumpy naked in the original version of Let It Slide, but in the edited version, she was replaced with Giggles.
- Flaky is the tenth character to come back to life for another episode after dying, as she died in Treasure Those Idol Moments and appeared again Hide and Seek.
- Originally in the episode Flippin' Burgers, she was going to be behind the grill instead of Petunia, which can be seen on the Second Serving DVD commentary.
- In the episode Without a Hitch, she has hallucinations about Fliqpy killing her, showing that she is aware of Fliqpy and remembers her constant deaths.
- Flaky laughs nervously in almost every episode she appears in.
- Before the debut of Mr. Pickels in 2010, she is the only character with the letter K on their name. Now, with the debut of Mr. Pickels in 2010, she and Mr. Pickels are the only two characters with the letter K on their name.
- She is the second character to break the fourth wall, as her eyes slowly dart towards the viewer as she laughs nervously in Water You Wading For. The first character being Handy, as he makes his first growl at the viewers in House Warming.
- She is the only female character to survive her debut with no ill consequences (Petunia and Lammy both survived theirs but both received injuries.)
- Some fans believe that she is in a relationship with Flippy, despite how they have killed each other.
- Coincidentally, both times where they have killed each other were intentional (Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark and Without a Hitch).
- Flaky is the character most paired up with other characters in fanart, possibly due to the fact that she is one of the only four females in the show.
- Flaky seems pigeon-toed at many times, usually when she is nervous. However, it will occasionally happen when she is not nervous, scared, or shocked, most noticeably in The Wrong Side of the Tracks, when she is walking with Cuddles to the roller coaster.
- Flaky was originally the girl scout in You're Bakin' Me Crazy instead of Giggles.
- Flaky has psoriasis, a disease that involves flaking of the scalp.
- Flaky has been called both a male and female in Blurb episodes, most likely to confuse people about her true gender.
- The term "flaky" also refers to someone who has a tendency to back out of situations and to "flake out" of something means to wimp out, perfectly fitting Flaky's personality.
- Apparently, Flaky owns two different vehicles. One of them is a generic red-colored hatchback, that somewhat reminds of a Volkswagen Beetle (Type 1). It can be seen in Without A Hitch and Easy Comb, Easy Go. The other one is a purple, 2-stroke engine scooter based on a Vespa, seen in A Bit Of A Pickle.
- In Concrete Solution, however, she can be seen among the traffic inside a generic lavender notchback.
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