Happy Tree Friends in…

Down, Down, and Kaboom!

This week featuring: Lifty and Shifty, Disco Bear, and Giggles

With special guest appearances by Flippy the bear, Lumpy the moose, Robbo the raccoon, and Spiky the porcupine.

A/N: Oh look at that, another HTF fanfic by yours truly, abstow89. This story is about a trip back to the HTF village from the city via plane. Unlike the train story I wrote not too long ago, there's no Curse Idol on board.

As for the new characters, some of you already know Robbo, the blue raccoon who's actually Lifty and Shifty's long lost cousin. As for Spiky, that's Flaky's protective father whose skin is green. …No, I'm not going to tell you why his name's Spiky.

Anyways, enjoy!

Like all sorts of airports located throughout the city, HTF International was one of the busiest. The airport had planes coming in from all over the world and made thousands if not millions of dollars each day. And right now, a certain plane was about to land at HTF International. This plane was a Boeing 747 that held a capacity of over 200 animals and several thousand pounds of cargo in storage. The plane was painted black with yellow engines and a large forest green tail with two white stripes on it. The plane was owned by an out of the country corporation, quite possibly some city in Europe. And tonight, that plane was going to transport several animals and expensive cargo to the Happy Tree Friends airport.

But enough about the plane, let's get back to the scenery. The HTF friends and family were calmly waiting for their plane to arrive, either humming to themselves or doing another miscellaneous activity to pass the time. The terminal they were in wasn't relatively busy, but the HTF friends did notice a large amount of crew members and maintenance workers go outside to prep for the plane when it arrived. Among these workers were Lumpy and Toothy, who were dressed in spiffy yellow pilot uniforms and blue ties. Both of them were talking to each other about the job, excited to pilot a plane this illustrious to the world. Some of the maintenance workers they saw heading to the outside were Cuddles and three mysterious figures cloaked in black clothing. The characters were laughing mischievously to themselves while Cuddles continued to scratch his head in confusion, wondering who they were. But pretty soon, he'd find out.

Meanwhile, Pop was playing with his infant son, Cub, by tossing him up into the air and catching him. He wasn't aware that Cub could fly too high and get shredded by the rapidly rotating fans or that he would get distracted and drop his son, but Cub was laughing happily, which was all that mattered to him at the moment. Disco Bear was in his usual state, hitting on random female animals he barely even knew while simultaneously listening to disco music with his headphones. It was at this time when he saw Giggles sitting on one of the gray chairs alone and to herself. Disco Bear made his move and danced his way to the frilly pink squirrel. The funky bear sat next to Giggles and feigned a yawn, purposely resting his arm on her left shoulder. Giggles lifted an eyebrow and looked to her right to see that Disco Bear had his arm on her and was smiling in a lustful way. Disco Bear started chatting with her, saying that he'd love to sit with her on the plane and do…other activities in a private area. But once he mentioned that, Giggles groaned in a disgustful way and moved to another seat. Disco Bear grunted questionably, wondering what he did wrong, sniffing his armpits and his breath to see if he had an offensive odor to his being. He sprayed some breath spray into his mouth just in case and walked over to Giggles to flirt with her once again.


Not much longer, the expensive plane landed at the airport and was waiting for refueling and required a new pilot and inspection. Lumpy and Toothy climbed their way to the cockpit after entering the plane via stairs and got into position. Meanwhile, Cuddles and the three mysterious figures were gathering suitcases and packages and driving them to the plane's cargo hold for storage. Actually, it was mostly Cuddles; the other maintenance people were simply standing there in a clandestine way, trying to hide from Cuddles. In fact, when Cuddles got into the baggage cart to drive the luggage to the plane, the figures literally opened up three separate suitcases and hid inside them. Cuddles were suspicious of the giant lump he saw, but shrugged and got over it. He grunted with effort as he lifted the heavy suitcases and packages into the cargo hold through the cargo bay door. It took him over 15 minutes to get all of the cargo onboard and the exhausted yellow bunny sighed heavily and wiped the sweat off his forehead, getting back into the cart to get more luggages. After the cargo bay door slammed shut and locked, the three figures broke open the suitcase they were locked in and tore off their masks, finally revealing themselves. It was Lifty and Shifty and their cousin Robbo, all wearing black badass camouflage gear that made them look like they were ready for war. The three of them laughed mischievously and started to plot with one another about the heist that was about to take place. Apparently, this plane was filled to the brim with riches and if the family of raccoons managed to steal all of it, they'd be set for life. The three of them smiled devilishly and began to ransack the packages and tear open anything that looked like it was valuable. However, the three raccoons had to stop abruptly and glance at the cargo bay door when it unlocked and made a loud hissing noise as it began to stretch open. The raccoons all hid inside of a large metal cage and locked themselves in so they could avoid whoever was about to enter. But they were horrified at their innovation: Flippy.


Back in the terminal, Flaky was sitting, or better yet, shaking next to her father, Spiky. Spiky was a spiky (obviously) porcupine, just like his daughter. The only difference is that he's green and doesn't wear a bow on his head. Unlike Pop, Spiky was a lot more cautious of his daughter and made sure that she never got into trouble or was harmed by anyone or anything. But like Pop, he also had a bad trait that was a tad bit annoying. Spiky was a tad bit noisome, especially when it came to his feet. Actually, they smelled like a year old gym bag to be frank, which explains why not too many people were sitting near the two porcupines. He also tends to amuse people with extremely vulgar humor, like the fact that he could sniff his butt without straining himself even a little bit. His daughter thought it was gross, but he'd rather have a vulgar, yet protective father as opposed to a father like Pop. Right now, the two of them were eating peanuts as they waited for the plane to open up. Spiky started playing with his peanuts and turned his meal into a game. He chuckled to himself before he flicked a peanut off the wall. It ricocheted and Spiky opened up his mouth to swallow the peanut whole. Flaky laughed and tried the same trick that her father performed, but it turned out to go awry. Flaky did get the peanut in her mouth, but it shot straight down into her esophagus and got stuck. Flaky made an airy scream and started to grasp her neck, nudging her father on the shoulder. Spiky screamed and instantly performed the Heimlich maneuver, pressing his fist into Flaky's stomach. After three thrusts, the peanut shot out her mouth, ironically hitting another animal in the eye and blinding him. Spiky sighed heavily and started rubbing Flaky's head, reassuring her that she was okay.

That's when the intercom came on and announced that the plane was prepped for takeoff and that all the passengers could board without any impediment. So Nutty, Petunia, Pop, Cub, Handy, and all of the other characters began to walk through the massive airtight tube and boarded the plane. Pop and Cub had their own little first class seats whilst most of the other HTF animals were in coach. Giggles repeatedly had to get up and sit down because Disco Bear kept sitting next to her and started flirting again. She thought he'd take a hit and just felt like screaming out, "I'M NOT INTO YOU!!!" but that would only compel the bear to chase her even more. After literally running from class to class to dodge the disco dancing bear, Giggles sighed exasperatedly and gave up, succumbing to Disco Bear and letting him sit next to her.

Elsewhere, Nutty was guzzling down a bunch of sugary packets and giggling hysterically to himself, waiting for the stewardesses to bring out a tasty dish like Key Lime Pie, German Chocolate Cake, or even just a bottle of maple syrup. But for now, he was merely giggling and hopping up and down in his seat as though he were trying to bonk his head on the ceiling. The passenger next to him could only give an awkward stare, thinking he should probably move.

Petunia was sitting idly in her chair when something abruptly bonked her in the head. Petunia rubbed her head and grumbled, ready to yell at the person who hit her and made her cranium red. But she showed some remorse once she realized that the person who hit her was blind. It was The Mole, who was a blind mole with a mole on his face (yes it's weird; just go with it) who obviously couldn't see. Petunia tried to guide The Mole to his seat, but The Mole turned every which direction and wound up going the opposite way. The Mole whacked his seeing stick on a cushion which he thought was a seat and hopped up on the chair. Unfortunately, the object he sat on was actually a gigantic blue rhino sleeping in his seat. The Mole thought his stout belly was soft enough to be a seat so he just plopped himself on top of the guy. Petunia scratched her head nervously, wondering what she should do.

Around this time, Toothy and Lumpy started switching on engines and pressing buttons all around the cockpit, adjusting the wings and activating the gigantic engines. Lumpy was the main pilot and Toothy was the co-pilot. Both of them were well trained (believe it or not, but Lumpy took flying lessons at a flight school…and passed) and were ready to take off. Lumpy announced to the passengers to sit back and relax and that they were ready to take off. After that, Toothy got out a small radio and told Sniffles and Mime to back away from the engines (they were freelancing maintenance technicians) and get on the plane themselves. Unfortunately for Sniffles, he was wearing headphones to drown out the loud noise of the engines whirling in his ears. Mime waved his hands to the anteater, but he didn't bother looking down and since Mime couldn't say anything, there was nothing that could be done. Mime repeatedly waved his hands and opened his mouth as though he was about to scream, but nothing came out. Sniffles jumped off the left wing of the plane, thinking that the engine hadn't been turned on yet, and…well, I'm pretty sure it can be implied as to what happened next. Cub was laughing and clapping his hands as he saw the red liquid squirt out of the back end of the engine, unaware that it was Sniffles' corpse. Mime gasped inaudibly and looked left and right, fearful that someone may have witnessed the accident. So the anxious deer scurried up one of the plane wheels and hid inside of it until the plane was going to take off.

And so, Lumpy and Toothy activated the control that started the plane, pushing it forward and gradually increasing speed. The plane's engines began to whirl loudly and got to the point where it might've even created a sonic boom and would've killed anyone who was caught in its path. The plane rumbled as it drove down the runway and gained a speed of over 200 Mph. Eventually the plane lifted off the ground and rose into the clouds at a 45 degree angle, sealing the wheels into a lower compartment so that they were no longer showing.


Flippy and Cuddles were whistling and humming playful and happy tunes to themselves as they took inventory and made sure that each valuable and suitcase was on board the plane. So far, everything was in order. However, the bunny and the bear didn't manage to see the cloaked raccoons hiding within a large black cage. Lifty, Shifty, and Robbo were quietly bickering amongst one another to see who would be the one to go outside and find a way to evade getting spotted. This was supposed to be a quiet mission, and if anybody saw them, it wouldn't be so quiet now, would it? So they decided to handle the situation like the men…raccoons they were and played a game of rock, paper, scissors. But the raccoons kept grumbling when they realized that the other relative somehow managed to cheat their way to win.

Back outside, Flippy and Cuddles were talking to each other when they came to a crate that was shaking like crazy and the two heard loud screaming and shouting from the inside. They looked at the label and noticed that a ravenous and possibly rabid animal from the Amazon was inside, feasting on prey. Something made a loud whine and they heard a snap, like someone's neck broke. If that wasn't bad enough, blood began to seep from the bottom of the crate. Flippy looked down to see that blood was seeping between his toes.

"Huh?" he questioned.

Flippy started to gasp sharply which gradually turned into low growls and hissing. The blood on the ground and the smell of the dead rotting animal inside the box reminded Flippy of the war and he began to flip out. His eyes became a dark green and his teeth suddenly became razor sharp. At this point, only one thing was on his mind: kill. He turned to his right and looked at the yellow bunny and the only thing he could do was tackle the innocent creature mercilessly. The raccoons stopped bickering and looked outside the cage to hear loud screaming and evil laughter. Shortly afterwards, they heard a blood curdling shriek and saw blood fly everywhere, all over the walls and luggage. But that wasn't when it got bad. Flippy laughed evilly once again and started making this loud slurping noise that sounded like he was sucking on a lemon or slurping up a wet noodle. After Flippy was done, Cuddles was nowhere near recognizable…partly because some of Cuddles was on and inside Flippy's mouth and fingers. The murderous bear burped and started walking around the cargo bay looking for someone else to kill, while hissing and growling again.

Lifty and Shifty were crying and whining softly after realizing that they were putting on more than they could chew. The last thing they wanted was to deal with a homicidal bear! But at least they hadn't seen them, so that was good. However, Robbo began to whine and shake and the two raccoons turned around to witness Robbo pee his pants in fear.

"EWWW!!!" they yelled, accidentally out loud.

Sure, perhaps Flippy wouldn't have heard them, but that wasn't the case today. And if that wasn't bad enough, Robbo had eaten asparagus before getting on the plane so his urine was extremely strong and aromatic. Flippy used his nose and walked straight towards the cage and saw the three raccoons inside. All they could do was scream…


Nutty was still consuming sugar packets when a stewardess came by with a tray full of desserts. The passenger sitting next to him wanted to get a slice of vanilla cake, but Nutty jumped on top of the cart and began to noisily consume the sugary dishes with joy, shaking his head erratically as he got a sugar rush. The stewardess yelled at him and shook her fist in the air, hoping he would stop, but the sticky squirrel hopped off her head and began to scavenge the plane for anymore sugary treats.

Giggles and Disco Bear were making out with each other (don't ask why or how) in one of the bathrooms while someone was repeatedly banging on the door, waiting for them to come out. The eventually opened up the door and both of them walked outside at the same time, which made the passenger scratch his head in confusion.

Flaky and Spiky were sitting next to each other when Flaky stuck her head out into the middle of the isle, wondering when the food would get there. Her protective father abruptly snatched her back when the cart almost hit her in the back of the skull, which would've crushed and severed her head. Spiky sighed heavily and wiped the sweat off his head. The two of them sat there watching a boring comedy-drama on the big screen in the plane when Spiky decided to play a joke on his daughter. He nudged her and asked a question, extending a finger to Flaky while smiling slyly.

"Huh?" asked Flaky.

Spiky asked the question again and snickered a little bit, waiting for his daughter to comply. Eventually, she fell for her father's trap and yanked his finger very hard. Spiky lifted his leg up and let loose a wild fart that almost blew a hole into the seat he was sitting in. Spiky laughed wildly while his daughter started to turn green herself and wound up running away screaming and retching; the smell was making her nauseous and burning her eyes. In fact, everybody in the aisle began to groan and cough loudly. Spiky was a tad bit embarrassed and his cheeks turned red. The embarrassed porcupine laughed nervously and hid his face with a magazine, pretending that he didn't know who passed gas.


Back in the cargo bay, Flippy was clawing and tearing at the cage, longing to kill the raccoons. Shifty quickly devised up a plan to escape the bear and rob the plane at the same time: Lifty was gonna have to come out the box and scurry up into the wiring compartment of the plane to disable the communications relay with a flamethrower. He'd then find some parachutes in the cockpit and stealthily acquire them so they could jump out without any chance of plummeting to the ground. Shifty grunted twice, followed by a third grunt which lead Lifty to jump out the back end of the crate, panting heavily. He turned around and shrieked when he saw Flippy with a large knife in his hand. The homicidal bear laughed and slit Lifty on the tail just before he was able to jump up into the ceiling and lock himself inside. Shifty and Robbo were forced to evade the bear until Lifty came back by running around in circles. Then they'd be able to open the cargo hatch and parachute their way out.

Lifty was running through the dark compartment with his flamethrower, setting fire to all of the yellow wires he saw. They were what made the communications operable, but he didn't realize that the fire was making the compartment hot and might just cause an explosion, since he wasn't far from the gas valves. Lifty laughed mischievously when all the wires had been burned off and he took another step forward, falling through a loose piece of metal. He coughed and slowly stood up after the dust cleared and realized that he landed inside first class, which was located upstairs in the plane. Since he was in such a wealthy area, he might as well rob the people up here too. Lifty held the flamethrower up to Pop and Cub and demanded that they gave him their money or else he'd burn them. Handy saw the commotion and decided to help out. He was about to punch the raccoon in the face, but realized something very important:

HE HAD NO HANDS!

So Handy grumbled and tackled Lifty with his hard head, knocking the two of them down a set of stairs. Unfortunately, the flamethrower caressed across Petunia's head and set her scalp of fire. She screamed and the people around her began to scream as well. But that wasn't the bad news. See, the flamethrower hit a window and created a tiny crack and a hole that gradually began to get bigger. The rhino The Mole was resting on snorted and woke up to see the hole, which began to suck air out of the plane.

This is where the hell began. The rhino grunted as he was lifted into the air like a rubber band flinging off someone's finger and launched to the window. He tried to grab hold of something, but couldn't and could only scream as he was sucked out of the plane. His huge body tore off a main section of the aircraft and air began rushing in like crazy. Everybody screamed and grabbed onto something so they weren't sucked out of their seats through the hole. Due to depressurization, the plane began to plummet out the sky and Toothy and Lumpy grunted when the plane abruptly took a nose dive to the ground. The warning lights began to flash on and off and an alarm was blaring in their ears, telling them to pull up.

The wind was howling as it rained outside in a dark and menacing climate. The engines were so loud that Lifty and the others could barely even hear themselves scream anymore. Some of them were suffocating because the air was rushing out so quickly that they couldn't breathe properly. Yet The Mole was doing perfectly fine, hanging onto a chair arm. He was still waving his stick in the air to try and see if he could find another blunt object to hold onto to, but in reality, he was hitting Handy in the teeth. Handy was hanging on by merely biting onto a stair rail when The Mole knocked out some of his teeth. Handy let go and was sucked through the hole, plunging to his death. But instead of falling, the updraft carried him to the top of the falling plane. Handy's body flew right towards the tail of the plane and he wound up getting horizontally severed in half as the plane began to fly to the ground.

Mime appeared from a lower compartment and veered his striped head into the picture, only to get impaled by a flying Petunia. His big antlers impaled the blue skunk in the pelvic region and killed her, but not before she was almost ripped apart as the rushing winds sucked her corpse outside into the air.

Meanwhile, Lumpy decided to go check on the passengers to see what the hell was going on when he tripped on an empty can of soda he carelessly tossed behind him and fell right on top of the controls, inadvertently releasing the cargo bay doors.


Shifty, Robbo, and Flippy were almost thrown outside when the massive doors opened and rain began to pour into the plane. Shifty grabbed onto a steam pipe and Robbo grabbed onto his foot while Flippy merely dug his knife into the floor and held onto it. All three of them looked back to see the open space, knowing that if they should let go of what they were holding on, they'd be sucked out to their doom.

To be continued…