My daughter needed me to take her to a sleepover on Wednesday and the DVR was screaming for me to clear some space before Thursday night when Community, Parks & Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, Archer and Project Runway all go looking for space to get recorded. I needed something incredibly short, so it was back to the mini disc Happy Tree Friend Blood Samples.
The second one in the series features Cuddles on the cover with one of his bunny ears chopped off. As I mentioned in my review of Blood Sample A-, the Happy Tree Friends are like Care Bears or My Little Pony if they were written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and Takashi Miike. They are extremely graphic and extremely violent. They are also extremely funny if you have a twisted sense of humor.
The second volume features 6 cartoons, 2 smoochies, a kringle and some other bonuses. The cartoons on this disc include Spin Fun Knowin’ Ya in which the little critters learn the dangers of asking Lumpy to spin the merry-go-round faster. Class Act is a Christmas themed episode with the gang putting on a school Christmas play that ends with blood, gore, dismemberment and the school burning down and blowing up. Chip Off The Ol’ Block has Pop and Cub mowing the grass. Pop is dozing in the hammock as Cub pushes the mower. When the little guy gets the blade stuck on a brick he reaches under to remove the obstruction. Pop wakes up just in time to save his boy and take over the mowing. Unfortunately Pop decides to run the mower over a pile of broken glass and syringes which get shot out the side of the mower hurling toward little Cub. It’s a Happy Tree Friends cartoon. These things never end well for the little animals.
Rounding out the cartoons are the two part Happy Trails featuring Lumpy as the bus driver on a trip that goes from bad to stranded on a deserted island patrolled by a hungry shark. Keepin It Reel features the Tree Friends enjoying a movie until a strobing effect sends Flippy into a wartime flashback.
The smoochies feature Cuddles and Sniffles. Cuddles comes with three options that involve taking care of the little rabbit. Sniffles allows you to give one of three objects to the brainy little aardvark. The kringle has Lumpy skiing and impaling two of the tree friends on his skis. The cheery holiday message: Hope I Run Into You This Season.
Another great collection of the Happy Tree Friends that easily rates a 10 on the Night Flight scale.
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