Splendid

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Template:Happy Tree Friends character Splendid is a fictional character in the cartoon series Happy Tree Friends.

Contents 1 Character Bio 2 References to Superman 3 Splendid Episodes 3.1 Starring Roles 3.2 Featuring Roles 3.3 Appearance Roles 4 Number of Kills 5 Deaths 6 Trivia

Character Bio

A blue superhero flying squirrel. His superpowers are based loosely on those of Superman; he can fly, shoot laser beams from his eyes, has super strength, supersonic hearing, can turn back time and can breathe ice. He is often seen doing housework until he hears a character that needs to be rescued. He is somewhat related to Rocky J. Squirrel from Rocky & Bullwinkle.

The irony of Splendid being a superhero is that he often unintentionally kills the characters he rescues (Giggles in particular). This is usually either because of his ignorance or even his own powers. Most of the time, he is oblivious to the other characters deaths. He often flies away without checking to see if the other characters are actually safe. However, in "Gems the Breaks", he purposely killed 3 characters (The Mole, Lifty & Shifty).

In "From Hero to Eternity" he killed, or caused to die, every character, with the exception of Disco Bear, Mime, Flippy, Pop and himself.

Splendid isn't featured in either the TV or internet series a whole lot due to his repetitive trend of killing the characters he rescues. Whenever he appears, he is usually the character the episode revolves around with the exception of "Class Act".

Some think that Splendid did not die in the Internet shorts. This all depends on whether the fans assume or not that Splendid was killed in the schoolhouse explosion in "Class Act," but the creators say that every character has surely died, either in the school explosion, or the forest fire that would be caused. His only confirmed death was in one of the TV episodes where he was over-exposed to his one and only super-hero weakness: Kryptonut - a reference to Superman's Kryptonite weakness. Not only the Kryptonut will make him lose his powers, but it'll also make him vomit continuously and give him the stomach flu.

Even though Splendid has great super powers, he has the fear of heights, which is shown in the "Collect Them All" section.

References to Superman

• Splendid is blue and his mask is red just like Superman's custome.
• All of Splendid's powers, like flying, superstrength, laser vision and ice breath are all references to Superman.
• He is able to survive in outer space and underwater without a breathing apparatus.
• Kryptonut, Splendid's weakness is a parody of Superman's weakness Kryptonite.
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  *Splendid has a secret identity that works as journalist for a news paper. This is a reference to Clark Kent, Superman's secret identity. In his mild-mannered state, he wears a pair of eyeglasses, a necktie and a fedora. Even though he still wears his red mask behind his glasses.
• In the episode Better Off Bread Splendid used the reverse time by reversing the Earth trick from Superman: The Movie.

Splendid Episodes

Starring Roles

• Helping Helps
• It's a Snap
• Better Off Bread
• From Hero to Eternity
• Gems the Breaks
• See What Develops

Featuring Roles

• Class Act

Appearance Roles

• Suck it Up! (in the picture on one of Sniffles's comics)
• A Sight For Sore Eyes (an action figure in Sniffles's house)

Number of Kills

• Cuddles - 3 (From Hero to Eternity, Gems the Breaks, See What Develops)
• Giggles - 5 (Helping Helps, Better Off Bread, From Hero to Eternity, Gems the Breaks, See What Develops)
• Toothy - 4 (Better Off Bread, From Hero to Eternity, Gems the Breaks, See What Develops)
• Lumpy - 2 (It's a Snap, From Hero to Eternity)
• Petunia - 3 (From Hero to Eternity, Gems the Breaks, See What Develops)
• Nutty - 1 (From Hero to Eternity)
• Sniffles - 2 (From Hero to Eternity, Gems the Breaks)
• Flaky - 1 (From Hero to Eternity)
• Handy - 1 (Gems the Breaks)
• The Mole - 2 (From Hero to Eternity, Gems the Breaks)
• Disco Bear - 0
• Russell - 1 (From Hero to Eternity)
• Mime - 0
• Lifty - 2 (From Hero to Eternity, Gems the Breaks)
• Shifty - 2 (From Hero to Eternity, Gems the Breaks)
• Pop - 0
• Cub - 3 (It's a Snap, From Hero to Eternity, Gems the Breaks)
• Cro-Marmot - 1 (From Hero to Eternity)
• Flippy - 0
• Others - 3 (2 seagulls and 1 seal from Better Off Bread)

Deaths

1. Class Act: Dies in an explosion. (debatable)
2. Gems the Breaks: Kryptonut poisoning.

Trivia

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• The only character Splendid has not met yet is Flippy. But it's possible that they'll see each other in future episodes.
• Sniffles is likely to be a fan of Splendid as in his appearance roles.

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