
Angst? What Angst?: In "Party Animal", where Flippy is having a birthday party, he turns into his evil self when he hears popping balloons and kills all his friends.Shifty and/or Lifty with someone they robbed in an earlier episode may count as well. Angel/Devil Shipping: Any pairing including Flippy, due to his possible berserker state.Alternate Self Shipping: Flippy×Fliqpy is surprisingly popular.Alternative Character Interpretation: The show's lack of coherent dialogue and continuity leads to the fans creating a lot of these, enough to fill its own page.Hell, some of the characters' deaths can be so gruesome, that even their detractors will find it hard not to pity them.Even Disco Bear's detractors felt like his treatment in "Put Your Back Into It" was too hard to watch without feeling sorry for him, especially at the end, where Russell ends up cooking his head and serving it on a plate to Giggles.Notable examples include his Mutilation Conga in "The Chokes on You", his agonizing death in "Letter Late Than Never", and practically every episode where he performs genuine heroic actions and then dies. Some of Lumpy's deaths can be so violent and miserable that even his detractors will feel sorry for him.Pop, Disco Bear, The Mole, and Flippy are good examples of the adult Tree Friends being just as charming and lovable as the rest because of their respective quirks.Nutty may be a crazed maniac, but he's still a very adorable one at that.Lumpy, despite his unique looks, is a pretty adorable klutz.Toothy's freckles, buck teeth, and tendency to cry make him quite lovable in his own special way.Some of the most painful, sadistic deaths in the series? Check.

He also seems notably distressed at Lifty’s entrapment in Easy For You to Sleigh. In addition to what is mentioned above, Shifty presumably tries to save Lifty in Class Act, where he is seen trying to drag him off to safety, and also in Buns of Steal, where he rivets Lifty's foot to the van to stop him from falling out. Though few and far between, Shifty sometimes seems to care for Lifty. He also tries to take a dollar from him in Doggone It and successfully takes all of Shifty's pieces in a game of chess during Sea What I Found, which is considered cheating. However, in addition to often engaging in arguments with his twin, Lifty beats Shifty up over Pop’s wallet in Who's to Flame? and does not seem concerned about his death in The Wrong Side of the Tracks, only celebrating his own survival in a manner similar to that of Handy. They are also seen celebrating victories together in Sea What I Found, Gems the Breaks, False Alarm, and As You Wish. In Easy For You to Sleigh, he trusts what he thinks are Shifty’s instructions and jumps out the window without looking for himself, showing that he trusts his twin's judgement.


Lifty typically seems to view Shifty as a partner and cares for him to a certain extent. The majority of the time, however, the two are known to come into conflict due to their greedy ambitions, sometimes to the point of choosing material possessions over their lives.Ī typical moment in the lives of two raccoon twins. When it comes to good terms, Lifty and Shifty often work together in committing their crimes, and occasionally show concern for each other. The two brothers sharing a hug over their victory.
