Creator Rhode Montijo first drew him in a piece of paper with the phrase Resistance Is Futile above and that was how the creators got the idea for the show. Cuddles was the second character to be created in Happy Tree Friends (the first being Shifty). Like Giggles, Toothy and Lumpy, he appears in many of the episodes. Cuddles is one of the primary characters in the series. For example, if he's happy they'll stay up, and when he's sad they'll droop. His white fluffy curly hair tuft and cotton tail look exactly the same. It also makes him the only HTF character to have a debut episode where he wasn't a starring character until Snow What? That's What! CuddlesĪ canary-yellow bunny with pink cheeks and pink bunny slippers. His name is a pun of the word, Cro-Magnon Even though he made a cameo in the episode, Tongue Twister Trouble, it was actually his official debut in the series.
Also, besides Lumpy and Sniffles, he is the third character in the series without a set of buckteeth, with just one tooth on the bottom part of his jaw.
Cro-Marmot is the second character to have a full head of hair besides Disco Bear. However, since the interviewer was unable to get any responses out of Cro-Marmot, she got into a violent rant with the creators. In a featurette of the Second Serving DVD, he was interviewed, and it was revealed he's an accomplished writer, painter, and pianist, and he has his own brand of foot powder, held a tour on Broadway, known for his loud antics and energetic performances, and has been called the "Sexiest Happy Tree Friend" in 1992. Cro-Marmot usually appears in the series as a background character, and has hardly any showcase appearances, but has been marked his first appearance bigger than a cameo since Snow What? That's What! and Dino-Sore Days (either could be considered accurate) and in the episode, Wipe Out.
In the opening of the irregular episode, it states that it was copyrighted in the year 1927. In Dino-Sore Days, he appeared as a black-and-white character similar to the classic Mickey Mouse or Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon with white gloves, shoes and black limbs, bigger nose, and longer ears. The only episode in which he is not frozen is Dino-Sore Days, as that episode occurred during the prehistoric times when he was unfrozen. When they aren't, they involve a form of heat, disasters (such as explosions or collapsing bridges) or being eaten. Also, most of his "deaths" are debatable. He rarely dies in the series, the reason being that the ice he's usually encased in protects him from disaster, thereby rendering him almost invulnerable to most unfortunate events. His hobbies include serving people ice cream, snowboarding, and surfing. He lives in a giant snow globe, or rather a small igloo inside a giant snow globe. To keep himself frozen, Cro-Marmot stays mainly in cold areas, and sometimes drives an ice cream truck. He is somehow able to perform many tasks offscreen while entirely encased in ice, such as throwing snowballs, somewhat akin to how Handy can perform construction and other tasks without any visible hands. He appears to be greenish-yellow due to the ice's hue that blends in with his natural color.
Cro-Marmot is a prehistoric greenish- yellow marmot frozen in a block of ice who wears leopard skin loincloth and holds a wooden club in his hand.