Russell

Russell
Species	Sea otter
First appearance	Happy Tree Friends - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Latest appearance	Happy Tree Friends - Put Your Back Into It
Latest portrayal	Francis Carr

"Row, row your boat down a running river!"

— Russell’s starring intro, Season 3 of Happy Tree Friends

Russell is one of the main characters in the Happy Tree Friends series. He is a pirate otter whose first appearance was in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" under the name Russell the Pirate.

History

Happy Tree Friends

Russell’s debut episode is Whose Line It Is Anyway? in season 1 of the web series, and has a total of 33 appearances.

Russell does not appear on any of the Still Alive episodes and Ka-Pow!, but appears in the Love Bites short Sea of Love along with Giggles. He is also the main character in YouTube Copyright School, a YouTube original video utilizing the Happy Tree Friends show as educational tool.

Biography

General information

Personality

Russell, in the first and second season of the web series, was an introvert free soul who just does water-related activities like fishing; in these seasons, the closest to an interaction with another character was Lumpy.

Since the second season, Russell started to appear with more characters like Toothy or Giggles and got into more daily situations as seen in Sight for Sore Eyes. He also showed a love interest in Giggles in Sea of Love, You’re Kraken Me Up and Put Your Back Into It, making something for her.

Physical appearance

Russell is a turquoise sea otter who has the same body type like most of the cast. He wears a black hat with a skull drawn on the front, a striped red and white shirt, and black pants. Russell does not have legs, a right hand, and an eye, so he wears peg legs, a hook, and an eyepatch respectively. He is one of the four main characters with no visible ears when he takes his hat off.

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20130826125901/http://www.mondomedia.com/characters/russell/