Joining the Trio

Joining the Trio is an episode of HTFF. In this episode, Trippy tries to befriend Hippy.

Starring

 * Trippy
 * Hippy

Featuring

 * Superspeed
 * Robo Star
 * Lumpy
 * Nutty

Appearances

 * Todd
 * Jerky
 * Lucky
 * Tusky

Plot
Trippy, Superspeed and Robo Star take a walk down the street. Suddenly, Trippy is pulled into a dark alley by Lumpy, who gives him sweepstakes to a trip-for-4 cruise. Trippy looks at his two friends and realizes he'll need one more.

Looking for another friend, he sees Todd desperately wanting to be picked, but gets ignored. Then Jerky is seen tormenting Lucky the cat, and Trippy rejects him for obvious reasons. Lucky volunteers to be his friend, though her bad luck leads a lightning bolt to electrocute Jerky, and Trippy sees he can't choose her either. But then he spots Hippy and happily approaches him. He drags Hippy to meet Superspeed and Robo Star, though soon he walks off.

Later, Trippy approaches Hippy's house in another attempt to make friends with him. He rings the doorbell and leaves a box of chocolates at the steps. Hiding in the bush for him answer, Trippy instead finds Nutty eating the chocolates. As Trippy tries to fight off the pest, he also rings the doorbell multiple times. Hippy, in the shower, decides to finally answer. Just as Nutty manages to win over the chocolates, Hippy unknowingly smashes him with the door.

That evening, Hippy sleeps in bed, only to be disturbed by his cell phone. He answers the call and Trippy tries to communicate with him, but is hung up. The next morning, Hippy opens his door to get the newspaper, but Trippy grabs it for him. Hippy gets suspicious about Trippy's recent behaviour, so he confesses about the sweepstakes. Hippy simply agrees to go with him on the cruise.

Hippy is later on a cruise liner with Trippy, Superspeed, and Robo Star. All goes well until the captain, Tusky, sees an iceberg ahead. He turns around and hits the ship against a rock. He quickly gets away on a lifeboat before anyone could notice. The passengers, meanwhile, fall off the edge of the ship as it sinks. Hippy grabs hold of a rope, but sees his three friends in the water with a hungry shark.

Acting fast, Hippy swings down and rescues Trippy, Superspeed and Robo Star. The four reach a lifeboat and make a lucky escape. Trippy and his friends award him with cheers. Unfortunately, the boat hits the iceberg and it collapses.

Moral
"No matter how much friends you have, the best is who helps out."

Deaths

 * 1) Jerky is vaporized by lightning.
 * 2) Nutty is smashed against a door.
 * 3) Hippy, Superspeed, Trippy and Robo Star are crushed by the iceberg.

Trivia

 * This is one of the few times Lucky survives.