Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Barking Up the Wrong Tree is the Season 96 premiere of HTFF. This episode introduces Bark, the "log dog".

Plot
Bark, shown from only the shoulders up, opens his closet. Among his so-called suits are a barrel, a cardboard box, and a dinosaur costume. Then of course is a log, which he chooses.

Bark takes a walk by a hillside to admire the view of a forest below. He stops to hear the sound of a bird, which perches on his branch. Little does he know the bird is actually Tick's bird, and Tick is shown charging towards him. Within minutes, Bark is knocked over by Tick and sent rolling down the hill. Buzz and Stacy are seen having a picnic at the bottom, until Bark flattens Stacy and ruins the setup.

Finally coming to a stop, Bark attempts to get back on his feet. Buzz encounters him, convinced he is an evil living tree and prepared to saw him in half. Horrified, Bark rolls himself away just before Buzz is able to finish him. The crazed woodcutter chases after him. Bark soon comes to a busy road and has no choice but to cross. The cars miraculously don't kill him, as he is protected by his wooden shell, and instead he is knocked across to the other end of the road.

Meanwhile, Tick hears some tweeting and assumes it is his bird. It is really Poachy making bird calls from behind a tree, anticipating the rhino to come right to him. Tick, however, smashes into the tree; his horn phases through the other side and impales Poachy in the head. Buzz sees this and comes to attack the tree. After sawing it like a maniac, the tree crashes down and flattens him. Tick has also been decapitated from Buzz's fit and the bird perches on his head.

Bark stops rolling again and feels dizzy, but relieved. The Mole suddenly picks him up and tosses him into a woodchipper. Out come his body parts along with pieces of his log. One of these pieces comes out as a stick. A nearby Rip picks it up and uses it for a game of fetch with his dog Snowie.

Deaths

 * 1) Stacy is flattened by Bark.


 * 1) Poachy is impaled through the head.


 * 1) Tick is decapitated by Buzz.


 * 1) Buzz is crushed by the tree.


 * 1) Bark is killed in a woodchipper.

Trivia

 * This was originally a HTF Break and ended with Bark meeting Yosbea.
 * Poachy's death is similar to Toothy's death in From A to Zoo. Both involved impalement by rhinos.