Risen From the Ashes

Risen From the Ashes is a HTFF episode. This episode introduces Renee, the phoenix who is a reincarnation of Cocktail (among other characters).

Starring

 * Renee

Featuring

 * Hippy
 * Pierce
 * Freaky and Wiggles
 * Toothy
 * Mole

Appearances

 * Cocktail

Plot
The episode begins where Dancing with Death ended off, as the souls of the dead ascend into the clouds. Cocktail, however, loses his way when he flies into a cloud. He goes through the engine of a plane, cutting off his wings and setting him on fire. He plummets back to the earth and is reduced to ashes.

Cocktail's reincarnation, Renee, forms from the ashes and leaves an imprint on the ground. It takes her a few minutes to realize she has revived. Once she accepts it, she happily flies into town. She greets Hippy passing by on his bicycle, and he waves back. But distracted, he is knocked off his bike and into Pierce's quills. Then Pierce is flattened by Hippy's bike as it continues rolling along.

Renee is horrified by what just happened and consults a psychologist. A lecture with Freaky manages to soothe her nerves and she walks away thanking him. However, her body has set the chair on fire. It spreads around the whole clinic before Freaky and Wiggles are able to put it out. Renee only notices the calamity after exiting the building, and becomes even more spooked since she was just in there.

Renee worriedly looks for a place to protect herself in order to avoid certain doom. Toothy is shown driving his car until he collides into Hippy's bicycle, and nearly crashes into Renee. Instead, he just crashes next to her. Renee sighs in relief, when the Mole unknowingly sprays her with a hose, putting out her fiery body and reducing her to a pile of ash. The Mole sweeps up her ashes and dumps them in a trash can.

Moments later, Renee reincarnates once again and pops out of the trash can. Except this time, she comes back as a raccoon, puzzling her.

Deaths

 * 1) Hippy is impaled to Pierce's quills.
 * 2) Pierce is flattened by Hippy's bike.
 * 3) Freaky and Wiggles die in the fire caused by Renee.
 * 4) Toothy dies in a crash.
 * 5) Renee is extinguished by the Mole (but then reincarnates).

Trivia

 * The other victims of Dancing With Death were only seen in silhouette form, like Generic Tree Friends.
 * Hippy and Pierce are responsible for each others' deaths, and Renee is responsible for both.
 * With the exception of her own, Renee is responsible for every death in this episode (she indirectly caused Toothy's death).