Wherefore art thou Rodeo?

Wherefore art thou Rodeo? is the Season 15 premiere of HTF. This episode introduces Perry, the bull who turns red at anything red.

Starring

 * Howdy
 * Perry
 * Guddles

Appearances

 * Twinkie
 * Flaky
 * Generic Tree Friends

Plot
Generic tree friends gather in a rodeo as Howdy appears in the field. A large horse is released and Howdy uses his lasso to catch it. He hops aboard the horse's back and rides on it, amazingly staying on it without falling once. Perry moves in with the crowd to watch, and at bad timing as Guddles comes to clean the animal droppings.

Alerted by Guddles' red fur, Perry flips out. He runs and knocks several people out of their seats, soon jumping on the field and charges toward Guddles. He immediately sees the angry bull and runs screaming for help. Howdy still clings onto the horse oblivious to Guddles' dilemma. Rodeo clown Twinkie calls Guddles over to hide in a barrel. Twinkie switches the barrels around and asks Perry to guess which one contains Guddles. Perry chooses the one on the right, which was wrong. Unfortunately, Guddles blows his cover by popping out and laughing, and the chase resumes.

The horse gets tired of bucking and sleeps. Howdy then notices Guddles in trouble. He grabs his lasso and catches Perry by the neck. As the two begin fighting, Guddles sees Twinkie putting on more make-up, so he paints himself white. He walks away as Howdy tires out Perry.

Just as all seems well, Flaky walks into the crowd, getting Perry back into action. Howdy holds on tight as Perry runs for Flaky. Perry's anger becomes the best of him as he continues running with the lasso around his neck, eventually strangling him. He faints dead, launching Howdy off the ground and landing him on one of his horns.

As white Guddles walks off, Twinkie gives him his broom, as he still must clean up the animal droppings. The episode ends with Twinkie waving a cloth.

Moral
"Grab the bull by the horns!"

Deaths

 * 1) Perry strangles himself with the lasso.
 * 2) Howdy is impaled by one of Perry's horns.

Trivia

 * This is Perry's debut.
 * Howdy is responsible for Perry's death and vise versa. This has happened in Brake the Cycle as well.
 * One of the few times Guddles survives.