Actually, in regards to the Itchy and Scratchy thing the major difference lies in two things. One is the amount of violence. Happy Tree Friends makes Itchy and Scratchy like G rated violenced, it barely even compares to HTF.
Secondly, the main reason the show is a hit (and why it makes me feel so sucky inside when I see it) is because unlike Itchy and Scratchy, the Happy Tree Friends are designed to look, act, and sound cute, cute, cute.
They're like the Care Bears and that's kinda where the gag lies in dismembering them. What makes it worse for me anyway is the fact that the HTF don't try to kill each other, it all happens through a series of accidents.
Where as Itchy and Scratchy constantly try to kill each other, mostly due to the fact they're the Simpsons versions of Tom and Jerry.
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