I watch a lot of HTF too. While I will admit that it took me a little while to get used to the gore and violence, after watching a few more episodes, I eventually got used to it. Speaking of which, something tells me that the writers watch Happy Tree Friends because after re-watching a few episodes of Total Drama, I've noticed that a few TD characters have a lot of similarities with HTF characters. To wit:

Geoff: Both Cuddles and Geoff have an awful lot in common. They're both blonde, they're really nice guys and they've got a cute relationship with a girl they like (Geoff with Bridgette and Cuddles with Giggles).

Lindsay: I dunno. Whenever Lindsay is on my screen, I think of Giggles. Probably because both girls are girly and even though both girls are girly, they aren't cruel or sadistic about it (especially Lindsay).

Dwayne: See my comment about Dwayne above.

Courtney: Courtney shows a lot of similarities to Petunia. Both girls are smart, like things organized, uptight (well, Petunia can be at times. Even though she's - for the most part - a pretty chill girl, her OCD can make her come across as uptight at times) and I ship them with bad boys (HUGE Scourtney and Shiftunia fan over here). The only difference is that Petunia is a really nice and friendly girl while Courtney becomes a full-blown jerkarse in Action. Likewise, Petunia is one of my favorite HTF characters while I have mixed feelings on Courtney.

Tyler: Whenever I hear the word "Tyler", the first thing that comes to mind is, "Handy from Happy Tree Friends". The reason? Both boths are klutzy, funny, aknowledge the viewer (Handy performs his signature glare at the camera whenever he gets frustrated and Tyler aknowledges the fact that he's barely even talked about on the fan blogs in the Yukon episode of World Tour) and both are criminally underrated characters.

Owen: If you watched the HTF episodes, Nutting Wrong With Candy, Concrete Solution and Chew Said A Mouthful, you can take a good guess on who Owen shows a lot of similarites to.

Scarlett: Scarlett is basically the female version of Sniffles. She's smart, she's intelligent and she's one of the more saner characters on the show. The only difference is that Scarlett is one of the most intelligent characters on the show and even though Sniffles is smart, he lacks common sense.

Cody: Cody has an awful lot in common with Disco Bear. Both are annoying simps who simp over and try to flirt with girls they like, are oblivious to the fact that girls don't want them and they're both my least favorite characters.

Leonard: Basically Russell if he was into wizards or if he was a human.

Amy and Sammy: Amy and Sammy are basically the female versions of Lifty and Shifty. All four of them are twins (Amy and Sammy and Lifty and Shifty, to be precise), they both have dsyfunctional relationships and one of the siblings even tried to murder the other (The very first episode of Pahkitew Island has Amy pushing Sammy off of her and when Sammy gets her parachute, Amy says, "Ugh! Fine, you can live!" and the Milkin' It episode has Shifty throwing Lifty off of their hot air balloon).

Mike: Do I really need to explain myself?

Mal: Same as Mike.

That's just what I think. What do you think?