The
Happy Little Elves
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These
tiny creatures were the favorite videocassette cartoon
characters of Lisa and baby Maggie Simpson on the animated
cartoon THE SIMPSONS/FOX/1990+. The Happy Little Elves is a
children's show, similar to the Care Bears that originally
aired on "The Krusty the Klown Show." The Happy Little Elves
consists of six elves: Yendor, [Rodney spelled backwards]
Bubbles, Doofy, Moldy, Gloomy and Chilly. Chilly referred to
as "the elf that cannot love." Gloomy is "the self-hating
elf". Over their career they made such movies as The Happy
Little Elves in Tinkly-Winkly Town. Scenes from The Happy
Little Elves videos were aired during THE SIMPSONS' first
episode as well as in "The Babysitter Bandit" episode when
Bart and Lisa are tied up and forced to watch The Happy
Little Elves Meet the Curious Bear Cub. Pictures of the
Happy Little Elves can be found on the Happy Little Elves
lunch box and on the walls in Lisa and Maggie's room. One of
the elves is stuffed in Lisa's bookcase. When their mother
Marge Simpson went to a weekend getaway at Rancho Relaxo, the
movie The Happy Little Elves Meet Fuzzy Snuggleduck was
one of the R-rated european adult movies available on their
cable channels. On the short episode "Scary Movie" (aired on
THE TRACEY ULLMAN SHOW) Lisa and Bart go to the movies to see
The Return of the Happy Little Elves. On the way to the
film, Lisa asks Bart "Who's your favorite Happy Little Elf,
Bart? Yendor, Bubbles, or Doofy?" Bart responds, "I can't
stand those stupid elves." "Gee, Bart," says Lisa, "You're
just like Gloomy, the self-hating elf." When they get to the
theater, Bart buys tickets for "Revenge of the Space Mutants"
instead.