Lifty and Shifty are green racoons with markings around their eyes and stripy tails, They are
identical twin brothers, but Shifty wears a fedora unlike Lifty.
this video is about every time they are wearing something different or if their standard designs change
Shifty was originally a squirrel, his torso is notably bigger than how he would eventually
look in Season 1, and he would have hidden goods under his fur, but it has been said
that he’s wearing a jacket, but it looks a lot more like his fur to me.
He was then changed into a racoon, with his iconic marking around the eyes, the stripy
tail and triangular ears.
But he also now has Rolex watches.
Shifty first appears in “Wheelin’ and Dealin’” and his design is now in a new
art style, he no longer has his hidden items under his fur/jacket and he’s now green.
But we now see the addition of his brother Lifty, who of course looks just like him,
but without the fedora.
In “Meat Me For Lunch” their pupils become smaller and then the eyes have a confident/mischievous
look to them, which is different to the other eyes with a similar expression that can
be seen in “Wheelin’ and Dealin’”.
I feel like I need to mention this due to this look for their eyes being so iconic to
them and this being the first time that we see them.
Next we go to Season 2, in “Happy Trails Part 2”, Shifty’s ears are not sticking
out behind or through his fedora.
Also due to Lifty and Shifty often having a grinning mouth, I feel like I should mention
that the mouth has a new updated look.
in “Milkin It” for the first time, Shifty’s fedora is causing a shadow effect onto his
face.
This effect happens a few more time after this, but he no longer has it when the TV
series started.
In “Class Act”, we can see them with similar confident/mischievous looking eyes, like in
“Meat Me For Lunch”, but their pupils are no longer pac-man shaped when showing
this expression unlike before.
And they are zombies in “Remains To Be Seen”
In the TV series.
They first appear in “The Wrong Side Of The Tracks”.
The standard design for them has an updated look and their tails are shorter and wider.
Also the Pac-man shaped pupils that they often had in season 1 & 2 are seen much less often
in the TV series, unllike before.
But they can still seen in many episodes, here are some examples…
But they have the Pac-man shaped pupils throughout nearly all of “Gems The Breaks”.
I think that this could be because, this episode might be ones of the first one to be animated.
In “From Hero To Eternity” they are wearing green stripy scarfs
In “Don’t Yank My Chain”, Lifty is disguised as The Mole, and Shifty is disguised as Handy.
They are wearing purple and dark blue scuba diving gear under water in “Sea What I Found”
And later on, Lifty & Shifty are wearing valuable treasure, like a crown and bracelets on Lifty,
a necklace around Shifty with gold coins in his hat, and they both have coins in their
hidden pockets.
But not long after, Shifty then takes Lifty’s bracelets and crown.
Lifty is wearing a Santa hat in “Easy For You To Sleigh”
In “Gems The Breaks” they can be seen wearing valuable items again and most notably,
Lifty has a piece of jewellery on one tooth.
And Later in the episode, they are wearing scuba gear without a swimsuit and fins, which
is different to what they had in “Sea What I Found”.
In the episode and game called “False Alarm” they are wearing jackets that keeps their
goods hidden.
In season 3’s “Wrath Of Con”, They are wearing passes around their necks
At the beginning of ”Swelter Skelter”, if you look at their tails, they strangely
have five stripes instead of eight.
And later, they have what I assume are jackets, they both also have gloves, and Lifty has
a light blue greyish hat with a purple and reddish scarf around his mouth.
Shifty’s design does not change after this.
They last appear in the season 4 episode called “Buns Of Steal”, were they are hungry
and chase Mole’s van.
Shifty drives next to it and Lifty then uses a blowtorch, and he is wearing goggles.
Lifty becomes attached to both vans and his torso becomes cut in half, his remains are
stretched, and Shifty walks across, but then hits a tree.
Lifty’s remains then snaps and slices Shifty in half, making this their last appearance
in the series.