Zach Hadel
Director
Smiling Friends (2020)
Specials
Smiling Friends Inc. is a small company whose main purpose is to bring happiness and make people smile. The series follows the day-to-day lives and misadventures of its representatives, the lazy, cynical Charlie, and the cheerful, optimistic Pim, as they try to cheer up and comfort the troubled people who call their company's hotline. They receive seemingly simple requests but the jobs turn out to be more complicated than they seem, making it difficult to bring happiness to the world.
Released April 1, 2020
Episode 11 min
15+
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short
Keywords: tmdb.adult-animation, tmdb.absurdism, imdb.mission, imdb.2020s, imdb.mature-animation, imdb.for-grown-ups-animation, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray + 16 more, tmdb.small-business, tmdb.small-business-owner, tmdb.workplace-comedy, tmdb.smile, tmdb.happiness, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.bizarre, imdb.farce-comedy, imdb.buddy-comedy, imdb.dark-comedy, imdb.psychological-drama, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, tmdb.absurd, tmdb.amused, tmdb.cheerful, imdb.psychedelic
Watch Providers: Adult Swim, Adult Swim, Spectrum On Demand, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max + 2 more, Adultswim Amazon Channel, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Six Point Harness, Williams Street, Princess Bento Studio, Studio Yotta, Goblin Caught on Tape
Network: Adult Swim
Country: United States
Languages:
English
8.0
S0E1 - Smiling Friends Employee Training Software Walkthrough
An animation by Paul Robertson providing a look into a hypothetical Smiling Friends training program.
March 28, 2024, midnight
S0E2 - Mr. Frog (Puppet Version)
After beloved frog celebrity Mr. Frog gets into hot frog water, Pim and Charlie are tasked with helping the frog get things back on frog track. Meanwhile, Glep has a crazy side adventure that has the critics going wild.
April 1, 2024, midnight
S0E3 - Shrimp's Odyssey (Puppet Version)
When a truly pathetic shrimp calls the Smiling Friends hotline after being dumped by his true love, Shrimpina, Pim and Charlie have very different ideas about how to handle the situation.
April 1, 2024, midnight
S0E4 - Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back (Puppet Version)
Charlie actually dies for real.
April 1, 2024, midnight
S0E5 - Pim's New Eyes - Smiling Shorts
Pim has surgery to shrink his large eyes to the size of most characters' eyes, only for Charlie to reveal that he had appreciated this particular imperfection since they first met.
July 22, 2025, midnight
S0E6 - Smiling Shorts: Roy Dismey
A whimsical floating creature named Roy Dismey leaves after receiving the Smiling Friends' service, pickpocketing Pim and Charlie of their possessions in the process. This short features Roy's iconic catchphrase, "Goobla goo".
Aug. 21, 2025, midnight
Network: Adult Swim
Episode Runtime: 11 min.
Season Runtime: 285 min.
Released: April 1, 2020
Last Air Date: Nov. 30, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-MA
Common sense age: 15+
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