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April 1, 2020 - Present
Smiling Friends is an Australian-American adult animated television series created by Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack for Cartoon Network's night-time programming block Adult Swim, which revolves around a small charity dedicated to making people smile.
The pilot episode aired April 1, 2020, as a part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools Day event, alongside another work of Cusack's, YOLO: Crystal Fantasy and promptly became a hit. On May 19, 2021, Adult Swim and the show's creators announced that the series had been greenlit along with Royal Crackers, and that it was set to premiere later in 2021. The first season contains 8 episodes, including the pilot. A panel dedicated to the series was held during the Adult Swim Festival on November 12, 2021, where co-creator Zach Hadel mentioned the show will premiere "within a few months", pushing the release schedule to 2022. The first season premiered on January 10, 2022, with Adult Swim airing all episodes of the season in one night, despite initial plans for a weekly release.
Smiling Friends has received acclaim from both audiences and critics for its characterization, humor, writing, and integration of mixed media including 3D animation, stop motion, and live action.
Summary[]
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.
TV Show Intro[]
Sound Effects Used[]
- Censor Bleep
- Dial-up Modem Sounds
- Hollywoodedge, Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007/Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601 (6th yowl heard starting with Season 2.)
- Hollywoodedge, Chimpanzee Screams AT050301/Sound Ideas, CHIMPANZEE - EXCITED CALL, ANIMAL, MONKEY, APE 02
- Hollywoodedge, Department Store Pag PE191801 (Heard once in a higher pitch in "Who Violently Murdered Simon S. Salty?".)
- Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601/Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Stead PE033301 (Heard once in "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back".)
- Hollywoodedge, Jungle Ambiencespe PE010801 (Heard once in "A Silly Halloween Special".)
- Hollywoodedge, Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601 (Heard twice in "Who Violently Murdered Simon S. Salty?".)
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 7 Woman Three PE134101
- SKYWALKER, CROWD - SCREAM IN PANIC 2 (Heard once in "A Silly Halloween Special".)
- SKYWALKER, HUMAN - HAND CLAPPING, SINGLE, MULTIPLE (Heard in "Mr. Frog".)
- Sound Ideas, ALARM, BURGLAR - BURGLAR ALARM GOING OFF/Sound Ideas, ALARM, BURGLAR - BURGLAR ALARM SOUNDING
- Sound Ideas, APPLAUSE, CHEERING - INDOOR: MEDIUM CROWD IN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, AUDIENCE 06
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, CROW - COMMON CROW: CALLS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, OWL - CALLING, ANIMAL 02
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, RAVEN, COMMON - CALLS, OTHER BIRDS IN B/G, ANIMAL (Heard once in "A Silly Halloween Special".)
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, SPARROW - TREE SPARROW: SINGING, ANIMAL (Heard twice in "Frowning Friends", first heard in a normal pitch and last heard slowed down.)
- Sound Ideas, BRITISH BIRDS - BLACKBIRD (TURDUS MERULA) WITH QUIET TOWN GARDEN, DAWN CHORUS AND OCCASIONAL DISTANT CAR (BRISTOL 4.7.81) (Heard once in "A Silly Halloween Special".)
- Sound Ideas, CLOCK, ALARM - ALARM CLOCK, ELECTRIC, BEEP, HIGH PITCHED BUZZING, VERSION 1, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, DISHES, PLATE - SET DOWN SINGLE PLATE ON TABLE (Heard once in "The Smiling Friends Go to Brazil!" during at the restaurant.)
- Sound Ideas, DOOR, BELL - SINGLE RING
- Sound Ideas, FANTASY - TONAL SPARKLE SWELL 07/MAGIC, CARTOON - SHORT TONAL SPARKLE SWELL, COMEDY 03
- Sound Ideas, HARP - CHORDAL GLISS, DOWN, MUSIC (Heard once in "Enchanted Forest", along with a reversed variant.)
- Sound Ideas, HORSE - 3 WHINNIES, 3 SNORTS, C.U, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, HORSE - EXTERIOR: WHINNY, ANIMAL 01 (Heard once in "Frowning Friends".)
- Sound Ideas, HORSE - EXTERIOR: WHINNY, ANIMAL 03 (Heard once in "Frowning Friends".)
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, BABY - CRYING (5th half heard once in "Shrimp's Odyssey".)
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, FEMALE - FEMALE SCREAM SHRIEK
- Sound Ideas, ROLLER COASTER - ROLLER COASTER: PASS BY, SCREAMS, AMUSEMENT PARK (Heard once in "Desmond's Big Day Out".)
- Sound Ideas, SCREAM - FEMALE, LONG, HUMAN, HORROR 01
- Sound Ideas, SCREAM - FEMALE, MEDIUM, HUMAN, HORROR 03 (Heard once in a high pitch and earr*pe in "Mr. Frog".)
- Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 04 (Heard once in "A Silly Halloween Special".)
- Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 05 (Heard once in "A Silly Halloween Special".)
- Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 10 (Heard once in "A Silly Halloween Special".)
- Unknown Crowd Cheering Sound 2
- Unknown Female Scream Sound