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Smiling Friends

★ 8.5 32K votes 2020–2026 3 seasons · 27 episodes Ended Adult Swim
Adult animationAnimation aimed squarely at grown-ups.This show: 10/10AbsurdistSurreal, logic-bending comedy.This show: 10/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 8/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Michael CusackZach HadelMarc M.Joshua TomarErica LindbeckDavid Dore
Written by
Michael CusackZach Hadel
Starring
Michael CusackZach HadelMarc M.Joshua TomarErica LindbeckDavid Dore
Written by
Michael CusackZach Hadel
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Absurdist chaos with surprising heart underneath"

Smiling Friends follows a tiny, underfunded company whose job is to make sad people happy, one bizarre client at a time. Each short episode drops grumpy Charlie and cheerfully dim Pim into a new surreal scenario, from cosmic horror to office politics gone insane. The tone whiplashes between deadpan absurdism, gross-out gags, and oddly sincere emotional beats, all wrapped in gorgeously varied animation styles. It moves fast, rarely repeats a joke structure, and never overstays its welcome. What carries it is sheer inventiveness: you genuinely can't predict where any episode is headed.

Watch it for

the wildly inventive, ever-shifting animation styles paired with genuinely unpredictable, deadpan absurdist humor.

Maybe skip if

you dislike gross-out humor or surreal, plotless sketches that rarely build toward anything.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12020
8.332K91h 40m
A small company dedicated to bringing happiness to the world receives a simple request to help a woman's unhappy son smile again, spiraling the series into more and more bizarre and wild adventures.
Season 22024
8.322K81h 28m
Delve into the world of Smiling Friends, where Pim, Charlie, Zongo, Allan and Glep fight off evildoers and nasty baddies and maybe some characters smile on the way as well! After all, it IS their job! This SHALL be an epic season and you SHALL enjoy it!
Season 32025
8.521K101h 50m
Season Three finds Pim, Charlie, Flint and the whole gang going absolutely bonkers once again, diving headfirst into their ultimate quest to spread joy upon the land. We'll see a bunch of unexpected stuff here such as Mr. Frog running full speed at the camera, the team finally collecting all the spirit gems they need, and a totally epic showdown spectacle with an Ancient Witch of some sort. AHHHHH!!!!

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Michael Cusack Pim, Allan, Alan
Zach Hadel Charlie, Glep, DJ Spit
Marc M. Mr. Boss, Bill Nye, Cheerful Guy
Joshua Tomar Cop, Armless Boss, Bartender
Erica Lindbeck Assistant, Brittany, Bus Woman
David Dore Party Bro, Doctor, Alien
Hans Van Harken Priest, Bill, Eye Guy
Rodrigo Huerta Devils, Fireman, Jacob the Goblin
Harry Partridge William Worm, 3D Squelton, Grease
David Firth Fillmore, Mole Man, Narrator

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