History Characters / SmilingFriendsTheSmilingFriends

* HeroicBSOD: Implied, considering [[spoiler:the face he makes at the end of the pilot.]]

* NiceGuy: Runs a noble cause and does so in a very polite and friendly manner.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: While Pim, Charlie, Alan, and Glep are Critters, with the Boss it's a lot harder to tell. Presumably, he's the the TokenHuman just by relative comparison to his employees, but his oversized head, bizarre mannerisms, and the fact that he can [[MisterSeahorse breastfeed his son]] really make it hard to buy.

* CartoonCreature: Aside from [[TokenHuman Mr. Boss]] (presumably), they are clearly not human, considering that actual humans exist within this setting, but it's hard to tell what they ''are'' supposed to be.They have technicolor skin, with Charlie being yellow, Pim being pink, Alan being red, and Glep being green. With the exception of Pim, they have unusual body types, with Charlie having a semicircular head that curves into the rest of his body, Alan having abnormally long arms and legs, and Glep being incredibly small, having eyes on the sides of his head, and lips that jot out from the rest of his body. Pim also mentions that the little strand of hair on his head isn't hair at all, but rather, is an exposed nerve ending.[[note]][[WordOfGod According to Zach Hadel]], they're part of a race called "Critters", but there are few if any details as to what ''specifically'' makes up a Critter.[[/note]]

'''Charlie:''' Look. I can barely explain the nutty adventure I've just went on. So I'm not going to-I don't-I don't wanna talk about it. ''[beat]'' I've seen the Devil.

* TheAce: Once Charlie tries to tell him Desmond might be a lost cause, he counters saying that they haven't failed a client yet. [[spoiler: While they ''do'' succeed with Desmond, [[SubvertedTrope it's not due to Pim's efforts, which all wind up failing]].]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: There are a few occasions that prove that his WideEyedIdealist views and enthusiasm have their limits. He's clearly disturbed by Mr. Frog's violent and AxCrazy tendencies, and appears ready to write him off as a lost cause after Mr. Frog seemingly kills his career once and for all for his comments to Jimmy Fallon on ''The Tonight Show''.

* ExtremeDoormat: Is awfully timid and apologetic to people, namely his sister and the frat members he attempts to make friends with.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: An optimistic, eager-to-please CheeryPink {{Keet}} compared to his co-worker Charlie.

* NiceGuy: Pim just wants to help people and he's very enthusiastic about it.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Pim may be an optimistic NiceGuy but even he's not above succumbing to bitter jealousy as seen when he and Charlie visit the Enchanted Forest and Charlie gets to go on the kinds of quests that Pim has always wanted to.

* BrilliantButLazy: He's really not into his job, but he is able to get results, even cheering up Satan.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While he's usually a lazy jackass, [[OnlySaneMan his advice is generally more practical than Pim's]] on the few occasions that he does actually try to do his job. He points out that Desmond is already suicidal and is likely a lost cause to them; that Shrimp should move on from Shrimpina and focus on getting his life together; and that they should focus on their assignment in the Enchanted Forest and not get sidetracked by questing. Unfortunately, his advice is rarely heeded, and on the occasions he is able to act on it he proves to be just as out of his depth as Pim is.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's certainly a very eccentric man, but he also runs a ''charity'' that makes enough money to lose 2.4 billion dollars in a few days. He also responds to each client personally before sending Pim and Charlie on the job, and in "Frowning Friends" he's even the one who cheers up the episode's "client".

* CreepyGood: He's undeniably off-putting and looks like he came right out of a WebAnimation/MeatCanyon cartoon, no doubt about it, but he still runs a company solely dedicated to making other people feel better and seems to take enthusiasm in this role.

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!!Allan

[[folder:Alan]]
!!Alan

* {{Determinator}}: No one takes Alan's precious piece of cheese and gets away with it.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of TheIdealist. Pim genuinely wants to help people with their problems, but they're often too complex or deep-seated for him to realistically fix. Especially considering his simplistic methods of trying to cheer people up, like thinking taking a suicidal man to an amusement park will immediately rid him of his depression.

* CoolGuns: He wields an [=M16=] in "Frowning Friends" when he [[spoiler:hunts the Frowning Friends down after being driven insane by their relentless success, causing him to be overwhelmed with stress, and even jealousy. Fortunately, he doesn't gun them down once he sees Grim begging for his life.]]

Our titular charity and the stars of our show. They're a 5-man organization led by an eccentric man known as "The Boss" founded for the purpose of making people smile, and the other four workers of the main duo, the optimistic little critter named Pim and his friend, Charlie, as well as Glep, a mysterious little character who seems to just hang around, and the unemotive lankster Alan, the office manager who maintains the building they operate out of.

* OddlySmallOrganization: They're a charity that's profitable enough to be able to ENDURE losing $2.4 billion, as shown in ''Frowning Friends'', yet there are only five of them, and their headquarters is just a homely little office building.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Pim does this in ''[[Recap/SmilingFriendsS1E4ASillyHalloweenSpecial A Silly Halloween Special]]'' after he gets shoved away by lightning in the forest.

* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: It's unknown what his role in the Smiling Friends charity group is, as Alan seems to be in charge of maintaining the office and its supplies, doing things like washing the dishes and checking the fridge. Glep is seen mopping the floor at the end of ''Desmond's Big Day Out'', but he simply could have volunteered to do that in Alan's place, given that sort of task would fall under his jurisdiction, as well as Alan being injured by the Bliblies, meaning he could've required a break from his job so he could recover.

* AccidentalHero: He spends most of the episode ''Frowning Friends'' [[spoiler: suffering through a psychotic break, cumulating in him trying to murder Grim and Gnarly. This however ends up making the Frowning Friends fall out of favor with everyone when Grim cowers in fear when Mr. Boss holds him at gunpoint right after he said that nothing matters because everyone's going to die]].

** He participates in the brutal death of the Forest Demon in ''A Silly Halloween Special'' with the same equal amount of disturbing savagery that the rest of the partygoers do. He even eats the flesh from one of the arms of the fallen demon after he presumably tore it off.

* BreakTheCutie: He undergoes a ''shockingly'' realistic mental breakdown over the course of ''Frowning Friends'' due to the titular rival charity's success causing a majority of losses for the Smiling Friends goals and finances. [[spoiler:This culminates in him becoming a furious, constantly snarling [=M16=]-wielding maniac out for the blood of Grim and Gnarly, until the sight of Grim breaking down and begging for his life makes him regain his composure, subverting it.]]

* CoolGuns: He wields an [=M16=] in ''Frowning Friends'' when he [[spoiler:hunts the Frowning Friends down after being driven insane by their relentless success, causing him to be overwhelmed with stress, and even jealousy. Fortunately, he doesn't gun them down once he sees Grim begging for his life.]]

* ElementalMotifs: A minor example, but he has some association with darkness, as his office is a vaguely shaped black expanse, he dresses in a dark suit, and some scenes with him tend to be associated with dimming lights or low light levels in one way or another, such as him talking to Pim at sunset in ''A Silly Halloween Special'' as an example.

* HiddenDepths: He seems to be an avid gamer with him playing RealTimeStrategy games in the pilot and also playing a [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution Dance Dance Revolution-esque]] game in ''Frowning Friends'' as well is any indication.

* SanitySlippage: PlayedForDrama. He has an agonizing emotional and mental breakdown over the course of ''Frowning Friends'', which starts with him simply being stressed and panicked, before he starts to hallucinate his struggles to deal with the episode's titular rival business as figures giving him useless advice, which gradually culminates in him hallucinating his reflection as a demonic, wrathful version of himself who insults him and urges him to do something that he vehemently disagrees with. [[spoiler:It turns out that his mirror self's demands were to kill the Frowning Friends when he arms himself with an M16 to go hunt down the two so that he can gun them down in cold blood. Thankfully he regains his composure after seeing Grim beg for his life after he made a big speech about how nothing matters because everybody is going to die one day, exposing him as a hypocrite in front of a huge crowd that the Frowning Friends rallied.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Aw, ske boi de ja yediba."]]

-->'''Chris O'Neil:''' There's a version of that Smormu song with lyrics.\\

-->'''Chris O'Neil:''' "There's a version of that Smormu song with lyrics."\\
'''Zach Hadel:''' "Oh yeah, there is! It sounds like a little Jamster song."

--> '''Announcer:''' "IT'S SMORMU! YOU VOTED, AND WE LISTENED! THIS CANNOT BE UNDONE! SMORMU IS HERE TO STAY!"

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: An optimistic, eager-to-please CheeryPink Keet compared to his co-worker Charlie.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: He's deadpan, cynical and less than enthusiastic over his job, compared to his co-worker Pim.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: An optimistic, eager-to-please CheerfulPink Keet compared to his co-worker Charlie.

* CartoonCreature: Aside from [[TokenHuman Mr. Boss]], they are clearly not human, considering that actual humans exist within this setting, but it's hard to tell what they ''are'' supposed to be. They have technicolor skin, with Charlie being yellow, Pim being pink, Alan being red, and Glep being green. With the exception of Pim, they have unusual body types, with Charlie having a semicircular head that curves into the rest of his body, Alan having abnormally long arms and legs, and Glep being incredibly small, having eyes on the sides of his head, and lips that jot out from the rest of his body. Pim also mentions that the little strand of hair on his head isn't hair at all, but rather, is an exposed nerve ending.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: while there's never any overt indication that Charlie's not supposed to be fully human, he does mention in the Salty's episode that he's been eating there since he was a "homunculus" (i.e. an ArtificialHuman), though this could be just how he refers to himself as a child. In addition, Charlie's character design is very stylized and exaggerated in a universe where unambiguously human characters, such as Jennifer and Simon Salty himself, also exist.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Although he's presumably the TokenHuman, his oversized head, bizarre mannerisms, and the fact that he can [[MisterSeahorse breastfeed his son]] really make it hard to buy it.

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Was fully prepared to cold-bloodedly murder the Frowning Friends out of spite, but considering that they're both {{Hope Crusher}}s who want to [[spoiler:exterminate the people of Puerto Rico]], it's hard to see his actions as unjust. [[spoiler:He also relents when he sees how pathetic and cowardly they both truly are]].
** He participates in the unbelievably savage death of the Forest Demon but said demon was a violent monster who tried to eat one of his employees.
* LactatingMale: He lactates and breastfeeds his son in one scene.