History Recap / SmilingFriendsS2E1GwimblyDREEEDX4KADC

** The fighting game Gwimbly and Troglor appear in is an obvious expy of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
* FaceOfAThug: Troglor may be a muscular brute in intimidating armor. But he is not as bad as he looks, only doing what his master demands of him. It takes little for him to bury the hatchet with Gwimbly and star in a new game together.

** The video game Gwimbly ultimately makes a comeback on is a mock ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game.
--> '''Pim''': I guess Gwimbly just needed to let go of the past and join a bunch of other cool characters in a fighting game.

* TakeThat: The CEO of Insane Groundbreaking Games is an obvious jab to many of the video game industry's negative practices, from neglecting iconic IPs to striking down fan creations to forcing DLC and microtransactions.

** Gwimbly is an homage to the multitude of video game mascots that emerged from the 80s and 90s, such as ''VideoGame/{{Gex}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}''

* TakeThat!: The CEO of Insane Groundbreaking Games is an obvious jab to many of the video game industry's negative practices, from neglecting iconic IPs to striking down fan creations to forcing DLC and microtransactions.

** Gwimbly is an homage to the multitude of video game mascots that emerged from the 80s and 90s, such as [[VideoGame/{{Gex}}]], [[VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}]], and [[VideoGame/{{Rayman}}]]

** Gwimbly is an homage to the multitude of video game mascots that emerged from the 80s and 90s, such as ''Gex'', ''Bubsy'', and ''Rayman''

** Gwimbly is an homage to the multitude of video game mascots that emerged from the 80s and 90s, such as ''VideoGame/Gex'', ''VideoGame/Bubsy'', and ''VideoGame/Rayman''

** Gwimbly is an homage to the multitude of video game mascots that emerged from the 80s and 90s, such as "Gex", "Bubsy", and "Rayman"

** Gwimbly is an homage to the multitude of video game mascots that emerged from the 80s and 90s, such as "VideoGame/Gex", "VideoGame/Bubsy", and "VideoGame/Rayman"

** Gwimbly is an homage to the multitude of video game mascots that emerged from the 80s and 90s, such as "VideoGame/Gex", "VideoGame/Bubsy", and "VideoGame/Rayman".
** The fighting game Gwimbly and Troglor appear in is an obvious expy of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.

* CharacterCatchphrase: "Ooh ooh ooh!" - Gwimbly

* TakeThat!: The CEO of Insane Groundbreaking Games is a giant one to many of the video game industry's negative practices, from neglecting iconic IPs to striking down fan creations to forcing DLC and microtransactions.

* PuttingtheBandBackTogether: Subverted. Gwimbly, Pim, and Allan try to reunite Gwimbly's former costars for a new game, but his nemesis has retired and his sidekick has died.

* TakeThat!: The CEO is a giant one to many of the video game industry's negative practices, from neglecting iconic IPs to striking down fan creations to forcing DLC and microtransactions.

* {{Retraux}}: Gwimbly is rendered like he's in a Platform/{{PlayStation}} game, with pixelated textures and warbled polygons.

* JerkAssBall: Allan is surlier than usual in this episode. He shows zero sympathy to Gwimbly's plight, not even after he finds out his best friend has died, just trying to pawn him off anywhere besides in front of the Smiling Friends building. He also attacks a receptionist for "startling" him.

* SkewedPriorities: Allan does not seem to care about helping Gwimby get a new game, he just wants him to sleep somewhere else instead of in front of their building.

* LoopholeAbuse: Charlie gets out of assisting Pim in helping Gwimbly because according to the Smiling Friend's plaque, they are only allowed to help people who asked. This gets turned on him when James takes advantage of the plaque to make Charlie do whatever he wants until he smiles.

* VillainousGlutton: The head of the video game company is a FatBastard who obsessively eats chicken nuggets.

* AxCrazy: James is an incredibly violent man who rips off Charlie's nose and then threatens to chop him in pieces if that is what would make him happy. It's only when the CEO shows up and James plants a knife through his forehead that he manages to smile.

* AxCrazy: James is an incredibly violent man who rips off Charlie's nose and then threatens to chop him in pieces if that is what would make him happy. That is when the Video Game CEO shows up in which James plants a knife through his forehead that puts a smile on his face.

* DayInTheLimelight: Allan himself gets some spotlight in the A Plot where he helps Pimbly in getting Gwimbly a new game just so that he would get out of their hair.

** The video game Gwimbly ultimately makes a comeback on is a mock VideoGame/SuperSmashBros game.

Pim and Allan try to help washed-up video game mascot Gwimbly by getting his parent company to make him a new game. Meanwhile, Charlie is forced to apease James, a violent, sadistic man.

* Ax-Crazy: James is an incredibly violent man who rips off Charlie's nose and then threatens to chop him in pieces if that is what would make him happy. That is when the Video Game CEO shows up in which James plants a knife through his forehead that puts a smile on his face.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Video Game CEO lectures his new mascot Troglor about firing his cannon inside their building because they are sharing office space with other companies. Later, The Ceo orders Troglor to kill James only for him to be confused after being told he is not supposed to fire indoors.

* RunningGag: Allan constantly trying to dump Gwimbly at whereever they brought him such as his Video Game company, his old nemesis's house, or even his best friend's grave.

* FrenchMaidOutfit: Charlie wears this at one point because James asked him to. James then