Yes! While Season 2 is still ongoing, it was confirmed during a panel at the 2024 Annecy International Film Festival that Smiling Friends has been renewed by Adult Swim for a third season. As of ...

Smiling Friends was created by Zach Hadel (former Newgrounds and YouTube animator) and Michael Cusack (YOLO) for Adult Swim. The animated show, which consists of episodes that last around 11 ...

The season 2 finale of Smiling Friends is about a brought-to-life snowman who learns about the concept of death and can’t stop screaming. There’s also a yeti and the ghost of Bill Nye. Earlier ...

Smiling Friends continuously throws these plain moments at the audience, and unless the viewer is paying attention, they’re likely to not even notice how many instances there are.

Perhaps they just grew up. Still, Smiling Friends is a reminder of a simpler web, back when the “brutal cruelties of reality” were the gore JPEGs that lived on Rotten.com.

A version of this article appears in print on June 21, 2024, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: ‘Smiling Friends’ Is a Deranged, Eccentric Blast.

Yes, Smiling Friends Season 2 is available to watch via streaming on HBO Max. In Season 2, Pim and Charlie are chosen to assist in brightening up the United States President’s Day.

In "Smiling Friends" Season 2, the set of bite-sized episodes expand on the comedy’s bizarre world with bold, brash and smart dark humor ...