Smiling Friends Background Gags

most of these were probably obvious
see below for context spoilers
CONTEXT SPOILERS
0:03 Mr. Frog snorting a mysterious substance off screen
0:24 Mr. Frog firing wildly at targets and missing terribly.
0:46 The names of the suggested videos.
1:00 Mr. Frog Jeb Bush meme reference.
1:06 Shrimp's neighbor curb stomping somebody.
1:24 Shadow child running out from cover.
1:34 Gym rats doing whatever the FUCK.
1:45 "Just give up" poster.
1:58 A Glibli from the pilot in the background.
2:00 Pain Elemental from DOOM.
2:14 Satan uses Discord.
2:27 Dave from Daveland attends Charlie's funeral.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

I feel like Mr. Frog was based on a combination of Sam Hyde and Mr. Blobby.

[@DissonanceEngineer]

See I got more of an Anthony Cumia vibe, but it's obviously an amalgamation of things. Just the passion for guns + weird violence and racism lol

[@shirdoonhassan]

Where can I watch this show

[@peixearrombado]

It looks like that one frog chair

[@CloudFive555]

The purple coke has to be ridiculously strong 😭

[@Z3RO5286]

He can't keep getting away of it.

[@lukasuhlenkamp9850]

Part of the gag of the devil playing rust is that charlie was playing rust when he was down in the dumps at the beginning of the episode

[@LordVader1094]

Also Rust is a game from hell

[@chairwithsharkcrocs8451]

i lost my shit when I saw the Stalker symbol

[@orangejoe2147]

@@LordVader1094 so is discord

[@duploman1000]

can confirm that Rust is the game people play when they're stuck in a rut and have no passion for existence

[@Sassy_Witch]

is Rust still alive? I last played it last in 2018 I think

[@MYLAR.]

0:53 i love that the “terrifying creature caught on cam” is just alan

[@AnimeOrigami]

At first I thought it was the forest demon but I can def see Alan’s silhouette lol

[@MidBoss666]

Thought that was Jeremy.

[@T33-q9c]

how much do you love it?

[@MYLAR.]

@@T33-q9c much :)

[@fatyoshi1456]

I know you're in here little mousey

[@gingersnip]

The fact that satan’s voice is basically Charlie’s pitched down is genius.

[@pkthe13th]

I think it’s James Rolfe isn’t it

[@wanderingrandomer]

Pretty sure it's just Zach pitched down, yeah

[@ultr4nima]

@Myname Jeff It’s not AVGN, there’s a video with Satan’s voice pitches up and it’s just Charlie’s/Zach’s voice, the James Rolfe credit is for a split second scene where he appears as himself in live action

[@BarakaTheGreat]

@@ultr4nima that’s mike from red letter media in the live action sequence, not James Rolfe, James is the voice of satan

[@zade8586]

@@BarakaTheGreat I think it must be a joke credit or something, like the satan voice is very clearly Zach.

[@cercless]

2:15 Satan has worms reloaded on on his desktop

[@hopecat7466]

He's also PLAYING R U S T.

[@kaylons]

He also has Discord open

[@Magpie1701]

Looks like the Doom 3 icon next to it, too.

[@BlueRGuy]

And even steam was on there

[@kitsachie.]

Tomar stated they play worms the most off camera together in their free time.

[@Pootisbird01]

Can’t believe Charlie got Dave, creator of Daveland to come to his funeral

[@olivercuenca4109]

Who IS Dave?

[@esteemedyams]

@@olivercuenca4109 The creator of Daveland.

[@Mikel30222]

At first I thought Dave was just James Rolf with a buzz cut but I'm beginning to think that he's more like mike matei with James's glasses.

[@Baggerz182]

repent unto God

[@JeanMarceaux]

Can't believe he got Alan to put on anything more than a tie. Which means that, canonically, Alan walks around basically naked.

[@pinio5132]

0:52 "slapping the mud insanely loud" made me laugh harder than it reasonably should have.

[@Shamax0]

I'm wondering if it's a chocolate river from Oney clip reference, as he throws stones in the mud river that make a fairly loud plop sound if I recall correctly

[@PhantoRoyce]

That sounds like something Chris would watch and then make it his life for like a month

[@richardbarbaros5868]

@@Shamax0 he also joked once about being a "mud-slapper" in the medieval times, or something along those lines

[@ianwulf24]

Yeah, definitely sounds like a Chris thing

[@Owlero]

@@Shamax0 I would put money on it being a reference to those caveman videos where the guy makes things out of mud, based on the thumbnail.

[@bozuteru2160]

0:50 I cannot believe they had the foresight to include Smormu, everyone's favorite smiling friend, in episode 2, great foreshadowing

[@maxhydekyle2425]

Well we did vote for him after all.

[@ChristianTheChicken]

Mr. Frog was in a picture framed on the wall in E1

[@Baggerz182]

repent unto God

[@obsidian5146]

​@@Baggerz182 no

[@micheal5117]

​@@obsidian5146 did you pray today?

[@shakenbakejake25]

2:14 the attention to detail in this show is amazing, he even has an AFK clip for when he's looking away and talking.

[@cgmaster2]

even better when you realize they even had the character in game shift a little when satan brought his hand down , moving him in game from the shake

[@ognok6698]

it was recorded by michael cusack and he just did what satan was doing for the same inputs onscreen

[@connectos4541]

he even has steam and discord lol

[@NetralFN]

Satan playing rust funniest shit i ever seen

[@Baggerz182]

repent unto God

[@barrypinap3998]

0:52 “Mr. frog ultimate best of the bug compilation” seems like something that would be an actual KZbin video

[@Maniac4Bricks]

There's already a "best of Smormu" compilation on KZbin. And there's videos of "Smiling Friends but only Alan/Glep/Mr Boss" on here too. So yeah.

[@pontosanaz6485]

It is blurry, but you can make out how its more than an hour long, haha

[@Limpshot_McGee]

That’s why it’s funny

[@ASingleSpaghetti]

I can easily see the KZbin algorithm recommending "Slapping the Mud Insanely Loud"

[@rotundmonibuv5103]

bug being x for y minutes

[@SuperWiiBros08]

The person getting his faced stepped on constantly was so fucking hilarious to me idk why

[@MasterKief-fo20]

U good dude?

[@tuser8]

He got stomped into a small red stain

[@foxfire5092]

LMAOOOOO

[@foxfire5092]

It’s very fitting for David firth’s episode

[@coolcool8693]

I don't know why that made me laugh so hard

[@Xploshi]

Yo I didn’t even notice that Dave, the creator of Dave land himself was was at the funeral

[@Gman_2009_]

Dave, the real Dave, in real life.

[@bossbabyfunnymoments6187]

@@Owlero the ICONIC Dave? Visiting MY funeral? Goodness, I’m honored…

[@markjade3587]

His there now, probably just got edited,dunno

[@2thPlace]

I mean, he's sittin there.

[@ThePowerofCutleries]

Who's Dave?

[@alioth2021]

I'm glad someone else pointed out the Jeb edit. I laughed so hard when I first saw this episode because of that one part.

[@NG_1341]

@@araaa2855 what

[@user-jl7cz2pe6d]

@@NG_1341 It's a scambot

[@JurassicJordan]

I reported the scam bot

[@grassisgreen1oh4]

What’s the Jeb edit?

[@decepticonleaderstarscream6551]

Please clap

[@campbellmurphy9371]

It’s strange how many background gags there are WHEN FAMILY GUY CANT EVEN MAKE CHARACTERS BLINK

[@charKT-7461]

Family guy bad, give me internet points

[@nolgthorn]

@@charKT-7461 Gladly

[@Yobisewk206]

Doesn't that go for most animated shows?

[@campbellmurphy9371]

@@Yobisewk206 yeah but at the time I was just really angry at family guy

[@Yobisewk206]

@@campbellmurphy9371 oh.

[@northernpuffer9222]

A whole hour of best bug clips? Guess he really did carry the show

[@seronymus]

Le happy demiurge :DDD

[@jbleichman]

Well, yeah, the writers were really phoning it in for the last thirty seasons, he kinda had to.

[@JacobVonRoker]

there must be some television stipulation about not having a character do drugs on screen, but they clearly worked around that

[@Yea___]

That's exactly what it was

[@chumbert5]

Zach said in a podcast they got a lot of pushback from lobbyists for having a character vape, even tho it already happened in the first episode. Guess they got their way somehow

[@kaylons]

@@chumbert5 Guessing it has to do w commercial interests

[@k3salieri]

It would be rated R if they did.

[@kaylons]

@@k3salieri *TV-MA

[@Nucky420]

One of the best parts about this show was watching the background for hidden gems like these.

[@WafAAAAHHH]

1:23 I love this one SOO much it's just so funny?!?! Who is that guy?? Why is he hiding in there?!? Why did he run so fast??? lmaoooooo

[@HBIsBlessed]

He’s like one of Pim’s siblings but black

[@ntvm4749]

@@HBIsBlessed bro wtf

[@outzymes3636]

@@ntvm4749 bro he racist

[@missalisse118]

What if you were at the store and out of the corner of your eye you saw a strange little black figure run out of a rack of clothes but like he was really really fast. What would you do?

[@HBIsBlessed]

@@outzymes3636 I hope this is a joke. If it isn’t, you have terminal brain damage because I didn’t even say anything racist in that sentence 🙄

[@da3653]

The grey guy on the right at the funeral is also a running background gag, he is a homunculus that can be seen on the fridge in the smiling friends office.

[@ammongarrett4192]

1:56 as well

[@JustLotaddo]

1:12 Shrimp has a lot of figures in his room. Some Fortnite figures (like Peely, the banana guy) and funko pops are seen in his room. Maybe not gags necessarily but funny details.

[@frankthelad8370]

He has a mister frog funko pop

[@PhantoRoyce]

Bro that’s not his room that’s his entire apartment

[@Folly_Choly]

The one on the top shelf gives me starship troopers vibes

[@339bailey]

Is that the tooth fairy from hellboy 2?

[@IStandForTJandTAW]

You dont understand tomar.

[@locochavo4560]

Dude there's a lot you missed but this will do for now

[@rafhaelgonzales3436]

you cant post full episodes in yt tho.

[@FelixCattus]

You should do it then

[@Franpowah]

Has anyone found all the hidden Tomar emeralds yet?

[@locochavo4560]

@@FelixCattus I'm too lazy to that. Will just wait until somebody else does which will probably happen soon

[@FelixCattus]

@@Franpowah last time someone found all the tomar emeralds they stormed the Capitol building's

[@samuelfox7327]

1:21 haven't seen anyone mention this woman with her baby and I just love her face

[@KRAZYMODERCYLERAMPAGE]

1:03 I love that scene so much. Mr frog just being chaotic for no reason

[@Idonthateutoo]

I loved that you zoomed and pointed them out the bg gags really made the show you can tell love and care was put into this show. I didn’t even notice Dave lmaoooo

[@kekero540]

I like the idea of a character being introduced and he’s just a Charlie with a different RGB value of yellow

[@soup_troop]

The shooting range scene had me dead when he kept missing every shot

[@chuxmecha6513]

1:25 If you listen closely, you can hear that dude sprinting away.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

The guy stomping on the guy's head was just disturbing.

[@aidanwarren4980]

he's not even stomping hard, but the head just keeps giving way like it's incredibly soft

[@Yea___]

@@aidanwarren4980 like a baby's head, no less

[@pancakes8816]

That's Zach for you

[@coolcool8693]

Idk made me laugh hard

[@browneyesblackdragon7999]

It really was omfg

[@marzarothIV]

2:15 the fact that Satan is a Rust fan makes sense

[@Jumpton]

0:49 "The Second Pig War" Someone making the show is a fan of OverSimplified.

[@JustapErson]

That explains why I'm getting so many OverSimplified video recommendations after watching Smiling Friends clips.

[@GarlicBreadBen]

I thought it was a Bill Wurtz reference to be honest.

[@jailoutafreecard4414]

Guys theres actually several channels that present history with quick little animations.

[@razzledazzle8593]

@@jailoutafreecard4414 I think its because OverSimplified made a pig war video

[@LarryXLR]

1:31 Charlie's 3D tiger tank top is too alpha to handle

[@DementedDuskull]

1:07 There's also a rat in the top left

[@criticalboot2567]

i love that detail so much, rats are cool

[@El-Burrito]

These are all good but I totally missed Dave at Charlie's funeral

[@asdf852asdf]

Satan playing Rust with Discord open on his second monitor was hilarious, i wonder if they had to play Discord or the Rust developers to do it

[@jaimegonzalez3956]

The entire scene is gold From discord on the second monitor to the Uber eats and the stizzy vape 10/10 I felt like I was being attacked

[@Fihn]

how do I join Satan's discord server

[@brycerodriguez244]

Apparently they recorded someone’s game footage while the person acted out what Satan does in that scene, so its animated to look like Satan is actually moving the mouse and stuff

[@spacepimpkevin1184]

Charlie shooting the pistol was so funny.

[@Dilopho]

When the real woman screams at me frog it genuinely scares me like she shouldn’t be able to see him

[@esoomekungooberwicz2715]

I had to rewind the part at 1:23 with the guy running out of the suit rack like 4 times to be sure I actually saw something.

[@pjsikes5786]

1:02 killed me for no reason

[@KagamineRoni]

Mr. Frog missing every shot at the range because he's high is so funny

[@KHMaggot67]

“Slapping the Mud Insanely Loud Haha” is a classic. They don’t make videos like they use to

[@Furanku13]

The dedication of Zach putting the funny little mouse in every bit is amazing.

[@joemaggs]

“You look like you’re about to tell your best friend not to come to school tomorrow.” 😂😭

[@jase276]

I didn't notice that Mr. Frog was missing all of his shots at the firing range

[@UnderTheSkin13]

Dave was criminally underused.

[@marksmithwas12]

1:06 I don't know why, but the second I saw that guy getting face stomped, I immediately thought of David Firth, before being pleasantly surprised a moment later by David Firth's voice. I swear I've seen a similar face stomping scene in one of his videos but I can't quite place where?

[@droiD392]

i always found myself rewinding because i was trying to catch every little detail in the backgrounds

[@rockerfukuro]

Dave himself went to charlies funeral i would be honored

[@MrSsadab]

"slapping the mud insanely loud haha" killed me

[@terrardwhey281]

2:00 that's a foreground gag

[@Ghost_in_a_Jacket]

this is one of the only cartoons that actually gets an animated background as opposed to only the focus of the scene getting animated and the background practically is a still picture just like 90% of modern day cartoons

[@SlightlyCivil]

Stans double monitor with discord and rust playing is a mood I never thought Id see on a tv show ever

[@SIMIFU]

I've always loved background humor. Jimmy neutron did it extremely well too.

[@scootza1]

1:31 that has to be buff gremblo in the bottom left

[@YHShinVH]

His beautiful wife left him, so he hit the gym to get swole

[@jackashmore]

The pig war explained was like breaking the 4th wall for me and I love this series

[@razzledazzle8593]

nah nah the SECOND one. They're even making videos about the future

[@AlecNormal]

There are so many tiny details in this show that you wouldn't notice your first time watching. I love that about this show. the rewatchability of this show is unmatched

[@BlackOwlMage]

0:25 Mr. Frog can't aim for shit

[@raredivine]

1:45 this guy with the gun looks like something meatcanyon would draw

[@sillywillynillyman]

im pretty sure meatcanyon actually drew him

[@Cannibalistic_Kiwi]

Mr. Boss?

[@sethleoric2598]

Those youtube video recommendations are so accurate.

[@TheFingledorf]

1:21 Linkara hats ;)

[@Manekiai]

Oh my God I just noticed the book store is named after the Globglogabgalab.

[@kf8113]

(0:09 for reference)

[@thiccums562]

the little black creature running out from the clothes made me laugh so hard the first time I saw it

[@elronman]

That sand clouds thing is the bullets going through paper and hitting the dirt. That's actually a good thing because it means it's not hurtling through the air to hit someone else :D

[@thatoneguy5205]

It's Mr.Frog, he's probably taking pot shots at some tourists but hey, he's still missing atleast

[@atexandude8734]

When I first saw the blue dude in the blue jeans section, I literally choked from laughing and I’m not even exaggerating, I was gut busted laughing. And I don’t know why, but man do I love the guys behind the show.

[@bentowles1266]

The attention to detail is insane. The fact that they went to the length of including the "I was ROBBED in Paris" video that has a length of 10:01 to appease KZbin's monetization policy just like all of the shitty clickbait blogs, all for a background gag that basically nobody would see is genius lol

[@totallynoteverything1.]

what was his skin color?

[@reaperfan377]

1:11 lol fortnite figures

[@firaswaffle]

Peely

[@TrueComboKing]

Everything about this show is pure perfection. I hope this show reaches rick and morty levels of success and eventually becomes a 30min show. Unrelated but I also hope that other cartoon got renewed too….just as hilarious but I can’t remember its name. It’s an Australian one, two girls, one is named Sarah and has similar animation and was on Adult Swim not too long ago.

[@alenabrown689]

YOLO: Crystal Fantasy is the one you’re talking about if you were still wondering! 🙂

[@juniorjr.]

I think Mr Frog's shooting range is a reference to Hunter S Thompson, he had one too, although he probably shot better.

[@Muhhammadbabun1]

look at the stairs behind Pim at 1:06 , there's a rat, wtf I never seen that before, what a detail lmao

[@FloridaGuy53]

That is pretty neat, tho.

[@mattmatt1302]

I like how you can tell which characters were designed by Michael and which by Zach, also that one joke is that people would make this kind of compilations.

[@redrhuadri]

0:59 the sheer energy behind this gag is what makes it my favourite one BY FAR, the perfect editing, the scream, the way she jumps- *chef's kiss* bellisimo

[@BritCrumpet]

I remember zach talking about “X caught on camera” videos on the official podcast, that just made this joke so much funnier

[@marklloyd110]

when i first saw the mr frog episode i saw just how many times you could see mr frog snorting a pink powder

[@angerypotato7430]

2:03 I would say it's a beholder, especially because of the eye beam, making it a DnD reference rather than the pain elemental from DOOM. To be fair though, the design for the cacodemon and pain elemental were based on the beholder.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Yea they should have credited D&D, even if it is a Cacao demon it's still based of the creatures from D&D.

[@RallenCaptura]

On top of that that's not even a Pain Elemental. That's a recoloured Cacodemon with Pain Elemetal elements glued to it.

[@cowjuicy]

To be a huge filthy nerd about it, the cacodemon design is copied from astral dreadnought artwork but they only took the head, making it float around like a beholder.

[@zalternative1]

The original cacodemon was also literally the head of something called an astral dreadnaught

[@GippyHappy]

Okay so it was DAVE at the funeral, I thought it must be someone cause he looked to specific to just be random but I also thought it was Griffin McElroy.

[@hellboytroy3816]

I love that mr frog misses every shot he takes.

[@Dominion69420]

“The second pig war explained” holy shit an oversimplified reference

[@intrikaz2101]

I ducking love that satan is playing rust

[@notsocuteslime2297]

I can clearly recognize discord's ui on Satan's second monitor

[@linkalanka]

At 0:03 if you can’t tell he’s doing purple cocaine

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Try and pause between 2:29 - 2:30 and you can see right before the impact, including Charlie’s face in the blob, and also the guy on the farthest right is the first to see the impact coming

[@jrodificator1]

slapping the mud INSANELY LOUD haha

[@mcpaskajatka7249]

i was wheezing in the gym scene. the one guy on his deadlift break was sending me

[@commiekiller3000]

I love that Satan has Discord on his other monitor it feels too real.

[@salmin320]

Another thing that was in shrimps room was a mr frog funko pop lol

[@jackryan740]

I would totally watch satans streams

[@barrettm.w7031]

0:49 the fact that there where two pig wars in the smiling friends universe poses a lot of questions. Did it get sorted out peaceful like the first one? Did it actually start a war with The United States and Canada? Was it the same pig? How many casualties where there? Did Canada win? Did the US win? Did neither win? Are they still at war? Feel free to ask more questions

[@MollyDollyy774]

1:48 That Guy is basically the Reversed Version of Pim! Thats Funny, Smiling Friends, And Frowning Friends!

[@Cannibalistic_Kiwi]

Adolf Hitler reference?

[@AoiUsagiOtoko]

there's so much going on in like every shot, this show is just a joy to behold

[@C_The_Guy]

0:08 i laughed at this too many times

[@Swoops_on_YT]

So many beautiful details

[@J0J0Reference]

Can’t believe that Smormu got robbed in Paris

[@soiboi4497]

The best gags are the ones where characters run 600 miles per second

[@lavatacoburrito9410]

There was actually a background gag of a bliblie like creature in the hyper-realistic drawing of shrimp when he wears the outfit, appearing to the left hiding in the clothes. There's a gray looking character in the background at 1:53 just above 3D Squelton's head, who attends Charlie's funeral for some reason (standing to the far right during the funeral), and at the final scene of the season, you can see a picture of Glep in the Oval Office with his wife.

[@foopock]

Slapping the mud insanely loud seems like a reference to them chucking big rocks into mud swamps back in the day

[@Davitofrito]

Never seen this show until now. It's funny and reminds me of adult swim glory days.

[@dancingrats]

i just realized that globglo’s books is a reference to the globglogabgalab

[@RiOSquINTos]

pause at 2:29 cursed blob

[@twotamatos]

Show has a lot going on in its art style this typa stuff adds rewatch value it’s like wheres Waldo with art I really do enjoy the art style n think they did wonders with it just using adobe flash too

[@FunvoltGunvolt]

2:03 ah yes, the totally legit creature from Doom who is in fact not photoshop

[@xx_worldjaxx_xx1494]

It's still very similar to the doom eternal version of the pain elementals,tho

[@franciscotapia9682]

"Fat man sing in dirty car" reminds me of "get out of my car now"