Why People LOVE Gwimbly from Smiling Friends 

Fun fact: They had the youtuber Hoolopee create and animate gwimbly for the episode since his animation style is known for mimicking that Era of games.

"It's my IP to sit on and do nothing with" Best line in the episode

"AAH, IF I HAD MY GWIMBLY GUN ON ME I SWEAR-". -Gwimbly

I loved the moments when the characters have casual conversations that feels natural; my favorite is with Satan getting his meal and was disappointed when it didn't come with a straw.

Smiling Friends has that "controlled chaos" energy from Adult Swim's silver age, but with a touch of the Newgrounds style. Congrats to Zack and Cusack, really hope we get more episodes.

I love his iconic "Buzz Off" slogan. His best moment was saying it to that judge during his 1997 human trafficking trial.

Fun fact: the animation for Gwimbly was made by a youtuber called Hoolopee. His animations are awesome, really recommend him

I love that they did no go with the wash out celeb tropes. I expected Him to be a junkie / drunk and stuck up Ahole who keep trying to act like a celeb. But he was somewhat down to earth and felt like a decent person down on his luck. I loved this show.

My favorite detail about Gwimbly is the very subtle audio compression they gave his voice as a kind of “vocal fry” that really sells how he’s supposed to be from a PS1 game.

I like how he's animated.

It also just feels like a love letter to the animators, communities, and voices of the Internet. You can tell Zach and Michael really do care about and love what they're doing

I think it adds to Gwimbly's likability that he isn't mean or a psycho like mr.frog, he just seems like a nice guy who was treated unfairly yet seems rather upbeat in spite of this. edit: I would totally play a banjo kazooie/crash bandicoot type gwimbly game.

"I HATE THIS RED THING, I SPIT ON YOU >:( " -Gwimbly

“Ooh ooh oooh!” Is very relatable to me as a person.

1:37 Oh yeah, man, I love Jex. Jex was such a memorable character. Love that Jex.

"I SWEAR TO GOD IF I HAD MY GWIMBLY GUN RIGHT NOW I'D"

Fentanyl took Mr. Millipede from us😢

It's the optimistic "I take Venmo" for me. If this happened to me i would probably pay him the 10 dollars, he is just so precious.

It's amazing how many great lines they managed to pack into just 11 minutes. "Ooh ooh ooh!" "Guess I oogily goo!" Gwimbly's line about the fentanyl crisis, the list goes on

When your show is so good the representation you make of a popular game character turns into an actual popular game character.

Gwimbly hits even more different when you realize he's awfully in the same situation as Banjo Kazooie, two characters who received the chance to make a grand comeback(minus Smash Ultimate).

I feel like Gwimbly is related to Rayman when his game series is discontinued and has been replaced by Rabbit.

he's relatable honestly, he yearns for a time long passed, I think we all feel that since we live in a modernity ridden dystopia.

I can't remember the last adult cartoon show that made me laugh as hard as Smiling Friends did. It's my new favorite show and I'm so glad it just got renewed for a second season.

it's interesting how he's a retro gaming character from the PlayStation era

I really love Gwinbly’s design he gave me very huge Croc vibes like he belongs in that game or Banjo definitely one of the best one off characters

I personally thought Gwimbly's Cameo career was a reference to the homeless tiktoker Daniel Larson. He's become somewhat infamous due to his predatory behavior and schizophrenia. He's become a massive target for online trolling and harassment due to it. He started doing cameos for cash, essentially doing anything people asked of him. He would also start charging exorbitant amounts for them. He'll read out loud chat donations pretty much no matter what they are, he's been tricked plenty of times to shout out some less than savory people. He's also a serial dine n' dasher, basically blacklisted from every restaurant in the Denver Colorado area. His list of crimes and allegations really go on and on... if its the type of thing that interest you, I heavily suggest looking into him. There's more than enough binge worthy content online about him, he's probably one of the most interesting internet personality since Chris Chan.

I know it was probably just a slip of the tongue at 2:30 but Zach is still on Oneyplays. Not quite as frequently as he used to be given that he has a show and all but he's still on there tormenting Tomar with hypotheticals about his wife.

“Remember when i kicked your ass over the creamed corn” with the dance gets me every time lmao

It could just be recency, but man, this episode is prob top 3 of the whole series so far.

btw mr millipede died from fentanyl which is wild

Gwimbly wasn't the client of this episode, it was James. Pim was just obsessed with getting a new Gwimbly game and Alan was just tired of hosing him down and wanted him gone.

i like how he has a big pink prolapse

"it is my IP to sit around and do nothing with." Why was Microsoft the first thing that came to my mind?

You ought to have mentioned how he was animated by Hoolopee, who does a bunch of animations in this style! Another instance of Smiling Friends giving youtubers a chance to show off their comedy.

Gwimbly was definitely more relatable and had more depth. We got to see him happy, sad, angry, thankful, and it's one of the few times I felt the character was actually alive. Guys like Shrimp and Mr Frog were kind of the same thing from beginning to end, but I'm fine without ever seeing them again. I actually do want to see more of Gwimbly and even James they both fall into that special category like Dj Spit did where they bring the show to life.

this episode is like the superior version of the mr. frog episode

I honestly love a fan made game of his that 5-8 hours long and just a simple platform.

This is the generation of show writers that grew up with the n64 and ps1. I hope the next generation that grew up with the xbox and wii makes parodies of jrpg protagonists like shulk or chrom

I’m sorry, JEX?!?

Reason why gwimbly is now a favorite character because he’s from polycon ps1 era that represents crash bandicoot and rayman, it hits so real makes us hate big companies ruining their IP’s for money

Pretty sure he's partially based on Daniel Larson too. Especially considering the homelessness and the Cameo bit. Also looks a lot like him.

“Kiss my nugget” “No!” “No.” “Oh f*ck yea!”

bro did not just say "jex"...

when creators put way too much effort in something cause this looks incredible.

If you can't tell These guys not only love video games but they also love crash bandicot I mean why did they finished all games in the oneyplays channel? It's their favourite series Also Chris o niel is responsible for the crash wah meme

Why? He's iconic, of course we love him. Gwimbly was like my 3rd real game I ever had, I loved it.

The line that most made Gwimbly so endearing to me was him rewatching gameplay of himself from his glory days and the line _"wow, i haven't seen that in a long time... I sure looked cool back then..."_

Gwimbly reminds me of so many retro mascots that have been forgotten. Too many to count.

Gwimbly's iconic purple prolapse

1:38 rayman

Gwimbly is indeed a delight.

I just love gwimbly’s little “Ouu ouu ouuuu!!”

"I swear to God if I had my Gwimbly gun ON ME RIGHT NOW I'D-"

Gwimbly got the same treatment as rayman

As a gamer, Gwimbly was painfully relatable. Everything you said rings terribly true of the industry, but it's done in such a clever way that it feels like a love letter (and a bit of a 'gotcha' moment) to everyone involved. I enjoy weird characters like this, and Gwimbly's just a likeable guy whom we deserve better than what cards life has dealt him.

Ah yes, the iconic 90s mascot Jex. The Jecco.

Love the fact that zach and mike are giving more talented RU-vidrs the spotlight

Gwimbly just give of a nostalgia vibe that I will admit like him… 😎👍

Why does great stuff just randomly come out on my birthday like two years ago with tears of the kingdom

I love the detail of his model twitching, just like the ones from PS

Qwimbly’s iconic prolapse should’ve had more screen time

I haven't seen anyone else mention this but I have reason to believe that the ceremonial beer pour that Gwimbley did for Mr. Millipede was a subtle reference to FUBAR (2002)

Dang, I knew Gwimbly’s animation style looked familiar! Hoolopee cooked with this, glad Zach and Michael can get other RU-vidrs on the show

Daniel Larson is the real life Gwimbly.😂

I saw him as a representation for Rayman and Banjo

1:36 Gex is _so_ forgotten people no longer remember how his name is pronounced 💀

What do you mean why, he is such an iconic video game character, can't believe they put him in the show

I love that when they're in Smash whoever's playin' Gwimbly is dash dancing 💀

I'm going to be referencing his iconic Gwinbly dance for so long. Honestly so fucking funny, I love him

love how season 2 has a ton of amazing independant animators involved. this episode, for example, the 3d chars were all done by Hoolopee, an amazing animator! look up "two pipes"!!

...well, i need to binge watch this.

It's honestly nice to see Gwimbly get the limelight and love after all these years. I would play his games over and over as a kid, even that cheap gameboy spinoff Gwimbly: God's Final Plea. Hopefully this is a sign that SEGA is willing to bring out a reboot of the iconic game character.

As soon as I saw Gwimbley I automatically liked it. He's so weird and funny and I love his animation. Smiling friends never fails to set up new and bizarre likeable characters. I just wish they showed more of Smormu

“You guys have any creamed corn?” “What?”

he's litterally scrimblo bimblo

I thought that the CEO getting stabbed by James was cathartic

I feel like it is just a homage to Oney Plays too, Zach's silly antics on with the other guys. It would be funny if they did a Podcast parody since Zach and his friends did Sleepy Cabin for awhile. 😂

I think he was based on Bubsy Bobcat. Likeable but hateable at the same time. And his catch phrase "what could poshibly go wrong?!"

I appreciate the Homestar Runner reference they had with Troglors name being very similar to Trogdor.

The fact that Mr millipede died on my birthday is both hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time

yeha ive seen the cameo zach did its exactly word for word what Gwimbly does its just longer and they lay into the guy more its all in good fun though

This show is so good I must be one of the only people who think it should end after S2. There's NO WAY they can keep something this consistently good.

Gwimbly is just my favourite, totally real, character in any video game

I think Gwimbly is so beloved because..well, most of us grew up with him? my favourite was Gwimbly feet on fire, where you have to defeat inwading Vampires that kidnapped Gwinbly's family, the faster you can get through the levels the more of his Family members you can save from being turned. so the games ending changes depending on how well you play it. unless you save them all, its always a somewhat sad and memorable ending, because you might end up having to fight the tunred family members, along side the main villain Mr. Ibblix. some people thought the game was too experimental, because it included some very shocking themes, as well as some really heartwrenching endings. So the later games where more whimsical but personally I find feet on fire is still one of the more memorable games of the series. I hope they re-release them someday.

[BLUE COMPANY CEO] dips his nuggets like aggressive keyboard typing Gwimbly looks like he was animated by Hoolopee

The fact his cameo was for James is hilarious ☠️

Ooh ooh ooh

KAO THE KANGAROO!!!! MY FUCKING BELOVED THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING HIM!!!!

Maybe its just me but Gwimbly kinda gave me like Sonic the Hedgehog and Spyro vibes. Like the villain and art direction of the game felt very Spyro while him having the shoes, gloves and a like unique bug design felt very like Sonic. I mean the title of the episode also does have the words Directors cut and DX in it so like,

ah yes, Jex the Jecko

4:40 ITS 104 DAYS OF SUMMER SUMMER VACATION…

Do why everyone loves Smormu

is there anywhere online to watch the new episode?

He's scrimblo bimblo come to life

Missed opportunity to give the CEO Bobby Cotik's hairline.

Ah, yes. Good ol Jex. XD

did you just say jex. 1:35

His catchphrase dance made me laugh for 30 minutes straight

1:37 When you call him "Jex"