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Smiling Friends S03E05 "Pim and Charlie Save Mother Nature" Sneak Peek

We've got an early preview for Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends S03E05: "Pim and Charlie Save Mother Nature" - here's a look!

After a righteously and wonderfully twisted Halloween-themed edition of the hit animated series this past weekend, Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends is back this Sunday night with S03E05: "Pim and Charlie Save Mother Nature." Mr. Boss takes the gang up to his cabin to give everyone a break from making everyone smile. Anyone want to guess if it goes smoothly or not? Here's a look at the official overview, followed by the episode trailer, a sneak peek, and more:

Smiling Friends S03E05: "Pim and Charlie Save Mother Nature" Preview

Smiling Friends Season 3 Episode 5: "Pim and Charlie Save Mother Nature" – It's in the friggin title, brother, read that and you'll get an idea of what happens… peace. Here's a look at the trailer and sneak preview that were released:

Here's a look back at a very cool animated mash-up from Shane Dering (Ambient Swim, Scavengers Reign; Love, Death & Robots) that brings the worlds of "Smiling Friends" and "Dragon Ball Z" together in ways you never knew you needed in your lives until this very moment. Following that, we have a rundown of the third season's episode titles, Cusack and Hadel sharing how they handle fan comments and theories, and more:

Cusack and Hadel raised the bar with a Season 3 teaser that also offered a rundown of the episode titles and overviews, as well as some looks at the animatics from each. If you thought the trailer was great, just check out the details below…

Adult Swim's Smiling Friends Offers Up Some "Smiling Shorts"

In the first "Smiling Shorts" from earlier this summer, Charlie tries his best not to hurt Pim's feelings over Pim's irreversible surgery. Does it go well? No. No, it does not. In the second short, it's another job well done for Charlie and Pim, and Roy Dismey (Hmmm…) really appreciates them helping him get his smile back. But as you're about to see, there might be another reason why Roy's smiling.

Hadel and Cusack on Fans' Comments & Theories

Speaking with Variety, Hadel and Cusack were asked if they read fans' comments and, if they do, what impact (if any) they might have. "I'd be a fucking liar [if I said I didn't listen to fans]. Both Michael and I come from YouTube, so I grew up putting my stuff out there raw. It's not like I was making a Netflix show. I would put a cartoon out, and I'd see a guy go, "You suck! Fuck you!" That helps you build up a skin. I have a method where I read as much as I possibly can for 48 hours about an episode until I've seen basically every take someone can have," Hadel shared. But that doesn't mean that fans' reactions are going to be brought into the writers' room.

"We've never, ever, ever gone into a writers' room and gone like, 'Well, the fans said this, so we should do this.' I saw some people saying, 'Oh, in Season 2, they just kept doing Mr. Frog because he was popular.' It was the opposite," he continued. "Mr. Frog was our favorite character. When that episode [Season 1, Episode 2] aired, it aired right after the first episode, which people loved. It had been out for like two years. Some people, not a lot, but right when it dropped, were like, 'That wasn't as good as the first.' But now everyone's a fan of Mr. Frog. That was something people thought we brought back because of fan service. I don't think there's a single character or moment or joke we've purposely brought back for fan service. If anything, sometimes we try to piss the fans off in a fun way that's funny to us."

As the duo has expressed in previous interviews, at the end of the day, it comes down to Hadel and Cusack knowing what's funny and what works for the show. "We're kind of stubborn in a way where we're like, 'No, we know what's good with our show.' But if you read a comment now and again and it cuts deep, it's usually something that you subconsciously agree with. So it is good to read for feedback," Cusack explained. "But oftentimes we'll read something and be like, 'No.' Like Zach said, we like Mr. Frog, and then it was proved right. But we really try not to read comments and then be like, 'All right, everyone wants to see this.' We just do what we think is funny."

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