"Erm, the Boss Finds Love?" is the fourth episode of Season Two of Smiling Friends.
Synopsis[]
The Smiling Friends are suspicious about their boss' new wife.
Adult Swim synopsis[]
DISCLAIMER: Just a heads up, this is the scariest episode of any cartoon that's ever been created, so … yeah. We're not legally allowed to tell you what happens in this episode, you just need to watch it (if you do decide to do that, which you shouldn't).
Plot[]
The episode begins with the Smiling Friends at Mr. Boss' wedding reception. An inebriated Charlie approaches the guys and introduces them to Jombo, who he thinks can be the fifth Smiling Friend due to his humor. Charlie tries to demonstrate a knife trick that Jombo showed him, but his fumbled attempts scare Pim. They are interrupted by the start of the wedding. The Priest introduces the wife-to-be, Brittney, who turns out to be a terrifying demon woman. Her and the boss recite their wedding vows, with Brittney saying she'll help him reform his company. As soon as the priest announces their marriage, they sloppily make out, and Brittney tries to give the Boss a blowjob at the wedding podium.
The next day, a hungover Charlie rocks up to work to find the office covered with obnoxious new-age decor and black roses. He and Pim are called up to Mr. Boss's similarly-redecorated office. Mr. Boss is hypnotized by Brittney, who has him say that the company is rebranding as "Brittney's Beautiful Demonic Flowers". He also explains that Glep is busy tending to Brittney's black rose garden (despite him hating gardening), and that Charlie and Pim's final job as Smiling Friends is to make Brittney smile. The two awkwardly compliment her, which Brittney accepts, and the newlyweds fly off to "celebrate their honeymoon." Now alone, Charlie and Pim are joined by Allan, who is sick of doing errands for the couple and agrees to help them do something about the situation. The trio decide to continue their discussion elsewhere, as a giant eyeball in the office has been observing them.
At Charlie's place, Charlie explains he can't find anything online to suggest Brittney is evil. Allan is distracted by a strange mannequin in the room, with Charlie explaining he's looking after it for his uncle. Searching through a book of demonology, Pim discovers that Brittney is a Filia Diabulus - a daughter of Satan - who manifests every 100 years to kill influential leaders and grant their belongings to her father. The group agree that having their company being owned by the literal devil is a bad idea, but when they try to find out how to kill her the page explaining how is missing. Just as Pim is about to give up, Charlie finds Daniel the Demonslayer's YouTube Channel, and discovers that the only way to kill Brittney is to drain her blood on a full moon. Realizing they have Jombo's knife, and that tonight just so happens to be a full moon, they decide to act fast, but not before Allan gets jump scared by the mannequin.
Arriving at Brittney's castle, Allan says he has an appointment with Dr. Monster, refuses to elaborate who that is, and leaves. Reaching the lovers' bedroom, Charlie wusses out and says he can't do it because of his headache, so Pim takes Jombo's knife and hesitantly stabs Brittney. However, it turns out that Jombo's knife was a gag knife with a fake, retractable blade. A stunned Charlie comments that the knife cost $600, and that he can't get his money back as Jombo has fled to New Jersey. Brittney wakes up and bursts into tears when Pim and Charlie explain they're there to kill her. The two ask her if she's not as malicious as they assumed, but she says that they're right that she's evil; they just "didn't have to be so nasty about it." Jumping out of the window, Brittney is impaled by her own roses, with Glep spitting on her remains and walking away in frustration.
Despite killing Brittney, Pim notes that Mr. Boss isn't waking up, with him revealing the only way to fully free someone was "a true love's kiss." Encouraged to do it, Charlie approaches Mr. Boss to kiss him, only to be jump scared by him. Mr. Boss and Pim explain that they were kidding, which infuriates Charlie, who hates being startled due to his heart condition. Mr. Boss sincerely thanks the two for freeing him. He explains that the last thing he remembers was having his soul sucked out of his asshole, and that their wedding contract now states that he now owns 1/4 of hell. Pulling in his employees, a naked Mr. Boss tells the Smiling Friends that he's done chasing younger women and that his true love is his work, before singing a song to them. Allan wishes he was still at Dr. Monster's, and again refuses to elaborate when Charlie asks him who that is. Pim wishes the audience a happy Halloween.
A post-credits scene shows Mr. Boss and Satan arguing over fence-line property boundaries.
Characters[]
- Pim
- Charlie
- Allan
- Glep
- Mr. Boss
- Brittney (debut)
- Jombo (debut)
- Priest
- Mr. Man
- Mr. Man's kids (debut)
- Devil's Thorn Eyeball (debut)
- Daniel The Demonslayer (debut)
- Satan
- Mr. Frog (cameo)
- Tara the Android (debut)
Title in other languages[]
| Language | Title | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Czech | A šéf našel lásku? | And the boss found love? |
| French | Euh, le Boss a trouvé l'amour ? | Uh, has the Boss found love? |
| German | Äh, der Boss findet Liebe? | Uh, the boss finds love? |
| Polish | Szef się żeni | The boss is getting married |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | O Chefe Encontra o Amor? | Does the Boss Find Love? |
| Spanish (Latin America) | ¿El jefe encuentra el amor? | |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ehm... ¿El jefe encuentra el amor? | Uhm... does the boss find love? |
Transcript[]
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Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
General[]
- This is the second episode where the title is presented in the form of a question, rather than a statement/lie, the first being "Who Violently Murdered Simon S. Salty?" from Season One.
- Aaron Long, known for his series Sublo and Tangy Mustard, provided the rough animation for the scene of Charlie drunk at the wedding.[1] A key difference between the rough and final is Jombo moving his arms erratically while speaking.
- This episode is a special Halloween episode, much like "A Silly Halloween Special" from Season One.
- Both episodes are also the fourth episode of each season.
- This episode and "The Magical Red Jewel (aka Tyler Gets Fired)" are the only episodes not featured in the Season 2 official trailer.
- However, clips of these episodes are featured in a short promotional trailer uploaded to TikTok and Instagram.
- Jombo's existence was previously alluded to in an interview released shortly before Season 2's premiere. He is erroneously referred to as "Zongo" by Zach Hadel during said interview and on press releases for Season 2.
- Mr. Frog appears on the thumbnail of a video entitled "President Frog BEST MOMENTS II", indicating Mr. Boss was unsuccessful with his assassination attempt.
- Filia Diabulus appear to be based on classical depictions of succubi. Whereas modern succubi are considered to be conventionally attractive, earlier depictions show them to be hideous, with their victims being charmed by their sorcery rather than looks.
- This is the only episode where phones or tablets do not appear at all. Phones do appear in "Enchanted Forest", but only in the post-credits scene.
- The demonology book Pim reads depicts Filia Diabulus seducing many powerful men from history such as Charlemagne, Napoleon Bonaparte and Franklin Roosevelt.
- The text written in the book also seems to be the lyrics of 2000's love pop songs translated to Latin.[2]
Cultural references[]
- The doll that belongs to Charlie's uncle bears a striking resemblance to Tara the Android from the music video I Feel Fantastic.
- Daniel The Demonslayer, being played by Doug Walker (of Nostalgia Critic fame), references his iconic line " I remember it so you don't have to" in his video on how to kill the Filia Diabulus.
- Brittney's jumpscare face-reveal may be a reference to the infamous Violin Girl scene from the Courage The Cowardly Dog episode "Courage In The Big Stinkin' City".
- Dr. Monster is likely a reference to the character with the same name from LilDeuceDeuce.
- Charlie's demon hunting outfit looks similar to Linkara, and may also be in reference to the vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing from the Dracula franchise .
- The scene of Pim preparing to stab Brittney while she's sleeping may be a reference to the Pulp Fiction scene of Vincent about to inject Mia based on the similar close-up shots.
- The song Mr. Boss sings to his employees seems to be adapted from a song that former 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina sang to Ted Cruz's children, during a speech she made during her brief tenure as Ted Cruz's vice-presidential running mate. [3]
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