"Pim Finally Turns Green" is the eighth and final episode of Season Two of Smiling Friends.
Synopsis[]
After eating a mysterious artifact found at an ancient burial ground, Pim mysteriously turns bright green, concerning his friends and rivals. At first, everyone is horrified, but eventually they learn to accept and love "The New Green Pim" in the season 2 finale.
Plot[]
The episode starts by zooming in on the Smiling Friends building covered in snow, as Allan goes outside to take out the trash. He spots Charlie and Glep building what they call 'the worst snowman ever'. Allan says that the Snowman looks rotten, which Charlie says is the entire point of the build, before using Rotten as its name. Pim joins the guys outside and asks what they're doing. Pim says that he loves building snowmen and Charlie says that Pim can still add something to it if he wants to. Pim looks among the trash outside the building and eventually chooses to add a daffodil to the snowman, even though it doesn't exactly fit the theme, but when he adds the daffodil, the snowman screams and comes to life, startling the main four. They remark that Rotten is now alive, to which he questions what life means. Mr. Boss comes out to join them, remarking that the daffodil that Pim picked sprouted from nuclear waste that they had. He threatens to kill Rotten, though Pim remarks that they can keep Rotten alive and show him the meaning of life. Mr. Boss blasts off to the moon in his brand new rocket boots, and Charlie and Allan talk about how funny he is. The other guys try come up with excuses as to why they can't join him, so it's up to Pim to do the work himself.
A montage is shown of Pim and Rotten playing in the snow to varying levels of enjoyment, before they end their day by resting on a bench. Rotten spots a billboard advertising Meep Lite at the beach, and says he wishes to go there. Pim remarks that he can't take him there since otherwise he'd die, which startles Rotten. He explains that all living things die eventually causing Rotten to freak out. The next day, Rotten is shown screaming in front of the Smiling Friends HQ, with the others annoyed by the noise. Pim says he feels bad for causing this meltdown. Charlie offers to help, and Pim reminds him that his uncle can help pull some strings. Stepping outside, the two introduce Rotten to Bill Nye, who begins to sing a song about how death is a natural part of life in his hot air balloon. However, the hot air balloon descends into a powerline, killing Bill Nye instantly and reverting any progress the group had made.
Back inside the HQ, Mr. Boss tells the boys that Rotten screaming about death has been scaring away customers and if they don't do anything soon he'll take matters into their own hands. Allan suggests that if he's taken to a mountaintop, he can theoretically live forever. The others remark on his intelligence and Mr. Boss tells them that Allan was the one who designed his rocket boots. Dragging him to the top of the mountain, The two explain to Rotten that this way he'll never melt, though Charlie lets slip that it might get warmer in a million years so it's only "basically" forever. This doesn't ease Rotten's mind, causing him to scream once more. The next day, a Yeti arrives at the Smiling Friends HQ to drop off Rotten, saying that not only was the mountain his private property, but he had been disturbing his family. Unsure of what to do now, the boys struggle to come up with ideas, though Glep suggests that they put Rotten in the freezer. Rotten is thrilled with the idea as this way he'll never die. Six months pass however, and Rotten realizes that even though he's technically alive, he's not living like how he was with Pim. Hearing Charlie say that they're going to the beach, he decided to join them, with Pim coming up with the perfect plan.
The Smiling Friends and their significant others are playing beach volleyball, with Rotten being stationed in an ice box - passing Charlie a beer. He remarks that his worries are melting away, though he's immediately knocked over by the Homer Simpson Critter. As he's melting, he reassures a distraught Pim that it's his time to move on and he's happy he lived life, before sinking into the sand. Pim and Charlie mourn Rotten's death, but they turn to see Rotten reincarnated as the ocean. Mr. Boss is shown surfing on Rotten's wave, and he wishes Pim and Charlie a Merry Christmas (despite it being June.) He's joined by Bill Nye's ghost, before remarking that he loves science. Charlie goes on to have a speech about how he loves his friends, God and his country.
After the speech ends, he and Pim discuss whether or not Rotten was reincarnated solely as that wave or as the entire ocean. Rotten proceeds to swallow a cruise liner, before summoning a wave to presumably wash away everyone.
Characters[]
- Pim
- Charlie
- Allan
- Glep
- Mr. Boss
- Rotten the Snowman
- Bliblie (cameo)
- Yeti
- Bill Nye
- Funeral Goer (cameo)
- Zoey
- Marge Simpson
- Tanning salon guy
Transcript[]
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Trivia[]
General[]
- The original plot synopsis for this episode went as follows: "After eating a mysterious artifact found at an ancient burial ground, Pim mysteriously turns bright green, concerning his friends and rivals. At first, everyone is horrified, but eventually they learn to accept and love "The New Green Pim" in the season 2 finale." [1]
- The name of the episode is a reference to the early development stages of Smiling Friends where Pim was originally to be colored green before it was decided that primarily seeing green and yellow looks like puke. Zach Hadel stated on the Blu-Ray commentary for "Desmond's Big Day Out" that he still hopes to one day make Pim green, hence the name and plot synopsis.
- Despite this, Pim doesn't actually turn green in the episode. He does, however, wear a green sweater throughout the episode.
- The name of the episode is a reference to the early development stages of Smiling Friends where Pim was originally to be colored green before it was decided that primarily seeing green and yellow looks like puke. Zach Hadel stated on the Blu-Ray commentary for "Desmond's Big Day Out" that he still hopes to one day make Pim green, hence the name and plot synopsis.
- A sneak peek for this episode entitled "Bill Nye's Death Song" was uploaded on June 19, 2024 before being privated about a day later. While the exact reason why is currently unknown, it can be assumed Bill getting electrocuted was considered too graphic for advertising standards.
- When Charlie is trying to console Rotten about the discovery of death, a muffled version of Rotten’s scream is heard despite the fact that he has already stopped screaming.
- This is the first episode where the credits sequence is overlaid over the current scene.
- It's also the first episode where the post-credits scene takes place during the same scene as the episode's ending.
- Despite having been "crushed by a bulldozer" as claimed by co-creator Zach Hadel during the 2022 San Diego Comic Con Panel, Zoey is shown to be alive and well. Confirming that the claim from the panel was but a mere joke.
- On the Max release, textless variations of the opening and credits are accidentally left intact at the very end.
- There's a constant "joke" (if it can be called that) throughout the episode in which the characters compliment each other whenever they do something cool, for example, Charlie saying that Mr. Boss should do stand up comedy after flying to the moon with his rocket boots, the main characters saying how smart Allan is for building the rocket boots and Charlie repeating the previous mentioned things plus saying how he loves his friends, his God and his country by the end of the episode.
Episode connections[]
- This is the series' second Christmas episode. The first was "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back."
- Much like the previous Christmas episode, the title is a lie (Charlie did come back, and Pim doesn't turn green.)
- A dead Bliblie can be seen outside the Smiling Friends office, covered under a heap of snow.
- Bill Nye makes a physical appearance after a poster featuring him was shown in "Brother's Egg."
Cultural references[]
- The episode's real plot is a parody of Frosty the Snowman, a Christmas song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson that was later turned into an animated special produced by Rankin/Bass Production. Pim even briefly quotes the song, commenting on how "there must have been some magic in that old daffodil [he] found"; the original lyrics referred to an old silk hat.
- A parody of Last Christmas by Wham! plays during the montage of Pim and Rotten playing in the snow together.
- After Bill Nye's death, Charlie sings a few notes of the theme song for Bill Nye the Science Guy.
- Rotten's reincarnated form bears a resemblance to Mr. Nobody, a character briefly featured during the earlier years of Sesame Street.
- Glep can be seen playing a Steam Deck.
- Charlie’s excuse for not wanting to help Rotten - celebrating “Wintereen-mas” - comes from the web comic Ctrl + Alt + Delete, which is famous for creating Loss.
- Rotten wanting to go to the beach before realizing he could melt may be a reference to Olaf the Snowman from Frozen, where in that movie, he dreams of summer.
Errors[]
- Guest star Dana Snyder’s name is misspelt in the credits as “Dana Synder.”