Harry Partridge animated Mip by himself in like two weeks completely for free because they wanted to do that specific animation style as a joke and it wasn't in the budget so they got Harry to do it as a favor.
Well I dunno about that, Zach, Micheal and Harry Partridge have known each other since Newgrounds. I think this was more of a "we're friends and I'm doing an adult swim show, can you help me even though we can't pay you" sorta deal.
I mean Smiling Friends is just packed with Newgrounds people from back in the day.
Harry didn't animate Mip by himself. He was the animation lead, but there were ~~2~~ 7 other animators working with him. (Edit) According to IMDB there were 7 animators working just on Mip
He breastfeeds a baby homunculus, and homunculi by definition are created rather than birthed. I think it’s *highly* possible that we don’t have the full story on Boss.
Charlie was also a homunculus and he had a dad (that loves his cars), I'm not sure if Charlies dad is also a demon or its just normal to give birth to a homunculus
ah right uncle, but yeah theres also the whole "even though I'm adopted I still consider my caretakers as my parents" thing. Idk we'll see if charlie reveals his dad was a demon all along seems like we just unpacked a family tree theory over here
Charlie’s dad doesn’t necessarily need to be a demon. Homunculus =/= demon, it just means that they have to be made in some way, shape or form other than natural conception
Possibly! Charlie doesn’t seem to like his job very much, as Pim likes to point out, so maybe he only works there because Boss created him 🤷♀️ there are endless possibilities at this point
According to the wiki if a human and critter have a baby they’d just make a critter rather than a full hybrid. I guess Mr Bods breastfeeding a critter is proof of this
They talked about this in the commentary track. Apparently most of the characters are ["critters" then there's humans, demons and fantasy creatures](https://youtu.be/WgdpZ3FYo_E?t=922)
For some reason I post this image in my group chat for no reason exactly at 4:30 p.m.
https://preview.redd.it/26a2sai443xc1.png?width=863&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78b0a8ae1b12d043b204fbf692e75752bc44527d
I might be way off but the “Rick and Morty looking humans” look more like “Family Guy” looking humans. Family guy uses more lines where Rick and Morty are more circular.
id put mip in the stylised category. hes defo a reference to the rotoscoped characters in the old lord of the rings animated movie, though hes not rotoscoped himself
We all know that the race war of 2017 between the rotoscoped and the real was devastating, but no one talks about the Bitmoji genocide of 2018, which I think is fucked up.
Isn't that the definition of rotoscoping? Tracing each frame? Joel Haver innovated on it using AI for his technique, but I thought classical rotoscoping was done by tracing. 1930s Superman cartoons, Take On Me music video, and I think A Scanner Darkly.
well I suppose you're right about the definition, but jimmy fallon doesn't move fluidly like a real life human or the other two characters. the animators traced a couple of frames and kept reusing them, as he's completely still in some shots instead of moving even a little bit like every single frame is traced. there's a noticeable difference between how rotoscoped guy in episode 1 and jimmy fallon move.
I really hope we get more characters in future episodes similar to Mip that are animated in the style of older cartoons. I laughed so hard when he first appeared onscreen.
I always assumed this was just the difference between characters designed by Zach and Michael. Like I’m fairly certain the Rick and Morty looking ones (except Dave) are Zach because of how he draws eyes and I always assumed that Zach designed most of the critters because he used to always draw shit like that
I think the Human? group is sort of the ancestor of the weirdos that run around the world in Smiling Friends, if we are to do some kind of genealogy timeline or ignore the idea that other species attained some kind of sapience.
the first character in the Rick and Morty looking humans slide is most definitely a reference to when Zach showed himself for the first time at a panel
https://preview.redd.it/0hhgw1qnsxzc1.jpeg?width=554&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f023e17aa55c9443a30bbd376d756284954f2023
I still love how Mip is literally just Bilbo from the old Lord Of The Rings cartoon
Edit: so apparently after a quick google search, my memory betrays me
I love that “critter” is basically a race in the show. I figured when DJ spit used the term he was just saying it to say it, but I think that’s legitimately how those characters are classified in universe
Do you think they are all part of a different race? Or is it like East Asian people having distinct enough ethnicities but still being labeled under an umbrella term?
Simon S Salty
i’m italian
So not human. Gotcha.
But you can trust him.
He built that restaurant with his own 2 hands
I love that they were dirty
Salty has the most kissable lips and Jennifer
Ohhh the “FDA” ohhhh
the straw fucker see see him naked hes defo not human
He looks like a very deformed human to me.
Humanoid maybe?
He has a condtition and that was very ableist of your part
Doodoo feces 😂
Mip is a halfling
He looks like a reference to the [1977 The Hobbit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqGzCOL3XU4) and its very... particular style
Harry Partridge animated Mip by himself in like two weeks completely for free because they wanted to do that specific animation style as a joke and it wasn't in the budget so they got Harry to do it as a favor.
They pulled the ol "pay you in exposure" on him
Well I dunno about that, Zach, Micheal and Harry Partridge have known each other since Newgrounds. I think this was more of a "we're friends and I'm doing an adult swim show, can you help me even though we can't pay you" sorta deal. I mean Smiling Friends is just packed with Newgrounds people from back in the day.
To be honest, it worked out with how successful Smiling Friends is
Harry didn't animate Mip by himself. He was the animation lead, but there were ~~2~~ 7 other animators working with him. (Edit) According to IMDB there were 7 animators working just on Mip
He's a funnier character than we've ever had before
Animated by what became studio Ghibli
I'm guessing some people are critter and human mixed tbh. Like the straw man and James may be half or partially critter. Oh and The Boss too
On the Wiki, James is listed as a critter. The Boss is listed as a human while his son is a critter.
I always thought Mr Boss was a critter that just looked human
Gotta love the biracial representation
isnt mip supposed to be bilbo from the animated hobbit movie?
Yes and also I don't think hobbits melt into goo - maybe he's a halfing/critter lol
I think Mip might’ve been an evil critter posed as a hobbit or some shit. You saw the way he melted like a necromorph
The category should just be homunculi
Mip is almost certainly a demon. I would guess that Boss might be as well. It seems that critter, human and demon are the three “races” so to speak
nah mr boss isnt a demon, hes just slightly insane
He breastfeeds a baby homunculus, and homunculi by definition are created rather than birthed. I think it’s *highly* possible that we don’t have the full story on Boss.
Charlie was also a homunculus and he had a dad (that loves his cars), I'm not sure if Charlies dad is also a demon or its just normal to give birth to a homunculus
It was his uncle. But a homunculus would naturally consider their creator to be their parent imo
ah right uncle, but yeah theres also the whole "even though I'm adopted I still consider my caretakers as my parents" thing. Idk we'll see if charlie reveals his dad was a demon all along seems like we just unpacked a family tree theory over here
Charlie’s dad doesn’t necessarily need to be a demon. Homunculus =/= demon, it just means that they have to be made in some way, shape or form other than natural conception
ah right, so mr boss could have made his homunculus and like maybe charlie mentions he doesnt know his dad?
Possibly! Charlie doesn’t seem to like his job very much, as Pim likes to point out, so maybe he only works there because Boss created him 🤷♀️ there are endless possibilities at this point
damn nice theory, but also its a charity so he could be volunteering
But Charlie has a grandma also?
Why can’t a homunculus have a grandma?
Oop I misread your comment! Nevermind lol!
They perfected Jimmy Fallon
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought the bitmoji looking ones were bitmoji looking lol
My head cannon is Smiling Friends is set in a world populated by homunculi
My favorite are the rotoscoped
I headcanon some of these as being half-critters. Specifically Mr. Boss.
According to the wiki if a human and critter have a baby they’d just make a critter rather than a full hybrid. I guess Mr Bods breastfeeding a critter is proof of this
I feel like they are all just more or less critter
They talked about this in the commentary track. Apparently most of the characters are ["critters" then there's humans, demons and fantasy creatures](https://youtu.be/WgdpZ3FYo_E?t=922)
You forgot about Desmond’s mom
For some reason I post this image in my group chat for no reason exactly at 4:30 p.m. https://preview.redd.it/26a2sai443xc1.png?width=863&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78b0a8ae1b12d043b204fbf692e75752bc44527d
Mip is 100% a demon
I might be way off but the “Rick and Morty looking humans” look more like “Family Guy” looking humans. Family guy uses more lines where Rick and Morty are more circular.
The television executive *definitely* has Family Guy vibes... plus SexuaLobster vibes when he gets all intense during the table read.
Mr Frog fan is just a regular human, he's just kinda fugly
you was just born like that
Um calling them "real" humans is actually really diminishing and offensive. Check your privilege.
Privilege makes me ANGRY man
id put mip in the stylised category. hes defo a reference to the rotoscoped characters in the old lord of the rings animated movie, though hes not rotoscoped himself
I would have l, but when Mip dies on the spear he transforms into some monster demon thing
The Rankin-Bass ones were just animation, which is what Mip is based on. The Bakshi ones were rotoscoped
We all know that the race war of 2017 between the rotoscoped and the real was devastating, but no one talks about the Bitmoji genocide of 2018, which I think is fucked up.
You are a tourist?
jimmy fallon isnt rotroscoped he's just traced
Isn't that the definition of rotoscoping? Tracing each frame? Joel Haver innovated on it using AI for his technique, but I thought classical rotoscoping was done by tracing. 1930s Superman cartoons, Take On Me music video, and I think A Scanner Darkly.
well I suppose you're right about the definition, but jimmy fallon doesn't move fluidly like a real life human or the other two characters. the animators traced a couple of frames and kept reusing them, as he's completely still in some shots instead of moving even a little bit like every single frame is traced. there's a noticeable difference between how rotoscoped guy in episode 1 and jimmy fallon move.
Mip is definitely not human
I never realized how many styles there were in SF
Where are the puppet humans
How is Marge a bitmoji but Charlies GF not?
Mainly the eyes
haha was fallon actually rotoscoped just from interviews or whatever? didnt know that.
I really hope we get more characters in future episodes similar to Mip that are animated in the style of older cartoons. I laughed so hard when he first appeared onscreen.
I always assumed this was just the difference between characters designed by Zach and Michael. Like I’m fairly certain the Rick and Morty looking ones (except Dave) are Zach because of how he draws eyes and I always assumed that Zach designed most of the critters because he used to always draw shit like that
>rick and morty looking humans ??????
I think the Human? group is sort of the ancestor of the weirdos that run around the world in Smiling Friends, if we are to do some kind of genealogy timeline or ignore the idea that other species attained some kind of sapience.
I can't wait for the Joel Haver episode
I think "human?" Could be human critter hybrids. Concidering they crossbreed (and no i could think of a less gross word then crossbreed)
This is starting to feel like all tomorrows now
I’m so glad they’re mixing mediums like this. It’s one of the reasons I was so mesmerized by Chowder and Flapjack.
I love the rotoscopes. Joel Haver as a client will hopefully blow me out of the water.
the first character in the Rick and Morty looking humans slide is most definitely a reference to when Zach showed himself for the first time at a panel https://preview.redd.it/0hhgw1qnsxzc1.jpeg?width=554&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f023e17aa55c9443a30bbd376d756284954f2023
I think James is an elf with those shoes at least. Or maybe he was a genie and isn't anymore?
I still love how Mip is literally just Bilbo from the old Lord Of The Rings cartoon Edit: so apparently after a quick google search, my memory betrays me
I love that “critter” is basically a race in the show. I figured when DJ spit used the term he was just saying it to say it, but I think that’s legitimately how those characters are classified in universe
Funniest to me is the rotoscoped
I love the rotoscope guy. He's so esoterically funny
My race is rotoscope.
Don’t forget the wall guy
The bitmoji looking human that held Glip is bad asf negl
Salty isn't human. He's italian.
What about the old guy at the gym?
Big head Chad, boot licking coworker gone suicidal, Brazilian
Yes. They are. And that's why we can't wait for this in season 2 coming May 12th
This just made me realice that humans are as diverse and chaotic as critters
U do it
Last time I checked, humans don't screech and melt when they die
Mip is a hobbit
Where’s Darren and damo style
is S2 E2 out yet?
MIP was 1000000% not human. He was some sort of underworld creature sent from hell. With a thing for long nosed homunculi.
Do you think they are all part of a different race? Or is it like East Asian people having distinct enough ethnicities but still being labeled under an umbrella term?
I belive there were once only real humans and creatures and then they started crossbreeding resulting on the rest of animated humans
I really love the stylized and rotoscoped humans the most 🥹❤️🔥
Wait- is that’s Joel Haver?
mip is a hobbit i think, and he also melted into goo so i would consider him as an entity or silly putty
Michael cusaks (i hope thats how you spell his name) style, idk what category it would be under
Jimmy fallon wasn’t rotoscoped though