SDCC 2024: Smiling Friends Creators Almost Didn’t Go With Season 2’s Best Joke
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The best joke in Smiling Friends Season 2 almost used a completely different game for the PlayStation 2. Smiling Friends returned to Adult Swim with Season 2 of the animated series earlier this Summer, and with it the franchise blew up to a whole new level of popularity. Season 2 of the series seemed to be even more of a success with Adult Swim than the first season, and many of its jokes instantly went viral as soon as each episode aired. But there’s one joke in particular that took on a whole new life with fans because of how random it seemed.
In Smiling Friends Season 2 Episode 3, “A Allan Adventure,” Allan’s landlord wants to invite him over to hangout and play Burnout Revenge for the PS2. It’s such a specific line (repeated a few times in the episode), and such a specific video game title that fans were drawn to it immediately. Speaking with ComicBook during the San Diego Comic-Con 2024 weekend, Smiling Friends creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel revealed that it was almost a different game entirely, Shadow of the Colossus.
“That was actually originally Shadow of the Colossus,” Hadel first responded when asked why Burnout Revenge was chosen as the landlord’s game. “[Michael] made the call for Burnout.” To which Cusack then explained, “I don’t know why because I remember when my friend got a PS2, the first game I played was Burnout one or two, I think. And that blew my mind from going from PSOne to that. So like I felt like I was on weed and Diet Dr. Meep.”
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