Shrimp's Odyssey

"Shrimp's Odyssey" is the third episode of the first season of Smiling Friends.

Synopsis
''When a pathetic shrimp calls the Smiling Friends hotline after being dumped, Shrimpina, Pim and Charlie have very different ideas about how to handle the situation. The audience finally votes on the cool new fifth Smiling Friend, Smormu.''

Plot
The start of the episode asks people to call a number to see whether or not to introduce a fifth member of Smiling Friends; Smormu.

Pim goes to eat a bowl of peanuts, but Alan points out they're a bowl of worms he bought for his compost, with Charlie stating that Pim seriously needs to get glasses. Charlie and Pim then receive a call to help a man named Shrimp deal with losing his girlfriend, Shrimpina. Charlie decideds the best course of action would be to improve Shrimp's appearance in order to find a new girlfriend, but seeing that he's still obsessed over Shrimpina, Pim believes setting the two up on a blind date would rekindle their relationship. Pim heads to Shrimpina's workplace and discovers she's an attractive barista, falling in love with her in the process of setting up the date with her and Shrimp. Meanwhile, Charlie takes Shrimp to a clothing store, a tanning salon and a gym to help Shrimp find a date, but each location ends more disastrously than the last (the clothing store makes him look like a school shooter, the tanning salon likely gives him skin cancer and the gym crushes his back.) Pim has a dream sequence of living his life with Shrimpina until he dies, and tells Charlie the mission is off so he can date Shrimpina himself.

The two of them meet at Spaghetti Disco, but whilst Pim is in the midst of confessing his feelings, realizes that Shrimp is drowning his sorrows with Charlie. Realizing that Shrimp will likely never find another girlfriend, Pim abandons his goals of dating Shrimpina himself and sets up the blind date. However, it turns out that Pim's poor eyesight lead to him going to the wrong address, and rather than picking up Shrimpina, got a random woman called Jennifer. However, Shrimp's appearance and obsession with the game Mouse Quest is everything Jennifer desires in a man and the two start making out. Smormu appears out of nowhere and attempts cheering Pim up by singing The Streets of Cairo, with the narrator stating that Smormu is a permanent member of the cast, with the "yes" and "no" votes being judged by the barely "yes" majority of the popular vote as opposed to the barely "no" majority of the electoral vote.

The end of the credits revealed the unfortunate fate of Smormu, who passed away shortly after the episode's premier, with his full name revealed to be Smormu James Carter.

Cast

 * Zach Hadel as Charlie, Glep
 * Michael Cusack as Pim, Alan
 * Marc M. as The Boss

Additional Voices

 * Chills as Patron
 * Chris O'Neill as Smormu
 * David Firth as Shrimp
 * Erica Lindbeck as Jennifer
 * Harry Partridge as Smormu Announcer
 * Mick Lauer as Guy in Gym

Trivia

 * The title could potentially be a reference to Worm Odyssey, a joke game frequently mentioned by Zach Hadel in the let's-play series OneyPlays.
 * The commericals featuring Smormu - and Smormu himself - seem to be based off ringtone companies such as Jamster, which were also referenced on YouTube series OneyPlays.