This year, the target of Adult Swim’s historic April Fool’s Day prank was “Smiling Friends.” The network released the first episode of Season 2 and also remade three episodes of Season 1 using puppets to celebrate the spring holiday.
The Season 2 premiere aired on Adult Swim at midnight on April 1. True to form, if you didn’t catch it then, you’re going to have to wait until the series’ return on May 12 to watch it. Directed by Paul Ter Voorde, the episode revolves around trying to make Gwimbly smile, a ’90s video game mascot whose animation is starkly upsetting in Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack’s bright world.