About

Characters Interacting With Charlie and Pim refers to a series of artwork memes that depict interactions between various characters and Charlie and Pim from the Smiling Friends animated series, with the duo usually trying to alleviate mental struggles burdening the character. The format achieved virality on X / Twitter in early June 2024 after a user suggested the format.

Origin

Prior to June 4th, 2024, several artworks imagining interactions between Smiling Friends protagonists Charlie and Pim and various characters were posted on X^[1][2] and other social media (examples shown below).

On June 4th, 2024, X^[3] user @voretetas_ posted a drawing depicting an interaction between Charlie and Pim and Yuji Kiba from Kamen Rider, commenting, "I think every artist should draw their comfort characters interacting with Charlie and Pim from Smiling Friends." The post (shown below) received over 1,500 reposts and 9,700 likes in one day.

Spread

In the following hours, @voretetas_ and other artists posted drawings depicting their favorite characters interacting with Charlie and Pim. On June 4th, 2024, @voretetas_ posted a meme depicting the duo talking about Utena from Revolutionary Girl Utena that garnered over 7,500 reposts and 42,000 likes on X^[4] in one day (shown below, left). Later that day, X^[5] user @RBlueberg posted a meme about the duo trying to help Steven Universe, with the post garnering over 530 reposts and 2,700 likes in one day (shown below, right).

More artworks based on the format were posted on X^[6][7] / Twitter in the following hours. For example, Mass Effect and Chainsaw Man memes based on the format received over 1,100 reposts and 8,000 likes, and 5,600 reposts and 49,000 likes, respectively, in a day (shown below, left and right).

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