Smiling Friends Season 3 Episode 7 Ending Explained: The Clever Trick Charlie Uses to Beat the Wizard
Why duel a wizard when you can hit the drugstore? In Smiling Friends Season 3, Episode 7 Shmaloogles, Charlie defuses a village magic crisis with a simple minoxidil run while he, Pim, and new recruit Flint swing through a tiny town to fix a busted machine. Airs on Adult Swim November 23, 2025.
Only this show would end a blood-soaked wizard story with a trip to the pharmacy. Yes, that happened. And now we head into a Glep-centric finale that looks like it might actually answer the very old question: what does that little green guy do all day?
What went down in Season 3, Episode 7: 'Shmaloogles'
Pim, Charlie, and their new hire Flint hike out to a tiny village to fix a busted machine and immediately stumble into a bald wizard problem. The guy is straight-up killing townsfolk to harvest blood for a hair-growth potion. It is grim. The twist: Charlie bypasses the magic entirely and tells the wizard to just go buy generic minoxidil at the drugstore. He does, the carnage stops, and that is that. Practical, bleakly funny, and very this show.
Right when you think it is wrapped, there is a sharp swipe at Charlie: someone throws an accusation about him and an illicit photo of Princess Shmaloogle. No resolution, no clarification, just a pointed cliffhanger that leaves Charlie looking sketchy as the credits hit.
Next up: the finale, 'The Glep Ep'
Adult Swim airs Season 3, Episode 8 on Sunday, November 30, 2025, at 11:30 p.m. ET. It is the last chapter in an eight-episode run that kicked off October 5.
The official line is simple: it finally puts the spotlight on Glep. If your mental image is the tiny green guy on a beanbag who speaks in his own language while doing... unclear things at Smiling Friends Inc, you are up to speed. A promo shows a coworker pressing him to name literally one concrete thing he does. Glep immediately quits, and someone jokes about kicking him out of the group chat now that he has resigned. Expect either a look at the office without him or a reveal that he was secretly holding meaningful responsibilities the whole time. Also worth noting: past finales like 'Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back' and 'Pim Finally Turns Green' played games with their descriptions, so brace for a twist.
Season 3 at a glance (schedule and where to watch)
Episodes air weekly on Adult Swim, with next-day streaming on Max. The season’s structure has been odd by design but tonally consistent, which has kept attention on how each episode resolves its own mini-chaos instead of chasing a giant season arc.
- Episode 1: 'Silly Samuel' — October 5, 2025
- Episode 2: 'Le Voyage Incroyable de Monsieur Grenouille' — October 12, 2025
- Episode 3: 'Mole Man' — October 19, 2025
- Episode 4: 'Curse of the Green Halloween Witch' — October 26, 2025
- Episode 5: 'Pim and Charlie Save Mother Nature' — November 2, 2025
- Episode 6: 'Squim Returns' — November 9, 2025
- Episode 7: 'Shmaloogles' — November 23, 2025
- Episode 8: 'The Glep Ep' — November 30, 2025
How critics and the creators are framing it
The Tulane Hullabaloo called the season structurally unusual but comedy-steady, which tracks: the show keeps refining the mechanics of the individual stories rather than building an all-consuming mythology.
Behind the scenes, creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel say Adult Swim has renewed the series through at least Season 5. They plan episodes like an album tracklist so nothing feels padded, and Hadel has been very clear about their creative priorities.
"I really could see the show ending with us loving it and people hating it."
Translation: they will make the jokes they find funny and live with the fallout.
The fan chatter
Reddit is already buzzing about that Princess Shmaloogle stinger from Episode 7. The leading conversation is not just who took the photo, but what that accusation says about the show’s mood this season. For a series with cheerful colors and upbeat music, the vibe underneath keeps getting darker, and people are clocking it.
So where are you landing on this: did Charlie actually do something shady, or is the show setting up a misdirect? And was Glep quietly essential the whole time, or just really good at beanbag sitting? Drop your theories. I will be watching the finale with the group chat open — unless Glep gets booted from it first.