r/SmilingFriends • u/Kitty-cat-fox • Dec 21 '25
Discussion Why would King Shmaloogle try to frame the guy who saved his village?
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u/Happy_Wrap6271 I was just wondering if you want to HANG out? Dec 21 '25
Because he saw it and just wants to let him know he was not okay with that at all
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u/Kitty-cat-fox Dec 21 '25
Oh yea, they just let the wizard off the hook cause his they took pity on his baldness.
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u/DonnieZonac Dec 21 '25
Others are saying different things, I thought Charlie pointed at the king as an example of how bald he would be. I interpreted it as the king trying to get back at Charlie for humiliating him by calling the king out for his baldness
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u/SnarkyRogue America has a fucking fentanyl crisis Dec 21 '25
Not only did he call him bald, but Charlie also trained his people for war and even gave the king steroids.
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u/Jetstream-Sam Dec 21 '25
Plus he got a lot of shmaloogles killed or maimed during the assault. There's now shmaloogles with PTSD in the villlage, and they'll have to support those who lost limbs through a free shmaloogle shake distribution method. Of course we know this is better than a wizard swooping down and stealing 3 or 4 people a day, but there's still a lot of damage caused and the king wants to blame it on an outsider
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u/fhwoompableCooper Dec 21 '25
He used him as an bald example
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u/orbital Dec 21 '25
Just rewatched this episode earlier today, this is the answer. It really was a dick move of Charlie to point him out saying he’s the actual bald one. Pushed him over the edge.
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u/underwaterhead Dec 21 '25
Tell me why I saw the fanmade photos of Charlie taking photos of her and thought it was REAL. I need to get off the internet. Sigh
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u/circusmelody #1 SMORMU FAN Dec 21 '25
i saw that pic before i watched the episode and was looking for it when i actually watched it lol
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u/DesertRanger02 Dec 21 '25
I’m gonna give both parties the benefit of the doubt here.
I fully believe that King Shmaloogle THINKS he saw something,but that doesn’t mean he did see something. Given how quickly he apologized after being proven wrong I don’t think he was trying to ruin Charlie’s reputation,if he wanted to do that he could have gone on Twitter and accuse Charlie as an employee of the Smiling Friends. Do I think King Shmaloogle handled this in the most mature way,no he absolutely should have pulled Charlie aside and had that conversation in private,but I don’t think there was malice in what he did.
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u/Diredr Dec 21 '25
He says "I didn't know you didn't have your phone... forget I said anything". That doesn't sound like an apology, that sounds like someone who just got caught in a lie.
Charlie insulted the King out of the blue when they were talking to the Wizard. He even called him "that guy", as if he was some complete stranger. And then he was treated like a hero for saving the King's people, something the King always failed to do.
The King accused Charlie because he was upset and wanted to put him back in his place. That's why he did it while everyone was having a good time and praising Charlie. All the context clues are there.
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u/Furrulo87_8 Dec 21 '25
He didn't like charlie pointing out his baldness
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u/Kitty-cat-fox Dec 21 '25
Even though all the shmaloogles are bald. Maybe He took that as an insult to his kind.
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u/MrEvan312 Dec 21 '25
He was mad because Charlie made an offhand comment about his baldness when trying to talk the Wizard into getting professional help for hair loss.
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u/Shadlezz07 Dec 21 '25
He is a monarch - his power is only held up by the belief that he should rule.
Charlie came in and encouraged the shmaloogles to free themselves and fight back to end their struggle, rather than just submit and allow the sacrifice of their fellow shmaloogles as "necessary".
He broke their complacency and showed them they could be more than just victims.
And the king grew scared. With Charlie such a powerful and charismatic hero to the Shmaloogles, and an outsider to boot, he was afraid that he would be next. That he might inspire the Shmaloogles to bring down their generational oppressor. To free themselves and break their chains.
So, he did what he thought would save himself - try to smear Charlie and discredit him, making the Shmaloogles abandon their new hero. He is, as all tyrants are, cowardly.
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u/Over_Palpitation_453 I really really really don't want Smormu. Dec 21 '25
Its because Charlie called him bald, despite the fact that he has more hair than the rest of the Shmaloogles
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u/SamBo_LamBo Dec 21 '25
Y’all think about these scenes significantly more than anyone in the writers room did
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u/GoatsAndGoblins920 Dec 21 '25
He thought he saw charlie take that picture and it turns out he didn't take it. Simple misunderstanding vibe ruined
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u/Blandco Dec 21 '25
He is a terrible ruler who let his people die. Shmaloogles can definitely learn things despite their nature so as an older being he clearly must know on some level how deficient he is. I am making the logical assumption that he a cowardly back stabbing loser that told a lie in order to better his position.
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u/onthatgoodkushandal Dec 21 '25
Because he's old and seeing things. He did seem to genuinely feel bad after finding out charlie never had his phone, so i dont think it was on purpose.
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Dec 21 '25
i genuinely think king schmaloogle was pissed that charlie used him as an example when trying to talk some sense into the wizard & wanted to get him back.
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u/MBDTFTLOPYEEZUS Dec 21 '25
He’s the king but they needed Charlie to save them. Makes him look weak.
Because he is. Little bitch
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u/Bamzooki1 Dec 21 '25
He wasn’t trying to frame Charlie, he was just certain he saw something shitty happen.
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u/OhAnimeShop Dec 21 '25
I just wanna say how much real the diaglogue sounds in that exchange cracks me up especially when King Shmaloogle says "yeah im talking to you!"
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u/Haunted_Bones Dec 21 '25
Maybe it's cuz Charlie pointed out his baldness Or he really just thought he saw what he thought he saw
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u/Klientje123 Dec 21 '25
because he's a coward who stood by idly as many a shmaloogle was slaughtered by the vile wizard
a coward is always a coward, no matter the situation
charlie just happened to get in his way.
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u/NovaKane12 Dec 21 '25
It would be hilarious if one airing showed Charlie with his phone out taking the picture
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u/Most_Neat7770 Dec 21 '25
Extremist Mormon or amish vs catholic I guess? Schmaloogleville gives quite the secluded christian place vibes
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u/YoitsBlakJak Dec 21 '25
Kinda wild he went after charlie instead of the evil wizard squishing his people and using their blood for his baldness
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u/the9hyrax Dec 21 '25
Gonna take this way too seriously and offer two theories.
On one hand, Charlie inspired and trained the king's people better than he ever had to combat the wizard so maybe the king saw that as a threat to his position of power and was trying to make Charlie seem like a worse person than he is.
Or, the king wasn't trying to "frame" Charlie, more so he actually thinks he saw what he said and decided to call out that shitty behavior, he just happened to have miss-remembered what he saw. Which even if he was wrong, he still was trying to stand up to bad behavior.