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Charlie Questions Pim refers to a scene from the animated series Smiling Friends in which the character Charlie is weirded out to learn that his friend Pim used to kiss his dad on the mouth as a kid. Online, an image of Charlie staring at Pim has been used as a reaction image, used to react to cases of people sharing weird and inappropriate information about themselves.

Origin

On January 9th, 2022, episode six "Enchanted Forest" of season one of the animated series Smiling Friends premiered.[1] In the episode, the character Pim has a flashback about his father not allowing him to go on an adventure, which ends with Pim kissing his dad on the mouth. Weirded out, Pim's friend Charlie questions him about it.

On January 12th, YouTube[2] user CC.mp3 uploaded the clip, with the video accumulating over 172,000 views in two years (shown below).

On September 20th, 2022, X[3] / Twitter user @HomestuckHoovy posted the earliest found meme based on the scene, quoting a since-deleted post by another user with a still image of Charlie looking weirded out. The post (shown below) garnered over 3,500 reposts and 51,000 likes in two years.

hoooovy @HomestuckHoovy You say the N word in private convos? x.com/AlbinoVEVO/sta... 4:07 PM ⚫ Sep 20, 2022 R adult swim

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On December 11th, 2022, X user @RealYouTubeKids used the image to react to a post by Jordan Peterson (since removed). On that day, Redditor vortxo
posted a screenshot of the post to the /r/196[4] subreddit, where it gained over 5,000 upvotes in two years.

The format saw further spread on X / Twitter and Reddit through 2023. Notably, on January 25th, 2023, @RealYouTubeKids used the image for another quote post, with the comment gaining over 6,300 reposts and 70,000 likes on X[5] (shown below, left). On August 1st, X[6] user @Hola_Jonah used the reaction image, with their post gaining over 30 reposts and 6,200 likes in 10 months (shown below, right).

(Not) YoutubeKids @RealYouTubeKids “You were sent to hell when you died?” my a m adult swimm m. Pop Tingz @ThePopTingz Jan 24, 2023 • A priest who temporarily died reveals he went to Hell and they were playing Rihanna's "Umbrella” as torture. ...
jos @josiahhughes Aug 1, 2023 powerful visual shows how much sugar is in 400ml of heinz ketchup. no wonder i feel sick when i consume a whole bottle. HEINZ 1869 TOMATO KETCHUP 57 VARIETIES HEINZ 1869 TOMATO KETCHUP 57 VARIETIES GROW 400 ml-460g GROWN e400ml-460g 539 t 5.5K 129K ili 4.9M ☐ 1 t? Not a P---. I'm an Ally. reposted Jonah @Hola Jonah You eat entire ketchup bottles? 5:52 PM - Aug 1, 2023 219.5K Views adult swim

On March 2nd, 2024, TikTok[7] user @travelbeef posted an edit referencing the Harkonnen Kiss scene from Dune: Part Two, with the upload garnering over 990,000 views and 135,000 likes in three months (shown below).

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7341725109436124462

The format saw a surge in popularity online in May 2024, with multiple examples going viral on X at that time.

Various Examples

Rock solid @ShitpostRock You expect us to pay 70$ for a blizzard game? mm mmmm 33 80 LEVEL @80Level Apr 12 • Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra thinks tipping game creators $10 or $20 on top of the $70 price is a great idea. "Some games are that special."
NCS_artist @ArtistNcs "You awarded $100k to a person who wrote 3 prompt words, instead of an actual hard working artist?" ... سا 3 33 PINK FLOYD lil
Possum Reviews @ReviewsPossum You play video games in front of your mother? m mmm F R ÷ ... हम John. (JIM DAY) @PRINCEOFLOTHRIC Mar 30 • If i cant play a game in front of my mother i lowkey dont want it x.com/wwarrior_1/sta... 1:30 AM - Apr 3, 2024 32.2K Views

b------- beast @thyrll you had an agreement with boeing that shielded it from prosecution after plane crashes? AP The Associated Press . @AP • May 14 BREAKING: The Justice Department says Boeing has violated an agreement that shielded it from prosecution after the 737 Max crashes. apnews.com/article/boeing... • • 7:41 PM ⚫ May 14, 2024 1.1M Views ...
一茶 @TeainAMug1 Someone is about to die and your first thought is to meme about it? m 3 mm 1:26 PM May 17, 2024 59.4K Views Mault swim
Kaguya's Top Gal @hayasaka_aryan "You want billions to die?" • 12:29 PM ⚫ May 20, 2024 15.8K Views ÷ ...

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