Zach Hadel

Zach Hadel (born March 4,[1] 1993[2]), known online as psychicpebbles, is an American animator, voice actor, internet personality, writer, director, and storyboard artist. He and Michael Cusack are co-creators of the Adult Swim animated series Smiling Friends.[3] He is also known for his Internet animations and for being a co-host of Let's Play web series OneyPlays.

Zach Hadel
Personal information
Born (1993-03-04) March 4, 1993
Albuquerque, New Mexico
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2009–present
Genre
  • Animation
  • comedy
Subscribers1.43 million
Total views200 million
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Career

Hadel began uploading animations to Newgrounds in 2009, later transitioning to YouTube. Along with fellow Newgrounds animator Chris O'Neill, Hadel created the popular web cartoon series Hellbenders, which was picked up for a pilot by Adult Swim, but ultimately not pursued.[4] A cut version of the pilot was eventually leaked online.[5] The duo also animated the song "Unicorn Wizard" by the comedy rock band Ninja Sex Party.[6] [7] The collaborators also worked on the web series JonTron, with both also appearing in his Game Jam, where Hadel played a puppet judge.[8][9]

Other popular cartoons include his parody of the "arrow in the knee" meme from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which went viral in 2011, and his most popular cartoon, Get Out of My Car, which animated audio from a real confrontation between an Uber driver and passenger.[10][11] Hadel also collaborated with O'Neill to make an animated short video parodying the Kony 2012 documentary; the video went viral, receiving over 1.7 million views within its first weekend.[12]Hadel was also a member of SleepyCabin, a comedy and discussion podcast hosted by former Newgrounds animators. As of April 2022, his YouTube channel psychicpebbles has 1.5 million subscribers and 208.4 million views.[13]

Hadel animated a segment of Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity with Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty. Roiland later stated the animation was the one instance of a joke that went too far.[14] Hadel and Roiland also appeared alongside animator Alex Hirsch on h3h3's livestream podcast for charity[15] where they raised over $100,000 for California wildlife relief.[16]

Hadel hosted the podcast Schmucks from 2017 to 2019, where he interviewed fellow entertainers such as Michael Stevens, Finn Wolfhard, Jon Jafari, and Ethan Klein.

In 2018, Hadel storyboarded for SpongeBob SquarePants for the season 11 episode "The Grill is Gone".[17]

On April 1, 2020 the late-night Adult Swim block premiered the pilot episode of Hadel and Michael Cusack's animated adult television series, Smiling Friends.[18] The series follows two employees of a private company missioned to make people smile, with the pilot episode following their attempt to aid an elderly woman's suicidal middle-aged son.[19] The series premiered with a full season marathon on January 9, 2022, and debuted on HBO Max on February 9.[20][21]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
TBA Hand Drawn: Documentary Self Documentary

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity Ity Also animator.
2020 - Present Smiling Friends Charlie, various Also co-creator, writer, animator, and co-director.

Web
Year Title Role Notes
2012 - 2015 Hellbenders Zach Co-creator, co-director, co-writer
2012 - 2013 Ninja Sex Party Animator on "Unicorn Wizard" and "Best Friends Forever!"
2013 TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise Zunchdial Voice role
2013 Oney Videos Work on "Potato Salad"
2014 Improvable Various
2014 - Present OneyPlays Self Guest
2014 - 2019 SleepyCast Self Podcast, host
2014 - 2016, 2019 JonTron Grimbo (voice), The Ultimate Gamer Animator, writer, voice role
2015 JonTron's StarCade Indy Wife, Yoda Voice role, writer (Episode 9 - The Star Wars Holiday Special (FINALE))
2016 Eddsworld Additional art
2017-2019 Schmucks Self Podcast, host, 4 episodes
2017, 2021 The Official Podcast Self Guest, 2 episodes
2017 Hellsing Ultimate Abridged Satan Voice role
2018 H3 Podcast Self, Logan Paul Fan, Donald Trump Podcast, guest
2019 The Ultimate Recap Cartoon Momo Voice role
2020 The Cyanide and Happiness Show Dan Sooperman Voice role
2021 SMILING FRIENDS: Free Draw Self Special featured on Adult Swim YouTube channel.
2022 The Create Unknown Self Guest

Sourced from Hadel's IMDb page and YouTube channel.[22]

Notes
  1. In 2016, Hadel confessed on SleepyCast to accidentally deleting his original account.

References
  1. "Nikki on Twitter: "happy birthday to my favorite gremlin @psychicpebble ❤ (mooch is also a gremlin)"". Twitter. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  2. "The Create Unknown Podcast: "PsychicPebbles & Michael Cusack Talk Smiling Friends"". YouTube.
  3. "Adult Swim's 'Smiling Friends' Turns Frowns Upside Down". Animation World Network. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  4. "SleepyCast 03 - [Animals, Animation, and Other A-Words]". SoundCloud. SleepyCabin Podcast. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  5. "Hellbenders Leaked Demo Pilot by OneyNG and PsychicPebbles". reddit (in Nepali). July 16, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  6. "Ninja Sex Party - Unicorn Wizard". LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival. 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  7. "Unicorn Wizard - NSP". YouTube. YouTube. October 25, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  8. The Head to Head Game Jam, retrieved January 13, 2022
  9. JonTron's StarCade: Episode 1 - Atari Games, retrieved January 13, 2022
  10. Good, Owen (December 30, 2011). "I Was Working On My Own Anti-Arrow-to-the-Knee Vid Too, But Then I ..." Kotaku. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  11. Get Out of My Car, retrieved January 13, 2022
  12. Eördögh, Fruzsina (March 26, 2012). ""Kony 2012": the one-minute version". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  13. Trumbore, Dave (April 16, 2020). "Here's How Nick Wolfhard & Brother Finn Voiced Insane Creatures on 'Smiling Friends'". collider.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  14. Will, Jones (February 20, 2021). "Rick & Morty Co-Creator Justin Roiland Reveals the Cartoon of His That He Thinks Went Way Too Far". joe.co.uk. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  15. "#99 - Justin Roiland & Alex Hirsch Charity Special 2018". Podchaser. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  16. Alex Hirsch [@_AlexHirsch] (December 17, 2018). "Tomorrow! 3PM PST! It's H3H3's annual 🌟Charity Livestream🌟 with Me, @JustinRoiland, & more! Goofs! Yuks! Amazing Prizes! All to benefit @DirectRelief!" (Tweet). Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Twitter.
  17. "i did a small freelance storyboard segment for the yellow sponge program a few months back and it finally aired! the episode is called "the grill is gone". shout out to my talented pal @AdamPaloian (supervising dir for the ep) for turning my chicken scratch into actual art". October 26, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  18. Bobic, Chrissy (April 10, 2020). "'Smiling Friends' on Adult Swim Is Somehow Already a Hit Among Fans". distractify.com. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  19. Schwarz, John (April 16, 2020). "Review: Smiling Friends "Desmond's Big Day Out"". bubbleblabber.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  20. "Adult Swim's 'Smiling Friends' Turns Frowns Upside Down". Animation World Network. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  21. "Adult Swim's Smiling Friends Sets HBO Max Debut Date". CBR. January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  22. "Zach Hadel". IMDb. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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