Smiling Critters Cartoon - Poppy Playtime Chapter 3

You must stay alive in this unique, horror-puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Follow the game:

[colekiesler]

Cat Nap staring at the screen at the end after putting them to sleep or possibly killing then off, shows us he was not messing around when his job is to put kids to sleep. Already when fans say Chapter 3 is going to be a lot darker they really mean it no matter what.

[announcer-gaming]

i love how catnap knocks on the door before promptly knocking everyone out, he may be a deragned animal, but he's a polite deranged animal

[Starrial]

I don’t care what anyone says, those wide smiles after Cat Nap shows up accompanied with the silence that feels way too long is going to give me chills for the rest of my life.

Edit: …said smiles are now the new thumbnail. Great.

[momochan]

I think if the Smiling Critters was an actual show, this would be like a lost episode or creepypasta.

[h-man]

Everyone’s out here talking about how scary this is or the lore.
Meanwhile I’m over here appreciating how well animated this is.

[Ariistocat]

Damn the uncanny transition with their facial expressions from terrified to unhinged smiling along with the silence made it even more unsettling, well done mob entertainment

[CartoonyBoi]

The Smiling Critters’s voices as they plead and practically beg for Catnap to put them to sleep is unnerving. When they do receive it, they start hysterically laughing and go completely manic as they all pass out. It makes me wonder what the red gas did to the children at the Playcare overtime.

[ApolloFirearms]

unfortunately there’s no gases that naturally are colored red, but the closest i can find to the effects in the show are to nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas” which can cause uncontrollable laughter. at higher concentrations, it can cause seizures, nausea, dizziness, light-headedness, numbness and tingling in extremities, and even loss of consciousness. and yes, it can kill.

[Dragonmongamer]

This actually looks like a kids cartoon from the mid-late 90s and I love it.
Like I could actually see this being aired on TV… minus the creepy stuff.

[sboy]

I like how the designs are leaning more into the uncanny valley where you can tell how they could appeal to children but at the same time they look horrifying.

[Chekkam]

I love how they all look so innocent but when they smile they look terrifying 😂

[VertyneOfficial]

When the 3D door knocking sound played, I have turned my head to see who is at the door. This adds so much to the video!

[Kinontri]

I don’t think anyone has pointed out that they’re all having a “sleepover” at specifically DogDay’s house. Everything is dog themed, bone clock, welcome mat, orange toned. The exterior is even dog house-ish.

If the cartoon is meant to tie into what actually happened with smiling friends, then I believe DogDay lead everyone somewhere he believed was safe. CatNap eventually found them anyways. They pleaded for their lives before he took them all out in one foul swoop. All except DogDay who I can only assume he made watch or let live as some sort of lesson.

[kwuqxz]

I Like how the fandom went from not-so-scary characters to genuinely horrifying animals

[Chillchill]

Here after Chapter 3, I just realized that at the end, all the other Smiling Critters are on the ground except for CatNap and DogDay because they're dead in the game, with only two left remaining. DogDay is positioned with both his arms spread out and his lower body being covered inside the blanket just like how he is missing it in the game.

Edit: Also I love the foreshadowing that in all of Dogday's artworks (the info-card, the cardboard cutout, the audio board around the Statue in the middle of the Playcare), they all have him posing with both his arms out.

[Yusuf-njir]

You know how they where laughing hysterically? The part where they screamed together at the same time before glitching to the Catnap staring at us, sounded like the screaming of their cutouts.

[klv]

I like the fact that smiling Critters express different emotions on their faces, which makes them a little less scary, but the catnap smiles all the time and does not blink, no matter what happens around it

[monkygaming]

Rewatching made me notice that DogDay is the same way he was in the game, missing half of his body

[DarthMagatsuTitanus]

This was hella creepy. Props to the animator and VAs behind this. Cannot wait for Chapter 3. I believe my expectations will be met!

[charliewallace]

Mob, I think that you should do a cartoon series based on The Smiling Critters! That would be amazing!