Zach Hadel

Zach Hadel (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell;), known by his pseudonym psychicpebbles, is an American animator, writer, director, voice actor, and YouTuber. He and Michael Cusack are co-creators and co-stars of the Adult Swim animated series Smiling Friends. He is also known for his Internet animations and for being a co-host of the Let's Play web series OneyPlays.

Early life

Hadel grew up in Kansas and began his animation career by uploading Adobe Flash animations to Newgrounds, later transitioning to YouTube. He enrolled in college to learn graphic design, but immediately dropped out before attending any classes. A self-taught animator, Hadel has stated that shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Simpsons, Dragon Ball Z, Beavis and Butt-Head and South Park inspired his animation style.

Career

His short-form independent cartoons became popular online, such as his animated video responding to overuse of the "arrow in the knee" meme from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which went viral in 2011. Along with fellow Newgrounds animator Chris O'Neill, Hadel created the popular web cartoon series Hellbenders featuring exaggerated versions of O'Neill and himself, which was picked up for a pilot by Adult Swim but ultimately not pursued after several years in development hell. Hadel also collaborated with O'Neill to make a short animated video parodying the Kony 2012 documentary; the video went viral, receiving over 1.7 million views within its first weekend. Hadel was a member of the YouTube group SleepyCabin and co-hosted SleepyCast, a comedy and discussion podcast hosted by former Newgrounds animators that launched on August 30, 2014. Template:As of, his YouTube channel psychicpebbles has 1.6 million subscribers and 222.28 million views.

Hadel animated a segment of Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity with Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty. Roiland later appraised the animation as his most transgressive joke. Hadel and Roiland also appeared alongside animator Alex Hirsch on h3h3's livestream podcast for charity where they raised over $100,000 for California wildlife relief.

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".

Smiling Friends

On April 1, 2020, Cartoon Network's late-night Adult Swim block premiered the pilot episode of Hadel and Australian animator Michael Cusack's animated adult television series, Smiling Friends. The series follows Pim and Charlie, two employees of the titular company missioned with making people smile. The series premiered with a full season marathon on January 9, 2022, and later debuted on HBO Max. Adult Swim announced that the show would be renewed for a second season on February 9, 2022. Adult Swim renewed the show for a third season on June 13th, 2024.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
TBA	Hand Drawn: Documentary	Self	Documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The One Show		Animator, features TomSka (Season 6, Episode 211, segment "OH NO BEARS")
2018	Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity	Ity	Also animator
	SpongeBob SquarePants		Storyboard Artist ("The Grill is Gone")
2022–present	Smiling Friends	Charlie, Glep, various	Also co-creator, director, writer, storyboard artist, storyboard revisionist, art director, character design supervisor, designer, and animator
2022	Tig n' Seek	Darryl Barryl	1 episode ("Twin Seeks")
	The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!	Reggie Paloni	Co-writer

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
	OneyNG		Work on "Potato Salad"
2014	Improvable	Various
2014–present	OneyPlays	Self	Guest, co-host
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
2019	The Cyanide & Happiness Show	Tiny Gene	Episode: The Animator's Curse
2019–present	The Create Unknown	Self	Guest
2020	MeatCanyon	Humpty Dumpty	Voice role
2021	SMILING FRIENDS: Free Draw	Self	Special featured on Adult Swim YouTube channel.
2022	Monkey Wrench	Screamo	Episode: The Ghost Egg
2022	Brain Dump	Secretary	Episode: What Is Fash Ism?
2023	Helluva Boss	Additional voices	Episode: Mammon's Magnificent Musical Mid-Season Special
2024	Spooky Month	Literally Zach	Episode: Hollow Sorrows, misspelled as "Zach Hadle"
TBA	Shrek 2 Retold	Shrek	Voice role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	High on Life	Various	Voice

Sourced from Hadel's IMDb page and YouTube channel.

External links

• psychicpebbles
• Template:IMDb name
• thepsychicpebble on YouTube Archived from the original on June 15, 2010
• psychicpebble on NewGrounds Archived from the original on November 24, 2010