Mandal Takes an L: Middle School

Mandal, an animated character voiced by stand-up comedian Tevin 'Mandal' Williams, finds himself in an embarrassing middle school situation. While attempting to impress a girl he likes, he gets drawn into a fight with another overweight kid at school. The sketch follows Mandal's awkward and cringe-worthy attempts to navigate adolescent social dynamics, resulting in humiliation rather than romance.

Part of the 'Mandal Takes an L/Boom Dude' episode (S7 EP1) on adult swim SMALLS, which pairs two sketches together. Mandal is portrayed by Tevin 'Mandal' Williams, a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor from Atlanta, GA. Animation by Clay Skinner, also known as Gmastuff, who is an animator, video editor, and musician. The sketch was uploaded to Vimeo on March 5, 2025 and has a runtime of approximately 3 minutes (177 seconds). Image extraction note: reviewed the Vimeo source and selected a clear title-card/frame for the sketch thumbnail. The footage is stylized/animated with no usable live-action, face-forward cast headshot detectable/extractable for Tevin "Mandal" Williams, so no cast headshot image is attached. SCDB data-entry note: cast/crew names are documented here because person creation failed in the API with a Prisma created_by relation error; no cast headshot was available from the animated source. Cast/credits: Tevin "Mandal" Williams (creator, writer, VO as Mandal); Clay Skinner/Gmastuff (creator, animation); Gabrielle Dys (writer); Brent Busby (sound mix). Recurring sketch: Mandal Takes an L. Tags documented from research: animation; animated comedy; sketch comedy; adult swim; SMALLS; middle school; school; fighting; embarrassment; awkward; Atlanta.