The Mini Smiling Critters appear in Poppy Playtime Chapter 3, Deep Sleep, released in 2024, as smaller, more unsettling versions of the Smiling Critters toys from Playtime Co. Their jumpscare became a short, shareable clip as players recorded and reused the sudden scare in edits, streams, and meme videos. Like the classic FNAF jumpscare scream, it works because it is instantly recognisable to horror game fans and needs no context to land. That simplicity keeps it in rotation for reaction content, horror compilations, and short-form scares long after the chapter first appeared.