Mainly Smiles
Wonderful, friendly creatures that smile a lot. When a Mainly Smile smiles, the smile takes up most of its body, which is exactly where the name comes from.
They smile 98% of their waking hours and 99% of the time while asleep. Favorite activities: smiling, cuddling, and foraging for smushrooms. The diet is leaves, grasses, seeds, and, above all else, smushrooms. After a good smushroom the smile broadens and the creature vibrates ever so slightly.
For the record: lifespan 10 to 13 years, the same as a dog. Walking speed 3.1 mph, the same as you. Running speed 9.3 mph. They are fairly rare but widely distributed, with small pockets in every explored sector of Moremi Forest, the Foothills, and the eastern Open Plain. The largest verified herd stands at 133.
The only known tamed Mainly Smiles were discovered by Vesuvius Casablanca and now live in the Dashville Botanical Gardens. Dashville itself keeps a smerd (a small herd) and has made them official town mascots.
They have been kidnapped at least once, hoisted away in a net lowered from a chopto-hopto-copter by Petunia Trundle-Humple.
First seen in Book 7, page 13
Research
e_mainly_smilesIn the printed almanac pages (6 cited)
Straight from the books
Facts
character_fact (8)
Mainly Smiles smile 98% of waking hours and 99% during sleep; their favorite activities are smiling, cuddling, and foraging for smushrooms.
Smile time during waking hours: 98% Smile time during sleep: 99% Favorite activities: Smiling, cuddling, foraging for smushrooms al1:c01:p159
The Mainly Smiles became the official mascots of Dashville.
Soon they became the official mascots of our town! b07:c03:p066
Mainly Smiles' diet consists of leaves, grasses, seeds and their favorite, smushrooms.
Diet: Leaves, grasses, seeds and their favorite, smushrooms b07:c99:p252
Mainly Smiles' favorite activities are smiling, cuddling, and foraging for smushrooms.
Favorite activities: Smiling, cuddling, foraging for smushrooms b07:c99:p252
Mainly Smiles are fairly rare but widely distributed; small pockets have been spotted in all explored sectors of Moremi Forest, The Foothills and the eastern sectors of the Open Plain.
Distribution: Whilst fairly rare, they are widely distributed. Small pockets of them have been spotted in all explored sectors of Moremi Forest, The Foothills and the eastern sectors of the Open Plain. b07:c99:p252
After eating smushrooms, Mainly Smiles' smiles broaden and they seem to vibrate ever so slightly.
Curiously: After eating smushrooms their smiles broaden and they seem to vibrate ever so slightly. b07:c99:p252
Mainly-Smiles are wonderful friendly creatures that smile a lot; when they smile it takes up most of their body.
Wonderful friendly creatures that smile a lot. In fact, when they smile, it takes up most of their body, hence their name. b10:c03:p065 b10:c99:p309
Mainly-Smiles' diet consists of leaves, grasses, seeds and their favorite: smushrooms; after eating smushrooms their smiles broaden and they seem to vibrate.
Diet: Leaves, grasses, seeds and their favorite, smushrooms... After eating smushrooms their smiles broaden and they seem to vibrate ever so slightly. b10:c99:p309 b10:c99:p310
place_fact (1)
The town of Dashville has a smerd (small herd) of Mainly Smiles.
Our town has a smerd* of these rare creatures. OTHER: * Small herd b07:c03:p055
history (2)
The only known tamed Mainly Smiles were discovered by Vesuvius Casablanca and now live in the Dashville Botanical Gardens.
The only known tamed ones are small herd discovered by Vesuvius Casablanca, which now live in the Dashville Botanical Gardens. al1:c01:p158
The kidnappers were seen lowering a net from a chopto-hopto-copter to capture the Mainly Smiles and flew off.
The police were not having much luck finding clues. They told us that the kidnappers had been seen lowering a net from a chopto-hopto-copter. They'd captured the Mainly Smiles and simply flown off. b07:c03:p070
numeric_fact (7)
Mainly Smiles have a lifespan of 10-13 years, a walking speed of 3.1 mph and a running speed of 9.3 mph.
Walking speed: 3.1 miles per hour Running speed: 9.3 miles per hour Lifespan: 10-13 years (same as dogs) al1:c01:p159
Mainly Smiles smile 98% of waking hours and 99% during sleep.
Smile time during waking hours: 98% Smile time during sleep: 99% b07:c99:p252
Mainly Smiles walk at 3.1 miles per hour (same as humans) and run at 9.3 miles per hour.
Walking speed: 3.1 miles per hour (same as humans) Running speed: 9.3 miles per hour b07:c99:p252
Mainly Smiles have a lifespan of 10-13 years (same as dogs).
Lifespan: 10-13 years (same as dogs) b07:c99:p252
The largest spotted herd of Mainly Smiles is 133.
Largest spotted herd: 133 b07:c99:p252
Mainly-Smiles smile 98% of waking hours and 99% during sleep; their walking speed is 3.1 mph and running speed is 9.3 mph; their lifespan is 10-13 years.
Smile time during waking hours: 98%... Smile time during sleep: 99%... Walking speed: 3.1 miles per hour (same as humans)... Running speed: 9.3 miles per hour... Lifespan: 10-13 years (same as dogs) b10:c99:p309
The largest verified herd of Mainly-Smiles is 133; the only known tamed ones were discovered by Vesuvius Casablanca and now live in the Dashville Botanical Gardens.
The only known tamed ones are small herd discovered by Vesuvius Casablanca, which now live in the Dashville Botanical Gardens... Largest verified herd: 133 b10:c99:p309
Relationships
- located_in Dashville Botanical Gardens
The only known tamed ones are small herd discovered by Vesuvius Casablanca, which now live in the Dashville Botanical Gardens. al1:c01:p158
- located_in Dashville Botanical Gardens
our Mayor, Jenna-Veeve Vvvwossington the Nineteenth, offered to house them at the Botanical Gardens b07:c03:p058
- other: mascot of Dashville
Soon they became the official mascots of our town! b07:c03:p066
Incoming
The only known tamed ones are small herd discovered by Vesuvius Casablanca al1:c01:p158
the famous explorer Vesuvius Casablanca found them hiding under a bridge during a fierce storm. b07:c03:p056
Why did you kidnap the Mainly Smiles? b07:c09:p202
our Mayor, Jenna-Veeve Vvvwossington the Nineteenth, offered to house them at the Botanical Gardens b07:c03:p058
Incidents
Continuity findings
- Mainly Smiles name: Mainly Smiles / Mainly-Smiles variant
- Mainly Smiles largest herd stat label: 'spotted' (b07) vs 'verified' (b10) variant
- al1 summary of b07 Sunday (Mainly Smiles kidnapping / Norma Island) almanac_overlap
- al1 Mainly Smiles entry overlaps b07 kidnapping and Botanical Gardens facts almanac_overlap
- first_appearance of Mainly Smiles cites al1, story debut is b07 first_appearance_review