7.0Season 9 • Episode 40
LatestGargamel's Dutch doppelganger puts a spell on Brainy that causes all his fellow Smurfs to spread nastiness when they take over Cupid's job.
Classic Saturday-morning cartoon series featuring magical blue elf-like creatures called Smurfs. The Smurfs, named for their personalities, inhabit a village of mushroom houses in an enchanted forest. These loveable creatures are led by Papa Smurf and live carefree... except for one major threat to their existance: Gargamel, an evil but inept wizard who lives in a stone-built house in the forest; and his feline companion, the equally nasty Azrael.
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That theme song lives rent-free in three generations' heads.
Production
Hanna-Barbera somehow stretched 12 Smurf names across 422 episodes.
Creator
Peyo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Smurfs were created by Belgian artist Peyo in 1958 as comic strip characters; the name comes from 'schtroumpf,' a nonsense word he used when forgetting 'salt' at dinner.
Critics have analyzed the Smurf village as everything from Marxist utopia to fascist propaganda; Peyo himself just wanted to sell toys and thought communism accusations were hilarious.
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