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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Handy invents clockwork Smurf, a robot designed to take the work out of work, but Brainy de-programs him to leave the Smurf Village. The Clockwork Smurf journeys to a distant castle where he convinces a young prince to return to the Smurfs so they can help him regain his kingdom from his wicked aunt.
Grandpa Smurf returns to the village from a 500-year voyage around the world to restore the power of the Long Life Force Stone. Papa Smurf and a few other Smurfs help Grandpa Smurf find the purest sources of the four primal elements from around the world while the remaining Smurfs stay behind to search for the Long Life Force Stone.
The Smurfs help a sea mermaid named Marina retrieve special medicines for her father. In the process, Handy Smurf ends up falling in love with her.
The Patchwork Bear: The Smurfs battle an evil ice pirate, Krako, who has frozen the River Smurf and kidnapped the Emerald Empress. Hefty And The Wheelsmurfer: When Hefty breaks his leg, he learns about being handicapped.
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.
One point per season. Smooths out the episode-to-episode noise to reveal the bigger arc.
Did each season build or fizzle? Green means the finale outscored the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows, bigger swings.
How steady is each season? Tightly clustered dots mean reliable quality. Scattered dots mean a wild ride.
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