Characters / Empath: The Luckiest Smurf

This is a list of characters from the Empath: The Luckiest Smurf story series. Names in parentheses are either the original French names or French-translated names.

Main Characters

Empath Smurf (Schtroumpf Empathie)

The main character.

• Author Avatar: Empath is partially this for his author Vic George.
• Catchphrase/Oh, My Gods!: "Great Ancestors." Shared with Polaris Psyche.
• Chick Magnet: He sometimes draws females to him without even trying.
• Cradle To Grave Character: His infancy starts in the novel, though told in a flashback story. And in a flash-forward story "Days Of Future Smurfed", Empath as a very old Smurf spends his last hours telling his great-grandson what he must do.
• The Empath
• Expy of Alchemist/Apprentice/Magician Smurf. Unintentional.
• Hates Being Touched: During his first visits to the Smurf Village, particularly by Papa Smurf.
• I Just Want to Be Normal: Of all the things Empath wants, having to be stuck with telepathic and telekinetic powers all the time is not one of them.
• Mark of the Supernatural: Has a yellow star mark on his forehead to indicate that he is a telepath and telekinetic.
• Messianic Archetype: Played up as this in the novel.
• Never Bareheaded: Averted whenever he is in Psychelia.
• Oblivious Adoption: Among the Psyches during his early years, before he found out that he was really a Smurf. He and the other Psyches were led to believing that he was merely a "prototype Psyche". Among the Smurfs, he was also oblivious to his real relationship with Papa Smurf, being his only begotten son, until his 150th birthday.
• Odd Friendship: With both Grouchy and Polaris Psyche.
• Psychic Powers: Telepathy and Telekinesis, plus clairvoyance and precognition.
• Smurfing: He generally doesn't speak in Smurf except at times when he's extremely angry or afraid. It's after his wedding to Smurfette and his first time alone with her that he starts to speak in Smurf fluently.
• The Stoic: Mostly in his early years.
• Star-Spangled Spandex: He wears a black Smurf hat and pants with white stars on it, to match the yellow star birthmark on his forehead.
• Verbal Tic: Refers to himself as "this smurf" constantly. In his later years he grows out of it.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Hefty, though it is only one-sided.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Averted past his 150th birthday, as he is mostly seen wearing a shirt.
• You Are Number 6: His Psychelian designation code is 1137-K.

Papa Smurf (Grand Schtroumpf)

Empath's biological father. See also Characters/The Smurfs.

• A Papa To His Smurfs: For Papa Smurf in this series, it goes beyond this to Happily Adopting his little Smurfs.
• Catchphrase/Oh, My Gods!: "Great Smurfness" or "Great Smurfs Of Fire" just like in the 1980s cartoon show.
• Carpet of Virility: Had one for one story, "Papa's Big Crush".
• Deuteragonist: He plays this role in the novel.
• Disappeared Dad: Inverted, as Empath his only begotten son is the one who's missing for most of Papa Smurf's life. Empath himself simply doesn't know his true connection to Papa Smurf until his 150th birthday.
• Ephebophile/Pervert Dad: Papa Smurf still had shades of this, though by the time "Papa's Big Crush" ended, Smurfette revealed that she could only love him as a father and Papa Smurf ended up losing interest in pursuing her. (This ended up being a May–December Romance in the alternate timeline of "Papa Smurf & Mama Smurfette".)
• Heroic BSoD: Suffered about 50 years of this when he assumed that Empath was killed by the Psyche Master.
• Luke, I Am Your Father: Reveals to Empath on his 150th birthday that he is Papa Smurf's only biological son.
• Mistaken for Pedophile: At least that's what is implied by what happens during Empath's early visits to the Smurf Village.
• My Greatest Failure: Papa Smurf sees taking his only begotten son Empath to Psychelia where he was forcibly taken from him by the Psyche Master, and then having to hear the child's "dying" screams, as this.
• You Need to Get Laid: He gets this from his little Smurfs from time to time, in the form of saying that he needs to have a female companion.

Smurfette (Schtroumpfette)

See also Characters/The Smurfs.

• Covert Pervert: Inasmuch as she admits that she likes looking at her fellow male Smurfs in just their hats and pants.
• Daddy's Girl: Typically plays this role with Papa Smurf in the normal timeline. She changes to his love interest in an alternate timeline.
• Fanservice Pack: Her recent character models by Vic George adds breasts to her physical form.
• I'm Melting!: Melts back into a lump of lifeless clay when she dies in "Days Of Future Smurfed".
• Insubstantial Ingredients: In her creation in the series, Gargamel used blue clay, crocodile tears, nightshade, wormwood, hemlock, bloodroot, poison ivy, moonseed, black hellebore, sugar, cinnamon, thorns of a rose, and a stone for a heart.
• Likes Older Men: Falls in love with and marries Papa Smurf in the alternate timeline story "Papa Smurf & Mama Smurfette".
• Naked on Revival: Smurfette suffered a loss of clothes when she was changed from an "un-Smurf" to a real Smurf.
• One True Love: With Empath.

Polaris Psyche

A Psyche whom Empath befriends during his time in Psychelia.

• Catchphrase/Oh, My Gods!: "Great Ancestors." Shared with Empath Smurf.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Is pretty much a good person around the Smurfs.
• Mark of the Supernatural: Has a yellow star mark on his forehead to indicate that he is a telepath and telekinetic.
• Odd Friendship: With Empath.
• Psychic Powers: Telepathy and Telekinesis.
• Stellar Name
• The Stoic
• Token White
• You Are Number 6: His Psychelian designation code is 1124-K.

Tapper Smurf (Schtroumpf Barman/Schtroumpf Irlandaise)

An Oirish bartender Smurf with a religious background in Christianity; named from the arcade game.

• As the Good Book Says...: He will occasionally throw in a Bible verse where appropriate for the situation.
• Attractive Bent-Gender: Became a beautiful ginger-haired Smurfette in "Another Egg-Citing Day".
• The Bartender
• Catchphrase/Oh, My Gods!: "Great Smurfiny Crickets" and "Blessed smurfs of Éire".
• The Confidant
• Fantastic Religious Weirdness: Believes that Jesus Christ died not only for the sins of mankind, but also for all of God's creation.
• Friend to All Living Things: Shares this role with Tracker and Nat due to Nat Smurfling having no previous existence as an adult Smurf in this series.
• Irish Priest: Becomes Pastor Nevin in the latter years of his life during the framing story of "A Wedding To Remember".
• Original Character: One of the few in the series not based on any existing Smurf character.
• Sensitive Smurf to Duncan's Manly Smurf
• Sharp-Dressed Smurf: With vest and bowtie.
• Some Call Me "Tim": Tapper's real name is Naomhán Críostóir Smurf. He prefers using Tapper because Naomhán is difficult for his fellow Smurfs to say.
  • Meaningful Name: Naomhán means "little holy one".
• Spider-Sense: Can sense in his spirit whenever a danger is approaching his fellow Smurfs.
• Waistcoat of Style
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Mostly averted, as he is seen wearing a vest or a tank top.

Duncan McSmurf (Schtroumpf Ecossais/Schtroumpf Guerrier), a.k.a. "Gutsy"

• Adaptation Dye-Job: Is usually shown with brown hair while Gutsy has ginger hair. Also he wears green plaid instead of blue.
• Adaptation Name Change
• Attractive Bent-Gender: Became a beautiful brown-haired Smurfette in "Another Egg-Citing Day".
• The Big Guy
• Brave Scot
• Captain Ersatz of Gutsy from The Smurfs film series
• Hot Blooded Sideburns
• I Am X, Son of Y: "I am Duncan McSmurf of the clan McSmurf."
• In-Series Nickname: Gutsy, mostly used by Hefty to annoy him. Eventually it becomes an Insult of Endearment.
• Manly Smurf to Tapper's Sensitive Smurf
• Meaningful Name: Duncan means "warrior".
• Never Gets Drunk: Type 3 variety. You've got to be a McSmurf in order to drink like him.
• Smurf In A Kilt
• Virgin Vision: Can tell whether his fellow Smurfs had "the Smurfette dream" just by smell.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Hefty, particularly when Hefty keeps calling Duncan Gutsy.

Supporting Characters

See also Characters/The Smurfs.

Biscotti Smurf

• Expy of Baker Smurf from The Smurfs comic books

Brainy Smurf

• Death by Materialism: His future self dies trying to save his own works in "Days Of Future Smurfed".
• Heroic Bastard: He's Empath's half-brother, whom Empath's mother had after she left Papa Smurf following Empath's "death". Brainy's actual father also wore glasses, but he never married his mother.
• Related in the Adaptation: To Empath as a half-brother.
• Replacement Goldfish: To Empath's mother (and eventually Empath's father) when Empath was presumed dead.

Century Smurf

• Camp Straight: Like his "mirror twin" brother Vanity.
• Fake Memories: All his memories up to the point where he emerged from the mirror are directly copied from Vanity.
• Meaningful Name: He's the "hundredth Smurf" from The Smurfs story of the same name.

Chatty Smurf

• Expy of Liar Smurf from the Smurf comic books.
• The Stoner: Is this in the series, along with his friend Nosey.

Culinary Smurf

• Expy of Chef Smurf from The Smurfs comic books

Dimwitty Smurf

• Decomposite Character: Originally assumed to be one and the same with Clumsy in the comic books, Dimwitty appears in this series as a separate character whose Running Gag is always getting something different than what a Smurf originally asked for.

Farmer Smurf

• Catchphrase/Oh, My Gods!: "Sweet mother of Smurf."

Greedy Smurf

• Team Chef: Since in this series he isn't the only chef in the village.

Grouchy Smurf

• Hates Being Touched: Still dealing with issues from "A Hug For Grouchy" in "The No Hug Zone". Averted in the case of Angel his love doll come to life touching him in "Grouchy And The Love Doll".
• Middle Child Syndrome: Grouchy was the middle child of his family that consisted of his older twin brothers Hefty and Handy and his younger sister Sassette, and doesn't like that his Papa Smurf cared more about them than he did about him.
• Odd Friendship: With Empath, particularly in his early years. Also with Tapper and Duncan McSmurf.
• Related in the Adaptation: To Hefty, Handy, and Sassette as a brother.

Handy Smurf

• Composite Character: He plays the part of Flying Smurf from the comic books in the double-story adaptation of "The Flying Smurf" and "The Aerosmurf".
• Related in the Adaptation: To Hefty as a twin brother. Also as a brother to Grouchy and Sassette.

Hefty Smurf

• Adaptational Jerkass: Hefty the Lovable Jock from the comic and cartoon series is more of a jerk in this portrayal; he is a bully and a Sore Loser who can't stand that Empath got the girl while he did not. He got over it at Empath's wedding when he made his peace with both Empath and Smurfette and became friends, and eventually found happiness with a Smurfette from another village.
• Big Brother Bully: Toward his younger brother Grouchy, and also to his young sister Sassette. Later becomes a Reformed Bully in light of the events of "Little Sister Smurf Lost".
• The Big Guy
• Can't Hold His Liquor: Strangely, this is the case for him.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Is this toward Empath, particularly when it comes to Smurfette.
• Groin Attack: Becomes a victim of this by Smurfette in the novel.
• Heel Realization: In "Empath's Wedding", Hefty comes to realize how much of a jerk he is toward his fellow Smurfs.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Most of his jerkassery is directed towards Empath and Duncan McSmurf.
• Related in the Adaptation: To Handy as a twin brother. Also as a brother to Grouchy and Sassette.
• The Resenter
• The Rival: To Empath and Duncan McSmurf.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Empath and Duncan McSmurf.

Lazy Smurf

• The Stoner: Is this in the series.

Miner Smurf

• Related in the Adaptation: To Duncan McSmurf as a brother.
• Scotireland: Literally a Scotirish Smurf. He is the brother of Duncan McSmurf but adopts "Smurfin' Begorrà" (the Smurfing version of "faith and begorrà") as his common Catch Phrase.

Nabby Smurf

• Big Eater
• Composite Character: One of comic book Greedy with Thief Smurf.
• Expy of Greedy Smurf from The Smurfs comic books

Narrator Smurf

• Fourth-Wall Observer — Naturally, since he is essentially the same character from The Smurfs film series.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Mostly averted, as he is seen wearing his trademark jacket and turtleneck or a tank top for summer outings.

Nat Smurfling

• Catchphrase/Oh, My Gods!: "Holy hickory nuts", a variant of his usual insult in the 1980s cartoon show.
• Older Than They Look: Is actually older than even Papa Smurf due to being a previous resident of Smurfling Island.

Nosey Smurf

• The Stoner: Is this in the series, along with his friend Chatty.

Orbit Smurf

A keyboard-playing Smurf based on a PVC toy figurine. Named after record producer William Orbit.

• Cool Shades: He wears a pair of wraparound shades, due to his eyes being light-sensitive.

Painter Smurf

• Gratuitous French: Occasionally speaks French, or its Smurf equivalent, in the series.

Sassette

• Fake Memories: Her being broken out of the Crystal Prison gave everybody in the Smurf Village at that time fake memories that she was a magically-created Smurf like Smurfette. Only Empath wasn't affected by this, and God reveals to Tapper that the Smurfs were all affected by this.
• Related in the Adaptation: To Hefty, Handy, and Grouchy as a sister.
• Rip Van Winkle: Part of her origin in the story series, only she had no knowledge upon awakening of how she got there until a few years later, when an evil wraith awakened her true memories.
• Tomboyish Ponytail: Sports one instead of her usual Smurf hat and dual braids.
• Older Than They Look: Is actually the same age as the grown-up male Smurfs, but was kept a young Smurfling by being in a Crystal Prison for 100 years.

Slouchy Smurfling

• Older Than They Look: Is actually older than even Papa Smurf due to being a previous resident of Smurfling Island.

Smithy Smurf

• Alliterative Name
• Expy of Blacksmith Smurf from The Smurfs comic books.

Snappy Smurfling

• Older Than They Look: Is actually older than even Papa Smurf due to being a previous resident of Smurfling Island.

Tracker Smurf

• Composite Character: Is a combination of his original character from the cartoon show with the Friend to All Living Things trait of adult Nat Smurf.
• Super-Senses: Now has enhanced sight, smell, and hearing abilities.

Trader Smurf

• Expy of Finance Smurf from The Smurfs comic books. In "For The Smurf Of Money", Trader doesn't ask what money is, but rather why humans even use money.

Traveler Smurf

Empath's great-grandson from the future.

• Dead Guy Junior: His actual name is Polaris Smurf, who is named for his great-grandfather Polaris Psyche.
• Expy of Waverider from Armageddon 2001.
• Last of His Kind: Is basically the last known Smurf living.
• Related in the Adaptation: Is Empath's great-grandson in this series.

Zipper Smurf

• Gratuitous Spanish: Occasionally speaks Spanish, or its Smurf equivalent, in the series.

Villains

Mirror Universe Smurfs

The Smurfs of the Mirror Universe that Empath and Polaris discovered in "Smurfed Behind: The Other Side Of The Mirror".

• Depraved Bisexual: Most of the male Smurfs are hinted as being this.
• Evil Twin: They are basically the moral opposites of the normal universe Smurfs.
• Parental Incest: Its versions of Papa Smurf and Smurfette are married, so normal universe Empath generally reacts to their affections as if this was going on.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: The Smurfs here are red-skinned and mostly wear black clothing and are all evil.