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The Smurfs are affected by a disease that turns them black and feral.

Tropes associated with this story include

  • Adaptation Dye-Job: The Black Smurfs were recolored purple in the English translation.
  • And Then John Was a Zombie: Or in this case, Papa Smurf became a Black Smurf.
  • Breaking the Bonds: After being applied a failed antidote, a Black Smurf breaks the rope holding him, and bites every Smurf in the laboratory except for Papa Smurf.
  • Butt Biter: The Bzz fly and the Black Smurfs.
  • Deus ex machina: The jar that contained something explosive which the fire heated up, making Papa Smurf's lab explode and unleash a giant cloud of tuberose pollen.
  • Getting the Boot: A Smurf who keeps bringing Papa Smurf a butterfly instead of the Bzz Fly ends up being booted out of Papa Smurf's laboratory when the Bzz Fly is captured and that Smurf persists in bringing a butterfly to Papa Smurf.
  • Got Volunteered: Papa Smurf sees that his little Smurfs are reluctant to go out into the woods to capture a Black Smurf after what had happened the first time, so he chooses three volunteers to get him one.
  • The Mole: One of the Black Smurfs uses blue paint to disguise himself as a normal Smurf so he could infect other normal Smurfs without being noticed. A Black Smurf ends up mistaking him for a true normal Smurf and bites his tail.
  • Never Bareheaded: Averted in one panel, as Papa Smurf as a Black Smurf has his hat blown off his head from the explosion in his laboratory, revealing a bald head.
  • No Name Given: Pretty much every Smurf in this story except for Papa Smurf and Jokey. The Smurf with the glasses would eventually be identified as Brainy.
  • Patient Zero: The Smurf that would become known as Grouchy Smurf was the first to be infected with the Black Smurf disease, which would account for his grouchy behavior.
  • Zombie Apocalypse: The Black Smurfs are equated to being like zombies with an infectious, yet thankfully reversible, condition.

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