History ComicBook / TheSmurfs

-->'''Bigmouth''': You're the one who told me to eat Smurf soup!
-->'''Gargamel''': But I didn't know it would have that effect!
-->'''Smurfs''': ♪♫ Yes, he did know! Yes, he did know! ♪♫

* [[TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack The Smurf In The Mirror Smurfs Back]]: In a one-page gag, Brainy is so annoying with his moralizing that even his mirror's reflection knocks him over the head with a hammer to get him to stop talking.
* SoapPunishment: Papa Smurf has a foul-mouthed Smurf brush his mouth with soap, but the resulting bubbles contain the same SymbolSwearing he was using before.

* TheBusCameBack: Fafnir, the dragon from ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit makes a surprise return and need the Smurfs' help.

* GotVolunteered: Often, when Papa asks for volunteers to help with a problem, the Smurfs hem and haw until he points at some of them and tells them they're his volunteers.

* EverybodyLovesBlondes: Smurfette originally had black hair, and was regarded as unattractive. Papa Smurf's MagicPlasticSurgery turned her a blonde, and every Smurf instantly fell in love with her.

* HypocriticalHumor: During a play, Dimwitty Smurf laughs at one of the actor, calling him stupid because he forgot his lines. Brainy Smurf points out that it's normal, because the actor is playing Dimwitty Smurf's role.

* DistaffCounterpart: [[spoiler:The Smurfettes, whom the Smurfs meet in the upcoming comic book story based on the film ''WesternAnimation/SmurfsTheLostVillage''.]]

* BladeOnAStick: Halberds seem to be the standard weapon for Smurfs, as they are seen many times whenever security is needed. They were never shown to hit someone however.

* NotMeThisTime: When the Smurfette's cake mold was punctured with holes, everyone assumed it was prank from Jokey Smurf who denied any involvement. The one responsible was actually [[EpicFail Handy Smurf who wanted to impress the Smurfette with his new power driller]].

* ShooOutTheClowns: After their introduction into the comic book universe, the Smurflings are hardly heard from again, mostly appearing as guest stars and cameos, while the stories mainly focus on the adult Smurfs.

* BadassGrandpa: Papa Smurf is often the one who has to leap into action when some danger is involved, usually because the other smurfs are too afraid to; like dealing by with the howlibird all by himself.

Their creator Pierre "Peyo" Culliford wanted these humanoid little blue elves be mysterious by having them shadow Johan and Pirlouit, I mean, Peewit throughout the tale’s beginning by showing their [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes shrouded eyes]] in some panels or a five fingered blue hand reaching out from behind some leaves in another. It wasn’t until wizard Homnibus sends both knight and his squire to the [[{{Mordor}} Cursed Land]] where the Smurfs live via “hypnokinesis” are we introduced to said creatures.

* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Hefty Smurf does this to the character of King Smurf in protest of the latter character's demand for respect at all times in the comic book version of "King Smurf".

* YourSizeMayVary: The artists sometimes forget that the Smurfs are NOT human-sized; they would draw plants and animals small enough to be in proportion with the Smurfs. This is quite {{egregious}} in cases like the Smurf Fire Brigade episode, where a ''warthog'' is depicted as smaller than a Smurf.

Recently made Editor-in-Chief Yvan Delporte recognized the diminutive stature of the Smurfs made them perfect stars to fit in the mini-récits (short stories) that gave readers fully contained forty-eight page story in a postcard sized comic in the pages of ''Magazine/{{Spirou}}''. After ''Spirou'' publisher Charles Dupuis approached Peyo with the idea, Peyo agreed and, on the condition Delporte helps him write the comic, the Smurfs first comic “Les Schtroumpfs noirs” was introduced the same year, the story helping establish the basic setting and some of the original characters that would become the staples of the series.[[note]]Not only did it introduce Delporte’s role as a collaborator in the creative process, but Peyo had ultimate control of the storylines and characters whilst Delporte helped develop the particulars of the plots and write the dialogue before Peyo committed the final script to paper.[[/note]]