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* DataCrystal: Empath transfers all his memories into a memory crystal, which over time will be passed on to Creator/{{Peyo}} so that in-universe he will create ''Franchise/TheSmurfs''.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: The druid leader that Handy mentions that appeared in the village a few years before Empath's return is named [[VideoGame/WizardOfWor Worluk]] and his fellow druids [[VideoGame/WizardOfWor Worlings]].
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* TragicKeepsake: In a related mini-story, Empath keeps a jar of blue clay with him -- which is the remains of Smurfette -- as a reminder of her death in the future.
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* ThousandYardStare: Empath goes into this mode whenever he "visits" the future in his mind.
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* KingOnHisDeathbed: Papa Smurf's death is played out like this when Empath "visits" that particular time period.
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* TransferableMemory: As a circular example, Empath supposedly transfers his memories to Traveler, who then goes back in time to transfer those memories back to the younger version of Empath.
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* LastOfHisKind: Traveler becomes the last living Smurf after Empath as Great-Grandfather Smurf passes away in the future.
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* DeathByMaterialism: Brainy dies when he chooses to save his works over saving his own life in the earthquake that destroyed the Smurf Village.
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* EarthquakesCauseFissures: The earthquake that destroys the Smurf Forest causes the ground underneath it to collapse, with Brainy dying as the earth opens right below his feet while trying to rescue his works.
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* VerbalTic: Empath's referring to himself as "this smurf" notably disappears with his later-years appearance as Great-Grandfather Smurf.
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* VerbalTic: Empath's referring to himself as "this smurf" notably disappears with his later-years appearance as Great-Grandfather Smurf. Of course, [[{{Smurfing}} his ability to speak in Smurf language]] also disappears.
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* IChooseToStay: When faced with the opportunity to leave the Smurf Forest and set off to find a new village in the world among the survivors of the old Smurf Village, Empath chose to stay behind because the forest has always been his home. Empath's grandson leaves him with his infant great-grandson so that Empath wouldn't be alone living in the forest.
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* StableTimeLoop: Basically what Traveler was created to do in this story. He knows everything that his great-grandfather has told him about Smurf history, he is given the power to time-travel, he goes back in time to give his great-grandfather visions of things to come, his grand-grandfather lives out what's to come so that he can relate them all to Traveler.
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* StableTimeLoop: Basically what Traveler was created to do in this story. He knows everything that his great-grandfather has told him about Smurf history, he is given the power to time-travel, he goes back in time to give his great-grandfather visions of things to come, his grand-grandfather lives out what's to come so that he can relate them all to Traveler.Traveler.
* VerbalTic: Empath's referring to himself as "this smurf" notably disappears with his later-years appearance as Great-Grandfather Smurf.
* VerbalTic: Empath's referring to himself as "this smurf" notably disappears with his later-years appearance as Great-Grandfather Smurf.
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* ImMelting: Future Empath sees his wife Smurfette melt back into lifeless blue clay when she dies.
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* RecursiveCanon: As hinted in the story, the real-life adventures of the Smurfs as stored in the memory crystal have become the basis for Creator/{{Peyo}} creating ''Franchise/TheSmurfs''.
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* SugarApocalypse: The Smurf Village is destroyed in an earthquake several hundred years from Empath's present-time period in the stories.
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* SugarApocalypse: The Smurf Village is destroyed in an earthquake several hundred years from Empath's present-time period in the stories.stories.
* StableTimeLoop: Basically what Traveler was created to do in this story. He knows everything that his great-grandfather has told him about Smurf history, he is given the power to time-travel, he goes back in time to give his great-grandfather visions of things to come, his grand-grandfather lives out what's to come so that he can relate them all to Traveler.
* StableTimeLoop: Basically what Traveler was created to do in this story. He knows everything that his great-grandfather has told him about Smurf history, he is given the power to time-travel, he goes back in time to give his great-grandfather visions of things to come, his grand-grandfather lives out what's to come so that he can relate them all to Traveler.
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* MentalTimeTravel: Empath of the present time of the story series jumps ahead to a few points in future history (at least those that were actually presented in the story) where he witnesses the deaths of Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and Brainy, all the while his physical body stays put in the present time period.
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* BadFuture: From present-time (''not'' modern-day) Empath's point-of-view, the future is bleak for the Smurfs as he not only sees Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and his own brother Brainy die, but he also see the Smurf Village destroyed.
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* BadFuture: From present-time (''not'' modern-day) Empath's point-of-view, the future is bleak for the Smurfs as he not only sees Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and his own brother Brainy die, but he also see sees the Smurf Village destroyed.
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In the year 2005, Empath as Great-Grandfather Smurf tells his great-grandson about the time that as a young Smurf he received visions of the future.
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!!This story provides the following examples of:
* BadFuture: From present-time (''not'' modern-day) Empath's point-of-view, the future is bleak for the Smurfs as he not only sees Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and his own brother Brainy die, but he also see the Smurf Village destroyed.
* BadPresent: 2005, as seen by the few surviving Smurfs, as the Smurf Forest is now devastated by pollution and human expansion.
* DistantPrologue: Inverted, as the prologue takes place about a thousand years after the events of Empath being able to see events of the future.
* SugarApocalypse: The Smurf Village is destroyed in an earthquake several hundred years from Empath's present-time period in the stories.
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!!This story provides the following examples of:
* BadFuture: From present-time (''not'' modern-day) Empath's point-of-view, the future is bleak for the Smurfs as he not only sees Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and his own brother Brainy die, but he also see the Smurf Village destroyed.
* BadPresent: 2005, as seen by the few surviving Smurfs, as the Smurf Forest is now devastated by pollution and human expansion.
* DistantPrologue: Inverted, as the prologue takes place about a thousand years after the events of Empath being able to see events of the future.
* SugarApocalypse: The Smurf Village is destroyed in an earthquake several hundred years from Empath's present-time period in the stories.
