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* AnAesop: Empath points out the Aesop of this story in the middle of telling it to his daughter Psycheliana that Satan disguises himself as an angel of light, so his ministers will also disguise themselves as "ministers of righteousness", whose end shall be according to their works.
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* TooGoodToBeTrue: What Grouchy says about Benedictus in regard to being a preacher of God and giving the Smurfs the power to live changed lives.
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* TooGoodToBeTrue: What Grouchy says about Benedictus in regard to being a preacher of God and giving the Smurfs the power to live changed lives.lives.
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* AnAesop: Empath points out the Aesop of this story in the middle of telling it to his daughter Psycheliana that Satan disguises himself as an angel of light, so his ministers will also disguise themselves as "ministers of righteousness", whose end shall be according to their works.
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* FakeDefector: Tapper, Duncan [=McSmurf=], and Grouchy become fake converts to Benedictus' religion (but Duncan and Grouchy, as it turns out, become true converts unto God) to infiltrate his army and take it down from within.
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* MusicalEpisode: Chapter 6 has Tapper singing "Devil In Disguise" to Benedictus after he's revealed to be a servant of Satan.
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* IllWaitForYou: Smurfette tells Empath she'll still be waiting for him to ask her to marry him after his revival and telling her he's met their future daughter.
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* IllWaitForYou: IWillWaitForYou: Smurfette tells Empath she'll still be waiting for him to ask her to marry him after his revival and telling her he's met their future daughter.
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* IllWaitForYou: Smurfette tells Empath she'll still be waiting for him to ask her to marry him after his revival and telling her he's met their future daughter.
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* DevilInDisguise: Tapper sings a song about Benedictus being "a devil in disguise" when he is exposed.
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* LightIsNotGood: Lucifer appears in this story as a shining angel.
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* AddictiveMagic: Benedictus' power, which Empath says the Smurfs had received night after night of his being with them to preach his "gospel".
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* TimeTravel: Traveler takes Empath's daughter back into the past to rescue her father from going into the light.
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* TimeTravel: Traveler takes Empath's daughter back into the past to rescue her father from going into the light.light.
* TooGoodToBeTrue: What Grouchy says about Benedictus in regard to being a preacher of God and giving the Smurfs the power to live changed lives.
* TooGoodToBeTrue: What Grouchy says about Benedictus in regard to being a preacher of God and giving the Smurfs the power to live changed lives.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Benedictus is actually a serpentine creature called a Viperion.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: There are Scripture verses that are either quoted or paraphrased throughout the story, with Lucifer himself quoting [[Literature/BookOfIsaiah Isaiah 14:13-14]].
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Empath tells his young daughter about the time after the Smurfs had returned from their time-traveling journey that he was in a coma and that a mysterious stranger named Benedictus offered peace and comfort to the Smurfs through the power of his God, with Grandpa Smurf finding out that this mysterious stranger was actually working for Lucifer.
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Empath tells his young daughter about the time after the Smurfs had returned from their time-traveling journey that he was in a coma and that a mysterious stranger named Benedictus offered peace and comfort to the Smurfs through the power of his God, with Grandpa Smurf finding out that this mysterious stranger was actually working for Lucifer.[[Main/{{Satan}} Lucifer]].
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* TakeThat: Written as a commentary about so-called "Christian revivals" in the modern age, with Benedictus being a CompositeCharacter version of Creator/BennyHinn and Creator/JoelOsteen.
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* DemonicPossession: Benedictus and his followers claim that those who actively resist his "gift of the Holy Spirit" have a "Jezebel spirit".
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* MeaningfulRename: Baby Smurf is given the new name Miracle in this story because of his actions.
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* SinisterMinister: Benedictus, who is actually working for Lucifer.
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* SinisterMinister: Benedictus, who is actually working for Lucifer.Lucifer.
* TimeTravel: Traveler takes Empath's daughter back into the past to rescue her father from going into the light.
* TimeTravel: Traveler takes Empath's daughter back into the past to rescue her father from going into the light.
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* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: The power of Benedictus' "Holy Spirit" has this effect on the Smurfs who felt it upon receiving it.
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* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: The power of Benedictus' "Holy Spirit" has this effect on the Smurfs who felt it upon receiving it. Clumsy says that it's better than [[FantasticDrug smurfnip]].
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* ICantBelieveThisIsntHeroin: The power of Benedictus' "Holy Spirit" has this effect on the Smurfs who felt it upon receiving it.
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* ICantBelieveThisIsntHeroin: The power of Benedictus' "Holy Spirit" has this effect on the Smurfs who felt it upon receiving it.
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Empath tells his young daughter about the time after the Smurfs had returned from their time-traveling journey that he was in a coma and that a mysterious stranger named Benedictus offered peace and comfort to the Smurfs through the power of his God, with Grandpa Smurf finding out that this mysterious stranger was actually working for Lucifer.
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!!This story provides examples of:
* FramingStory: Empath tells his daughter the story, which he becomes unconscious during the telling of. Traveler enters and brings Empath's daughter to the part of the story where she plays an active part in.
* GoIntoTheLight: Empath has an out-of-body experience where he travels the world to find a light at the end that he is drawn to enter into. Traveler and Empath's daughter come to Empath's rescue, persuading him not to enter into the light.
* SinisterMinister: Benedictus, who is actually working for Lucifer.
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!!This story provides examples of:
* FramingStory: Empath tells his daughter the story, which he becomes unconscious during the telling of. Traveler enters and brings Empath's daughter to the part of the story where she plays an active part in.
* GoIntoTheLight: Empath has an out-of-body experience where he travels the world to find a light at the end that he is drawn to enter into. Traveler and Empath's daughter come to Empath's rescue, persuading him not to enter into the light.
* SinisterMinister: Benedictus, who is actually working for Lucifer.
