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'''The Smoggies''' is a Canadian cartoon produced by CINAR and known in the United States as ''Stop the Smoggies''. The Smoggies are a trio of treasure hunters with no regards for the environment, who have come to the beautiful Coral Island in pursuit of a magical coral that their leader, Emma, believes will grant her everlasting youth. In fact, said coral doesn't exist, but she refuses to accept this fact. The unwitting destruction that the Smoggies carry out is countered by the efforts of the Suntots, a race of seemingly eternally young, child-like people who have invented many brilliant, ecologically sustainable gadgets and gizmos that take advantage of the plentiful water, wind and solar power their home provides. They wish the Smoggies would leave Coral Island, but are too peaceful to use violence to drive them away.

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'''The Smoggies''' is a Canadian cartoon produced by CINAR Canada's Global Television Network and known in the United States as ''Stop the Smoggies''.CINAR. The Smoggies are a trio of treasure hunters with no regards for the environment, who have come to the beautiful Coral Island in pursuit of a magical coral that their leader, Emma, believes will grant her everlasting youth. In fact, said coral doesn't exist, but she refuses to accept this fact. The unwitting destruction that the Smoggies carry out is countered by the efforts of the Suntots, a race of seemingly eternally young, child-like people who have invented many brilliant, ecologically sustainable gadgets and gizmos that take advantage of the plentiful water, wind and solar power their home provides. They wish the Smoggies would leave Coral Island, but are too peaceful to use violence to drive them away.
away. The Smoggies no longer aired on the Global Television Network until August 1997.

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* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: The primary female protagonist of the show is the Suntots' Princess Lila.


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* PrincessProtagonist: The primary female protagonist of the show is the Suntots' Princess Lila.
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* BigThinShortTrio: Polluto, Emma and Clarence respectively.


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* PatchworkMap: Coral Island has snow-capped mountains, iceberg-filled waters, warm beaches, farmland, forests, and more, all crammed into one tiny island.
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* {{Lilliputians}}: The Suntots are much smaller than the Smoggies.
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-->'''Clarance''': ''Well..um...people who can't decide what color to paint their houses!

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-->'''Polluto''': ''Who's Who's going to want want invisible paint?
-->'''Clarance''': ''Well..Well..um...people who can't decide what color to paint their houses!
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'''Clarence''': Emma's long-suffering husband and the captain of the ''Stinky Poo'', the ship where the Smoggies reside. He's generally good-natured, but his loyalty to Emma blinds him to the harm she is having them do. An enthusiastic but an incompetent inventor, whose gadgets often bring them trouble.

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'''Clarence''': Emma's long-suffering husband and the captain of the ''Stinky Poo'', the ship where the Smoggies reside. He's generally good-natured, but his loyalty to Emma blinds him to the harm she is having them do. An enthusiastic but an incompetent inventor, whose gadgets often bring them trouble.

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* DisasterDominoes: Invoked in "Oil or Nothing"; the Suntots demand that the Smoggies leave the oil in the tarbog's pit alone because that oil allows the tarbog -- a strange bird with a single luminescent eye -- to reach the top of its hole. And the tarbog is the only predator of the mighty marauder moths; a species of moth from the deep wilderness of Coral Island characterized by its voracious appetite and which feeds on chuckaberries, which are the Suntots' primary food source. So, if the oil is taken, the tarbog can't eat the moths, which eat all the berries and leave the Suntots on the verge of starving. Of course, guess what happens?



* ExtremeOmnivore: Polluto. He regularly eats coal -- and once ate a diamond because Clarence told him diamonds were made from coal -- and screws, and he likes drinking oil, which is the reason they couldn't leave Coral Island during the one occasion they wanted to. On his birthday episode, he is given a ''motor oil cake with axle-grease frosting''.

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* ExtremeOmnivore: Polluto. He regularly eats coal -- and once ate a diamond because Clarence told him diamonds were made from coal -- and screws, and he likes drinking oil, which is the reason they couldn't leave Coral Island during the one occasion they wanted to. On his birthday episode, in "Bubble Mania", he is given a ''motor oil cake with axle-grease frosting''.



* IGaveMyWord: When the Smoggies decided to leave Coral Island, they needed to replenish their ship's oil supply and their only hope was extracting oil from Coral Island. As part of a deal between them and the Suntots, the Smoggies could extract oil from Coral Island on the proviso they didn't take any oil from the tarbog's pit. When Emma wanted to break the deal, her usually HenpeckedHusband invoked this trope.

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* IGaveMyWord: When the Smoggies decided to leave Coral Island, Island in the episode "Oil or Nothing", they needed to replenish their ship's oil supply due to Polluto consuming most of it, and their only hope was extracting oil from Coral Island. As part of a deal between them and the Suntots, the Smoggies could extract oil from Coral Island on the proviso they didn't take any oil from the tarbog's pit. When Emma wanted to break the deal, her usually HenpeckedHusband invoked this trope.


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* ThePowerOfFriendship: When Ralph gets caught in one of the tar-bubbles in the episode "Bubble Mania", Polluto goes charging off ''through'' the Stinky Poo's gunwale before swimming for dear life to try and rescue his avian friend. Much to the bewilderment of Captain Clarance.
-->''Captain Clarence:'' "He can't even swim!"
-->''Princess Lila:'' "True friendship, like love, conquers all."


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* WhamLine: In episode 25, "Oil or Nothing", there are two from Emma in short order: "I want to leave", and "Maybe there ''is'' no magic coral". The latter is particularly shocking, because the Suntots have been trying to convince her that there's no such thing as Coral of Youth

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'''The Smoggies''' is a Canadian cartoon produced by CINAR and known in the United States as ''Stop the Smoggies''. The Smoggies are a trio of treasure hunters with no regards for the environment. Their pollution is stopped by the Suntots, a people dwelling at Coral Island.

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'''The Smoggies''' is a Canadian cartoon produced by CINAR and known in the United States as ''Stop the Smoggies''. The Smoggies are a trio of treasure hunters with no regards for the environment. Their pollution environment, who have come to the beautiful Coral Island in pursuit of a magical coral that their leader, Emma, believes will grant her everlasting youth. In fact, said coral doesn't exist, but she refuses to accept this fact. The unwitting destruction that the Smoggies carry out is stopped countered by the efforts of the Suntots, a race of seemingly eternally young, child-like people dwelling at who have invented many brilliant, ecologically sustainable gadgets and gizmos that take advantage of the plentiful water, wind and solar power their home provides. They wish the Smoggies would leave Coral Island.
Island, but are too peaceful to use violence to drive them away.



'''Clarence''': Emma's long-suffering husband and the captain of the ''Stinky Poo'', the ship where the Smoggies reside. He's generally good-natured but an incompetent inventor.

'''Polluto''': Clarence's large, oafish crewman.

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'''Clarence''': Emma's long-suffering husband and the captain of the ''Stinky Poo'', the ship where the Smoggies reside. He's generally good-natured good-natured, but his loyalty to Emma blinds him to the harm she is having them do. An enthusiastic but an incompetent inventor.inventor, whose gadgets often bring them trouble.

'''Polluto''': Clarence's large, oafish crewman.
crewman, whose powerful muscles are balanced by the fact he has the mind of a jovial, dirt-loving child.



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* AntiVillain:
** Clarence and Polluto arguably count. They both seem like pretty decent guys, but Clarence is devoted to Emma and doesn't think through the consequences of pleasing her, while Polluto is just too stupid to realize the damage the Smoggies are causing.
** Emma, on the other hand, really ''is'' a villain-she's greedy and selfish, and doesn't care what kind of damage the Smoggies do to the environment, so long as she gets what she wants.

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AntagonistTitle: The series is named after the villainous trio, the Smoggies.
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** Played straight with Clarence and Polluto arguably count. They Polluto; both seem like are pretty decent guys, but Clarence is devoted to Emma and doesn't think through the consequences of pleasing her, while Polluto is just too stupid to realize the damage the Smoggies are causing.
** Emma, on the other hand, really ''is'' a villain-she's villain -- she's greedy and selfish, and doesn't care what kind of damage the Smoggies do to the environment, so long as she gets what she wants.



* BigEater:
** Polluto eats coal, screws and he once ate a diamond because Clarence told him diamonds were made from coal.
** Polluto also likes drinking oil, which is the reason they couldn't leave Coral Island during the one occasion they wanted to.
* BunglingInventor[=/=]DitzyGenius: Clarance who's mishaps include stumbling on a size growth formula while he was trying to invent invisible paint.

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* BigEater:
** Polluto eats coal, screws and he once ate a diamond because Clarence told him diamonds were made from coal.
** Polluto also likes drinking oil, which is the reason they couldn't leave Coral Island during the one occasion they wanted to.
* BunglingInventor[=/=]DitzyGenius: Clarance who's whose mishaps include stumbling on a size growth formula while he was trying to invent invisible paint.



* ComicTrio: The Smoggies, Emma is the leader, Clarence is smart but spineless, and Polluto is an idiot.
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* ComicTrio: The Smoggies, Emma is the leader, Clarence is smart but spineless, and Polluto is an a big strong idiot.
%% * EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: The primary female protagonist of the show is the Suntots' Princess LilaLila.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Polluto. He regularly eats coal -- and once ate a diamond because Clarence told him diamonds were made from coal -- and screws, and he likes drinking oil, which is the reason they couldn't leave Coral Island during the one occasion they wanted to. On his birthday episode, he is given a ''motor oil cake with axle-grease frosting''.



* GoKartingWithBowser: The Suntots and Smoggies dance together in the opening credits.

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* GoKartingWithBowser: The Despite officially being antagonistic towards each other, neither the Suntots and nor the Smoggies bears any real hostility towards each other, and when given the chance they will interact peacefully. This is hinted at by the way they dance together in the opening credits.credits. One notable example is during the episode in Polluto celebrates his birthday; when his bottle addressed to the "Faraway Fun Farm" asking for a bubble-blowing pipe winds up at the Suntots village, they decide to make one for him, since it is his birthday and it was bad luck that his message in a bottle went off course.



* HenpeckedHusband: Poor Clarence, being married to an egomaniac diva like Emma is doomed to this.

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* HenpeckedHusband: Poor Clarence, being married to an egomaniac diva like Emma Emma, is doomed to this.this. He's stood up to her on ''extremely'' rare occasions, but in general, she stands over him.



%% * McGuffin: For Miss Emma, the magic coral.

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%% * McGuffin: For Miss Emma, The entire series is built around the magic coral.quest of the Smoggies for the magical youth-restoring coral that Emma is convinced lies in the waters off of Coral Island. Unfortunately for her, it doesn't exist.



* ShaggyDogStory: The whole reason the Smoggies are there is to try and find the magic coral so that Emma can use it to maintain her youth and beauty. However, there was no magic coral. The Suntots stayed young and beautiful through living cleanly and taking care of their environment, but Emma did not want to believe that. Moreover, Clarence is already completely in love with Emma, and he'd likely remain so no matter what she looked like.

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* ThePigPen: Polluto actively enjoys being dirty and filthy, which is one of the reasons why he's a Smoggie in the first place.
* ShaggyDogStory: The whole reason the Smoggies are there is to try and find the magic coral so that Emma can use it to maintain her youth and beauty. However, there was no magic coral. The Suntots stayed stay young and beautiful through living cleanly and taking care of their environment, but Emma did does not want to believe that. Moreover, Clarence is already completely in love with Emma, and he'd likely remain so no matter what she looked like.
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* GoKartingWithBowser: The Suntots and Smoggies dance together in the opening credits.
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* BunglingInventor[=/=]DitzyGenius: Clarance who's mishaps include stumbling on a size growth formula while she was trying to invent invisible paint.

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* BunglingInventor=/=DitzyGenius: Clarance who's mishaps include stumbling on a size growth formula while she was trying to invent invisible paint.

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* BunglingInventor=/=DitzyGenius: Clarance who's mishaps include stumbling on a size growth formula while she was trying to invent invisible paint.
-->'''Polluto''': ''Who's going to want want invisible paint?
-->'''Clarance''': ''Well..um...people who can't decide what color to paint their houses!



* DitzyGenius: Clarance who's inventions include invisible paint.
-->'''Polluto''': ''Who's going to want want invisible paint?
-->'''Clarance''': ''Well..um...people who can't decide what color to paint their houses!
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* DitzyGenius: Clarance who's inventions include invisible paint.
-->'''Polluto''': ''Who's going to want want invisible paint?
-->'''Clarance''': ''Well..um...people who can't decide what color to paint their houses!

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%% * HenpeckedHusband: Poor Clarence.

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%% * HenpeckedHusband: Poor Clarence.Clarence, being married to an egomaniac diva like Emma is doomed to this.


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* ManChild: Polluto is a KindheartedSimpleton with an endearing childishness about him.


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* TerribleTrio: The eponymous Smoggies, with Emma as the demanding leader and her co-dragons being the short genius Clarence and DumbMuscle sidekick Polluto.
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* CastOfSnowflakes: There are a lot of Suntots on the island, and each of them have a unique hair colour to go with it. However, the hairstyles for moost of them are identical, making it easy to make background characters.

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* CastOfSnowflakes: There are a lot of Suntots on the island, and each of them have a unique hair colour to go with it. However, the hairstyles for moost most of them are identical, making it easy to make background characters.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The whole reason the Smoggies are there is to try and find the magic coral so that Emma can use it to maintain her youth and beauty. However, Clarence is already completely in love with Emma, and he'd likely remain so no matter what she looked like.

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* ShaggyDogStory: The whole reason the Smoggies are there is to try and find the magic coral so that Emma can use it to maintain her youth and beauty. However, there was no magic coral. The Suntots stayed young and beautiful through living cleanly and taking care of their environment, but Emma did not want to believe that. Moreover, Clarence is already completely in love with Emma, and he'd likely remain so no matter what she looked like.
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** PollutoPolluto. He only harasses the "Sunsquirts" when Emma tells him to. Left to his own devices he's friendly towards them.

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* AntagonistTitle
* AntiVillain: Clarence and Polluto arguably count. They both seem like pretty decent guys, but Clarence is devoted to Emma and doesn't think through the consequences of pleasing her, while Polluto is just too stupid to realize the damage the Smoggies are causing.

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Clarence and Polluto arguably count. They both seem like pretty decent guys, but Clarence is devoted to Emma and doesn't think through the consequences of pleasing her, while Polluto is just too stupid to realize the damage the Smoggies are causing.



* BigEater: Polluto eats coal, screws and he once ate a diamond because Clarence told him diamonds were made from coal.

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* BigEater: BigEater:
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Polluto eats coal, screws and he once ate a diamond because Clarence told him diamonds were made from coal.



* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Lila

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* HenpeckedHusband: Poor Clarence.

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* McGuffin: For Miss Emma, the magic coral.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Polluto

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* AntiVillain: Clarence and Polluto arguably count. They both seem like pretty decent guys, but Clarence is devoted to Emma and doesn't think through the consequences of pleasing her, while Polluto is just too stupid to realize the damage the Smoggies are causing.
** Emma, on the other hand, really ''is'' a villain-she's greedy and selfish, and doesn't care what kind of damage the Smoggies do to the environment, so long as she gets what she wants.


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* HumansAreBastards: The Suntots certainly have reason to think so, given everything the Smoggies have put them through.


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* ObliviouslyEvil: Clarence and Polluto are classic examples, in that most of the damage they cause is a result of their trying to please Emma. Clarence is so devoted to her that he doesn't take into account the damage he's doing in indulging her, while Polluto simply does whatever the other Smoggies tell him to.
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* HappilyMarried: Clarence and Emma are very much this, despite Emma's overbearing attitude.


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* ShaggyDogStory: The whole reason the Smoggies are there is to try and find the magic coral so that Emma can use it to maintain her youth and beauty. However, Clarence is already completely in love with Emma, and he'd likely remain so no matter what she looked like.

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* BambooTechnology: Most of the Suntot's machinery are this, although they rely on wind, water and solar power.



* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Lila



** And Clarence, most of the time. The show in general has some of the weakest villains in the history of television, considering how pleasant and likeable two of the three are.

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** And Clarence, most of the time. The show in general has some of the weakest villains in the history of television, considering how pleasant and likeable two of the three are.are.
* NonHumanSidekick: A rare villainous example, Polluto's pet bird Ralph.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Especially when your main objective doesn't exist...
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* McGuffin: For Miss Emma, the magic coral.

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'''Emma''': The bossy self-proclaimed leader of the Smoggies. Her primary goal is obtaining the Magic Coral of Youth, which she believes to be the source of the Suntots' lasting youth. She won't listen to any suntot claiming the magic coral doesn't exist.

'''Clarence''': Emma's husband and the captain of the ''Stinky Poo'', the ship where the Smoggies reside. His inventions usually cause more harm than good.

'''Polluto''': Clarence's crewman.

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'''Emma''': The cruel and bossy self-proclaimed leader of the Smoggies. Her primary Vain and superficial, her main goal in life is obtaining the Magic Coral of Youth, which she believes to be the source of the Suntots' lasting everlasting youth. She won't listen to any suntot claiming the magic This coral doesn't exist.

actually exist, but Emma refuses to believe it.

'''Clarence''': Emma's long-suffering husband and the captain of the ''Stinky Poo'', the ship where the Smoggies reside. His inventions usually cause more harm than good.

He's generally good-natured but an incompetent inventor.

'''Polluto''': Clarence's large, oafish crewman.


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** And Clarence, most of the time. The show in general has some of the weakest villains in the history of television, considering how pleasant and likeable two of the three are.
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* VillainSong: The first verse of the theme song is sung by the Smoggies. Probably one of the most upbeat examples - you'd never think they are the villains unless you listened to the lyrics.
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* ComicTrio: The Smoggies, Emma is the leader, Clarence is smart but spineless, and Polluto is an idiot.
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* CastOfSnowflakes: There are a lot of Suntots on the island, and each of them have a unique hair colour to go with it. However, the hairstyles for moost of them are identical, making it easy to make background characters.
* GreenAesop: The Suntots use all-natural energy sources, while the Smoggies do nothing but pollute. A lot of plots revolve around preserving nature, and the Smoggies desire to destroy it or otherwise pollute.


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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The Suntots have a rainbow spectrum of possible hair colours. The Smoggies have more natural colours.
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'''The Smoggies''' is a Canadian cartoon produced by CINAR and known in the United States as ''Stop the Smoggies''. The Smoggies are a trio of treasure hunters with no regards for the environment. Their pollution is stopped by the Suntots, a people dwelling at Coral Island.

The Smoggies are:

'''Emma''': The bossy self-proclaimed leader of the Smoggies. Her primary goal is obtaining the Magic Coral of Youth, which she believes to be the source of the Suntots' lasting youth. She won't listen to any suntot claiming the magic coral doesn't exist.

'''Clarence''': Emma's husband and the captain of the ''Stinky Poo'', the ship where the Smoggies reside. His inventions usually cause more harm than good.

'''Polluto''': Clarence's crewman.

!!List of tropes in The Smoggies

* AntagonistTitle
* BigEater: Polluto eats coal, screws and he once ate a diamond because Clarence told him diamonds were made from coal.
** Polluto also likes drinking oil, which is the reason they couldn't leave Coral Island during the one occasion they wanted to.
* HenpeckedHusband: Poor Clarence.
* IGaveMyWord: When the Smoggies decided to leave Coral Island, they needed to replenish their ship's oil supply and their only hope was extracting oil from Coral Island. As part of a deal between them and the Suntots, the Smoggies could extract oil from Coral Island on the proviso they didn't take any oil from the tarbog's pit. When Emma wanted to break the deal, her usually HenpeckedHusband invoked this trope.
* LoopholeAbuse: Clarence might have given his word he'd not extract oil from the tarbog's pit, but Emma pointed out she didn't give ''hers''.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Polluto
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