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Smurfs as in the name of the people is spelled with a capital S.


* BarbieDollAnatomy: Probably done by accident, but in "Papa's Big Snooze" and “Karate Clumsy,” several smurfs are knocked over, and their kimonos don’t cover where... certain parts... are missing.

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Probably done by accident, but in "Papa's Big Snooze" and “Karate Clumsy,” several smurfs Smurfs are knocked over, and their kimonos don’t cover where... certain parts... are missing.
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** Accidentally played straight in "Papa's Big Snooze", leading to what appears to be BarbieDollAnatomy.

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** Accidentally played straight in "Papa's Big Snooze", Snooze" and “Karate Clumsy,” leading to what appears to be BarbieDollAnatomy.
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Probably done by accident, but in "Papa's Big Snooze", when Papa Smurf is knocked on his back from being bit by the slumber bug, his kimono doesn't cover where, um...certain parts are lacking.

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Probably done by accident, but in "Papa's Big Snooze", when Papa Smurf is Snooze" and “Karate Clumsy,” several smurfs are knocked on his back from being bit by the slumber bug, his kimono doesn't over, and their kimonos don’t cover where, um...where... certain parts parts... are lacking.missing.
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* OffModel: Seems to happen a lot in the earlier seasons, such as Papa's pants being colored white, Clumsy's hat being an ordinary Smurf hat, Hefty without his tattoos, etc. Even after Hanna-Barbera switched to overseas studios in the sixth season, there are still a few off-model moments such as Sassette's hair becoming blond in one episode of the ninth season.
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* ImagineSpot: The WeddingDay special "Smurfily Ever After" has Smurfette imagining her marriages to various Smurfs, each of them ending in some sort of disaster: Greedy loves food too much, Vanity loves himself too much, Hefty loves exercising too much, Farmer loves farming too much, Handy loves fixing things too much, Jokey loves playing pranks too much, and Clumsy is just...Clumsy.

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* ImagineSpot: The WeddingDay special WeddingEpisode "Smurfily Ever After" has Smurfette imagining her marriages to various Smurfs, each of them ending in some sort of disaster: Greedy loves food too much, Vanity loves himself too much, Hefty loves exercising too much, Farmer loves farming too much, Handy loves fixing things too much, Jokey loves playing pranks too much, and Clumsy is just...Clumsy.



* WeddingDay: The cartoon special "Smurfily Ever After" was devoted to the wedding of CuteMute Laconia and her beloved Woody. Woody wanted it simple, but the Smurfs were willing to make it a monumental event, which got ruined by Gargamel showing up with his Ghoulliope musical machine. By the special's end, Woody got the simple wedding he wanted all along.

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* WeddingDay: WeddingEpisode: The cartoon special "Smurfily Ever After" was devoted to the wedding of CuteMute Laconia and her beloved Woody. Woody wanted it simple, but the Smurfs were willing to make it a monumental event, which got ruined by Gargamel showing up with his Ghoulliope musical machine. By the special's end, Woody got the simple wedding he wanted all along.
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dont interject your opinions into this shit, grouchy is just weird


* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "A Hug For Grouchy", Grouchy running away from Smurfs who were stalking him and pouncing on him to give him a hug on Hug-A-Smurf Day, whether he wanted one or not, could be construed as an allegory for rape.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "A Hug For Grouchy", Grouchy running away from Smurfs who were stalking him and pouncing on him to give him a hug on Hug-A-Smurf Day, whether he wanted one or not, could be construed as an allegory for rape.rape, albeit a very loose one.



** The way they were chasing after him to give him a hug, it basically comes off as a form of rape.



* HappinessIsMandatory: Inverted in the episode "Happy Unhappiness Day To You", where ''unhappiness'' among the Smurfs is mandatory for one day. Strangely, this means that Grouchy can't be grumbling for one day! Possibly played straight in "A Hug For Grouchy", where hugs are mandatory for each Smurf on Hug-A-Smurf Day, and if you don't want a hug, some Smurfs will come and ''hug rape'' you!

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* HappinessIsMandatory: Inverted in the episode "Happy Unhappiness Day To You", where ''unhappiness'' among the Smurfs is mandatory for one day. Strangely, this means that Grouchy can't be grumbling for one day! Possibly played straight in "A Hug For Grouchy", where hugs are mandatory for each Smurf on Hug-A-Smurf Day, and if you don't want a hug, some Smurfs will come and ''hug rape'' assault'' you!
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* AnimationBump: In the first five seasons, the scenes animated by Ed Love (from the in-house unit) tend to be more fluid and expressive than the rest of the episodes.
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* EarlyPersonalitySigns: All Smurf infants' first words are said to hint at their adult personalities to come. For instance, Brainy's was "Gobbledygook", which hints at his [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness saying big words]], Farmer's was "fertiliser", and Jokey's was "surprise" (hinting at his love to surprise people with exploding gifts). Baby's first word turns out to be [[spoiler: "Gargamel"]], which Papa Smurf takes as a sign that [[spoiler: he recognises his enemy and will therefore grow to be a great leader]].
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* NotAMask: In "All The Smurf's A Stage", Timid Smurf has been impersonating various Smurfs in order to show his acting ability, and he is (almost) convincing in each of his roles. When the Smurfs who don't know Timid was doing all these acting roles go to Papa Smurf to tell them that there is a Smurf among them that is impersonating other Smurfs, another Papa Smurf shows up, and Brainy pulls on his beard, thinking him to be the impersonator, only to find that that was the ''real'' Papa Smurf and the Papa Smurf they were talking to was Timid impersonating Papa Smurf.
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* AirJousting: In "St. Smurf And The Dragon", a few Smurfs take to the air riding on Feathers the crane and armed with a lance to pierce Gargamel's hot-air balloon as the evil wizard uses a baby dragon's fire breath to attack the Smurfs.
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* ToothFairy: Two different Tooth Fairies appear in two separate episodes. In one episode, a Tooth Fairy is sought after to help ease Baby Smurf's teething pains, but she is held prisoner in a cave by a door that can't be removed unless somebody solves the algebraic problem presented on it. In another episode, Sassette loses her first tooth, and Gargamel kidnaps and disguises himself as the other Tooth Fairy in order to get his hands on the Smurfs.

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* [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave Grandpa, What Massive Smurfiness You Have!]]: Implied by Flowerbell in "Papa's Wedding Day" when she's trying to win Papa Smurf's heart.


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* SilverFox: Flowerbell apparently sees Papa Smurf as this in "Papa's Wedding Day" when she's trying to win his heart.

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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In the episode "Gargamel's Miss-Fortune", Dreamy mentions dreaming of things like "smurfmobiles, smurfovision, and smurfominiums" at the start of the episode, which over time lead to a few [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]] in "The Smurfbox Derby", "Handy's Window Vision", and "Skyscraper Smurfs".

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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In the episode "Gargamel's Miss-Fortune", Dreamy mentions dreaming of things like "smurfmobiles, smurfovision, and smurfominiums" at the start of the episode, which over time lead to a few [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]] in "The Smurfbox Derby", Derby" (and by extension, "Smurfs on Wheels"), "Handy's Window Vision", and "Skyscraper Smurfs".



* {{Druid}}: A group of druids are trapped in a haunted tree in "The Smurfs' Time Capsule", and its leader emerges from it to set them free in order to plunge the world in eternal darkness.

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* DrugsAreBad: ''Very '' subtly done in the episode "Lure of the Orb", which involves an orb that causes anyone who touches it to become dependant on it. This is one of a number of episodes that comes close to being a VerySpecialEpisode.
* {{Druid}}: A group of druids are trapped in a haunted tree in "The Smurfs' Time Capsule", and its leader emerges from it to set them free in order to plunge the world in eternal darkness. Note, however, that they are not actually called "druids".
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* GenderNeutralWriting: This has crept into the episodes to keep Baby Smurf's gender identity anonymous — although at one instance Papa Smurf does refer to Baby Smurf as a "he".

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* AllHallowsEve / HalloweenEpisode: There was "The Smurfs' Halloween Special", even though it was actually an ordinary Saturday morning episode set on Halloween, which turned out to be Jokey Smurf's and Gargamel's birthday. A [[YouMeanXmas similar-themed holiday called Spook-A-Smurf Eve]] was celebrated in "Monster Smurfs".


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* HalloweenEpisode: There was "The Smurfs' Halloween Special", even though it was actually an ordinary Saturday morning episode set on Halloween, which turned out to be Jokey Smurf's and Gargamel's birthday. A [[YouMeanXmas similar-themed holiday called Spook-A-Smurf Eve]] was celebrated in "Monster Smurfs".
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The cartoon show uses a different theme song from the American version for foreign markets during the introduction sequence.

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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The cartoon show uses a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxA39FjrBWw different theme song song]] from the American version for foreign markets during the introduction sequence.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: The Smurfs comic books had their first encounter with Gargamel taking place within the present time period in "The Smurfnapper", where Gargamel abducts one Smurf to use for his gold-making formula and the other Smurfs spend the night in Gargamel's hovel seeking an opportunity to rescue the Smurf. In the AnimatedAdaptation, however, their first meeting with Gargamel happened about ten years prior to the present time period, as revealed in "Gargamel's Time Trip", when Gargamel sought to capture a Smurf to finish his sorcerer's school project so that he could graduate.
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* ImprobableHairstyle: The sequence of hairstyles that Barber Smurf tries out on Smurfette in "Smurfette's Golden Tresses", that don't seem to take the time and place (Medieval Europe) into account ([[spoiler: in order, these are: [[EightiesHair big 80s hair]], two very thick braids, multiple spiky tails, and ''cornrows''.]]) For that matter, Smurfette's hair in general looks like she uses product in her hair to give it body.
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* TheFamine: The main characters go through a famine at least twice in the series. Once, in "Spelunking Smurfs", it came because of a drought, and the Smurfs sought after food in the forest until they found a cave with frozen food and a frozen ogre guarding it. Another time, in "The Horn Of Plenty", Mother Nature's bad broken wand causes the Smurfs' crops to wither and die right at harvest time, causing them to suffer penury during winter until they discover a land where its citizens are fed by a musical instrument called the Horn of Plenty.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[TropeNamers This trope named after Smurfette]] would later be {{averted|Trope}} once Sassette and Nanny Smurf joined the gang.

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Little darling [[TropeNamers This trope named after Smurfette]] would later be {{averted|Trope}} {{avert|edTrope}} her own trope once Sassette and Nanny Smurf joined the gang.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[TropeNamers This trope named after Smurfette]] was originally played straight in earlier episodes, but was later {{averted|Trope}} once Sassette and Nanny Smurf joined the gang.

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[TropeNamers This trope named after Smurfette]] was originally played straight in earlier episodes, but was would later be {{averted|Trope}} once Sassette and Nanny Smurf joined the gang.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[TropeNamers The trope named after Smurfette]] was later {{averted|Trope}} once Sassette joined the gang, thus making it TwoGirlsToATeam.

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[TropeNamers The This trope named after Smurfette]] was originally played straight in earlier episodes, but was later {{averted|Trope}} once Sassette and Nanny Smurf joined the gang, thus making it TwoGirlsToATeam.gang.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[TropeNamers The trope named after Smurfette]] was later {{averted|Trope}} once Sassette joined the gang, thus making it TwoGirlsToATeam.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Their plays based on RobinHood and Literature/TheThreeMusketeers were examples of this.

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* ShowWithinAShow: Their plays based on RobinHood Myth/RobinHood and Literature/TheThreeMusketeers were examples of this.
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* PutOnABus: Most of the other Smurfs that didn't get lost in time in Season 9's first three episodes, as there was no return home episode that was even produced or aired.

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* PutOnABus: Most of the other Smurfs that didn't get lost in time in Season 9's first three episodes, as there was no return home episode that was ever aired, or even produced or aired.produced.
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* VideoPhone: Gargamel and Smurfette use MagicMirrors in this particular fashion (with Smurfette's [[ShowPhone hidden inside a makeup compact]]) to talk to each other when she was in "un-Smurf" mode in "The Smurfette" and "Smurfette Unmade".

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* VideoPhone: Gargamel and Smurfette use MagicMirrors {{Magic Mirror}}s in this particular fashion (with Smurfette's [[ShowPhone [[ShoePhone hidden inside a makeup compact]]) to talk to each other when she was in "un-Smurf" mode in "The Smurfette" and "Smurfette Unmade".
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* BabysFirstWords: The baby's first word was "Gargamel".

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