Return to Recap: The Smurfs.
Handy builds a new getaway resort for the Smurfs, which becomes so popular that every Smurf wants to go to it. Meanwhile, Gargamel tries to get his cat Azrael to be able to sniff out Smurfs so he could find their village. He does accidentally find it and ends up camping out near it when most of the Smurfs are at the getaway resort. The Smurfs then work together to get Gargamel away from the village while putting up with the crowded conditions of the getaway resort.
Tropes associated with this story include:
- Beach Episode: Of a sort.
- Bears Are Bad News: Gargamel deals with a bear chasing him through the forest, which leads to his accidentally finding the Smurf Village. He later encounters the same bear who eats up his Trail of Bread Crumbs and gets into a fight with it, getting bruised in the process.
- Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: Played with. The Smurfs theme tune makes its appearance in this story, in the form of musical notes on a scale.
- Face Palm: Papa Smurf does this a few times in the story.
- Frothy Mugs of Water: A Smurf seems to be getting drunk on berry juice.
- Nobody Poops: An outhouse is hinted at in the story, where Handy shows Painter and Poet the house he has built by a lake in the mountains.
- Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony: Smurfette does this at the opening of the new getaway resort.
- Smelly Skunk: Given that the story takes place in a European forest, Gargamel encounters a smelly polecat that sprays its scent upon both the wizard and his cat.
- Trail of Bread Crumbs: The Smurfs trick Gargamel into leaving his camping area near the Smurf Village by saying that his house is on fire, and then set up a bonfire behind the house to make it look like the house was on fire. Gargamel tries to one-up on the Smurfs by leaving a trail of cherries behind him so that he can find his way back to the camping spot, but on his return, he sees that a bear is scooping up the cherries and eating them.
- Trash the Set: The beavers completely trash the Smurf Village getaway resort by the end of the story.
- Vetinari Job Security: The Smurfs that are left behind in the Smurf Village try to take care of important village tasks while several Smurfs are away at the vacation resort, only for Potter to fail at Baker's job of baking bread and another Smurf to fail at Farmer's job of delivering fresh vegetables to Chef Smurf.
