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"Clumsy Smurfs The Future" is a Season 2 episode from the Smurfs cartoon show.

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Synopsis

Clumsy finds a strange rock that shows him some glimpses into what's going to happen in the future.

Plot Summary

Clumsy Sees Himself

Clumsy sees he's going to need a new pick in his future.

Clumsy is out in the forest, happily singing along as he picks the ground in order to get roots for Papa Smurf, when his pick strikes a rock, causing him to vibrate. Clumsy picks up the pink rock he found and just thinks it's a dumb old rock when he sees a vision of himself in the rock with a broken pick. But he sees that his pick isn't broken and so tosses the rock aside so he can go back to picking roots until his pick finally breaks. Then he realizes that the rock allows him to see things before they happen, which he believes is something he must show to Papa Smurf, thinking he will be so happy.

Back in the village, however, Papa Smurf is not pleased that Clumsy had found a rock instead of fresh potion roots to replace the ones that have been ruined by rain leaking through his roof. He is not interested in looking at Clumsy's rock, and as Clumsy tries to show it to a few other Smurfs, they're not interested in it either. Then the rock glows and Clumsy sees in it Greedy throwing away all his goodies. He tells his fellow Smurfs what he predicts is going to happen by what he saw in the rock, and the other Smurfs laugh until Greedy opens his window and starts tossing his goodies into the barrel. He tells his fellow Smurfs that he goofed and used salt instead of sugar, and so his goodies are all ruined.

Clumsy says it's just like what the rock said would happen, and so the other Smurfs gather around him to see if they could see anything in the rock, but it doesn't show them anything. They all start to leave, with Vanity simply saying that it was a lucky guess. Then Clumsy's rock glows again, and in it he sees that Smurfette's house is sinking into the ground. Hefty hears this prediction and scoffs at it, saying that he has just dug a smurfy basement for her, but Handy shows up and says that he should have waited for the support beams. And soon Smurfette's house sinks into the ground, with Smurfette climbing out through her chimney to "thank" Hefty.

This makes the Smurfs convinced that Clumsy's vision rock is for real and so they crowd around Clumsy, wondering if he could see anything in their future. Papa Smurf comes along and hears about the rock, remembering from what he heard about the rocks that only the person who unearths the rock can see its visions of the future. He doesn't see any harm in Clumsy having the rock and so lets him keep it as long as he and the other Smurfs don't get carried away it, saying that the future is what they make of it, not what the rock makes of it.

But even though Papa Smurf's little Smurfs promise that they won't get carried away by the vision rock, they soon crowd around Clumsy and ask if he could see their future in it. Brainy tries to act on Clumsy's behalf, escorting his friend safely home away from the other Smurfs, but inside the house, Brainy is wildly shaking Clumsy, hoping to get every bit of detail of his future. Clumsy tells Brainy that the rock doesn't answer questions, which makes Brainy so upset that he is ready to leave. And then the other Smurfs come in to offer presents to Clumsy if he would tell their future: Handy brings a carrying case, Farmer brings some of his best crops, Greedy brings his baked goodie, Vanity brings his favorite mirror, and Smurfette brings her softest pillow.

Again, they crowd around Clumsy, hoping to know their future, when Brainy interrupts them and shows himself as Clumsy's official agent and representative, laying down the ground rules for those who want Clumsy to see their future. The Smurfs are not interested in listening to Brainy's rules and end up breaking one of them by tossing him to the village limits. Then Papa Smurf comes and tells Clumsy to put away the rock and for the Smurfs to do their chores, which they immediately rush to do.

Out in the forest, as the Smurfs do their chores, Smurfette is busy collecting firewood when Gargamel has her right in his clutches, screaming for help. The other Smurfs wonder what to do, and Lazy says they should ask Clumsy. Then Clumsy's rock glows again, and Clumsy sees in it that Smurfette is back in the village all safe and sound. The Smurfs decide to not rescue Smurfette from Gargamel and simply tell her that they'll see her back in the village, leaving her wondering why her fellow Smurfs would abandon her.

In Gargamel's hovel, the evil wizard dumps Smurfette into a pickle barrel, saying that there's one thing he likes better than a pickle, and that is a pickled Smurf. After Gargamel slams the lid over the pickle barrel, Smurfette wonders how she's going to get out of this when she sees a cork and realizes that there is a way out. She pushes on the cork until it pops out right in Azrael's face, soaking him in pickle juice while she slips through the hole. Gargamel sees that she's getting away and chases after her as he enters the forest. She gives the evil wizard the slip by slipping safely through a briar patch.

Back in the village, Papa Smurf has Harmony summon every Smurf together for an important announcement, and then wonders where Smurfette is. The other Smurfs say Gargamel got her, but Clumsy's rock says that she will come safely home. Papa Smurf thinks that his little Smurfs have gone mad and is now raring to go save her until Smurfette shows up, all wet and angry at her fellow Smurfs for leaving her with Gargamel. Papa Smurf has Clumsy hand over the rock, and then proceeds with the announcement that a terrible storm is heading their way and that he must go to the far meadows to gather some rare pollens before the rain starts. He has Brainy and Clumsy fix his leaky roof while he sends the other Smurfs to Farmer's fields to gather the crops before the storm destroys them.

As the Smurfs get busy preparing for the storm, Clumsy goes up the ladder to fix the leak when he sees his vision rock through Papa Smurf's window. The rock glows and shows Clumsy a vision of blue skies that are coming. Brainy interprets this as meaning no rain is coming and so tells his fellow Smurfs the news so they could abandon preparations for the storm and have a picnic by the river. But soon, dark storm clouds appear over the forest, and the Smurfs are quickly abandoning the picnic they were starting to enjoy, "thanking" Brainy for the prediction that failed them. Brainy tries to assure them that Clumsy's prediction is still true when he sees Clumsy running to the village, saying that they need to fix Papa Smurf's roof.

However, rainwater leaks into Papa Smurf's laboratory and gets into the chemicals, causing a reaction that generates green foamy goop that pours out of the laboratory and catches the Smurfs in the wake of the deluge. Papa Smurf hears his little Smurfs' cries for help and sees the green goop carrying them to the river, realizing that rainwater must have mixed in with the chemicals. He goes up into a tree branch and dumps the fresh pollen he has collected into the goop, causing it to dissipate before it carries them any further. The Smurfs quickly grab each other, forming a chain, and Clumsy watches his rock fall into the river as he grabs onto his fellow Smurf before Papa Smurf pulls them all to safety.

Soon, the dark clouds dissipate, and a sunny sky appears, which Brainy says is just as Clumsy's rock had predicted, as he admonishes his fellow Smurfs for not believing him until he sees they are ready to let him have it once and for all. Papa Smurf tells his little Smurfs to go easy on Brainy, saying that while it's important to be concerned about the future, they should still live their lives in the present. Clumsy now feels sad about the trouble that the rock had caused, saying that it's gone forever. Brainy says good riddance to the rock and also tries to tell Papa Smurf that he never believed in the rock in the first place, but he gets thrown out the village on his head, saying that even without a rock he should have predicted that.

Goofs

  • The roof and walls to the exterior of Smurfette's house in this episode are colored orange and yellow instead of its usual pink color scheme.
  • In the scene with Smurfette's house sinking into the ground, Hefty stands next to it with a shovel, but in the next scene, he's next to Clumsy.
  • While Harmony trumpets for Papa Smurf to make an announcement for finding Smurfette, his right arm is missing when he lifts his head twice.
  • In one shot while fixing Papa's roof, Clumsy's arm and body are duplicated and can be seen above him.

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