Dufus is a giant that Gargamel created in the episode "Gargamel's Giant".
History[]
To create a giant of his own, Gargamel required a large amount of clay, an incantation, stormy weather, rotten eggs, bad apples, and sour choke cherries while mixing the latter three ingredients well. Because Gargamel was unable to find choke cherries in order to complete the formula that would bring his giant to life as choke cherries don't grow in this part of the world, he substituted the choke cherries with smurfberries as he brings the giant Dufus to life. This resulted in Dufus not being affected by the smurfberry pies being flung at him when he rampaged in the Smurf Village.
To Gargamel's exasperated surprise, Dufus actually likes the taste of smurfberries. Dufus possesses great strength due to his size, but rather limited intelligence as noted by his speech patterns. Dufus considers Gargamel his "father". Due to the use of smurfberries in his creation, he is a gentle giant. He even helped repair Smurf Village before returning home to Gargamel.
Dufus was never seen again after his initial appearance.
Trivia[]
- His name is a pun for "Doofus".
- His origin story borrows elements from the classic film version of Frankenstein.
- Gargamel used lightning to animate Dufus, like Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, which means he used electricity.