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"Fortune Cookie" is a Season 9 episode from the Smurfs cartoon show.

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Synopsis[]

Brainy writes fortunes for Greedy's fortune cookies, but Jokey replaces them with his own fortunes.

Plot Summary[]

The rainbow-colored whirlwind of the time crystals appears inside a boat half sunk in a river somewhere in ancient China, depositing the time-lost Smurfs. Looking around, Grandpa Smurf declares that they must be in "the land of the dragon". Brainy points to what appears to be a harmless lizard sleeping on a rock, asking if that is the "dragon" Grandpa Smurf is referring to, only to have the "lizard" shoot flames towards him in response, leaving his face sooty. While the Smurfs are busy trying to empty the water in the boat, and Papa Smurf begins to work on the time crystals again, Jokey becomes so bored with their task that he gives one of his usual "surprises" to Smurfette, which explodes in her face. Only Jokey is amused, and Hefty expresses impatience with Brainy who prefers writing his quotations than help with the work effort. Meanwhile, Grandpa Smurf wants to go trekking and asks any Smurfs to join him. Greedy jumps at the chance of going on the trek with him, and Hefty volunteers Brainy and Jokey to go along as well, getting them out of the other Smurfs' respective hair.

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It's so funny to play tricks with the others by using these cookies.

When the four Smurfs arrive at a rice paddy field, a peasant rides by on an ox-drawn cart full of oddly shaped cookies, one of which falls off the cart to be picked up and eaten by Greedy, who then spits out a small slip of paper inside. Grandpa Smurf explains to Greedy that what he just ate is a fortune cookie, which people in China would give to others as a gift, and the slip of paper inside is supposed to tell the fortune of whoever the cookie is given to. Grandpa Smurf leaves them alone to harvest rice as he continues his journey. Meanwhile, Greedy decides to make some fortune cookies for lunch, and Brainy offers to write the notes. He assigns Jokey to serve the cookies to the Smurfs, but Jokey is unhappy about it and decides to use the cookies to play a prank on everyone.

They find a spot for Greedy to bake the cookies and Brainy to write the notes to place inside them. Jokey also makes his own notes and sets things up to make it appear that the "fortunes" on his notes are true. After that, he lies to Brainy about Papa Smurf needing some help on the time crystals. Before leaving to join Papa Smurf, Brainy puts down his basket of notes, which Jokey swaps with his own basket, placing all his notes into Greedy's fortune cookies instead.

Jokey passes all the cookies around to the Smurfs when they are ready. Smurfette splits her cookie in half and reads the note, which says she would find a beautiful flower along the stone path, which she finds. His "fortune" note leads Clumsy to find a colorful stone. Meanwhile, Vanity can't find his mirror, but the note in his cookie helps him to locate it. Everyone exclaims that Brainy's notes are amazing, unaware that all of them have actually been written by Jokey, who then set it up that they "came true". Thus, all the Smurfs are now wanting Brainy to write some more.

While Greedy is baking more fortune cookies and Brainy is writing the notes, Jokey sneaks away and exchanges his own basket of notes again for Brainy's, but this time the trick is even dirtier than before. When the Smurfs get the cookies, they open them as fast as they can. Smurfette's note says that beautiful flowers would appear if she took the ugliest weeds. Meanwhile, Clumsy's note says that he would feel all the happiness if he rolled the great rock to the top of hill. Vanity's note says that his poisonous charm would be greatly bound if he looked at the world upside down.

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Papa Smurf! I, Brainy Smurf didn't bring the Smurfs to do this!

After a few minutes, Smurfette arrives in a field of smelly and ugly weeds, but she doesn't care. She thinks that those ugly weeds could be turned into many beautiful flowers like the note said. Meanwhile, Vanity is looking at his mirror in an upside-down position, and Clumsy is rolling a big rock up the hill. Back at the boat, Papa Smurf asks Hefty and Handy why it is so quiet. Then he finds that everyone is acting so strange. Painter is lying on his painting, Sassette is skipping on the mud puddle, and Lazy is sleeping on a wooden bed, but it breaks and hurts his back. After examining the notes from the Smurfs' fortune cookies, Papa Smurf angrily confronts Brainy, demanding to know what is going on. Brainy answers that he didn't write those terrible fortune notes. Papa Smurf looks at him sternly. Brainy then gets flustered, continuing that he thinks he might have written them, but he's not really sure. Papa Smurf says he's not interested in his excuses and wants Brainy to stop this nonsense at once. Brainy promises Papa Smurf that he will not do it again.

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I finally know who is creating these affairs, Jokey Smurf!

After Brainy finishes listening to Papa Smurf, he walks around thinking about what is going on when he trips over a basket filled with notes for the fortune cookies. He realizes that it is not his basket of notes, and that some Smurf must have switched their basket with his, and then he hears a Smurf laughing behind the bushes. Brainy finds that it is all Jokey's work. Jokey tries to explain, but Brainy says that this has tarnished his reputation, and that he wants Jokey to apologize to every Smurf.

Meanwhile, Clumsy finishes rolling a big rock up the hill where he has been trying to find his happiness as his note has suggested, but the rock is not yet stable. On the other side, Smurfette finishes picking ugly weeds, but she's also heading for trouble, as an ox is near Smurfette and the smell of her weeds is too strong, making it angry.

When Brainy and Jokey are on their way back to the boat, Jokey tries to cheer Brainy up. They suddenly see that the rock that Clumsy rolled up the hill is now rolling down and is going to hit Clumsy. They run as fast as they can, saving Clumsy just in time. Brainy says it is a very close call than he ever has experienced. Jokey then sees the ox standing in front of Smurfette, looking very angry. They call to Smurfette to look out, and when she sees the ox, she screams and tries to escape, but it chases after her. Jokey and the rest run down the hill, trying to save her. Clumsy says that there is not enough time for them even for getting down the hill let alone save her. But Jokey says that the rock could hit the ox and save Smurfette. So, the rock hits the ox, and the ox slips on it. The rolling stone crashes into a dam and the water flows out, splashing Brainy, Clumsy, Jokey, and Smurfette. They run as fast as they can to escape from the dam burst and take Vanity, who is still trying to look at himself in an upside-down position, and his mirror with them to the boat.

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"You'll get a... bang, from your cookie?"

Meanwhile, Grandpa Smurf finishes his trekking, but he needs to run to the boat because he saw the water from the dam rushing at the Smurfs. All the Smurfs run towards the boat. They go near the boat, and the other Smurfs in the boat help them get on before the flood reaches them. After everything comes out in the open, Papa Smurf scolds Jokey, telling him that he should not do any dangerous pranks for fun anymore. Jokey gives Brainy a fortune cookie as a gift of apology and Brainy eats it. It soon explodes in Brainy's mouth, as he sees that the note of the fortune cookie says that he will get a bang when eating it. He yells at Jokey, but Jokey only laughs, and soon all the Smurfs are laughing together as the story ends.

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Goofs[]

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The error where Sassette's hair is blonde instead of her usual orange hair color.

  • Despite fortune cookies appearing in China, they are a largely American invention based on Japanese culture. Fortune cookies are not Chinese.
  • As Papa Smurf saw his Smurfs trying out Jokey's fortune cookies, Sassette's hair is blonde instead of her usual orange hair color.
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