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"Greedy Goes On Strike" is an episode that appeared in Season 6 of the Smurfs cartoon show.

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Synopsis[]

Greedy's cooking is criticized by the other Smurfs, so he stops cooking for them, but he's captured to cook for the Gnome King.

Plot Summary[]

GreedyGoesOnStrike

The story begins in the village at breakfast, where Greedy is serving his fellow Smurfs smurfberry muffins, and several Smurfs agree that the smurfberry muffins are getting old after a few hundred years. Concerned, Greedy promises that lunch will be extra special -- but when it comes around, they just rush and grab their meals without showing any gratitude for his hard work, except for Smurfette, who invites him to a (what he assumes to be) romantic dinner at her home.

That night, it is revealed that she meant for Greedy to make the dinner for her and several other guests, sending him into a fit of rage. He proclaims to be on strike, leaving the other Smurfs to fend for themselves when it comes to making meals. This makes the village upset and angry that Greedy would dare do such a thing, but Papa Smurf tells them that Smurfs like Greedy need to have some time off for themselves.

While Greedy is spending time by himself enjoying his own cooking, a few Smurfs take turns trying to provide meals for the village, with varying results. Greedy starts to feel rather lonely and wishes to end the conflict with a picnic but witnesses the Smurfs trying to replace him instead. Shortly afterwards, Greedy has his own private picnic in the woods when two Gnomes discover him, realize that he is a talented chef, and kidnap him. They bring him to their (grossly obese) king and he offers Greedy to be his new master chef, as he is very much impressed by his cooking skills.

At first, Greedy is eager to serve him, but soon realizes that the king is less appreciative of him than the Smurfs were. Unfortunately, when he tries to quit, the king tells his soldiers to put him in the dungeon with the previous master chefs. Through his brief imprisonment -- to think about whether or not he will continue serving the king -- Greedy befriends the king's son, who has been neglected by his father due to his insatiable appetite. The Gnome Prince promises to help him escape by finding the Smurfs.

Meanwhile, the Smurfs back in the village realize very quickly that they were wrong to take their friend for granted, so Papa Smurf takes a few Smurfs with him to retrieve Greedy. They then discover his kidnapping and soon arrive in the realm of the Gnomes. Papa unexpectedly tells the king that Greedy will stay and the Smurfs will help him prepare a meal which will surpass all the ones before. It turns out that this was a plan to make all the Gnomes sleepy so they could free the imprisoned chefs and escape. Unfortunately, Clumsy accidentally causes a Gnome to wake up before they can leave, and the Smurfs are captured.

Just as the king is about to order his soldiers to put the Smurfs in the dungeon, his son barges in and threatens to leave if he doesn't change his ways: he says that he has received more attention and interest from Greedy Smurf than he has from his own father in years, prompting a conflict. He tries to explain that he does love his son and to prove it, he frees the Smurfs as well as the imprisoned chefs and promises to be more considerate of his feelings.

Before leaving back home to feed the Smurfs, who now show a bit more appreciation for Greedy's hard work as the village chef, Greedy puts the Gnome King on a three-smurfberries-a-day diet to help put him back in shape.

Goofs[]

  • At one point, Clumsy is seen with Vanity's hat.

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