Malakov is the main antagonist of the 1981 Smurfs cartoon show episode "I Was A Brainy Weresmurf". He is a circus show master who keeps a pet snake named Talbot with him. In the episode, he has captured one of the wolves in the Smurf Forest and eventually captures Brainy after he has been turned into a Weresmurf. When the Smurfs with the help of a mother wolf seek after Brainy and rescue the father wolf who was held captive, Malakov captured the Smurfs and put them into the same cage as Brainy, hoping that he as the Weresmurf would tear them apart. However, after the Smurfs successfully reasoned with Brainy to show that they were still his friends, Brainy the Weresmurf turned against Malakov and Talbot and chased them away.
Malakov makes another appearance in the episode "Dancing Bear" as the main antagonist.