Monkey (original French name Singe) is a minor character of the 2021 cartoon show.
Character[]
He is Papa Smurf’s second assistant after Brainy.
He first appears in the episode "Lab Assistant" where Papa Smurf needs him to become his temporary assistant when Brainy is injured. He seems to have a strong bond with him and proves to be a better assistant than Brainy ever was. Monkey and Brainy hate each other, competing for the attention of Papa Smurf. In the end, one of Monkey's schemes causes them to get injured both. Not only does Papa Smurf have to go to the Magician's Congress alone, the two of them are forced to crack several nuts under Chef's request.
Monkey reappeared in "Funny Mommy" where Jokey bribes him into giving him a special potion that can make anyone morph into whoever they want. While reluctant at first, he gives in when Jokey offers him five peanuts.
His chronological debut is "Monkey See, Monkey Do". He was supposed to be Gargamel's pet, but the magic supplies shop mixed orders and Papa Smurf received a monkey. In this episode, Jokey and Dimwitty have fun with him, but as Papa Smurf tells them to give it back from the Magic Supply Shop, they decide to dress Brainy up as Monkey and bring him to Gargamel, but they are all captured by him instead (including Papa Smurf, who went to look for the three Smurfs), but the real Monkey saves the day. After this, Papa Smurf decides to keep the Monkey, although they still have a problem with Monkey's goofing off.
From these points on, Monkey became a semi-recurring character, often being seen partaking in Smurf events or being with Papa Smurf in his lab. In "Who's In The Band?" as one of the characters auditioning for the Smurf Band after Glammy quits. He did not make the cut. In "I'm Off To The Circus!", he is shown in the circus of the Smurfs that helps Clumsy make his dream of being an acrobat come true.
Personality[]
Monkey is very intelligent, which is the main reason Papa Smurf kept him in the village after the box mix-up. He is also able to identify several potions without looking at them.
Monkey is also quite mischievous. In "Where's My Smurfway?", he steals Brainy's smurfway and does not give it back before he hits a tree, and in "Who's In The Band?", he messes around with the Smurf Band's instruments with Farmer. Despite his pranking streak, he proves himself to be a truly good assistant in "Reaching For Stars" where he goes to fix his mistake of breaking Papa Smurf's telescope and successfully gets the crystals needed to fix it.
Appearances[]
2021 Cartoon Show[]
Season 1[]
Season 2[]
- Where's My Smurfway?
- Okey-Dokey!
- Smurf To The Future! (His Prehistoric counterpart)
- Who's In The Band?
- I'm Off To The Circus!
Season 3[]
Trivia[]
- Like most of Azrael's cat sounds, Monkey's vocal effects are made up of stock monkey sounds.
- In "The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave", one of Wild's friends that crash into Papa Smurf's house is a monkey, which uses the same character design as this monkey. However, no mention is made to this being the same monkey.
- Monkey does not have any focus episodes in Season 2.