"Parallel Worlds" is the thirty-sixth episode of Season 3 of the CGI TV series, The Smurfs.
Characters[]
- Clumsy Smurf
- Dimwitty Smurf
- Papa Smurf
- Alternate universe snail Papa Smurf
- Alternate universe dopey Papa Smurf
- Alternate universe baby Papa Smurf
- Brainy Smurf
- Alternate universe snail Brainy
- Alternate universe dopey Brainy
- Alternate universe baby Brainy
- Alternate universe zombie Brainy
- Alternate universe Racing Snails
- Alternate universe dopey Smurfette
- Baby Smurfette
- Baby Greedy Smurf
- Baby Harmony Smurf
- Farmer Smurf
- Alternate universe zombie Farmer
- Handy Smurf
- Alternate universe dopey Handy
- Alternate universe caveman Handy
- Hefty Smurf
- Alternate universe caveman Hefty
- Alternate universe spider
- Grouchy Smurf
- Vanity Smurf (Cameo)
- Jokey Smurf (Cameo)
- Homnibus (On a picture in Papa Smurf's lab)
- Unnamed Smurfs
- Alternate universe dopey Smurfs
- Alternate universe zombie Smurfs
- Alternate universe caveman Smurfs
Synopsis[]
Dimwitty accidentally creates a magic portal that takes him and Clumsy across various parallel universes as they try to return to their own.
Plot[]
Clumsy and Dimwitty are driving on their way to stop another supposed fire and nearly collide with a passing Brainy. Upon reaching Papa Smurf's lab, Clumsy accidentally flings Dimwitty into the lab, causing a mess, though Clumsy manages to catch Papa Smurf's three vials of potions brfore they hit the ground. As punishment, an annoyed Papa Smurf orders his fire brigade to clean up the mess, specifying that he doesn't want a trace when he gets back. The boys quickly get to work, but Dimwitty takes Papa Smurf's statement too literally, and flushes all three potions down the toilet. As Clumsy rushes over to stop him, the resulting mixture creates a circling flash of light that teleports both Smurfs elsewhere.
Clumsy scolds Dimwitty for flushing the potions, when both Smurfs happen upon Papa Smurf, who is seemingly in a trance. To Clumsy's shock, he notices snail versions of Handy, Painter, Hefty and Brainy, and concludes they aren't in their village, but rather a nail version of it, just as two snails happen upon them and take them to their leader, Papa Snail, who surmises that Dimwitty's mixture turned the outhouse into a portal that took them to the snail village. He gives the duo three identical potions to create another portal at their outhouse, but Dimwitty cannot remember the exact order and they are forced to do it randomly, bidding the snails goodbye before they depart.
Clumsy and Dimwitty seemingly arrive back at their village, until they notice the Smurfs walking like Dimwitty and happen upon one acting like him. Clumsy realizes to his horror that they are in a Dimwitty version of the village, so they rush to its related Papa Smurf to get his help. This version is unfortunately just as intelligent as the other Smurfs of this world, forcing them (and the Papa Smurf of this village) to rush to the outhouse to try and get it right. As a long line of Dimwitty Smurfs rush to the outhouse, Dimwitty gives the alternate Papa Smurf the potions, who tosses them in and generates another portal for the three elsewhere. The next two universes they visit are equally wrong, as they land in one where the Smurfs are babies (and are joined by a baby version of Brainy) and on where they are mindless, hugging zombies (where one joins them).
The group ends up in a caveman universe, where a group of Gmurfs begin to chase them just as Clumsy expresses his frustration. Eventually, as they hide, Dimwitty's inability to grasp their situation causes Clumsy to finally snap and yell at him for putting them through so much trouble. Dimwitty barely has time to feel hurt before his friend drags them along. They leave behind the zombie Smurf, whom Baby Brainy quickly crawls back for. Clumsy hides his remaining friends to safety while he rushes to the rescue, but the Gmurfs capture them after he trips on a rock beforte he can get to safety. Dimwitty and his Papa Smurf counterpart begin coming up with ideas, but a giant cave spider, seen stalking the group earlier, overhears them and gives chase. Meanwhile, Clumsy laments his fate and especially how he last treated Dimwitty, as the other captives hug him. Soon, the last two Smurfs arrive with the giant spider on their tail, which scares off the Gmurfs. Now free, the five Smurfs evade the spider, grab the potions on the stand, and flee to the outhouse. This time, Clumsy encourages his friend and expresses faith he can get the order right. Dimwitty drops the potions and the outhouse turns into a portal elsewhere before the spider can get them.
This time, the group comes tumbling out of the portal and happen upon a perfectly normal Grouchy, to Clumsy's joy that they are finally home. Clumsy eagerly tells Papa Smurf, but the latter only believes him when he sees the entire group of Smurfs the two brought with them to help. Suddenly, his dim-witted counterpart has one last idea; he tosses three more vials of the same potions into the air, turning Papa Smurf's house into a portal that takes everyone inside elsewhere as the episode ends.
Trivia[]
- The scene where Clumsy and Dimwitty drive pass various Smurfs and them ducking in the process reuses footage from "Monkey See, Monkey Do".
- This episode alludes to many elements from previous episodes:
- The snail in the form of Papa Smurf's body has a dopey looking expression that resembles his bird expression from "Papa Smurf Leaves the Nest".
- The baby universe of the Smurfs alludes to "Smurfy Day Care".
- The zombie universe of the Smurfs alludes to both "The Pluffs!" and "Monster Night".
- The caveman universe Smurfs allude to "Smurf To the Future!".