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Fourteen episodes of the Cartoon Network Adult Swim animation show Robot Chicken feature stories about the Smurfs, done in stop-motion animation.
As with all Robot Chicken episodes, the stories use rather adult humor and are not considered suitable for general audiences. They are also considered "non-canonical" Smurf stories.
In one story "Murder In Smurf Town X", the Smurfs investigate the deaths of seven fellow Smurfs, in a parody of the thriller movie Se7en. Baker's death represents gluttony, Vanity's death represents pride, Lazy's death represents sloth, and Chronic-Masturbator Smurf (a non-existent character) represents lust; however, envy, greed, and wrath were never shown, but likely Greedy was among the victims and that goes with Grouchy who represents wrath. In the end, Brainy, in charge of the investigation, finds out the culprit is Jokey, who decapitated Smurfette and gave her head to Brainy before it explodes. The story ends with Papa Smurf dancing with Smurfette's headless body with an acorn for a head and her hair taped on it.
In another story "Smurf-tastrophe!", Anderson Cooper investigates the flooding of the Smurf Forest, after Papa ignores Army Corps of Engineers Smurf (a non-existent character) and his warning about the dam. Several dead Smurfs float by Gargamel's door, who gladly scoops them up to eat. However, he finds that the Smurfs don't taste good after all, and orders Chinese fried rice instead.
In a third story "Tastes Like Rotten Smurfberries", the Smurfs and the Snorks are at war with each other over sewage-related water pollution but make peace after the discovery of the Snorks' multiple females.
In a fourth story "Smurfatar" (a parody of the James Cameron film Avatar), Gargamel transfers his mind into a Smurf body and infiltrates the Smurf Village as "Gargle Smurf" to destroy them. However, he comes to see that Smurf life is good after all.
In a fifth story "Smurfs Are People Too", Gargamel gets sent to court to be judged by Judge Brown for attempted genocide on the Smurfs. He was sentenced to 50 years for racially motivated hate crimes, and Gargamel compares himself to German dictator Adolf Hitler.
In a sixth story "Smurf Radio", DJ Smurf commits suicide after becoming depressed while working at Smurf Radio after saying and hearing "La la la" all the time.
In a seventh story "Not So Smurfy" (a parody of The Hunger Games), the Smurfs' village faces infestation by gypsy moths, which eat all of their smurfberry crops; with the Smurfs facing starvation, Gargamel capitalizes it by hosting a tournament, in which all of the Smurfs fight to the death for a prize of Gargamel's smurfberry crops. The Smurfs are freed when Azrael eats gunpowder (from Jokey's surprise gift) and Gargamel kicks him while ranting about his lack of sexual gratification, causing the cat to explode. However, the celebration is cut short when Sassette Smurfling (voiced by Kesha) proceeds to shoot Papa in the head with an arrow after he ignores her suggestions about how to avoid another famine, going as far as to cut his beard off and wear it, all while shouting "Who's your papa?!" and forcing the other Smurfs to bow to her.
In an eighth story "Smurf Burger", Gargamel wears a bikini and eats a burger filled with Smurf jelly in a parody of Carl's Jr.'s advertising campaign involving models seductively eating their food products in a suggestive manner.
In a ninth story "Undercover Smurf Boss" (a parody of Undercover Boss), Papa Smurf goes undercover to see how his village really runs. He finds out that the Smurfs have been living off of caterpillar milk this entire time. Also, Farmer Smurf's hands have gotten so bad that he's had his wrists locked in place because health care costs are so high. When Papa heads to the doctor's office, Doctor Smurf leaves him in charge and dips out in a gold-plated helicopter. Handy Smurf comes in missing all of his fingers, and it's up to Papa Smurf to fix it. Later, he encounters Grouchy Smurf who proceeds to tell him all of the things he hates. This leads Papa to have him shovel dog poop after he's done with the show.
In a tenth story "House of Smurfs" (a parody of House of Cards), the village holds an election to be Papa Smurf's second-in-command. Brainy assumes it will be him; instead, he once again gets thrown onto his head. The constant head trauma has given him a lack of moral compass and a Southern accent. Brainy conducts an unscrupulous campaign that includes teaming up with Gargamel, blackmailing Handy Smurf, and getting political favors by seducing Smurfette. Hefty Smurf ends up winning the election and as soon as he does, Gargamel attacks and kills Papa Smurf with a mallet. Brainy is there for the rescue with a gatling gun that Handy built for him. Smurfette calls for another vote and Hefty wins again on sheer looks alone.
In an eleventh story "Smurf Memorial Day", the Smurfs celebrate Memorial Day. Papa Smurf names some dead Smurfs, such as Myspace Smurf, Payphone Smurf, Talk to the Hand Smurf, and Michael Dukakis Smurf, who Handy Smurf notes are outdated. Curious, Handy wonders if they all died of natural causes. A flashback shows all the Smurfs who outlived their usefulness being killed via gunshots. Papa shrugs that those were natural deaths, but Handy is suspicious. Papa later meets with Azrael, paying him to assassinate Handy for getting too close to the truth.
In a twelfth story "Suda-Smurf", Brainy (on top of Handy, Jokey, and Hefty hidden within a trench coat) attempts to buy boxes of Sudafed from a pharmacy in order to make Crystal Meth. The pharmacist at the counter says they don't serve Smurfs, Brainy then trying to fool him into thinking he's obviously not a Smurf. When that fails, Brainy gives him a gift box from Jokey, which explodes and allows the Smurfs to steal the drug and leave. The segment then ends with mugshots of Brainy and two others on meth after being arrested.
In a thirteenth story "Brainy Smurf Gets CTE", Brainy tells Smurfette he can't find his glasses when they're right on his face. This leads to Doctor Smurf diagnosing him with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy as a result of him being tossed on his head too many times. Doctor says treatments aren't very effective and gives Brainy a loaded handgun, which he immediately shoots himself with. Papa Smurf is enraged by this, Doctor then revealing that he is actually Costume Party Smurf (a non-existent character).
In a fourteenth story "Smurf Village Bombing", a falcon flies across the Smurf Village and constantly poops on the Smurfs.
Notes[]
- Danny Goldman reprises his role as the voice of Brainy for the first four stories.
External links[]
- The Robot Chicken Wiki
- Robot Chicken at Wikipedia.com