"Rowena's Plant" is the seventh episode of Season 3 of the CGI TV series, The Smurfs.
Characters
- Clumsy Smurf
- Dimwitty Smurf
- Rowena
- Gulp
- Gargamel
- Papa Smurf
- Doctor Smurf
- Farmer Smurf
- Brainy Smurf
- Jokey Smurf
- Handy Smurf
- Chef Smurf
- Greedy Smurf
- Vanity Smurf
- Harmony Smurf
- Grouchy Smurf (Does not speak)
- Unnamed Smurfs
Synopsis
Clumsy and Dimwitty want to help Rowena cure her plant, but little do they know it's all a scam to capture Smurfs.
Summary
At Gargamel's hovel, Rowena plays with her pet plant named Gulp. She lets her do tricks for her own amusement while Gargamel is making a potion. Rowena congratulates Gulp and gives her a piece of cheese. She tries to tell Gargamel how amazing her plant is, but he is busy and distant towards her while he makes his potion, much to her annoyance. Rowena then grabs a skull and makes Gulp bounce it on her head. Gulp bounces around the table, and suddenly, it hits Gargamel, who drops his potion as a result.
Gargamel lashes out at Rowena and her plant. Rowena almost breaks down into tears, so Gargamel calms down and says that he is trying to make a potion for catching Smurfs. Rowena asks him how hard it is to catch them and Gargamel exaggerates and says that it is really hard, which motivates Rowena to want to catch them for him. Gargamel cackles at the idea, saying that if he can't catch them, she surely can't. This angers Rowena, who leaves the hovel with Gulp.
Meanwhile in the forest, Clumsy and Dimwitty walk around and enjoy nature. Clumsy stops to look at a flower, but not before tripping and falling off a hill. He falls onto the flower, which makes him sneeze and tumble back up. Dimwitty decides to deliberately do the same thing, which makes the two laugh. Nearby, Rowena is with Gulp, determined to show Gargamel how to capture two Smurfs. She signals what she will do with her plant.
Clumsy and Dimwitty hear Rowena's (fake) crying and arrive via a log to see what is wrong. Rowena cries that her plant is sick and she's worried that she will die, since she is her only friend. Clumsy and Dimwitty walk up to her and offer to help, which makes Rowena thank them. The two try to figure out how to help Gulp but suddenly, the plant tries to eat them. Rowena encourages Gulp not to eat them, because they can simply catch more.
Clumsy and Dimwitty hide in a cave when Rowena tells them not to hide, saying that Gulp gets "angry" when she is sick. Clumsy offers to go get Doc, so Rowena tells them that she will hide and not to say her name. The two Smurfs race off to the village, giving time for Rowena and Gulp to pull off evil laughs.
Doc has been brought to check on the plant, who is fake coughing. He examines Gulp while Clumsy reminds Dimwitty they are not supposed to say Rowena's name, as Dimwitty thought they were playing hide and seek. Doc tells the two Smurfs to go somewhere else while he looks in on his procedures - which aren't very effective, as he checks his mouth instead of the plant's and looks through his kit to find a bandage (his kit contains multiple useless things for him).
Rowena talks to Clumsy and Dimwitty, worried about her plant, but they assure her that Doc is quite helpful in his work. While Doc finds a bandage in his kit, Gulp eats him! Rowena notices this, but the two Smurfs do not, and believe Rowena when she says Doc just magically disappeared. Rowena begins fake crying once again while Clumsy and Dimwitty feel bad (and Doc is in the plant trying to get out). They offer to go get another Smurf and rush back to the village. As they leave, Rowena has Gulp spit Doc out and put him into a bag.
Clumsy and Dimwitty bring in Farmer, who is knowledgeable about sick plants and wants to check on it. Farmer wants to give Gulp some vegetables but as he checks them, he gets eaten too. Farmer screams and grumbles as Gulp pretends to be sick again. The two Smurfs and Rowena observe that Farmer has mysteriously disappeared too. Clumsy once again offers to get another Smurf to make her feel better and he and Dimwitty rush back to the village.
The two continuously bring Smurfs to Gulp. One by one, several Smurfs get eaten by the plant.
Rowena continues "worrying" about the sick plant until she asks for Papa Smurf to help. Dimwitty decides this is a good idea while Rowena tells him not to mention her, saying that she will explain it to him later. The two Smurfs race back into the village.
The two Smurfs barge into Papa Smurf's lab where he is making potions that he almost drops. They explain to him that a "non-carnivorous" plant is ill. Papa Smurf is quite suspicious about this plant and decides to help them.
Papa Smurf goes with Clumsy and Dimwitty and gives Gulp a tiny pill for her to eat. Gulp plans to eat them at the request of Rowena, but with this pill, Gulp actually gets sick. Rowena feels bad and takes her back to Gargamel's hovel. The three Smurfs escape.
Elsewhere, Papa Smurf is glad that he was able to make Rowena's plant sick, and now she can't hurt anyone anymore. However, Dimwitty mentions to him the multiple Smurfs that "mysteriously disappeared" while trying to help the plant, which makes him and Clumsy realize that they got the Smurfs eaten and Papa Smurf fear. However, the village leader goes to Gargamel's hovel with the two to save them.
Rowena brings in a sack of Smurfs for Gargamel in his hovel. The wizard is ecstatic at the sight of the Smurfs and begins praising Rowena. As a result, she asks Gargamel to heal her plant, which he agrees to.
The three Smurfs race to Gargamel's hovel, and as they get inside, they watch Gargamel struggle to keep the plant in one place. Gulp begins wrecking his hovel and as Gargamel tries to get it, he abruptly finds Papa Smurf, Clumsy, and Dimwitty on the sack of Smurfs. They begin throwing several things at his head, culminating in a potion that hits Gulp - and turns her into a giant plant, ready to eat.
Gulp, however, is cured. It tries to get the three Smurfs under Rowena's request, but they run away and around the hovel, once again wrecking Gargamel's home. They hide under a fallen shelf, but Dimwitty accidentally blows their cover. Just then, Papa Smurf throws some cheese on Gargamel and Rowena's eyes. This directs Gulp' attention to the two and begins to eat them.
While the two are distracted, Papa Smurf and crew free the other Smurfs. As they escape from the hovel, Clumsy is glad that they saved somebody in the end.
Trivia
- This is notably the first episode in which Gargamel appears without Azrael. He had appeared without him in "My Smurf The Hero" though that was only part of Scaredy's dream.
- This is the second episode in which Rowena appears without Dwayne, with the first being "Dragon Pet".
- Unusually for a Smurf story, this episode uses the word "die".
- Rowena uses Hugglesbottom, who is Gargamel's stuffed rabbit from "Funny Mommy", "Smurfy Secrets", and "The Cuddly Toy".
- This episode may take place shortly after "Family Time" as Clumsy and Dimwitty appear to recognize Rowena, but not too well.
- Dimwitty is shown in the forest with Clumsy throughout the episode; it can be assumed that he is slightly more knowledgeable about it after "Back To Nature".
- The flower that Clumsy and Dimwitty smell appears to be the forget-me-what flower from "Forget Me What?" though it may not be the same as neither lose their memory beyond this scene.
- Papa Smurf audibly says "Yo!" when grabbing Dimwitty. This is a common slang term used in the modern century.