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The Smurf Snatcher is an invention that Gargamel created in the 1980s cartoon show episode "Predictable Smurfs". It is a net that is set on a sandglass timer which is released when the sandglass is empty, with other mechanisms that control the net.

Gargamel built this and intended to use it to catch the Smurfs when they were racing on the River Smurf during their Podboat Regatta, which he predicted to happen right down to the exact time and location. However, Clumsy's delays caused the Smurfs to reach that spot later than Gargamel had expected, causing the Smurf Snatcher to activate itself too soon before his prey reached the spot, and the device ended up catching Gargamel in his own net, saving the Smurfs from being caught. Gargamel could do nothing but watch helplessly as the Smurfs eluded him, and Scruple had to undo the net so that Gargamel would land in the river, almost catching Clumsy and Flighty as Clumsy's boat passed by them until a log that the boat was dragging along hit him in the back of his head.

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