Smurfs (1981 TV series)/Season 4

The Smurfs cartoon show title used in the original Season 4 intro sequence.

Season 4, which aired from 1984 to 1985, introduced some new allies such as the Pussywillow Pixies and Smurfette's invisible horse friend Blue Eyes, as well as some new villains like the Wartmongers. The Season 4 intro sequence is the most recognizable of the nine season intro sequences due to its use (in shortened form) in the syndicated Smurfs Adventures show. The cartoon special "Smurfily Ever After" aired on televisions during the season's broadcast period on February 13th, 1985.

Predating the introduction of the Smurflings and many others, this season was the last to have dark elements shown in most of their episodes. Hanna-Barbera was forced to tone down the format of the series by NBC executives in the following season. It was also the last season to feature characters in prominent roles such as King Gerard and the Pussywillow Pixies.

Episode Listings

The episodes that appeared in this season (in the order of their original air dates) include:

No. in series	No. in season	Title card	Title	Air date	Code
141	1		Symbols Of Wisdom	September 15, 1984	408b
Gargamel uses a hair tonic to get a beard to look smarter, but his beard doesn't stop growing and is now all over the forest.
142	2		Blue Eyes Returns	September 15, 1984	425a
Smurfette calls Blue Eyes to help her destroy Gargamel's magic cloud that floods the whole land by water.
143	3		The Secret Of The Village Well	September 15, 1984	409b
Clumsy has made a wish and now he wants to find a Wishing Fairy in the village well.
144	4		Stop And Smurf The Roses	September 15, 1984	411b
Chlorhydris plans to destroy all the flowers on Earth by capturing Laconia, the wood elf.
145	5		The Gingerbread Smurfs	September 15, 1984	409a
Brainy and Clumsy create dozens of living gingerbread cookies while trying to beat Greedy in a gingerbread cookie competition.
146	6		Jokey's Shadow	September 15, 1984	403a
A powder from Mother Nature makes Jokey's shadow come to life.
147	7		Jokey's Funny Bone	September 22, 1984	412a
When Vanity gets a lot of attention after breaking his leg, Jokey tricks the other Smurfs that he broke his "funny bone".
148	8		Tick Tock Smurfs	September 22, 1984	413a
After Handy invents a clock, Brainy creates a schedule to organize the Smurfs' work, but this makes the other Smurfs really angry.
149	9		The Master Smurf	September 22, 1984	424
Greedy becomes mean after putting on a magic crown that Miner found which gives him a power to control every living creature.
150	10		Tailor's Magic Needle	September 22, 1984	420a
Tailor and Brainy enchant Tailor's needle to make him work faster, but it looks like Tailor will lose his job because of that needle.
151	11		The Traveler	September 22, 1984	407a
A mysterious traveler from the east comes to calm the rage of a magical dragon.
152	12		A Pet For Baby Smurf	September 22, 1984	408a
Clumsy and Baby find Azrael turned into a cute but deathly creature called glowing darling and take him to the village.
153	13		The Incredible Shrinking Wizard	September 29, 1984	404
Due to his own magic pollution, Gargamel shrinks every time when he do something bad and enlarges every time when he do something good.
154	14		Breakfast At Greedy's	September 29, 1984	420b
Greedy's light-as-a-feather pancakes cause the Smurfs except Clumsy, Lazy and Baby to float in the air.
155	15		The Secret Of Shadow Swamp	September 29, 1984	405a
Grouchy escapes from his birthday and travels with a troll who wants to find a paradise place.
156	16		Smurf The Other Cheek	September 29, 1984	417a
After kicking an imp, Hefty gets a spot that is making him unhappy.
157	17		The Trojan Smurf	September 29, 1984	417b
A group of Smurfs is taking a wooden sculpture of Papa Smurf in which Gargamel is hidden into the village.
158	18		A Float Full Of Smurfs	October 6, 1984	411a
Gargamel and Azrael disguise themselves as rabbits in order to be chosen for pulling the float on the Smurfs' autumn festival parade.
159	19		Smurfette's Sweet Tooth	October 6, 1984	418b
Smurfette casts a spell that now everything she touches becomes smurfberry candy.
160	20		Smurf On Wood	October 6, 1984	416
The Smurfs think that Papa has been turned into a toad due to Clumsy's wishing tree.
161	21		The Smurfomatic Smurfolator	October 6, 1984	422b
Handy builds his dream machine that might help him to get rid of Gargamel's weed growing all over the village.
162	22		Petrified Smurfs	October 6, 1984	421a
Peewit travels to the Quarrel Castle to reverse a spell with which Brainy has turned half of the forest into stone.
163	23		Papa's Worry Warts	October 13, 1984	422a
Papa gets worrywarts that make him worry about everything.
164	24		Lazy's Slumber Party	October 13, 1984	423a
A trick on Lazy's slumber party backfires when some Smurfs get captured by Bigmouth.
165	25		The Pussywillow Pixies	October 13, 1984	401
Clumsy enters a land in which the pixies are chased by the frog-like creatures Wartmongers.
166	26		The Big Nose Dilemma	October 13, 1984	421b
Vanity uses a spell to make his nose special but finds out that a normal Smurf nose is better than everything.
167	27		The Smurfbox Derby	October 13, 1984	423b
Everyone receives a special smurfmobile from Handy, but they argue which one is better, leading them into starting a race.
168	28		A Circus For Baby	October 20, 1984	410
When Baby flies out of a Smurf circus made for him and lands into Balthazar's castle, Hefty must conquer his fear of heights and save him.
169	29		Babes In Wartland	October 20, 1984	425b
Baby becomes a new jester for King Bullrush.
170	30		The Smurfwalk Cafe	October 20, 1984	426a
After inventing smurf cream, Greedy and Handy argue and try to make it, but they find out that they need each other.
171	31		The Smurfiest Of Friends	October 20, 1984	427b
When Brainy and Clumsy's friendship dissolves, Brainy runs away and tries to befriend an imp that looks more perfect than it really is.
172	32		Never Smurf Off 'Til Tomorrow	October 20, 1984	406
Lazy, Handy, Smurfette, Brainy, Hefty, and Nat fly away in a windmill and get trapped in a volcano that is about to erupt.
173	33		Bigmouth Smurf	October 27, 1984	427a
Gargamel turns Bigmouth into a giant Smurf.
174	34		Baby's Enchanted Didey	October 27, 1984	428a
Tailor makes a diaper for Baby from a part of Gargamel's flying carpet, sending Baby into the sky.
175	35		The Man In The Moon	October 27, 1984	407b
The moon stops shining when the Man in the Moon leaves the moon and joins the Smurfs' Moon Festival.
176	36		Smurfette's Golden Tresses	October 27, 1984	415a
Hogatha wants Smurfette's hair to impress her new love.
177	37		The Whole Smurf And Nothing But The Smurf	October 27, 1984	403b
Gargamel gives Smurfette a fib formula instead of a truth tonic and now she lies all the time.
178	38		Gargamel's Giant	October 27, 1984	402a
Tuffy tries to be like Hefty and fights Azrael while Gargamel creates a giant from a clay to use him against the Smurfs.
179	39		The Patchwork Bear	November 10, 1984	418a
The Smurfs travel to the source of their river to find out why is it drained.
180	40		Hefty And The Wheelsmurfer	November 10, 1984	413b
Hefty breaks his leg and the only way for him to move around the village is Handy's wheelsmurfer.
181	41		Hopping Cough Smurfs	November 10, 1984	414
Papa sends out three groups of Smurfs to find the cure for the hopping cough Gargamel gave them.
182	42		The Little Orange Horse With The Gold Shoes	November 10, 1984	419
A young Pegasus that only Smurfette and Azrael can see goes to the Earth and befriends Smurfette, but his golden horseshoe gets lost.
183	43		Monster Smurfs	November 10, 1984	415b
Tailor and Clumsy's Azrael mask for Spook-A-Smurf Eve isn't the scariest anymore when all the other Smurfs use a spell and turn themselves into monsters.
184	44		The Bad Place	November 10, 1984	426b
A muddy alien family lands into the Smurf village.
185	45		Smurfing For Ghosts	November 17, 1984	428b
Brainy and Clumsy become ghostbusters at Quarrel Castle when Peewit asks them for help.
186	46		The Gargoyle Of Quarrel Castle	November 17, 1984	402b
A gargoyle from Quarrel Castle visits the Smurfs and unknowingly plays with a dangerous ball when it gets tired of listening Selwyn and Tallulah quarreling.
187	47		Smurfiplication	November 17, 1984	405b
Gargamel duplicates Brainy, so the Smurfs now have to deal with six nerds instead of one.
188	48		Gargamel's Miss-Fortune	November 17, 1984	412b
Gargamel tricks a fortune-teller to help him capture the Smurfs.

Video Releases

• Amazon Instant Video has individual episodes available for download
• iTunes and Zune have individual episodes available for download. The iTunes edition of this season carries the syndicated Smurfs Adventures repackaging of several episodes (as opposed to some, which remain uncut, though all episodes use the shortened "Smurfs Adventures" version of the intro sequence and credits).
• A majority of episodes from this season were released on VHS by WorldVision Home Video during the late 1980s.
• In October 2011, Magna Home Entertainment released the entire season on DVD set for Australia and New Zealand, with all the episodes included.
• In October 2011, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the entire series on DVD set for Germany, with all the episodes included.
• Fabulous Films released the entire season on 4-disc DVD set for the United Kingdom from July 2013.
• Imavision released a Season 4 DVD set in French in Canada.
• In November 2020, HBO Max released most of season 4 in a brand-new HD remaster of the original uncut USA editions. Unlike the iTunes editions, the original season 4 intro sequence is presented in its entirety for the first time since its original broadcasts and the aforementioned WorldVision VHS releases.
  • However, unlike other seasons, several episodes are missing, such as
    • "The Master Smurf"
    • The Incredible Shrinking Wizard"
    • "Smurf On Wood"
    • "The Pussywillow Pixies"
    • "A Circus For Baby"
    • "The Smurfiest Of Friends"
    • "Never Smurf Off 'Til Tomorrow"
    • "Bigmouth Smurf"
    • "Baby's Enchanted Didey"
    • "Hopping Cough Smurfs"
    • "The Little Orange Horse With The Gold Shoes"
    • "Smurfing For Ghosts"
• In June 2023, Tubi re-released the remastered episodes, along with the rest of the series. The episodes missing from HBO Max are now included; also uncut, albeit unrestored. However, it has been mysteriously removed as of June 11, 2024.