Smurfs (1981 TV series)/Season 6

The Smurfs cartoon show title used in the Season 6 intro sequence

Season 6, which aired from 1986 to 1987, introduced us to two more new characters -- both a Smurf character and a villain character. In the four-part introductory episode "Smurfquest" we are given Grandpa Smurf, who has traveled around the world and has acquired knowledge as well as items usually stored in his beard that would become yet another asset in the Smurfs' adventures. On the other hand, we are also given the mischievous Scruple, who was dumped onto Gargamel to be his apprentice when the sorcerer's school didn't want him. A minor supporting character in the form of Gourdy the Genie, whom Farmer discovers in his fields, also makes his first appearance in this season.

It was around the time of Season 6 when the Smurfs cartoon show first went into syndication on various independent stations, retitled Smurfs Adventures and using a shortened form of the Season 4 intro sequence. It would become the most dominant form of showing most, if not all, of the episodes from that point onward.

This season was also the first to have its animation done overseas at foreign studios, such as Wang Film Productions/Cuckoo's Nest Studios in Taiwan, as opposed to animating in-house at its production company Hanna-Barbera Productions as in the first five seasons.

Intro Sequence

As the intro begins, Baby Smurf opens Puppy's locket, and from inside the locket we see Smurfs in the village going about their daily business and Grandpa Smurf going to fly a kite when Gargamel, Azrael, and Scruple make their appearance. Papa Smurf has Handy activate a catapult that launches a formula that turns the three menaces into frogs. The scene suddenly shifts to Smurfette flying on Feathers, Smurfs relaxing at the beach, the Smurflings at their playhouse playing together with a swing, Nat Smurfling going fishing and catching a Smurf wearing swim goggles. Then as the sky turns rainy, we see the S.S. Smurf II sailing through a stormy sea, a group of Smurfs hopping across a group of crocodiles, and three Smurfs descending down a steep rock wall with a crystal with the Sea Witch on the balcony stretching out her arms before the locket closes. Then a Smurf runs through the forest, slides down through a hollowed log, and runs behind the SMURFS title logo before appearing on top of a mushroom with a few other Smurfs appearing at the end of the intro.

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
229	1		Smurfquest (Parts I-IV)	September 13, 1986	601 602a/b 603
Grandpa Smurf returns from a 500-year voyage around the world to restore the power of the Long Life Stone. He, Papa Smurf, Hefty, Handy, Greedy, and Sassette travel to find the purest sources of the four primal elements from around the world (Earth, air, water, and fire) and are followed by Gargamel while the Smurfs that stayed behind dig all over the village to find the Long-Life Stone.
230	2		Gargamel's New Job	September 13, 1986	607
Gargamel becomes a new court magician at Prince Theodore's castle while some Smurfs travel to visit the prince.
231	3		Grouchy Makes A Splash	September 20, 1986	623b
The Smurfs try to teach Grouchy how to swim.
232	4		No Smurf Is An Island	September 20, 1986	624a
Handy builds a submarine to live near Marina after an argument with Hefty.
233	5		Don Smurfo	September 20, 1986	608b
Jokey disguises himself as the storybook character Don Smurfo to charm Smurfette.
234	6		The Prince And The Hopper	September 20, 1986	636
After finding a prince that was turned into a frog, Smurfette, Sassette, and Poet travel to his castle to return him into his true form.
235	7		Smurfette's Gift	September 27, 1986	625b
Smurfette finds out that the Smurfs have hidden her birthday presents into a cave, so she goes to find them, but an Imp captures her.
236	8		The Most Popular Smurf	September 27, 1986	629a
Scruple is annoyed by Jokey's surprises and enchants them so they now contain real gifts.
237	9		A Loss Of Smurf	September 27, 1986	630
Vanity is tricked by an imp and turns into a Wartmonger.
238	10		The Last Whippoorwill	September 27, 1986	613b
The Smurfs must find the last whippoorwill egg to banish insects from their village.
239	11		The Color Smurfy	September 27, 1986	637b
The Smurflings break the color wheel, making all colors except for the smurfy blue disappear.
240	12		Lazy's Nightmare	October 4, 1986	612
A dream demon chases Lazy in his worst nightmare ever.
241	13		All The Smurf's A Stage	October 4, 1986	628a
After being rejected in an audition for Poet's play, Timid imitates Painter, Handy, and Tailor to prove his acting abilities.
242	14		Smurfs On Wheels	October 4, 1986	626b
The Smurfs feel sorry that they didn't go on a hike with Grandpa, Papa, and Nat, so Handy invents a smurfwagon to follow them.
243	15		The Littlest Viking	October 4, 1986	617
Vikings think that Peewit is a great warrior from their legend and they take him to their island.
244	16		Baby's New Toy	October 11, 1986	635a
The Smurfs travel to the Toymaker to find a toy that Baby will play with.
245	17		Bringing Up Bigfeet	October 11, 1986	610a
The Smurflings babysit Bigmouth's nephew.
246	18		Scarlet Croaker	October 11, 1986	619
The Wartmongers capture Sassette, Hefty, Grandpa, Greedy, Vanity, and Smurfette, but a mysterious wartmonger the "Scarlet Croaker" shows up and help them escape.
247	19		Calling Dr. Smurf	October 11, 1986	627b
Jokey makes every Smurf to look like they're sick to get some patients for Dabbler, who becomes the Doctor Smurf.
248	20		Can't Smurf The Music	October 11, 1986	629b
Chlorhydris makes all music disappear.
249	21		The Royal Drum	October 18, 1986	622
A princess with a drum that control all animals from Grandpa's stories arrives to the Smurf land.
250	22		It's A Puppy's Life	October 18, 1986	631a
Gargamel finds himself in Puppy's body when trying to swap bodies with Papa Smurf.
251	23		Sweepy Smurf	October 18, 1986	638a
The Smurflings create a superstition to make chimney cleaning Sweepy Smurf popular.
252	24		Journey To The Center Of The Smurf	October 18, 1986	615a
Miner finds a source of heat for the freezing Smurfs by digging into the center of the Earth.
253	25		The Tallest Smurf	October 25, 1986	625a
When Slouchy finds out that he's the shortest of the Smurflings, he wishes to be the tallest Smurf, but Gourdy accidentally makes all the other Smurfs tiny instead of making Slouchy big.
254	26		Essence Of Brainy	October 25, 1986	632a
Scruple uses an essence remover to bottle Brainy's personality.
255	27		Dr. Evil And Mr. Nice	October 25, 1986	608a
Scruple makes a potion to make Gargamel nice, but something went wrong and Gargamel starts alternating between good and evil.
256	28		The Root Of Evil	October 25, 1986	613a
Chlorhydris seeds a plant that makes everyone who touches it evil, and the effect can only be reversed by Baby Smurf's magic touch.
257	29		Tattle-Tail Smurfs	October 25, 1986	620a
Brainy uses a spell that makes the Smurflings' tails longer every time they tattle.
258	30		Greedy Goes On Strike	October 25, 1986	611
Greedy's cooking is criticized by the other Smurfs, so he stops cooking for them, but he's captured to cook for the Gnome King.
259	31		Crying Smurfs	November 1, 1986	633a
Papa Smurf spills some of his potion on an onion, making all the Smurfs to cry unstoppably.
260	32		Future Smurfed	November 1, 1986	633b
Lord Balthazar kidnaps Father Time in order to get control over time, but he also accidentally makes a time crack, bringing a little dinosaur to the present.
261	33		Gargamel's Dummy	November 1, 1986	634a
Jokey's new Gargamel puppet comes alive by Gargamel's magic and plans to destroy the Smurf Village.
262	34		Smurf On The Run	November 1, 1986	634b
Sassette and Gargamel are chained on a quest to reset the balance of truth and deceit.
263	35		A Myna Problem	November 1, 1986	606b
Clumsy's myna overhears Scruple's spell and starts turning the Smurfs into ducks.
264	36		The Horn Of Plenty	November 1, 1986	638b
When the all food is destroyed by Mother Nature's mistake, the Smurfs travel to get some food from a magic horn of plenty.
265	37		I Smurf To The Trees	November 8, 1986	606a
Gargamel exposes the Smurf village using a powder that makes all the trees come alive.
266	38		Clumsy's Cloud	November 8, 1986	616a
A cloud above Clumsy brings the bad luck to the Smurfs.
267	39		Bookworm Smurf	November 8, 1986	610b
Sassette gets annoyed by Brainy's reading lessons and makes all the books disappear.
268	40		Farmer's Genii	November 8, 1986	631b
Farmer finds a little genie in his fields.
269	41		Master Scruple	November 8, 1986	623a
Farmer wishes Gourdy would find a new master, and the genie ends up being controlled by Scruple.
270	42		Scruple's Sweetheart	November 8, 1986	615b
Brenda falls in love with Scruple and invites him to a dance, but Scruple wants to steal her powerful wand.
271	43		The World According To Smurflings	November 15, 1986	627a
Mother Nature trusts Nat to complete her work, but the other Smurflings mess with her wand.
272	44		The Enchanted Quill	November 15, 1986	604
The Smurflings' survival test gets exciting when Gargamel and his new apprentice Scruple show up in a search of the enchanted quill.
273	45		The Most Unsmurfy Game	November 15, 1986	621a
A hike guide Brainy puts himself and the Smurflings into danger with the Wartmongers.
274	46		Put Upon Puppy	November 15, 1986	618a
The Smurflings train Puppy not to bury everything in the village, but it's too late when he buries Gargamel's tracking bone.
275	47		Heart Of Gold	November 15, 1986	620b
Gargamel gives Clockwork a stone heart when his heart of gold falls out.
276	48		The Village Vandal	November 22, 1986	621b
A little hungry termite sent by Gargamel wreaks havoc among the Smurfs.
277	49		The Gallant Smurf	November 22, 1986	618b
Hogatha wants to capture Grandpa so she'll show him to the mother of a prince who said that her son will marry a woman that will show her something she didn't ever see in her life.
278	50		Sassette's Tooth	November 22, 1986	626a
Gargamel dresses up as a tooth fairy after he captures the real tooth fairy who's visiting Sassette.
279	51		Snappy's Way	November 22, 1986	609b
After saving a troll, Snappy receives a power to control adults.
280	52		Fire-Fighting Smurfs	November 22, 1986	605
Snappy unintentionally causes a forest fire.
281	53		Handy's Window Vision	November 22, 1986	635b
Miner discovers a strange diamond that Handy uses as a first Smurf television.
282	54		Papa Smurf, Papa Smurf	November 22, 1986	614
Papa Smurf is duplicated due to an accident as well as Gargamel, and the clones find out that they can't live together.
283	55		Jokey's Cloak	November 29, 1986	609a
Jokey finds an invisibility cloak and uses it to play jokes on the others, but a side effect of using it makes him invisible.
284	56		Papa's Last Spell	November 29, 1986	637a
Gargamel removes all of Papa Smurf's magic powers.
285	57		Lure Of The Orb	November 29, 1986	639
Poet, Painter, Harmony, Handy, and Farmer use an orb that Poet got from a witch to get inspiration and energy, but they become addicted to it and they can't stand without it anymore.
286	58		Smurfette's Flower	November 29, 1986	632b
Smurfette finds a talking flower that starts using Smurfette's kindness.
287	59		Reckless Smurfs	November 29, 1986	628b
Snappy and Brainy try to keep the Smurfs out of danger after Gargamel makes everyone except for them reckless.
288	60		Head Over Hogatha	November 29, 1986	616b
Cupid's arrow hits Hogatha and she falls in love with Gargamel.

Video Releases

• Amazon Instant Video and iTunes has individual episodes available for download.
• Magna Home Entertainment released the entire season on a 5-disc DVD set called The Smurfs: Complete Season 6 for Australia and New Zealand on January 4, 2012.
• In August 2012, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the entire season on DVD set for Germany, with all the episodes included.
• In June 2023, Tubi released the entire season, along with the rest of the series. Unlike seasons 1-3 and most of season 4 (which were digitally remastered for HBO Max), the rest of the series (including this season) are unrestored, using the original masters. It has been mysteriously removed as of June 11, 2024.