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"The Gargoyle Of Quarrel Castle" is a Season 4 episode from the 1980s Smurfs cartoon show.

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A gargoyle from Quarrel Castle runs away to the Smurfs and unknowingly plays with a dangerous ball when it gets tired of listening Selwyn and Tallulah quarreling.

Plot Summary[]

In a dismal-looking place called Quarrel Castle, a baby gargoyle sits on a balcony and listens to his owners, a married couple of sorcerers named Selwyn and Tallulah, argue with each other. He is sad and lonely because he has nobody else to play with, as Selwyn and Tallulah take turns attacking each other with their magic powers even as Tallulah cleans the house and Selwyn does the laundry. Tallulah feels sorry for their pet and tells Selwyn they should create a playmate for him, but Selwyn is too busy arguing with his wife to even want to think about changing the subject. The baby gargoyle feels he has no choice but to fly away from home and leave the unhappy couple to their endless bickering.

He soon hears a group of happy little voices all enjoying playing a game with each other. The Smurfs are out near the edge of the forest playing smurfball, and as the gargoyle watches, Hefty kicks the ball high into a tree and knocks the gargoyle down from the branch he was standing on. Smurfette checks the creature to see if he is all right, though Hefty warns her to be careful because he looks dangerous. The creature convinces that he isn't as he tries to tell the Smurfs where he came from and that all he wants to do is find somebody to play with. Hefty allows the gargoyle they now call Tharp to join in on the smurfball game and encourages him to give the ball a kick. Tharp swats the ball with his tail, and it ends up going into a burrow that Vanity goes into to try finding it with no success. But then, Tharp has an idea of how to replace the missing smurfball.

Back at Quarrel Castle, Tallulah asks Selwyn when he is going to get rid of the Orb Of Hydra, saying that she doesn't want anything that dangerous in her house. Selwyn reminds Tallulah that the orb is only dangerous if somebody kicks it, and then suddenly he has fond memories of when he won the orb. Tallulah also feels the same way and says that they should go back to that place where they first met. Selwyn is eager to oblige, but on his way out he trips over Tharp's ball and causes it to bounce around until it knocks the Orb Of Hydra off its cushion and onto the floor near the cat's bed. After Selwyn and Tallulah disappear, Tharp shows up and finds what he thinks is his ball and takes it with him, unaware that it is really the Orb Of Hydra.

The Smurfs back at the edge of the forest are mourning the loss of their smurfball and the premature end of their smurfball game when Tharp shows up to save the day with his own ball. Hefty is ready to continue the game by giving the ball a mighty kick when Papa Smurf appears to interrupt the game, telling his little Smurfs that it's time for lunch and then afternoon chores. Then Papa Smurf sees that Tharp is with them, and the Smurfs are surprised to find out that Papa Smurf has known the baby gargoyle since he was less than Smurf-size. Papa Smurf finds out from Tharp that his owners, Selwyn and Tallulah, who are old friends of his, are still arguing with each other (much to the Smurfs’ shock). Smurfette tries to assure Tharp that Smurfs never argue with each other, only for Jokey to prove otherwise. Smurfette asks Papa Smurf if they could have Tharp over for lunch, and Papa Smurf approves, saying that one extra guest couldn't hurt.

Papa Smurf Introduces Tharp

As Selwyn and Tallulah visit the graveyard that was one of their favorite haunts, saying that it hasn't changed a bit since the last time they were there, the Smurfs watch as Tharp displays a healthy appetite for food. Smurfette feels so sorry for Tharp having to live with a couple that argues and bickers all the time. Tharp tries to express that he would rather stay with the Smurfs, but Papa Smurf tells Tharp that Selwyn and Tallulah must be worried sick and that he should return home. Smurfette then says that Tharp never got a chance to play smurfball with them, and Papa Smurf realizes that he could have his little Smurfs postpone doing chores for a while so they could make Tharp happy, and thus gives them permission to play smurfball, but only for a while.

As Selwyn and Tallulah spend some private moments expressing their love for each other inside a dark cave, the Smurfs get ready to play smurfball again. Clumsy asks Hefty if he could do the kickoff, and Hefty allows him to do so, but as Clumsy tries to kick the ball, he trips and falls on his back before his foot makes contact with the ball. Clumsy then suggests that they would let Tharp do the kickoff, and so the gargoyle gives the ball a kick, and it explodes, revealing that it is the Orb Of Hydra as a three-headed hydra grows from inside it and spews out fire. The Smurfs run for cover and safety as the hydra attacks them, but now Papa Smurf wonders where Tharp is, as he doesn't see the gargoyle anywhere. Nonetheless, he tells Hefty to get the fire brigade quickly.

Selwyn and Tallulah return to Quarrel Castle, only for Selwyn to find out that the Orb Of Hydra has been switched with Tharp's ball, and that Tharp must now have the orb. Fearing the danger that the gargoyle would put himself and others in if the orb was opened, Selwyn and Tallulah now search the forest to find where Tharp has taken the orb.

Meanwhile, the Smurfs try to fight fire with water by spraying the hydra's mouths with the fire truck, but soon the fire truck runs out of water, and they have nothing left to fight off the hydra with. Then Tharp shows up again to distract and confuse the hydra, hoping to stop its menace as the Smurfs watch from safety, until he collides with a tree and falls to the ground. But just as the hydra thinks it's got the upper hand on Tharp, Selwyn and Tallulah show up and use their magic to shrink the hydra down to size so it can return to the orb and be sealed inside it.

Papa Smurf and the other Smurfs are glad to see Selwyn and Tallulah come to the rescue, and the two sorcerers are glad to find Tharp safe and alive, seeing how much they miss him and care for him. Tallulah promises to feed Tharp his favorite dish, grub worm gruel, when they get home. Selwyn counters and says that Tharp's favorite food is cat cakes. As the Smurfs say goodbye to Tharp as he reluctantly follows his owners back home, the couple continues to argue over what Tharp's favorite food is, with Tharp's shrug indicating that their arguing will be something that will never change.

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