The Smurfs: Difference between revisions

* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: Father Time and Mother Nature helped the Smurfs on more than one occasion.

* [[Are We There Yet?]]

"Yes, '''IT IS'''!". }}

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Papa Smurf. He often saved the day and would often volunteer for dangerous physical tasks.

* [[Dumb Is Good]]: The other Smurfs disliked Brainy's [[Insufferable Genius|bossy know-it-all]] behavior, despite the times he actually has a point.

* [[Ephebophile]]: Papa Smurf's one-time attraction to Smurfette, which also overlaps with [[Pervert Dad]].

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: None of the Smurfs has a name; they are known by their occupation or most obvious personality trait (Handy Smurf, Clumsy Smurf, etc.). The only Smurf that has an actual given name is Sassette.

* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: Smurfette is modeled after Gargamel, so he creates her with short black hair. At the beginning, everyone finds her unappealing, so Papa Smurf gives her a makeover. After she becomes a blonde, everyone falls in love with her.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: the Smurfs' names.

* [[Faceless Masses]]: All identical Smurfs in white clothing. It works for the creators of both the comic books and the cartoon show so they can bring in a character that becomes prominent for a while and then easily write him out.

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Gargamel's goal of vengeance is condemned to failure, of course. But there's also Season 9 of the cartoon series, when the Smurfs were sucked into a time warp and spent the remainder of the series desperately trying to make their way back to Smurf Village. So it's two Sisyphean goals in one!

** Actually, only one Sisyphean goal replaced by another, as the Smurfs in the final season mostly dealt with Gargamel's distant ancestors and not the wizard himself.

* [[SMURFING]]: [[Trope Namer]].

** There was often [[Lampshade Hanging]], such as in a ''Johan & Peewit'' album where Peewit attempts to explain the Smurf language to other humans, but things get extremely confusing:.

'''Smurf:''' No, no! "I go to the woods" is "I smurf the smurf"! As for "I smurf the smurf", it means "I warble at aurora" ! }}

* [[Status Quo Is God|Status Quo Is Almost God]]: Save for some new characters (the Smurfette, the Smurflings...), the village always come back to its previous state at the end of the story.