History ComicBook / TheSmurfs

Recently made Editor-in-Chief Yvan Delporte recognized the diminutive stature of the Smurfs made them perfect stars to fit in the mini-récits (short stories) that gave readers fully contained forty-eight page story in a postcard sized comic in the pages of ''Magazine/{{Spirou}}''. After ''Spirou'' publisher Charles Dupuis approached Peyo with the idea, Peyo agree and, on the condition Delporte helps him write the comic, the Smurfs first comic “Les Schtroumpfs noirs” was introduced the same year, the story helping establish the basic setting and some of the original characters that would become the staples of the series.[[note]]Not only did it introduce Delporte’s role as a collaborator in the creative process, but Peyo had ultimate control of the storylines and characters whilst Delporte helped develop the particulars of the plots and write the dialogue before Peyo committed the final script to paper.[[/note]]

Recently made Editor-in-Chief Yvan Delporte recognized the diminutive stature of the Smurfs made them perfect stars to fit in the mini-récits (short stories) that gave readers fully contained forty-eight page story in a postcard sized comic in the pages of ''[[ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio Spirou]]''. After ''Spirou'' publisher Charles Dupuis approached Peyo with the idea, Peyo agree and, on the condition Delporte helps him write the comic, the Smurfs first comic “Les Schtroumpfs noirs” was introduced the same year, the story helping establish the basic setting and some of the original characters that would become the staples of the series.[[note]]Not only did it introduce Delporte’s role as a collaborator in the creative process, but Peyo had ultimate control of the storylines and characters whilst Delporte helped develop the particulars of the plots and write the dialogue before Peyo committed the final script to paper.[[/note]]

** And yet was the ''opposite'' of this in "The Baby Smurf", where he kidnaps Baby Smurf because he has grown attached to him and doesn't want him to be taken away again by the stork.

* BadassGrandpa: papa Smurf is often the one who has to leap into action when some danger is involved, usually because the others smurfs are too afraid to; like dealing alla by himself with the howlibird

** "Romeos And Smurfette" (''Theater/RomeoAndJuliet'')

* ThrowTheDogABone: Brainy Smurf gets particularly lucky with Smurfette at the end of "The Olympic Smurfs".

* TalkToTheFist: In "The Smurfs And The Book That Tells Everything", after Hefty suggests that every Smurf should form a line so that they could get their chance to talk to the titular book, one Smurf comments that Hefty should go to the back of the line when he appears ahead of all the other Smurfs. Hefty responds by raising a fist toward the Smurf who suggested it.

* TheseTwoGuys: Hefty and Brainy evolve into this relation in the most recent books.

* HowWeGotHere: Much of "Smurf Versus Smurf" is Papa Smurf recalling what went on the village that required him to seek out Gargamel's help.

* {{Arrowgram}}: The Grey Smurfs sent arrowgrams to the Smurfs prior to attacking them, hoping that they would surrender, in the comic book story "The Smurf Menace". Unfortunately, Papa Smurf's response leads to [[ThisMeansWar a war with the Grey Smurfs]].

* BattleDiscretionShot: In the comic book story "The Smurf Menace", Hefty gets into a fight with three Grey Smurfs who have stolen food from the Smurfs, and while only the two Smurfs following Hefty get to see the fight that we don't, we do get to see Hefty shaking his fist at the badly-wounded Grey Smurfs running back to their village.

* BedsheetLadder: In the comic book story "The Smurf Menace", Papa Smurf, Hefty, and Jokey escape their imprisonment inside the Grey Smurf prison camp by making a ladder using torn pieces of Smurf pants...leaving the hapless victims with a CensorShadow.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: New Smurfette (Blonde), original Smurfette (Brunette) and Sassette (Redhead). Alternately, Smurfette (Blonde), Grey Smurfette (Brunette), and Sassette (Redhead).
* BookBurning: The Grey Smurfs in the comic book story "The Smurf Menace" burn all of Papa Smurf's spell books in order to keep him from finding the spell to make the Grey Smurfs vanish.

* CensorShadow: Used in the comic book story "The Smurf Menace" depicting the Smurfs who gave up their...uh, pants to create a BedsheetLadder for Papa Smurf, Jokey, and Hefty to escape the Grey Smurfs prison camp.

* ChewOutFakeOut: In "The Smurf Menace", Papa Smurf chews out Hefty for picking a fight with the Grey Smurfs after specifically telling his little Smurfs not to use violence against them in any of their dealings. Afterward, though, Papa Smurf smiles, as [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight Hefty's willingness to go against Papa Smurf's orders for the sake of sticking up for his fellow Smurfs]] has produced the result of the Smurfs being united together again.

* TheDarkChick: Grey Smurfette in "The Smurf Menace", though she only makes one appearance in the story and that's mostly to antagonize Smurfette into [[DesignatedGirlFight having a fight with her]].

* GreatEscape: In "The Smurf Menace", one of the Smurfs in the Grey Smurf prison camp makes his escape by digging a tunnel from the camp to freedom. He reaches the Smurf Village by the time the story ends and the Grey Smurfs have disappeared.

* ImpersonatingTheEvilTwin: Papa Smurf in the story "The Smurf Menace" attempts to impersonate his EvilTwin self the Great Chief after he, Jokey, and Hefty escape being imprisoned in the Grey Smurfs' prison camp in order to find the laboratory in the Grey Smurf Village and make the antidote that will cause the Grey Smurfs to disappear. The Grey Smurfs encountering Papa Smurf almost buy into the impersonation until Jokey accidentally lets slip a joke that gives them away.

* POWCamp: The Grey Smurfs set up one for the captured Smurfs in the story "The Smurf Menace".

** The case with all the Grey Smurfs.

* ShotInTheAss: In the comic book story "The Smurf Menace", Farmer receives an {{Arrowgram}} for Papa Smurf from the Grey Smurfs right in the behind.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: "The Smurf Menace", Papa Smurf orders his little Smurfs not to respond to the Gray Smurfs with violence when the Gray Smurfs ward them away from the dam with weapons during their protest of the Gray Smurfs hoarding all the water. Later on, when the Smurfs see that the Gray Smurfs were harassing them and robbing them of food that they were harvesting from the forest, Hefty decides to pick a fight with the Gray Smurfs and send them back to their village with nothing but bruises. The Smurfs applaud Hefty for his heroic act, but Papa Smurf still scolds Hefty for going against his orders...which immediately afterward [[ChewOutFakeOut he smiles, realizing that Hefty's decision to do so has resulted in his little Smurfs being united together again]].

* ChewOutFakeOut: In "The Smurf Menace", Papa Smurf chews out Hefty for picking a fight with the Grey Smurfs after specifically telling his little Smurfs not to use violence against them in any of their dealings. Afterward, though, Papa Smurf smiles, as Hefty's willingness to go against Papa Smurf's orders for the sake of sticking up for his fellow Smurfs has produced the result of the Smurfs being united together again.

* BuffySpeak: Papa tries to solve the language issue that caused the conflict in "Smurf Vs Smurf" by declaring that nobody can use any more compound words. This becomes the result.

* LandslideElection: In the comic book story "King Smurf", the nameless Smurf wins the election by an overwhelming majority, with his opponent Brainy Smurf only getting two votes to prove how unpopular he was with his constant nagging and moralizing.

* BearsAreBadNews: Gargamel deals with a bear chasing him through the forest in "Bathing Smurfs", which leads to his accidentally finding the Smurf Village. He later encounters the same bear who eats up his TrailOfBreadCrumbs and gets into a fight with it, getting bruised in the process.

* BigShutUp: The Duke of Abelagot in "The Jewel Smurfer" interrupts the play the Smurfs put on by suddenly pounding on the table and saying "ENOUGH!" when he realizes that the story of the play is revealing something too close to home.

* SecretKeeper: In "The Astro Smurf", the title character tells one inquisitive Smurf about the spaceship he's intending to build and warns him to keep it a secret. However, that Smurf ends up telling another Smurf, and soon enough the whole village knows about it!