THE SMURFS
EMO SMURF
Written by Matthew Grisham
The Smurfs are property of Peyo/IMPS/Lafig Belgium S.A. 1981 cartoon series is property of Hanna-Barbera/Warner Bros. Discovery
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- The episode starts with the Smurfs doing their daily chores. Greedy is baking cakes, a handful of Smurfs are repairing the dam, Poet is writing his poem, etc. Clumsy is doing his job carrying wood, minding his own business. He trips over a rock, dropping his collection of wood in the process. Suddenly, he turns his head to face a mushroom house with a monochromatic color scheme (black and white for the rooftop, gray for the walls). "Gosh, I wonder why Emo hasn't smurfed out of his house yet?", Clumsy asked. "Clumsy, he's been isolated ever since he lost his favorite stuffed animal years ago.", Brainy. "Why talk about it now?" Clumsy replied, "Uh, I dunno. I'm just concerned, is all." - Hefty enters, asking, "What's smurfing on here?" Brainy replied, "Emo Smurf hasn't been out in a while. He likes to be isolated in his home." "Oh, dear, how dreadful." Smurfette said, looking worried. "This has to be a joke, right?", Jokey asked. "I don't think so. He might look bad for his complexion.", Vanity said, while looking at himself in the mirror. Brainy then said, "What he needs is exercise. As Papa Smurf always says, exercise is an important way to..." Hefty interrupted, pushing Brainy aside, "Move aside, Brainy! I oughta smurf this for myself!" So, Hefty went over to Emo's house and looked through his window. - There stood Emo Smurf, sitting on his bed. He is wearing the traditional Smurf hat in black, has black eyeliner on his face, wears a black t-shirt and fingerless gloves, gray blue jeans with light gray blue cuffs and black/white sneakers (resembling the Converse brand). Smurfette, Brainy, Jokey and Vanity then joined Hefty to look through the window (with Clumsy trying to get a view of Emo). "Uh, where is he? I can't see him.", Clumsy said. Hefty grabbed Clumsy and gave him a boost up to look through the window along with the others. "Uh, now I can see him. Yup, I certainly can.", Clumsy said. - "Ooh, what a miserable Smurf he is.", Smurfette said. "This isn't funny, you know.", Jokey said. "Yuck! I'm glad I'm not him right now.", Vanity said. "Let's go ask Papa Smurf. Maybe he can find out what's wrong with Emo.", Hefty said. So, Hefty and the others went to do just that. A while later, Emo was brought into Papa Smurf's lab. The village leader was checking his condition through a stethoscope. "Hmm... This is a situation most serious, my little Smurfs.", Papa Smurf said. "Emo has smurfed into a condition, known as depression." The other Smurfs, but Papa and Clumsy, repeated in shock, "Depression?!" Papa Smurf said, "Yes! With it, Emo is isolated all by his lonesome. He misses a certain memory from his Smurflinghood." - "Uh, gee, Brainy, do you know what his favorite memory is?", Clumsy asked. "Of course I do! His favorite memory is...", Brainy started to answer, but then ponders about it and says to Clumsy in annoyance. "Well, that's a smurfdiculous question!" Vanity said, "What a shame! He doesn't want to look at us anymore." Jokey said, "Yeah! And one time, he didn't even look at my jokes!" Brainy said to Jokey, "Get real, Jokey! I've seen them all before!" Emo started to speak with a reply, "You're telling me..." Papa Smurf said to Emo, "Emo, staying at home all day is smurfily bad for your health. You should be playing outside with the others." Emo replied, "What's the point? Life is depressing to me, anyways."
- Hefty said, "You gotta do something, Papa Smurf! Emo can't spend the rest of his life smurfing in bed!" Smurfette said, "Yes! Think of his life, his future!" Papa Smurf pondered for a moment, then said, "There is only one thing we should do... You can get him to participate in your favorite activities. By then, he'll feel like a happy Smurf again." Brainy said, "Exactly what I was going to suggest." Outside, Hefty and his friends brought Emo over to play smurfball with them. Brainy was the referee, as always. - "And don't forget, Emo. It's not how you win or lose, it's how you play the game.", Brainy said. "Lose? Hmph... I've lost something once.", Emo replied. "I don't recall you ever losing a game of Smurfball, Emo.", Brainy said. "It's not that... It's... something else...", Emo corrected. "So, which team wants to pick? Can some Smurf raise their hands?", Brainy asked. Hefty raised his hand and chose Emo. "That's Emo Smurf to Team Hefty!", Brainy announced. - Smurfette was on Hefty's team, convincing the depressed Smurf, "Come on, Emo. Win one for Hefty's team." Emo replies, "Okay, Smurfette. If you insist..." Emo lightly kicks the smurfball, which rolls slowly to stop at Hefty's foot. "Ha! You call that a kick?!", Hefty said in annoyance. So, Hefty showed Emo how to make a goal by kicking the ball while running. Hefty kicked past Jokey, who was the goalie for Clumsy's team, and won the first round of the game. The background Smurfs cheered for Hefty, in unison, "Yaaaaay!" - "Now, you try! And this time, smurf the ball!", Hefty said to Emo. So, Emo attempted to kick the ball by reading his right foot, slowly and steady. But unfortunately, he was quickly trampled by the other Smurfs on Clumsy's team to kick the ball, before he could. "Boo! You're too slow! You were supposed to smurf it a quick kick!", Hefty snapped. Clumsy's team kicked past Vanity, who is Hefty's goalie, and won the second round. "I HATE cheering! But, I hate seeing Emo lose more!", Grouchy said. - "Go smurf it again! This time, don't hold your foot and smurf it slowly! Just do it!", Hefty said. So, Emo finally decided to kick the ball and run as fast as he can. "Hey! I'm smurfing it! I'm smurfing it!", Emo said. "He's smurfing it! He's actually smurfing it!", Brainy shouted. As he kicked the ball into the goal, instead it bumped into the goal of Hefty's team and landed in Clumsy's team past Vanity. "Oops.", Emo said in shock. - "How could you miss the ball?! You can't even smurf a simple instruction, could you?", Hefty scolded Emo. "Hefty, Hefty, Hefty, we're supposed to cheer Emo up, remember?", Brainy said. "For once, Brainy's right. This isn't the time for scolding.", Smurfette said. "Of course I-", Brainy stopped and said in shock, "I am?" Hefty said, "Maybe smurfball is too much stress for him! Come on, let's smurf back to the village!" Emo followed the other Smurfs, with Grouchy grumbling to himself. - Back at the village, Jokey brought a gift box from behind his back and said, "What he needs is a joke to cheer him up!" Jokey turned around to call for Brainy. The bespectacled Smurf came up to the prankster Smurf and said, "What is it, Jokey?" Jokey said to Brainy, "I brought you a present! It's a surprise!" Brainy said, "Why, thank you, Jokey! Like I always say, it's the thought that counts!" So, Brainy opened the present and it exploded in his face. All the other Smurfs, alongside Jokey, laughed at Brainy. All but Emo, who is still depressed. "Wasn't that funny, Emo?", Jokey asked. - "I've seen this joke before...", Emo replied, implying it wasn't the first time Jokey used his exploding gift boxes on Brainy and never laughed once. "That's odd. I thought it would smurf his spirits.", Jokey said. "Well, the important thing is... You tried, Jokey.", Smurfette said. Handy said, "Hey, I heard Farmer is doing an agriculture class with a group of Smurfs! Maybe Emo would like to learn how to grow and harvest his own fruits and vegetables!" Hefty said, "That sounds like a smurfy idea! Come on, Emo. We're gonna enroll you in agriculture." And so, Hefty grabbed Emo by the hand to take him to Farmer's garden, with his fellow Smurfs tagging along. - "Welcome to Farmer's agriculture class! Where we'd be learnin' how to grow and harvest our own fruits and vegetables!", Farmer said. "Now, is every Smurf here and accounted for?" The group of generic Smurfs all answered in unison, with Hefty bringing Emo over to enroll in the
class. "Farmer, I'd like to introduce your new student, Emo Smurf!", Hefty said to Farmer. "Ah, Emo Smurf. I remember you. You'd be the one whose isolated at home all the time.", Farmer said to Emo. "But, it'd be all changin' once I teach you how to grow and harvest your own crops. Sound fun?" Emo replied, "Aw, I don't care." - "Good.", Farmer said. "Now, our lesson for today is harvesting cornfields!" The group of generic Smurfs, alongside Emo, followed Farmer over to the cornfields. "Over here are the cornfields in my garden! All you have to be doin' is to smurf the corncob off the stalks and stack it up in this here cart!", Farmer said. To demonstrate, Farmer took one of the corncobs off the stalk, put it in the wooden cart and said, "Like so!" Then, he turned to the group of generic Smurfs, saying, "You got it?" The other generic Smurfs agreed in chatter, but stopped when Emo raised his hand. "Yes, Emo?", Farmer said. "Is there a lesson in harvesting blueberries?", Emo asked. - "Of course we do. We'd be pickin' the freshest blueberries, but that ain't until tomorrow.", Farmer explained. Then, the country bumpkin Smurf turned to the others and asked, "Now, who would like to try harvesting first?" The other generic Smurfs all raised their hands, except for Emo. "Whoa, whoa, hang on! Only one Smurf at a time!", Farmer said. The other generic Smurfs looked at each other while mumbling to each other, then proceeded to put their hands down. "Well? Who's it gonna be?", Farmer asked, waiting for one of the Smurfs to raise his hand. One of the generic Smurfs hatched an idea, grabbed one of Emo's arms (which is the right arm), lifted it up and waved it gently in front of Farmer. "I'd be seein' Emo's hand up!" Farmer said. - Then, Farmer said to the depressed Smurf, "Alright, Emo, smurf 'em your stuff!" Another generic Smurf slapped Emo by the back to get him to walk over to Farmer Smurf. So, Emo tried his first hand at putting the corncob in the cart, but believes the corncob is stuck. He then proceeded to grab the corncob from the stalk with force. But when he finally got it out, he bumped into the cart with his back, causing it to collapse. Farmer was mildly furious with Emo, saying, "What kind of farmer destroys his own cart? I ask you to do a simple task and the way you'd be interpretin' it is to break the cart into pieces?!" Emo just simply shrugged with a worried look on his face, not knowing what happened when he tried to follow Farmer's orders. - "Until you'd be takin' it seriously, I want you out of my class!", Farmer said. Emo hung his head in shame, replying, "Yes, sir." So, Emo walked away from him and the other generic Smurfs. He walked past Hefty, Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy, Vanity and Jokey (who all felt sorry for him). "Oh, dear. Cheering up Emo is going to be tougher than we thought.", Smurfette said. "So, how's it coming along, my little Smurfs?", Papa Smurf said, who entered to check on the other Smurfs. "Uh, it's not going so good, Papa Smurf.", Clumsy said. "We tried smurfball, Jokey's pranks and Farmer's agriculture culture.", Hefty said. "Unfortunately, none of them are enough to lift Emo's spirits.", Vanity said. "And he's still feeling depressed. ", Smurfette said. "Oh, it's hopeless, Papa Smurf! Just hopeless!", Brainy said. - "Don't worry, my little Smurfs. He may be emotionless now, but that doesn't mean he is forbidden to let loose once in a while.", Papa Smurf said. "Papa's right. After all, we were just getting started.", Smurfette said. "Yeah! We're here to lift Emo's spirits and we won't give up until he feels smurfy again!", Hefty said. While they were talking, Emo attempts to sneak away from his fellow Smurfs, but is caught by Brainy Smurf before he could. "Oh, no! You're not going to smurf in your home again!", he said to Emo. "Uh, do you have another idea of a cure, Papa Smurf?", Clumsy asked. Papa Smurf pondered for a moment, then said, "Actually, I don't think I've prepared anything." - Luckily, Smurfette had an idea. "Why don't we smurf a benefit talent show in his honor?", she asked. The other Smurfs seem to find it a good idea, including Papa Smurf. So, Smurfette was put in charge of the show with Brainy Smurf chosen to star as the host (much to the annoyance of others). A few minutes later, every Smurf was getting ready for the benefit talent show. Harmony was conducting the music, Handy was building the sets and props, Greedy was put in
charge of catering (with Hefty protecting the food from being eaten by the village cook), a magician Smurf is practicing his magic trick (but accidentally grabs Clumsy (with his orange and white striped shirt) instead of a rabbit). - While rehearsal was in full swing, Emo stayed in his home for a week. He was ordered by Papa Smurf to stay inside until everything was ready. The benefit talent show took a week for every Smurf to rehearse. During that week, Emo Smurf was writing his own song in secret and Clumsy was sent to serve Emo his meals each day (even though he tripped a few times on Wednesday and Saturday). By the next Monday, everything was ready. All the Smurfs finished perfecting their craft and the benefit talent show was up for the big day. Smurfette went to Emo Smurf's home and knocked on his door. "Oh, Emo! Everything's ready! You can come out now!", she said. Emo opened the door slowly and peeked from behind. - "What is it, Smurfette?", Emo asked. "We prepared a benefit talent show, just for you!", Smurfette said. "A talent show, huh?", Emo said. As they went over to their seats, Emo pondered and asked, "It's not gonna be boring, is it?". Smurfette said, "Uh... nope. In front of the crowd, Harmony's Smurf orchestra is seen tuning their instruments for the intro music. Backstage, Brainy Smurf is putting on his bowtie. Handy Smurf, the one who built the sets and props earlier, enters to remind him, "10 seconds to curtain, Brainy Smurf." Brainy said, "Thanks for the reminder, Handy. Is my tie on straight?" Annoyed with such a petty question, Handy said, "Just get on stage and introduce the show." - So, Brainy did as told without giving any lectures at random and went on the center of the stage, looking nervous. A crowd of generic Smurfs were cheering for the show to begin, including Papa Smurf and Smurfette. Emo was the only exception, as he looked around with wide eyes (wondering what's going on). The Smurf orchestra is playing their instrumental intro music. After the instrumental was over, Brainy reached into his left pocket and pulled out some topic cards to read his lines. "Greetings, Smurfettes and Smurfs, and welcome to the Smurfs' Benefit Talent Show. Sponsored by Greedy Smurf's Kitchen and Farmer Smurf's Garden, home to Smurfs' nutritious diets and delicacies." Then, he mutters to himself, saying, "'Cause no Smurf else would give 'em a home." - A rim shot is heard. Backstage, Clumsy laughs at Brainy's joke. "Clumsy, stop it! We're supposed to smurf our acrobatics, remember?", Hefty said. "Gee, I'm sorry, Hefty. I just can't help but laugh at Brainy's jokes.", Clumsy giggled. "Hey! I do the jokes around here!", Jokey commented. After a moment of annoyance with Clumsy's laughter unintentionally interrupting him, he returns to reading the topic cards. "Our first act is a song composed by Harmony and his Smurf orchestra, with the lyrics sung by one of our finest Smurf performers. It's called 'La presentation des Schtroumpfs'.", Brainy said. He makes a confused look on his face, saying to himself, "Whatever that means..." As Brainy left the stage, Harmony and his Smurf orchestra start playing the music. The Smurf crowd clapped their hands. Backstage, an opera Smurf is peeking outside to see a crowd of Smurfs watching the show. "Oh, I'm so nervous! Are you sure about this, Handy?", Opera Smurf asked. "Of course. Besides, you have the right voice for it.", Handy replied. "Okay, here goes.", Opera said, as he walked behind the curtains at the center of the stage. - When the curtains open, Opera Smurf begins to sing the French lyrics. "Quand tous les schtroumpfs sont ensemble. Ils se ressemblent, ils se ressemblent. Mais on remarque à la vérité. Qu'ils ont chacun leur personnalité." While Opera Smurf was singing, Papa Smurf said in a sotto tone, "Ah, a smurfy classic. Right, Emo?" Emo replied with a yawn, so Papa Smurf turned away and continued looking at the performance. A few minutes later, Brainy Smurf introduced the next act. He said, "And now, a funny moment with Jokey and Grouchy!" Brainy then leaves the stage. The curtains open to reveal Jokey and Grouchy, to which Jokey waves to the audience, but Grouchy doesn't. Jokey said, "Hey, Grouchy. What do a call a leaf with "sass"?" Grouchy asks, "Huh?" Jokey repeats, "What do a call a leaf with "sass"?" Grouchy ponders, then answers, "Sarsaparilla!" Jokey said, "Say, I'll have some 'sarsaparilla', too! Hyuk,
hyuk, hyuk, hyuk!" Grouchy comments, "I HATE this act!" The crowd of Smurfs were laughing after hearing the sarsaparilla joke. Even Papa Smurf and Smurfette were laughing, but not Emo. He sunk in his seat, feeling embarrassed after watching Jokey and Grouchy's act. - Another few minutes later, the Smurfs were watching Farmer Smurf finishing his bit on stage. "And that is how you smurf for quality tomatoes. The bruised ones here ain't in smurfy quality.", Farmer said to the audience. Emo noticed how one of the actor Smurfs look similar to the one in agriculture class. The others, on the other hand, treat it as a normal and clapped for Farmer Smurf, who took a bow to the audience. He leaves to go backstage as the curtains closed. Brainy returns to read the rest of the topic cards. "And now, poetry by Poet Smurf!" Brainy leaves the stage, while the Smurf crowd cheered as the curtain opens to reveal Poet reading his poem. While Smurfette is praising Poet, Emo is left speechless and still feels depressed. After the poem was over, Poet takes a bow to the audience and leaves the stage. - Brainy returns to read the rest of his topic cards, "And now, let's hear it for the Smurfy Acrobats!" Brainy again leaves the stage, as the Smurf crowd cheered as the curtain opens to reveal the Smurfy Acrobats on stage. The Smurfy Acrobats consisted of three Smurfs: Vanity, Hefty and Clumsy. Clumsy was the one walking on the tightrope, with Hefty and Vanity on top of him. Vanity is looking at himself in the mirror during the act. The Smurfs were watching the act in motion, while Smurfette is concerned of Clumsy's safety. "Oh, dear. I sure hope Clumsy doesn't hurt himself in the middle of the act", Smurfette said to Papa Smurf. "And the others, too, Smurfette. I just wish they would keep their balance like they rehearsed.", Papa Smurf replied. However, Clumsy started to slip on the tightrope and collapsed on the floor, alongside Hefty and Vanity. Both the village strongman and beautician shouted to the klutz in annoyance, "Clumsy!" Clumsy asked, "Uh, why are you two smurfing down like that? We're trying to smurf an act here!" Both Hefty and Vanity groan as the Smurf crowd laughed at the sight of this mishap. - The curtains closed on the Smurfy Acrobats. Papa Smurf said, "My, it sure was a smurfy act." Smurfette said, "And funny, too. Right, Emo?" Papa Smurf and Smurfette wondered where Emo went. Emo whispers in Brainy's ear to announce the next act. "For our last act tonight, is a heartfelt song by Emo Smurf, our guest for the benefit talent show. And now, Emo Smurf singing 'I Miss My Mr. Fluffles'." The Smurf crowd cheers as Brainy leaves the stage and the curtains open. Emo Smurf was on a stool with his favorite guitar. He tunes it up a bit and then starts to sing a sad song about his lost memory, which is a stuffed rabbit. The Smurf crowd was reduced to tears and so was Smurfette, all except Papa Smurf (who figured it was the loss of his stuffed bunny that made him this way). Backstage, Clumsy (who was listening to the song) started to cry. Hefty said to Clumsy, comforting him, "Aw, take it easy, Clumsy. It's only a show." - Next to Clumsy, Brainy was also crying. Hefty asked Brainy, "What's wrong with you?" Brainy answered, "I'm just as sad as Clumsy is! Just leave me to my misery in peace!" After the song was finished, the Smurf crowd clapped as Emo Smurf took a bow to the audience. Smurfette said, "Do you know what happened to his stuffed bunny, Papa Smurf?" Papa Smurf answered, "Well, it's been past 50 years since he had it and now I hardly remember what happened to it." The next morning, the rooster crows to start the new day. At the Smurf Village, Papa Smurf tells his little Smurfs to clean up the mess from last night's talent show. So, the Smurfs went to work on cleaning up the mess. Hefty said, "I can't believe we failed to cheer Emo up." Poet said, "Yes, but his song was awe inspiring. I should write a poem about it." Brainy said, "Yeah, sure. When the stuffed rabbit is found." The other Smurfs yelled out Brainy's name in annoyance. Meanwhile, Clumsy picked up what appears to be the stuffed bunny he found in the Smurf Forest. He soon remembered the song and realized this stuffed bunny used to belong to Emo Smurf. So, he quickly ran over to Emo's house and knocked on the door. - Emo opens the door to see his missing stuffed bunny, long thought to be lost forever. He was overjoyed to be reunited with his bunny. "Where did you find him?", Emo asked. "Uh, one day, while you were moping 'round in your house, I found a cute little stuffed bunny at a nearby tree. But then, there was this heartfelt song of yours, and now I knew who it belongs to.", Clumsy
explained. Emo said, "Wow! That's very noble of you, Clumsy! No one has ever managed to find my stuffed toy before!" Clumsy asked, "So, does that mean you'll revert back?" Emo answered, "Not exactly. Even though you helped me regained my emotions, I'm going to stay Emo Smurf no matter what." - Smurfette enters with Papa Smurf, saying, "Yoo-hoo! Emo!" Emo said, "Smurfette! What are you doing here?" Smurfette said, "Just thought I'd come to congratulate you on your song." Emo asked, "You think so?" Smurfette said, "Yes! It sounded so smurfy!" Papa Smurf said, "You see, Emo? Every Smurf has a talent, even you!" The village leader then asked, "So, are you going to keep your stuffed rabbit?" Emo pondered at first and then answered, "You know, Papa Smurf, I think I've decided I no longer need it anymore." Papa Smurf and Smurfette said in unison, "You don't?" Emo said, "Nah. If there's one thing that taught me besides smurfing talents yesterday, it's that real friends are more important to have around." So, Emo hands the stuffed bunny over to Clumsy, believing the lovable klutz needs it more than he does. - "Uh, gee, thanks, Emo! You're a true blue pal!", Clumsy said. The other Smurfs, even Brainy and Papa Smurf, were pleased to see Emo let go of his past plaything and learned to move on without it. "Looks like Emo and Clumsy finally smurfed a happy ending between them! Right, Papa Smurf?", Brainy said. "It certainly looks that way, Brainy!", Papa Smurf said. Once again, another issue has resolved and peace returns to the village. And from that day on, Emo began to socialize with other Smurfs more often and began to appreciate participating in their activities. But for the most part, he continued to be all by his lonesome to keep his title. And the other Smurfs didn't mind, though they can get annoyed with him from time to time. End of "Emo Smurf".