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The Smurfs: Season 4

48 episodes Premiered Sep 15, 1984
Previously on The Smurfs

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Smurfs Season 3.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S4·E1 Mytharc

Symbols of Wisdom

Sep 15, 1984

Brainy and Gargamel grow magical beards in order to gain respect.

S4·E2 Core

Blue Eyes Returns

Sep 15, 1984

Smurfette's orange horse friend returns when Gargamel floods the forest with magic beans.

S4·E4 Core

Stop And Smurf The Roses

Sep 15, 1984

Chlorhydris abducts Laconia and tries to kill her by killing off all her flowers.

S4·E5 Core

Gingerbread Smurfs

Sep 15, 1984

Brainy loses big time to Greedy in a bake-off when his magically-created gingerbread cookies come to life and take over the village.

S4·E6 Core

Jokey's Shadow

Sep 15, 1984

Jokey's shadow comes to life and causes trouble for him.

S4·E7 Core

Jokey's Funny Bone

Sep 22, 1984

Jokey gets more attention than he deserves when he claims he lost his funny bone.

S4·E8 Core

Tick Tock Smurfs

Sep 22, 1984

Brainy's new time schedule has the Smurfs rushing through their day, and it's making them feel stressed out.

S4·E9 Core

The Master Smurf

Sep 22, 1984

A magic crown turns Greedy into a mind-controlling tyrant, and Papa Smurf must find the other crown to get Greedy to lose his.

S4·E10 Core

Tailor's Magic Needle

Sep 22, 1984

Brainy puts Tailor's clothesmaking skills to the test when his magical needle starts sticking it to the other Smurfs.

S4·E11 Core

The Traveler

Sep 22, 1984

A mysterious traveler from the east comes to calm the rage of a magical dragon.

S4·E12 Core

A Pet For Baby Smurf

Sep 22, 1984

Baby Smurf's glowing darling becomes a ghoulish danger.

S4·E13 Core

The Incredible Shrinking Wizard

Sep 29, 1984

A polluted muck pond causes Gargamel to shrink without limit, and only doing good deeds can restore him to normal.

S4·E14 Core

Breakfast At Greedy's

Sep 29, 1984

Lighter-than-air pancakes causes the Smurfs to float uncontrollably.

S4·E16 Core

The Trojan Smurf

Sep 29, 1984

Gargamel hides inside a giant hollow statue of Papa Smurf to lure the Smurfs into taking him into the village.

S4·E17 Core

Smurf The Other Cheek

Sep 29, 1984

Dot, dot, who's nose got the spot? An unfriendly game of kick-tag is afoot

S4·E18 Core

A Float Full Of Smurfs

Oct 6, 1984

Gargamel and Azrael disguise themselves as rabbits for the Smurfs' autumn festival parade.

S4·E19 Core

Smurfette's Sweet Tooth

Oct 6, 1984

Her insatiable appetite for sweets gets out of control when her very touch turns everything into candy.

S4·E20 Core

Smurf On Wood

Oct 6, 1984

Take one toad, put Papa Smurf's cap on him, throw in a bunch of superstitious Smurfs who think it's a result of Papa Smurf making a wish at a magic tree, plus one wizard in search

S4·E21 Core

The Smurfomatic Smurfolator

Oct 6, 1984

Handy builds his dream machine, which he uses against the tall weeds growing in the village.

S4·E22 Core

Petrified Smurfs

Oct 6, 1984

Peewit must get Selwyn and Tallulah to work together to reverse a spell that turned half the forest and the Smurf Village into stone before dawn.

S4·E23 Core

Papa's Worry Warts

Oct 13, 1984

A young wartless Wartmonger comes of age when a warted Papa Smurf passes his ""worry warts"" onto him.

S4·E24 Core

Lazy's Slumber Party

Oct 13, 1984

The Smurfs give Lazy a sleepless night he would rather forget.

S4·E25 Core

The Pussywillow Pixies

Oct 13, 1984

A lone Pixie befriends a Smurf lost in Pussywillow Hollow, and with the help of the other Smurfs they rescue her friends from being captured by the Wartmongers

S4·E26 Core

The Bignose Dilemma

Oct 13, 1984

Bignose, Gargamel, and Vanity magically switch noses.

S4·E27 Core

The Smurfbox Derby

Oct 13, 1984

A race from the top of the mountain falls flat when Gargamel arrives to steamroller the competition.

S4·E28 Core

A Circus For Baby

Oct 20, 1984

Hefty loses his fear of heights with the help of an elephant when he rescues Baby Smurf.

S4·E29 Core

Babies In Wartland

Oct 20, 1984

Baby Smurf finds himself on the throne with King Bullrush.

S4·E30 Core

The Smurfwalk Cafe

Oct 20, 1984

Handy and Greedy are in a dispute over who should get the credit for their accidental co-creation of a new frozen dessert.

S4·E31 Core

The Smurfiest Of Friends

Oct 20, 1984

Brainy learns to value his friendship with Clumsy when he helps Brainy escape being held prisoner by an ungrateful admirer.

S4·E32 Core

Never Smurf Off 'Til Tomorrow

Oct 20, 1984

Handy accuses Lazy of slacking off on the job when a hurricane carries them and several other Smurfs off into an erupting volcano, but Lazy manages to redeem himself.

S4·E33 Core

Bigmouth Smurf

Oct 27, 1984

He's big! He's blue! He thinks he's a Smurf! And what's worse, he's Bigmouth!

S4·E34 Core

Baby's Enchanted Didey

Oct 27, 1984

A fragment of Gargamel's magic cloth becomes a new diaper that lets Baby Smurf fly.

S4·E35 Core

The Man On The Moon

Oct 27, 1984

The Smurfs convince the Moon Man of his importance when he takes an unexpected vacation.

S4·E36 Core

Smurfette's Golden Tresses

Oct 27, 1984

Hogatha wants natural blond hair like Smurfette's, so she captures Smurfette and forces her to cut her hair.

S4·E38 Core

Gargamel's Giant

Oct 27, 1984

Gargamel uses smurfberries as a substitute for choke cherries to bring a giant to life.

S4·E39 Core

The Patchwork Bear

Nov 10, 1984

The Smurfs help an animated teddy bear find courage when his princess is held prisoner.

S4·E40 Core

Hefty And The Wheelsmurfer

Nov 10, 1984

Hefty regains his confidence in the face of disability when he tries out Handy's invention.

S4·E41 Core

Hopping Cough Smurfs

Nov 10, 1984

The Smurfs must find the hopping crane to cure themselves of a bouncing disease.

S4·E43 Core

Monster Smurfs

Nov 10, 1984

A magically deformed Smurfette befriends a treestump monster.

S4·E44 Core

The Bad Place

Nov 10, 1984

Muddy aliens have landed in the village, and the Smurfs learn to live with them as they seek help to repair their ship.

S4·E45 Core

Smurfing For Ghost's

Nov 17, 1984

There's something strange in the neighborhood of Quarrel Castle. Who does Peewit the house-sitter call? Brainy and Clumsy.

S4·E46 Core

The Gargoyle Of Quarrel Castle

Nov 17, 1984

Selwyn and Tallulah's pet gargoyle finds friends in the Smurf Village and accidentally sets loose a three-headed hydra.

S4·E47 Mytharc

Smurfiplication

Nov 17, 1984

Gargamel uses a multiplying machine on Brainy to get his six Smurfs for making gold.

S4·E48 Mytharc

Gargamel's Misfortune

Nov 17, 1984

A pair of charlatan gypsies help the Smurfs rescue Smurfette and Dreamy from Gargamel, who tricks the gypsies with a bag of painted rocks.