Review: The Smurfs “Knight Smurfalot/Forget Me What?”

Overview (Spoilers Below):

Knight Smurfalot

Dreamer wants to be a knight after watching a play.

Forget Me What?

Brainy uses the magic flower to make Gargamel lose his memory.

Our Take:

For the first episode, much of the humor consists of Dreamer’s attempts to become a knight. Unfortunately, his “duties” as the first knight in Smurf Village cause more harm than good. He keeps charging at everything in sight and destroys Handy’s invention as if it was a dragon. After impressing Smurfette with his knighthood, a jealous Hefty tries to win her back by becoming a knight himself, resulting in him and Dreamer getting caught in a situation with Gargamel.

This is another enjoyable episode that focuses on another lesser-known Smurf and his dilemma that causes slapstick chaos throughout the village. This time, it’s Dreamer, who basically dreams about anything. The ending has similar vibes to one of the earlier episodes, “Smurf-Fu”, where Smurfette uses kung fu to save the Smurfs from a hungry snake. Regardless, it’s a funny representation of Dreamer helping others for all the wrong reasons. 

For the second episode, we see Brainy, Dimwitty, and Clumsy being tasked to destroy a mystic flower that can cause amnesia. When Gargamel arrives and captures Dimwitty and Clumsy, Brainy rescues them by using the flower to make him forget who he was. Afterwards, he befriends Gargamel, seeing him as the only person who appreciates his genius. However, his friendship with the wizard comes crashing down when Jokey invites the Smurfs to party at Gargamel’s house, and Azrael uses the ginger to regain Gargamel’s memory.

The episode has a standard Smurfs-outwitting-Gargamel scenario that doesn’t offer much else in its plot. It has Brainy finally finding someone who respects his smarts instead of the Smurfs and him being pissed off at them for partying too hard at Gargamel’s house. Unfortunately, those elements were quickly thrown out in favor of its slapstick shenanigans. But the finale was comically entertaining, so I can’t complain too much.

Overall, both episodes were fun regarding their plots and humor, even though one of them is better than the other. “Knight Snurfalot” is a charming and chuckle-worthy episode that sees Dreamer showing off his knighthood. As for “Forget Me What?”, it’s a forgettable episode that didn’t take advantage of the Smurfs’ lack of respect for Brainy’s genius, although the ending was fun to watch.