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"The A-Maze-Ing Smurfs" is a Season 2 episode from the Smurfs cartoon show.

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Synopsis[]

Papa Smurf goes to cure Malchior the Magnificent, but Jokey and a group of Smurfs follow him into Malchior's maze.

Plot Summary[]

Malchior's House

The house in the middle of a maze, where Malchior lives.

In the Smurf Village, the Smurfs notice a DO NOT DISTURB sign on Jokey's door and wonder what's going on inside his house. They try to take a peek through the window, with Brainy uselessly trying to ward the Smurfs away before curiosity gets the better of him and see that Jokey is trying his hand at stage magic. He has built a box with which he is attempting to perform a disappearing trick and is now following the instructions in a box for how to perform the trick by sticking one of his "surprises" inside the box. However, after following the instructions, he discovers that the trick isn't working, which makes his fellow Smurfs laugh as they are watching.

Jokey hears the laughter and goes outside to find out what his fellow Smurfs are doing near his house. They try to disguise the fact that they weren't watching, but Clumsy just lets it slip by saying it was really funny how the package just stayed inside the box. Jokey claims that it was simply a practice and that he can pull off that trick anytime. Greedy and the other Smurfs dare Jokey to prove it, and so he takes them inside his house to watch as he tries to perform the trick again, but this time when he opens the box, it causes a massive explosion that attracts Papa Smurf's attention. Jokey explains that he read about this magic trick from a book by Malchior the Magnificent, a great magician who lives inside a maze.

At that moment, the selfsame Malchior is busy examining himself in a mirror and feeling rather sick. He needs someone's help in order to feel better, and the only person he can think of to help him is Papa Smurf, whom he encountered years ago when he was just an apprentice who was lost in the forest. After pulling out his pet rabbit from one of his sleeves, Malchior then goes to his desk and writes a note to Papa Smurf, asking for his assistance. He has his pet pigeon come out of his hat and deliver the message to Papa Smurf immediately.

In the Smurf Village, the Smurfs are busy fixing up Jokey's house after the massive explosion caused by his magic trick attempt while Jokey goes on to explain more about Malchior to Papa Smurf. Then a pigeon lands on the village leader's head with a note attached to its talon. Papa Smurf sees that the note is from Malchior and in the note is a map that would lead his friend through the maze to his house. Jokey is surprised to find out that Papa Smurf knows Malchior, though he says he only knew him as Malchior the Jester. The village prankster is so eager to visit Malchior so he could learn all sorts of magic tricks, but Papa Smurf says that he must go alone and that Malchior hates company. The village leader packs his bag and tells his little Smurfs to be good while he's gone, but then Jokey tries to stow away inside one of his "surprise" boxes, which doesn't work after Papa Smurf opens it.

Out in the forest, as the Smurfs are busy picking smurfberries, Jokey tries to sneak off from his duties so he can visit Malchior, but Clumsy spots him as he leaves and ask where he's going. Jokey simply says that Malchior needs him before he runs off. The other Smurfs decide one by one that they should follow Jokey, and Brainy tries to stop them from doing so before he realizes that nobody is listening to him and that he should follow them. Meanwhile, Gargamel and Azrael are out in the forest looking for Smurfs, with the evil wizard using a dowsing rod to detect their presence, and soon it vibrates intensely, indicating that their prey is nearby.

Papa Smurf has soon reached the maze that guards and protects Malchior's house and is now using the map included in the message to navigate his way through the maze. He reaches the front door, and it opens, allowing him to enter. He sees Malchior lying in his bed, constantly sneezing, and says it's good to see him again. Outside, Jokey has now entered the maze and is trying to make his way through it on his own without the map when he runs into a jack-in-the-box that just appears in his path. Jokey gets spooked by the jack-in-the-box and luckily makes it to the front door, where he enters the house. The other Smurfs at this point have now reached the maze and start their attempt to get through it, with Brainy following behind as his fellow Smurfs walk off without him.

As the Smurfs in the maze wonder where they should go next, Gargamel has been led by the dowsing rod to the maze and is now following the Smurfs through it. He and his cat separate as Gargamel goes off in another direction and Azrael waits and sees the Smurfs coming toward him, apparently lost. They run into the cat and start running for their lives, passing by Gargamel as his dowsing rod is still tracking them. Soon the wizard joins in the pursuit, and soon the Smurfs find themselves trapped in a dead end, with the way out blocked by the wizard and his cat.

Jokey reaches the door of Malchior's bedroom and hears sneezing as the great magician is resting in bed, and Papa Smurf is looking for something he thought he had put in the bag that would help his friend get better. Then the door creaks as Jokey accidentally makes his presence known, making Malchior hide under the blankets in fear. Papa Smurf is angry that Jokey found his way to Malchior's house, but then he decides to calm the fear of his host by introducing Jokey to Malchior, which makes the village prankster look at the small man claiming to be a great magician in disbelief.

Out in the maze, the Smurfs find themselves with no way out until a box suddenly rises from the ground underneath and catapults them into the air, hurling them toward the chimney through which they enter Malchior's house. Papa Smurf wonders what they're doing here, and Smurfette explains that Gargamel is coming after them. They run and hide in Malchior's bedroom just before the evil wizard enters the same way the Smurfs did, by the same box in the maze that catapulted them. Gargamel finds Jokey out in the open, scolding Malchior and telling him that he's a fake, and grabs him, hoping that he will bring the other Smurfs out in the open.

Jokey calls for Malchior to help, and the great magician comes out of bed to deal with the human visitor, who upon hearing who the host is sees that he isn't as impressive as he is made out to be. Malchior humbly confesses that he truly isn't that great of a magician and tells the wizard that he can find the Smurfs inside the green box. Gargamel goes to take a look, and a jack-in-the-box pops up behind him and pushes him and his cat inside the box. Malchior then shows Jokey how the supreme vanishing trick is done, and soon Gargamel and Azrael are nowhere to be seen, only heard as the evil wizard rages that he'll get the Smurfs if that's the last thing he'll ever do.

After the Smurfs safely come out of hiding, glad to have witnessed a magician at work, Malchior invites them around the dinner table, thanking Papa Smurf for bringing the medicine that has restored his health. He also gives Jokey a little "surprise" of his own, which upon opening explodes like his own "surprises". Jokey thinks that was funny, and so do the other Smurfs as they and Malchior laugh.

Trivia[]

  • A children's book adaption of this episode was released internationally, titled "Smurfs In The Maze". It is one of a few Smurfs Classic books that have not yet been released in the US.

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