The Smurfs and the Howlibird menace anymore. While all smurfs live happily in the village, one smurf unlike the others just wants to seek new horizons, so he says it to Papa Smurf. Despite the efforts of many smurfs (like Greedy Smurf and Jokey Smurf), he still leaves, but Papa Smurf gives him a magic whistle that will return him to the village if he's in danger. During his travels, the smurf is found and captured by Gargamel, who, not knowing what the whistle does, uses it and arrives to the smurf village. There, Gargamel tries to capture the smurfs, but Papa Smurf gives him
The Smurfs of UNICEF. The 50th anniversary of the Smurfs and the 80th anniversary of the birth of its creator Peyo, were celebrated by issuing a high-value collectors' coin: the Belgian 5 euro 50th anniversary of The Smurfs commemorative coin, minted in 2008. In 1998, writer Marc Schmidt wrote a parody article citing the Smurfs as an example of the impact of socialism in continental European culture. In 2011, Schmidt's essay was scrutinised in a response essay by Kate Krake, who examined the nature of cultural theory built on textual observation and warned against creating false allegories out of texts like The