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| “ | Gargamel: I said "All of that is about to change". Azrael that's your cue! That's your cue to pounce on the miserable beasts in some kind of a rage-inducedd feline frezny. [Azrael attacking one of Gargamel's wooden Smurfs puppets] Gargamel: Yes, good. Yeah. More rage. Hey, but don't go crazy. These are the only pupets I have. Azrael: [Meows] Gargamel: I am not obsessed with Smurfs, thank you. I simply can't stop thinking about the miserable beasts every single minute of every single day. Azrael: [Meows] Gargamel: 'Cause I need them! It is only by capturing the little wretches and extracting their happy blue essence that my magic will finally become... Ugh, not unfathomable. Azrael: [Meows] Gargamel: Invincible! Yes. Thank you. I shall become the most powerful wizard in all of the world. [sinister laughing] Azrael: [Meowing sinister laughing] Gargamel: Yeah, but you're milking it. Don't milk it. |
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| ~ Gargamel on his plot to capture the Smurfs and extract their essence to become the most powerful wizard in the world. |
| “ | Oh whatever would I do with all of this power, oh, wait a minute, that's it, I'm going rule the entire world. | „ |
| ~ Gargamel revealing his plot after he uses the Smurf essence. |
Gargamel is the main antagonist of Sony Pictures Animation's live-action The Smurfs franchise.
He is an evil wizard from the Dark Ages, the owner of his cat companion Azrael and the arch-nemesis of the Smurfs. He is also the creator/father of Smurfette, Vexy and Hackus. Gargamel's goal in life is to capture the Smurfs and extract their essence to become the most powerful wizard and achieve world domination.
In the live-action series, he was both portrayed and voiced by Hank Azaria, who also voiced Snake Jailbird, Johnny Tightlips, The Grand Pumpkin, Killer Toupée, The Leader, The Devil, Cesar, Don Vittorio D'Maggio, Adolf Hitler, Dexter Colt, Frank Grimes, Jr., and Les Moore in The Simpsons, Whit in Run Fatboy Run, Venom in Spider Man: The Animated Series, Kahmunrah in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Carlos in Hop. In The Smurfs Dance Party, he was portrayed by JC Joe Carrier and voiced by André Sogliuzzo in The Smurfs 2 console game.
History[]
Early Life[]
Gargamel's past is not fully explored, but he claimed that his father had once thrown him down a well in his childhood but the young Gargamel managed to climb his way out, to the disappointment of his father.
The Smurfs[]
Gargamel appears as the main antagonist in this movie. His plots to use the Smurfs essence to become the most powerful wizard in the world. When he chases the Smurfs away from their village they end up in New York City, while Gargamel pursued them. There, he teams up with his cat Azrael, and his short-lived henchwoman Odile Anjelou.
When he gets a dragon wand, he captures Papa Smurf and takes him to his castle in Central Park where he uses his essence to power up his dragon wand and use it against his Smurf family and their human friends Grace and Patrick. Gargamel was defeated and his powers were gone and he was stuck in New York City powerless and while the Smurfs went back to Smurf Village with victory and no Gargamel to bother him.
In a mid-credits scene, Gargamel is still shown to have survived, cradling Azrael. He then breaks the fourth wall and tells the audience what they're looking at before zapping the screen.
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol[]
As he's still stuck in the present day, Gargamel is unable to make a physicial appearence in this movie. However, he does appear in Grumpy's dream in his 2D cartoon form as Azrael and him tries to catch him but they comically fail.
The Smurfs 2[]
Gargamel returns as the main antagonist in the sequel, this time he uses the last of his magic to become a famous celebrity magician in Paris and has two new creations called the Naughties to help him capture the Smurfs. He captures Smurfette to get the formula that Papa used to turn her into a real Smurf so he can turn his Naughties into real Smurfs and use their essence to become more powerful and rule the world.
When Smurfette refuses to tell him the formula, Gargamel and his naughties plot to be nice for her to become one of them to persuade her to tell them the formula. When she does, he puts his naughties and Smurfette in his Smurf extracting machine to take their essence and use it to control over the world. When Papa Smurf and the three other Smurfs come to rescue Smurfette, Patrick and Victor arrive and destroy Gargamel's machine and unleash all of the Smurf magic, which carries everyone out of the castle. Smurfette shoots Gargamel away with Azrael and they fly across Paris, then Gargamel shoots a portal into the water he and Azrael end up back in their castle, but after a painful fall. Back being poor and live in poverty since they have returned. They get into a fight and he is then attacked by Azrael with his claws.
The Smurfs: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow[]
In this special movie, like A Christmas Carol, Gargamel appears in the flashback story 2D animated like his cartoon counterpart and while he has a minor role, he becomes a supporting antagonist even though he's still an important character. Five years after the events of the second film, Gargamel is trying to find a way to find the Smurfs again so he can be able to catch them and apparently he and Azrael never returned to Paris. Azrael interrupts him and tells him that there are three Smurfs close to his castle, much to his excitement. Gargamel finds Smurfette and tries to get her but was defeated in a fight with the other two Smurfs until the Headless Horseman appears and chases all of them, forcing Gargamel and Azrael to temporarily team up with the Smurfs to escape. Once they arrive at the bridge, the Horseman cannot step there and gets mocked by the wizard and his cat until he throws a flaming pumpkin at them, causing Gargamel and Azrael to fall into the lake before being dragged by the water to a waterfall. They managed to survive and most likely came back to hunt the Smurfs after this.
Powers and Abilities[]
Gargamel has no magical powers in himself. However, his determination, deceit and the artifacts he uses to produce magical effects make him a dangerous enemy.
In the two films in which he appears, he uses the dragon wand to generate rays of energy or tentacles to seize his opponents, or even change the appearance of other living beings; this transformation, however, is temporary.
Quotes[]
The Smurfs[]
| “ | ♫La la la la la Sing a happy song. La la la la la This is so wrong♫ | „ |
| ~ Gargamel singing the Smurfs' song and his first words of the first film. |
| “ | (as Papa Smurfs) "I'm Papa Smurf. I'm the head of a small group of blue people and live in the forest with 99 sons and 1 daughter. Nothing weird about that, no, no. Totally normal." (as Smurfette) Oh, and I'm Smurfette. And I think I'm so pretty. And I betrayed Gargamel and I don't even care. And everything is just sunshine and rainbows." (normal voice) But all of that is about to change. | „ |
| ~ Gargamel playing with his Smurf puppets and mimicking the voices of Smurfette and Papa Smurfs. |
| “ | (as Smurfette) "O great one?" (normal voice) Yes, lying, deceptive, horrible little Smurfette? "After all your years of Smurf-less searching, how ever do you except to find us"? (normal voice) I'm very glad you asked, my dear. For you see, I have a magical map that shows me exaclty where the smurfroot grows! I shall now use my formidable powers to magically transport use here! | „ |
| ~ Gargamel explaning to his Smurfette puppet of how we can find the Smurfs village by using the magical powers. |
| “ | So, that's it! It's invisible. Those sneaky... | „ |
| ~ Gargamel as he finally realises he found out where the Smurf village are. |
| “ | Wait, wait, wait, wait. We don't know if it's safe. [Gargamel picks up Azrael and throws into the Smurf village's invisible passageway] Azrael? Are you dead? | „ |
| ~ Gargamel testing the invisible passageway by throwing Azrael into to make sure it's safe. |
| “ | Gargamel: Where are we, Azrael? Azrael:[Meows] Gargamel: What manner of freakish realm is this? |
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| ~ Azrael and Gargamel after arriving to the human dimension. |
| “ | Ah, another wretched Smurfless night. Oh, hello, little moth. Perhaps with your help I'll find a way to get them back. Oh, you and I are kindred spirits, little one. Both of us meant to soar. Go now, and bring back an army of mighty eagles to free me. Fly, tiny eagle. Fly and bring back your brethen. Fly! Fly! Fly! | „ |
| ~ Gargamel sending a moth to get an army of eagles in a quest to escape from the prison cell. |
The Smurfs 2[]
External Links[]
- Gargamel on the Smurfs Wiki
- Gargamel on the Villainous Benchmarks Wiki
- Gargamel on the Sony Pictures Animations Wiki
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