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“ | All I need to make gold is six Smurfs... And it won't matter if they're alive or dead! | „ |
~ Balthazar gets ready to shoot Papa Smurf. |
“ | Hear me Smurfs, and hear me well! I am Balthazar, master wizard! Surrender six of your own to me or you will all pay dearly! | „ |
~ Balthazar after shooting Papa Smurf and killing Ducky. |
“ | Haha! A Baby Smurf! I'd never dreamed such a thing existed, but now with the Baby Smurf I can perform experiments I've never done before! And each experiment is more deliciously evil than the last! Hahaha! | „ |
~ Balthazar ready to experiment on the Baby Smurf. |
Lord Balthazar, also simply known as Balthazar, is the overarching antagonist of the 1981 Smurfs cartoon. He is Gargamel's cruel godfather.
He also has his pet raven that he uses on various occasions, as well as a sea serpent who swims around in a moat guarding his master's castle. Balthazar serves as the second archnemesis to Papa Smurf.
He was voiced by the late Keene Curtis, who also voiced the Pastmaster from SWAT Kats.
Appearance[]
Balthazar is a fairly obese man with a spiky moustache and small beard, who wears purple robes with yellow/golden elements and adornments, as well as a dark cloak with a red interior. He also dons a golden helmet that sometimes covers his ears (other times they're outside his helmet), and his shoes match his cape.
On top of his hefty design, he's also much taller than Gargamel, towering over him and giving him a more intimidating presence. To appear more devious compared to Gargamel, he's also drawn with darker outlines around his eyes.
Alongside his standard garment, he will often be wielding a weapon, such as a scepter or an old makeshift musket.
Personality[]
“ | Gargamel: Balthazar! It's me, Gargamel, your only godson! Balthazar: I know! That's why I went easy on you. Now, state your business! |
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~ Gargamel and Balthazar, after the former endured several near-death experiences from Balthazar's traps. |
Balthazar is even more wicked and a better wizard than Gargamel is, with his diabolical plans for capturing Smurfs tending to be more lethal, dangerous and destructive. He is a shrewd, cunning and manipulative individual who is virtually pure evil and loves nothing more than getting his way and crushing the will of others.
“ | Balthazar: Now, I can begin my experiment. Papa Smurf: Balthazar, these animals are hungry! I don't think they've been fed in days! Balthazar: They haven't, because I intend to break their wills, and yours too! And when you get hungry and nod you'll do just what I want you to do. I'll have you all on my side, and when I release you into the forest you will do my bidding! |
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~ Balthazar and his prisoners. |
It is shown that Balthazar is very sarcastic, pretentious and disrespectful for anything or anyone but himself, and even after seeing beings such as the Smurfs and Father Time, he continues to doubt most claims made by his godson (such as when discussing the existence of the Tooth Fairy, or Molar Mountain's haunted nature, regarding both as nonsense). Initially, he almost completely looked down on the age of wizardry and only cared about the "magic" of the future. In fact, even his "magic wand" shown in his debut episode is actually a makeshift musket.
“ | Of course I want to see into the future, you fool! The age of wizardry is past, a new era is dawning, and if I can be the first to see it I will become the most powerful wizard of my time! | „ |
~ Balthazar to Gargamel. |
He is also a revolutionary and futuristic individual obsessed with knowing what the future holds, and wishes to know what age will come after the age of wizardry, as he believes that it will give him access to even greater power which he can use to make himself unstoppable. He may also be a sociopathic and paranoid person; holding violent grudges over being disobeyed and not caring who or what he has to destroy in order to accomplish his goals, even if it means destroying the balance of nature or the world itself to get what he wants.
“ | Lord Balthazar: Hahaha! Stop him, my pet! [the moat monster breathes fire in front of Poet Smurf] Well, my little Smurf. It's the amulet or your life! Poet Smurf: Very well, you may have the amulet! But please, let me and my friends go! Lord Balthazar: Ha! At last, the future is mine! [Balthazar grabs the amulet and then Poet Smurf] And as for you, I'll let you go... into the jaws of my faithful pet! |
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~ Balthazar corners and nearly kills Poet Smurf. |
Biography[]
The Smurfs' Springtime Special[]
Gargamel sought out the aid of Balthazar in hopes of finding a way to eventually capture the Smurfs with one of his many books. Upon arriving at Balthazar's castle, Gargamel was given a very prejudicial welcome, and is treated with extreme animosity upon coming face to face with Balthazar.
Balthazar initially dismisses Gargamel's request as nonsense and the Smurfs as fairytale creatures, and demanded that he leave, but not before Gargamel stole the book that he needed to end the Smurfs. After Gargamel follows the instructions within the book to kidnap Mother Nature, it causes a tempestuous snowfall which even Balthazar notices, which makes him question his antecedent doubts about Gargamel's claims. He then heads out to Gargamel's hobble where he ends up coming face to face with Papa Smurf.
“ | Gargamel, you're a blithering idiot, and a disgrace to the family! Now, out of my way! | „ |
~ Balthazar to Gargamel after the latter lets Papa Smurf get away. |
He then prepares to kill Papa Smurf with his "magic wand of the future" and fires it at the Smurfs; however, the shot is taken by Smurfette's pet, Ducky. Balthazar was then preparing to fire another shot, but is stopped by the sudden arrival of the Smurfs' forest friends who tackle and chase off Balthazar and Gargamel. Mother Nature is then rescued and resurrects Ducky.
Puppy[]
Balthazar abducted the Smurfs' pet named Puppy in hopes of opening his locket and finding out the secrets of ultimate magic. He goes to great lengths to do so to the point where he even tried to decapitate him with a guillotine, an act which even Gargamel found to be too exhaustive. Thankfully, Puppy was saved by the Smurfs and taken home.
A Circus For Baby[]
Baby Smurf accidentally ended up in Balthazar's castle, and upon finding the infant, Balthazar takes it to his lab with the dark interest of using Baby Smurf for his twisted experiments, but his diabolical plans fall apart when Baby is saved by the Smurfs and their elephant friend named Pyramis.
“ | Be happy, little one, you haven't long... | „ |
~ Balthazar to the Baby Smurf. |
Future Smurfed[]
Balthazar desired to see into the future, believing that the age of wizardry was nearing its end, and he desired to be the first to see the next age and be the first to know its secrets. To do this, he has Gargamel finding him a way to do so, which generally involved fortune tellers, but after intimidating Gargamel enough, Gargamel suggests that they seek out Father Time and use him to find out the future. Balthazar abducts the wise ancient and tried to force him into revealing the future, and otherwise, Balthazar threatens to use Father Time's sickle to destroy the fabric of time itself and undoing the world.
“ | Lord Balthazar: Father Time, there's enough food and drink for two if you show me how to see the future! Gargamel: ...Well then, how come there's not enough food for three? Azrael: [Agrees with Gargamel in a meowly manner] Lord Balthazar: Let's make a deal: I'll let you go and give you back your sickle if you'll just tell me how to cut a liiitle tiny hole into the future! Gargamel: [whispering] Eh, psst! You're not really going to let him go, are you? Lord Balthazar: [whispering] Of course not. Father Time: No deal, Balthazar! Lord Balthazar: Then hear me well, ancient one! I'm going to start slicing and hacking at your precious fabric of time until nothing is left but ribbons! The primitive past will pour into the present! Father Time: Stop! Very well... You win Balthazar... Lord Balthazar: I knew you'd see things my way. |
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~ Balthazar torments Father Time. |
Luckily, Father Time was saved with the aid of the Smurfs and he proceeded to punish Balthazar by leaving him bound to his chair.
Poet The Know-It-All[]
Once again, Balthazar desired to gaze into the future. He demands this from a traveling merchant, who reveals that he meets an old gnome named Solomon the Soothsayer. The merchant thinks the amulet cursed, so he declines. When Balthazar hears of this, he seeks out Solomon the Soothsayer, only to learn he already gave it away to Poet Smurf, causing Balthazar to go after Poet and the Smurf village as a whole.
“ | Smurfs: Balthazar! Lord Balthazar: Hahaha! Which of you little blue beasts has the amulet that can foretell the future?! |
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~ Balthazar arrives to the Smurf village. |
Powers and Abilities[]
“ | Watch closely, Gargamel. This is the magic wand of the future, it has the power to change the world! | „ |
~ Balthazar regarding his musket. |
Despite being a wizard and the greatest in the world, Balthazar seems to prefer using machines or experiments to achieve his goals, a makeshift musket being the very first weapon he uses in the show, one he claims will change the world (and by all intents and purposes, he's correct).
He does still use and create magical artifacts (sometimes melding technology and magic into an efficient combination) such as scepters and even shoots lightning bolts out of his fingers on a few occasions.
His large size is also a noteworthy attribute of his power, since he's shown to have incredible strength, especially for a man his age, and his huge gut is bouncy enough to fend off and send back people running at him.
Quotes[]
“ | In the future beckons there is no time for subtlety. | „ |
~ Balthazar as he forces (via a whip) Gargamel to carry a battering ram to break into Father Time's home. |
“ | Hmm, an amulet, eh? Hahaha! What care I if it be good or evil? Either way I can use it for my purpose. | „ |
~ Balthazar after learning of Solomon's magical amulet. |
“ | It can't possibly be of any use to you, and I can put it to so many good uses! Hahaha! | „ |
~ Balthazar regarding the amulet worn by Poet Smurf. |
“ | Another Smurf! [Balthazar captures Hefty] There must be more Smurf intruders! Raven, find them! [Balthazar's raven captures more Smurfs, and Balthazar catches the rest] Oh, yes! Now I have more Smurfs to experiment with, hahaha! And I shall deal with you, my sweet little Smurfling, later! | „ |
~ Balthazar captures several Smurfs |
“ | Heheh, first I shall turn you all into gold, then I will catch the little Baby Smurf back down here. I will bake it and grind it into powder... Baby powder! Hahaha! | „ |
~ Balthazar prepares to turn his Smurf prisoners into gold. |
“ | Oh, you have the most gorgeous fur of any creature in the forest, but don't let it go to your head, let it go to mine, in the form of a fine fur hat! | „ |
~ Balthazar hunting a lynx. |
“ | Now let me think, think, think... Yes, I suppose I could make gold... But more valuable than gold is the secret of a Smurf, more valuable than gold, the secret of Papa Smurf's books, more valuable than the books, the contents of Papa Smurf's mind! Hahaha! | „ |
~ Balthazar planning to use Papa Smurf's children as hostages and leverage. |
“ | "Be assured that I agree with your demands, it will take three days. In return, you will free the poor Smurfs you hold prisoner. Signed: Papa Smurf". Ha! The fool! He still believes gentlemen keep their word... Hahaha! Now I've got him! HAHAHA! | „ |
~ Balthazar planning to betray Papa Smurf. |
Trivia[]
- A segment of Richard Wagner's Ride of The Valkyries can be heard in his debut episode when his castle is first shown.
- Unlike most characters who are drawn with more innocently designed "joined" eyes, Balthazar is generally drawn with separate eyes, in order to stand out and appear less friendly.
- Balthazar serves as a dark reflection to Papa Smurf.
- They're both elderly wizards, both godfathers and both have pet birds. Unlike Balthazar who is cruel, wicked, menacing, and unmerciful that he will never forgive his godson Gargamel for all the mistakes he's cause especially when he always abused him due to being a clumsy coward Gargamel still is. Papa Smurf on the other hand will always learn while teaching about the rules of morality, and is willing to forgive Brainy, Clumsy and Smurfette after they made their own mistakes, they have caused.
External Links[]
- Lord Balthazar on the Smurfs Wiki
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