Plagiaro the Ghostwriter (Empath stories)

Plagiaro is a character that is part of the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series. He is the ghost better known as Ghostwriter who operated the Fly-By-Night Fright Club entertainment center for deceased spirits. About three years before Empath's final return from Psychelia, Plagiaro was looking for a new "live act" after his customers were complaining about the entertainments becoming too boring, and in his search found Harmony Smurf who was desiring to write a great symphony to impress his fellow Smurfs. Plagiaro offered Harmony an entire completed symphony that he could claim was his own creation as long as he signed a contract. Eager to use the symphony, Harmony signed the contract, not knowing until the performance of the symphony was finished that he would forever be bound to Plagiaro as his new "live act". Papa Smurf found out where the symphony came from and took Plagiaro to court before a judge and jury of deceased spirits, having his little Smurfs play out the entire symphony in question. As they did, the members of the jury realized that Plagiaro took parts of their own musical works and thus was plagiarizing. The judge then deemed Plagiaro guilty of perjury and had him taken away to be put in chains while Harmony was released into Papa Smurf's custody.

Plagiaro would not appear until a few years after Empath's final return to bother the Smurfs in order to get his revenge. When Smurfette's Ray Of Sunshine album became the most popular album in the village, making her very popular, Plagiaro cursed her with having fame that would overwhelm her soul until she died from too much popularity. Empath decided the best way for Smurfette to break the curse is to have the Smurfs help her put on a tremendous concert featuring all her songs, thus allowing her to reach the peak of her fame from the album.