Tapper Smurf (Empath stories)

Tapper is a Smurf character from Vic George's series of EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf fanfiction stories. He is the friendly proprietor of Tapper's Tavern, where he serves fresh-brewed sarsaparilla ale to his patrons. He also enjoys conversing with his customers and offering advice to anyone who wants to hear it. He tends to be a rather spiritual Smurf, for one of the things he reads is a book called The Holy Bible, as revealed in the story "The Innocence Of A Smurf". He is mostly identified by a shamrock that he wears on his modified Smurf hat and by his green tie and green-striped vest. Like his father Seamus, Tapper speaks with an Irish accent.

In an interview with Reporter Smurf, Tapper revealed that he was mute when he was born. His father learned of the legend of the Blarney Stone in the Emerald Isle, which was able to cure any problems of whoever kissed it. So Seamus took his wife and his son to the Emerald Isle so that Tapper could kiss the Blarney Stone, and surely enough, Tapper was able to speak his first word. Apart from that, Tapper knew very little about the Emerald Isle except that his mother had prevented Seamus from eating an enchanted stew made of shamrocks that she discovered would have turned her husband into a leprechaun -- a bit of information that would prove to be useful later on in Tapper's life during the time-traveling adventures of the Smurfs.

In one of the stories of that series, Tapper joins with Sweepy, Miner, and Barber as a member of the Barber Smurf Quartet, practicing for the Smurfstock Festival. Usually Tapper keeps company with Barber and Sweepy due to their limited roles in the Smurf Village.


 * The character is named for the Bally Midway arcade game of the same name.