Nudity

Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations (such as a need for warmth or protection from the elements) and social considerations. In some situations the minimum amount of clothing or no clothing at all may be socially acceptable, while in others much more clothing is expected.

In mainstream Smurfs media, depiction of nudity even among Smurf characters is done through showing the characters either in silhouette or covering themselves with objects such as barrels. In rare cases, such as in the comic book story "The Wild Smurfs", the male Smurfs are shown from the back with their buttocks exposed.

Empath: The Luckiest Smurf stories
In Smurf society in the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series, nudity isn't so much a problem as is whether or not a Smurf is wearing a hat, as they consider the hat part of their cultural identity. However, it is customarily good manners for a male Smurf to at least wear a pair of pants while a female Smurf wears a dress.

Despite this, the Psyche Master rejects the Smurf standard of morality as proper and thus has departed to create his own group of people, the Psyches, who are programmed to see nudity as a behavior of "savage beings". Empath, who was raised as a Psyche, had originally adopted this frame of mind and was fearful of seeing his fellow Smurfs in what Psyches call "half-dress", which also included himself when he first wore Smurf clothes. Over time, Empath began to accept the Smurf standard of morality as proper over the Psychelian standard and became a bit more comfortable wearing just a hat and pants. However, after Papa Smurf had revealed to him his origin of being Papa Smurf's son after his 150th birthday, Empath became embarrassed of himself again and started wearing a shirt along with a hat and pants.

Smurfette through the first few years of her living as a real Smurf had gotten used to living among her fellow Smurfs appearing as they do and has even found herself physically attracted to them. This eventually led to her first encounter with Empath upon his final return from Psychelia on his 150th birthday, considering him to be the most handsome Smurf of all and wanting him to be her one true love. While Empath found Smurfette to be equally attractive, he is more desiring to be her friend first before giving his heart completely to her.