Smurfs (Mirror Universe, Empath stories)

The Smurfs that Empath and Polaris encounter in what would eventually be called the Mirror Universe are evil counterparts to the Smurfs of the normal universe. They are for the most part identical in appearance to the Smurfs of the normal universe, except that their skin is red. Their leader, Papa Smurf, rules the village with an iron fist with his son Empath as his assistant leader, taking pleasure in torturing any who resist him. Their enemy is Gargamel, a peaceful wizard who simply wants to be left alone in the forest with his cat Azrael and his apprentice Scruple. Gargamel tried to make appeasement with the Smurfs by creating a female counterpart for them named Smurfette, but Papa Smurf corrupted Smurfette by transforming her into a real Smurf, which made Gargamel very sorry that he had even thought of creating her. The Smurfs over time were building up an army of self-replicating Clockwork Smurfs with their goal to take over the known world with them. However, Empath and Polaris from the normal universe disrupted their plans by uniting with the Mirror Universe versions of Gargamel and the Psyches, ultimately defeating them. Gargamel then used the Key of Chronos from his own universe to cast the Smurfs of his universe into a never-ending time loop from which they could never escape and where they could do no more harm to anyone.