Pirate

A pirate is a type of thief who makes his living traveling on the ocean and robbing whatever valuable ships may cross his path. He usually has a well-armored sailing ship which he uses for transportation and for attacking other ships. A common feature among pirates in fiction is the appearance of a Jolly Roger flag (a skull-and-crossbones on a black field) flying on the mast of their ship.

Mainstream Smurfs Media
In the mainstream Smurf media, pirates have appeared in the cartoon show. Their first encounter with them is with Captain Keelhaul in the episode "Smurfs At Sea" when the Smurfs take their first and only voyage on the S.S. Smurf, which was downsized to a floating raft. In "The Patchwork Bear", the Smurfs encountered the Iron Pyrites whose ship was trapped in the Crystal Kingdom when its waters were frozen. In "Marco Smurf And The Pepper Pirates", the Pepper Pirates captured Marco Smurf and the other Smurfs went to rescue him.

In the episode, "Swashbuckling Smurfs", the time lost Smurfs went to an island and met Captain Redbeard, a pirate which was finding a magical Clamulet which could control people to do everything commanded by its owner. However, Captain Redbeard's pet parrot stole the Clamulet and controlled the captain and some Smurfs. The Smurflings and Grandpa Smurf, who were the only Smurfs that were not affected by the Clamulet, went to rescue the other Smurfs. After a long adventure, they finally got back the Clamulet and rescued the controlled Smurfs back to normal.

In the Smurfs' Village game, a Smurf pirate also appeared with giving many gifts to the player after placing his hut and finishing his game.