Hefty Smurf (Empath stories)

Hefty is one of the characters that appear in Vic George's series of Smurfs fanfiction stories related to the character of Empath. While sharing some similarities to his cartoon show universe counterpart, Hefty in these stories tends to be a bit more prideful in his abilities and his being the firstborn Smurf of his generation, and is rather jealous in the presence of Empath so much that he has become a bitter rival, acting only civil when a job needs to be done, but always suspicious of Empath and looking for an opportunity to show him up.

His firstborn pride also extends to a bit of friendly rivalry with his brother Handy. As a young Smurfling, Hefty acted as a bully toward his younger brother Grouchy until Empath stood up against him, eventually forcing Hefty to back away from tormenting Grouchy and his position as Papa Smurf's assistant was given over to Brainy and later on Empath.

Hefty took after his father Muscles in the manner of both bodybuilding and wearing of tattoos on his arms. His current role in the Smurf Village is that of a supervisor of work activities, particularly those requiring physical strength and labor. Though Empath is put into a position above his own as the assistant counselor, given authority to lead the village in Papa Smurf's absence, Empath could pass along those duties to Hefty if necessary.