Talk:Baby Smurfs (Empath stories)/Gallery/@comment-4713257-20120229062837/@comment-1323688-20120407133250

In the comic books, Grouchy's behavior is because of the Bzz Fly. In the cartoon show, Grouchy was already that way. And in the 2011 movie, Grouchy's behavior is simply a facade to hide his true feelings. I went with the latter two explanations for the Empath interpretation of Grouchy.