The Smurfs: Light and Dark/Season 1


Season 1

Season 1 of The Smurfs: Light and Dark series begins in the month of January and ends in August of the first year in the timeline.

Season Overview

In the first time-travelling episode since 1989, the Smurfs meet a pair of humans who help them solve the puzzle of the crystals, but not before some fun can be had in the 20th Century. While they will miss their new friends, the journey home is worth all the smurfberries in the world, and they find that multiple changes have occurred since they left. Starting in "Lost Tales of the Forest," some friends, former villains, and Smurfs have disappeared or moved on to greener pastures -- and not all of them have happy endings. Luckily, new friends and enemies alike begin to appear to prove that there is a silver lining to every dark cloud.

Season Specials

A short fanfiction special occurs with focus on Mystico where he is freed for the last time and encounters a unique female Goblin named Vira. He tries to win her heart and is constantly rejected, leading him to take drastic measures to persuade her to be his mate. This story, The Goblin's Admiration, sets the stage for the entrance of a new character.
The Reluctant Dark Knight features over twenty characters -- majority from the show -- and casts a fierce shadow on Johan when he is turned into a ruthless villain by Gargamel. This Season Finale is sure to intrigue and delight audience members with a thrilling plot, powerful action scenes, and hints towards future romance.

Episode Listing

Smurfs in the City
Home, Smurfy Home
Lost Tales of the Forest
Rising Flames
Tripped Up
Peewit's Smurfy Creation
Peewit's Unsmurfy Mistake
Mystico Returns
Moxette's Survival Test
Luck of the Smurf
The Goblin's Admiration -- Season Special
Hethera the Goblin
Beyond the Mirror's Reflection
Sewing the Smurfs of Love
From Stage Fright to Stardom
Moxette's Crazy, Smurfy Love
Kiddie Crushes
The Thief of Boarsford
Dear Prince Theodore
The Reluctant Dark Knight -- Season Finale

Continuity Sequence

Series Main Page || Season 2

Trivia

After calibrating the in-universal timeline pertaining to the LD Storyline (found in a Word Document on the author's laptop), "The Gnome Princess" and "Moxette's Crazy, Stupid Love" were switched.
Originally, there were only ten episodes in this season before Story One. After separating from the Expanded AU, new episodes were added to fill the gaps in the opening storyline. Perhaps the most drastic change in the storyline was the earlier introduction of Falla: she was set to debut in Story One, but she now appears in "The Thief of Boarsford." This was due mostly by the author's feelings of a lack of proper introduction for her.
The episodes added after separating from the Expanded AU include (in order of addition): (1) "Smurfs in the City," (2) "Home, Smurfy Home," (3) "The Thief of Boarsford," (4) "Lost Tales of the Forest," (5) "Moxette's Survival Test," (6) "Beautiful Beast," (7) "Dear Prince Theodore," and (8) "From Stage Fright to Stardom." The final episode was name and added to the list on May 14th, 2017.
The episode "Beautiful Beast" was scrapped and replaced on July 16th, 2020, to make way for the introduction of a character in place of a former Sony exclusive. The replacement episode, "Luck of the Smurf," will feature a comic exclusive character instead and was officially added on August 8th, 2020.
(To be relocated to its respective Trivia section later:) "The Thief of Boarsford" is loosely inspired by the 1943 novel, Johnny Tremain, which was one of the required reading materials for Numbuh 404 during middle school.
"Moxette's Crazy, Stupid Love" was modified to "Moxette's Crazy, Smurfy Love" on September 2nd, 2022, as a better fit for the naming convention of this series. The story, however, as it stands is unchanged and no plans to modify it are in place.
"The Gnome Princess" was officially deleted on September 2nd, 2022, after multiple attempts to rewrite the plot so that it would better fit into the overall series. However, it was considered a "filler" and was one of the earliest storylines to be written, making it an easy choice to cut. It has been replaced with "Sewing the Smurfs of Love," which is set to feature more direct development between Tailor and the newly introduced Moxette.