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Season 3 of The Smurfs: Light and Dark begins in January and ends in July, ushering in the third year of the timeline.
Season Overview
Following from the epic tale of how the Clockwork Smurfs became renowned heroes of the land, Season 3 begins by delving into a royal birthday and quickly descends into one astounding adventure after another. A strange love spell overtakes the Smurfs on Valentine's Day, an abandoned site called Breckenridge sinks into the Earth, and Gargamel's recklessness leads to a world where every creature's creation is rearranged and must be reset before the change is made permanent!
Later, Moxette and Brainy's rivalry heats up as the two engage in a prank war on April Smurf's Day. However, it is nothing compared to what Ripple does because the old Woodsprite pulls a prank that has remarkably painful repercussions, and the Smurfs help Denisa celebrate her birthday by granting her an uncanny wish involving the boys of the hovel.
The season winds down with Poet presenting a stage play inspired by an Imaginarium experience, and it inspires a few other Smurfs -- like Smurfette, Brainy, and Moxette -- to enjoy new adventures in their own Imaginarium settings. They enter with good intentions, but not everything turns out as "hunky-smurfy," as it seems.
Season Specials
There are three special episodes during Season 3.
- Mother Nature's (Re)Creation is the story of how Gargamel alters the world by trying to remove the Smurfs from Mother Nature's Wheel of Creation. He and his apprentices retain their memories following the drastic overhaul that changes every creature into another, and the Smurfs are no more. Luckily, Brainy and Hefty happened to witness the wizard's treacherous play, so they must work together despite their differences to restore balance to the wheel before a full twenty-four hours have passed. If they fail, the Smurfs will never exist again.
- The Goblet of Eternal Servitude is the story of how Johan nearly becomes a lifelong slave to an immortal queen. He negotiates for Scruple's freedom after they are both framed for theft, and help comes in the form of Johan's dear friend, Jean de Baufort. Despite not knowing Jean because of Gargamel's spell, the young lord accompanies Scruple on a quest of the queen's choosing to set the dark knight free.
- Take Back the Knight is the story of how Gargamel's control over Johan finally comes to an end. As the knight is finally returned to the side of Good, he brings much more than a new outlook on life with him after having unwillingly committed criminal acts, attacked the same Smurfs he had befriended, and being forced to lead an army against King Gerard by Lord Balthazar.
Episode Listing
- My Kingdom for a Crook
- Creative Court Affairs
- Attack of the Love-Struck Smurfs -- Holiday Special
- Befallen Breckenridge
- Mother Nature's (Re)Creation -- Season Special
- Peasant for a Day
- Mind Over Smurf
- Blue is the Moonstone
- Top Prankster: Brains Versus Moxie -- Holiday Special
- The Unsmurfiest Prank Ever Pulled
- Poor Unfortunate Fools
- Denisa's Birthday Wish
- The Goblet of Eternal Servitude -- Season Special
- Backstage Smurfs
- Short-Lived Stage Life
- Return of the Weresmurf
- Brainy's Essential Discovery
- The Dragon of the Far Land
- A Gift for a Knight
- Take Back the Knight -- Season Finale
Continuity Sequence
Trivia
- As stated on the main series page, the decision to separate Season 2's latter half of episode listings into Season 3 was made final on May 29th, 2019.
- After much consideration during another revision period, "Poet's Imaginarium Experience" was scrapped on August 18th, 2020. It has been replaced by The Goblet of Eternal Servitude.
- "The Princess and the Peewit" was officially renamed to "Poor Unfortunate Fools" on April 5th, 2021 due to story constraints.
- The episode, "King Gerard's Birthday," was renamed to "Creative Court Affairs" on April 26th, 2021 as part of the author's effort to find more creative titles for episodes dedicated to character birthdays and other similar events.
Story Two
- The title of this novel is inspired by one of Numbuh 404's favorite songs, "Take Back the Night" by Justin Timberlake (2013). Although the song itself has just about nothing to do with the plot of the story, the name itself is a parody with the replacement of "night" and "knight," describing the return of Sir Johan to his rightful place on the side of Good.
- Being a Cancer sign, Johan's birthstone is the moonstone, which happens to be the gem that saves him from Gargamel's curse in Story Two. There is also a comic book created by Peyo in 1955 called "The Moonstone," which featured Johan & Peewit. The author obtained a hardcover French version of this story for research and recreational purposes.