MeTV Toons has announced a special mini marathon of the Smurfs, with a selection of episodes focusing on Smurfette. Dubbed as a “Smurfette Celebration”, the event is scheduled to air on Sunday, July 13 between 4-6p.m. You can check out a promotional spot and episode listings below in the article.
Here’s the promo:
The 1980s Smurfs animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera was a long-running series (9 seasons originally on NBC), and is part of the regular line-ups on MeTV Toons. Based on the Belgian comics by Peyo, the characters have also appeared in a few other mixed animated/live-action movies and series since then. A new CGI animated movie is also about to open in cinemas this month, and this marathon could be considered as sort of a tie-in event for its premiere. The channel previously did a similar stunt for Beetlejuice, when its second live-action movie premiered last year. It is a bit surprising though there are no plans for a Superman themed marathon, since a new Superman movie is likewise premiering soon (this week, as a matter of fact) and there should be more than enough Superman centric episodes of Super Friends they could air.
Below is the official description provided for the event, alongside episode listings.
It’s a big Smurf summer here at MeTV Toons, and we are going all out in celebrating our favorite Smurf: Smurfette! The Smurfs may be an ensemble show with over 100 Smurfs, but Smurfette has always stood out as the main character. She’s smart, loving, brave, and Smurfy to the core. Smurfette is the big sister to all the Smurfs and the unofficial queen of the village, and we think it’s high time she got her own special celebration.
Join MeTV Toons for our Smurfette Celebration this Sunday, July 13, starting at 4P | 3C! We’ve selected some extra Smurfy episodes about Smurfette!
4P | 3C – “The Smurfette”
We begin with Smurfette’s origin story. Gargamel creates her to sow division and lure the Smurfs into Gargamel’s lair. Luckily, Smurfette finds friends amongst the Smurfs and, realizing that she is Smurfy too, protects the village from Gargamel.
4:30 | 3:30C – “The Good, Bad & the Smurfy”
The Smurfs are captured by the evil wizard Mordain, who forces them to work as jesters for his king. When a spell is put on Papa Smurf, it’s up to Smurfette to come up with a plan to escape.
5P | 4C – “Sassette”
Finally, Smurfette isn’t the only girl Smurf! The Smurflings create Sassette to be Smurfette’s sister, but Papa Smurf realizes something’s up – Gargamel has put a spell on Sassette to make her explode and destroy the Smurfs. Smurfette and Papa work to save Sassette and adopt her into the village.
5:30C | 4:30 – “Sideshow Smurfs”
Smurfette and Clumsy are kidnapped by Bombast and forced to perform in his traveling show.
Stay tuned for further updates and keep watching (or re-watching) the Smurfs on MeTV Toons.
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