You know, Smurfs are pretty screwed when it comes to what they can do with their lives. It's like communism. What if you're a great athlete or musician and they name you Janitor Smurf? What if you're a total dork who smells, is an idiot and socially inept and you get named Gets All The Chicks Smurf?

I recall I was in 4th or 5th grade when the cartoons started airing in the country I was living in at the time. My friends and I even role-played. I was Handy Smurf.
If I only had a Clockwork with me ... 


I thought those were annoying and expendable, and I wondered why they were even included. Then again, Gargamel got a sidekick named Scrupple. That's around the same time Grampa, Sazette, Slouch (and other Smurflings) started appearing.