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Name
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Handy Smurf
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Also
known as
|
Schtroumpf
Bricoleur (Schtroumpf translation) |
Gender
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Male
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Race
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Smurf
|
Nationality
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Smurf Village,
Americus clan
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Occupation
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Village mechanic
and inventor |
Alignment
|
Good
|
Marital Status
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Presently single,
at one time dating Marina
|
Known Relations
|
Muscles
Smurf (biological father, deceased)
Paprika
Smurfette (mother, deceased)
Hefty Smurf (twin brother)
Grouchy
Smurf (brother)
Sassette
(sister)
Papa Smurf
(adopted father)
Marina
(former girlfriend)
Clockwork
Smurf ("son")
Clockwork
Smurfette ("daughter")
Baby
Clockwork Smurf ("grandson")
Gadget (future wife)
Gizmo (future son)
Widget (future son)
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First
Appearance
|
EMPATH: The
Luckiest Smurf (novel)
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Universe
|
Empath: The
Luckiest Smurf
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Desired Voice
Actor
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Jensen Ackles
|
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Handy Smurf
History
Handy was the son of Muscles Smurf, born as
the twin brother of Hefty Smurf. While Hefty was named right
after he was born for being a big and strong baby, Handy's name
was simply from a careless comment about having a twin child
being "handy" that got picked up by Tailor's father who sewed
matching name sleepers for the children. Like most of his fellow
Smurfs his age, he was raised by his parents until an unknown
disease had claimed their lives, leaving him and his brothers
Hefty and Grouchy in the care of Culliford Smurf, who eventually
became known as Papa Smurf. The rest of his personal history at
least in the present point of the story series is similar to
that of his cartoon show counterpart up until around Seasons 5
and 6.
Personality
While sharing some similarities with his cartoon
show counterpart, Handy finds himself constantly competing with
his twin brother Hefty Smurf, proving that brains is better than
muscle, not to mention that Hefty being born the first of the two
doesn't make him the best. Although Handy is jealous of Empath and
his abilities, he finds himself rather inspired by what Empath can
do and builds machines that would allow his fellow Smurfs to do
things similar to what Empath can do.
Handy at one time fell in love with a mermaid named Marina when
she lost consciousness swimming up the River Smurf in order to
reach the Pool of Avalon to get lilyroot for her ailing father
King Aquarius. However, because Handy could only live on land and
Marina could only live in the sea, their relationship was
difficult to maintain. Eventually, during an incident where she
was captured by an undersea menace called the Leviathan, she fell
in love with a Snorkelian named Dylan and thus her relationship
with Handy ended at that point, though they still remained
friends.
Role
He is the village mechanic and inventor who is
always on call to fix or build things, and he often tries to
invent new things that can make the Smurf way of living easier,
though most of those inventions either get abused or get out of
control, requiring Handy to shut them down or to destroy them,
which results in the village returning to their normal
tried-and-true ways. Sometimes Handy gets carried away with his
own inventions, such as the time that he developed a power driller
and started drilling everything he got his hands on, including a
cake mold that Smurfette intended to use for making a cake for
Papa Smurf. In that instance, the Smurfs retaliated by turning
Handy's power driller into a Handy Smurf butt-kicking machine.
Handy was inspired by Empath's ability to fly using his
telekinetic powers to come up with a way for himself to do the
same. About five years before Empath's final return, Handy
invented the Smurf plane, which he used to rescue Smurfette from
Gargamel, though he ended up sacrificing it to stop Gargamel's
flying invention which he used against the Smurf Village.
Handy is the inventor of Clockwork Smurf, who became sentient and
saved a young prince named Gerard from imprisonment by his aunt
Imperia, who sought to claim her nephew's rightful place on the
throne. After Imperia was cast away and Gerard was coronated king,
Clockwork Smurf became his adviser. Handy later built a companion
for Clockwork Smurf named Clockwork Smurfette, and around the time
of Empath's wedding he discovered that the two had built for
themselves a child named Baby Clockwork, in essence making Handy a
"grandfather".
At Empath and Smurfette's wedding, Handy, Hefty, and Duncan were
given the usher positions. In the alternate timeline story "Hefty,
The Luckiest Smurf", he was given the position of the best man at
Hefty and Smurfette's wedding.