The Prince and The Peewit

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The Prince and The Peewit
The Prince and The Peewit is the 36th episode in the second season of the Smurf's show. It is an adaptation of the Johan and Peewit comic Le Sire De Montresor.

The A plot is about Ingraham, a kidnapped prince who looks identical to Peewit. The B plot is about Peewit purchasing a half-dead falcon.

Summary
The episode begins with Peewit riding into the castle screaming about his good fortune, only to discover he doesn't have enough money for whatever he's screaming about. In response, Peewit proceeds to straight up rob The King Who Isn't Good Enough To Receive A Name. The King is initially angry, but forgives the act when it is revealed Peewit bought a falcon for a penny. Johan proceeds to shit talk the bird.

The A plot is then revealed as the scene shifts to a separate kingdom. Exposition between two peasants reveals a man named Capricorn has been holding their prince hostage. But all hell breaks lose as it is discovered the prince has escaped his imprisonment. The Prince, who's name is Ingraham, is then revealed to look exactly like Peewit, as we see him running through a wheat field and breathing directly in my ear.

Returning to Johan and Peewit, Peewit attempts to train his falcon, who he has named Romulus. Initially, he has difficulties training the bird until it is discovered Romulus is apparently a vegetarian. After this, training Romulus is a breeze because I guess that was the only difficult part about training an animal you've never owned.

The Smorfs then arrive when Romulus steals their smorf berries. It is here that Papa Smorf reveals he was instantly willing to let Greedy die at the hands of a falcon. Cool. Peewit then begins to show off what he's taught Romulus, including attempting to show off Romulus' sense of smell through a glorified game of hide and seek.

However, before he can whistle for Romulus, he is captured by Prince Ingraham's guards. While looking for Peewit, Johan and company spot Ingraham, who says "oh dear" in his distressingly deep voice. Johan quickly realizes he's chasing the wrong person, as Peewit's screams for help can be heard in the distance.

Realizing he has been kidnapped, Johan breaks into a random cottage, assuming, for some reason, they'll know anything about this. He stands in the doorway for four whole seconds screaming "hello" over and over before realizing the entire house is trashed.

The owner of the cottage then runs out of another room, attempting to defend his home. Johan stops him by throwing a blanket on him: The greatest of defenses. Luckily for Johan, it turns out this poor man does know what happened to Peewit.

According to the man, the guards came in demanding food, but then some peasants came along and captured Peewit, the guards chasing after them. Then, going into full on galaxy brain mode yet again, Johan finds a random sword with the Montresor seal, concluding Peewit must be at the Montresor castle.

Back at said castle, Capricorn is arguing with one of his partners crime. Capricorn laments that with the prince in the hands of the peasants, the people will revolt against them, throwing them in the dungeon. Hearing this, three of Capricorn's four partners agree to betray Capricorn in order to remain lords.

Johan then arrives and confronts Corncob, demanding to know Peewit's whereabouts. During their argument Johan reveals Peewit and Ingraham are nearly identical, unintentionally helping Capricorn. The peasants then storm the castle, Capricorn and his one faithful companion fleeing. Johan is thrown in the dungeon for being in the wrong place at the wrong time; the smorfs straight up abandon his ass.

Later Johan is dragged in front of "Prince Montresor" who turns out to be Peewit. Peewit demands Johan get on his knees, which has probably always been Peewit's sexual fantasy. After dismissing the guards, Peewit proceeds to hop into Johan's lap, mistakenly assuming Johan enjoyed that as much as he did.

Peewit is then called into a meeting with the traitor lords from earlier™ to discuss the lack of funds in the treasury. The lords suggest he raise and add taxes, which causes Peewit to throw a huge fit. Peewit then correctly accuses the lords of stealing money and demands to check the books.

Back with Johan, the smorfs return and proceed to fill him in on some convenient exposition they received from the castle chefs. It turns out, lord Capricorn was Prince Ingraham's tutor and locked him in the dungeon for five years.

Meanwhile, Peewit goes full communist, abolishing several taxes, despite having zero knowledge of how economics works. He then accuses them of stealing again and claims that if the 8,522 missing crowns aren't returned by morning, he'll throw them all in prison.

The scene then shifts to Johan and Peewit's castle where the King is sitting around, bored. Ingraham then comes running in, still breathing right in my ear, and attempts to ask the King for help. Ingraham continuously tries to explain who he is, but the King refuses to listen, assuming it is Peewit doing a bit. The King only realizes Ingraham is not Peewit when he is asked to sing. To be honest, Ingraham's singing isn't that great either, but it's good enough to convince the King that Ingraham is a different person.

We then return to Peewit and Johan, who are eating dinner, while Johan's brain internally swells. They have no time to chat as the Damsel Gwendolyn, Ingraham's fiancée, has arrived. Distressingly, although Ingraham appears to be a teenager, Damsel Gwendolyn is a fully grown woman who's probably at least 28. Ew. She then proceeds to carry Peewit away while Nutcracker music plays. Double ew.

Meanwhile, the traitorous lords are reunited with Capricorn, who tells them Peewit isn't the real prince. He explains that Ingraham is currently at the King's castle, which how he found that out is anyone's guess. The scene ends with Capricorn beginning to explain his plan to the men.

The next morning, Johan and Peewit say goodbye as Johan heads out to find the real Ingraham and bring him home. After he leaves, Peewit is captured by the lords, who explain Capricorn intends to kill the real Ingraham. Peewit then takes a page out Johan's book and leaps from the window into a crowd of angry peasants. Then he jumps out another window, landing on a conveniently placed horse.

Soon after, Peewit interrupts another one of Johan's galaxy brain ex machinas, quickly explaining that he's fleeing for his life and they have to save Ingraham. Ingraham is, of course, at that very moment leaving the King's castle by himself because apparently being in a dungeon for five years taught him nothing.

Predictably, Ingraham, walks right into Corncob's trap, but Johan and Peewit arrive just in time to both save Ingraham's life and make the stupidest joke I have ever heard. "'What's going on?!'""'A log, stupid.'"Yeah, that one. Peewit's arm also has a muscle spasm - it's weird.

The episode ends with Ingraham back at his castle. As a reward, he gives Johan his father's sword and Peewit... nothing. He pranks Peewit by offering him Gwendolyn's hand, but doesn't actually give him anything. I hope Peewit at least got a sandwich for his hard work.

Trivia

 * Ingraham won't stop breathing in my ear
 * Papa Smurf was 100% prepared to abandon Greedy. Damn.
 * The stranger in the cottage labels Peewit as a "strange looking blonde fellow" which Johan automatically confirms is Peewit. Damn.
 * Bizarrely, the King is unable to tell Ingraham is a different person upon hearing his distressingly deep voice.
 * Ingraham looks completely different in the comic for some reason.
 * Given the fact Romulus never shows up again, it's safe to assume he died.


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