Gargapuri was a character who appeared in the Smurfs cartoon show season 9 episode ‘Curried Smurfs’. He was a cheat in ancient India who, under the pretense of being a fakir (or holy man), frequently caught ordinary animals and disguised them as rare and special ones, intending to sell them off for a handsome price to his king Rajah to add to his private zoo. Being inept though, he always failed to fool Rajah who would then send him away empty-handed. Then one day, he captured three of the timelost Smurfs - Brainy, Greedy and Smurfette - and presented them to Rajah for reward. Rajah believed him this time as he could easily see the Smurfs were genuine; however the king rewarded him in bricks painted gold. When he discovered he had been cheated, an enraged Gargapuri went back to Rajah’s pal