In the cartoon episode during the holiday, Tailor had come up with an Azrael costume that he and Clumsy wore that was so real it had fooled the other Smurfs into thinking the real Azrael had found their village. However, Brainy was using Papa Smurf's magic dust in his laboratory to change himself into a real monster so that he is sure to win the prize. The other Smurfs found out about this and called Brainy out for cheating by using magic. Brainy in turn offered to change all the Smurfs into monsters, with the promise that he will able to change them back into real Smurfs.