El Gargo is a character that appeared in the Season 9 episode "Papa Loses His Patience". He was probably one of Gargamel's relatives. He was a bullfighter of long-ago Spain who was always failing in the sport due to his lack of patience. In the episode, Brainy Smurf created a magic potion that was supposed to help Papa Smurf work faster in assembling the time crystals and figure out which combination would get all the Smurfs back to their own home and time. But instead the potion accidentally removed Papa's patience and transferred it to El Gargo. With Papa's patience, El Gargo became a big success in bullfighting, surprising and impressing his master and audience alike. He became the greatest bullfighter for a time. But he was eventually defeated by the Bull-O-Matic, an invention of Handy