 He was just about to give up and go home when, quite by chance, he did finally find the village — but, as always, circumstances were against him.Rarely (only a few times in the series), Gargamel has acted on the same side as the Smurfs.In "Fountain of Smurf", Papa Smurf becomes a Smurfling, and the only way the Smurfs can get him back to normal is with Gargamel's help.