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In the fictional world of The Smurfs, Gargamel the Evil Wizard is the sworn enemy of the Smurfs and always tries to capture the Smurfs. He is the main antagonist in the show and comic books. His main goal in life is to destroy the Smurfs or to capture enough of them to create a potion to turn base matter into gold.

He is voiced by the late Paul Winchell in the English version of the cartoon, Philippe Dumat in the French version, Esteban Siller in the Spanish version, Orlando Drummond in the Brazilian version, Paul van Gorcum in the Dutch version, Josip Marotti in the Croatian version, Kurt Goldstein in the German version, Péter Haumann in the Hungarian version (where he is named Hókuszpók, a wordplay on "hocus pocus"), Wiesław Drzewicz in the Polish version and Steve Kratz in the Swedish version and Þórhallur Þórhallsson in the Icelandic version. In the Icelandic version he is called Kjartan. He is portrayed by Hank Azaria in the live action movie.

Gargamel is a man who is perpetually stooped. His dark robe is worn and patched, and his teeth are rotten. He is a misanthrope, hating pretty much everyone and the Smurfs in particular, though he will sometimes feign friendship if there is something in it for him. He is also an abject coward, surrendering or fleeing upon the merest hint of personal risk or harm. He is apparently named after Gargamelle, the mother of Gargantua in François Rabelais' mock-epic novel sequence The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel, although Gargamel was a common name in medieval France.

Gargamel lives in a run-down, though solidly built hovel with his mangy cat Azrael. Gargamel frequently denigrates, insults, and abuses Azrael, but he does in fact love him. In one episode of The Smurfs, Gargamel is depressed and saddened that Azrael had run away, and wishes he would come back. In another episode, Balthazar wants to kill a wildcat that Azrael befriended for his fur, and Gargamel begged him not to.

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Gargamel has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.