Gargamel's mother (her real name unknown, but simply called Mummy) is a supporting character of the 1980s Smurfs cartoon show and the 2021 Smurfs cartoon show and a minor character of the Smurfs comic books.
Though some may argue that "Mummy" is the real name of this character, it would seem less likely to be, considering that the only known character to call her that is Gargamel.
Character
She is an annoying old busybody who makes frequent unannounced visits with her son Gargamel, usually to nag him for his consistent failure in destroying the Smurfs. She is obviously a witch, or has at least some knowledge of magic, which she uses in her plans to destroy the Smurfs. Nobody knows what happened to Mummy's husband. Whenever Gargamel and Azrael eat with Mummy, her cooking is such that they both get a stomachache. Usually, Mummy will hate getting hugs, revealed in "Smurfy Mother's Day!".
Comic Books
Gargamel's mother has a comic book appearance in the story "Bathing Smurfs" when the evil wizard remembers things of his childhood that would be destroyed in the fire of his hovel that Papa Smurf warns him about. Interestingly, although only the back of her is seen, what is seen of her is very different from the 1981 cartoon show version of her.
In the more recent comic book story "The Smurfs And The Sorcerer's Love", Mummy appears again to offer her son some advice in his desire to date a young woman named Roxana and gives him a magic love potion to help him succeed, the result of which proves disastrous.
1981 TV series Version
Mummy is quite abusive in this universe. She not only voices her disapproval on her son owning a cat by not only throwing Azrael out of his home, but brutally chews him out when his plans on catching the Smurfs fails, reducing him to tears. The episode "Gargamel's Time Trip" even shows adult Gargamel getting saddened at seeing his mother hoping he becomes a successful wizard. In the episode "Wedding Bells For Gargamel", Gargamel's mother decided it was high time he married and arranged him to marry Andria through the matchmaker Madame Lavinia, only to see the wedding get cancelled thanks to her son and the Smurfs.
2021 TV Series Version
Mummy reappears again in the CGI animated series episode "Funny Mommy" and goes under a major redesign. She wears a pink dress with brown shoes. She now has a brown hat and has a mole on her face. She is a supporting character in the series, appearing in various episodes.
Like the 1980s series, it is revealed in "Cover Story" that Gargamel getting expelled from the Sorcerer's School explains Mummy's dislike towards her son.
In the third season, it's revealed that she has a daughter who bore her two grandchildren, Dwayne and Rowena.
Relationships With Others
Gargamel
Mummy is Gargamel's mother. However, they do not share a positive relationship, as Mummy often berates him and gets mad at him regularly. Mummy is also not afraid of expressing her annoyance on Gargamel's obsession on capturing the Smurfs, shown in various episodes such as "Cover Story" and "Mirror, Mirror On The Armoire", where she consistently comments on his bumbling.
At very rare times, she is shown to have care for Gargamel. In "The Smurfs Show", she tries to warn Gargamel about the trap that the Smurfs have made for him, and in "Mommy's Masterpiece", before she and Gargamel are defeated, she was planning to let Gargamel capture Painter, Papa Smurf, and Smurfette after Painter finished painting her portrait, seeing how badly Gargamel wanted the Smurfs.
In "Gargamel's Time Trip", Gargamel goes back in time to see a younger and gentler version of his mother holding her infant son in his castle (hers at the time), hoping that he will someday be a successful wizard and that he would care for her in her old age. As the adult Gargamel sadly admits to Azrael, his mother never forgave him for doing badly at Wizard's School, implying that's why she would move out of the castle in later life.
The Smurfs
In General
Mummy's relationship with the Smurfs varies. Normally, Mummy berates Gargamel for spending his life on capturing Smurfs but doesn't usually interact with them.
Painter Smurf
Once, in "Mommy's Masterpiece", Painter found an interest in Mummy as her new muse. Initially, Mummy liked Painter, as he will capture great art in her, but then conspires with Gargamel to attempt to capture him, Papa Smurf, and Smurfette until Papa Smurf warns him that Mummy is bad news. Hearing that, Painter freezes her and Gargamel while Mummy had been chasing him and were frozen.
Wild Smurf
Sometime before the events of "Wild Gets Tamed", Azrael had eaten her pet lizard. Mummy had gotten mad at him and Gargamel, the latter promising he will try to get the lizard out of Azrael's stomach. Just then, she found Wild, who she tried to nurture like a pet while he was bloated from eating a cake. When Lily, Blossom, and Begonia rescue him and cure his indigestion, Mummy tries to get Wild back but ends up falling off a cliff.
Family
- Gargamel is her son.
- "Dragon Pet" reveals that she has a husband (and by possible extension reveals that Gargamel is his son). She likes using an obedience bracelet on him.
- She had a second cousin named the Great Matilda in the Season 7 episode "Soothsayer Smurfette".
- She has a nephew named Marmagel, revealed in "Smurfy Mother's Day!".