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Mind Games

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Fandom
Les Schtroumpfs | The Smurfs
Main relationship
Schtroumpf Farceur | Jokey Smurf & Schtroumpf à Lunettes| Brainy Smurf
Main characters
Schtroumpf Farceur | Jokey Smurf
Other characters
Schtroumpf à Lunettes | Brainy Smurf
Language
English
Originally published
on AO3
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1,184 words27 chapters 0 sparks0 comments0 bookmarks34 readsUpdated 19 Jun 2025
Summary

Part 3 of 5 of my Incorrect Smufs series, this time focusing on Brainy and Jokey :D

Chapter 1: Burns And Priorities

Jokey: My burn from yesterday was actually smurfin' really bad, so I smurfed a bandaid on it.

Jokey: Does it make any sense ta smurf a bandaid on a wound that wasn’t even open? No, but I would rather smurf good than make sense.

 

Brainy: Okay, 1) That is literally the exact opposite of how the world smurfs.

Brainy: 2) GO VISIT DOCTOR, YOU MORON!

Chapter 2: Regular Tuesday

Jokey: Smurf what?

 

Brainy, wary: What?

 

Jokey: No, ya hafta smurf.

 

Brainy, annoyed: I don’t know.

 

Jokey: Clumsy's at Doctor's hut!

 

Brainy: Why would you make me smurf that?!

Brainy: What happened?!

Chapter 3: Fort

Jokey: Brainy smurfed me ta stop actin' like a Smurfling.

Jokey: So I smurfed him ta get outta my fort.

Chapter 4: It's April Fool's Day. Jokey Hasn't Pulled A Single Prank. Brainy Is STRESSED

Brainy, accusingly: I know what you're up to!

 

Jokey, 'innocently': Really? 'Cause I barely know.

Chapter 5: Thoughts On Jokey's Accent?

Jokey: Brainy likes ta smurf "ya can be parta th' problem or parta th' solution," but I happen ta smurf ya can be both.

Chapter 6: Poor Brainy

Jokey: Prepare ta smurf really bad 'bout yerself!

 

Brainy: Ha! I’ve been prepared for that my entire life.

 

Jokey: What?

 

Brainy: Or, uh, something mean about you...

Chapter 7: Exactly What Happened Right Before That One Episode

Jokey: Hey, Brains, what're ya doin' tomorrow?

 

Brainy: Having my day ruined by whatever you’re about to ask me to do.

 

Jokey: Hefty's constant flirtin' with Smurfette is startin' ta annoy me, so I wanna trick him inta tryin' ta shrink his nose.

 

Brainy: ...

 

Jokey: ...

 

Brainy: Sounds fun, I'm in.

 

Jokey: Wait, really???

 

Brainy: Yep.

 

Jokey: Why?

 

Brainy, shrugging: I'm honestly very bored nowadays.

Chapter 8: Mean Brainy

Jokey: Smurf up, y’re smurfin' wit' my traina thought!

 

Brainy: I thought you didn’t smurf a brain and now you smurf you have thoughts???

Chapter 9: Jokey Is The Most Terrifying Smurf, Change My Mind


The tarantula thing is actually a callback to another gag that I just realized is going to be in a later fic in this series, so now it doesn't work... :(

Brainy: We need a plan to smurf Gargamel.

 

Jokey: Okay, listen up. First, we fill his shoes wit' wet cat food.

 

Brainy: ...

 

Jokey: Judge me all ya want, I smurf results. Ya know tha' better'n most, actually.

 

Brainy: ...I can't actually argue with that. Continue.

 

Jokey: Next, we're gonna needa few tarantulas...

Chapter 10: He Speaks Like That For The Rest Of The Week

Jokey: FIGHT ME, YA NERD ASS SMURF!

 

Brainy, scoffing: At least try to smurf slightly more sophisticated when you threaten someone.

 

Jokey: Oh, I'm sorry. I should ask; dost thou wish to engage in a duel, my good bitch?

 

Brainy: ...I take it back, that's worse.

 

Jokey: [grins maliciously]

Chapter 11: Be Proud Of Your Weirdness! ...Unless Your Weirdness Is Destructive

Brainy: Why can't you ever just be normal for once?

 

Jokey: In case ya haven’t noticed; I’m weird. I’m a weirdo. I don’t 'fit in' an' I don’t WANNA fit in. Have ya ever seen me without this stupid box? No?

Jokey: That’s WEIRD.

Jokey: But it's my weird, an' I'm smurfin' wit' it!

 

Brainy: ...Okay, you're right, I shouldn't have smurfed it like that. I'll rephrase.

Brainy: Why can't you ever just smurf one day without being an absolute menace to society?

 

Jokey: Oh, that's easy; fun!

Chapter 12: Exactly How Their Sorta-Friendship Goes

Jokey: [causes chicken-based apocalypse]

 

Brainy: ...

Brainy: I don't know if I'm ready to process the ramifications of this nonsense.

 

—later—

 

Jokey: T'anks fer not smurfin' th' Redcaps what happened.

 

Brainy, dumbfounded: I wouldn’t even smurf where to begin trying to explain this.

Chapter 13: Cameo By Nosey

Brainy: They don’t make Smurfs like me anymore. I’m the last of my kind.

 

Jokey: Thank smurf.

 

Brainy: Do you always have to be so mean?

 

Jokey: I'm not mean. Name one mean thing I’ve ever done.

 

Brainy, pointing to Nosey: When we were younger, you convinced her eggs weren't real.

 

Jokey: They're not.

 

Brainy: Haha, very funny.

 

Jokey: I'm serious. Didn'ya hear?

 

Nosey: No... what happened?

 

Brainy: ...why would you fall for that again?

 

Jokey: The Smurfs in this village make it way too easy.

Chapter 14: Brainy Was Wrongfully Imprisoned, Jokey Is Breaking Him Out Of Jail


I think Brainy and Jokey would both like Batman comics, though they would prefer different characters, and might bond over that — to everysmurf else's terror.

Jokey: Sooo… Does this make us partners in crime?

 

Brainy: Don’t push it.

 

Jokey, bouncing in place: Oh my smurf, we can be like Harley Quinn an' Th' Joker!

 

Brainy: If you don’t stop talking, Security is smurfing 'assault' to the charges.

Chapter 15: Works Either Way, They Have -Zero- Respect For Each Other


I try to write Jokey's speech as 'lazy', basically. He drops sounds and speaks fast, combining words wherever he can, because he's both hyperactive and doesn't give a fuck.

Jokey: Amirite, Brainy?

 

Brainy: I’m almost certain you’re not, but to be fair, I wasn’t listening.

 


 

Brainy: Am I right, Jokey?

 

Jokey: I’m almost certain y’re not, but t'be fair, I wasn’ listenin'.

Chapter 16: Not So Harmless Threat

Jokey: I know where ya live.

 

Brainy: Oh? Where?

 

Jokey: In a Mushroom.

 

[in the distance, Brainy's Mushroom explodes in a cloud of glitter]

Chapter 17: This Is Why They Rarely Work Together

Brainy, sitting on a rocket: I think this might be a bad idea...

 

Jokey, lighting the fuse of the rocket: Don' start thinkin' on me now!

Chapter 18: When They Were Younger

Jokey: I baked ya a pie!

 

Brainy: Really? What flavor?

 

[pie explodes]

 

Jokey: Raspberry a la C4

Chapter 19: After Brainy Attempts To Psychoanalyze Jokey's Driving Motives

Jokey: I wouldn’ put it in those words exactly.

 

Brainy: Why not? I think it's pretty spot on.

 

Jokey: Because I don' know what they mean.

Chapter 20: In An Argument

Brainy: I'm smurfing to ask you to be respectful.

 

Jokey: I will politely decline.

Chapter 21: IDK 🤷‍♀️ I'm Getting Tired

Brainy: Here is my wall of inspirational people.

 

Jokey: Is that a picture of ya?

 

Brainy: Yes, I am smurf enough to admit that I am often inspired by myself.

Chapter 22: This One's Kinda Dumb

Brainy: Trouble at 2 o'clock!

 

Jokey: [looks down at his watch-free wrist]

Jokey: Now, how d'ya smurf that?

Chapter 23: Banter At A Lecture

Brainy: Now, if I may smurf for geniuses everywhere...

 

Jokey: Only as their rodeo clown.

 

Brainy, without missing a beat: Isn't that your job?

 

Jokey, internally: Damn, that was a good one.

Jokey, out loud: Aw, thanks fer callin' me a genius, Brain-man.

 

Brainy: ...

Brainy: Well, you may not be up to my caliber, but I suppose you do deserve some recognition once in a while.

 

Brainy's lecture continues uninterrupted as Jokey spends the entire time trying to figure out how to respond to that??

Chapter 24: Jokey In A Nutshell

Brainy: Jokey, this morning, I called you destructive and impulsive, and I’d like to withdraw that statement.

 

Jokey: Okay..?

 

Brainy: But I can't. Those are the 2 words that best describe you.

 

Jokey: Aw, thanks!

Chapter 25: Let's Pretend They Have Phones/Internet For A Second


What in the world is auto-replying???

Jokey, texting Brainy: Roses are red, Roller Smurf is a skater…

 

Brainy′s phone, auto-replying: I’m busy right now — I’ll smurf back to you later.

 

Later

 

Brainy, texting back: Smurf you.

Chapter 26: Chillax

Jokey: Chillax.

 

Brainy: That's not a word.

 

Jokey: Those who deny chillax are those who need it th' most.

Chapter 27: Boxer Is My Go-To Bully Smurf


Jokey can be a good friend when he wants to be.

Hope you enjoyed reading! Part 4 should be out soon. :)

Jokey: Hey, Brainy.

 

Brainy: Oh smurf, not you again. What do you want?

 

Jokey: I...

Jokey: Are ya okay?

 

Brainy: What? Of course I am, why would you smurf that?

 

Jokey: Well, I was smurfin' yer diary–

 

Brainy: You smurfed my journal?!

 

Jokey: At first I didn' know it was yer diary; I smurfed it was a very sad handwritten book!

Jokey: Which smurfs us back ta my first point — are ya okay? D'ya need ta see Mental? Or just talk?

 

Brainy: I– you– how dare you! I am smurfectly fine!

 

Jokey: D'ya need me ta blow up Boxer's Mushroom?

 

Brainy: ...

Brainy: yes please.

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Comments carried over from AO3 (14)

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Gontonyak via AO3 on Chapter 27 · 2025-06-19

🧠📚🧠🤍🤎❤️❣️❤️💗💙💚💛💓💘💔💕💜💖💝💞
🫀❤️‍🔥🖤🩷🩶🩵🧡🎁💥🎁

Arukir Author via AO3 2025-06-20

I'm glad you enjoyed! 😊 😁 ❤️

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 5 · 2025-06-26

Jokey: Don't be part of the problem. Be THE problem!

Arukir Author via AO3 2026-04-08

Exactly XD

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 6 · 2025-06-26

Aw, poor Brainy!

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 7 · 2025-06-26

Fits them well🤣🤣🤣 Brainy has a well-hidden sense for humour, you just have to give him the right motivation for it to come out.

Arukir Author via AO3 2026-04-08

And that motivation is almost always 'mess with Hefty' XD

Glad you enjoyed! 😊

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 9 · 2025-06-26

Jokey Smurf in the 1980's series is a barely tolerable but still a strangely loveable bastard. Jokey in the Ntob series is a dangerous madman and should be eliminated before he kills somesmurf🤣 I love him still, just sayin.😄

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 10 · 2025-06-26

My good bitch😅🤣🤣🤣 That's something Jokey would absolutely say to Brainy🤣🤣🤣

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 11 · 2025-06-26

100% tgeir dynamic🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 12 · 2025-06-26

Omg🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Though I can totally picture it happening somewhen in their lives🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 14 · 2025-06-26

Brainy wrongfully imprisoned and Jokey breaking him out of jail would be a fic I wanna read now so bad😅 I love how f×cked up their dynamic is, but deep deeeeeep down they carw for each other.

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 15 · 2025-06-26

Jokey would totally speak like that. His little adhd brain works on 200% all the time.

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 17 · 2025-06-26

Jokey- a menace to smurf society
Brainy- a menace to smurf society but in a completely different way
Their "genius" combined- end of the world
😁

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 19 · 2025-06-26

Omg it's hilarious🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 23 · 2025-06-26

They banter like that on an everyday basis. Though Jokey irritates Brainy, deep inside he knows life would be so boring without this madman😁

Arukir Author via AO3 2026-04-08

Yep! Exactly.

Sundannsair via AO3 on Chapter 27 · 2025-06-26

Aw, I completely agree! Jokey loves to tease Brainy and pull pranks on him, but I picture him that if somesmurf/one tries to really hurt Brainy then he would go absolutely berserk on them. And one things sure, you DON'T want to be on Jokey's wrong side!

I LOVED this fic, I really really like Jokey and Brainy's f×cked up relationship, it was a delight to read about them!

Thank you for this fic!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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