When it comes to the humble origins of beloved Saturday morning cartoons, this tale starts just like any other: with a quick refresher on the political landscape of mid-20th century Belgium.

By the end of WWII, communism was totally fair game in mainstream Belgian politics. In fact, the Communist Party had just won 12% of the nation's parliamentary elections. By the 1960's, their membership was 11,000 strong. The Smurfs were created in 1958, right at the height of Belgian commie-mania.

Does that mean we can be sure Peyo was a Communist? Of course not. But is it possible? Totally.

Which begs the question, is The Smurfs an innocent Saturday morning cartoon or communist propaganda? Turns out there's a whole lot of reasons to believe those little blue creatures are just a bunch of pink-o's.