What is "gargamel"

Gargamel may refer to:

• Gargamel, the villain of the comic strip and animated TV series The Smurfs
• Gargamel!, an American rock band
• Gargamel, a Reggae artist A.K.A. Buju Banton
• Gargamelle, giantess and mother of Gargantua in Gargantua and Pantagruel
• Gargamelle, a bubble chamber particle detector at CERN, named for the giantess

In the world of The Smurfs, Gargamel the Evil Wizard is the sworn enemy of the Smurfs and always tries to capture them. 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.