The telesmurf was an invention Handy came up with to deal with the overgrown smurfmelon vines from Farmer's garden in "The First Telesmurf", when Papa Smurf's experimental smurfmelon seeds caused the vines to grow much longer than he intended them to. The next day, though, the smurfmelon blossoms were now changing into fruit, thus marking the end of the telesmurf. The "Telesmurf" also appeared in the comic story "The Telesmurf", although in that adaptation, pumpkin seeds replaced smurfmelon seeds for the creation of the vines that were used in the invention.