Characters in The Smurfs
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This is a list of characters in The Smurfs comics/animated series.
[edit] Smurfs
[edit] Airborne (aka Aviator, Flying)
Airborne Smurf has a sole passion in life: flying. He tried several ways to fly in the air: sticking feathers on his arms, using a hot air balloon, even eating yeast mixture! His attempts were only short-lived, and he gave up for a while, until he sought assistance from Handy Smurf. The mechanic built for him a big wooden mechanical plane. As he flew with it, he impressed all the smurfs... except Smurfette, as he accidentally messed up her house. Still, she was less unhappy when he managed to save her from the clutches of Gargamel the sorcerer. He then became for a while Aviator Smurf.
[edit] Alchemist (aka Apprentice, Clumsy)
At first, the Alchemist Smurf was just a regular smurf. Yet, he often spied in Papa Smurf's laboratory when he was doing his chemical and magical experiments, and he really felt like doing the same, making great magical things too. To achieve his desire, he offered to work as an assistant to Papa Smurf in his experiments, but Papa gently declined, saying he was too young for this. Apprentice Smurf then tried to break inside several times, always failing.
He then decided to go break inside Gargamel's mansion, who was also a sorcerer holding magical and chemical secret books. Alchemist Smurf was in such a hurry that he only managed to get one page from a formula book and ran back to the village. The stolen page told the recipe of a magical potion, yet didn't tell of the effects as the rest was in the book left behind (the smurf wasn't strong enough to bring the whole thing). Not giving up his passion, the little smurf worked on the recipe.
He made a strange mixture, but being afraid of its consequences, he first tried to offer it to other smurfs, who declined. He ended up drinking it himself, which magically turned him into a repulsive reptilian scaled creature. He sought help from Papa Smurf, who tried his best to find an antidote, but failed. The Alchemist Smurf then went on his own back to Gargamel's but got captured. The other smurfs went to his rescue, found the antidote's recipe and changed Apprentice Smurf back to his old self. Returning, Alchemist Smurf learned his lesson. The use of magic and chemistry was just too far beyond him.
In the cartoon episode, The Smurfs' Apprentice, Apprentice Smurf is Clumsy.
[edit] Baby
Baby Smurf first appeared in the eponymous comic issue (and in the cartoon episode, Once In A Blue Moon), where he was delivered by a stork on a blue moon night in the smurf village. The smurfs first thought it was Smurfette's biological baby and tried to find out who was the father, but they abandoned the idea as they lived with the toddler, who was mostly taken care by Smurfette and Papa Smurf.
It was later found out that Baby Smurf was sent by some mysterious unnamed people by a stork, when they sent the stork back with a written message. It claimed that Baby Smurf was delivered in error and that they had to take him back. The smurfs were revolted by this, and Grouchy Smurf, the smurf who was the least expected to show attachment to the baby, ran away with him into the forest so that he wouldn't be taken back. After a dangerous runaway, he had to return... without anger from his peers, as they felt sympathetic towards him due to his unusual caring attitude. The stork took the baby but came back with him, with another message that claimed that the senders were touched by Grouchy's story and thought that the smurfs deserved to keep Baby Smurf after all.
Baby Smurf also has some special, possibly magical, powers that no one knows about. He has used them to make Father Christmas's reindeer fly and to rearrange labels on chemical containers in Papa Smurf's lab. Baby Smurf also was the only Smurf to be pure-hearted enough to open Puppy's magic pendant. He also had a grasp of algebra that surpassed even Papa Smurf. His first word was Gargamel. It has been mentioned in the cartoon that Baby was to become leader of the smurfs one day.
[edit] Baker
Baker Smurf is the local baker of the village. He directs a bakery shop and provides fresh bread for the smurfs. He can be distinguished by his sloppy hat. Baker Smurf had the most spotlight in the album "The Financial Smurf", where he is one of the smurfs who have had the better luck with money.
[edit] Brainy
Brainy Smurf is the all-around-brain of the village. Although he acts as though he was second-in-command behind Papa Smurf, this isn't the case and even Papa Smurf doesn't seem very fond of his sanctimonious attitude. He is a smurf that can be distinguished from the others because he wears thick glasses as he is extremely short-sighted. In fact, in the original Belgian version, he is called "Specs Smurf" (and, more seldom, "Lecturing Smurf"). Brainy Smurf is an avid reader and keeps a lot of books in his house (mostly his quotations). Fancying himself as being very close to Papa Smurf, he is quite arrogant and often lectures smurfs who don't behave, and threatens to tattle on them to Papa Smurf. Loquacious, he often uses big words that he himself either made up or doesn't know what they really mean. A lot of the other smurfs dislike him, and when he enters into a long lecturing, some frustrated smurf often angrily smashes him on the head with a big wooden mallet. Frequently, in the cartoon, after his blathering or posturing have gone too far, he is thrown a long distance (typically by Hefty Smurf), and always lands square on his head, usually outside of the village.
[edit] Clockwork
Clockwork Smurf is a wooden automaton (robot) who was built by Handy Smurf. Despite the technology level the smurfs are at (it is the Middle Ages), he is capable of feelings and morality. Clockwork Smurf's favorite trick is eating smilax leaves and turning them into hot smilax soup and giving them to his fellow smurfs.
Gargamel eventually found Clockwork Smurf and replaced him with a double, replacing his smilax concoction with a mutating potion that turned most of the smurfs who drank it into misshapen monsters. The smurfs came to get an antidote and succeeded, while Clockwork Smurf defeated his doppelgänger in personal combat.
Handy endowed his creation with a literal heart of gold, which is responsible for making Clockwork the caring smurf he is. However, being composed of gold, the heart is sometimes the target of schemes by various greedy and villainous characters. When Clockwork's heart is replaced with a heart of stone in one episode, Clockwork becomes cold, antisocial, and dangerous toward his fellow smurfs.
In Clockwork's debut episode, The Clockwork Smurf, he helps Prince Gerard overcome the schemes of his aunt and become king. Clockwork stays on with Gerard but visits the smurfs (and vice versa) in later episodes.
[edit] Clumsy
A somewhat dimwitted but amiable smurf, he is distinguished by his baggy cap and his eponymous maladroitness. He is known for his hobby: collecting rocks. In one episode he was confined to his house for seven years after breaking Vanity's mirror, due to the bad-luck curse poisoning the village. He exiled himself to the forest. The same night a meteor demolished the house, and the other smurfs, thinking him killed, eulogized him passionately. Though not terribly bright, a klutz, and a terrible smurfball player, he is a good and caring friend. Brainy lost his glasses once, and being extremely nearsighted, depended on Clumsy to guide him along. Clumsy faithfully led his poor blind friend about for days while Papa Smurf went on a quest to get him new glasses.
[edit] Chef
Chef Smurf is the cook of the village. He knows dozens of recipes and cooks many dishes (usually cakes) that please the Smurfs. Smurfs are mainly vegetarian, so he never uses meat, but does use eggs. He always wears a chef hat.
In the cartoon series, Chef Smurf and Greedy Smurf are combined as the same Smurf: Greedy, who usually ends up eating his own creations (in one of the albums, Chef Smurf was once called "Greedy Smurf").
[edit] Dabbler
Dabbler is the most introverted and sentimental smurf. He is constantly tormented by an inherent sadness which stems from the inability of his friends and family to understand him. Dabbler's life is a never-ending quest for love and to be understood.
[edit] Doc
Although Papa Smurf is the village's only acknowledged doctor, a Smurf was in the passion of taking a course of medicine. Therefore, when Papa Smurf had a breakdown after working stress, the Smurf took the doctor job into his hands, becoming Doc Smurf. However, Doc Smurf had a very superficial knowledge of medicine and health, using scattered sources of medical books to give prescriptions to his patients. Nevertheless, he took great pride in his self-established job, which was lackluster at best, harmful at worst. Some disappointed smurfs then decided to use their own ways of medicine, such as acupuncture or psychology.
It was only when an alchemist human friend of Papa Smurf arrived to heal him personally that the Doc Smurfs realized their mistake: health and medicine are too important to be taken so slightly and superficially, and it requires heavy studies.
Doc Smurf appeared in the comic issue of the same name, "Doc Smurf".
[edit] Dopey
Dopey Smurf is portrayed as the least intelligent among the smurfs. Other smurfs often request him to get some object and then he returns a different one, having misunderstood. This is a running gag in the comics.
[edit] Dreamy (aka Astro)
Dreamy Smurf often stargazed in the sky at night. His dream was leaving the planet to venture into other planets. He tried to ask assistance from Papa Smurf with his magic knowledge, but it proved to be too difficult. Dreamy Smurf then decided to use scientific methods: he would make a giant space rocket that would "propel him to the stars". After having worked several weeks on his rocket (that was wooden), he prepared himself in a white jumpsuit and a glass bowl as an astronaut attire, therefore becoming Astro Smurf. Alas, the rocket was powered only by his smurfpower on pedals that made a propeller turn, which of course was absolutely inefficient, not even making the rocket move. Saddened, Astro Smurf gave up, becoming depressed. The smurfs took pity on him, so they decided to give him the illusion of his dream coming true.
Papa Smurf told him that they fixed the rocket so that it would really work and fly to space. Astro Smurf, excited, went to his wooden shuttle. Before this, Papa Smurf made him drink a sleeping potion (pretending it was to give him strength). As Astro Smurf "departed", the smurfs shook the rocket and made smoke to give the impression he really flew in the sky. Astro Smurf then fell asleep due to the potion.
Papa Smurf then talked about his plan: the smurfs would take the rocket apart, transporting it and Astro Smurf to the inside of a dead volcano so that it gives an "alien planet" setting for him. As they arrived at the volcano, Papa Smurf gave all the smurfs a mutating potion that turned them orange-skinned (green in the cartoon) , white-lipped and bushy-black-haired. It was to give the impression they were aliens on the planet, and they called themselves the "swoofs" (the "schlips" in the original comic), dressing like tropical natives.
Astro Smurf awakened on the pseudo-planet, then encountered them, which was like a new world to him. He was so happy that he intended to stay with them forever. Papa Smurf (as Grandpa Swoof, leader) was annoyed by this, so he decided that Astro Smurf should pass several trials if he wanted to be admitted as a swoof. Astro Smurf passed almost all of them, though the last one was about spending years working as a slave. Not wanting to bear that, Astro Smurf decided to go back home. "Papa Swoof" gave him sleeping potion again, so that they could bring him back to smurf village after returning to normal from their swoof appearance.
Having lived a great adventure, Astro announced to the village that he was now satisfied to live back on Earth, to much of the smurfs' relief.
In a sequel, Astro "returned" to the swoof world...however, Brainy goofed up the formula, and it wore off too quickly, revealing the ruse.
[edit] Enamored
Enamoured Smurf is in love with Smurfette ever since her arrival. He dreams about her, carves her name in trees and pulls the petals off daisies, reciting "She loves me, she loves me not...". When she loves him not, he cries all night.
[edit] Farmer
Farmer Smurf is a farmer who grows crops for the other smurfs. He is easy to distinguish from the other smurfs: he wears dark green overalls, wooden clogs, and a straw hat, with the usual (for smurfs) white Phrygian cap. In the original French version, he speaks in typical hillbilly lingo. In the animated series he spoke with a distinct Maine "potato farmer" patois (provided by Alan Young) (and looked like a normal smurf but usually carried a hoe).
[edit] Finance
Finance Smurf is notable in smurf comics for introducing the system of money among his peers. He appeared in one album, "The Finance Smurf". He used to be a regular smurf who was sent to a wizard, Master Omnibus, to get medicine for Papa Smurf who got sick after a failed experiment. As Omnibus' disciple Olivier went to buy ingredients for the medicine, the smurf discovered money, its use, and its importance in society.
When he returned to the village, he became Finance Smurf and introduced the money system (in the form of gold coins) among the smurfs, as he thought that this system could only benefit them.
The money use was a big problem: a lot of smurfs didn't have much competence to be able to get jobs for money, too many things had to be paid, there was too much stinginess, corruption, and an economic crisis. Gargamel even tried to steal the smurfs' golden coins for himself, only to be thwarted, of course.
The smurfs realized that money only divided them, made life too hard, and made several of them poor and unhappy. So they decided to reject its use and returned to their own free style. As Papa Smurf said to Finance Smurf: "Money was created by humans for the humans, and what is good for humans is not necessarily good for us smurfs!"
[edit] Fisher
Fisher Smurf is a smurf whose main hobby is fishing. Fisher Smurf, strangely, doesn't use hooks on his fishing lines, saying that they would "injure his fishes". Fisher Smurf also hunts (catches) butterflies sometimes.
[edit] Grandpa
Grandpa Smurf is the oldest smurf, walks slightly bent over with a cane, has a long, tapering beard, and wears yellow overalls and glasses. His favorite expression seems to be "Smurfadoodle!". He was created for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon and does not appear in the original comics, except in the comic strip adaptations of the special smurf French magazine.
Grandpa Smurf comes back to village after a five hundred-year leave. He has not taken Papa's leading role but his energy and enthusiasm are impressive. Besides wearing a bright yellow cap and pants, Grandpa always wears pince-nez glasses. He's an avid storyteller and loves to show off some of the souvenirs he has collected during his travels.
[edit] Greedy
Greedy Smurf is, as his name says, greedy and is almost always shown eating cakes and other pastry (and less often, fruits).
In the cartoon, his character was combined with that of Baker Smurf, where he enjoys baking and cooking, but eventually ends up eating his own creations, hence the name. He wears a chef's hat and apron in the comics but a hankerchief, instead of an apron, in the cartoon.
[edit] Grouchy
Grouchy Smurf wasn't always "grouchy" to begin with. At first, he was a regular, nameless smurf, who appeared in the beginning of the very first smurfs comics issue: "The Dark Smurfs". In this adventure (The Purple Smurf in the cartoon), a flying insect called the "Bzz" Fly stings smurfs, turning them dark-skinned and insane. Grouchy Smurf was the first one stung, and, being maddened under the fly's venom, he went to bite the other Smurfs, infecting them with his condition and making the other smurfs rabid-like Dark Smurfs like him.
After a huge confrontation, all the Smurfs managed to be healed from the venom thanks to a special flower pollen that Papa Smurf discovered. The only smurf who didn't really get back to normal was Grouchy Smurf. Since he was the one who was under the "Bzz" Fly's toxins the longest, his personality was damaged and he became the Grouchy Smurf we know today, always complaining, frowning, his hands tightened in fists, and always saying "I hate (anything he hears the name of)".
Still, Grouchy Smurf sometimes managed to overcome his antisocial mental status, especially in "The Baby Smurf" issue. Baby Smurf was delivered by mistake by a stork, he had to be taken back but Grouchy Smurf developed strong affection towards Baby Smurf; he ran away with him into the forest, taking the care of him despite the dangers and the weather. Baby Smurf got sick, he had to return to the village, in tears, yet the smurfs felt sympathetic towards him and didn't hold any grudge, being touched by his unusual caring attitude.
It was Grouchy Smurf's valour that decided the mysterious senders of the baby to make the stork bring back the baby to the village, much to the delight of all the smurfs... including Grouchy, of course.
Grouchy once showed that he liked flowers, but that he didn't like people knowing that he liked flowers.
Making a parody of NBC's constant creation of bizarre miniseries, Saturday Night Live used the smurfs as an example. In this example, Al Pacino (portrayed by comedian Chris Kattan) played the role of Grouchy Smurf.
[edit] Handy
Handy Smurf, wearing overalls and with a pencil above his ear, is the handyman of the smurfs, with many inventions under his belt: a weather-changing machine (that went haywire in comics issue, and cartoon episode, "The Weather-Smurfing Machine"), Clockwork Smurf, smurfberry pickers, firetruck, laundry machine, windmills (one of which was converted into a helicopter in the cartoon episode Never Smurf Off 'Til Tomorrow), watermill, cranes, smurferator (aerator), etc. His best friend is Hefty Smurf. In the cartoons Handy is unique among smurfs in that he has a steady girlfriend- Marina the mermaid.
[edit] Harmony
Harmony Smurf is a misnomer, seeing as his musical ability shows a total lack of harmony (his original name in the French version is "Musician Smurf"). He is a music player, keeping lots of musical instruments in his house. He especially loves to play the trumpet. He has more passion than talent, though, and he persistently plays awfully and loudly, causing the other Smurfs to plug their ears in frustration.
In the "King Smurf" album, King Smurf gave him a drum to make announce (and to stop him to play trumpet), but he still managed to make bad trumpet sound out of it. Despite the fall of King Smurf, he kept that "second job"
Like the other musician Cacofonix from the Asterix comics, Harmony plays so harshly and loudly that he sometimes causes rain to fall.
One time, Harmony Smurf was so saddened by being thrown out of a musical concert that he ran away from the village. Gargamel decided to use him as an instrument of revenge against the Smurfs, so he disguised himself as a fairy, and gave him an evil magical instrument, a Shalakazoo ("turlusiphon" in the original version), claiming that it would only play beautiful music. When Harmony Smurf returned to the village to show his "new talent", he played the Shalakazoo and its evil music threw all the smurfs in a deep coma. Not being able to awaken them, Harmony Smurf discovered that Gargamel was behind all this and confronted him in a pursuit in the woods where he tried to use the Shalakazoo on Gargamel. He got the opportunity to destroy the sorcerer once and for all while he was desperately hanging above a cliff, but knew it would be wrong to strike an enemy who was down. Harmony Smurf found out that no remedies existed against the Shalakazoo, so he burned the evil instrument which exploded in devilish fire. Returning to the village, he prepared to give a funeral to the smurfs and, depressed, he played them a sonata on his trumpet, which woke them up from the curse.
[edit] Hefty
Hefty Smurf is the strongest smurf. He has a heart tattoo on each of his arms and is an active sportsman, whose favorite activity is weightlifting. He tends to be a bit brutal, as he's most often the one hitting/tossing Brainy Smurf. However, he's very kind to children and Baby Smurf & the Smurflings look up to him. His best friend is Handy Smurf and they are often seen working together on projects such as building and maintaining the Smurf Dam.
Hefty Smurf had the starring role in at least two Game Boy games, such as "The Smurfs" (where he has to rescue three smurfs kidnapped by Gargamel) and "The Smurf's Nightmare" (where he has to rescue several other smurfs from their own dreams caused by Gargamel). Hefty is voiced by Frank Welker in the cartoon. In the cartoon, he also had a heart-shaped tattoo on one of his arms. Welker also voiced the human character Peewit
[edit] Jokey (aka Prisoner)
Jokey Smurf is a cheerful smurf who enjoys playing tricks and entertaining the other smurfs, his favorite target being Brainy Smurf. Jokey Smurf almost always uses the same joke trick: yellow-red-wrapped present boxes that he offers to his victims, saying it is a surprise. The present box actually holds a firecracker that explodes when the receiver opens it, puffing out a lot of black smoke that blackens the bearer's face (or entire body depending on the explosion's size).
In the climax of one episode, Jokey's explosive gifts proved to be a source of salvation. They were used during an imprisonment to create a blast that destroyed one of the walls. By tying enough of them together near a small gap, to a single long ribbon, one good pull opened all the boxes and blasted the wall apart.
Jokey Smurf's tricks eventually wore out, as most of the smurfs got used to his jokes and knew about the exploding present boxes, therefore refusing them. The only ones (more or less) who still accept the presents are Brainy Smurf and Dopey Smurf.
Upon his arrival to Smurf village, Jokey gave Baby a box that, in the comic book, instead of exploding, contained a music box... but it really proved to be explosive and blew up in the face of Baby Smurf who was very amused. "Sorry, but I couldn't help myself!" said Jokey. In the animated series, the present contained a bushel of wildflowers.
Jokey Smurf starred as the main character in the comic book issue "The Jewel Smurfer". In this adventure, he gets taken away by humans who force him to steal jewels and other wealth from rich people, being dressed in a black catsuit and a mask (but still keeping his white cap on).
Jokey Smurf was voiced by June Foray, who is most famous for providing the voices of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and the Granny character of Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies cartoons.
[edit] King
King Smurf used to be a regular smurf, but his passion was power as a leader. It began in the comic issue 2 "King Smurf" and cartoon episode The King Smurf (where Brainy Smurf is the one who becomes the King).
When Papa Smurf left the village for a few weeks in order to get some chemical ingredients, the smurfs were left with no leader. An argument ensued and was solved by decision to have a vote. King-Smurf-to-be wanted the job, so he made promises to almost all the smurfs, who were convinced. After making a big political speech(?), he won 96% of the votes.
When he came into power, King Smurf put on golden-coloured clothes, and asked the smurfs to refer to him as "Majesty". He then wore a royal cape, crown, and scepter. He called himself the "Schtroumpfissime" (cf. generalissimo), or the Smurf King in English. The smurfs didn't take him seriously at first but they began to despise him as he became corrupted by power: King Smurf imposed a repressive regime and installed an armed troop of guards, who punished all opposition. He forced the smurfs into labor and wore them out.
Some reluctant smurfs ran away into the forest, forming a resistance movement. They attacked the Smurf King's fortress, destroying it and leaving the Smurf King helpless. The final fight was on when Papa Smurf suddenly returned from his journey. He was very angry with the smurfs for "having behaved like humans" and mostly put the blame on King Smurf. Extremely remorseful, ex-King Smurf abdicated his throne and decided he would fix on his own all the damage that the village had suffered. The other smurfs felt sympathetic towards him, and offered their help, claiming it was also their fault, and that they still liked him after all. Ex-King Smurf cried and thanked them. Papa Smurf was touched by their solidarity and therefore forgave the smurfs.
[edit] Lazy (aka Sleepy)
Lazy Smurf is the laziest of all the smurfs. He spends almost all his time sleeping, either in his bed, a hammock, on grass or anywhere. When the smurfs have to go work on their local dam or gather food for winter, Papa Smurf very often has to push Lazy Smurf around, who hates to work, once saying that "I have never [worked] before in my life! It makes me tired! If I work, I'll become sick!".
In the comic issue "The Strange Awakening of Sleepy Smurf", the other smurfs decided to play a big prank on him. As he fell asleep, they all disguised themselves as very old smurfs and gave an old and dingy look to the village, so that they could trick him into thinking that he fell asleep way too long.
[edit] Miner
Miner Smurf is the local miner of the village. He runs a mine in the forest where most fossil material used among the smurfs comes from. He has great pride and passion in his work, and prefers to get building matter instead of gold, which he dislikes as being too soft (and that he happily gave away to Finance Smurf). Miner Smurf speaks with a Scottish accent and is dressed quite differently from the other smurfs: he wears an old dark blue jacket and trousers and a metal hard hat that is the same shape as any smurf's cap.
In the cartoon he looks like a normal smurf except he wears green-yellow gloves and has a small wax candle on the top of his dirty hat for illumination.
In one cartoon episode, Handy's Window-Vision, Miner played a crucial role in a parable about watching too much television. Miner dug up a cache of special crystals--one which acted as a transmitter (camera) and others which were receivers (TVs). Soon, thanks to Handy, every smurf had a crystal in his home. They made their own around-the-clock broadcasts. Chores were soon neglected. To make matters worse, Gargamel, after discovering the crystal mine, blundered into Smurf Village and happily began capturing smurfs left and right.
[edit] Nanny
An old flame of Grandpa Smurf's, Nanny enters the cartoon series after being trapped inside a cursed castle for centuries. Grandpa and the others rescue her, and she makes her home with them in the village.
[edit] Nat/Natural
Nat is one of the smurflings. He wears dark green overalls and a straw hat (such as Farmer Smurf) but goes barefoot. He loves animals and often hangs around with them, particularly with a caterpillar. His name is short for Natural Smurf since that's who he was before his age was reversed and he became a smurfling. He and the other smurflings have a dog named simply "Puppy" (whose name is literally the same in the original French version).
[edit] Nosey
Nosey Smurf is always curious, always wanting to know everything. In fact, he is so curious he peeks around through the other smurfs' businesses, causing problems for everybody.
[edit] Painter
Painter Smurf isn't just a painter; he is active in most visual arts. Often wearing a red jacket with a black tie, he is seen either doing a painting or a sculpture. In the cartoon, he speaks with a French accent, and his hat is flopped over to resemble a French beret. When he finishes one of his works of art, he declares it a "Master-peza!"
[edit] Papa
Papa Smurf is the oldest of the Smurfs (3rd-oldest of the smurfs after Grandpa and Nanny in the cartoon), and their leader. He is 542 years old, and can be easily distinguished from the other smurfs by his red clothes and his bushy white beard. Papa Smurf is gentle, wise, and knowledgeable (although he occasionally displays a short temper). Not only does he serve as leader, he also has diplomatic skills in case they meet humans or other creatures, and manages to speak without using the "smurf" word.
Voiced in French by Gérard Hernandez and in English by Don Messick.
[edit] Poet
Poet Smurf is the local poet. Very sensitive and artistic, he spends most of his time wandering in nature to improvise poems about it and sometimes has trouble finding verses that rhyme. He usually manages to do it through some accident (such as slipping on a soap or having a pear fall on his head). Poet Smurf is one of the smurfs who more actively woos Smurfette.
[edit] Reflection (aka Hundredth)
Reflection Smurf (actually is unnamed) is the 100th smurf (as at first there were only 99 smurfs). He used to be Vanity Smurf's reflection, as the name implies but came to life after a lightning bolt struck a mirror Vanity Smurf made. The reflection did everything Vanity did, but in reverse, including his talking. Being rejected by Vanity Smurf for being a nuisance, he felt lonely and tried to get back in the mirror he came out, but as he crashed through it, he turned into a normal smurf not doing anything in reverse anymore. Reflection Smurf then came back to the village and was accepted as a regular smurf and Vanity Smurf acknowledged him as his "twin smurf". Papa Smurf was particularly glad as the village needed 100 smurfs in order to do their traditional "Moon Dance".
[edit] Reporter
Reporter Smurf took a job as a reporter to write sensational articles for his own newspaper. His tendency to look for controversial news caused him problems.
[edit] Sassette
Sassette is a smurfling and the second of only three female smurfs to be depicted, appearing after Smurfette and before Nanny. She is a little freckled redhead girl with pigtails, and wears pink overalls.
Sassette actually has the same origins as Smurfette (with a minor difference, she wasn't made by Gargamel). The smurflings (Slouchy, Nat, and Snappy) were pitying Smurfette who felt lonely, being the only girl in the village, so they decided to help her. They learned from Papa Smurf that Smurfette was indeed created magically by Gargamel out of clay. They then went to steal Gargamel's formula and magical recipes for creating Smurfette. They successfully created Sassette, who this time didn't need plastic smurfery (though her rude behavior and attitude needed a bit of chemical tweaking). As they introduced Sassette to Smurfette, Smurfette was overjoyed at having a female friend, albeit a bit of a tomboy.
Of course, they didn't realize that Gargamel had cast a spell on the claybank that would have quite literally turned the little smurfling into a living bomb when the noon sun struck her. Papa's quick thinking and a fortuitous cloud over the sun saved both Sassette and the other smurfs. Gargamel, getting too close to the clay, ended up a victim of his own treachery.
Sassette is a jolly girl who is quite simple-minded. She loves playing smurfball (a game similar to soccer) and disliked reading (until she eventually learned how). Some episodes suggest that she has a crush on Hefty, as she is quick to compliment him on his strength and althleticism. She frequently calls Papa Smurf "Pappy", which he finds irksome, but tolerates. Sassette is unique among the smurfs in that she is fond of Gargamel and is convinced there is good in him (noting that it was his formula that led to her creation).
[edit] Scaredy (aka Brave)
Scaredy Smurf, as his name says, easily gets scared by anything, whether it is a small insect or the noise of storm. He is often teased by the smurfs because of this.
Yet, one time, he was able to chase Gargamel from the village on his own, by overcoming his own fear. He has then been for a while named "Brave Smurf", yet his scaredy nature came back, and he returned to his normal self, much to his disappointment and sadness.
Smurfette reasured him by saying she has special liking for him, since he is more sensitive than most of the smurfs. Scaredy Smurf then no longer took shame in his scaredy nature.
[edit] Sloppy
Sloppy Smurf is a filthy smurf with a passion for dirt, garbage, and rotten fruit. His face is perpetually grimy, his hat is grubby and dishevelled (too big), and one of his loose stockings is perpetually torn, revealing his toes. Sloppy owns a pet fly named "Fly" whom he sometimes walks on a leash and taught to do tricks like a dog.
[edit] Slouchy
Slouchy Smurf had the aging process reversed and was transformed into Slouchy Smurfling. Slouchy is not a very enthusiastic Smurf and often takes a relaxed pose, eyes half-closed. Slouchy has a yellow tee-shirt (red tee-shirt in the cartoon) and loose fitting white cap..
[edit] Smurfette
Smurfette is the only female smurf until the creation of Sassette. She has more delicate features than the other smurfs, with long blonde wavy hair, longer eyelashes, and wears a white dress and white high heels. She is the love interest of almost every smurf (eventually even Papa Smurf!).
In comic book volume 3: "The Smurfette", we learn that she was magically created from clay by Gargamel so that she would use her charms to cause jealousy and competition among the smurfs in order to cause their fall. He sent her to the smurf village, who kept her out of kindness.
Gargamel's plans didn't work well at first, as her appearance was flawed: she looked like just a male smurf but with long spikey black hair and a dress. She tried to be feminine and considerate, but was unattractive and proved to be more annoying than seductive.
Papa Smurf took pity on her when she became depressed because the other smurfs teased her about being fat, so he practiced plastic smurfery on her for several days in order to make her the beautiful and appealing Smurfette the other smurfs know today. This time, she caused almost every smurf of the village to fall in love with her. Alas for them, it did cause violence and jealousy as schemed by Gargamel, causing chaos among the smurfs who competed, fighting against each other to win Smurfette's heart.
She tried to convince Poet Smurf to open the water dam just to see the spurting water, but the dam got stuck and the village was flooded. After struggling to close the dam on his own, Papa Smurf showed his frustration towards the trouble-making nature of Smurfette, who, upset, said she decided to "return to the great sorcerer Gargamel's". The smurfs were shocked about this statement, and Smurfette was put on trial.
The smurfs, blinded by their passion towards her, declared her not guilty, as Jokey Smurf, her attorney in the trial, claimed that Papa Smurf was the one who made her attractive. Still, she felt sorry for the trouble she caused and ran away into the forest, coming back occasionally, eventually establishing herself in the village permanently after a while.
The smurfs then moderated their passion, having learned from their mistake, but they are still very much in love with her.
Smurfette is voiced in French by Céline Montsarrat and Lucille Bliss in English. [1]
[edit] Snappy
Snappy Smurf had his age reversed and became Snappy Smurfling. Snappy wears a red tee-shirt (yellow tee-shirt with a storm cloud on it in the cartoon) - which is indicative of his disposition. Snappy can be quite snappy at times!
[edit] Sneezy
Sneezy Smurf is a smurf who is very cold-sensitive. Always shivering, he is always wrapped in a big scarf. Despite wearing several thick warm clothes, he still can't get over his permanent flu, making him sneeze often. It seems his body itself is cold-generating, as carrying soft drinks keeps them fresh, and when trying to blow soap bubbles, he blows ice cubes instead!
[edit] Stinky
Stinky Smurf hated to wash, which gave him an awful and unbearable body scent, making him attract flies and repel his fellow Smurfs, especially Smurfette. Although he once managed to thwart Gargamel using his stench, he was forcefully given a bath and became Nice-Smelling Smurf.
[edit] Sweepy
Sweepy Smurf is a chimney sweep with an Australian accent. He carries a chimney sweep broom, wears a black brimmed hat, red scarf around his neck, and black pants/shoes. He tends to have a dirt cloud around him, causing everything (and everyone) around him to get dirty.
[edit] Tailor
Tailor makes all the clothes in the village. He's often seen with a needle or two in his cap and a tape measure around his neck.
[edit] Timid (aka Actor)
Timid is a very shy smurf. One time, he tried to make friends with a baby dragon he found in the woods. He called him "Grumpf" as this was the sound he made when he spat fire. Grumpf caused damage in the village as he was quite big, heavy and greedy. His parents returned to get him, but still Grumpf remains a friend to Timid Smurf.
In the animated series during a festival Timid impersonated various smurfs but was discovered only until the festival actually started and the other smurfs found out by the inferior craft, e.g. bad food, faulty stage construction. He was then renamed Actor smurf for being able to act as any other smurf so well.
[edit] Tracker
Tracker Smurf wears a small red feather in his cap and sometimes carries a walking stick. He has a talent for predicting snow simply by sniffing the air. In one episode he asked Tailor to sew him a coat of some fur scraps, claiming cold weather was coming. The other smurfs laughed--then, when the village was blanketed by a sudden blizzard, were sorry. Jealous of Tracker's spiffy coat, they schemed to steal it--and ended up destroying it. Except for Tracker and Papa, the whole smurf population was soon ill with pneumonia. Tracker, in his hastily-fixed coat, was the only one who could brave the storm (and Gargamel's machinations) to fetch a special root for a curative tea to help his friends.
Tracker is one of the smurfs who was phased out in later cartoon episodes, replaced by Nat (Natural Smurf), who has been both adult and child. Both share a passion for nature and a love for animals, often speaking to the beasts of the forest.
[edit] Vanity
Vanity is a stylish smurf, most of the time seen wearing a pink flower on his hat. He is the epitome of the modern trend metrosexual. He often holds a hand mirror which he stares into at his reflection (narcissism) and kisses often.
[edit] Weakling
Weakling Smurf is a smurf with very low self-esteem who thinks he's worthless. He first appeared in the album "The Olympic Smurfs" where the smurfs decided to compete in sport games. When Weakling decided to join, his peers thought of him as a joke since he wasn't very strong or clever. This depressed him, so Papa Smurf decided to boost his self-esteem by putting some strength cream on his nose, saying it would make him a winning champion. Weakling Smurf went through the Olympic Games on his own, in a one-man team, and won the championship, as he believed he really was strong. As he received the final prize, Weakling Smurf said that he actually doesn't deserve the honor, since he cheated by using some chemical dope by the strength cream. Papa Smurf intervened, saying that the cream was just some jam, and that his deeds were psychological effects, results of his determination and courage. He therefore actually deserved it.
In the cartoon, the basis of this experience was kept: to boost his self-esteem, Papa came up with a strength salve (in reality, a jar of smurfberry jam) for Weakling to put on his nose. When wearing the salve, Weakling's physical strength and prowess ostensibly increased. He did feats of strength to rival Hefty Smurf's and was loved by all. After the smurfs' wooden bridge fell apart in a storm, he commandeered the effort to fix it...and had to dive into the rapids to save Handy after a strut knocked him out and into the raging river. The "salve" was washed away in the water, and Weakling found the strength had been in him all along; he just had to believe in himself to tap into it.
[edit] Wild
Wild Smurf was lost in the forest when he was a baby, and he grew as a Tarzan-like woodsman, raised by squirrels, dressed only in leaves. He is not understood by the other Smurfs, but can communicate with animals.
[edit] Wooley
Wooley Smurf shears sheep and wears a wool hat and shears on a belt. He helped the smurfs rescue the sleep-inducing counting sheep in the dream world after Gargamel herded them away from their hopping fence. Wooley often talks with a Texan accent.
[edit] Supporting (Non-Smurf) Characters
[edit] Azrael
Gargamel's pet cat, probably named after Azrael, one of the names of the Angel of death. Although Gargamel never treats him right, Azrael manages to put up with his master. Azrael wants to eat the smurfs, but never succeeds. Azrael shares Gargamel's distinctive laugh. In Polish, he is known as Klakier (literally: "professional applauder") because he always agrees with his master's schemes. In Brasil, he is known as Cruel.
[edit] Balthazar
Voiced by Keene Curtis) Cartoon original character, Balthazar was the rich but disdainful godfather of Gargamel. A powerful sorcerer, Balthazar was more evil than Gargamel as well.
[edit] Bigmouth
Bigmouth is a dimwitted ogre who frequently breaks into Gargamel's hovel and eats his food. He was a large smurf in one cartoon episode, Bigmouth Smurf.
[edit] Chlorhydris
Cartoon original character, she is a sorceress who was the wife of the deceased ruler of a small nearby kingdom, Chlorhydris remained the queen of this kingdom. Once a gentle, caring person, the grief over her husband's death left her hating emotions, especially love. Chlorhydris devoted her time to schemes to remove love from the world. Although her plans never directly involved the smurfs (she was mostly unaware of their existence), the smurfs would occasionally foil her plans.
On the cartoon series, it was eventually revealed that Chlorhydris became evil and bitter after her husband left her under the influence of an evil spell. She dedicates her entire being to destroying love in the world, and is one of the most threatening characters the Smurfs encounter during their adventures. Her name is probably an inversion of "hydrochloric acid," one of the most powerful acids known to science.
[edit] Gargamel
Gargamel is an evil wizard (though with very limited powers - he actually seems to be more of an alchemist) whose main goal is to destroy the smurfs. His back is perpetually stooped, his robe is worn and patched, and his teeth are rotten. Sometimes he wants to eat the smurfs, other times he wants to use them to make gold (according to an old magic spell), and still other times he has even more bizarre uses for them. Though he often catches smurfs who wander by his home or which he happens across in the forest, he does not know the location of the hidden Smurf Village, a fact which continually frustrates him. On rare occasions, he will discover the location of the smurf village, but sooner or later forgets its location due to either a magic spell put on him by Papa Smurf or forgets because of some other bizarre factor. He is an eternal bungler. Some of his schemes to catch smurfs border on the bizarre (e.g. a "blue magnet" that attracted solely blue items). He has a seemingly endless library of spellbooks, potions, and gimmicks for his life's passion. However, no matter how elaborate Gargamel's plans, they invariably end in failure, causing him to spout his catch-phrase: "I hate those smurfs!". (It is worth noting that he does love at least one Smurf, his daughter/creation Sassette who refers to him as "pappy Gargamel.")
Despite his never-ending hatred and frustration for the smurfs, more than once has he had to rely on Papa Smurf to help save him from a more wicked enemy's plans (e.g., Balthazar) or to bail him out of a potion gone horribly wrong.
He lives in a run-down hovel with his flea-bitten cat Azrael. In later episodes he acquired an apprentice named Scruple, who seems moderately brighter and more savvy than his master, though still inexperienced in the ways of magic.
Some claim the name Gargamel originated in the main character Gargamelle (Gargantua's mother) of the French novel Gargantua and Pantagruel, although Gargamel was a common name in the Middle Ages.
Gargamel is voiced in French by Philippe Dumat, and by Paul Winchell in English (with the latter using his Dick Dastardly voice).
In Italy he is known as " Gargamella"
See also the Gargamelle experiment at CERN.
[edit] Hogatha
Hogatha is almost a female version of Gargamel. In the cartoon episode, The Fake Smurf, The smurfs gain her enmity when they accidentally find a magic locket that belongs to her and is the source of her power. She teams up with Gargamel to get it back but the smurfs destroy it and her with it. Surprisingly, Hogatha returns later revealing that the smurfs had only taken one of her nine lives. Vowing revenge against the smurfs, she casts a spell on herself that turns her into a smurf so she could infiltrate their village. She calls herself "Snorty" due to her characteristic snort in her speech. The smurfs eventually discovered her identity as the "snort" speech impediment was a regular characteristic of Hogatha.
[edit] Homnibus
Homnibus is an old human wizard and friend of Papa Smurf with whom he likes to play chess. He is served by a young man called Olivier.
[edit] Johan and Peewit
Johan is a young human squire (later a knight) in a very small kingdom somewhere in Europe in the Middle Ages. He defends his king fiercely, and goes on errands to help him or simply to help some people. After a few years, he meets the dwarf Peewit, and they become best friends. On one of his errands, Johan and Peewit have to go to the smurfs to get a magic flute. Thus the smurfs are introduced to us in the comics. The smurfs will appear in different later adventures of Johan and Peewit, and vice versa. In the American animated series, Johan and Pee-wee (changed for the English version) were often relegated to background or incidental characters, and only occasionally featured in the rare stories which focused on the pair and the kingdom they protected.
Johan is voiced in French by François Leccia and Michael Bell in English.
[edit] Mother Nature and Father Time
Mother Nature is a plump old woman with a kind disposition. She's in charge of the smooth running of nature's course. Father Time, portrayed in the classic image of the wizened old man with the white robe and scythe, is in charge of time. Both are good friends and allies of the smurfs.
[edit] Nemesis
Nemesis is a sinister, hiccupping creature shrouded in a purple robe. He is an evil wizard like Gargamel, only powerful. (Looks a bit like Charles Dickens' Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.) Is constantly trying to steal the Long-Life Stone, which is the magical artifact that grants the smurfs their extremely long lifespans. Nemesis used to be handsome until a magic accident horribly deformed him.
[edit] Princess Sabina
Voiced by Jennifer Darling).
Princess Sabina is an inhabitant of a nearby kingdom, whose (unnamed) king--presumably her father or grandfather--is aware of the Smurfs' existence. (Other inhabitants of the kingdom are Johan, Peewit, and Dame Barbara). She is a red-headed young woman who is not always content to remain in the tutelage of Dame Barbara and learn how to sew and pour tea. She is an expert marksman and good friends with Johan (it appears that there may be some mutual attraction between these two). She is also a relative of Prince Gerard, who lives in another kingdom with Clockwork.
[edit] Prince Gerard
Prince Gerard is a friend of the smurfs--especially Clockwork Smurf--who eventually becomes a king. Clockwork and the smurfs help him defeat his evil aunt Lady Imperia, who tries to take the crown for herself.
[edit] Puppy
Puppy was offered as a gift to Papa Smurf by Homnibus. It was Baby Smurf, however, who opened the enchanted locket around Puppy's neck and became the dog's true master. Puppy is a good friend to the Smurflings and protects the Smurfs from Gargamel's cat Azrael. It should be noted that Puppy is not a dog but a magical creature that simply looks like a dog.
[edit] Smoogle
Nanny's pet. It is a magenta colored rabbit. Nanny adores it and is known as a little overprotective of it. Voiced by Russi Taylor).
