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==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
* In the film ''Field of Dreams'', Karin uses a Smurfs glass. | * In the film ''Field of Dreams'', Karin uses a Smurfs glass. | ||
* In the ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' episode "Career Oppor-Toon-ities" (the "Working Pig" segment), Porky gets a job at a toy store at Acme Mall and tries selling Elmyra "The Muffy Smuffs". | |||
* In the ''Breaking Bad'' episode "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal", Jesse uses the term "smurfs" for his drug buyers. | |||
* In the ''Sugar and Toys'' episode "Burning Scouts", Smurfs are purple. | |||
* In the ''Saturday Night Live'' episode "John Mulaney/The Strokes", John Mulaney's uses his opening monologue to compare the way Governor Cuomo kept on saying New York like he was a Smurf. | |||
===''Comic Book Men''=== | |||
* "Tough Sh*t": They talk like the Smurfs, which includes bedroom talk, and Gargamel. | |||
* "Stash Wars": They talk about living in the background of a cartoon, with Brian picking ''Smurfs'', which would put Lazy Smurf out of a job (Gargamel is also mentioned). | |||
* "Holy Zap Copter": Mike thought ''The Smurfs'' was the most outlandish cartoon. | |||
===''Family Guy''=== | |||
{{Main|Family Guy}} | |||
* "Emission Impossible": Stewie watches an episode of ''The Smurfs'', where two Smurfs discuss one of them having sex with Smurfette, using the word "smurf" as a euphemism for sex. | |||
* "Halloween on Spooner Street": A girl dresses up as Smurfette, attending the same party as Meg and her friends. | |||
* "Guy, Robot": A drunken Peter claims that the mushrooms on his side of the bed are where the Smurfs live. | |||
===''Riverdale'' (2017)=== | |||
* "Chapter Thirty-Four: Judgment Night": Penny calls Toni a Southside Smurfette. | |||
* "Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam": Cheryl calls Jughead an "insufferable Smurf." | |||
===''Venture Bros.''=== | |||
{{Main|Venture Bros.}} | |||
* "Careers in Science": Manstrong argues with Baldavitch that Brock has a Smurf living in his genitalia because it's as big as a mushroom. | |||
* "Are You There, God, It's Me, Dean": Henchmen 24 debates with Henchman 21 or not Smurfette lays eggs, but Henchman 21 counters that they're mammals, as Papa Smurf has a beard. | |||
* "Past Tense": One of the original Team Venture members mentions Smurfs. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 20:43, 11 March 2021
The Smurfs | |
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On-screen title card. | |
Network | NBC |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
Original release | September 12, 1981-December 13, 1987 |
Starring | Don Messick Lucille Bliss June Foray Danny Goldman Frank Welker Paul Winchell |
Executive producer(s) | Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
Producer(s) | Gerard Baldwin |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
Director(s) | George Gordon Bob Hathcock Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora |
Second title card | |
On-screen title card in syndication. | |
Third title card | |
On-screen title card for international markets. |
The Smurfs is an American-Belgian animated fantasy comedy TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera and SEPP International for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1981-1989, airing 259 episodes (split into 417 segments), and an additional seven specials within that time, making it Hanna-Barbera's longest consecutive running series, without any title changes (succeeding The Flintstones, which ran from 1960-1966 in prime-time). It is based on the works of Belgian comics artist Peyo, first appearing in 1958.
The Smurfs is about the lives of a race of the same name; tiny, blue humanoids, wearing Phrygian caps, who live in a village of mushroom-shaped houses. Their names are based on adjectives that emphasis their personalities, such as "Jokey" Smurf, who pulls pranks. Their leader and mentor is the wizened Papa Smurf, who unlike the others, dresses in red, instead of white. One of the main gimmicks of the show is that their kind is almost entirely made up of males, with Smurfette, being the exception (although a couple of others were added towards the series run). Their primary antagonist is the human, Gargamel, who knows of the Smurfs' hidden existence and wants to melt them into gold.
The narrator refers to the show as The Smurfs, while the card refers to it as Smurfs. When the show went into syndication in 1986, it was renamed Smurfs' Adventures.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin until season nine, when he was replaced with Tom Worrall.
Episodes
Title | Number | Air date |
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"The Astrosmurf" | 1x01 | September 12, 1981 |
"Jokey's Medicine" / "Vanity Fare" | 1x02 | September 12, 1981 |
"St. Smurf and the Dragon" | 1x03 | September 19, 1981 |
"Sorcerer Smurf" / "The Magical Meanie" | 1x04 | September 19, 1981 |
"Bewitched, Bothered and Be-smurfed" | 1x05 | September 26, 1981 |
"King Smurf" / "The Smurfs and the Howlibird" | 1x06 | September 26, 1981 |
"Soup a La Smurf" | 1x07 | October 3, 1981 |
"All That Glitters isn't Smurf" / "Dreamy's Nightmare" | 1x08 | October 3, 1981 |
"Romeo and Smurfette" | 1x09 | October 10, 1981 |
"The Magic Egg" / "Smurphony in 'C'" | 1x10 | October 10, 1981 |
"Sideshow Smurfs" | 1x11 | October 17, 1981 |
"Supersmurf" / "Paradise Smurfed" | 1x12 | October 17, 1981 |
"Sir Hefty" | 1x13 | October 24, 1981 |
"The Fake Smurf" / "The Baby Smurf" | 1x14 | October 24, 1981 |
"Painter and Poet" | 1x15 | October 31, 1981 |
"Haunted Smurf" / "Purple Smurfs" | 1x16 | October 31, 1981 |
"The Fountain of Smurf" | 1x17 | November 7, 1981 |
"The Magnifying Mixture" / "Foul Weather Smurf" | 1x18 | November 7, 1981 |
"The Hundredth Smurf" | 1x19 | November 14, 1981 |
"The Abominable Snowbeast" / "Gargamel, the Generous" | 1x20 | November 14, 1981 |
"The Smurfette" | 1x21 | November 21, 1981 |
"Spelunking Smurfs" / "Now You Smurf 'Em, Now You Don't" | 1x22 | November 21, 1981 |
"The Smurf's Apprentice" / "Smurf-Colored Glasses" | 1x23 | November 28, 1981 |
"The Clockwork Smurf" | 1x24 | December 28, 1981 |
"Fuzzle Trouble" / "Smurfette's Dancing Shoes" | 1x25 | December 5, 1981 |
"The Smurfs and the Money Tree" | 1x26 | December 5, 1981 |
"The Smurf Who Couldn't Say No" | 2x01 | September 18, 1982 |
"The Adventures of Robin Smurf" | 2x02 | September 18, 1982 |
"The Cursed Country" | 2x03 | September 18, 1982 |
"Sister Smurf" / "S-Shivering S-Smurfs" | 2x04 | September 25, 1982 |
"The Black Hellebore" | 2x05 | September 25, 1982 |
"Revenge of the Smurfs" | 2x06 | September 25, 1982 |
"The Three Smurfketeers" | 2x07 | October 2, 1982 |
"Heavenly Smurfs" / "It Came from Outer Smurf" | 2x08 | October 2, 1982 |
"The Sorcery of Maltrochu" | 2x09 | October 2, 1982 |
"Squeaky" / "The Kaplowery Scroll" | 2x10 | October 9, 1982 |
"The Goblin of Boulder Wood" | 2x11 | October 9, 1982 |
"Gormandizing Greedy" / "Waste Not, Smurf Not" | 2x12 | October 9, 1982 |
"Johan's Army" | 2x13 | October 16, 1982 |
"The Lost City of Yore" | 2x14 | October 16, 1982 |
"The Magic Fountain" | 2x15 | October 16, 1982 |
"The Imposter King" | 2x16 | October 23, 1982 |
"For the Love of Gargamel" / "The A-maze-ing Smurfs" | 2x17 | October 23, 1982 |
"The Haunted Castle" | 2x18 | October 23, 1982 |
"Smurfs at Sea" | 2x19 | October 30, 1982 |
"One Good Smurf Deserves Another" | 2x20 | October 30, 1982 |
"The Blue Plague" / "The Last Laugh" | 2x21 | October 30, 1982 |
"The Raven Wizard" | 2x22 | November 6, 1982 |
"The Ring of Castellac" | 2x23 | November 6, 1982 |
"The Sky Is Smurfing! The Sky Is Smurfing!" / "Turncoat Smurf" | 2x24 | November 6, 1982 |
"Return of the Clockwork Smurf" | 2x25 | November 13, 1982 |
"The Littlest Giant" | 2x26 | November 13, 1982 |
Specials
Title | Number | Air date |
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"Here Comes the Smurfs" | 1 | June 19, 1981 |
"The Smurfs Springtime Special" | 2 | April 8, 1982 |
"The Smurfs Christmas Special" | 3 | December 12, 1982 |
"My Smurfy Valentine" | 4 | February 13, 1983 |
"The Smurfic Games" | 5 | May 20, 1984 |
"Smurfily Ever After" | 6 | February 13, 1985 |
"Tis the Season to Be Smurfy" | 7 | December 13, 1987 |
Cast
- Don Messick as Papa Smurf, Azreal
- Lucille Bliss as Smurfette
- June Foray as Jokey Smurf
- Danny Goldman as Brainy Smurf
- Frank Welker as Hefty Smurf
- Paul Winchell as Gargamel
In popular culture
- In the film Field of Dreams, Karin uses a Smurfs glass.
- In the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Career Oppor-Toon-ities" (the "Working Pig" segment), Porky gets a job at a toy store at Acme Mall and tries selling Elmyra "The Muffy Smuffs".
- In the Breaking Bad episode "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal", Jesse uses the term "smurfs" for his drug buyers.
- In the Sugar and Toys episode "Burning Scouts", Smurfs are purple.
- In the Saturday Night Live episode "John Mulaney/The Strokes", John Mulaney's uses his opening monologue to compare the way Governor Cuomo kept on saying New York like he was a Smurf.
Comic Book Men
- "Tough Sh*t": They talk like the Smurfs, which includes bedroom talk, and Gargamel.
- "Stash Wars": They talk about living in the background of a cartoon, with Brian picking Smurfs, which would put Lazy Smurf out of a job (Gargamel is also mentioned).
- "Holy Zap Copter": Mike thought The Smurfs was the most outlandish cartoon.
Family Guy
- Main article: Family Guy
- "Emission Impossible": Stewie watches an episode of The Smurfs, where two Smurfs discuss one of them having sex with Smurfette, using the word "smurf" as a euphemism for sex.
- "Halloween on Spooner Street": A girl dresses up as Smurfette, attending the same party as Meg and her friends.
- "Guy, Robot": A drunken Peter claims that the mushrooms on his side of the bed are where the Smurfs live.
Riverdale (2017)
- "Chapter Thirty-Four: Judgment Night": Penny calls Toni a Southside Smurfette.
- "Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam": Cheryl calls Jughead an "insufferable Smurf."
Venture Bros.
- Main article: Venture Bros.
- "Careers in Science": Manstrong argues with Baldavitch that Brock has a Smurf living in his genitalia because it's as big as a mushroom.
- "Are You There, God, It's Me, Dean": Henchmen 24 debates with Henchman 21 or not Smurfette lays eggs, but Henchman 21 counters that they're mammals, as Papa Smurf has a beard.
- "Past Tense": One of the original Team Venture members mentions Smurfs.