Ranger Smith

Ranger Smith
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Member of	Yogi's Treasure Hunters
Affiliation	Yogi Bear Boo Boo Bear Cindy Bear Rachel Johnson
Occupation	Park ranger Treasure hunter Mall officer Hospital CEO
Works for	Jellystone National Park Jellystone Hospital
Goals	Keeping the campers safe in Jellystone To avoid Yogi from stealing picnic baskets
Father	Unnamed
Mother	Mrs. Smith
Brother(s)	Slippery Smith
First appearance	YB: "Yogi Bear's Big Break" (1958)
Played by	Don Messick (1958-94) Greg Burson (1991) Corey Burton (1999) Tom Cavanaugh (2010) Jeff Bergman (2021, 2024)
Yo, Yogi!
Yogi Bear
Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special
Wacky Races
Jellystone!

Ranger Smith, also known as John, or Francis, is a park ranger and Yogi Bear's main antagonist in the Yogi Bear animated franchise. His voice was originated by Don Messick.

He is a stern authority figure who watches over Jellystone Park, in contrast to his carefree rival Yogi. He disapproves of the bear for stealing picnic baskets from the guests.

Character description

The physical appearance of Ranger Smith is of an adult man with fair skin and dark hair. He is commonly seen wearing a green park ranger's outfit, with a color-matching campaign hat and a badge. In his three episode appearances in the first Yogi Bear spin-off, Yogi's Gang, he is blond. Ranger Smith's mid-life crisis?

Smith works as the head national park ranger in Jellystone Park. He is hardworking, straight-laced, mild-mannered, and is usually portrayed as a voice of authority who keeps the security of the park under control, and wants nothing more than to stop Yogi Bear from breaking the park rules; especially when he steals picnic baskets from the park's guests, threatening to get rid of him by sending him off to some far off place like Sibera. In spite of his frustration with handling Yogi's eccentric schemes, Smith does not have a complete grudge against him, and actually just wants the best for him as long as he follows the rules. He is often supportive of Yogi when the situation calls for it.

Smith also has a genuine sympathy for Boo Boo because he, unlike Yogi, is a bear who follows the rules closely at Jellystone Park.

Appearances

TV series

• Yogi Bear
• Yogi's Gang
  • 1.3 "Mr. Prankster"
  • 1.5 "The Gossipy Witch"
  • 1.12 "Lotta Litter"
• Laff-a-Lympics
  • 1.16 "Quebec and Baghdad"
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
  • 1.11 "The Story Stick"
• Yo, Yogi! (as Officer Smith)
• I Am Weasel
  • 2.7 "I Am My Lifetime" (no lines)
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  • 1.4 "Death by Chocolate" (picture)
  • 2.11 "Guitar Control" (photo)
  • 3.3 "X Gets the Crest" (pictures in deleted scene)
  • 3.11 "Identity Theft" (no lines)
• Wacky Races
  • 2.11 "The Wacky Always Races Twice" (no lines)
• Jellystone! (as President Smith)
  • 1.7 "Must Be Jelly"
  • 1.20 "A Town Video: Welcome to Jellystone" (no lines)
  • 1.24 "Bleep!" (no lines)
  • 1.25 "Yogi's Mid-Life Crisis" (no lines)
  • 1.26 "Jellystone Moon Platoon" (no lines)
  • 1.27 "The Sea Monster of Jellystone Cove" (no lines)
  • 1.28 "Business" (no lines)
  • 1.34 "Boo Boo and Benny: Little Buddy Trouble" (no lines)
  • 1.35 "The Box Thief"
  • 1.36 "Jailcation" (no lines)
  • 2.1 "Meet the Jetsons" (no lines)
  • 2.2 "Disco Fever" (no lines)
  • 2.7 "Frankenhooky"
• Teen Titans Go!
  • 8.24 "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary" (no lines)

Movies

• Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
• Yogi's Ark Lark
• Yogi's First Christmas
• Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper
• Yogi's Great Escape
• Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears
• Yogi Bear

Specials

• Yogi, the Easter Bear

Shorts

• D.A.R.E. Bear Yogi
• "Everyone" (no lines)

Comics

• Yogi Bear (Dell Comics)
• Yogi Bear (Gold Key Comics)
• Yogi Bear (Charlton Comics)
• Yogi Bear (Marvel Comics)
• The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
  • Issue #3: "The Man Who Stole Thursday"
• Yogi Bear D.A.R.E. (no lines)
• Yogi Bear (Harvey Comics)
• Cartoon Network Presents
  • Issue #2B: "Hermit Helper"
  • Issue #3A: "The Twiddle Method"
  • Issue #18A: "The Murgatroid Asteroid"
  • Issue #18B: "Oil's Well That Ends Well"
  • Issue #22B: "Brain Food"
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • Issue #35: "Bear-ly Scared"
• Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special
  • Issue #1A: "Jellystone Dark"

Books

• Playtime in Jellystone Park

Video games

• Hanna-Barbera's Turbo Toons
• Yogi Bear (Wii)
• Yogi Bear (DS)

Biography

Crossover Era

Yo, Yogi!

In Yo, Yogi!, he is reinvisioned as a young mall officer at Jellystone Mall and is known by the title of "Officer Smith".

I Am Cameo

An elderly Ranger Smith has retired and now lives at the Old Cartoon Villains Asylum.

Everyone's Back in Jellystone!

In the HBO Max series Jellystone!, Ranger Smith is president of the Jellystone Hospital. Not much has been known about Smith other than his position.

In "Must Be Jelly," Smith promptly asks Cindy if she could run a bake sale/car wash as the hospital has run out of money.

Wacky Reboot

In the episode "The Wacky Always Races Twice," he played the role of one of the "Low Lives" that Penelope Pitstop had to avoid.

Development

In the first season of The Huckleberry Hound Show, there were other unnamed park rangers who appeared; with each looking different from the last. From the second season onward, a character formally by the name of "Ranger Smith" came to be in the episode "Lullabye-Bye Bear." The short entry (animated by George Nicholas) featured Smith in a design closely resembling his final look; but wore a beige suit instead of a green one.

Various original Yogi Bear episodes have the ranger wearing his all-familiar, green color scheme, but his character design strangely varied from different animators working on the segments. When Ranger Smith became a more prominent character in The Yogi Bear Show, the design of the character had stuck closer to his model sheet at the time the show was being made, especially in the last batch of episodes.

Gallery

Main article: Ranger Smith/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Ranger Smith/Toys

In popular culture

WARNING: The following section contains content that may be seen as mature or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

Main article: List of pop culture references to Yogi Bear

• In The Partridge Family episode "I Left My Heart in Cincinnati," the Partridge Family visit Kings Island, where various Hanna-Barbera costumed characters can be seen, including one of Mildew-like costume. There is a lost parents shed with a somewhat off-model Ranger Smith takes care of Pebbles Flintstone and Augie Doggie, where Danny and Tracy pick up Shirley.
• In the Duckman: Private Duck/Family Man episode "I, Duckman," a home movie reel depicts a young Duckman and his father in the same apparel as Boo Boo and Yogi, respectively, while visiting Jellyroll Park, where the attending dog-like ranger is affectionately referred to as Mr. Ranger by Mr. Duckman (voiced by Joe Alaskey doing an impression of Yogi). When Mr. Duckman finds out his son has no intention to attend college, he chases Duckman in one continuous loop with frantic music in the same manner Ranger Smith would chase Yogi.
• In The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "The Big Shot!," Stimpy becomes the co-star of Muddy Mudskipper, where they reenact one of the many chase sequences between Yogi and Ranger Smith, respectively, with Muddy wearing a ranger hat and telling him to get his hand out of the picnic basket.
• In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode "72 Hours," when Will warns Carlton against going to MacArthur Park, but Carlton assures him that he'll inform the park rangers if something happens, to which Will replies, "It's not that kind of park, Boo Boo!"
• In the Family Guy episode "Hell Comes to Quahog," Peter tells Meg he did a park ranger (likely Ranger Smith) a favor by fatally stabbing Yogi with a hunter's knife and then suffocating him to get the job done faster, while Boo Boo watches helplessly. After Peter is done, he callously orders Boo Boo to tell the other bears what he just saw.

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  Stimpy & Muddy do Yogi & Ranger Smith.

Dead Ringers (radio)

• "Episode Two" (series 2): Nick Russ presents Cartoon Crimewatch that reports the theft of a picnic basket on Easter Sunday, providing a reenactment of the crime with Yogi ordering Boo Boo to provide a distraction so Yogi can steal the picnic basket, but his plan is foiled by the appearance of Ranger Smith. Russ ponders if Boo Boo is a friend or accomplice, and notes that Yogi is distinguished by a "trilby hat." He asks viewers to call if they have any knowledge.
• "Episode Seven" (series 2): On The Jerry Springer Show, Jerry Springer has Yogi and his nephew (yes, nephew) Boo Boo on the show as Yogi wants to confess that he has been having an affair with Ranger Smith (and I thought the nephew relation was bad enough). Boo Boo doesn't like this and is concerned for Yogi's girlfriend, Cindy. But Yogi feels powerless against Ranger Smith's "picnic basket," and calls Cindy a "trailer trash hoe." Boo Boo can't hear anymore and responds with, "Talk to the paw, cos the face ain't listening!" As Yogi and Boo Boo bicker, Jerry closes the show with his "Final Thoughts," that if you go into the woods be careful because you'll be in for a big surprise.

The Simpsons

Main article: The Simpsons

• "When You Dish Upon a Star:" Homer dreams he's Yogi/Homie, with Bart as Boo-Boo/Bart-Bart. Homie is enthusiastic about swiping another "pic-a-nic" basket, when Ranger Smith/Ranger Ned pops up and asks him to stay away, which angers Homie into mauling him. Bart-Bart warns him off, but backs off when Homie asks Bart-Bart if he wants some too.
• "Treehouse of Horror XXI:" In the "Tweenlight" segment, Edmund takes Lisa up into a tree in the forest, where down below, Yogi happily walks along with Ranger Smith's head in a basket.
• "Marge the Meanie:" At the Comic Book Guy's shop, there is a poster of Booboo Fett, a parody of Disney+ series The Book of Boba, with Boo Boo as the title character, co-starring Yogi as a Darth Vader-type and Ranger Smith.

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  Ned as Ranger Ned.

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