The Astrosmurf

The Astrosmurf
Premiere date	September 12, 1981
Starring	Don Messick Lucille Bliss June Foray Danny Goldman Frank Welker Paul Winchell Hamilton Camp
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Len Janson
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"The Astrosmurf" is the first episode of The Smurfs season one. It aired on September 12, 1981 on NBC. It was written by Len Janson, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

The Smurfs make Dreamy's wish come true by making him believe he's traveled to another planet.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Gargamel	Paul Winchell
Azrael	Don Messick
Papa Smurf	Don Messick
Greedy Smurf	Hamilton Camp
Smurfette	Lucille Bliss
Grouchy Smurf	Michael Bell
Brainy Smurf	Danny Goldman
Hefty Smurf	Frank Welker
Dreamy Smurf	Don Messick
Harmony Smurf	N/A
Handy Smurf
Clumsy Smurf	William Callaway
Jokey Smurf	June Foray

Locations

• Earth
  • Gargamel's residence
  • Smurf village

Objects

• Gargamel's crystal ball
• Dreamy's birthday cake
• Dreamy's sleep potion
• Papa Smurf's transforming potion

Vehicles

• Dreamy's rocket

Production

Development

The Astromsurf was a comic book published in 1970. It was written by Peyo, Yvan Delaporte, and Gos, and illustrated by Peyo and Gos. Hanna-Barbera then adapted this as the first episode to air in 1981, being adapted by Les Jansen. Peyo and Delaporte are only given creator acknowledgment.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 12, 1981 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• This episode is based on the original comic book story of the same name, with elements from another story titled "The Flying Smurf".
  • The Swoofs that appeared in the original story were orange instead of green, and Smurfette, Gargamel, and Azrael do not appear in the original version.
  • Similarly, Handy does not appear in this episode, but did appear in the comic.
  • The Papercutz reprint of the comic changes the Swoofs' skin color to green to match their appearance in the cartoon, although the Grandpa Swoof's (renamed Papa Swoof) beard is still black.
• Papa Smurf is exactly 543 years old in this episode.

Legacy

• The events of this episode are referenced by the vision of Smurfette in the waterfall in the season 3 episode "The Smurf Who Would Be King".
• The episode itself would later get a sequel in season 5 with "Dreamy's Pen Pals".

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • February 26, 2008: Warner Home Video releases The Smurfs: Season One, Volume One on DVD.