The Smurfs (1981)
A Smurf
Format	Comic book series Animated television series
Created by	Pierre Culliford aka Peyo
Country of origin	Belgium (Comic books) United States (Animated series)
No. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Pierre Culliford (25 June 1928 &ndash 24 December 1992 known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The United States of America —commonly referred to as the  of episodes	421 (total) 91 (30 minutes) 330 (15 minutes) 256 (total combined half-hour episodes) (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Broadcast
Original run	September 12, 1981 – December 2, 1989

The Smurfs are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live in Smurf Village somewhere in the woods. The following is an episode list for the Hanna-Barbera Animated television series The Smurfs. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Azure is a Blue Color on the HSV color wheel at 210 degrees Azure is the Hue that is halfway between Blue and Cyan The Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced Smurfs to the world in a series of comic strips, making their first appearance in the Belgian comics magazine Le Journal de Spirou on October 23, 1958. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes Pierre Culliford (25 June 1928 &ndash 24 December 1992 known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Belgium and France have a long tradition in Comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The English-speaking world perhaps knows them best through the popular 1980s animated television series from Hanna-Barbera Productions, "The Smurfs. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States "

Contents 1 History 1.1 Johan et Pirlouit 2 Smurf universe 2.1 The Smurfs 2.2 Smurf language 2.3 Smurf village 2.4 Smurfs characters 3 Smurf comics 4 Other media 4.1 Animated series 4.1.1 Hanna-Barbera series 4.2 Figurines 4.3 Music recordings 4.4 Smurfs on ice 4.5 Smurfs in theme parks 4.6 Video games 4.6.1 Game titles 4.7 UNICEF 5 The Smurfs in other languages 6 Other information 6.1 Similar creatures 6.2 Smurf as a nickname 6.3 Other 7 See also 8 Notes 9 External links

History

Johan et Pirlouit

At the time, Peyo (original name Pierre Culliford) created a Franco-Belgian comics series in Le Journal de Spirou titled Johan et Pirlouit (translated to English as Johan and Peewit), set in Europe during the Middle Ages. Pierre Culliford (25 June 1928 &ndash 24 December 1992 known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs Franco-Belgian comics are Comics that are created in Belgium and France. Johan and Peewit ( Johan et Pirlouit) is a Belgian Comics series created by Peyo. Johan serves as a brave young page to the king, and Pirlouit (pronounced Peer-loo-ee) functions as his faithful, if boastful and cheating, midget sidekick. Midget is a term used to describe an exceptionally short person SideKick was an early Personal Information Manager (PIM Software application by Borland launched in 1983 under Philippe Kahn

On October 23, 1958, Peyo introduced a new set of characters to the Johan et Pirlouit story La flûte à six trous. ^[1] This alone caused no great excitement, as the brave duo constantly encountered strange new people and places. This time, they had the mission of recovering a magic flute, which required some sorcery by the wizard Homnibus. And in this manner, they met a tiny, blue-skinned humanoid creature in white clothing called a "Schtroumpf", followed by his numerous peers who looked just like him, with an elderly leader who wore red clothing and had a white beard. The characters proved to be a huge success, and the first independent Smurf stories appeared in Spirou in 1959, together with the first merchandising.

With the commercial success of "The Smurf empire" came the merchandising empire of Smurf miniatures, models, games, and toys. Entire collecting clubs have devoted themselves to collecting PVC Smurfs.

Smurf universe

The Smurfs

The storylines tend to be simple tales of bold adventure. The cast has a simple structure as well: almost all the characters look essentially alike — mostly male, very short (just "three apples tall"), with blue skin, white trousers with a hole for their short tails, white hat in the style of a Phrygian cap, and sometimes some additional accessory that identifies their personality (For instance, Handy Smurf wears overalls instead of the standard trousers, a brimmed hat, and a pencil above his ear). The Phrygian cap is a soft red conical cap with the top pulled forward worn in antiquity by the inhabitants of Phrygia, a region of central Anatolia Distinguish from Overhaul. An overall is a type of Garment which is usually used as Protective clothing when working Smurfs can walk and run, but often move by skipping on both feet. They love to eat smilax leaves, whose berries the smurfs naturally call smurfberries (the smurfberries appear only in the cartoon; in the original comics, the Smurfs only eat the leaves from the smilax). For the Flower class corvette, see HMS Smilax (K280. For the United States Coast Guard Cutter, see (WLIC-315 Smilax. The male Smurfs almost never appear without their hats, which leaves a mystery amongst the fans as to whether they have hair or not. Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc The animated series canon state that they may be bald: one episode of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon has Greedy Smurf removing his chef's hat to give Papa Smurf a pie he had concealed under it, revealing a bald head. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series Baldness involves the state of lacking hair where it often grows especially on the head A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a Pastry dough shell that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or Savoury ingredients Another episode, St. Smurf and the Dragon, shows Hefty Smurf's hat rising up off his bald head briefly as he and others slide to a stop. Both Papa Smurf and Grandpa Smurf have full beards and hair visibly coming from under their hats above the earline. In The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, a Smurf took off his hat briefly for a polite gesture.

In the comics, the last page of the first album Les Schtroumpfs noirs (The Black Smurfs) shows Papa Smurf's hat blown off by an explosion, revealing his completely bald head (which may simply be due to old age). The Black Smurfs (original French title Les Schtroumpfs Noirs) is the first album of the original French-language Smurfs comic series In Le Schtroumpfeur de Bijoux (The Jewel Smurfer), Jokey Smurf gets very angry and defensive when a human tells him he should take off his hat.

The Smurfs fulfill simple archetypes of everyday people: Lazy Smurf, Grouchy Smurf, Brainy Smurf, and so on. All smurfs with the exception of Papa, Baby, Nanny and Grandpa are said to be 100 years old. There were orginally about 100 smurfs, but this number increases as new Smurf characters appear, such as the smurflings and Nanny.

The Smurfs' community generally takes the form of a cooperative, sharing and kind enviroment based on the principle that each Smurf has something he or she is good at, and thus contributes it to Smurf society as he or she can. In return, each Smurf appears to be given their necessities of life, from housing and clothes to food. Some have argued that the foundation of Smurf society resembles the basic principles of Communism, although Peyo's son, Thierry Culliford, has stated in an interview that his father "wasn't interested in politics at all". Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based ^[2]

Smurf language

A characteristic of the smurf language is the frequent use of the word "smurf" and its derivatives in a variety of meanings. The smurfs replace enough nouns and verbs in everyday speech with smurf as to make their conversations barely understandable: "We're going smurfing on the River Smurf today. For English usage of verbs see the wiki article English verbs. "

When used as a verb, the word "Smurf" typically means "to make," "to be," or "to do. " The word appears to serve the same function as the Spanish verb "hacer" or the French verb "faire. "

It was implied a number of times that the smurfs all understood each other due to subtle variations in intonation that Johan or PeeWit (or the viewers) could not detect.

So that the viewer of the animated series is able to understand the Smurfs, only some words (or a portion of the word) are replaced with the word "smurf". Context offers a reliable understanding of this speech pattern, but common vocabulary includes remarking that something is "just smurfy" or "smurftastic".

In Schtroumpf vert et vert Schtroumpf, published in Belgium in 1972, it was revealed that the village was divided between North and South, and that the Smurfs on either side had different ideas as to whether the term "smurf" should be used as a verb or as a noun: for instance, the Northern Smurfs call a certain object a "bottle smurfer", while the Southern Smurfs call it a "smurf opener". Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Papa Smurf himself kept out of the argument, having more important things on his mind. But when the conflict led to all-out war, he had to use desperate measures to restore the natural smurf order. War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units

This story is considered a parody on the still ongoing taalstrijd (language war) between French- (Walloon) and Dutch- (Flemish) speaking communities in Belgium. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject This article describes the history of the laws on the use of official languages in Belgium. Walloon ( Walon) is a Romance language spoken as a second language by some in Wallonia, Belgium. ^[3]

Smurf village

The Smurfs live in houses made from mushrooms or houses that just look like mushrooms (often built of stone), somewhere in the middle of a deep forest. A mushroom is the fleshy Spore -bearing Fruiting body of a Fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source Johan and Peewit would make visits, as well as a number of other forest natives but it is otherwise not possible for a human to find the smurf village except when led by a smurf.

Smurfs characters

Main article: Characters in the Smurfs

Smurf comics

Main article: The Smurfs (comics)

Since the first appearance of the Smurfs in Johan and Peewit in 1958, 26 Smurf comics have been created, 16 of them by Peyo. The Smurfs are a Belgian comic series created by Peyo. The fictional characters of the Smurfs first appeared in Johan and Peewit in 1958 and the first Originally, the Smurf stories appeared in Spirou magazine with reprints in many different magazines, but after Peyo left the publisher Dupuis, many comics were first published in dedicated Smurf magazines, which existed in French, Dutch and German. Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s A number of short stories and one page gags have been collected in comic books next to the regular series of 26.

Other media

Animated series

In 1965, a black-and-white 87-minute animated film called Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs was released in theatres in Belgium. Black-and-white is a number of Monochrome forms in Visual arts. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs (The Adventures of the Smurfs is an animated Feature film based on the Belgian comic book series " The Smurfs It consisted of five short cartoons made in the previous years for broadcasting on Walloon TV. Walloons (Wallons Walons are a Romance people living in Belgium principally in Wallonia. German copies and copies with Dutch subtitles are known to exist. The stories were based on existing Smurf stories like The Black Smurfs and The Smurfs and the Egg, and were created by writer Maurice Rosy and artist Eddy Ryssack from the small Dupuis animation studios. Maurice Rosy ( November 17, 1927 in Fontaine-l'Évêque) is a Belgian comics writer who also worked as artistic director of ^[4]

However, in 1976, La Flûte à six schtroumpfs (an adaptation of the original "Johan and Peewit" story) was released. Michel Legrand provided the musical score to the film. Michel Legrand (born February 24, 1932 in Paris) is a French musical composer arranger conductor and pianist of Armenian descent The film would in 1983 be released in the United States (after the animated series became popular there) in an English language dubbed version, produced by Stuart R. Ross in association with First Performance Pictures Corp, and titled The Smurfs and the Magic Flute. The Smurfs and the Magic Flute ( La Flûte à six schtroumpfs) is an Animated film starring The Smurfs, directed by their creator Peyo The film was distributed theatrically in North America by Atlantic Releasing Corp. , on VHS by Vestron and syndicated on television by Tribune Entertainment. A few more long smurf movies were made, most notably The Baby Smurf and Here are the Smurfs,^[5] created from episodes of the Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon series.

Paramount Pictures has announced it plans to begin a trilogy of live action/computer-generated Smurf films, the first to be released through its Nickelodeon Films banner. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. A trilogy is a set of three works of art usually Literature, Film, or Video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three The term computer-generated most often refers to a sound or visual that has been created in whole or in part with the aid of Computer software. The Smurfs ( Les Schtroumpfs) are a fictional group of small Sky blue creatures who live in Smurf Village somewhere in the woods Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel The project had been in various stages of development since 2003. ^[6] In June 2008, it was announced that Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have acquired film rights from Lafig Belgium. Events in June Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Sony Pictures Animation is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, founded in 2002, which produces Computer-animated films Digital animation for Current plans have Jordan Kerner producing with Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third screenwriters J. Jordan Kerner is an American producer He studied film and political science at Stanford University in Stanford, California, and received Shrek 2, released in the United States on 19 May 2004, is the 2004 Academy Award nominated Sequel to the Shrek the Third, released 6 years after the first ''Shrek'' and 3 years after the second ''Shrek'', is a 2007 Animated film, and the David Stem and David N. Weiss in negotiations to write. David N Weiss is an American Writer and Labor leader. He is a Screenwriter of Films including Shrek 2, ^[7][8]

Hanna-Barbera series

Main article: The Smurfs (Hanna-Barbera series)

The Smurfs secured their place in North American pop culture in 1981, when the Saturday-morning cartoon The Smurfs, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with SEPP International S. The Smurfs is a American Cartoon series that aired on NBC from 1981 to 1989 Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American A. , aired on NBC from 1981 to 1990. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The show became a major success for NBC, spawning spin-off television specials on an almost yearly basis. The Smurfs was nominated multiple times for Daytime Emmy awards, and won Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series in 1982–1983. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy ^[6] The Smurfs television show enjoyed continued success until 1990, when, after a decade of success, NBC cancelled it due to decreasing ratings.

Warner Bros. has announced its tentative plans to start releasing the complete Smurfs Cartoon series on DVD in the United States in season box sets in 2008. Season One, Volume One was released on February 26, 2008 and is available for sale. It includes the first nineteen episodes of the series.

Figurines

Main article: The Smurfs (merchandising)

From 1959 on until the end of the 1960s, Dupuis produced Smurf figurines. The Smurfs is a Belgian comic book series created by Peyo in 1958 But the best known and most widely available Smurf figurines are those made by Schleich, a German toy company. Most of the Smurf figurines given away as promotional material (e. g. by British Petroleum in the 1970s and MacDonald's in the 1990s) are made by Schleich as well. BP plc, previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest global Energy company, a multinational oil company (" Oil major New Smurf figures continue to appear: in fact, only in two years since 1969 (1991 and 1998) have no new smurfs entered the market. Schleich currently produces 8 new figurines a year. Over 300 million of them have been sold so far. ^[6]

Music recordings

Main article: The Smurfs (music)

Over the decades, many singles and albums of Smurf music have been released in different countries and languages, sometimes very successfully, with millions of copies sold. The Smurfs is a Belgian comics series, created by Peyo in 1958 and popularized in the English speaking world mainly through the 1981-1989 The best known is the single The Smurf Song and its accompanying album, created by Dutch musician Pierre Kartner who sings under the alias Father Abraham, which reached the #1 position in 16 countries. Worldwide, more than 10 million CD's with Smurf music have been sold between 2005 and 2007 alone. ^[6]

Smurfs on ice

For several years, the Smurfs were the children's act in the Ice Capades travelling ice show; for many years after they were retired from that function, the smurf suits from the show were issued to Ice Capades Chalets, the show's subsidiary chain of ice rinks, lasting until the show was sold to a group of investors led by Dorothy Hamill, and the Chalets were sold to Recreation World. The Ice Capades was a traveling entertainment show featuring theatrical performances involving Ice skating. An Ice rink is a frozen body of Water where people can Ice skate or play winter sports Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956 in Chicago Illinois) is an American figure skater. The Smurfette suit in particular had a somewhat different hairstyle from what was portrayed in the Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

Smurfs in theme parks

Main article: The Smurfs (merchandising)

Around 1984, the Smurfs began appearing in North American theme parks owned by Kings Entertainment Corporation. The Smurfs is a Belgian comic book series created by Peyo in 1958 Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Kings Entertainment Company ( KECO) owned and/or operated six theme parks around the world Each park featured a Smurfy attraction and Smurf walk-around figures. (This collection of parks was formerly owned by the Taft Corporation, were sold to Paramount in the early 1990s and now owned by the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, legally known as Cedar Fair L )

Video games

The Smurfs have appeared in video games made for most major game consoles (including Nintendo's NES, Super NES, and Game Boy systems; Atari, ColecoVision, Sega's Game Gear, Master System, Mega Drive and Mega CD systems; and the original Sony PlayStation) and for the PC. Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle is a Video game for the ColecoVision and Atari 2600 in which the player must

Game titles

• Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (1982)
• Smurf Play & Learn (1982)
• The Smurfs Save The Day (1983)
• Smurf Paint 'n' Play Workshop (1983)
• Smurfette's Birthday (developed for Atari 2600 and Intellivision, but never released)
• The Smurfs (Infogrames) (1994)
• The Smurfs 2: Travel the World (1996)
• The Smurfs 3 (1997)
• The Smurfs' Nightmare (1998)
• The Smurfs (PlayStation) (1999)
• The Adventures of The Smurfs (2000)
• Smurf Racer! (2001)
• The Revenge of the Smurfs (2002)

UNICEF

Main article: The Smurfs (merchandising)

In 2005, an advertisement featuring The Smurfs was aired in Belgium in which the Smurf village is annihilated by warplanes [1]. Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle is a Video game for the ColecoVision and Atari 2600 in which the player must The Smurfs ( Les Schtroumpfs) are a fictional group of small Sky blue creatures who live in Smurf Village somewhere in the woods The Atari 2600 is a Video game console released in October 1977 The Intellivision is a Video game console released by Mattel in 1979. The Smurfs is a Platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive, Infogrames Entertainment SA ( IESA) ( is an international Holding company headquartered in Villeurbanne, Lyon, France. The Smurfs Travel the World is a Platform game for the Sega Mega Drive, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Gear The Smurfs is a 3D Platform game for the Sony PlayStation, developed by Heliogame and released by Infogrames in 1999 The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The Smurfs is a Belgian comic book series created by Peyo in 1958 Designed as a UNICEF advertisement, and with the approval of the family of the Smurfs' late creator Peyo, the 25-second episode was shown on the national evening news after the 9pm timeslot to avoid children seeing it. The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946 It was the keystone in a fund-raising campaign by UNICEF's Belgian arm to raise money for the rehabilitation of former child soldiers in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo—both former Belgian colonies. The military use of Children takes three distinct forms children can take direct part in hostilities (child soldiers or they can be used in support roles such as porters spies messengers Burundi (buˈɾundi officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to

In honor of their 50th anniversary in 2008, the Smurfs began a year long tour in connection with UNICEF. The Smurfs have made appearances in various countries on the day of their 50th "Smurfday", in the form of publicly-distributed white figurines which recipients can decorate and submit to a competition. The results of this contest are to be auctioned off in order to raise funds for UNICEF. ^[9]

The Smurfs in other languages

• Arabic: سنافر (sanafer) or singular: سنفور (sanfur)
• Basque: pottokiak (singular: pottoki), after the Basque pony race pottoka. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain A pony is a small Horse with a specific conformation and temperament The pottok, pronounced 'pot-ee-ok' ( Basque: pottoka, "little horse" is a Pony native to the Pyrenees of Early editions used pitufoak, straight from Spanish.
• Breton: Ar Chmarfed (singular : Chmarf). The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany Name found in the book of Dreo Koulouarn (a breton writer) : Rimoù ha Sonioù.
• Bulgarian: Смърфовете (Smurfovete) - The Smurfs or singular: Смърф (Smurf). Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group
• Catalan: Barrufets (singular: Barrufet), Catalan for little wind evil or goblin. Catalan ˈkætəˌlæn ( català kətəˈla or) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official A goblin is an evil crabby or Mischievous Creature of Folklore, often described as a grotesquely disfigured or Gnome -like phantom
• Chinese: 蓝精灵 (Simplified Chinese) /藍精靈 (Traditional Chinese) (lán jīng líng) - blue fairy spirits/elves/pixies; 藍色小精靈 (lán sè xiǎo jīng líng) - little blue fairy spirits/elves/pixies
• Croatian: Štrumpfovi (singular: Štrumpf)
• Czech: Šmoulové (singular: Šmoula), name based on their light blue colour. Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the
• Danish: Smølfer(ne) (singular: smølf). Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Originally published as "Snøvserne" (singular: snøvs)
• Dutch: smurfen (singular: smurf), original language to use "smurf" as translation of "schtroumpf". Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname
• Estonian: smurfid (singular: smurf)
• Finnish: smurffit (singular: smurffi) [the word "strumffit" (singular: strumffi) was used in the 1970s, but smurffit became the de-facto-standard translation during the 1980s]. Estonian (; ˈeːsti ˈkeːl is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1 Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside When they were first published in Finland in the early 70's, they were called Muffet (singular: Muffe). "Smurffit" is also a slang word in the Helsinki area for public transport ticket inspectors, who wear blue uniforms. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland.
• French: schtroumpfs (singular: schtroumpf)
• German: Schlümpfe (singular: Schlumpf). French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The original French schtroumpf sounds very similar to the German word Strumpf meaning "sock" or "stocking". A sock is a knitted or Woven type of Hosiery garment for enclosing the human foot A stocking, sometimes referred to as hose is a close-fitting variously elastic garment covering the Foot and lower part of the Leg.
• Greek: (Both plural and singular) Στρουμφ (stroumf) or Plural: Στρουμφάκια (stroumfakia) Singular: Στρουμφάκι (stroumfaki)
• Hebrew: דרדסים (dardasim) or singular: דרדס (dardas). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Dardak is a small child. The somewhat rare Hebrew word "dardas" has a totally unrelated meaning (slipper or overshoe), and therefore should be treated as an invented word when referring to smurfs. It is still used in an insulting manner towards short people.
• Hungarian: törpök (singular: törp), and also: hupikék törpikék (singular: hupikék törpike). Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Törp is the distorted version of the word törpe (dwarf); Tolkien's dwarves are also called so. Please note that it is a spelling mistake to write these terms in capital letters.
• Icelandic: strumparnir (singular: strumpur)
• Indonesian: smurf
• Italian: puffi (singular: puffo), the name has been reinvented from scratch because in Italian language the "schtroumpf" (or in Italian spelling 'strumpf') reminds speakers of the slang Italian word "stronzo", literally meaning 'turd' and, by extension, 'asshole'. Icelandic ( is a North Germanic language, the language of Iceland. Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, based on the Riau version of Malay language, was declared the official language with the declaration of Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The fantasy name "puffi" is derived from the word "buffi" (singular: buffo, as in opera buffa) a word meaning at same time "funny" and "strange". The term Opera buffa (plural Opere buffe) was at first used as an informal description of Italian Comic operas variously classified by their authors as
• Japanese: スマーフ (sumāfu - a phonetic approximation)
• Korean: 스머프 (seumeopeu - a phonetic approximation)
• Lithuanian: smurfai (singular: smurfas)
• Macedonian: Штрумфови (Štrumfovi) or singular: Штрумф (Štrumf)
• Norwegian: smurfene (singular: smurf)
• Polish: smerfy (singular: smerf; since the 1990s used as a slang word for traffic policemen due to their blue uniforms and white caps)
• Portuguese: estrumpfes (singular: estrumpfe) in Portugal; in early editions they were called Schtroumpfs, as in the original French. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system Lithuanian ( lietuvių kalba) is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognised as one of the official languages of the European Union. Macedonian () is the official Language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Brazil knows them as smurfs, but when first introduced in the storybook format they were called "Strunfs"
• Romanian Ştrumfi (singular: Ştrumf)
• Russian Смурфы (Smurfy) or singular: Смурф (Smurf)
• Serbian: Штрумпфови (Štrumpfovi) or singular: Штрумпф (Štrumpf)
• Slovak: Šmolkovia (singular: Šmolko)
• Slovenian: Smrkci (singular: Smrkec)
• Spanish: Pitufos (singular: Pitufo; female: Pitufita or Pitufina). Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian" Slovene or Slovenian ( slovenski jezik or slovenščina, not to be confused with Slovenčina) is a South Slavic language The name derives either from "Patufet", a slightly similar looking character (short, smurfish cap wearing) of the Catalonian folklore (basically, the Catalan counterpart of British Tom Thumb), or from pituso^[10] ("cute child"). Patufet (or En Patufet) is the main character of one of the most famous Folktales of Catalan origin Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Tom Thumb is a traditional hero in English folklore who is no bigger than his father's thumb The term "Pitufo" was later incorporated in Spanish slang meaning "local policeman" due to their blue uniforms. Slang is the use of highly informal Words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's Dialect or Language. In 1974, the Smurfs appeared in TBO Magazine under the name "Tebeítos". TBO was a long-running Spanish Comic book magazine published in Barcelona since 1917
• Swedish: Smurfer(na) originally, currently more often called "smurfar(na)" (singular: smurf)
• Turkish: Şirinler (singular: Şirin) the name means cute in Turkish. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages.
• Urdu: اسمرف (ismarf)
• Vietnamese: xì trum
• Welsh: Y Smyrffs (Singular: Smyrff)

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• The Astrosniks were a similar fictional race with a space-based theme, made by figurine company Bully after they lost the license to the smurfs. Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Astrosniks, called Sniks for short are Fictional characters comparable to the Smurfs, but with a Science fiction theme Bullyland AG is a manufacturing company founded in 1974 and based in Spraitbach, Germany known world-wide as a manufacturer of hand-painted
• The Schlips (French original sp. , or "Swoofs" in the American printing), in Astro Smurf (Cosmoschtroumpf) are smurfs turned into brown-skinned pygmies by a Papa Smurf magic potion in order to simulate the inhabitants of another planet. Pygmies (singular Pygmy) refers to a member of any human group whose adult males grow to less than 150 cm (4 feet 11 inches in average height or less than 155 cm
• The Smurks from a series of Ebolaworld, a satirical parody of The Smurfs, which created by Sam T. was forced to remove after the copyright holders threatened to sue. Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for In law a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a Court in which the party commencing the action the Plaintiff, seeks a legal or equitable remedy Sam T. would eventually respond to the lawsuit years later with another short satirical Smurfs parody called The Skrums.
• The Lerps from the cartoon Megas XLR are creatures parodying the Smurfs
• The Snorks
• The Schlubbs, fro an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Megas XLR (short for e' X' tra L arge R obot is an American Anime-influenced Animated television series that aired on Snorks is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1986 and in syndication from 1987 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is an award-winning American Animated television series that originally aired on Cartoon Network.

Smurf as a nickname

Because of their characteristic blue colour, "Smurf" has become a nickname for pretty much anything distinctly coloured blue. Examples include the police forces of Spain and Finland, the United Nations Protection Force members in Bosnia (because of their light blue helmets), the initial uniforms given at the United States Navy's Recruit Training Center at Naval Great Lakes (because of their blue colour), and fans of the Blu-Ray video format (because of the colour of the laser involved). Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR, was the first UN peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan A laser is a device that emits Light ( Electromagnetic radiation) through a process called Stimulated emission. Members of the Finnish BDSM organisation SMFR are called "Smurfs" not because of the colour, but because of the similarity of the names. This is a list of educational campaigning and community organizations related to BDSM. The Boise State University football stadium features an artificial grass surface whose blue tone has earned the nickname, "Smurf Turf".

Other

• The movie Donnie Darko (2001) contains a scene in which the characters discuss the sexuality of Smurfs. Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult classic Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Richard Kelly, and starring
• The Smurfs in the episode "The Black Smurfs" were changed from the original black to purple for the American market because American editors thought black Smurfs could be seen as racist.
• Most of the Smurfs' names are based on their personalities (such as Scaredy or Nosy), similar to Disney's names for the seven dwarfs from Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Snow White (in Low German Sneewittchen; in High German Schneeweißchen) is the title character of a Fairy tale known from many countries in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the eponymous German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
• In Warhammer 40,000, Space Marines (specifically in the Ultramarines chapter, which their main color is blue) are occasionally referred to as "Smurfs". Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science For the Warhammer 40000 army see Adeptus Astartes Space marines are Fictional Soldiers that operate in Outer space.
• In an episode of Family Guy, on T. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other V. , two smurfs were having adult talk about Smurfette.

See also

• Belgian comics
• Characters in The Smurfs

Notes

External links

• The Smurfs official site
• Happy Smurfday: Official Smurfs 50th Anniversary site
• The Smurfs at the Internet Movie Database
• Straight Dope Staff Report: Are the Smurfs anti-Semitic Communists? A look at various urban legends attributing sinister motives to the creators of the Smurfs.
• International Smurfs Translations Index
• Spiegel Online - Discussion on communism and gender imbalance of Smurfs

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