# Clumsy Smurf

Clumsy Smurf is one of the protagonists from the comic strip The Smurfs. He was created by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo. Clumsy Smurf is one of the recurring Smurfs and appears in every movie, as well as in many TV series episodes and video games.

## Characteristics

He is easily recognizable because he is wearing a hat that is too big and partially covers his eyes.
The Clumsy Smurf is a character with no fixed activities in the village; he spends his time helping others like Hefty Smurf, Brainy Smurf or Greedy Smurf, despite his clumsy and awkward side as his name suggests. He first appeared in the comic strip Johan and Peewit in the album The Flute with Six Smurfs (1958). Like other important Smurf characters, he could be found in the Johan and Peewit albums and in the Smurfs albums and films. Clumsy Smurf is represented with a hat that does not stand out very well.
He's the only Smurf who thinks Brainy Smurf intelligent and can listen to him. Brainy Smurf, on the other hand, considers Clumsy Smurf to be a complete fool.
Despite his flaws, he is overall an empathetic, kind, and sensitive Smurf. He has also proven to be very heroic when the other Smurfs are in danger.

## Animated version

In the English version of The Smurfs series, Clumsy Smurf is dubbed by William Callaway. Clumsy has his name in six episode titles of the 1980's series which are "Clumsy Smurfs The Future", "Clumsy Luck", "Clumsy's Cloud", "Clumsy In Command", "The Clumsy Genie", and "Karate Clumsy". This version of Clumsy Smurf seems more or less based on Dopey with his intelligence level being more on the simple minded and dumber side, contrasting to his mainline comic book/2021 TV series counterpart having the same intelligence level as the other Smurfs. In the 2021 series, Clumsy Smurf (alongside Dimwitty Smurf) work as part of the Smurf Village Fire Brigade.

## Movies

Clumsy has only a brief cameo in the 1976 movie The Smurfs and the Magic Flute. Here, he is only recognizable due to his clumsiness (and not his hat). In the 2011 Smurfs movie, Clumsy is one of the few Smurfs that travel through time to modern-day New York City. Clumsy appears in The Smurfs 2 as one of the main characters. His latest accident causes him traveling to present-day Paris with Papa Smurf, Grouchy and Vanity Smurf to rescue Smurfette from Gargamel and the Naughties. Clumsy Smurf is also one of the main characters in the film Smurfs: The Lost Village, and part of a "Team Smurf" that also includes Smurfette, Hefty, and Brainy.

## Voice actors

* William Callaway (1981–1990; The Smurfs)
* Anton Yelchin (2011–2013; The Smurfs, The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol, The Smurfs 2, The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow)
* Jack McBrayer (Smurfs: The Lost Village, 2017)
* Tess Bryant (2021 series)

## Names in other languages

* Czech: Šmoula Nešika
* Croatian: Trapavi
* Danish: Klumpesmølf
* Dutch/Flemish: Klungelsmurf
* Finnish: Tohelosmurffi
* French: Schtroumpf maladroit
* German: Clumsy Schlumpf
* Hungarian: Ügyifogyi
* Italian: Tontolone
* Polish: Ciamajda
* Portuguese: Desastrado or Trapalhão
* Slovenian: Klada
* Spanish: Pitufo Torpe/Tontín
* Swedish: Klantsmurf
* Turkish: Sakar Şirin