Complex sentence: Soon, the only other candidate was Brainy Smurf who, as usual, simply claimed that he was the only suitable Smurf since "Papa Smurf always said so"--this arrogance and constant lecturing actually put all the other Smurfs off him.
Split into simpler sentences: Soon, the only other candidate was Brainy Smurf who, as usual, simply claimed that he was the only suitable Smurf since "Papa Smurf always said so". This arrogance and constant lecturing actually put all the other Smurfs off him.