The Smurfs

The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs) are fictional little blue beings created by Peyo, a Belgian cartoonist. They first appeared in 1958, and later in a cartoon television show created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in the 1980s. On September 12, 1981, they were featured on ABC on Saturday mornings as a cartoon series.Nelson George, Post-Soul Nation: The Explosive, Contradictory, Triumphant, and Tragic 1980s  (New York: Penguin, 2005), p. 40 The little blue creatures from Belgium became popular among all ages.

A feature movie called The Smurfs was released in 2011. The Smurfs 2 was a sequel released July 31, 2013.

 Description 

The smurfs are very small.  In cartoons in which they appear with humans, they are small enough to stand on a human hand.

Most Smurfs are male. There are only 3 females in the village: Smurfette, Sassette Smurfling, and Nanny Smurf.

Most Smurfs wear white pants and white Phrygian caps. Papa Smurf, Grandpa Smurf, and some of the Smurflings dress differently. Grandpa Smurf wears yellow clothes and Papa Smurf wears red clothes. The Smurflings are Sassette, Snappy, Slouchy, and Nat. Sassette and Nat do not dress like the other Smurfs at all, while Slouchy and Nat do dress like the others. In some comics, the Smurfs dress differently in color or clothing.

Smurfs live in mushroom-shaped houses in a village in a forest.

Characters
 Smurfette, one of the female Smurfs
 Papa Smurf, the village leader
 Brainy Smurf, an intellectual show-off
 Vanity Smurf, is a narcissist. He has a flower in his hat. He often holds a hand mirror, staring into his own reflection.The Smurfs 2 Movie Novelization, ed. Stacia Deutsch (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013), p. 10  In the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, Vanity speaks in a feminine voice.
 Grouchy Smurf, is a grouch
 Handy Smurf, is a mechanic and inventor.
 Hefty Smurf, strong Smurf
 Sassette Smurfling, the only female Smurfling
 Greedy Smurf, the village's baker
 Natural Smurf or Nat Smurfling, can communicate with animals.
 Grandpa Smurf, the former "Papa Smurf"
 Nanny Smurf, the oldest female Smurf
 Tailor Smurf, makes clothes
 Gustey a brave smurf
 Gargamel, a human, and the enemy of the Smurfs. Gargamel is an evil wizard who is absolutely obsessed with the Smurfs. His main goal changes. Sometimes he wants to catch Smurfs to eat them. Most of the time he tries to capture them for use in a potion to make gold.Ryan Somma, Enchanting Existence (Ideonexus, 2012), p. 227 Sometimes it is simply getting revenge.
 Azrael, is Gargamel's cat and chases Smurfs.
 Scruple, is Gargamel's assistant who failed wizard school. He was introduced later in the series.

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