History Franchise / TheSmurfs

** Nat Smurfling wear a brown hillbilly hat and [[DoesNotLikeShoes footless pants]] with a suspender, Wild wore a leaf-woven hat and a [=loincloth=], Sweepy wore a black suit due to his being a chimney sweep, and Willow wore a sand-colored dress and red pants..

* TheDitz: Dopey Smurf.

* DressingAsTheEnemy / TheMole: Gargamel and Hogatha posed as actual Smurfs at one time or another, with Hogatha (Gargamel in the original comic books) being the first but lacking a tail which made her a dead giveaway near the end of the story.

** In the cartoon show, an adult male Smurf is given the name Marco Smurf, after [[Literature/TheTravelsOfMarcoPolo Marco Polo]].
* EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop: When the Smurfs are around the camp fire dancing and when the Smurfs are performing with their instruments.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Gargamel's goal of vengeance is condemned to failure, of course. But there's also Season 9 of the cartoon series, when the Smurfs were sucked into a time warp and spent the remainder of the series desperately trying to make their way back to Smurf Village. So it's two Sisyphean goals in one!

** The cartoon show sequel story, "Dreamy's Pen Pals", had the Smurfs this time transform the Smurf Village into the Swoof Village when Dreamy as Astro Smurf entered his spaceship to "travel" to their world. Unfortunately, Brainy had cut corners in completing the transformation formula Papa Smurf used to transform the Smurfs into Swoofs, so they changed back a bit too soon, revealing to Dreamy that he had never really traveled to the stars.

** One time in the cartoon show, Jokey was magicked so that his surprises actually contained gifts.

* GooGooGodlike: Baby Smurf is enchanted and often demonstrates magic powers when a DeusExMachina is required without the other Smurfs knowledge with the lone exception of Papa.
* HatePlague: "The Root Of Evil" in the cartoon show.

** In the cartoon show, Smurfette was changed into a real Smurf through the use of magic, and this following her attempt to flood the village and she confesses she was doing it on Gargamel's orders. With that her change of heart is genuine and she quickly proves it to everyone.
** In the cartoon, Smurfette followed Gargamel's orders out of fear because he created her and could un-create her as well. In the comic, Smurfette was just left to be found by the Smurfs and her mere presence should have caused them to fight for her [[note]]which failed because the Smurfs didn't find her attractive, and even despised her annoying attitude[[/note]], so she was never following any orders and just knew Gargamel as the guy who created her, [[YouDidntAsk something she didn't find important to tell and ended coming in casual conversation]]. On both cases, she ended up ditching Gargamel by her own will.

** In an earlier episode that showed Smurfette's origin, after Grouchy and the others were captured by Gargamel and they believed that Smurfette tricked them, Grouchy says, "I hate the Smurfette". But at the end after she saves everyone, he privatly draws a heart with an arrow through it and says, "I love the Smurfette too, but I hate anybody to know about it".

** Harmony Smurf himself is a very bad singer, as noted in both the comics and the cartoon show.

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The reason the Smurfs engage in SaveTheVillain moments, particularly when it's their ArchEnemy Gargamel. Papa Smurf even mentions this in the episode "For The Love Of Gargamel".

** Jokey in the cartoon show once wore a cloak that made him invisible, though when he got wet wearing the cloak, it made the invisibility permanent until Papa Smurf took care of the problem.

* LimitedWardrobe: [[WalkingShirtlessScene Just a hat and pants for the male Smurfs]]. Papa Smurf wore red pants and Grandpa Smurf yellow; other Smurfs wore white.
** Nat Smurfling wear a brown hillbilly hat and [[DoesNotLikeShoes footless pants]] with a suspender, Wild wore a leaf-woven hat and a [=loincloth=], and Sweepy wore a black suit due to his being a chimney sweep.

* OneGenderRace: And it is to be remembered that all the female Smurfs were magically created.

* PetTheDog: In the album where Baby Smurf is introduced, when Grumpy Smurf learns that the stork is coming back to take away Baby Smurf, he decides to take him away in the woods because he doesn't want him to leave. When he eventually returns, he cries and shows more emotion that he has ever done in the series.

* SecretKeeper: Papa either knows absolutely or strongly suspects that Baby Smurf is enchanted whenever the Smurfs are saved from certain death with no knowledge of how or why they survived. Papa deems it wise not to tempt fate by explaining or exploiting Baby.

* Untitled CGI musical film (2025)

** In the cartoon, Smurfette followed Gargamel's orders out of fear because he created her and could un-create her as well. In the comic, Smurfette was just left to be found by the Smurfs and her mere presence should have cause them to fight for her [[note]]which failed because the Smurfs didn't find her attractive, and even despised her annoying attitude[[/note]], so she was never following any orders and just knew Gargamel as the guy who created her, [[YouDidntAsk something she didn't find important to tell and ended coming in casual conversation]]. On both cases, she ended up ditching Gargamel by her own will.

* '''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'' (1990), a Main/{{Crossover}} TV special featuring appearances by the Hanna-Barbera incarnation of the Smurfs.

* HeelFaceTurn: The Smurfette. Note she was never evil in a TheVamp or TheBaroness way, more a case of TheScrappy: She got on everyone's nerves, [[UnwantedAssistance offered her help, despite not being useful]], and expected that [[AttentionWhore everyone paid attention to her]] and fulfill all of her wishes, no matter how outrageous. Also note the list of "ingredients" when Gargamel creates her, which includes {{envy}} and vanity. Strangely, her most negative deed (she actually tried to have the entire village ''flooded'') [[FridgeLogic happened after said smurfical surgery]]. Yet, when she reveals that Gargamel created her, she is put on a trial. Which is heavily biased, but in her favor: everyone testified for her because she was pretty! In later stories, she ''is'' good, but no real explanation is given.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thesmurfscast.jpg From left to right: Brainy Smurf, Greedy Smurf, Vanity Smurf, Smurfette, Papa Smurf, Baby Smurf, Jokey Smurf, Grouchy Smurf, and Harmony Smurf.]]

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%%* TheChick: Smurfette.

* ChromosomeCasting: Before the Smurfette's introduction, every single character are male.

* AlternateContinuity: The franchise has currently five different continuities: the comic books/2021 cartoon show, the 1960s cartoon show, the 1980s cartoon show, Sony Pictures' live-action film series, and ''Smurfs: The Lost Village''. For notable differences, read [[http://smurfs.wikia.com/wiki/Smurfs_Comic_Book_Universe these]] [[http://smurfs.wikia.com/wiki/Smurfs_Animated_Universe four]] [[http://smurfs.wikia.com/wiki/Smurfs_Live-Action_Film_Universe separate]] [[http://smurfs.fandom.com/wiki/Smurfs_CGI_Film_Universe pages]] at the Smurfs Wiki. (Their stories in the ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' series could be considered a fifth continuity, since their Smurf Village is located in the Cursed Land instead of the Smurf Forest.) Sometimes for the sake of merchandise like the ''Smurfs Village'' game app, there would be mixing of characters from most if not all of these continuities.

* AlternateContinuity: The franchise has currently four different continuities: the comic books, the 1980s cartoon show, Sony Pictures' live-action film series, and ''Smurfs: The Lost Village''. For notable differences, read [[http://smurfs.wikia.com/wiki/Smurfs_Comic_Book_Universe these]] [[http://smurfs.wikia.com/wiki/Smurfs_Animated_Universe four]] [[http://smurfs.wikia.com/wiki/Smurfs_Live-Action_Film_Universe separate]] [[http://smurfs.fandom.com/wiki/Smurfs_CGI_Film_Universe pages]] at the Smurfs Wiki. (Their stories in the ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' series could be considered a fifth continuity, since their Smurf Village is located in the Cursed Land instead of the Smurf Forest.) Sometimes for the sake of merchandise like the ''Smurfs Village'' game app, there would be mixing of characters from most if not all of these continuities.

* Untitled CGI musical film (2024)

** ''VideoGame/SmurfRescueInGargamelsCastle'' for [=ColecoVision=] and Atari 2600
** ''Smurf Paint & Play Workshop'' for [=ColecoVision=]
** ''[[VideoGame/TheSmurfs1994 The Smurfs]]'' (1993/1994) for the Game Boy, NES, Master System, Game Gear, Super Nintendo, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Windows/DOS, and Game Boy Advance (as ''Revenge of the Smurfs'')
** ''The [=TeleTransport=] Smurf'' for Windows PC
** The ''Learn with the Smurfs'' series for Windows PC
** ''The Smurfs Travel the World'' (aka ''The Smurfs 2'', 1995/1996) for the Game Boy, Master System, Game Gear, Super Nintendo, and Mega Drive
** ''The Smurfs Nightmare'' (aka ''The Smurfs 3'', 1997/1998) for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color
** ''The Smurfs'' (1999) by Infogrames for [=PlayStation=]
** ''The Adventures of the Smurfs'' (2000) for Game Boy Color
** ''Smurf Racer'' (a.k.a. ''3, 2, 1, Smurf!'') for [=PlayStation=] and Windows PC
** ''Smurfs Village'' for Apple iPad and Android
** ''The Smurfs'' (2011) by [=UbiSoft=] for Nintendo DS, based on the 2011 eponymous film
** ''The Smurfs Dance Party'' for Nintendo Wii
** ''VideoGame/TheSmurfs2'' by [=UbiSoft=]
** ''The Smurfs'' (2015) by [=UbiSoft=] for Nintendo 3DS
** ''The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf'' by Microids for Nintendo Switch, [=PlayStation=] 4, and Xbox One

** ''Film/TheSmurfs'' (2011)
** ''Film/TheSmurfs2'' (2013)

* GrumpyBear: Grouchy Smurf. In the comic books, it was speculated at one point by other Smurfs that he never quite got over being stung by the Buzz Fly (apparently because he was the first victim and stayed the longest under its effect).
** In the cartoon show, "The Smurfette" took place before "The Purple Smurfs", indicating that Grouchy's behavior was natural.
** In the comic, the Smurfs also had Snappy Smurf, but this one, unlike Grouchy, was violent and tended to shout and curse a lot. He mellows down a bit after being turned into a Smurfling, though.

* ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' (1952 -- 2001)The Smurfs made their first appearance in Book #16, and guest-starred in an additional three stories a few years afterward.

** Clumsy Smurf confusing an object with another: ''"Bring me a (X)!" "Sure." "No! That's a (Y) !!" "Ah ?"''

* MainliningTheMonster: One of the reasons Gargamel goes after the Smurfs is because they are an ingredient in a formula for the Philosopher's Stone.

* NiceHat: All the Smurfs wear hats (Phrygian caps) which they keep on at all times; the only time in the comics a (male) Smurf is seen without his hat is Papa Smurf, who is bald, but this may be due to his age. (Grandpa Smurf later shows up wearing head hair around the sides and back of his head.) In the animation, some of the Smurfs get their hats off and are revealed to be bald. Apparently, keeping on a hat is a big deal for the Smurfs: In the album ''The Jewel Smurfer'', Jokey Smurf refuses to take off his hat at the request of a human and gets very aggressive at his suggestion.

* DistaffCounterpart: The animated movie ''WesternAnimation/SmurfsTheLostVillage'' introduces a second Smurf village full of female Smurfs in contrast to the main village which - [[TheSmurfettePrinciple just a few exceptions]] - consists of only male Smurfs. Smurfwillow, the leader of that village, is a direct Distaff Counterpart of Papa Smurf.

* DistaffCounterpart: The animated movie ''WesternAnimation/SmurfsTheLostVillage'' introduces a second Smurf village full of female Smurfs in contrast to the main village which - [[TheSmurfettePrinciple just a few exceptions]] - consists of only male Smurfs.

A [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs2021 third Smurfs animated series]], this time animated in [[AllCGICartoon CGI]], premiered in 2021. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBxR5uUmFqk&t=0s The teaser for the series was released on October 6, 2020.]] It premiered on RTBF's "[=OUFtivi=]" in French-speaking regions of Belgium on Sunday, April 18, 2021. The show was produced in the franchise's home country of Belgium.

* GangOfCritters: You can blame The Smurfs for starting this trend.

* ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' (1952 -- 2001)[[note]]The Smurfs made their first appearance in Book #16, and guest-starred in an additional three stories a few years afterward.[[/note]]

* ''Les Schtroumpfs'' (1961 -- 1967)[[note]] A Belgian animated series that aired in Europe via TVA Dupuis (Currently being presented [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XrGRcE5kYQ at the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels, Belgium]]).[[/note]]
* ''La Schtroumpfette'' (1969)[[note]] A TV Special from the producers of the 1960s series. [[MissingEpisode The special only aired once and has remained lost.]] Notably marked Smurfette's animation debut.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' (1981 -- 1989)[[note]] Produced by Creator/HannaBarbera and aired on Creator/{{NBC}}. Served as US audiences' very first introduction to the franchise.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs2021'' (2021 -- present)[[note]] Produced for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}.[[/note]]

* ''Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs'' (1965)[[note]] An animated film consisting of 6 black-and-white shorts from the 1961 TV series.[[/note]]

* ''The Smurfs'' animated features from [[Creator/ParamountPictures Paramount]] Animation, which include:
** Untitled CGI musical film (2024)