The Smurfs: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Smurfs is a comic and television franchise centered on a group of small blue fictional creatures called Smurfs, created and first introduced as a series of comic strips by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo (pen name of Pierre Culliford) on October 23, 1958. The original term and the accompanying language came during a meal Peyo was having with his colleague and friend André Franquin at the Belgian Coast. Having momentarily forgotten the word "salt", Peyo asked him (in French) to pass the schtroumpf. Franquin jokingly replied: "Here's the Schtroumpf — when you are done schtroumpfing, schtroumpf it back..." and the two spent the rest of that weekend speaking in "schtroumpf language". The name was later translated into Dutch as Smurf, which was adopted in English.

Series details

• Title: The Smurfs
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 1976-10-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 1989-12-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 27 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 4583

Cast and credited roles

• Don Messick — Papa Smurf
• Paul Winchell — Gargamel
• Lucille Bliss — Smurfette
• Danny Goldman — Brainy Smurf
• Alan Oppenheimer — Vanity Smurf
• Michael Bell — Handy Smurf
• Hamilton Camp — Greedy Smurf
• Brenda Vaccaro — Scruple
• Frank Welker — Hefty Smurf
• Jonathan Winters — Grandpa Smurf
• Alan Young — Farmer Smurf
• William Callaway — Clumsy Smurf

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1976-10-07; final listed air date 1982-04-08.
• Season 2: premiered 1982-09-18; final listed air date 1983-02-13.
• Season 3: premiered 1983-09-17; final listed air date 1984-05-20.
• Season 4: premiered 1984-09-15; final listed air date 1985-02-14.
• Season 5: premiered 1985-09-21; final listed air date 1985-11-09.
• Season 6: premiered 1986-09-13; final listed air date 1986-11-29.
• Season 7: premiered 1987-09-19; final listed air date 1987-12-13.
• Season 8: premiered 1988-09-10; final listed air date 1988-10-29.
• Season 9: premiered 1989-09-09; final listed air date 1989-12-02.

Source and licence

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