The Smurfs (animation)/Trivia

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• Cross-Dressing Voices:
  • June Foray as Jokey Smurf.
  • Brenda Vaccaro as Scruple and, in one episode, Architect Smurf.
  • Pat Musick as Snappy.
  • Noelle North as Slouchy and Blue Eyes.
• Edited for Syndication: When episodes from The Smurfs cartoon show started appearing in the syndicated Smurfs Adventures show, there were not only cuts from the shorter episodes to make two of them fit within a thirty-minute showing time, but there were also episodes where the audio was noticeably sped up, resulting in the Smurfs and even Gargamel sounding more helium-ish. Some of the season set volumes of The Smurfs that were released in Australia and the United Kingdom even featured the episodes that were edited for syndication instead of their original unedited versions.
• Executive Meddling: "The Purple Smurfs" were black in the original book. Very probably done to avoid any Unfortunate Implications.
  • The change also happens in the Papercutz translation of the original comic book story to English.
  • Even earlier in a Random House publication of Smurfery in "Romeo and Smurfette", where the black paint Jokey uses to disguise himself as a Black Smurf to play a prank on somebody was changed to green (and now purple in the Papercutz reprint).
  • Also, the Swoofs from "The Astrosmurf" were changed from orange to green.
• Fake Brit:
  • Sweepy Smurf, possibly as a Shout-Out to Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, he speaks in a fake Cockney accent — though, it must be admitted, much less exaggerated…
  • In both the cartoon show and the American dub of The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, Johan speaks in a vague approximation of an upper-class English accent.
• I Am Not Spock: Francisco Colmenero is still remembered for his voice as Papa Smurf in Spanish (along with Peg-Leg Pete). Same for Esteban Siller as Gargamel.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The Smurfs has its entire series released on DVD in Australia and Germany. In the US, however, the only episodes that have been released on DVD (for now) are Season 1 (in two separate volumes, along with "The Smurfs Springtime Special"), individual episodes from Season 2, and the holiday specials. The rest of Season 2, along with Seasons 3 through 9 (and the rest of the specials) have yet to be released on DVD, although individual episodes from those seasons are currently available on iTunes and Amazon.
  • Recently, it's been announced that all of the episodes from the series will be digitized and released on YouTube on a special branded channel, courtesy of IMPS, ODMedia, and Expoza.
• No Export for You: The cartoon show has an inverted problem: foreign distributors are able to release season sets (and even the specials) on DVD without a hassle, but Warner Bros is only able to make season sets available through download streaming services, with much of Season 2 (and the specials "The Smurfic Games" and "Smurfily Ever After") excluded from availability.