Trivia / The Smurfs (2021)

• Acting for Two:
  • Davis Freeman voices Papa Smurf, Farmer and Drummer, the latter of which sounds like a combination of the former two.
  • Bérangére McNeese voices Smurfette and Baby Smurf for the first few episodes.
  • Tess Bryant voices Clumsy and Scaredy.
  • Joshua Rubin voices Handy and Grouchy.
  • Vincent Broes voices Hefty and Chef Smurf.
  • Kaycie Chase voices Jokey and Baby for the English dub in later episodes.
  • Mark Irons voices Gargamel and Dimwitty.
  • In the Bulgarian dub:
    • Anton Poryazov voices Harmony and Jokey.
    • Konstantin Lungov voices Dimwitty and Bigmouth.
    • Tsvety Penyashki voices Painter, Poet and Wimpy.
    • Simeon Damyanov voices Doctor and Vanity.
    • Iva Stoyanova voices Baby and Lily.
    • Radoslav Rachev voices Lazy and Tailor.
  • In the Croatian dub:
    • Ana Takač voices Baby and Wimpy.
    • Ermin Preljević voices Dimwitty and Jokey.
    • Krunoslav Klabučar voices Doctor and Tailor.
  • In the Finnish dub:
    • Petrus Kähkönen voices Brainy and Reporter.
    • Antti Lang voices Jokey and Forgotten.
    • Markus Niemi voices Diaper Daddy, Doctor, Farmer, Harmony, Painter and Poet.
    • Osku Ărilă voices Bigmouth, Chef, Dimwitty, and Lazy.
    • Jenni Sivonen voices Azrael, Baby, Smurfstorm, and Wimpy.
    • Ville-Veikko Niemela voices Curious and Handy.
    • Valtteri Lehtinen voices Drummer and Scaredy.
    • Viivi Tamminen voices Smurfblossom and Smurflily.
  • In the French dub:
    • Magali Rosenzweig voices Lazy, Smurfwillow and Scaredy.
    • Emmanuel Curtil voices Gargamel, Grouchy and Chef Smurf.
    • Jérémy Prévost voices Vanity, Dimwitty and Farmer.
    • Marc Arnaud voices Hefty Smurf and Greedy Smurf.
    • Antoine Schoumsky voices Brainy and Poet.
  • In the Hebrew dub:
    • Eli Lulai voices Papa and Grouchy.
    • Einat Azulay voices Smurfette and Scaredy.
    • Dor Srugo voices Brainy, Greedy and Vanity.
    • Shir Cohen voices Jokey and Smurfblossom.
    • Zvika Fohrman voices Farmer, Gargamel and Bigmouth.
    • Gadi Levy voices Handy and Poet.
  • In the Indonesian dub:
    • M. Agathon Hafi voices Papa, Grouchy and Harmony.
    • Maria Cicillia voices Clumsy, Jokey and Smurfblossom.
    • M. Ifran B. Setiawan voices Dimwitty, Farmer, Lazy and Vanity.
    • Arief Yanuar voices Bigmouth, Chef and Gargamel.
    • Jessy Milianty voices Baby, Greedy and Smurflily
    • Tatang Nurya voices Doctor, Painter, Poet and Tailor.
  • In the Malay dub:
    • Ismadi Md Jamil voices Papa, Farmer, Handy, Vanity, Poet and Bigmouth.
    • Shahil Zairi Samsudins voices Clumsy, Lazy and Wimpy.
    • Mohd Azizul Sani voices Brainy and Jokey.
    • Muhamad Nor Adzlan Nazir voices Grouchy, Gargamel, Chef, and Harmony.
    • Mohd Azhar Mohd Noor voices Hefty, Dimwitty, Greedy, Tailor and Painter.
    • Izwanna Sulaiman voices Willow, Smurfblossom, Smurfstorm, Smurflily, Scaredy and Baby.
  • In the Norwegian dub:
    • Tommy Karlsen voices Grouchy, Painter, and Bigmouth.
    • Jan Martin Johnsen voices Farmer, Tailor and Vanity.
    • Anders Bye voices Chef and Dimwitty.
    • Siri Bye-Nilsen voices Greedy and Smurfwillow.
    • Sarah McDonald Berge voices Doctor, Lazy, Scaredy, Mini-Jokeys, and Smurfstorm.
    • Sigbjørn Solheim voices Handy and Drummer.
    • Aslak Maurstad voices Harmony and Poet.
    • Silje Hagrim Dahl voices Curious, Smurfblossom, Baby, and Smurflily.
  • In the Romanian dub:
    • Adina Lucaciu voices Baby and Smurfette.
    • Nicolae Cojenel voices Chef, Dimwitty and Farmer.
    • Ionuț Cristian Grama voices Doctor, Greedy and Painter.
    • Tomer Jack Weissbuch voices Scaredy and Harmony.
    • Mihai Munteniță voices Wimpy and Tailor.
  • In the Serbian dub:
    • Tomaš Sarić voices Papa and Hefty.
    • Marijana Živanović voices Clumsy and Smurfblossom.
    • Marko Marković voices Brainy and Greedy.
    • Aleksandar Gligorić voices Bigmouth and Grouchy.
    • Lako Nikolić voices Jokey and Lazy.
    • Milan Antonić voices Dimwitty, Doctor, and Farmer.
    • Branislav Jevtić voices Vanity and Painter.
    • Milan Tubić voices Chef, Poet, and Tailor.
  • In the Taiwanese Mandarin dub:
    • Yu Cheng Chang voices Papa Smurf, Hefty, Chef and Harmony.
    • Chiang Tieh Cheng voices Brainy, Grouchy and Tailor.
    • Lin Ku Chen voices Dimwitty, Poet, Gargamel, and Bigmouth.
    • Hu Cheng Shih voices Hefty, Farmer, Vanity and Painter.
    • Tao Min Hsien voices Lazy, Jokey, Smurflily and Smurfwillow.
    • Kuo Yi Shin voices Clumsy, Smurfblossom, Greedy, Baby, Smurfstorm and Wimpy.
• Adored by the Network: The show got quite the promotion on Nickelodeon. They also aired it once or twice a day on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons, similar to Kamp Koral, the show it was paired with on Friday nights. They even allowed it on Nick at Nite for a month or so.
  • The second season premiered immediately after the first season. unfortunately...
• Cowboy Be Bop At His Computer:
  • The synopsis for "Waffles and Punishment" say that Storm is the Smurf that competes against Greedy in the Waffle Competition. The Smurf who actually does is Lily, not Storm.
  • The synopsis for "Wild Gets Tamed" calls the muffins Lily, Blossom, and Begonia are eating cupcakes.
  • The French airing of "No Smurf Out!" says that Scaredy is stuck in his house with Brainy, Handy, Begonia, and Chef. It is Blossom instead of Begonia who is trapped.
• Cross-Dressing Voices:
  • Multiple characters (Jokey, Clumsy, Greedy, Scaredy, Baby, Lazy) in the English dub.
  • In the French dub, Lazy and Scaredy are voiced by Magali Rosenzweig.
  • While easy to miss, Azrael is also voiced by Cherise Silvestri in the first few episodes when not consisting of stock cat noises.
  • While Azrael mostly communicates by meowing via stock sound effects, he's voiced by Kaycie Chase when he's heard laughing or screaming. Compared to previous works where Azrael is mostly voiced by males (with the exception of the Greek dub of the 1981 series).
• Cross-Regional Voice Acting: The English dub was done in Belgium, except for Kaycie Chase, as she lives in Paris.
• Directed by Cast Member: Mark Irons, the voice of Gargamel, Dimwitty, Harmony, and multiple other characters is the voice director of the series.
• Domestic-Only Cartoon: This is the third animated project starring The Smurfs that was made in Belgium. With Les Adventures des Schtroumpfs by TVA Dupuis, and The Smurfs And The Magic Flute by Belvision Studios being the only animated projects made within the series' native country.
• Dueling Dubs:
  • The series has two Dutch dubs: one is the Flemish Dutch dub in Belgium, and the other is the Hollandic Dutch dub in the Netherlands.
• Early-Bird Release: "The Round Up/Waffle Wednesday" were briefly released on On Demand providers ahead of their official airdate, but they were removed a day later.
• Multiple Languages, Same Voice Actor: Kaycie Chase voices Jokey (and later Baby) in both the French and English dub.
• Role Reprise:
  • In Italian dub, Marco Guadagno, Fabrizio Mazzotta and Paolo Buglioni reprising their roles as Brainy, Clumsy and Gargamel from the original series, plus Joy Saltarelli, Gabriele Tacchi, Gemma Donati and Erica Necci reprise their roles as Smurfette, Grouchy, Smurfstorm and Smurfblossom from Smurfs: The Lost Village.
  • In Brazilian dub, Gilberto Baroli reprises his role as Papa Smurf form the second dub of the original series. Márcio Simões reprise his role as Gargamel from live-action movies. Angélica Borges, Fred Mascarenhas, Yan Gesteira, Léo Martins, Ricardo Juarez and Rodrigo Antas reprise their roles as Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy, Hefty, Grouchy and Farmer from The Lost Village.
• Screwed by the Network: After "No Smurf Out!" and "Souffle Shuffle", the show went on an eight month hiatus. When it returned, the show briefly moved to Nick Jr. and only aired at 9 in the morning with only one rerun on Sundays at 8 in the morning. Zig-Zagged starting with "Smurfs on Fire" which moved the show back to Nickelodeon and put it on a timeslot of 1 in the afternoon.
• Series Hiatus: While the show airs normally in Belgium and most other countries, it periodically takes sporadic to longer hiatuses in the United States at the end of Q4 before resuming next year.
  • The first hiatus of the show lasted between November 12, 2021 and ended in January 2022.
  • The second ongoing hiatus of the show began on October 21, 2022 and ended in July 2023. This is the longest hiatus, which lasted eight months.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Baby was voiced by Bérangére McNeese until "Adventures in Smurfsitting". Since "Smurfy Day Care", Baby has his voice unchanged in the English dub.
  • Painter was voiced by Charlie Cattrall in the first season. From the second season on, he is voiced by Madeleine Fletcher.
• Unspecified Role Credit: Like the 80s series, the voice actors are credited, but not to their characters.
• What Could Have Been:
  • One episode would have originally been about Jokey doing jokes on people, so Papa Smurf and a few others would "alter" the box so that they wouldn't explode. Jokey falls into a state of depression, but then learns what happened to it, so he uses magical explosive powder to create 100 mini-Jokeys. Parts of the episode were reworked into the episode "Joke's On You".
  • Some pre-pictures of the series noticeablely feature some minor changes. Examples include bigger eyes and a thicker art style.
  • Smurfette's personality was originally different. As the pitch bible says, "Smurfette is also a little scattered, always trying the newest thing, then losing interest as she moves onto something else, leaving a trail of unfinished projects behind her."
• Working Title: The series was known as "The Smurfs: A New Touch of Blue" prior to the October 2020 teaser trailer featuring Jokey and Harmony.

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