# Where are the Smurfs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185 "2006-02-26T16:31:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/1 "2006-02-26T16:31:24Z")
As so many toys of the 1980’s have made a comeback, where are the Smurfs hiding? - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/2 "2006-02-26T16:33:41Z")
They’re still in hell, hopefully never to return. Seriously, they weren’t very good in the first place and nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/3 "2006-02-26T16:46:56Z")
[UNICEF done bombed 'em](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339080&highlight=smurf+bomb). ---
**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/4 "2006-02-26T16:52:31Z")
[Their socialist utopia turned out to be idealistic and unfeasible.](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/3117/sociosmurf2.htm) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/5 "2006-02-26T17:00:56Z")
A French toy company, Papo, still makes the figurines. [Here](http://www.kitestailstoys.com/home.php?cat=706) is one online store that sells them, feel free to search for others. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/6 "2006-02-26T17:11:26Z")
Smurfs have never gone away. :: glares menacingly at the haters :: ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/7 "2006-02-26T17:39:34Z")
Didn’t you hear? The US offered them asylum because they were being persecuted by Gargamel. Unfortunately they didn’t assimilate well–they just kept being stepped on. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/8 "2006-02-26T18:03:33Z")
Current Google advert: **Humor Writing Workshops**. Sometimes they’re pretty damn accurate 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/9 "2006-02-26T18:13:30Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Current Google advert: **Humor Writing Workshops**. Sometimes they’re pretty damn accurate 😛 Heh, mine are for skinny ties and Beach blanket Babylon, which is also pretty accurate. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/10 "2006-02-26T18:26:35Z")
> [@Corporate Hippie](#): > > [Their socialist utopia turned out to be idealistic and unfeasible.](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/3117/sociosmurf2.htm) Quickly. We must kill them all while there is still time! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/11 "2006-02-26T19:13:36Z")
Wasn’t there talk of a CGI feature film in the works? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/12 "2006-02-26T19:35:30Z")
I hear during the final years, they went porn trying to make it. (Look up “Smurf’s Final Episode”) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/13 "2006-02-26T19:42:46Z")
Mine keep trying to get away. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/14 "2006-02-26T19:58:33Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Mine keep trying to get away. If choke collars are to expensive, I’ve found that a nail through the foot keeps them in place rather well. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/15 "2006-02-27T01:15:22Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I hear during the final years, they went porn trying to make it. > > (Look up “Smurf’s Final Episode”) Close. That would be “The Lost Episode”. I’d link it, but that probably runs afoul of the two click rule re NSFW type stuff. You can find it at [www.albinoblacksheep.com](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com) under the flash files. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/16 "2006-02-27T02:49:05Z")
It gave way to a classy, reality [series](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1BtyX1WyFQ&search=smurfette%20show) spin-off. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-smurfs/346185/17 "2006-02-27T02:56:58Z")
What? You haven’t heard?! They’re happily smurfing their days away, in some far off smurfy smurf.