# Who is your favorite smurf(s)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789 "2000-12-09T18:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/1 "2000-12-09T18:42:14Z")
My choices: It’s a tie between **Genius** and **Strong**. (I don’t know if those are the correct English names, so you will have to excuse me if I messed them up. I watched the show in Spanish and sometimes translations will differ.) So, smurf-lovin’ dopers, which one is your favorite? If enough votes are received, I will tally the results in order to select the **Official Smurf of the SDMB**. You can name as many as you want, but try to narrow your list as much as possible. You are also welcomed to mention the reasons behind your choices. * * * Merry X-mas, and a happy new…Millenium!!! For every reply to a post bearing this sig I am generously donating **1 cent** to the **International Center for the Cryogenic Preservation of Cecil Adams** ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/2 "2000-12-09T18:48:25Z")
**Brainy** and **Brawny**. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/3 "2000-12-09T19:53:55Z")
Me! Obviously, you must look at my [website](http://www.geocities.com/reddragon60) to get the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Melpomene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Melpomene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melpomene)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/4 "2000-12-09T19:59:30Z")
**Brainy** is my personal favorite, but I’ve always held a special affinity for **Papa Smurf** … ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/5 "2000-12-09T20:43:00Z")
I always liked **Pimp Daddy Smurf** and **Ninja Assassin Smurf.** ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/6 "2000-12-10T03:19:23Z")
Gargamel and Azrael. Yes, I know they weren’t smurfs. But anyone (or anything) that gets rid of Smurfs can’t be all bad. 😃 Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/7 "2000-12-10T03:35:11Z")
Sigh. Those aren’t smurfs! I too had an affection for Papa Smurf. But my favirote one would have to be Handy Smurf. I remember liking him. I heard somewhere that the smurfs were cancelled because they were symbolic of the KKK (Yeah my source wasn’t too reliable…:rolleyes:) Any truth to this? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/8 "2000-12-10T05:14:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Brainy and Brawny. Wasn’t it **Hefty**? (as opposed to Brawny) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/9 "2000-12-10T05:49:33Z")
Yeah actually i believe it was… And his converse, weakling smurf. What was the name of the one who was well endowed in the culinary arts? French Chef Smurf? ---
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/10 "2000-12-10T07:54:13Z")
wasn’t it bakey smurf the one who did all the cooking? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/11 "2000-12-10T10:52:30Z")
Here are some of the regulars: [http://80s.tvheaven.com/smurf.html](http://80s.tvheaven.com/smurf.html) My favourite was the artist smurf. Or was it the poet? I dunno, he used to speak in French and call everyone a foo-el. ---
**Author:** ![Anake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@Anake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anake)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/12 "2000-12-10T15:08:31Z")
For me, it was all about Brainy Smurf. From, Anake ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/13 "2000-12-10T22:35:00Z")
The only good Smurf is a dead Smurf. ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/14 "2000-12-11T05:58:56Z")
I always liked Grumpy Smurf, probably because he was the least Smurf-like. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/15 "2000-12-11T06:15:22Z")
Brainy and Hefty kick ass. _Smurfette,_ on the other hand, can KISS my ass. ---
**Author:** ![What\_fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@What\_fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_fire)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/16 "2000-12-11T06:46:33Z")
Papa smurf. ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/17 "2000-12-11T17:41:41Z")
Seems like, as I had expected, the Spanish translations of the smurfs’ names were all fucked up. The guy you call **brainy** was mistranslated as philosopher smurf. I really hated that snotty, overly verbose dude. Actually, I felt bad for the little guy; he was too smart and presumptuous for his own good. In any case, both names are appropriate descriptions for the tiny blue intellectual. The guy I referred to as Genius is the one called **Handy**. Once again, both names provide a good characterization of his abilities. The one I called strong is **Hefty**. No confusions there. With those clarifications having being made, I proceed to restate my two favorites smurfs, plus a late addition: **Handy** , **Hefty** , and **Astro**. I had never heard of this guy. I just found out about him after reading **GuanoLad’s** nice link. Boy, does that smurf look 🆒 with that astronaut suit, or what?. I wonder, in what episode could he have appeared? My best WAG is the one where one of the smurfs wanted to go to another planet and Handy built him a fake rocket which, thanks to the sound effects and back-and-forth pushing provided by the other smurts, simulated the experience of space flight. To make for the impression that he was indeed on an alien planet, the smurfs altered the scenario in the vicinity of the rocket to mirror a desolated, exogenous-looking place, much like the moon. In any case, I believe that wasn’t Astro, but Dreamer (soñador in spanish; the guy who used to be day-dreaming about experiencing fascinating adventures). Once again, translations may differ. :rolleyes: Any one out there can help me find more detailed info regarding this elusive, yet totally cool, **Astro Smurf**? **How about matching up smurfs with dopers?** For example, it is pretty clear that Papa Smurf would be the equivalent of Cecil Adams, the former being the supreme leader of the Smurf Village, and the latter the undisputed intellectual guide of the SDMB’s ignorance fightin’ tribe. Any other matches you can think of? * * * I wonder, what could I ask **Santa Claus Smurf** for Christmas? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/18 "2000-12-11T18:27:06Z")
I rather liked Jokey Smurf. He was better at pulling the same joke than Lucy pulling the football from Charlie Brown. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/19 "2000-12-11T20:24:18Z")
Ed and Brainy Smurf? ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789/20 "2000-12-11T21:28:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kilt-wearin’ man \* > \*\*The only good Smurf is a dead Smurf. > > \*\* Who are you? Gargamel? 🙂 **Zoggie** said: > [@](#): > > Ed and Brainy Smurf? All right then, **Zotti Smurf** it is. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-smurf-s/44789.md?page=2)